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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
Not Much Fireworks.

In India the husbandman, being averse
to toll that asks tough sinews,' prefers to
tickle the surface of his fields with stick
instead of plowing them. To convince him
of his error, an English plow was once inn
ported by an enthusiastic official, and a
number Of the. cnltivaiors Of the neighbor-
hood were invited to witness the great deeds
of the new implement. Bullocks were go
lemnly attached to it and urged to proceed.
They refused, of course, and so mole and
more were added, until at last the plow be
gan to move but whether from the incxpe-
rience of the plowman or the conduct OF
the bullocks, or both combined, in such er-
ratio fashion that the nozzle was one in
slant plunged deep into the ground and in
the next jerked up violently, sending
showers Of earth into the air; and the ex
hibition was finally brought to premature
conclusion by two of the bullocks joining
in a single combat. The peasants assem-
bled were very much impressed by the be-
havior of the plow as plow. but confided
to their entertainer before leaving that they
did not think much of it-as fireworks
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
Cod kiver OIL in Disease.

The fish from which the oil thus named
is obtained is said by the British Pharma-
copPia to be Gadus morrhus, Lin; but in
the United States Pharmacopaia II is said,
with strIcter accuracy, to be derived from
that fish ''and other species Of Gadus. y
The following are the species Of fish from
which the oil is obtained: the Goldfish, the
eoalfish, the turbot, the ling and the dorse-
The chemical substances which cod-liver
oil is found to contain are margaric, stearic
and cetylic acids, all of which are white
solids; oleic acid and volatile acids, which
are liquids, glycerine and hillary matters,
and gadulne These are shown in the rela-
tive proportions in which they exist in the
oil. Besides these bodies, cod-liver oil con-
tains minute quantities of iodine, bromine
and phosphorus. To each of these its med
icininal properties have been referred, but
the minute quantities contained in the oil,
tie difference Of opinion among authorities,
and the fact that other animal oils are found
to produce similar effects. are regarded q!
proving sufficiently that cod-liver oil 10 use
ful chiefly a. an easily digested fat.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
HasfY BuriaIA.

We are glad 10 see that attention is at last
being directed TO the haste with which sup
posed corpses are being put on ice, and
hurried away to burial. There is only one
good that can result from the celerity with
which people supposed to be dead are ice
packed; it is, that should they not at the
time be dead, they are certainly frozen to
death ere the moment Of interment. Hor-
rible as this is, it is much less horrible than
being buried alive. 1t is the general igno-
rance of people, and not want Of proper
sensibility, that causes them to comply so
readily with the usages of burying body
within three days after death. In this way,
where ice has not been abundantly supplied,
people who are believed by their friends to
be dead, but who bear upon them more
than one indication of lurking life, are hur-
ried to the tomb We do not call attention
to these probabilities from any desire to
awaken morbid sensation upon the sub
iect. We do not take the absurd ground
that out of all the people buried the larger
proportion are buried alive. But we do as
sert that it is not impossible that case OF
this kind sometimes happens, simply be-
cause the reictives of the unfortunate crea-
ture are too ignorant to detect the subtle
signs OF vitality that might be reawaken-
ed
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
-he Heather Chinee at Home.

There are some facts in regard TO the re-
suit of six OF seven thousand years OF Chi
nese civilization. just think of it. There
is not a road in all of the broad expense Of
populous China where even wheelbarrow
could be driven or horse led except around
Shanghai, and here the English have con-
structed them. They have no cemeteries; I;
no tombstones mark and honor their last
resting places on earth. Those who own
private gardens bury their dead and those
of their friends therein. Those who have
no gardens or plots of ground lay the bodies
Of the dead in rough boxes on the surface
of open fields The Chinese regard the
souls of their ancestry as links in the length
of great chain which they say enables
them 10 reach up TO the supreme source OF
life and ruler Of the universe. This is the
reason why these remarkably keen, quick
witted people will not tolerate the con-
struciion of railroad in their country.
They declare that the locomotives and
rafting trains would certainly violate the
sacred charm influenced in their behalf by
causing the abrupt scared fight of their
ancestry who are ever lowering aronHd and
over them. They have no banks in China,
and no coin of value except our silver and
that of Mexico. They have no lawyers, but
they have perfect, rigidly enforced system
of law and order. The principals alone
can plead their cases. The first social rank
in China can only be attained by literary
merit All Cinnamon can read and write,
because education is compulsory. Every
man in China is free To complete for Ii
teIary degree, and last year l07, coo candi-
dates for this honor were entered at Canton
for examination. Those Of this large
number who passed muster then are free
again to advance to the higher national
grade competition at Pekin, annually held
there, and when they pass this ordeal they
become Mandalins and live in high estate
at the public expense. No military man is
permitted to aspire TO these literary honor
in China. This annual selections from the
whole Chinese people of its rulers, who re-
presents its best thought and mental power,
has probably been the great and potent fac
tor OF their remarkable vitality and preser-
walton as a nation, but at the same time it
increases the wonder that they should have
stood still on the avenue of human progress
for thousands of years.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
African Salutations.

