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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10
Instinct of the Hornet.

4 black hornet was observed one day
few weeks ago flying in sitting-room
in Lawrence, Mass, and the occupant
of the room noticed that the insect de-
posted a small piece of mud on the
wire supporting the picture frame. 1t
was not disturbed, and it repeated the
operation five or six times day until
it had built a cell about one inch long,
with cylindrical cavity: three-eighths
of an inch in diameter, in which an
egg was laid, and the end then closed.
This process was repeated until six cell,
had been completed in like manners
when the hornet laid aside its trowel
and betOok itself to other fields of labor.
The other day the nest was removed
and found to contain Larvae in various
stages of development, from the full
grown chrysalis in the cocoon to the
young larva just hatched. There were
three Larvae partly changed to the chry-
sails form, and in these cells were the
remains of several spiders. In the cell
with and placed above the young
est larva were fourteen spiders, some
of them quite large, and the larva ap-
peared to have eaten half dozen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10

Lavender has been reading the codes
of society signals, recently published
in one of our court (or courting) Jour-
mails, and now asks the attention of the
societe disiiaquee and lie MOnd Elegant to
the following Interpretation of the
language of the hat, prepared after
consultation with the leaders Of the
Jon-toR, the creme de Ia creme of the elite
and the most pjqudutes of the bellies and
the most bien elreS of the jeuResseS doree
OF the most fashionable circles:
Wearing the hat squarely on the head
Il love you madly.
Pulling it down over the ears-Will
you please treat me to Ice cream.
Tipping it over the left ear-Vanilla,
please.
Tipping it over the right ear-My
little brother has the measles.
Wearing it on the back of the head
Ia, ia, awfully ia, ia.
Taking it of and brushing it the
wrong way-my heart is broken.
Holding it out in the right hand =
lend me a car ticket.
Throwing it at policeman-1 love
another.
Using it as fan-come and play CO.
penhagen with my aunt.
Carrying brick in it-Iour cruelty
is killing me.
kicking it across the street, am
engaged.
Putting it on the ground and sitting
on it-arc well for fever.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10
,~o,r Announcements

=, .ut.nuc munons Is the glad adln hdeS d,seov. % v
% 20 sun ar,a1n cure for piles has been d o1 DR.
,as. nrsd 5oO. 900 persons who nave ;nSs,Ible.
srea- .nskesis. pronounce II mlsH ta :, IN
2ns nn",ors of ali medical schools pr. presI coun-
practice ;empirics and nostlTn w;sbout excep-
,arss,t AID initiate it, and all; Nit ,I'a nsme Of
,;n,, sdmit that it Is entitled TO me nS "a
.io e.1isd cal Miracle" Nothing IN meu,S 7,
more simple. rational, prompt ana nar;encs cersn
!. not an accidental blunder OF mex ss;.I,It
I,,. ,ha scientific solution OF most uiiaS' y, IN
,,robIem by an accomplished physlciaa
rasr. pract,ce and study. Ah,,,,i.a AhAAe7
i.nnv continuation Of a soothing p";r,o
,pporting instrument and curative neuiSo
7, paIIev,ates at once the most eAcr ruo.stne .
ain. IL holds up the raw sensitrSe I;aa' tu..a'
IND by firm, continued pressure anu n ~ 20
Ton snplied to the swollen veins = I ao1 =,
cnre the most inveterate cases oi JIM
Gaa5;ng niles. The inventor OF AnaAo.
NAV well be regarded a. pubic eenels' Iii
ani sufferers from this terrloie oiseas VIZ
thank us for calling attention 70 Sns :, ,hs
40 worthy. 1t is not less singular 'Ias -
c;rcular concerning Anakesls. iuiI . .'N,'a,
90 s,iven for PREVENTING PILES, q TACT never
hafora obseryed IN any medicine the proPtI-
80. w;.bed 10 sell. ''Anakesis 10 SOLD Dy
drnepists everywhere. Sent free on receiR'
Of nrice. S1.OO per box; samples grdtts pt
Nenstaedter Il Co., Box 1910 Ne" iofA' S0'o
manufacturers Of "Anakesls-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10

Few people who see bananas hanging
in the shops of fruit dealers think Of
them as more than tropical luxury.
The fact is, they are a staple article of
food in some parts of the world; and,
according to Humboldt, an acre OF ban
anas will produce as much food for a
man as twenty-five acres of wheat. 1t
is the ease with which bananas are
grown that is the great obstacle to civ
ilizariOE in some tropical countries. Ii
i so easy TO obtain 4 living without
work that no effort will ever be made
and the men become lazy and shiftless.
All that is needed is to stick a sucker
into the ground, and it will at once
sprout and grow, and ripen its fruit in
twelve or thirteen months without fur
ther care, each plant having from - 10
l2J bananas; and. when that dies down
from fruiting, new suckers spring up
to take its place. In regions where no
foot ever reaches, bananas are found in
all stages of growth, ripening their
fruit every day and every month in
the year.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10
SCIENTIFIC.

