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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

Etching on Copper Ny attention has
lately been drawn to new process for
the production of line or stippled draw
ings, and as it seems to me 10 be worthy
of notice, i give a short description OF
it. A copper plate is first coated with
bitumen on the turning table, In the
same way as In photo-zincograPhic,
and when the bitumen Is quite dry an
impression from a photographic stone on
transfer paper is removed, we have a Co
py of the impression in fatty ink on the
bitumen surface. The surfsc,, Is lhen
busted with fine bronze powder. which
adheres to the linked portions, and rem
ders them quite Opaque. If, now, the
surface be exposed TO the light, the 6l-
tum-n not covered by the powder Will
be rendered insoluble; on the plate be-
ing placed i'm some solution which dis
solves the bitumen, the copper will be
laid bare In the parts not acted on by
hight. These parts can then be etched
in by concentrated solution OF iron
perchloride, and when the depresslons
a. c sufficiently marked, the action OF
the mordant Is arrested, and all the un-
dissolved bitumen is removed. We
have in the end an intagliO engraved
plate. This process is very well adap-
ted for line or stippled drawings, but
il will not answe: for the reproduction
of those with half tones.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12
An Impossible Duel.

A FEW evenings ago three well-known
officers, all of them "Counts," visited
the Theatre an der Vein, in the city of
Berlin, now no longer the classic ground
il was when Mozart and Beethoven gave
their concerts there, for in these days it
Is devoted to light comedies, provincial
burlesQues, ,and sometimes what in New
York has been called the ''leg drama.
The officers choose to disturb their
neighbors by cOnversing in so loud a
tone, that a gentleman from neigh
boring Ioge entered the box in which
the talkative officers sat, and uttered
the single word, ''Ruhe (which means
peace, or "be quiet" Count ;. imme-
diately followed the retiring intruder
ard presented his card, demanding the
gentlemsn's address, saying his second
should wait upon him in the morning
The intruder, evidently novice in the
science of "pistols and coffee for two,"
replied, Thanks, Herr Graf, ''and gave
the required address. The following
noon, Count t, the "second," called
at the street number given, but great
was his dismay to find the gentleman
of the preceding evening standing be-
hind counter measuring off a yard of
tape.
"Whst can | serve you, sir ?''ssid the
busy shopkeeper: "sleeve-buttonG, and
watch-chains, and suspenders?"
The dismayed nObleman said not,
but at last stammered out something Of
the previous evenings insult, that he
came as Count SIS second, but
"Oh, so, 'said the shopkeeper; "well,
if his lordship wants to fight ME, Pm
all ready, and will be proud of the
honor"
"But, impossible." exclaimed the
second; "you are not noble, 'and our
code"
"Devil take the code. If Count S.
wants to shoot me, why nOt?'
"ImpossIble "ejaculated the second.
SIT must be arranged otherwise"
every good, answered the shopman !;
"perhaps yeu and the Count will meet
me at - Hotel, at . o'clock to-day
when l 60 to dine. Your code don't
forbid you to dine with me. Do come I;
I'll give you grand dinner, and We'll
talk over the arrangements"
And the invitation was accepted,
since the duel was impossible.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12
Russian Customs.

The Russians have some curious Gus
toms; for instance, their funerals.
When man dies, the priest comes and
takes possession of the room in which
he lies. The room is darkened, and
number of candles lighted, the priest
continuing to mutter his prayers until
the funeral takes place. The body is
carried to the church, where the rela-
tions come and take the hand Of the
deceased, asking pardon for auy offences
they have given him IN life. A paper
Is put into his hand, testifying that he
was an honest man, and member OF
the Greek church. When he is put into
the ground, and his grave filled, food is
placed near it for the purpose Of pro-
pitiating the spirit. Drunkenness and
disorder very frequently prevail at this
ceremony. Their marriages are also
singular. Tney are always in a church,
at the door of which the priest meets
the couple, and kisses their hands, at
the same time giving them his bene-
diction. They follow him to the altar,
and a crown, light, and generally made
Of silver, is placed upon their heads.
This is called the marriage crown. He
puts a wax taper into each of their
hands, and reads a portion Of Scripture; ;
a sweet and bitter drink, emblematical
of the joys and sorrows of married life,
is given 10 each. The whole service
lasts about an hour, and ends by the
bride and bridegroom, with all the
spectators, following the priest around
the altar three times. When a merchant
gives a dinner, he and his wife stand
behind the chairs of the guests, and
walt upon them, receiving the dishes
from the servants and placing them on
the table. Every time one of the guests
asks for more sweetening in lis wine,
the merchant must march around the
table, meet his wife and salute her.
When il is a newly-married couple,
this ceremony, from the frequency Of
its being required, often becomes very
fatiguing to the parties.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

