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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08
Cannas.

1t is singular that more attention is
not given to tropical plants for borders.
They like hot weather; in fact, the hot
ter il is the better they grow. Among
them none VIII do so well as the can
mas. Judging by the way they grew
during our late hot spell, the tempera-
ture seems to suit them exactly. \
fine display can now be made by cannas
alone, So many varieties of color having
been produced of late years. \ water
ing now and then is all the attention
they require. We have seen lately
many varieties in flower, and with
their beautiful colors they make very
pretty show. In addition to their fine
flowers, the tropical appearance of the
leaves adds greatly to their interest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08
A Wonderful Worm.

There is kind of sponge that grows
in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea,
ana in its tissues a most wonderful
worm is found. This Syllis, as it is
called, has blind head, long body,
and is marked with rings like other
worms; it has a number of short
legs sticking out from the rings and
covered with bristles. The worm buds
like plant, and each bud turns TO a
worm like the parent. Hundreds of
these buds occur on the head and on
the two legs nearest the neck, and they
speedily grow into long ugly things,
which in their turn produce buds and
new crops of worms. When these bud
ding young worms are nearly full
grown, the parent appears to be very
tired of their company, and wriggles
about and endeavors 10 move back
wards, so as to leave its detached chill
dren behind. Considering that all these
worms produce eggs, which when
Matched produce worms, and that every
individual produces others by budding
also, there can be no doubt that Nature
has some good reason for placing a vast
number of those creatures on certain
spot during a certain short time. Prob
ably there are many fish that consume
the majority of these young warns be-
fore they have been long time separated
from their parent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08

The most numerous, although GER
tainly not the most popular, animals in
Paris are the rats. They abound in all
the streets and cutters; there is hardly
a house but what is infested with them.
As soon as night comes they come
creeping out by the thousands from
their hiding places, and seek their sub
sistence on the heaps of ofial and among
the garbage before the house door. On
these excursions many of these animals
lose their lives, for the Parisians wage
continual warfare with the celestial
residents. But in spite of all persecu-
tions with fire and water, with dogs,
poison, traps, and clubs they increase
so rapidly that each animal killed is
soon replaced by several others. Well,
the rat is also an object of industrial
explorations. They are not only killed
by the wholesale in order to get their
skins, but they are also captured alive
to engage in fiercer combats. Very few
people know that, as in London, rat
fights also take place in Paris. There
are individuals in Paris who feed the
captured rats, and then go with few
of them and a number OF rat terriers to
the lovers of this sport, when they en-
in bloody eombats with the dogs which
always cost them their lives in spite of
the most heroic defense. These COM
bats generally take place in the ateliers
of the animal painters, and the impress
sario of the hapless four-footed troupe
is richly rewarded.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08
A New Feature in the Scholars Quarterly.

New Feature in the Scholars Quarterly.
The Scholars Quarterly, published at
the Office of The Sunday School Times,
has been so popular, during the past
three years, that its quarterly circula-
ton has reached 10000 copies. A new
feature is to he added to it for 1879.
which will make it even more highly
valued, As 1t furnishes an appropriate
closing hymn (words and muslc) for
each lesson. 1t Is not proposed TO fur
nish new music; Tor that must be prac-
ticed thoroughly before it can be sung
well. But is arranged with the leading
publishers of SuDday-schoOl music TO
select from their books the choicest of
the well-known copyrighted hymns. In
this selection, the editors of The Quar-
terly have been aided by some or the
best Judges of Sundays school music In
the coIntry.
The Quarterly for 1879 will contain
forty large pages (besidcs the maps),
bound in a strong paper cover. In ad-
Lition TO the lesson notes and questions,
it will contain coloTed maps, chrono-
logical tables, reylewexeIcises, opening
and closing exercises, choice, familiar
hymns, Bible dictionary pages. and
other helpful matter. All for q! cents
. number.
The price of The Quarterly is % cents
a year. ar S25 for hundred copies a
\ ear. Sent 10y mail without cost OF
postage 10 subscribers. Subscriptions
are taken for three or six months at the
yearly raie; under 10 copies three
months, seven cents each. TO supply a
class wonld cost For five scholars,
one year. Sl.2j; three months. 25 cents;
for ten scholars, one wear, - 80; three
months, G3 CENTS. SIND seven cents
for specimen copy To JOHN ID. WAT
TIES, Publisher, 6l0 Chestnut ST., Phil
adelpbia, Pa. Specimens of The " eekly
Lesson LeGf are sent free.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08
The Eat Mems Convention.