VyIc1piz,d CaoHtchouc.-M NJ. Bouchut
has recently introduced to notice OF the
members of the Academic des Sciences
a cuirasse of vulcanized caoutchouc,
which he has used with success for the
treatment of cancerOus and other lu-
mors of the breast. In this country
there has been much division of opinion
upon the utility of pressure in the treat
ment of cancer. some surgeons regard
ing il as hurtful, or but rarely useful,
Others attributing to it great retarda-
ton of the rapidly of the growth OF the
t1mor or even cure. The surgeons OF
Middlesex Hospital studied il systemat-
ically some years ago, and gave an un-
favorable report. The theory of the
pian is certainly good; neodlasia, like
a healthy tissue, is dependent upon It's
blood supply for vitality and growth,
and complete anaemia causes the death
of a tumor, as it does of a patch OF brain
substance. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Harvard last year related at the Clln-
zeal Society a case In point. He hSa-
tured the left lingual artery for re-
current epithelioma of the tongue the
tumor sloughed away, and fortnight
before the patients death from blood
poisoning the tongue was quite heaied.
In Just the same way ischairia Will I'M
pair the vitality and solesson the growth
of a tumor. The difficulty is rather IN
the practical application of the theory;
The knowledge that We now possess oil
the mode of growth of cancers gives us
at least one important indication. Ii
we have to deal with neoplasia that
grows at the periphery by gradual In
filtration of the surrounding tissues, II
is plain that, for pressure to be useful,
1T must be applied around the tumor
.er than over il. where by compress
and obstructing the capillaries, II
ould cause overfullness of those at the
circumference. 1t is the periphery ol
a cancer that is its active part, ana we
must, therefore, produce ischaemii
around and not in the tumor. In the
application of the treatment this mus
be obtained by the careful adjustment
of elastic pads or cotton wool, an'
as the whole success OF the plal
depends upon the skill with which TIM
is done, too much attention cannot bt
given TO il. We cannot regard pressure
as a substitute for removal OF a cancer
but in the frequent cases where TINS
impracticable it appears TO be IN
best substitute at present open TO TN
surgeon. VI. BOuchut's cuirasse woul'
seem to be an improvement upon tn
spring pads and other appliances In us
in this country.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10
How the TyrOlese Love.

There is pretty Alpine hut inhabited In
the summer by the subject of his alice
lions. The solitary life is one that could
only he made endurable by habit, iron
nerves and absolute Indifference To danger
The girl lives alone among her cattle She
seldom sees a single soul, except her fellow
servant who brings her the fortnightiy sup
plies, or some surly keeper who Is sure 10
suspect her of being in league with his
enemies. the poachers. ''She has to tackle
the vicious bull single-handed; she has 10
tame the cow-no longer the docile creature
that would come when she called her name
since her calf had been taken away from
her She has to protect herself ana her
frail habitation and her charges against
snow storms, thunder storms hurricanes
and swollen torrents One can fancy how
she looks forward to a pleasant visit OF any
kind, above all the visit of lover. Yet II
is significant Of Tyrolese self-restraint un-
der anv circumstances that the pair to all
appearance are absolutely undemOnstratiye,
unless for what may be read in their eyes.
She does not even offer her admircr her
hand. nor does he seem to expect II. let
should there he rival suitOrs, and If the
Young woman is a tlirt, it will be seen that
| his feelings are the fiercer for being sup
pressed. and affairs are unlikely TO be set
| tied without blOOdshed The very indoor
amusements of the Tyrolese are rough and
even savage, though they seldom bear
malice for anything that may happen.
/ A writer and traveller tells of a friendly
struggle in an inn parlOr, where couple OF
companions at a drinking bout interlocked
the middle fingers of their hands, resting
the elbows on the table, and struggled to
drag each other over \ muscle gave way
under the strain and one of them was hope
lessly manned for life; yet. when the first
sharp burst of pain was deadened and his
finger was dressed, the sufferer gave hi'
hand to the winner, and they ended the
evening amicably as they had begun IL -
AT the rifle matches, they show the sam,
inileXible firmncss Of nerve and body. We
took a friend to one of them who was In
clined to deprcciate these performances
The cynically disposed spectator changed
his opinion altogether when he saw tht
marksmen AT work. He remarked after
ward. that ''had he not seen il with hi
own ewes he would never have believed
that human muscles and nerves could re
main 50 rigid and apparently motionleSs,
and the shooting is more admirable that th'
weapons are clumsy and antiquated. Tn
usual range is one hundred and fifty yards
and he has counted five consecutive shot
in which :" five marksmen, taken at hap
hazard, firing one after another, hit each
/ mark the SIZE Of a siXpence.' Such feat
are the more astonishing if We conside
that the marksman has no rest either 10
his body or the unwieldy rifle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10

