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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

There is said TO be 4 river OF petro-
leum flowing trough the subterranean
cavities of Texas. IL takes its rise in
the carbOnifcrOus strata, north of the
great bend of the Colorado above Lam
paSas, thence it flows in a southeast
direction. The first indication known
OF this stream is In Burnet county at
the "tar springs" where petroleum
covers the wafer. Again it appears in
the southeast in Williamson county
ani al several points in the same direc-
tion IN the Gnfrequcnted forests and
thickcts penetrated by the Great North
era Railway. Further southeast il ap-
pears again nine miles northwest of
Sour Lake, ii appears on most of the
wells. and has covered the surface for
a considerable space with hard asphalt
nm. Again. some thirty miles south
east, it appears at Beaumont. Some
fifteen miles from that point an arm
of il comes near the surface at what is
known as Oil Bay, on the gulf, where
inc Ndltf Il 50 tDNtItu NllH OH lldL
The waves have no effect. Even when
the gulf is on its heaviest "benders"
the waters of this bay are said to be
perfectly quiet and peaceable, and it Is
therefore a favOIite place of refuge
for trading vessels when 4 storm is
threatened. Perhaps tins river of Pc
troleum passes through the subterra-
mean cavities under the gulf, and is the
same that at last boils up in Trinidad,
making the great asphaltum lake.
Along the shores near Sabine Bay it Is
also common for chunks Of asphaltum
to be thrown up by the sea. The river
if it be a river, has never vet been
tapped by the hands of man, aud its
great supplies of oil are doing no good
except in Trinidad, if it be the same
that rises on the island.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22
& iauls.

The small, round, hard-shell clam il
by no means driven out OF the market,
or away from the table, By that big,
bloated member of the family. The oy-
ster. CLANS which are good in sumner.
are even better through the fall and
winter, There is common prejudice
against CLAIMS thar they are indi iseslibie.
If they are so, it is because they are i'm
properly cooked; they are stewed
whole into tough leather; the cook fam
cying she must serve so!es, or other
monstrosities, instead of clans. Or
they are baked to cinders, as at some Of
the popular clam bakes, where they
are only digestcd by such mechanical !
means az by pouring into the stomach
whole pints of strictly prime Bourbon
benZine, as the ostrich swallows rail-
road spikes and bites of junk bottles to
assist i'll cutting up Its tough food.
CLANS should never be stewed, but cut
up finely and gently simmered. But
the royal way of serving the clam is to
roast it On bars of gridiron over a
bright CRATE fire-the quicker the bet
ter-and the minute Ii .'sizzles,' . open
il. pan it, and let it simmer little in
its own saved juice and bit of butter.
The clam thus cooked is n grateful
Great re that will repay all the atten-
ton shown it. And SO served, far from
being digcstible, it is tender as the
swan song in ''LOhengrin.''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22
DOMESTIC.

KEEP THE BODY ERECT.-An erect
hodiiv attitude is of vastly more impor-
rance TO health than people generally
imaoins. Crooked bodily positions,
maintained for any length of time, are
always Injurious, whether in the sit
ting, standing, or lying posture, wheth-
or sIeepine or waking. To sit with
the body leaning forward on the stom-
ach or 70 one side, with the heels eie-
vated ON a level with the head, is not
only in bad taste, but exceedingly det-
rImental to health. 1t cramps the
stomach. presses the vital organs, in
terrupts the free motions OF the chest,
and enfeebles the functions of the ab-
dominal and thoracic organs, and, III
fact. unbalances the whole muscular
system. Many children become slight
" hump-backed, or severely round
shouldered, by sleeping with their head
raised on high pillow. When any
person finds il easier to sit, or stand, or
walk,or sleep, in crooked position
than straight one, such person may
be sure that his muscular system Is
badly deranged, and the more careful
he is to preserve a straight or upright
position, and get back to nature again,
the better.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

The toothpIck market is agitated.
Those chiefly in use are of white wood
and pointed at both ends, \ patent
for fourteen years was obtained for
them i'll 1866, aad tine factory of the
Boston owners 1t Bucksfield, Me-, used
from 5000 to 5000 cords of wood year
ly and turned ont incalculable quanti-
ties. \ box of :, 800 sold for twenty
five cents, and the profit was large. A
log six feet long and about eighteen in
ches in diameter was placed in a ma
chine where bevel knives cut 1t in each
direction and turned out the tOothpicks
ready for market. About eighteen
months ago another Boston firm started
a factory in the woods of Ohio and used
similar machinery. The price then be-
gan tumbling, and fell to 30 cents at re-
tail. then to IS, II, and II. OF late the
original manufacturers have reduced
the figure to 10 cents, or s cents at
wholesale, and report their antagonists
to be on the verge of stoppage,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22
Swedish Cookery.