A very interesting account is given OF
the ceremonials observed by the Tubu
people, Africa, in greeting one another. A
most elaborate performance is gone through
when two strangers meet in this wild coun-
try. Each of the performers covers all his
face but his eyes with this turban, seizes
his spear and throwing-iron "a curious
bowering-like weapon with long project
ing prong on the concaye margin). and
thus prepared, the two approach one an
other. At a distance of about SIX steps
from one another they squat on their heels
with spear upright in one hand and iron
in the other The one then asks ''How do
you do 2" about dozen times by means OF
four different words having that meaning
used alternately, the reply being varied of
the use of two words Laha, or Killala
Then one of the two loudly sings the word
''ihilla," which is returned by the other In
a similar tone. The word is exchanged
again and again. being commenced in q
loud high pitched note and gradually run
down the scale until it reaches a low bass
murmur. When it has become 50 slow as
scarcely to be heard. on sudden 1t is
shouted again in high key and the gamut
is run through as before. This goes on a
very long while, the performers going
through il as strict matter of ceremony,
and taking no interest in one another all
the while, but looking round at the horizon
or elsewhere during their vocal exertions.
After while various forms of the question
''How are you!' and the answer We'll, !"
are introduced; at last questions or other
topics are brough, forward. although now
and again the ''ihilla' bursts out in the
midst of them, but the series OF notes in
which it Is shouted becomes shorter and
shorter Al last the ihilla is got rid of al
together, and ordinary conversation be
comes possible. Strangers do not shake
hands, but acquaintances do. The cover
ing Of the face when greeting or meeting
strangers is considered as mos, important
matter of etiquette.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
This Is business

Checks or drafts must be presented for
payment without unreasonable delay.
Checks or drafts should be presented
during business hours; but in this country,
except in the case of banks, the time ex-
tends through the day and evening.
If the drawee of a check or draft has
changed his residence, the holder must use
due or reasonable diligence to find him.
If one who holds check, as payee or
otherwise, transfers it to another, he has
a right to insist that the check be presented
that dav, or, at the farthest, on the day
following.
\ note indorsed in blank (the name Of
the indorser only writtenl is transferable
by delivery, the same as If payable TO
bearer.
If the time of payment Of note is not
inserted, it is held payable on demand.
The time of payment of a note must de-
pend upon contingency. The promise
must be absolute.
A bill may be written upon any paper, or
substitute for it. either with ink or peHcil.
The payee should he distinctly named in
the note, unless it is payable to bearer.
An indorsee has right of action against
all whose names were on the bill when he
received it.
If the letter containing protest of non
payment be put in the postoffice, any mis-
carriage does not affect the party giving
notice.
Notice or protest may be sent either to
the place of business or 10 residence OF the
party notified.
The holder of note may give notice OF
protest either to all the previous indorsers
or only to one of them; in case of the latter
% must select the last indorser. and III
last must give notice to the last before him,
and so on Each indOrser must send notice
to the last before him, and 50 on. Each
indorser must send notice the same or the
day following. Neither Sunday nor legal
holiday is TO he counted in reckoning the
time IN which notice is to he gwen.
The loss of a bill or note is not Sufficient
excuse for not giving notice of protest.
IL two or more persons, as partners, arc
jointly liable on note or bill, due notice tc
one of them is sufficient
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
- - -
Pig.