". Bchn, Frenchman, has invented
a night lamp which answers the pur-
pose of clock. The hour is Indicated
by the extent of combustion of the Oil.
From the oil reservoir rise two vertical
glass tubes: one contains oil and Is
graduated for the hours, the other con-
tains the wick saturated with oil and
giving the light. The construction Is
such that one hour is required to con-
sumo the quantity of oil between two
graduations OF the aforementioned tube
4 reflector placed under the flame at
the side throws a luminous beam across
the graduated tube, The chief use OF
the lamp will be to enable early risers,
night workers and others 10 turn over
without rising and read what time it is.
Nevertheless, any economical old gem
tleman can set one of the lamps in the
parlor just before going bed, and by
1t young Romeo Will be constantly re-
minded that it's time 10 quit burning
the old mans gas for that night.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10

For MILK AND MEAT.-liOlsteln cat
tie are nearly as large As Shorthorns
or Durhams, but DO not mature so ear
lv. nor fatten so kindly, and are not
SO fine in their points. They generally
rive quite large me-SeS of milk OF mod
crate quality, especially good, like the
AYRSHIRE, Tor making cheese. The
Shorthorns originally were a. great
mixers as the HU,steins, and there are
many families of them still kept up,
both in England and America, as large
mixers. There are repeated instances
of their giving thirty to forty quarts of
good milk per day, in full flow. once
possessed one that gave an average o.
fhirty-three quarts per day for sometime
after calving. The London and other
larger dairies in England, having tried
a variety of milking breeds, nave set
tied on the shorthorn a the best; and
in addition to their eXcelling all others
for milk. when dried of, they fatten
quicker. on less food, and make better
quality of beef than any other good
mixers. il will be seen by this that
they excel all others a. a combined
dairy and butchers COW. Beef has
paid so much better profit in England
and in the Western States of America,
than dairy products, Tor the past hall
century. that breeders have by contIn-
ued selection, and feeding heavily al
an early age, changed their animals
from great mixers TO great producers
of beef. Such only care for COW that
will give milk sufficient to grow up a
great calf. which they usually let run
with the mother, and suckle till the
dam herself weans il, which is at about
six months age, ordinarily. Ii a man
wishes to breed cattle for combined
milk and beef of good quality, and in
the largest measure, he has only To OBJ
tain Shorthorns of the best milking 2
families. and they will fulfil all he de-
sires, with proper management on his
part.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10

Pjougbing by Electricity.-Ata recent
meeting of the Paris Academy of Sci
ences, VI. Tresca gave an account OF
some experiments in ploughing by cleo
tricity which he witnessed at Sermaise,
in the Marne. A Gramme machine,
making 200 revolutions per minute,
and driven by team-engine, was con-
nected TO a second Gramme at distance
of 40 yards, and caused the latter TO re-
yolve at the rate of l. 40 revolutions TO
The minute. the electricity produced by
the first machine being thus coverted
into work. The second machine was
connected to a third at d distance of 2l9
yards. and these two worked cables at
tached to a double Brabant plough.
According TO NJ. Tresca, the experiment
was very successful, the work accom-
plished representing the equivalent OF
three horsepower, while one-half OF
the motive power obtained from the
steam-engine was really transferred to
distance of more than l 200 yards from
the furnace.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10
AGRICULTURE.