We can see some pleasure if no rea-
son. in the converting of a baby show,
but we confess we could never see the
slightestcause, reasonable or otherwise.
for a fat mans convention, unless it be
the fact that misery loves company.
For fifty or a hundred men, whose sew
eral weights range from two hundred
to three hundred pounds, TO hold a
convention simply because of so much
surplus avoirdupois, is absurd, to say
the least. 1t becomes doubly so when
we reflect that obesity is a disease,
What would we think of as many per-
sons emaciated by consumption hold
ing a convention to compare their
relative weights. There is but one
ground upon which we would advocate
another fat mems convention, and that
is that they will meet to discuss the
merits of Allan's Anti-Fat, the only
known remedy for obesity. 1t is safe
and reliable. Sold by druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08
Blasting Rock With Dynamite.

L know but little about it dynamite
except from results shown on my
fields. A Mr.. Parmelee, who makes it
his business to blow up rocks with dyn-
amite. passing my place, | asked him to
experiment in one of my fields, which
proposed TO clear of rocks. There was
large number of such as could not be
blasted with powder, and asked him
what he could do. l said, 81 want you
TO experiment, and if you satisfy me, L
will let you work for a day or two." l
pointed to rock l0ls feet long, 81
feet wide. and nine or ten inches thick I;
such rock as would be difficult to blast
with powder. took out my watch,
and in - minutes the rock was in
atoms. directed him TO another large
rock, shallow one, and he destroyed
it in about the same time. | then let
him at work during the afternoon, and
was so pleased with the work that day
that | allowed him TO work two days
and half on my farm, for which paid
him $50. | took care to have As few
men with him as possible, for fear of
accident. | am free TO say that the
same number of men, judging from the
experience | have had in blasting for
six years. could not have done in a
month what he did in two days and 4
half. That answers the question as to
whether it pays. Ii is worth while
going to see that field. The stones
were shattered and crumbled to pieces,
so that what was deemed very diff
cult field to clear is now compara-
lively easy one, because | can draw off
the loose stones much easier than rocks
weighing many tons. The action of
the dynamite was remarkable. \ large,
white quartz rock, very hard to drill,
was next pulverize by dynamite. The
first blast threw the large rock from its
bed to the surface, That rather disap-
pointed a number of gentlemen looking
on. He then put cartridge by the
side of the rock, and adhered it TO the
rock by two or three shovelfuls of mud.
Powder would have blown of the mud.
but the dynamite so shattered the rock
that l could pick it to pieces with my
hands. The pieces weigh from pound
and less 10 ten pounds. The difference
between powder and dynamite is this:
In blasting with powder you drill the
rock, but with dynamite you drill the
ground. My rocks may not be harder
than any other rocks, but they are
harder than my land. The operator
makes a hole under the rock, and all
he wants to resist that discharge is a
little water. which, If he can get it un-
Gerneath, he does not want any earth
to back up. Ii is the instantaneous dis
charge of this agent THAI skaters the
rock TO pieces. The rocks were not
thrown as far as by powder. was so
well pleased with the result of the dyn-
amite on this field that set the man TO
work on three large rocks, in an ad
joining field, which | had thought of
getting rid of by powder. Trenches
were dug under those rocks by my men,
from ten to eleven feeti in depth; so you
may judge of the size of the rocks. The
discharge was to take place at II
o'clock, and quite crowd assembled to
witness the scene. The rocks were
thrown but little distance. but they
We're completely shattered.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08
something for the New Year