Carboiie Acid Inhuldtion.-The Medl-
cal Times gives an account of some ca
ses of phthisls treated by the inhalation
Of carbOlic acid spray-2per cent. sOiu-
tion-In hospital practice lately. In
the first instance in hand there was fe-
It'd expectoration, with an average tenn
perature of 102 degrees. and the firsi
effect Of the inhalation was to increase
to a marked extent the sputa, but at
the same time to check the fetor. The
most important result of the inhalation
Is to decrease the temperature from 102
degrees to 101 degrees 100 degrees and
90 degrees. In some of the cases car
bolic acid acts an as irritant, giving rise
to considerable spasmodic efforts. and
In these cases resorts was had to silicy-
lie acid az q substitute. Though the
latter agent was found not to produce
such q decided effect on the temper
ature, Its action on the fetor was equal
ly marked.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12
Handy Hints

will say to my housekeeping sisters.
who know the labor Of beating eggs for
pound cakes, that the cake will be just
as nice If they are not beaten at all. Ii
you will cream the butter and sugar
together until smooth, then stir in first
a handful of the flour. next two eggs,
another handful of flour, two more
eggs, and so on until you have 1t all
mixed; add the fiayoring, stir few
minutes and 1t is ready for the oven. l
could not be induced to try the above
recipe for some time after l heard Of 1t,
but since have tried it do not make
cake in any other way. / think ii my
sisters will try it they will like 1t as
we'll as do. Lawns and calicocs should
always be washed in cold water, If you
wish to preserve their colors. Warm
or hot water will fade them. Never
use the kind of soap that is put up In
bars or papers. by certain dealers, to
whiten or make clothes clean without
boiling. To wash calicoes, etc., with
common turpentine or country-made
soap will brighten the colors. All such
goods should be irored on the wrong
side. A plaster made of soft soap and
gum camphor will scatter swellings,
boils. etc., lust as we'll. if not better,
than iodine, ani is sometimes easier TO
obtain, especially in the country. DID
you ever find old hats nuisance! Shall
| tell Won what to do with them! Old
straw hats may Us well be burned,
though sometimes the rims may be
sewed together for kettle mats, saving
your table many a black mark. But
wool or fur hats may be seryiceable.
A fine soft felt, binding worn rather
rusty, and altogether shabby, was
served this way: Binding ripped of
and thoroughly scrubbed with hot,
clean suds; then a dye of. extract OF
logwood and blue vitrol took the rusty
look away and left it black as new.
Some gros grain ribbon, neatly stitched
on, for binding and band. and the hat
was changed, and given a new lease oi
life as best. | found an old Scotch cap
the other day; Iplunged that into suds'
then dyed 1t, and with bit Of silk vest
binding and forepiece of new enam-
elled leather, made the cap do nicely
for school-cap for George. Now, little
mothers, economically inclined, try
soap-suds and dye on old hats and rid
the house of a nuisance. Old water
proof cloaks were made over for our
schoolgirls in balmorals by putting
them in black dye and putting on
ruffie of new waterproof, with red
flannel, pinked and trimmed with plan
bias band above. One-half yard Of rec
flannel frightened two balmoarls, and
the girls are quite proud Of them. A:
the cloaks were very rusty and out
grown, they were much more service
able as balmorals and will be durable
May these hints help some worker like
myself.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12
Tuckahoe. or Indian Bread.

