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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
The Scrap Book.

Every earmer should keep Il scrap
book. Many valuable receipts, useful
suggestions and beautiful thoughts are
floating around in the various news
papers that may be preserved in this
way for convenient reference. Maga-
zines should not be mutilated, but
bound and placed upon the library
shelf year after year. Newspapers,
however, are esually destroyed
thrown aside and forgotten-but if
what is either interesting or useful TO
you Is first cut out, and pasted in
scrap book, valuable volume contain
ing Il vast amount of miscellaneous in
formation, is rapidly completed, and
always accessible. The matter may be
arranged under different departments
the scientific, the floral, the hOrti-
cultural, the live stock, the ornamental,
the household, veterinary and the mis-
cellaneous. II every article is placed
under its proper heading, no index
will be necessary, and you can readily
turn to the article you wish to refer.
The value of such book must be ap-
parent TO every intelligent farmer, and
its compilation a most pleasant amuSe-
ment The lives of valuable animals
may be saved by reference to its
pages; grain and vegetables may be
cultivated more successfully, or other
and better varieties obtained. Useful
instruction may be found in vineyard
and orchard, meadow and lawn, the
barnyard and poultry house. Many
pleasant evening may be passed by
the winter fireside reading its pages,
for if the selections are good, it will be
an interesting and valuable encyclop9-
dia. Ii is a book in which all should
take an inierest-the husband, the wife,
the child-and il should contain selec-
tiOns suited to the wants OF all. Let
the children have a department all
their own, devoted to rabbits, pigeons,
canaries and other pets. You will
thus instill in their minds a love of
nature, a desire for study and methodlcal
habits. The cost of such book is
trifiing, and those who commence the
compilation of one will soon be sur
prised at the amount of pleasure and
profit afforded them. Unlike any
other book in your library, this is one
OF your own making, and you alone are
responsible for its contents, like an au-
thor who writes one. Ii would have a
value all its own and become a treas
ured heirloom for your children when
y0u are dead.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

Instead of regarding obesity as an
abnormal condition, many people have
enormously considered il as an evi-
dence of health, and any agent that
reduces fat is therefore at once sus-
pected of being injurious. Starting to
reason from the false position that fat
is an evidence of health, it is not sur
prislng that they should, very natur-
ally, fall INTO the error of supposing
that an agent possessing properties ca
pable of reducing corpulency would
prove injurious to the health. Reason
ing, however, from the rational basis,
that an undue deposition of fat, consti-
tuting obesity, is not a healthy but a
morbid condition, it is quite as natural
FOR us to arrive at the opposite conclu-
sion, which is sustained by experience
and observation, /. G., that the reduc-
ton Of fat in cases of corpulency is in
variably followed by an improvement
Of strength, spirits and physical COM
forts. Allan's Anti-Fat will reduce a
fat person from to pounds week.
Sold by druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
Legend of White Cap Mountain.

