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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15
The Chinese Yam.

Their culture is simple. Get soil
that is moderately dry, deep, and rich,
plant the tGbers, and the largest pOr-
ton of the work Is done. They in
crease naturally from the small tubers
that grow on the vine just above each
leaf. These should be saved in the
fall, and kept during winter where
they will not freeze, as freezing in
jures them, and planted in the spring
as soon as the ground gets warm, the
surface being left level when planted.
The first year they will need 10 be hoed
4 few times to keep the soil loose and
weeds down. They are perfectly hardy
and stand in the ground all winter, and
grow again when spring comes, in
creasing in size for a number of years.
After the first year Shey require very
little attention; simply keep the weeds
hoed off or moved down, as you pre-
fer. The product per acre would vary
according TO the number of years they
have been left TO grow, the kind of soil
they are in, and the distance apart the
tubers were planted; if in the best of
soil, with three years growth, and
with tubers planted eight inches apart
each way, we could safely calculate on
getting six and quarter tons of yams
per acre. \ few years ago | was dig
ging in an old bed where yams had
been left to grow for seven years, and
beheld such sight. The ground was
literally full of roots measuring from
one and one-half to two feet i'm length,
and from an inch and one-half to two
inches in diameter at the largest end,
and this, too, where the soil was not
more than eight or ten inches deep. In
taste there is very little difference be-
tween the Chinese yam, when prop
erly cooked, and the Irish potato, al
though the yam is much whittier and
somewhat finer grained. The vine is
ornamental, the leaf being heart shaped.
edged with scarlet, and very pretty. \
few tubers may be planted near doors
and windows, and the vines trained
over and about them, making very
pleasing effect. The roots, being hardy,
stand in the ground all winter, and
grow again each returning spring.
They have no insect enemy, and
drought affects them but little, as they
root so deeply. There is no necessity
of their being dug at any particular
time in the year. A person can plant
enough of them at one time to supply
his family for years, each year bring
ing him larger yams. For these rea-
sons consider them safer to depend on
than the Irish potato, which has its
enemies, and Is so sensitive to a little
freeze. | believe their proper cultiva-
tion would meet with success any,
where in the United States.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15
BUah's First Caller.

at you pleathe, thir," said Bijah'' :;
first caller, little girl of 10, "I've run
away from home, thir."
What" exclaimed the aston:shed
ianitor as he looked down upon her
bare head.
I've run away from home, thir,
cauthe mother and me can't agree,
thir," she replied, making herself very
much at home in the big chair.
"wall, swan ~ he growled as he
drew up chair.
''ThO do, L, thir," she put in.
"Then you have run away from
home, Ell? Well, never heard of such
a case before.'
Nor |, either, thir.''
''When did you leave home:" he
asked as he kindly wiped her little
nose.
''Thith afternoon, thir. Ma and |
had dithpute at the dinner table, and
made up my mind to run away, and
here | am, thir,''
"What did you come to me for?''
81 want you to get me place as a
hired girl, thir. | can wath towels,
sweep the floor, build fires, look after
the baby and fry pancakes, and I'll
work for five cents week, thir."
The old man leaned back and laughed
till the whole top of his head was red,
and the child put on new dignity and
said:
'Do you think I'd lie, thir? Don't
you think I'm big enough for hired
girl, thir:''
Then yOu couldn't agree with your
mOther?" he asked as soon as he could
control his merriment.
"No, thir. Mother uses lard to shOr-
ten piecrust, while use butter, and so
she boxed my ears; and ran away
from home. Do you know of any IA
mily wanting hired girl, thir?"
He argued and coaxed, but she was
determined not to return home. Going
to closet he brought out a hunk of mo-
lasses candy and a handful of peanuts,
and she soon consented to go back and
give her mother another tri"l.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15
Some Account of "a Tornado.