At the last opera ball. A young man du
meiilcur monde is seated in a corner and
does no, appear much more amused than
does the domino who accompanies him. A
boisterous brawler of gigantic height begins
TO poke fun at the enluied couple.
go away, you bother me" said the
gentleman, you are tipsy, go and mind
your own business"
'STipsy." screamed the brawler, ''go to
grass. Dandy you would not dare to say
that to me in the street,"
A crowd gathered around.
''See here, >" said the young man, withou.
moving. '.you are pretty tall, you believe
yourself mighty strong. Very well; there
is one thing you can't do"
''Wha. I'll bet you hundred francs.'
The young man drew off his boot, then q
silk stocking, and rested q white foot on
the marble.
At this unexpected action the brawlel
became furiously red, and then tried to es.
cape in the crowd.
s'Pig." Numbered the young man d.
n,eilleur du monde, you have dirty feet.
And the brswler disappeared, followed
By derifve laughter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
NO. u.

| Mrs. Adams, together, were going, hand in
hand. through the remainder of the voyage
of life. No hustle and stir of the busy out
side world broke in upon them now, either
with its cares or its gaieties. From time to
time, when the evenings grew long. and
they, with Colonel jackson or some of the
bright young grandchildren. gathered
around the blazing fire, a visit to their rela-
tives in Philadelphia would be discussed.
Both ladies desired once more to visit their
native city and mingle again with their
kinsmen and friends Of long Ggo. The
pleasure of the trip would be oanvassed.
the cost counted up, and, alas, the slim
purse was always found too attenua.ed 10
admit of the expense. Then the bright
anticipations would fade, the trip be given
up and the humdrum life flow on in its un-
broken channel.
But there again came a change in this
quiet life. and sad one. Mrs. jackson
for wears had been sustained and cared for
by her less feeble sister. Mrs. Adams, but
to the latter came a long and serious illness.
Slowly she began to recover, and when con-
valescence seemed certain she met with an
accident, causing relapse, and she sue
CURED about two and a half years ago.
After the death of Mrs. Adams, Mrs
JacksOn's daughter, Mrs. Lawrence, be-
sought her mother to leave the sad hermit
age and make her home with her, but Mrs.
Jackson sadly shook her head and said:
mo; it will not be for long now.' IL would
not be long ere she joined those gone be-
fore. Here at the loved Hermitage she had
heard her children's infant prattlings re-
echo through the long hallways and listened
to the patter of their young feet in and about
the doorways. They had grown to man
hood and wOmanhOOd beneath that roof,
and had passed out from it to the duties Of
life. All her joys and all her sorrows had
been witnessed here, and IN its peaceful
solitudes she desired her own life to glide
away.
The servants at the Hermitage now are
an aged couple-''Gracey" and "Alfred'
and any one visiting there finds them Of
fering themselves as escort to the tomb.
Their youth was spent in the service Of the
jackson family, and now in their old age they
do not care to leave it. II is upon this
faithful couple that Mrs. Jackson relies for
household assistance. Speaking of them
she said Gracey had been her own hand
maiden, and had been with her during all
her married life. She domesticated herself
with the JacksOns bymarrying Alfred, body
servant of General Jackson. after they came
TO Tennessee. Mrs. jackson said: Il don't
know what | would do without Gracey.
She knows my ways and my needs, she
anticipates my every want She is stout
and we'll and do hope that her lire will
last longer than mine"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
The habit of Faintine.

There is not so much fainting in public
as there was thirty years ago. Sound health
which necessarily secures the firm nerves
and muscles, is the surest preventative Of
faintness. An exchange remarks that the
majority of vigorous men go through all
kinds of severe and painful experiences
without fainting, while delicate men and
many women swoOn at triies. American
women, who used to faint continually-in
crowds, at bad news, at scenes of distress
now faint comparatively seldom, and the
fact is ascribed to their REIMBURSEMENT, for
the most part, of the habit of lacing, 10
their increased exercise in the open air, and
their better physical conditions. Not one
American woman faints to-day where, thir-
ty years ago, twenty-five women tainted,
and the diminution of the disorder, always
the result of direct causes. Is an unmlstaks-
bic evidence, which other things corrobo-
rate. of the marked amehoration of the
health Of the highly organized, extremely
sensitive, but flexible and enduring women
Of our complex race.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
EMIGRANIS.