\ young and beautiful girl, the belle
Of all the country round, went up the
mountain with her country lover TO
gather the favorite berry, and enjoy
the beauties of the view. He had
long sought to disclose to her his at
and ask her hand. Fear of
a refusal had deferred him until this
occasion, which had so loosened his
tongue, that despite all the young
maiden's saucy little capers, he sue
ceeded in bringing her TO the most sat
isfactory terms. Upon reaching the
summit of the mountain lthey had OF
course straYed from their party, the
betrothed determined true TO nature)
10 plague her lover, on that day to her
hearts content. SO, while he stopped
10 Gull the finest branches of berries
for Mary Lawson, she ran like fright
ened doe. beyond large rock of gran
ite. at some distance from him, and
awaited IN her concealment the effect
of her absence.
lie shortly perceived it, and COM
nenced calling her. Receiving no re-
SPONGE, he rushed away in an opposite
direction from the rock behind which
Mary Law concealed. For long time
his voice might be heard, as he wan-
dered hither and thither in his search.
In vaIn-she was securely hidden.
Finally he disappeared. The sun was
sinking below the lofty mountains be-
fore her. She rose, now thoroughly
calmed, and the horrid thought came
on that she was left alone upon the
mountain. She now wandered fran
tically about. calling upon her lovers
name. Alas, empty echoes Knocked
her. Night came upon her, and witt
sable mantel, wrapped the rugge(
crest.
Nearicd and exhausted, she had at
tained at length the pinnacle-precipi
t0us on the sOutherly side. In the
darkness, she lost her foOthold and fel
into 4 deep chasm, hundreds of feet be
low. There, the next day, she wa
found by her frantic lover, who sup
posing She had joined the rest of th'
party, after vainly searching for her
followed after the others, who had al
ready commenced the descent. To hi
utter despair, she was not among them
4 few of his comrades returned Will
him TO the mountain. In the darknes
they could do nothing but call for Mary
No Mary answered, for they wer,
many a weary hours walk from her
At dawn Of the following day, draggin;
through the bitter hours OF that Ion;
night. they stood upon the pinnacle
and saw fluttering on the verge of tn
precipice a scarf. The dreadful stOr.
was told full soon, to the seekers
Mournfully and slowfully they Dor
the shattered remains of the once beau
tiful Mary Lawson down that noun
tain path. to her bereaved parents, am
stricken band of companions follOwe'
her 10 the grave. y simple moun
marks the spot where she was found
And to this day the story is told witt
tears, ald choking accents, by tn
children of those who knew and love
her.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
500. 900 Per,ons Cured

is the glorious record Of ..Anakess" and none
but those afflicted with piles, that most pain
full and persistent Of all diseases will fully
understand or appreciate the significance of
such an announcement. Only those who have
wasted time, money and health on ointments,
lotions, electuaries and the Innumersble worse
than useless nostrums and catch-pennies, put
forth to deceive the ignorant. or what is even
more unsatisfactory, suffered from the empir-
ical and routine practice Of careless or ignor-
ant doctors. can realize how great q boon an
infallible remedy for piles must be or how
great . benefactor to tue human race the dis
covsrer DIR. Silsbes is- Anakesis il not the
chance blunder Of inexperience, but the result
Of 40 years practice and study Of piles by an
accomplished and scientific physician 1t is
now endorsed by the most intelligent physi-
clans Of all schools and admitted to be the
nearest to an in allible remedy known 1t is
simple, safe and easy of application, relieves
pain at once, holds up the sensitive tumors
sooths, congresses and medicates the diseased
parts and ultimately cures the worst cases and
any one who will follow the advice of Dr. Sis
bee in the printed circular need never have
piles again. 1t is the only proprietary medi-
cine we ever saw that not only cures but tells
its customers how to preuent the disease. Suf-
ferers with Piles should write to p. Neustaed-
ter 4 Co, Box 1916 New York for . sample
Of ''anakesis" which will be sent free
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
Vanilla Beans.

The vanilla is a parasite, growing on
the trunks of old trees, and obtains its
nourishment from other parasites and
cryptogamous plants also growing
there, but never feeds upon the sap of
the tree itself. 1t is found in Mexico.
Peru and other countries, and is culti-
waited in Brazil and the West Indies,
but the most perfect plant grows in
Mexico. The fruit is cylindrical in
form, and when fresh, pulpy inside,
and usually gathered before it is ripe !;
then it is strung in festoOns and dried
il the open air, or, when the weather
is rainy, in an oven. The color of the
bean then changes from green to a
deep purl lish brown. Then the beans
while still warm, are packed into blan-
kets and put into large tin cans to un-
dergo 4 sweating process, after which
they are dried again. This sweating is
sometimes repeated, and finally the
beans are assorted into fifteen different
sizes, packed in tin cans holding about
5000 each and sealed. The old way of
treatment was to smear the beans with
oil, to prevent the escape of the odor,
and when dry to pack them in tinfoil.
In regard to their value, they used to
be $50 per thousand, but within few
years the price has risen to $50, and
will soon be 5000 or more, as the de-
mand surpasses the supply. This high
price may stimulate cultivation, or the
chemist to supply an artificial flavor as
substitute; the latter is more likely to
be the case than an increased cultiva-
tion, as the semi-civilized nations that
produce it are not sensible of the stimu-
lus which the demands of commerce
excIte in an enlightened country.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
HUMOROUS.

