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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14
Family Discipline.

Chloride got out OF bed sUddeuly the
other night and caught his daughter sitting
on the lap OF young masher for whom he
had an especial aversion. Walking up 10
the couple, he collared one with either
hand, and holding them at arms length,
ne said, addressing the girl:
Lizzie, didn't tell you not to allow
this young fellow to come foolin' around
here: What you mean a doin' 2
We are getting up tableau for the
church, father. said Lizzie.
a tableau: What was them smacks
heard q
That's in the table, an said the young
man.
oh, they was, was they? And what
was all this huggin' saw about?'
That is the tableau, too, said Lizzie.
oh, it is, is it 2 said Chloride. releasing
the girl, and dragging the young man TO
the window, he hoisted the sash, seized
him by the collar and the back of the pants,
and dropped him out.
Oh, father. what are you doing T.
shrieked Lizzie, in agonized tones, as the
howl of man and the growl of dog came
up from below.
.Nothin, nothing at ALL said Chlosride.
4 was having little tableau for the bene-
fit of his family, and that was one of the
affecting situations. did feel kinder sorry
for that coon,' remarked father, when tell
ing his wife the incident, for that dog hates a
masher worse than l do castor oil, but dis
cipline is going to be maintained in this
family, if have to feed every young man
in town TO that dog.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14

A Correctionville farmer sod load of
corn in that town the other day. When it
was weighed he slyly stepped on the scales,
and then drove of TO unload. When the
wagon was weighed he took good care not
to be in it, and congratulated himself that
he had cheated the buyer In good shape.
The grain dealer called him in, and after
figuring up the load, paid him in full.
As the farmer buttoned up his cost to go
oul, the buyer kindly asked him TO smoke
with him, and then talked over the crops
and the price of hogs, and the likelihood of
the Maple Valley railroad building up that
way, till the farmer fairly squirmed in his
chair with uneasiness about his chores at
home.
At last he could stand it no longer, and
said he must CO. The dealer quietly SAID
that was not to be thought of; that he had
bought the farmer at full weight, and paid
him his own price, and that he would in
sist on doing as he pleased with his Own
property.
The raiser Of corn saw that he had i'll
deed sold himself, in one sense, at least.
He acknowledged his cheat and compro-
missed the affair. Now when be markets
grain he don't stand on the scale.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14
Female Priests in Central Africa.

One of the most singular customs OF
Grewhe, is the admission of females into
the order of priesthood. A young female.
generally the daughter of fetiche man, or
priest, is selected for the purpose, who un-
dsrgoes probationary penance that con-
tinues six months previous to her admission
into holy orders. During this period she
is initiated by the priests into all the mys-
teries and chicanery of the religion of their
forefather's, which consisted in the worship
OF the black and white snake, and in the
mummery of giving sanctity to bones, rags,
&c. When she appears IN public during
the period of her probation, her manner is
grave and solemn; her skin is painted with
a kind of white clay; rows of shells, OF
various forms and sizes, are hung upon her
neck, arms aud ankles; and her IONS are
girt with long grass, which reaches TO her
knees y dwelling is provided for her, in
which she eats and sleeps alone, and into
which none are admitted but fetiche men
and women. At the expiration of six
months, large assemblage of men, women
and children, accompanied by the various
orders of priesthood, ard the musicians be-
longing to the town, takes place in an open
space of ground, to assist at, and also To
witness, the last grand ceremony. Soon
after assembling the women form circle
by joining hands, among whom are the
companions of the nOvitlate's youth, and
also her relations, who commence dancing
circularly, reversing the movements alter
nately, after making one complete circle
The dancing Is accompanied by the most
barbarous and horriG din imaginable, caused
by the musicians beating on drums, TOM
toms, gongs, and blowing-horns manufac-
tured out of elephants teeth and reeds; to
which are added the most strange and un-
cOuth grimaces and contortions of the faces
and bodies of the priests, so that a specta-
tor might easily imagine them to be num-
Der OF maniacs, who had been turned loose
to give effect to the ceremony; and were il
not for the presence of the little children.
who look on with fear and astonishment
depicted in their countenances, would be
no bad representation of PandemOnium
The novitiate, soon after dancing COM
mences, is brought out, by apparent force,
from little hut which had concealed her
from the spectators, and placed in the cen
tire of the circle formed, from which she
eudeavOrs to escape to the hut whence she
had been brought, and this she is allowed
to "ccomplish. This ceremony is repeated
three times. An incantatiOn is then delIv-
cred by the chief priests, and the farce
ends. One of the chief conditions by which
a female is admitted into the order OF priest
hood, is that of leading life of celibacy,
and renouncing the pleasure OF the world;
and but few are permitted 10 enter 1t III
all.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14
He Couldn't Find II.