The habit of lunching in the very
presence of dinner, OF going to side
table and eating your fill of anchoyies,
raw herrings, smoked beet and cold eel
pie while dinner is on the very table,
still prevails and is hardly conducive
to health. 1t is said that the habit of
taking '.sup" rs the Swedes call 1t,
arose from the scarcity of delicacies.
1t was hard to get enough OF any one
nice thing to make meal Of, So you
were first delicately inuendoed Off to
the brandy table (as it is called, and
then allowed to sit down to dinner.
The practice is universal in Sweden.
Private houses, hotels and boarding
houses, all feed you on preliminary
scraps, and woe be to you il you inno-
Gently turn away from the proifered
luncheon, You fare like an ascetic
and feed yourself on odors. The or
dinary routine of dining seems in
Sweden to be in wild confusion. Soup
sometimes ends instead OF beginning
the dinner. Iced soups and cold fish
are dainties to the Scandinavian palate.
Much of the soup is nauseOusly sweet,
favored with cherries, raspberrles and
gOoseberries, often with macaroon
cakes and spikes of cinnamon floating
wildly about in it. This is eaten as 4
sort of desert, and is cold and often
beautifully clear. If Helen bitterly
reviled the Erglish for bringing veSc-
tables on the table dW nGtTel, there is
no such complaint to be made here.
Heaven, earth, and he'll are eaten with
sauce-sauces red, white ard blue,
green, yellow aud black sauces-celes-
tial and sauces Internal. Strange COM
/ blnations of ice cream heaped over de-
licious apple tarts, or strange dishes OF
berry juice boiled down aud mixed
with farina, sugar AMI almonds, then
cooled, nodded and turned out into
basins of cream, TO be eaten with
crushed sugar and wine, appear at the
end of dinner. The Swedes share
with the Danes and Arabs passionate
/ fOndness for sweatmeats. Everything
is slightly sweet; even green peas are
sugared as well as the innumerable tea
and coffee cakes, so that long before the
unhappy tourist has finished ms jour
ney he is a hopeless dyspeptic or a
raging SwedOphobc.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

By fever AMI g.ue !:uI. ;:.Ity from tn dread j
o,JrEe \ enjoyed b. those " O ilave r i,t.e-,d
their systems rns ara ITo + gith Hostetter's
Stomach B-tters the best preventive and rem
edy- Gimme cannot compare with it in eff
cac-, slii is anything but safe. Physicians
commend the BItter4 for lts remedial and re-
susc.ta ing properties and tie closest analysis
reveals nothing in the composition of a dele
terious nature 1t does not ds,oriorate is an
agreea lie cordial as well as potent medicine.
and when mixed with hrackish or unwholsome
water, neutralizes is hurtfu properties. The
deniZens of mslarious localities, not only in
tie United States, but the tropics, regard 1t as
an invaluable protection and i'll hosts of FAM
lies it is kept cons antly on hand. AS the
tide OF emigration spreads farther westward,
the dcmani for 1t amoag those compelled to
eacount the yieissitu!es OF climate, con-
siantiy Increases.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

Mock OYsTERs.-Take half a dozen
good-sized ears of corn; put them IN
cold water, and when it begins to boil
set it on the back of the range, and let
il simmer for half an hour; then put
the corn in cold water; when cool,
wipe the ears with a dry towel, and
crate them; then put them through j
hair seiye TO rid them of the shells OF
the corn: have two eggs well beaten,
two tablespoonfuls OF cream, two OF
grated crackers, one teasp9onfrl oi
salt, one-fourth teaspooniul pepper
beat this all well together; have lump
of good butter about the size OF half an
egg; put in 4 frying-pan; when hot
put the corn mixture in, in tablespoon
fuIs, allowing space that they do not
run together; when they are Il nice
brown turn them over and fry the
o;her side; it requires about five min
utes to cook them; this will make about
two dozen oysters; serve them hot.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