The PoispNING OF WEEDS AND IN
sECTs.-Gardening is such an innocent
occupstion, so promOtiye of gentle
thoughts and ways as TO make the idea
of using poison even TO destroy yermin,
produce a shudder of reluctance, at
first thought of il. But the survival OF
the strongest and the fittest Is the Old
est earthly law. The most ancient
marine fossils-the old Silurian fishes
disentombed by Hugh Miller from de-
posits of incalculable antiqulty-show
that even before there was dry land or
bird or beast, the stronger fishes were
qualified and purposelyiitted,p privateer-
like, TO prey upon their swarming IN
feriors. 'Self-preservation i the first
law of Nature" This adage may nave
a selfish sound, and is no doubt perver-
ted in application for selfish ends, Dut
il iustifies our modern methods of quick
determination 10 the enemies OF the
crops which the earth gives US only at
the cost of resolute and persevering
struggle, and skill. l have just been
giving rose bushes a second and currants
a third Swinging with a dilute infusion
of hellebore, using brass syringe Win
the rose which gives the finest spray.
lt is quick sure death TO the yoracious
Larvae, and it leaves the foliage clean,
whole, bright, and competent 10 bring
the blossoms and the fruit 10 full per-
fection. Ii seems effective too, against
the white leaf-hoppers that infest
Roses and Grape-vines, and suck the
Juices from their leaves. With good
brass syringe-an invaluable house
aud garden nstrument-it is easy 10
keep foliage whole and bright Such
materials as mix intimately (as Paris
green, or sulphur, or SCOT, or Kerosene,
with water are easily churned anc
foamed into a thorough temporary al
mixture, and then most easily sent IN
10 every crevice and corner in which
insect or mildew can lodge, with a
force, speed. and directneSs, too, that
no:hing else equals, Carbolic acid Is
now recommended for paved yards, ETC.
where we once strewed salt, to be an
moved with its deliqueScence long after
wards: and where we found 1t looh
still worse TO have poor woman ol
boy all DAY spudding the grass bit 10y
bit from the chinks with an OLD knife
In contrast to such methods, the appll
cation of a spray of very dilute c-rbol'
ic acId, during sunshine, Is very orlel
and easy job, and Is said 10 be entirely
effective. For strong single weeds II
lawns, drop or two OF strong acid l.
spurted from a little oil can upon the
crown of the plant, which may be
pierced with an iron point the better t'
receive il.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10

Protecting GRAPES FROM INSECTS
The secretary of the Ohio State HOrti-
cultural Society recommend covering
the clusters of grapes to protect them
from rot and insctS. Covering the
fruit by slipping paper bag over each
cluster after the berries are formed and
letting it remain till ripe is found a COM
plete protection from rot and also from
insects and birds. The bags are those
in common use by grocers, the size six
by nine inches, and costing about 81 per
1000. They are fastened around the
stem of the clusters with two pins, of
course allowing space for the fruit TO
grow One gentleman near Cincinnati
saves from five thousand 10 seven thou
sand clusters per year in this way,
largely of Catawbas, and finds the quail
ity very superior. The cost, including
labor, he estimates at only one-third of
a cent per cluster"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10

SPARE THE REES.-TwO facts con-
front uS. and deserve serious consider
alton. The forests OF the world are
going Just as the coal beneath our feet
is gOing-man is a cooking animal, and
must have fuel. In all the great ont
lets of water Hoods multiply. and be-
come more and more destructive. We
are compelled 10 ask ii there Is any
necessary, OF perhaps obvious, connec-
tion between the two facts? Undoubt-
edly there is, and one of the most sim
pie nature: and one, moreover, that
plainly teaches that the more the earth
is stripped of Its natural clothing in the
shape OF arbOrescent vegetation, the
more and more it will become unfit for
human habitatiOn and bleak bowling
wilderness. Ii the race of men wish to
hold theiT place on the planet, there
fore, they will do well TO preserve a
reasonable extent of forest, and, at all
events, they might to their own advan-
tage occasionally plant TO posterity, be-
cause while the trees are growing they
will moderate the floods somehow or
other. The utterly selfish system will
not pay. In proportion as the forests
are destroyed, human life will be de-
nuded of its joys in times when danger
does not threaten; and when threaten
ing begins in respect of torrents and
floods, it will simply be exposed to such
tremendous risks that il becomes a fair
speculation that water and not fire will
make an end of the race of man.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10