The other day MorrIs met an old friend
who was formerly prosperous young lum-
herman up north, but whose bad habits of
drinking resulted as they often do, though
he mas since reformed and is trying to do
better:
Chow are YOUR said 7. G.
Pretty well, thank you, but I've just
been to doctor 10 have him look at my
throat
"What's the matter!'
"Well. the doctor couldn't give me any
encouragement. At least he couldn't find
what | wanted him to find"
"What did you expect him to iindf"
81 asked him to look down my throat for
The saw-mill and farm that had gone down
there"
"And did be see anything Of iti'
'sNo, but he advised me If ! ever got
another mill to run it by water"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14
Wall Papers.

The tendency in colOrs is gradually 10
leave the olive tints and shades and to tend
toward the light, warm browns that are
styled coral in England, but which are un-
like any corals except those wide, branch
ing kinds called sec fans. This color is
seen at its best in the English flock papers,
which. in spite of all innovations, are
almost as much used now as they were a
score of years ago. The patterns are more
elegant than those formerly employed.
being vines or sprays of leaves so closely
interviewer as almost to cover the ground.
but producing an effect that is much richer
than tha. of plain color. These papers are
produced IN every conceivable tint, so that
il Is possible tc match them TO any decOra-
tion or furniture. Brocade and cashmere
and tapestry papers are shown in great va
riety, and are remarkable for the skill with
which the pattern is brought out so that it
is visible from any point, instead of only
being apparent to person who stands in
exactly the right place, as are many of the
designs in which the figure is outlined in
gilt. The grounds are in gold chemically
treated so as to present great many dif-
ferent tints: in silver made to assume a
very delicate green, and in fine salmon
pink that looks like satin. The figures are
vines in dark shades contrasting harmoni-
ously with the ground, and in looking at
them It is hard to believe that each leaf is
not separately tinted by hand instead Of
being the result of many successive print
ings. 1t must be understood that on these
papers no machine work is possible. Those
who have ever examined piece of fine
bordering or a roll Of paper may have no
tIced that along the uncolored edges there
are small dashes of color apparently with
out meaning, and destined to be cut oil or
hidden. These dashes are the registers
that mark the limits of the blocks used in
printing ON the prepared ground, and as
twenty impressions are sometimes needed
to produce a pattern, some rolls Of paper
have to be handled and dried scores of
times before they are finished. The gilt
and silvered grounds are allowed to season
a year before they are printed, and this de-
lay, ard the great quantity of work involv-
ed in the printing, are the reason why the
brocade and satin papers are so expensive.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14
The Basdad &" Date-Ninrk. u

Bagdad is noted for mysterious malad,
which affects everybody in the city
whether citizen or stranger. 1t is sore
and is called date-mark," because afte
! it has passed away it leaves an indelibl,
mark about the size and shape of date
1t generally comes upon the face, and last:
a year, and then goes away. The scar i.
just skin deep. 1t appears as if the surfac,
had been scared away with eaustIc or ho
iron, and it by no means enhances tn,
beauty of the victim. With the natives
the sore generally comes in childhood, anC
then it commonly settles upon the face.
The cheek of nearly every man and woman
brought up in Bagdad shows the unmis-
taxable mark. Sometimes it settles on the
nose, and then the Disagreement is consid-
cradle. Sometimes on the cyelid, and
blindness is generally the result. Stranger:
are attacked even after very brief resi-
dence, but if they be adults, they get the
sore on the arm or wrist. Ii is more pain
ful there than Oh the cheek, but of course,
there is no disfglu In every case
the attack runs its course for year. No
treatment, no ointment or medicine, has
the slightest effect upon il. Once the sore
makes its appearance, the sufferer knows
what to expect, and he may as well resign
himself philosophically TO all it involves.
The Arabs say that every one that goes
to Bagdad must get the . date-mark - if
he does not get it while in the city, he will
get it after he leaves; and if he does not
get it while alive, he will get it after he is
dead; it is not to be avoided. The vista
tion is not as Il rule painful, unless it hap
pens to fix upon spot above joint or a
muscle frequently brought into exercise
The irritation occasioned by movement of
the affected part is often considerable, and
gives rise to good deal of suffering. The
general health is little, if at all, disturbed
in ordinary cases. The children play about
the narrow streets, and make mud pies
quite joyously, with great ulcers, the size
of a crown-piece, on their little checks.
1t gives them no concern that they are
being marked and perhaps distigured for
life, and Of pain they feel nothing. When
a little later on | stopped at Mardin | had
the pleasure of making the acquaintance of
DR.. Thorn Of the American Mission IN that
town, and he told me that he had examined
the ulcer under microscope, and found it
to be composed of fungoid growth but
nothing that he had ever tried had been
able to arrest or modify its usual course.
He had applied distilled nitric acid without
producing more than temporary effect.
An application OF iodine was just as ineffi-
cacious. He was attacked himself, large
date-mark forming on his forehead,
and apparently eating through the skin to
the bone. but nothing that he could think
OF was of the least use.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14
Bidding for a Church Pew