EoGUS CEEIIFICArTS.-Tt il no vile
drUEgcd stuii, pretending to be made of
wonderful foreign roots, tarkS, &c,
and pulled up by long bogus certificates
Of pretended miraculous cures, but 4
simple, pure, effective medicine, made
of we'll known valuable remedies, that
furnishes its own certificates by its
cures. We refer TO Hop Bittcrs, the
purest and best of melicineS.-E1-
change. See another column.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

PCER drinking water is OF the first
Importance. More dangerous poiSons
are taken into the system with the Wa
ter used, than In any other way. That
from brooks is dangerous, rs wash from
matured fields and snakage from the
soil flows into them. Water from clear
wells aud springs only should be given
TO cattle, and if such precautiGn is
needed for them, it is equally so for the
owners. Much avo.dablc disease & due
To impur. water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

COTTAGE PUEFs.-One cup of milk,
and the same of cream; four eggs beat
en- stif, anj the yolks strained: one
tablespoonful butter, chopped into the
Hour: 4 very little salt; enough pre-
pared Hour for thick batter. Mix the
beaten yOlks with the milk and cream; !;
then the salt and whites, lastly the
il)ur. Bake in buttered iron pans,
such as are used for "gems" and corn
bread. The oven should he quick.
Turn out aud eat with sweet sauce.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

ORANGE JELLY.-Grate the peel OF
five fine oranges end two lemons into
Il bowl; squeeze the juice of them into
il; boil one pound OF sugar in a quart
of water, and when quite boiling, pour
until it is dissolved; add the juice to
it, strain through coar,e muslin, and
lei il stand until half cold, th.n pour
gently into molds which have been
wet with cold water. Before turning
out pat the mOlds into warm wuter ;
loosen the edges with spoon.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

DIET FOR MoULTISG Fowls. - The
moulting OF fowls is claSsed by many
writers on poultry under the head of
diseases, which it is not, but only 4 ma
turai process with most animals in
changing their summer coat for 4 win
ter one. Nevertheless it is great
drain on their constitutions, and fowls
during moulting time should be kept
warm and literally dieted with warm
and stimulating food, such as boiled
oatmeal seasoned with salt and pepper,
chopped onions, mashed potatoes and
occasionally bread crumbs soaked in
strong ale or weak gin. Oxide OF iron,
lime water and sulphate OF iron can al
so be given with advantage. This diet
will accelerate the moulting and pro-
duce speedier resumption OF laying.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

ALTEOCGU M,NY ARE TgEDI P0sEn TO LUS6
Troubles from Birth, Yet even such may escape
Consumption, or other Pulmonary or bronchial
diselSe, II due care ard wa chfulueSs be OBJ
served, and all exciting causes are promptly
treated as they arise. It IS In these cases DR..
JlyneS Expectorant exercises Its most bene-
fetal effects, and has produced the largest p.o-
portion OF It's cures. Besides promptly rem "
ing Coughs and COlls, which. when left to
themselves. are the immediate causes OF tuber-
culOus development. this standard remedy
allays any Inflammation which may exist, and
BY promoting easy exp ectOratiOn, cleanseS the
lungs OF the substances which clog them up,
and which rapidly destroy when suffered 70 re-
main.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

SIT EACK IL YEAEs.-''I was troubled
for many years with Kidney Complaint, +,
Gravel, &c. my blood became thin; /
was dull and inactive; could hardly
crawl about; was an old worn out man
all over: could get nothing TO help me,
until ] got Hop Bitters, and now | am
Il boy again. Ny blood and kidneys
are all right. and | am "A active as a
man of 80, although am y, and have
10 doubt it will 10 rs well for others
Of my age. 1t is worth u trial.
Father
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

CLEANING SILVER SPOoNs.-The dis
agreeable discoioration of egg can he
readily taken from silver spoons by
washing them in potato watcr-watci
in which potatoes have been boiled. II
is much better thau salt, u it does not
scratch the metal. The taste of fish
NAV he removed very effectively from
steel knives and forks by rubbing them
with fresh orange or lemon peel.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