This is an extraordinary production
found in various parts of the United
States, especially along the Atlantic
coast. 1T appears to be an underground
fungus belonging to the tuber family.
Its usual shape is globular or oblOng,
surface roughened into protuberances,
and weighs from a quarter to several
pounds. Its external substance is white,
solid, and farinacious, having no taste
nor smell when dry. 1t is thought that
while growing it is attached to the root
of pine or oak, and is found only after
clearing old fields OF the primitive
forest. In decay the inner substance
cracks from the centre and assumes e
brown color. As it is supposed to have
formed an article Of food among the
native races of this country, and per-
haps used as a medicine, II Is Of great
interest. 1t was referred to by some
OF the first Jesuit missionaries who
wrote concerning North America, and
also by scme naturalists about the same
time, and since then has received no
mention 50 far as We are cognixant Of.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

Preparation Of BenzOic Actd.-Prof.
Rudolf Won Wagner has devised an
Improvement over the old method OF BIZ
stilling the gum benzoin and driving
out the acid by heat. He dissolves the
benzoin resin in 3 or 4 pints strong
acetic acid, decants the brown solution,
and adds parts boiling water. The
resin separates upon dilution as gray
brown mass. and Is removed by filter
ing. When the filtrate cools, large
portion of the benzoic acid erystalliZes
out, while second portion may be OBJ
tanned by evaporing and neutralizing
with lime. On large scale, Of course,
the acetic acid could be recovered from
the acetate of lime solution. The resin
that is precipitated from the acetic acid
solution, when dried and fused, has a
pleasant odor OF storax, and may be
employed to impart pleasant odor to
sealing wax, or for making fumigating
pastilles ard powder. The sOlubility
of benzoin resin in acetic acid should
give it other uses in perfumery, as in
disinfecting smoking essences. Tolu
Peru balsams and storax are also solu-
bic in aeetic acid.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

A Nslc NOtor.-A new motor has been
invented in New York, by a man who
has devoted the past 10 yeal to the per-
fecting of his invention. The model
consists of two hollow. metal wheels.
tour feet in diameter, which revolve in
opposite direction on the same axis.
The power used in moving them is go
lid metal balls, placed inside the wheels
so as to bear the rim down first, and
then gravitate towards the axis, where
a groove carries them off TO the other
wheel. Small groOved wheels are also
fixed to the axle of the larger wheels to
regulate the motion of the machinery.
engineers and scientists who have ex-
amined the machine pronounce itprac-
tIcable for all ordinary purposes for
which the steam engine Is employed.
The inventor claims that with a wheel
sixty feet in diameter he can construct
a motor of three hundred horse power
that will run until the material
wears out.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12
DOMESTIC.

CHEESE FhI1rERs.-Three ounces of
flour, one egg. one gill of tepid water,
one saltspoonful Of salt, one-half tea
spoonful of pepper, three ounces OF
Parmesan cheese, onC-half teaspoonful
of dry mustard, one-half ounce OF but
ter; put the -four into a bowl, and,
melting the butter, pour this into the
centre of it !; add to this, by degrees. the
water, heating altogether meantime ;
drop in the yolk of the egg, season with
pepper, salt and mustard; stir in. also,
the grated cheese, and. last OF all, the
white of the egg, which must be whip
ped to a froth; dir from the mixture
tablespoonfuls and drop them, one by
one, into hot clarified fat or lard as the
fritters become firm and rise to the
top, turn them over with skewer, that
they may brown evenly all around; as
soon as they become brown, remove
them from the fat and place them up
on sheet of kitchen paper, to drain
for a moment, when they must be piled
tastefulIy upon hot napkins, and served
garnished with sprigs of parsley.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12
The Most Poisonous OF Gases.