a natural scientist and amateur sig
nal service observer went down to
Mount Carmel the other day, armed
with portentous list of questions cor
cerning the natural history and habits
Of tornadoes. Aecosting a prominent
citizen, whose property had been dis
persed over several Congressional dis
tricts, he asked him, in the high and
holy name of science, from what direc-
lion the tornado approached, its rate of
velocity, its shape; whether the current
of cloud reyolved in the same direction
as the hands of a watch, and several
other questions of similar nature.
The citizen of Mount Carmel gazed
upon him for few moments, spat re-
flectively upon his hands, pulled off his
coat. and replied:
stranger, If you had been sitting on
your front stoop and suddenly seen a
brazen, fiery whirlwind sceoting along
like fast mail train which was a year
behind time, and the next thing you
knew your wife was sailing over the
Third Presbyterian Church, and your
house had taken to itself wings and had
flown into the uttermost parts of the
earth, you wouldn't be such an ire
trievable eby-and-large idiot as to go and
ask whether things few around from
left to right, or vice versa"
So saying, he fell upon the scientist,
and when that scientist got home and
his wife opened the ioor for him; she
exclaimed:
"Oh, Eliakim. there has been an
other tornado, and you got caught in
it,"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

The Pedcies.-A peasant, on his re-
turn from the city one night, brought
home five of the most beautiful peaches
that one could find. His children now
saw this fruit for the first time. They
greatly wondered and exclaimed at the
beautiful "apples" with rosy cheeks
covered with soft down.
The father distributed the peaches
among his four boys, and gave one to
the mother.
In the evening, as the children were
about 10 90 to bed, the father asked,
"wsll, boys, how did the beautiful ap-
pies taste?"
"Indeed, dear father" said the eld-
est, sit is beautiful fruit, so mild and
delicious to the taste. l have saved the
stone and will raise tree from it for
myself"
"Bravo," replied the father, "that is
economical; and TO provide for the fu-
ture is befltting husbandman."
81 ate the whole of mine," said the
youngest, "and threw away the stone
and mother gave me half Of hers. o, il
tasted so sweet, 1t almost melted in my
mouth ~
"Ah!" said the father, you are not
very prudent, but you acted in nstur-
al and childlike manner. There is yet
room in life for you TO learn prudence. &"
Then began the second son: 81 pick
ed up the stone that my little brother
threw away, and cracked it. There was
a kernel i'm il that tasted as sweet as a
nut. But my peach l sold for enough
money TO buy twelve more when | go
to the city,"
The father patted his head and said ::
That was prudent but not natural for
a child. Heaven has ordained that you
should become a merchant. And now
Edmundp'
Edmund frankly answered: "I car
ried my peach to our neighbOr's son,
little George, who has the fever. At
first he would not take 1t, but l put it
down on the bed and ran Off"
"Now," asked the father" who has
made the best use Of his peach?"
"Edmundn they at once replied. Lit
tie Edmund remained silent. The mo-
ther drew him to her and kissed him
with tears in her eyes, for she ret0iced
that her little son was so thoughtful for
others.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15
HUMOROUS.

A BRAZILIAN PEBBLE.-"Bad crowd
regular holiday collection" remarked
Bijah as he looked over the cells at the
Central Station and reentered the court
room. "If there has been any great
moral improvement in society in the
last ten years, then 1 don't know a gal
lon of new cider from the croquet
ground around Lighthouse"
"If was a human being" growled
Bijah as he heard 'em shouting, "I'd
behave myself. This eating oysters
fried in crumbs and buying champagne
at three dollars bottle mows 'em down
by the thousands. Don't they realize
when they are buying thirty-five cent
oysters that woe and depreciation are on
their trail Course they do, and now
they are in the cooler and on their way
to their doom. If was
"Most any sort of man can work his
jaws" interrupted his Honor, "but il
takes a good man to rush business.
Please take OF some of your diamond
rings and pass out the prisoners"
"a feller can't wear Brazilian peb-
BILE around this court but that some one
suspects that he's putting on STYLE
growled Bijah. but the sound of his
growing was low.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