The world renowned success Of Hostetters
Bitters, and their continued popularity for a
quarter Of u century u stOnIachic. Is scarce
ly more wonderful than the Welcome that
greets the annual appearance of IIostetter's
Almanac. This valuable medical treatise is
published by Hostetter & Smith, Plttsburg. Pa
under their own immediate supervision. en-
ploying so hands in that department. Ten
cylinder printing presses, folding machines,
5 job presses, &c, are running about eleven
months in the wear ON this work, and the issue
of same for 1879 will not te less than ten mill
ions. printed in the English, German, French,
Welsh Norweg.an, Swedish, Holland, BOhe-
misn and Spanish languages Refer to copy
of it for valuable aud interesting reading con-
corning health, and numerous testimonials as
to the efficacy of Hostetter's Bitters, amuse-
ment varied information. astronomical calcu-
tions and chronological items, &c. which can
be depended on for correctness The Almanac
for 1879 can be obtained free of cost, from
druggists and general country dealers in ali
parts of the country.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08

Among the new issues of Lee K Walker,
Music Publishers, 11l3 Chestnut Street Phila-
delphia- are Gov. Hoyt's March. by Mack. with
fine picture of the Governor, 40 cts. Butter
ick's Fashion Polka, 35 cts. Gov. Hampton's
March, by Minter, 35 cts. The Further Side.
A Sacred Song, 35 cts. CeciIsn Edition OF
Burrowes Primer in boards, 25 cts. hand.
somely bound in cloth and gilt, so cts. Gems
OF American Songs, a collection OF 80 popular
songs. by American authors, in boards, 81 co.
cloth Us. gilt $3.50. Lee & Walker keep
everything in stock aud if you are needing in
the line of sweet music. or music books-any
song or piano piece, any instruction book. a
music roll or folio send to Lee 4 Walker, 1ll5
Chestnut St, Philadelphia aud you csn have
them by return mail
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08

Playing Cars. - Little two.year-old
Eta often amuses herself by placing
the chairs in row and calling them a
train of cars.
One evening, while thus engaged, !
called, and unthinkingly occupied one
Of the Gears" Miss Eta, not wishing
10 have her play disturbed, stepped up
and said:
"Mister Pertins, dis is train OF
tars."
"Oh." said |, 'then ri be passen-
ger and take a ride, Miss Eta"
Little Eta was hot at all satisfied.
After hesitating moment. she said /:
"Where do 'ou want to dit off, Mister
Pertins?"
''I'll get off at Bloomington" 1 re-
piled.
"Well, Mister Pertins," said Eta,
demurely, "dis is de place"
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NGNrr na.snalri

A living witness OF the remarkable curatiye
effect OF DR.. Herndon's great remedy, the
'Gypseys Gift" in stubborn and painful
cases OF rheumatism. may be found in the
person OF the excellent Turnkey Of the Fifth
District Police Station. Mark Hsmilton, ESQ.
VINO after exhausting the skill of physicians
and gallons OF patent medicines, through many
years, despsrei Of cure, but was restored to
perfect health IN two days by its use. Have
nun interviewed Sold by all PhilAdelphis
DRUGGISTS Send for circular to J. J. Gr,udaII,
Box $40 z. o. Baltimore.
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aTILL ANOTHER CUEE.
Road ths following testimonial from a respectful b
q l.r.r.a.-n NJ

Read the following testimonial from a respectable
citizen " Granaia, Mss.
SETH s. HANcE, Baltimore, Mt.-Dcsr str:-i TAKE
great pleasure in reati q cass of spasmst or Fttk
cured by your invaluable Pills, Ny brother. }. j.
Lyon, has long been afflicted with thisawfu dis sse
He wa hrst attacked while quite young. He would
have two spa-ns At one attack ~ nrst, but Al
lie grew older they seemed to increase. tp 70 the
time h. commenced taking your Pills he had then
very often and quite severe pTc-tra lng him, bOdl
and mind. His mind had suffered seriously, but now
Lam happy to saw, hs is cured Of these hts tie hAt
enjoyed hne health for the last i've months. Ii .
mind has also returned 10 its original brightness
All this 1 take pleasure in comm unc atiu-, A.
IL may be the Of directing others 20 ne reney
that will cure them.
Yours respectfully etc. " p. LISor.
Sent to any part of the country. by mail, free y
postage, on receipt 81 a remitlsuc.. ADDRESS SETH
g. HANCE, Jos Baltimore St. Baltimore, Id. Price,
one bH1, IS, two, S., Twelve, 81.
~Pleass mention whore bou saw this aSvsrtiss
mont
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Astonishing success.