A Terrible IntGnt.-Little Nellie was
looking at "Wolf's Wild Animals
when Mr.. Jorkin's called and appealed
to that gentleman TO explain one of the
pictures.
''rhat is wild boar" said he, and
the little looked at it thoughtfully and
replied:
alt don't look like you, does it, Mr..
Jorkins?"
81 hope not" responded the guest.
"Why?"
Because" said the artless innocent,
"mamna said when your card was sei.t
up, There is that old bore Jork:. 5
again."
And it was a full minute before
mammals frozen lips thawed sufficient
ly to inform the nurse it was Nellie's
bedtime.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10

A WoHde Iful Boy.-A newsboy lean
ing against lamp-post was patted on
the head by a gentleman, who said:
"Never mind, sOnny-better weather
ard better sales next week"
Boys hain't no count" lOnesomely
answered the little shaver.
.'Oh, yes they are. | was boy once"
Was you smart?"
"Guess was. Why, before / was
seven years old could take the family
clock all to pieces"
:. Gould you!" exclaimed the lad, his
eyes sparkling with admiration rs the
man passed on. He got 4 new brace
for bis feet, INDUCED in some hard
thinking, and all at once spoke up:
"What fool | am that didn't sass
him. Amy fool OF boy Kin take a
clock ter pieces, but it takes a man, and
a purity smart one, ter git the wheels
together agin. Pm just as much dis
couraged as l was before, and more,
too."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10

Count ron Vjloro foretold, five years
ago, the probability of such floods al
Szegedin as have lately taken place.
But he was only laughed at. lie now
reasserts that the cause of the recent
disaster was just what he then said was
likely to produce 1.-THE damming back
of the water in the narrow, rocky pass
es at Plocsa and in the kaZan. in the
narrow pass between Bazian and the
Iron Gates, the surplus water being
thus forced back into the nearest tribu-
taries, the Morava, the Temes. the Save
and the Thesis.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10
DOMESTIC.

OYsrERs-BroiIed OySterS.-Prepare
I'm crumbs as for frying, and broil
light brown. Examine oysters cafe
fully to see that there are not pieces Oh
she'll among them. Some oysters need
mere salt than others.
Fried Ogsters.-Drain the oysters In a
sieve; roll them in cracker crumbs,
and frv in boiling lard, a light brown.
Serve on brown-bread toast. "heh
YOU desire them fried in butter, make
one as for apple fritters, and FRY III
boiling lard. Have the dishes very
hot.
Credmed Oysters.-One pint of cream
one small piece of onion; one very
small piece of mace; one pint oil oys-
ters; one tablespoonful of flour; salt
and pepper to taste. Let the cream
come TO boil with the onion ana
mace. Mix flour with little colo
milk or cream. Stir into DoiilnS
cream. Let the oysters come TO Doll
in their own liquor. Skim carefully.
Drain off all the liquor and turn the
oysters into the cream. Skim out the
mace and onions and serve.
Custer .Stelc.-DraIn all the liquor
from the oysters; put it into porce-
lains kettle. and let it come to boil; :;
then skim of all the scum. Now turn
in the milk. which you have let come
to a boil in hot water. (Allow one
quart of milk TO enc pint of oysters.)
| Stir in also one spoonful OF butter OF
more; salt and pepper TO taste: Now
put in the oysters, let them boil up
once, and serve with a dish of oyster
crackers.
.ScdIIoped OySiers.-Put layer of oys-
ters in an oval dish, sand dredge in a
little salt, pepper and butter; then a
layer OF rolled crackers, and another oil
oysters; dredge the oysters as before,
and cover with crackers; over the
crackers CRATE little nutmeg, and lay
on small pieces of butter. Bake twenty
minutes in quick oven: add glass
OF Madeira wine if you choose. ALLOW
four crackers, two spoonsful of butter
and one teaspOonful of pepper TO one
quart of oysters. Fill the dish to With
IN an inch of the top.
Oyster .SOup,-Wash one quart of oys-
ters-it thew are solid, in one quart oi
cold water; if not, one pint OF water
Drain the water through calandel
into the soup kettle; set the kettle oil
the fire, and when the liquor comes tt
a boil, skim it; then add one quart o.
rich new milk; just before II come tC
a boil turn in the oysters and thicker
with two spoonfuls of corn starch we
with milk: then stir III half cup Oi
butter, and season with pepper ant
salt. Let this boil up once and serve
Immediately. Be very careful that they
do not burn. \ safe way is to boil TIT
milk in a basin, which is set into an
other of water, and then turn in th'
oysters just before removing it from
the fire.