Purchasing Secondhand B0ilsrs.-At-
ter about twenty years fair working
more or less according to the original
quality of the iron and a variety oil other
circumstanees-as structural or molecu-
lar change begins to take place in the
plates of boilers, that is to say, they
gradually begin to change from a
wrought or fibrous to granular or cast
iron, and when this change commences
they can no longer be worked with safe
ty. 1t is indeed true that boilers have
worked well for thirty-tive years; but
they are like people with diseased
hearts, they may live long time, or
they may die with terrible suddenness.
Ii boiler is found to crack in any pOr-
ton of il that is not directly exposed TO
the action of the fire, it is q sign of dam
ger, and the boiler should be replaced
by new one as soon as possible. Great
caution should be observed in the pur-
chase of a secondhand boiler; and it is
never prudent 10 buy one, however
well it may look, unless the age is
known to certainty.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15
Ask and Ye shall Know.

II you are sufficiently interested to wish to
know the wonderful curative power OF Dr.
Herndons Gypsey's Gift in bad cases OF Rheu-
matism, enquire of Lieut.. Rice, Third Police
District, Philadelphia He we'll knows Its
magical influence on members of the police
and others. 1t strikes the disease at the root
and drives it from the system Sold by all
Druggists in Philadelphia Send for circular
to j. J. Grindall. Box So p. U. Baltimore.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

so lSsIDIoUs ARE THE FIRST APPRoAcHEs OF
Consumption that thousands remain unconsci
Gus OF its presence until IL has brought them to
the verge OF the grave. An Imn ediaIe resort 10
DR.. ID. Jayne's Expectorant, upon the first ap-
pearance OF Cough, Pain or soreness OF the
Throat or Chest, would very general preclude
d fatal result, or, In case the symptoms ind-
cate the presence or Latent Consumption
would tend 10 subdue the violence OF the dis
ease, and thus materially assist in prolOnging
the life of the patient. Use the Expectorant
therefore when you take a cold. and by so doing
prevent the necessity for Its use IN more dang
rous complaints.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

Bismarck to Kaiser Williams: 81
dinks i'd mighdt betterish to shtop dem
zocialisd babers that makes all dis
voolishnes, don't id?" Yaw Otto, yust
send around ZONE zoldiers tomorrow
und CLOSE ub der offices. Der beoble
ist zuch set gonvounded vools unit
idiots dot dey YOU'D never know dey vos
boor unit ragged unit shtarving, ven dey
don't haf some editor ash told dem
aboudt it. ell ?''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

The Boston Transcript says there Is
money enough spent in charity in Bos-
ton every year to carry the whole ex-
cess of population of the city to points
where they could at least earn a living
by working on the land.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

1T Is very seldom that a new book
secures such cordial endorsement by
leading Divines and the Press and
gives such good satisfaction to purch-
asers as DR. March's new book, "From
Dark to Dawn published by j. C. Nc
Curdy & Co.. Philadelphia. Ii is sold
exclusively by agents and the profits
ACQUIRING from the large sales have net
ted agents very handsome income
monthly-besides giving employment
TO great manv men and women, other
agents are wanted everywhere. see ad-
vertisement.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15
Reliable Dry Goods House.