1t Is well known that suffocation by
burning charcoal in closed room is
not produced by carbonic acid. Death
is caused by the oxide of carbon, which
is due to the incomplete oxidation of
the charcoal. The oxide of carbon
unites with the red globules of the
blood, so that one volume of oxide OF
carbon takes the place of one volume of
oxygen; the globules of blood cease to
have the normal provision of oxygen,
and suffocation ensues. Recent expert
ments have demonstrated that the
poisonous effects of oxide of carbon are
much more yirulent than were sup
pOsed-that is to say, that much weak
er dilutiOn of this gas in air is fatal.
Any man or animal that breathes
during half an hour an atmosphere
containing 1-779th part of oxide of car
bon absorbs sufficient quan tity of this
gas to make half the red glObules of his
blood incapable of absorbing oxygen.
These experiments demonstrate the
danger of braseros and OF several sorts
of stoves. Whenever there is an in
complete combustion, oxide of carbon
is invariably produced. If the atmo-
sphere contain merely 1-l449th part of
oxide Of carbon, one-quarter of the red
glObules Of his blood become incapable
of absorbing oxygen. All cigars, and
especially ali cigars that burn badly, ALI
pipes, all cigarettes, produce oxide Of
carbon. The smoker absorbs 1t; 1t
makes more or less of the red globules
of his blood incapable of absorbing OK.
ygen. Narcotic anemia, narcotic car
diacsl diseases, are probably caused by
the absorption OF this poisonous gas.
4 HARD thing to beat-A boarding
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

MUTTON SOUP.-Take a shoulder of
good heavy mutton, weighing about
four pounds; remove the skin and fat,
then put it in about four quarts OF cold
water and let il simmer Tor two hours {;
boil one yellow turnip, one medium
sized carrot, four potatoes, two bulbs
OF soup celery; the turnip and carrot
Will require one hour to cook, the pota-
toes and celery half a II hour; when
cooked put them in cold water and peel
and chop fine; remove the meat; then
add the vegetables and one cup of rice
or barley then let the soup simmer ten
minutes more; then add one tablespoon
full OF chopped onion and one of parsley ;
then let 1t cook ten minutes more, as
cooking onion or parsley too much
takes from il the desired flavor; cook
ing the vegetables separately will add
much to the flavor of the soup.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

A preserrdtire wrapping and packing
paper, for protecting cloths, furs, etc.,
from mildew and insects, is among the
recent minor inventions OF note. The
paper for this purpose is made from
wooilen and cotton rags and manila
rope or paper. This is saturated with
mixture OF seventy parts, by measure,
of the oil remaining from the distilla-
ton of coal-tar naphtha by live steam
with five parts crude carbolic acid, con-
tafning at least fifty per cent. of pheno-
la, twenty parts of thin coal tar heated
to abou. I60 deg. Fab, and five parts of
refined petroleum. After saturation,
the paper is passed through squeezers
and over hot rollers for the purpose of
drying, and, when cool, it is cut into
sheets of suitable size, and the drying
completed in the atmosphere.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

BEEF LA MoDE.-A large round of
beef: in cool weather let ii hang for a
week or two, making it tender: remove
the bone, reserving the marrow make
a dressing of sweet herbs. raw onions
and parsley, chopped fine. the marrow
and quarter of pound of suet; add
stale bread, grated. the yolks of three
or four eggs. salt, pepper, nutmeg or
mace, and little cloves; with a sharp
pointed knife cut through the round
in dozen or two places, and insert
pieces of sweet picked pork or bacon !;
fasten cempactly with skewer and tie
tape around it; cover the bottom of the
pan with slices of bacon, also the top;
place around il four onions, four car
rots, four turnips, all cut IN thick slices
pour in from one-half TO one pint OF
water; remove the bacon when done,
and skim the gravy OF the fat as much
as possible; strain it into a saucepan,
adding port wine and mushroom catsup
TO your taste, ii you have no picked
mushrooms; let it just boil, and serve
the vegetables around the beef.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

A German philosopher, who has d.
rectcd his attention to phOsphorescence
in order to discover, if possible. the real
cause of that remarkable phenomenon,
concludes that the simplest method OF
bringing about phosphorescenee is to
place marine fish in a three per cent.
solution of salt-the phenomenon being
observable the second evening. the
luminosity, il seems, begins in the eyes,
and thence spreads all over the fish,
increasing in intensity from day to day !;
Its duration depends upon the tempera-
ture. The fish appears, after a time, 10
be luminous all through. This, how
ever, is not the case, for, on scrapiEg
off the surface, tits quite black under
meath. The luminous matter is L kind
of slime, in daylight is Ofa dirty white
color.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