Irw,ss ssNoRpH,NE. YER WURsHUP:
Mrs. Maloney was in excellent spi,
wheu an officer brought her 10 the Da q,
of the police court and charged her WIN
intoxicatiOn. oIono
"I found her staggering aion
Rleacker street about nine O'CLOCK, anu
she couldn't stand" a -
.sTbrue for you, 1 couldn't shtanu.
"She claimed there was something
the matter with her foot Dut sile "o''0
not show ii. ., Jav
ssBedad, but it's foine time o uay
whin I'd be afther shown me iu' W '"0
loikes of you" ;.h ron
what was the matter Will s01'
madam" >,
0Morphane, Yer Wurshup."
Morphine. That's poison.
SIS it?'' >,
eyes. certainly; sure death"
aWud Yer Honor be kind enough; /;
thin. to sind word to me frinds, an
tell thin lave all me things 10 me oio-
ther?'
"why, what are you doing-makihs
your will?"
"Begob, might as WELL"
.'What for?" -.
Didn't you say morphane was plzeI,
an amt | been takin' the devii owl
dose av it. Hands of now, officer ana
lave me die Ill peace. u,
"You're not going to die yet. ho"
die you get the morphine"
"The docthor gev it to me for TO per
form an operation on me toe-
.'Which toe?"
"The big wan on this rOight tut:
had a shwellin' an it an-weu Jish'
come over beyant an look at 1t. Seem
is belavin', an ye can judge for yersei
thin"
"Oh, never mind, madam. / don
want to be to(e) inquisitive, III De
lieve you this time, and let you X
home"
'.Tnank Yer Honor, an may We niVii
have corns."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
YOUTHS COLUMN.

The Beggar BOg.-"PIease give me a
penny?"
You would expect from such an APP
peal as that, to see a pale, wasted,
ragged and desolate child, who beggeu
because he was hungry.
Pit, on the contrary, it was the rosi-
est, plumpest, most impied-cheeked
little fellow, you would care to meet
anywhere, somewhat dirty, it is true,
as TO hands and face, but looking as if
he had never had a wish ungratified.
Such boy it was who begged for a
penny, and that boy was Teddy!
The reason for his begging was, to
begin with, his papa's friends were in
the habit of dropping into his hands
pennies for candy. It was very nice to
have pennies, and when they did not
come without, he asked for them.
From that he got into the way of ask
ing the first person he happened 10
meet, and he was usually successful.
When his mamma found this out she
reproved, ,shamed him, and finally pun
ished him, but all 10 no purpose; he
could not see the harm or disgrace in it.
At last his aunty devised aplan which
cured him at the first trial.
She told him il he loOUld beg, he
might as well have basket, and 90
about as other beggars dio-little
freckled-faced Mary McCarty for exam
pie. This idea did not please him. But
one evening just before tea, when she
discovered that he had new kite,
bought with two pennies which stran-
gers had given him for the asking, she
felt it was time 10 deal with him in
earnest.
So she said, Snow, Teddy, you may
just as well beg for your supper as ioI
kite"
So she put little old sunbonnet on
him, and pinned little shoulder-shaw
about him, gave him a basket, and told
him to start.
He burst out of the door, for he fell
obliged to obey, aud fled wildly down
the street, sobDing as if his heart would
break.
He threw the basket from him in :
perfect passion of anger and shame
and it would be hard to tell where h'
might have gone, had not mis- aunty raI
after him and brought him home.
The hateful bonnet was taken off anC
his tears dried, but he never after tina
said to anybody, please give me ;
penny?"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
The Vital Energies,

When depressed by fatigue bodilE or mental,
by exhausting diseases. or the influence of q
debiltating temperature. should he reinforced
physicians tel us-by some wholesome stim-
ulant; and among those which have been
tested and administered by them, none has
received such hearty Recommendation as Hos
letters Stomach Bitters- 1t has been pre-
ferred by them from the fact that its spirltu-
Gus basis. which Is of the purest description.
Is modified BY. and made the vehicle for the
vegetable medicinal princil les incorporated
with It These latter render i. cOnspicuousy
serviceable in cases of general debility con-
stipation and other disorders Of the bowels:
IN dyspepsia, nervous affections, urinary and
uterine ailments. rheumatism. intermittent
ami remittent fevers, which it prevents as
well as remedies; and in liver complaint. A
household stock of medicines can scarcely be
called complete without this inestimabe medI-
cine
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