II 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 b. f. Devices, ll24 formeriy OF
72OChestnut street They send out thousands
of samples and fill orders daily from all parts
of the country
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

They tell a story o; the New Hamp.
shire campaign to the effect that well
known young lawyer had got so far
along in his speech as to say that elf the
greenback craze prevailed the country
would-would. Thereupon some rude
fellow in the rear shouted out "Would
in heavens name, what?" The
speaker by that time had recovered his
balance and quietly remarked: '.If
that gentlemen will call around to the
hotel after the meeting is over l will
confidently inform nim."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

NJ. A has been. tudely guilty of a
momentary forgetfulness of Mime. b
-, In whose boudoir he istsitting !:
"Come, do you want me to make my
apologies with my head bowed in the
dust?" Nine. B-(sourly) That's
sweetly complimentary to my house
keeping?"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

The residum oil obtained by Gistilling
petroleum is now efficaciously employ
ed In currying and dressing leather.
When the residum oil is of a specific
gravity of about $50. it is used with tai
low in the proportion of fourteen
pounds of oil to sixteen pounds of tai
low. By thus using such oil for this
purpose, it so combines with the tallow
as TO carry it almost wholly into the
skin. and so gives it a good stuffing, i'm
parting also greater elasticity and more
permanent weight TO the skin than other
oils, besides rendering the leather more
impervious to water and less liable TO
decay or gum. A mixture, consisting
of fourteen parts of the residum oil to
sixteen parts of tallow, with two or
three parts of cod oil added, to make
the compound more fluid and thuswork
easier, is found well adapted for dresss
ing leather, though in cold weather les
tallow is required. Z
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15
Mra. General Sherman

Says: I have frequently bought Dursngs
Rheumatic Remedy for friends suffering with
rheumatism. and in eue,y instance it worked
ike magic. Sufferers with rheumatism make
. note of this and send for circular 10 Helph-
snstins Bentley, Druggists, Washington,
D. @ Sold by AL druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

If the average school girl has &
chance TO witness a tornado she will
clasp her hands and exclalm: "Isn't ii
glorious! Isn't it too comic for any.
thing'n
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

ABOUT SAUER kRAUr.-Fifteen years
ago, sauer kraut was generally regarded
as a most indigestible and unwholesome
article of diet, and many persons could
as readily have been prevailed upon to
eat oyster shells as tnat unsavOTy pre-
paration of cabbage. But time and ex
perience demonstrated that these were
mistaken impressions. Well cured and
well cooked sauer kraut is wholesome,
nutritious and digestible, and instead
of being tabooed, as formerly, it has be-
come fsvorite dish upon our most
fashionable tables. As lunch at hotels
etc., it holds the first rank. The only
objection TO it is, that in cooking it fills
the house with a most noisome smell.
A fortune awaits the man who invents
a kitchen utensil in which sauer kraui
may be prepared for the table without
this objection.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

Squire Ito new butler(-'I have three
or four clergy-men TO dine with me to-
morrow, Prodgers, and" Prodgers
- Ugh or low. .sirP" Squire-"Well
Il hardly-butwhy do you ask, Prod
gers?" Prodgers-"Well, you see, sir,
the Ugh drinks most wine, and the
low eats most vittles, and must pro-
vide accordin ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15
Bowel Complaints.
Aches and aims.

For headache, whether sick or nervous, fnoa
matIsm. lumbago. pains ana wsasaes -, ~ I,y .ns
ossnr,sy- swelling OF the joints, pains In tne
bowels. heartburn and pains OF al kihls, I'D I'D
Vays Ready Relief VIII anof1 llilLieus''ss ..s Use
and its continued use FOR Ie" uASs oHeSs'
nermanent cure. Price ~ cents
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

She (sentimentaD: "Oh | call this
too exquisitely lovely! SO delightful to
see the little early birds! Thev seem so
happy" He (hard up): "Yes, with
their bills all over dew, too. Lively
little beggars s!'-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

EVERY houseXeeper now a-days has
splashers at the back of her washstand
10 protect the wall. A very pretty one
can be made of white oilcloth cut the
length of the stand, and turn the edge
with crochet work OF bright color.
These are very durable, and can be
washed of with a sponge when soiled or
dusty. Splashers of white muslin,
gathered over with blue or pink cam
Oric, with the small rufile at top and
sides, and ribbon bows at the corners,
are very pretty, though not as durable
as those made of oilclOth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