A case of excessive caution developed
some serious results the other dsy in Hartford
in the purchase of church pew. The
auction was fixed for a certain day, but
one of the prominent gentlemen of the
church who for some years past has paid
$50 each year for his pew, was unable to
attend. He requested q friend to bid
for him. Later he met another friend, and
incidentally mentioning that he would not
be able to attend the auction, asked his
friend also to see to 1t that he had his old
pew as heretofore, The auction took
place, and the pew was put up. FIFTY
dollars, said Friend number one. Fifty
one,' said number two. ''Fifty-three.
'sFifty-four," and on till there had been
thlrty-eight bids when one friend, think
ing he had gone as far as discretion per-
mitted, stopped; and the other took 1t tri-
umphantly 1883. "Put 1t down for
DR.. -" he said, and the astonish-
ment of the other bidder knew no bounds.
They had been bidding against each other
In behalf Of the same gentleman, who had
forgotten to tell number two that be had
also spoken to number one. il helps ths
receipts 70 much.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14
Parrots.

Parrots are not so very disagreeable to
most people who count themselves well
regulated that these probably have no idea
how many of the squawking birds are i'm
ported into the country for sale. Thou
sands are disposed of annually, and the de-
Inand is said to be growing. In the large
cities like New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more anil New Orleans they find a ready
market, and also in many of the minor
towns. New England is reported to lave
a prejudice-to its credit be il said
against parrots, which is hardly equaled
BY any other section. The people of the
Southern States generally like them more
than those of the Northern States do; but
they are far greater favor.tes with foreign
ers, as rule, than they are with Ameri-
cans The best, or least bad, parrots are
brought hither from the Windward or
southern Carribee islands. They are
larger, harder and more intelligent than
those from any other district in this hemis-
phere, and stand very well commercially.
They build their nests in the royal palmet-
to tree, finding or digging hole there after
the manner of the woodpecker, and so en-
sconcing themselves that il is necessary
often to cut the tree down in order to cap
ture the young. These are put into cages,
fed on palmiche. guave and banana for a
few months, when they will eat anything.
The breeding time is May; there are rarely
more than three to the nest, and they reach
their full growth in eight months. Almost
any parrot can learn to talk when young if
placed where it can hear talking, for its
power of imitation is instructive Ii sell
dom forgets what it has once been taught,
a peculiarly which makes parrot that
has been instructed in profanity very un-
desirable companion for pious family.
Indeed, its love cs the improper and in'or-
dicted seems to be so inbred that some peo-
pie have thought it endowed with human
attributes One of its traits is its monoga-
mousness, said to be found in all of the 300
or more varieties, which renders it anything
but q favorite In Utah. The parrot is In
digenous to warm parts of America, Asia,
Africa and Australia. The only clearly
ascertained species within the boundary OF
the republic is the Carolina parrot. A good
taiker of any sort is commonly quoted here
at 50, retail rata The gray parrot, native
to West Africa, Is most remarkable for do
eility end power Of articulation. II breeds
readily in captivity, and will live 10 ~ ard
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14
TIE BELLS OF LYNN.

When the eve is growing gray. snd the tide is
rolling in,
sit and look across the bay to the bonny
town Of Lynn;
And the fishsrfolks are near,
But wis they never hear
The songs the far bells make for me, the
bonny bells Of Lynn.
The folks are chatting gay, ana / hear their
merry din.
Blt l look and look across the bay to the
bonny town of Lynn;
He told me to wait here
Upon the old brown pier.
70 wait and watch him coming when the tide
was rolling in.
On, l see him pulling strong. pulling DER the
bay to me,
And / hear his jovial song, and his merry face
see;
And now he's at the pier.
My bonny love and dear.
And he's coming up the sea-washed steps
with hands outstre.ched to me.
o my love, your cheek is cold and your hands
hlc st6rh huu tuiu
o hear you not the bells OF old, the bonny
bells of Lynn?
have you nougbt to say
Upon our wedding day
Love, hear you not the wedding bells across
the bay Of Lynn
my lover. speak to me and hold me fast
mn own
For fear this rising sea, and these winds
and waves that moan
But never q word he said
He is dead, my love is dead
All, me- ! ali, me did but dream, and / am
all alone,
Alone, and old and gray and the tide is roll
ing in:
But my hearts away. away, away. in the old
grave yard at Lynn
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14