The best way to raise good fodder
corn .s to put it i'm drills thirty-twO in
ches apart. and give it two cultivatingS.
This will give sun and air, and produce
vigorous growth with deep green
foliage, growing-sOme ears, which will
make the feed all the better. Corn and
millet may he cut 1T the same time.
and will make better food for cows if
mixed in the mauger.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

AFPLE SNOw.-Pare, slice and quar-
tel ten good sized tart apples; steam
them until tender. and rub them
through a colander, and set them where
they will get ice cold. When cold, add
the grated rind. the juice of two lem
ons, Que cup Of sugar and the whites
of six eggs. Beat .all to frotl, and
serve Immediately in Il deep glass dish.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

ENANELED BELTs.-To polish enam-
elled leather, take half pint of the
best cream, quarter of n pint of lin
seed oil, make them each lukewarm.
and then mix well together. Having
previously cleaned the leather rub II
over with sponge dipped in the mix
turc; then rub it with soft dry cloth
until Il brilliant polish is produced.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

DEYING ArPLEs.-Dry in the oven
of the co)kinS-Stoye Is quickly As is
possible to do without cooking them 4:
when sufficiently dry put them into
thick paper bags, tie them up so that
no insects can gain access TO them, and
hang them away in stOre-rOOm.
Fruit dried in this way is never wormy,
a the insect moths never get chance
10 deposit their eggs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

PUFF PUDDING.-Take six eggs and
drop them into as many spoonfuls of
milk, and six spoonfuls of siftcd flour;
beat well up into batter; butter some
cups and put the batter in them; bake
IN fairly hot oven: turn them out
and eat them with a sweet sauce.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

a COLLEGE PROFESSOR once said that
he who expects to rate high in his class
must not e.cpectordte on the floor ,,
Much of the hawking and splitting was
no doubt, caused by catarrh, which TN.
professor knew could be readily cured
by the use of few bottles OF DR.. Sage,s
Catarrh Remedy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

\ small boy was hoeing corn in 4
sterile field by the roadside, when 4
passer by stopped and said, 'Pears to
me your corn is rather small?" Ger
tainly, SIR" said the boy, lit is dwarf
corn" "But it looks yellow" Ger
tainlv." replied The bOv, "we planted
the yellow kind" but il looks as il
YOU wouldn't get more than half a
crop" "Of course not" said the boy,
''we planted her on the shares"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

PARENTS cannot be too careiul in
guarding the health of their Babies.
Only n good and reliable medicine
should be given to them. Dr. Bulls
Baby Syrup is known not to contain
anything injurious.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

II is said that 4 Boston man broke off
his marriage with Il young lady be-
cause she speit hugging with one "g."
The provOcatiOn was great, to be sure,
but As long as she pracJiced huggiug
with two arms, we-ihaJ i, some Young
men-would not care if she spelled the
word without any g's 1t all.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

CercsiH. mixture of refined earth
and caranba-wax, i frequently employ
ed To the extent of thirty-tiree To fifty
per cent. TO adulterate bees-waX. As
pure bees-wax is lighter than the spu-
riOus article. detection is easy. 1t the
wax does not float in dilute alcohol
having a specific gravity of O.9l5, it is
safe 10 reject it rs spurious.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

4 LITTLE boy, whose sisters stroll in
the woods for the bright-hued leaves
of Autumn time, saw them coming
home the other day with a red-whis-
kered gentleman, whom he greeted
with the remark; Ny! YOU got Au-
tumn-Ieave wEiskGrs, amt yOu:"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

RICE CAKEs.-Boil cup of rice very
soft; mash fine; add a pint of milk and
3cg%S; stir in u little flour, butter the
Sriddlc, and turn on the batter in small
cakes, Serve with Il little nutmcg and
fine sugar.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

"AN anxious inquirer" is informed
that the founder OF the Aryan race was
not hung. He was not Hungarian.
To anOthor we reply that Leander,
when he went to see Hero, did not
swim the Po, and therefore be is not 4
POleander.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22
SCIENCE.