WANTED TO SEE IT.-Recently two
men met in Detroit and began threat
ening and calling each other names;
One finally called the other liar, ana
the two were about to grapple, when d
woman opened the door and SAID:
Gentlemen, are you about to fight =
"We are ~ they answered in cho-
rus.
"Then have the kindness to wait
moment" she continued. My poor
husband has been sick for weeks ana
weeks, and is now just about able to SIT
up. He is very down-hearted TINS
morning, and if you'll only wait until
can draw HIM up to the window L know
he'll feel yery grateful TO both OF
you"
She disappeared in the house, ana
after one look into each others faces
the men smiled, shook hands and de-
parted together,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

An ingenious method of mending
broken castings is thus described: To
insure its success, it is necessary that
the parts to be reunited should be bro
ken entirly across, so that the two parts
shall be independent. IT consists in
heating the two pieces together by a
stream of molten cast iron until the
surfaces of the fracture and the parts
Immediately adjacent to it commence
to melt. Exactly at this point, the flow
of cast iron should be stopped, when
the softened surfaces left behind will
unite in chilling, and if the operation
has been properly conducted, the new
seam will be quite as strong as any
other part of the piece. 1t is obvious,
in addition to the precaution above
named, that the melting should extend
over the whole of the fractured sur
faces, and to prevent the actul running
down of the pieces, the thickness OF
the casting must not be too small.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

CORN CAKE.-One pint of new milk,
one pint of Indian meal, one pint OF
flour, half cup of sugar, three eggs,
one teaspoonful of saleratus, two OF
cream tartar salt. Measure the meal and
flour after they have been sifted, and
put into the sieve with the saleratus,
cream tartar, sugar and salt. Mix well
together and sift. Break the eggs into
the pan in which you intend mixing the
corn cake, and beat lightly; then turn
in the milk and stir in the meal. Bake
in tin plates in quick oven.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

LADY to French governess: 81 am
shocked to find that my daughter has
been receiving letters in French from
a young man." Governess: pardon,
madame. 1t is only my little ruse to
cheat nam 'selle into study. When she
would reply to an unknown lover-a
Frenchman-mon Dieu, how quickly
she will learn my languager' -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

APPLES AND BACoN.-Cut some nice
sweet bacon into thin slices and fry al
most to crispness. Have prepared
some greetings, pared ,cored and sliced,
and fry in the fat left in the pan from
the bacon. The bacon should be kept
hot until the apples are ready, when
they should be taken and placed upon
the meat.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

\ WESTERN boy thought his mother
was praying overlong the other morn
ing, and he said: ''Oh, mother, there's
a hawk over the hens" The old lady
brought her devotions TO a poultry
standard of measurement in double
quick time, and sprang to her feet with
Amin. Out wild yees, Thomas, and
save thin hins.r
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

IL has been impossible heretofore to
use nitrous oxide in protracted surgical
operations. for the reason that the pa
tient finally dies for want of oxygen.
This has been obviated by causing him
to inhale, in place of the pure gas,
mixture with air in very compressed
form. He then obtains the full supply
of air, and the vital process goes on.
The disadvantage of this is that there
is required a chamber especially
adapted. The expense of this will
prevent general use, except in hospit-
ais. Nitrous oxide possesses some ad-
vantages over chloroIorm.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
DOMESTIC.