The best thing for cleaning tin-ware
is common soda. Dampen cloth and
dip In soda, and rub the ware briskly,
after which wipe dry. Any blackened
or dirty ware can be mado to LOOK as
wei, as new.
Al Wardnuys, in Norway, the day lasts
from May aist of July I'd without inter-
ruption, and at SpitzbeTssn the longest day
Is three and half hours.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14

50 years of age. Many marvellous stories
are told of its loquacity, which always
comes from repetition of words and SEN
tences previously acquired The notion
that the parrot ever supplies any new
words, or has any understanding OF them,
is, of course, absurd. Large sums have
been paid for gifted takers of this variety.
bu: why anybody will part with money ex-
cept to get rid of parrot, is not clear to
the normal mind.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14
PRICE 81 PER BOTTLE
Or Six Bottles toT e6,

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ing the same attention as " cahnhs' "
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14

Helnbold's Buchu
Invigorates the Stomach,
And stimulates the torpid Liver, Bowels
and Kidneys to healthy action. In cleansine
the blood OF all Impurities, and impartine
new life and vigor to the whole system
A single tria1 will be quite eumctens 20
convince the most hesitating OF It's yaiuapis
remedial qualities.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14
A SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL

DISEASES
BLADDER { KIDNEYS.
for Debility, Loss of Memory, Indisposi-
tion to Exertion or Business, Shortness of
Breath, Troubled with Thoughts of Disease.
and Head, Rush of Blood to the Head, Pale
Iountenance, and Dry Skin.
II these symptoms are allowed to go on,
very frequently Epileptic Fits and Con-
sumption follow. When the constitution
becomes affected it requires the aid Of an
invigoraling medicine to strengthen and
tone up the system-which
"HeImboId's S BuChu"
DOES IN EVERY CASE.
HELMBOLD'S BUCHU
Is UNEQUALED
sy any remedy known. Il Is prescribed by
world, In
g
Rheumatism.
spermatorahea,
Neuralgia,
Nervousness,
Dyspepsia,
Indigestion,
Constipation,
Aches and faieA
General Debility,
Kidney Diseases,
Liver Complaint,
Nervous Debility,
Epilepsy,
Head Troubles,
Paralysis,
General IlLHealSh.
Spinal Diseases,
Sciatica,
Deafness,
Decline.
Lumbage,
Catarrh,
Nervous Complaints,
Female Complaints, &c.
Headache, Pain In the SHOULDERS, Cough,
Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Eruptions BAG
Taste in the Mouth, Palpitation of tne
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14

Headache Pain In the SHOULDERS, Cough,
Dizziness. Sour Stomach, Eruptions, Bad
Taste in the Mouth, Palpitation Of the
Heart, Pain in the region OF the kidneys
and q thousand other painful symptoms
axe the offsprings OF Dyspepsia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-10-16
STILL ANOTHER
Important Discovery
Nature Again DlsclOses Her Sc
crets for the Benefit Of
Mankind.
How The Suffering May Find Relief.
GOOD CHEER 10 ALL AFFLICTED.
Cures Effected by the
H A W A lin N
CATARRH REMEDY.
Il Disagreeable Disease 4rOidCd
and Cured by its use.

The receipt for making this WONDERFUL REMEDY
was obtained by James j. Peavey. while living in
Honolulu Hawaiian Islaud,w he resided for more
than twelve Years.
Mr. Peavey At TINT time was suffering from catarrh,
and with many doubts 10 the curative properties
of this remedy, he compounded a small quantity, and
began to directed. To his surprise and joy he
found relief after the first trial. and in short time
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Mr.. Peavey afterwards put this remedy up in small
quantities and sold and gave il away to his friends
but not until recently has he consented to have it
prepared and thoroughly introduced 10 the world.
Ii is relief and cure for Catarrh in its worst
forms.
One trial of the remedy is its best testimonial.
Sure relief is within the reach of I'LL who willing
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II is harmless, convenient to take at any time, and
its good effects to be felt the rem
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This is entirely different from any other snuff on
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does directly upon the mucus membrane.
DO not delay another day, but send 30 cents and
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ASFor sale by all Druggists
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-10-16
ADAMSON'S BALSAM
Price :85CCntS.

This pleasant AID valu-
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and besides being she best is
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The accumulated evidence Of nearly thirty years
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