NdRg-t0ed H0rSeS.-Professo y. I.
Marsh has brief but interesting article
on Polydactyle Horses, recent ana ex-
tinct." in the June number OF 1he
American Journal Of Science and Arts, in
which he cites several curious instances
of extra digits in the foot of the modern
horse. and shows that these reyersions
to an older type are far more numerous
than is commonly supposed. As 10 the
ancestors of these animals, says the
Professor, there can be no doubt. Amer
lea is the original home of the horse,
and during the whole of Tertiary time
this continent was occupied with equine
mammals of many and various forms.
Although all these became extinct be-
fore the discovery of this country, their
abundant remains mark out the geneal-
ogy of the horse i'm an almost unbroken
succession of forms. If we examine the
remains of the oldest representatives of
the horse in this country we shall hnd
that these animals were pOlydactyle,
and of small size. As the line was con-
tlnued toward the present era, there
was gradual increase in size, anda dim
mutton in the number OF toes, until the
present type of horse was produced.
The original ancestor of the horse, not
a. vet discovered, undoubtedly had five
toes on each foot. The oldest member
of the group now known is the Eohip-
pus. which had four well developed toes
aud the rudiment of another on each
fore-foot. and three toes behind. This
animal was about as large as fox, and
its remains are from the Coryphodon
beds near the base OF The Eocene. In
the next higher division OF the Eocene
another equiDe genus, Orohippns, ,makes
IFS appearanrc. Ii reSemblcd its prede-
cessor in size. but had only four toes in
front and three behind. At the top OF
the Eocene a third allied genus has been
found (EpihippuS), that closely resem-
bled Orohippus in its digits, but differed
in its teeth. Near the base OF the next
formation, the MiOcene, another equine
mammal, NesohIppus, occurs. rms
animal was about as large rs sheep,
and had three Usab.e toes and the spllnt
of another on each fore-fOot, with but
three toes behind. Alta somewhat high
er horizon a nearly allied genus, Mio-
hippuS, has be, II found, which has the
splint bone OF the outer or fifth digit re-
duccd 10 a short remnant. In the PHO
Gene above 4 tiree-toed horse lProtohip-
nus about as large rs a donkey was
abundant, and sill higher up = near al
lv of the modern horse, with only
single Toe on each foot tPliOhippus),
makes his appearance. \ true Equus,
rs large rs the existing horse, appears
lust above this horizon, and the series
is complete.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

BUCKwHEAT may lie made profitable
upon piece of rough or newly-cleared
ground. No other crop i so effective
in mellowing rough cloddy land. The
seed in northern localities should be
sown before July 18th; otherwise ear
ly fall frOsts may catch the crops.
Grass and clover mag sometimes be
sown successfully with buckwheat this
month.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

AZ Indianapolis barber, who aban-
dOned his business and went II to
the ministry, was suddenly called up
on one Sunday to baptize three candi-
dates. lie got along very well, but
after baptizing the first, he astonished
his congregation by Justify shouting
"Next.'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

AT a recent wedding the bridegroom,
being an officer, wore his sidearms AT
the nuptials. \ little wIdcawake
brother of the bride WAS attracted by
the display of weapons, and as he had
another sister, whose true love Is 4 ear
penter, he boldly inquired: MAY,
when jenkins comes TO marry Milly.
will lie wear his saw by his side:'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

EGG SAUCE.-Boil three eggs hard:
cut them into small squares and mix
them in good butter sauce; make very
hot and squeeze in some lemon Juice
before serving,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

"ilow- dare You swear before me ~
asked a man of his son recently. GLOW
did | know you wanted to cuss first ~
said the spoiled urchir.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

"WoMAN is 4 delu>ion, madam - ex-
claimed . crusty old bachelor To a witty
young lady. And man is always
huggin% some dclusion or other" was
the quick refOrt.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-22

OLD lady ION donkey; "Boy, boy.
isn't this very dangerous!" Boy :
"werry dangerous, marin; there was
a lady a ridin' up here last year, and
the donkey fell, and the lady were
chuckcd over the cliif and killed" Old
lady: Good gIaciousl was the donkey
killed too?" "Boy: mo marin: that's
the VERY donkey"