Silver and gold. silver and gold,
For the suns dusk red in the western fold
leiis that the end Of a day draws nigh,
ana the clouds they grow bolder along the sky.
Silver Enl gold. silver and gold
tof the noon in the East is queen to teho.d,
As she reisns with her spells o'er the calm.
sweet night
Holding tremulous sceptre where ghosts walk
white.
Silver new-molten meets ebbing Of gold.
On wandering isle without footsold:
A vessel alone on the lonely seas.
Stirred with the sigh OF the fanciful breeze.
Moonbo ans and sunbeams, silver and gold
And they toyed with the bark a. she idly
rolled
On the silent waters tina. shadowy grew,
And the night-gloom fe,l, and The stars stole
through
Silver and gold, silver and gold
And the sun that is wasted in cloudlsnd cold
Throws purple pail DER q woman's face.
Where deaths colorless fingers are smoothing
Moonbeaus and sunbeams, silver and gold
The young Is come in place Of the old.
seal set on lips that have said their las,
word
and lips that ne'er opened before are stirred.
Lights Of earth, light OF heaven. shower silver
and geld.
Come aboard, the great ship is a traveller bold:
Twilight and MOONLIGHT, in soft mantle hide. =
One that yanishes silently DER the ship side
Silver and gold, silver and gold
The snn is lost in the wide sea-wold,
The val falls over The mothers head.
On II iourney new is the traveller sped
Silver and gold, silver and gold
The waves, as if tells by the star rays lnolled'
Ring OF death. and of ghosts that dance all in
white,
And the babes CRY breaks ON the calm. sweet
hight
Moonbs ans and sunbeams, silver and gold;
A life is hidlen, a life doth unfold;
One goeih hence to a brightness afsr,
One hath found the wsy here by the light of q
star.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17

Khan took 1t after siege Of six months,
1t was city Of 10000 shops, $50 schools,
IA, 600 occupied dwellings. and 600O baths,
caravanserais and water-mils. OF the In
habitants, l60, 900 are said to have been
slaughtered at this second sack In 1898,
Miriam Shah, and in l441, Jehan Shah,
smote it severely, and twice in the sixteenth
century it was attacked by the Csbecks,
who were once beaten back after siege OF
eighteen months, and once succeeded in
capturing and pillaging the city. When
the Persians soon afterwards took the city,
which they had always claimed as one OF
the -four royal places of the khorassan, ii
was ''not only the richest city in Central
Asia, but the resort Of the greatest divines,
philosophers, poets and historians Of the
ace
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17

BRAN as food has not been fully ap-
preciated. The laxative tendency does
not produce any unsatisfactory results,
provided the bran is fed as il should be.
A slight laxative condition of the bow
els is better than the constipation that
a lack of such food produces. Besides,
the bran Is rich in phosphates, SO es-
sential to the development Of healthy
stock.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
The Awful Majesty of the Law.

One Of the officials of Justice Alley, Of
Detroit, was the other day called upon by
an old gray headed farmer and his wife,
together with neighbor, and outside the
door they hitched an old half-bllnd horse
whose cash value was reckoned at S25.
.You see," explained the old farmer
''naybur Jones wants to buy the old hoss
out there, but he wants bill o sale signed
by wife and l. We want you to draw up
one for us.
The Justice reached down one Of the
printed blanks, filled il out, and then said:
.'Now you listen while | read this over
and see if il Is all right All ready now:
know all men by these presents. That
Presents. Why, I'm not going to pre-
sent him with that hoss." interrupted the
farmer.
and we don't want any present from
him. added the wife.
That's all right-only legal form,
exclaimed his Honor. Listen:
County Wayne-first part-con-
sideration--sum of grant-bar-
gain and sell-party part
his executors, dministrators-."
81 haven't got any executors or admins
traitors" interrupted neighbor Jones.
mo: all he's got IS wife and two girls.
added the owner of the horse.
"All formal mere FORM explained
the Justice, and lie went on:
And assigns forever-covenant and
aglee-defend the same-heirs, execu-
tors and administrator
.sNI,ll;an, I cball M atreh
paper," suddenly exclaimed the wife as
she rose np.
''Nor /, either stoutly replied the hus-
band ''Why, I'd shake in my boots every
time met constable,"
at is all mere form and according to
law" explained his Homer. ''All bills OF
sale read this way"
Looks to me as il it was sort o tangled
up, = said neighbor Jones. ''The old hoss
is blind in one eye, and how can they war
rant HING
And what has this hoss-sale got to do
with his heirs and covenants:" inquired the
old man,
Il won't sign-I won't have thing to
do with it, exclaimed the wife, as she
walked around. We've always kept cleaI
of the law, and we amt going to get into
no scrape and lose our farm now-nOt il
We know it,"
The more the justice tried to explain the
bigger the words looked, and the tho finally
walked out. While they were unhitching
the horse along came house-p painter, and
when he had heard their story he picked up
piece of paper in the alley, pulled out d
stub of a pencil, and wrote,
1--WE hereby sell this horse to Jonn Jones
for S25 cash down. We raised him from
a colt, and bis name is Andrew Jackson.
''(SignedD
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
PRICE 81 PER BOTTLE
Or Six Bottles for D.