1t is the duty OF every person who has used
BoscHEEs GERMAN SYRUP to let its wonderful
qualities be known to their friends IN curing
Consumption severe Coughs Group, Asthma
Pneumonia, and in fact all throat and lung
diseases. No person can use it without i'm
mediate relief Three doses will relieve ANT
case and We consider it the duty of all Drug
gists to recommend it 10 the poor dying con-
sumptiye. st least TO try one bOtt.e a. 20. COO
dozen bottles were sold last year. and no one
case where it failed was reporied Such 8
medicine as the GERMAN SYRUP cannot be toe
widely known Ask your Druggist about it
Sample Bottles TO try sold at 10 cents. Regu al
size IS cents For sale By al Druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08

SPISACH.-Get half peck of spinach,
pick out the yellow leaves, cut off roots
and stems, wash the leaves two or three
times in cold water, then scald them in
boiling water with some salt in till they
are tender; put them in sieve, let
some cold " ater run over it before press
ing the spinach with both your hands
to get all the water out; then chop it
fine in d wooden bowl; melt piece OF
butter the size of an egg, or some roast
beef dripping In a saucepan, with one
teaspoOnful of flour mixed in; then add
the spinach. season with pepper and
salt, and keep stirring it dry little
while; then add some soup or beef tea,
just enough to keep it from burning,
and let il boil 10 minutes longer; I'LL
out in vegetable-dish and garnlsh
with hard-boiled eggs cut lengthwise in
slices.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08
AGRICULTURE.

WILD HORSES IN kaNsAs.-it Is a well
known fact that from time immemOrial
herds of wild horses have roamed over
the plains of Southwestern Kansas.
rheir origin no man knows. 1t may
date back to the early Spanish conquest
uf the country. lt has been exceedingly
difficult TO capture them, the method
pursued having been to run down and
lasso them " it'll fleet horses. Latterly
however il has been found that they can
ne captured in herds. The method is, to
get up an outfit of a fast-walking team
ON a wagon carry ing provisions and
camp-supplies, and three or four riding
ponies and as many men. When herd
Is found they are kept moving, no effort
being made TO drive them in any direc-
ton. The team and ponies are not
driven any faster than walk, and
every opportunity is embraced of cut
ting across 10 save distance. The wild
horses are kept in motion until dark,
being given 10 opportunity TO Craze,
ana will lie down. The pursuers' camp,
feed their horses from grain which they
carry with them, and are up by day
light, have breakfast and start again.
This is kept up day after day. Every
day takes some of the scare and wild
out of them; they become accustomed.
10 the sight of the men on horseback and
the team, find they are not going TO be
hurt by them, and leg weary from con-
slant travel and little feed, in from
eight TO ten days they will allow the
men to ride in among them and drive
them in any direction. They are then
headed for the ranch, and are quite tame
and docile by the time they get ia.
They are of the pony order, such as are
used in the cattle business, make good
riding ponies, and when thoroughly
broken, good teams for light driving in
that country. They sell, when broken
TO ride. at $l5 TO $25 per head, and when
20 drive, at from $50 to s75 per span.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08
HIEsKEII's TErTER OINTMENT will cure all
scabby or scaly diseases of the skin
Reliable Dry Goods House.

IL you want Silks, Black Goods Dress Goods,
Hosiery or Dry Goods of any kind below the
market prices, and wish to have the advan-
tage Of all the great trade sales. and of losses
made by importers, send your orders or write
for samples TO Il F. Devices, 1924 (formerly of
725)Chestnut street They send out thousands
Of samples and fill orders daily from all parts
Of the country.
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Auoxr xEuARKARLE CURE