He had been sitting still so long that
the mother expected to find him asleep
when she looked around and asked,
"Well, Harry, what are you thinking
OFF," "Ma, aIe we very rick ?" he
solemnly inquired, father says he values
me at three million dollars, you at two
million dollars and the baby at one."
That closed the conversation on that
subject, but next morning, as Harry
was getting on his overcoat he examin-
ed the new patch which had been adj
ded, and coolly observed: swell, j
think rather had better sell off about
half of you or the whole OF the baby.
and get the rest of us some decent duds
TO put on"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12
The Foundation OF IIeaIth

Without a subs,ratCm. q foundation oi
vigor. there can be 10 true health. The puny
ami the weak have al sorts of aches and
pains, no. necesssr ly because thy are posi-
lively diseased bet beoau,se the vital ma
chinery bitches and halts for want OF tee im-
petus which abundan: vitality wonld give it.
Tho b,ood enriching tonic. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters supple, deficient energy by enabling
TIE stomach to perform its digestive functions
&c lively and uninterrup,edly. The re.ut OF
this Is ths distribution o: r;orss OF v.taity 70
the remotest psrts of the system m increase
OF muscular energy and ths cissppeaIsnce OF
thoss pervous symptom, VIII ca acce npaoy
and proceed from debility. Irregalarity Of the
bowels, torpidity of tne liver, rheumatic all
mept and malarial feSers sre from nent
among the sotusl diseases erad.csted by thus
siausily tffcacious medicine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

IT CANNOT be afforded, IL would not
pay after so Euch labor aud capital has
been expended to build up this medicine
TO allow II 10 depreciate. You can take
Simmons Liver Regulator with perfect
faith as it Is made by no adventures
who pick up the business by concocting
medicines, but by educated, practical
druggists, who have made the study of
medicine and its compounds labor OF
u lifetime. The care, precision, neat
ness and perfection exhibited by the
very appearance of Simmons Liver
Regulator proves that il Is the best pre-
pared medicine in the market, and J.
II. Zeilin & Co. fully carry out their
motto: PTissima ct OptiHa (purest and
best),
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

The fungi, like animals, live upon or
ganic food, consisting of complicated
combinations of carbon, which they
receive from other organisms and ASST
nilate. They inhale oxygen and give
out carbOnic acid like animals. They
also never form leat-green, or clloro-
phyll, which is so characteristic OF
most other plants. In like manner
they never produce starch. Hence
many eminent botanists have repeated
ly proposed to remove the fungi CON-
pleIely out of the vegetable kingdom,
and establish one between that of ami
mails and plants.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

PRIZE PLUM PUDDING.-A two-gui-
nea prize was offered in London for th e
best recipe for a Christmas plum pud-
ding. Five hundred recipes were sent
in, and this was awarded the money !:
One pound suet, chopped fine; three
quarters pound stale bread crumbs; (;
one-quarter pound flour; one-quarter
pound brown sugar rind ofOne lemon,
chopped fine one-half nutmeg, grated !;
five eggs; one-half pound mixed can
died peel; one-half pint brandy. Well
mix all dryingredients; beat the eggs
and mix the brandy; then pour over
the things and thoroughly mix. To be
boiled in basin or mould for six hours
at the time of making, and SIX hours
more when wanted for use.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12
Guilty Of Wrong.

Some people have fashion Of con-
fusing excellent remedies with the
large mass Of "patent medicines" and
In this they are guilty OF wrong.
There are some advertised remedies
fully worth all that Is asked OF them,
and one at least we know of-Hop Bit
ters. The writer has had occasion TO
use the Bitters in just sucb climate
as we have most of the year In Bay
City, and has always found them to be
first-class and reliable, doing all that
Is claimed for them.-Tribups.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12

In heating buildings the advantages
claimed for hot water over steam sre as
follows: less cost of fuel, no danger of
explosion, requires less repairs, the
temperature in pipes is maintained six
to eight times longer than in steam
pipes, after the fire is extinguished, !,
while another great advantage is, the
temperature In the pipes can be in
creased or diminished by reducing the
flow Of the water.