TEA AND CoFFEE.-Tea and coffee die
tary for children is as bad in its affects
as its use is universal. DIR. Ferguson
found that children so fed only grew
four pounds per annum between the
ages of thirteen and sixteen while those
who got milk night and morning grew
fifteen pounds each year. This needs
no commentary. The deteriorated
physique of tea and coffee fed children,
as seen in their lessened power to resist
disease, is notorious amidst the medical
men of factory districts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

THIRTY THREE years have passed since
the introduction of DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup, and it still stands unrivaled.
Price only % cents.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

I The value of the new buildings t pu.
nm in New York city, within the lasS
,an p v years is s297 zoo, 600, an average Vi
naarlv S3D OOO. 900 year.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

A lady who is no longer in the first
blush OF youth is summoned as a wit
ness in some suit. The Judge: "How
old are you, madams?" She (hesitat-
ingly: "Thirty niue," The Judge lin
the most benevolent tone, after having
contemplated her an instant): .'Thir-
nine? Come, madame, have courage
Go on, and finish it,"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

''BE polite, sonny" said the boarler
to an impertinent youngster, be polite,
and when she offers you a cup of tea,
don't you take cup and sauce 'er." g..
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

An unknown paragrapher asks /:
s'Who ever saw a cat-nip tea?" And
If he is not massacred pretty soon he
may follow this question up BY the In
quiry, "Did you know that dog-wood
tree flowers?"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

"You wait llttle," says New York
policemen TO newspaper reporter.
''Don't be in such hurry. Mark my
wordsI Mr.. Stewards body will turn
up all right. allude sir to the resu-
rection."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

The country postmaster is not paid
much; but then he has chance to read
all postal cards, and to borrow the
newspaper of the man who lives three
miles away.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15
AGRICULTURE.

Ice PoNDs AND Ice HOUSES. - Right
now is an excellent time 10 make your
self an excellent ice pond, instead of 60
ing two or three miles to some mill-dam
or river, where everything is jam and
hustle. There are very few farms but
that have a stream of water passing
through them Of greater or less magni-
tude, that can be made to furnish you
with ice at very little expense of time OF
labor. But don't try to make a dam
dams are troublesome. Even If they
can be made strong enough to resist
hoods, which is seldom the case on large
streams, they soon fill up with dirt,
leaves, brush and rubbish, which is
more trouble and expense to move than
IL is TO make new one. A reservoir is
the proper thing, dug out in some
smooth fiat, free from stones, near q
stream. You can conduct water to 1t
by a narrow channel and keep it filled
without having current to disturb the
surface from freezing. One 4Ox6O feet,
covered with six inch ice, would fur
nish supply sufficient for the needs of
any ordinary family or dairy. Or, if
you have no stream OF sufficient size, a
spring with flow of water enough to
MI plpC O<Ail bC ultiALtu Al 1Oh
can make reservoir compact enough
10 prevent leakage. If the spring is too
strong ice will not form readily. In
such cases conduct the surplus water
away by pipe leading from the point
of entrance, or by a channel, so that the
water may not be raised in temperature
by the stream passing through. know
ponds not larger than 30x40 feet that
give full supply of ice for house and
dairy throughout the season. We have
an ice pit OF less than 200 cubic feet
capacity that never fails TO keep ice till
the middle of October, and often later;
and we take no pains 10 cut in squares
and pack it, but let it lie loosely as it is
thrown from the wagon. Tne bottom
is porous earth, the walls are nortarei,
the ice is kept well covered with straw,
(oats are besD, and space is left be-
tween the wall and the floor of six
inches, to allow free circulation of air
over the ice. These are about all the
rpnuiremenfs
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-15

an Improved stOue-leg Is so constructed
that it may be conveniently heightened
or shortened, to level the stove, to raise
or lower it, to enable carpet to be put
under or removed from under the stove.
1t may be provided with casters to en-
able the stove to be readily moved from
place TO place.