PHILADELPHIA. June D. lSoI
srrv H.rrx Baltimore, Md.-Desr sir: seeing
your adv srtissmsnt, vas induced q Try your Ep-
leptio Pills was attacked with EPILEPSY In July,
Is63. Immediately my ph siciAn was SUNNI Snt
he co ud give reiisf. then consulted Anotnss
physician, but seemed to grow worse L thsn trlta
the treatment Of another, but any good erect
again returned 10 my family physieiani Was euppsd
and bled several tines. 1 was generally attacked
without any prsmonit ~ symptoms. hal had IRON
to.nye te day, at intervals ~ two weeAs ses
Ofton attacked IN sleep, and would iali uhessvsr
severely injured several times from the falls. vas
Affected so much that iOst all confidence In myself
also was Affected In my business, and e.lnsidsr
that your Epilsptic Pills eurei me. In Feor nAry,
1895 mmenced TO your Pills, and eniy nAd Two
and they Of less serious character. Win the
blessing of Proyidence our ms';icne was made the
instrument By which cured OF that distr ssins
aiiction IA ak the Pills and their good enectf
should bs male known eyerywhere, that persons
Who are similarly affected may hsvs the benens OF
them Any person wishing further Inf orInAti0n can
obtain IL BY calling at my residence, No. AS Nofu
Thru Street. Philadslpais, Pa
wuLfAn ELrRI-
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ANOTHER REMARKABLE
CURE OF EPILEPSY; ON, FALLING FITS,
BY HANCES EPILEPTIC PILLS.

MONrsoxkRr. Texas, Juns y, lSs7.
To Seth q. HANcs;-A person IN my employ had
been afflicted with Fits, Epilepsy, for thirteen
years. b. had these attacks at Intervals Of two 70 four
weeks and oft nfimes several in quck successsOn,
some ines continuing foo two or three days On sew
eral occasions thry lasted until his mind appesred
tot ally derangsd. in which stats he would cOntin1s
for sy after the fts had ceased n I'd sew
eral remedies scnibed by our resident ply ieians
but without success Having your sd, rrti- at
conc uded to Try your remedy. obtained tSO
Of your Pills gave them according g directions
and they effected a permanent cure- The person "a
nov 3 stout and heaiths ma, about - eArs OF age
and haA 80 had it since he Commenced taking your
IN -dic.nS, ten years since. He my principal
WAGNER and has since that time, BEEN e1 posed to
he everest Of veather. l have great confidence II
your remedy, and would like every one whJ has niu
70 give il a trial l.. DEERKEsg.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08

OsE Cold l. sometimes contracted on top OF
another, the accompanying cough be omIng
settled and confirmed, and the lungs so strained
ana racked, that the production OF tubercles
frequently follows. Many existing cases OF
pulmonary disease may be thus account d for
and yet how many Others are now carelessly
allowing themselves TO dr1Il through the pre-
liminary symptoms. controlled by the fatal
policy or all swing cold to take care OF Itself
ON he first in imation or a Cough or Cold, or
any Throat or Lung trouble. resort promptly TO
DR.. Jayne's Expectorant, a safe curative OF long
established reputation. and you NAV avoid the
sonseque nces OF such dangerous tIiiling.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08

DR.. March's new book. published by
j. &. McCurdy & Co.. Philadelphia, has
been selling very rapidly since its issue.
1t is very beautiful work, written in
the gifted authors charming style. We
do not wonder that khose who have
secured the agency for this valuable
work find it sell so easily that their
profits each month make a larger
amount than the salaries of nine out of
ten school teachers of the State.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08

II THIS variable climate the prevailing dis
eases are those Of the lungs and throat. all Of
which can be readily made 10 yield to the pow
erful curative properties Of Schenck's Pulmo-
mic Syrup. which unlike many Of the so-called
Cough Medicines, contains no opium or 9TH
er injurious drug. Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup
contains nothing that will disagree with the
most delicate constitution.
For sale by all Druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-08

"SCPPER is now ready in the smoking
car" shouted the brakeman, and q
young man from Hartford who was on
his way TO San Francisco, got up and
went forward to see what the brakeman
meant. He went into the smoking car
and found a party of Bavarian emigrants
cooking two kinds of cheese and three
denominations of sausages on the stove.
He came out very pale and gave the
brakeman half dollar to stand on the
platform and burn matches under his
nose. "Was it very bad?" an old
gentleman asked him, when he returned
to the coach. "Sir," said the young
man of Hartford, "youll never smell
anything like it until you have been
dead about six months"