Or Six Bottles Tor so.
Delivered to any address free from obssrvs-
don. -a,s,v
fno the same attention as by calling, os
answering the following questions'
Give your name and postofnoe adoress,
county and State, and your nearest expires
Office
8 Ocoupationf
a Married or single:
4 Height, weight, now and In heaitnr
!, How long have you been SICK
= Your complexion, color OF hair ano eSss
4 Have YOU a STOPPING or erect gaiti
"a Relate without reservation all you
pnow aoout YOUR case. Enclose one ooiiat
q consnltation fee. Your letter VIII tnen
reoeiye our attention. and We VIII give ~
fhe nature of yonr disease and our cauoio
orision concerning n cure.
Competent Physicians attend 70 coes
ponaents. All letters should De eoors2
e Di.pensatory, 1917 ftibert Tees' fhi~
dSlphia, Pa.
H.T. HELMBoLD,
Druggist and Chemist.
PhilsdelphiA -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17

The paper was signed, passed over with
the horse, and as the farmer received the
money he said:
That's ali there is to it, law or no law,
and il didn't take two minutes. Why, I'd
have taken Andrew jackson back home
and knocked him in the head afore I'd put
my name to that paper binding US TO keer
on covenanting and agreeing and assigning
and administering whole lifetime on one
old hoSs'''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17
A SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL

For De.ility. Loss of Memory. 1ndisposi-
tion tn Exertion or Business, Shortness OF
Breath. Troubled with Thoughts of Disease.
Dimuess OF Vision. Pain in the Back, Chest,
and Head. Rush of Blood to the Head, Pale
Countenance, and Dry Skin.
Il these symptoms are allowed to go on,
very frequently Epileptic Fits and Con-
sumption follow. When the constitution
becomes affected IL requires the aid OF an
invigoraling medicine to strengthen and
tone up the system-which
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17

"HeImboId's Buchu"
DOES IN EVERY CASE.
HBLNBOLD'S BUCHU
Is UNEQUALED
by any remedy known. II Is prescribed By
the most eminent physicians all over the
world, In
=
rheumatism.
Spermatorrhea,
Neuralgia,
NeryOusuesxs
Dyspepsia,
Indigestion,
Constipation,
Aches and PatsA
General Debility,
Kidney Diseases,
Liver Complaint,
Nervous Debility,
Epilepsy,
Head Troubles,
Paralysis,
General Il-Health.
Spinal Diseases,
Sciatica,
Deafness
Decline,
Lumhago,
Catarrh,
Nervous Complaints.
Female Complaints, &c.
Headache. Pain in the snoulders, Corgnl
Dizziness, Sour Stomach Eruptions d.
Taste in the Mouth. PaipiAtion OF .ns
Heart. Pain in the region OF the hf,neys'
and a ,honeand other painful symptoms'
are the offsprings Of Dyspepsia
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-17

Helmbold's Buchu
InvigOrates the Stomach,
AND stimulates the torpid Liver, Bowels,
and K.dneys TO healthy action, IN c,sSrt Mn
the blood OF all impurities, ana im
new life and vigor TO the whole system-
A single trial will be quite sumcient =
convince the most hssitattng OF us NSiu~oie
remedial qualities