DYEING BLUE AND GREEN.-FOr five
pounds of goods, take one ounce of
prussiate of potash, three cents worth
oil of vitriol, one-quarter pound of cop
peras; dip your goods first in the cop
peras water, tnen in the potash; then
pour in the vitriol, part at time; pre-
pare the copperas in porcelain, and heat
it boiling hot; the potash in brass; now
put as many of your blue goods as you
want green into the sugar of lead wa
ter, and from that to potash the same as
the yellow, and rinse In cold water ;
thus you have beautiful green.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

Two countrymen were looking at
watch "marked down" in show win
dow, which, among other virtues,
showed the day of the month, day of
the week and the phases of the moon.
''Pooh you call that much of thing?"
said one. "Where l live you can buy
a watch and the hour hand will mark
the daily stock quotations, the theatre
programme and your wash list"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

PREJUDICE KILLS. ELEVEN years
our daughter suffered on bed OF
misery under the care of several OF the
best (and some of the worst physl-
clans, who gave her disease various
names but no relief, and now she is re-
stored to us in good health by as simple
a remedy as Hop Bitters, that we had
poohed at for two years, before using
it. We earnestly hope and pray that no
one else will let their sick suffer as we
did, on account of prejudice against so
good medicine as Hop Bitters. The
DUrpUfS
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

WASHING BUTTER.-I never wash my
butter. as 1 think it deprives it OF its
fine flavor. If it should be too soft TO
work when first taken out of the churn
| might possibly be tempted TO plunge
the lump into cold water in order to
harden it, but 1 should prefer almost
any other expedient. | would sink the
tin vessel containing the butter into the
spring, or let it down the well by a rope
TO the surface of the water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

ALBANY CAKE.-One and one-half
pounds flour, one and one-half pounds
brown sugar, one and one-halt pounds
butter, one tablespoonful lard, four Ia
blespoonfuls powdered cinnamon, one
tablespoonful soda dissolved in cup of
milk. Roll on extra flour very thin.
Dip the face of each cake in granulated
sugar. Bake slowly in CREASED pans.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

Roll JELLY CAKE.-Take four eggs,
one cup OF sugar, one cup of flour, one
teaspoonful of cream of tartar, One-half
teaspoonful of soda, pinch of salt; this
will make two cakes. Spread thin on
tins; as soon as baked turn from the tin.
flavor your jelly, spread over the cakes
and roll it up Immediately; this will
not break in rolling If there is not too
much flour in 1t, will keep some time,
and is acknowledged by all who try 1t
to be the best they ever tasted.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

A striking analogy between animal
and plant life has been discovered by
NJ. Van der HART, of Utrecht. When
the common garden bean begins to
sprout, it is found to contain ferment
very closely resembling pepsin, which
can be extracted by means of glycerine.
This ferment has the power of chang
ing aIbuminous into peptonic sub
stances, and starch into glucose. 1t is
found exclusively in the cotyledons.
In the case of flesh-eating plants, all
the steps of digestion seem to take
place in a manner as i'm animals.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

pieces one pound of beef or mutton, or
a part of both; boil it gently in two
quarts of water; take off the scum, and,
when reduced to pint, strain it. Sea-
son with little salt, and take teacup-
ful at time.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

HAUNTED ME.-Debt, poverty and
suffering haunted me for years, caused
by a sick family and large bills for doc
tOring, which did no good. Twas COM
pletely discouraged, until one year ago,
by the advice of my pastor, 1 procured
Hop Bitters and commenced their use,
and in one month we were all well,
and none of us have been sick day
since; and | want to say to all poor
men, you can keep your families well a
year with Hop Bitters for les man one
doctors visit will COSTA IVOrkiRGndR.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

SUPERIOR PUDDING.-Four eggs, one
quart of milk, one cup of sugar, two
tablespoonfuls of flour. Beat the sugar,
flour, and yolks of the eggs together,
with one cup of the milk; scald the re-
malnder of the milk and put the above
into it. Flavor with lemon or vanilla.
Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff
froth, and add little sugar; spread
on the top of the pudding and brown
slightly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

FRENCH SLAw.-To one head of cab
bage take eight hard-boiled eggs, rub
the yolks with three-quarters of cup
of melted butter, one and half table
spoons of strong mustard, half table,
spoon of salt, same of black pepper, one
teaspoonful sugar. Cut the cabbage as
fine as you can on a cutter. then cut
across with knife; cut whites of eggs
very fine, mix with the yokes, and add
vinegar to moisten, like chicken salad.