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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

A GOOD anecdote is told Of the ia.e
Professor Agassiz and Home the sPlri.
usIist. They happened to meet IN .
railway carriage, and, getting inlo
conversation, Home complained OF Ine
nreiudices of men of science, VINO re-
fused TO investigate the phenomena o.
spirirualism. "Mr. Home, IePneu
the great geologist, 81 never reIuse "
Investigate anything which promises,
70 sdvanee science, and nothing Will
give me greater delight than to inves-
tigate the marvels which occur, as
vou saw. at your meetings.. "Wen,
then. /" SAID Home, "come this very
night ard witness the appearance OF
the snirit-nand." "Nothing will give
me more rleasure," answered Agassiz;;
"than to be one of the guests rounu
the table where the spirit-hand ap-
pears. Ny opinion Is that 1t is phys
zeal hand with little phosphorus rub
bed over it; but / am open to convic-
non. All ask is that l shall nave
the privilege of putting my stlietto
through it. If the hand Is q spirit
hand. no harm will occur; II II Is
human hand, 1 feel confident In my
power to transfix it on the table, ,mucn
to the discomfort of the possessor-
Home declined the test. Such want
of faith, he said, would necessarily
prevent the spirit-hand from appear
iny
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

The new method of rapid desiccation
of fruit which is now followed on q
large scale in many parts of the coun-
try has led to great improvement in
the quality of dried fruits. and partic-
ularly of dried apples. The product Is
exceedingly white in appearance, and
while the flavor is not quite equal to
that OF fresh fruit, it is lar superior to
that of dried apples as usually pre-
pared. 1t is said that when dried by
the rapid process the apples may be
exposed to the sun tor hours without
becoming discolored. The apples are
peeled, cored, and properly sliced by
a machine, alter which they are placed
upon trays in the desiccating room.
Here, by means of mechanical ar
rangement. they are carried up on one
side and descend upon the other, when
they are taken out ready tor packing.
AS soon as one tray is removed an
other takes its place, SO that the oper-
alton is continuous. DuIing the pro-
cess fumes of sulphur are used 10
bleach the fruit, but these are SO per-
lectly absorbed by the apples that no
OdOr of sulphur can be detected in the
drying room. The dried fruit can be
packed in boxes, and it will keep tor a
long time, preserving all its excel
lent qualities. In water it swells up
and forms a jelly In the courses Of a
lew hours. 1he rapidity and cheap
ness of the process, and the character
OF the proouct, fnsures for it a still
wider application thaa it has yet re-
ceived.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18
DOMESTIC.

Try to keep a pretty China cup ano
SANGER. A delicate plate and small goo-
Iet- TO present food on to the sick. one
expert nurse always serves peei Se .ee
and milk In q wine glass; one VI .ns
thin bell-shapped glasses, tnat noiu
more than they look to hold. a ses
person will turn away from oowl "
soup and be pleased with pretty cup,
ful. Sick children, especially, are
amused and pleased with the color sh9
pattern of the cups and oishes, anu
there Is a trace of the fretful ehild In
every invalid. There is some thing
tempting in a small quantity. 1t does
NOT tax the eve. Therefore, always
present lust as little rs you judge the
invalid wants to see. A coarse white
dinner plate, heapcd with food, Will
take away ali appetite, while small
plate or saucer, especially II IL Is q
pretty dainty one, will be successful
iy cleared, A mauve saucer, or q PINK
plate. will coax q feverish patient 10
eat rice-pudsing or orange cream, OF
a few grapes, when al other arts nave
failed. There seems to be an appetite
of the eve as well as Of the stomach,
and il must not be offended. very
often the effort to lift the head, even
If persons are not dangerOutly i'll, DIS
inclines them to take refreshing or
nourishing drink. There Is no heed
TO disturb such sufferers by propping
them up with pillows and making them
lift their heads and change their posi-
ton. A bent glass tube, sold Tor DC.
at the apothecary's, is not signal OF
extreme illness or lowness, except
that the head may rest low. Ii simply
means comfort and that the invalid
need not be disturbed, in a sick heac-
acne or extreme fatigue, but can take
the beverage provided without
change of position. The art OF COM
fort is not cure, but it goes great way
towards il.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

How THE "JERsEY" Is MADE.-The
circular frames, used to produce the
long tubes of wool and Gotten that are
afterward cut up and squeezed TO shape
as marketable stockings, have been ell
larged in size till they can produce a
tube of wool thirty-six inches in cir
conference, known in the factories
s..s jersey CLOTH" Mile Of it have been
woven already, miles upon miles.
When each tube is detached from ITS
frame In lengths of forty or fifty yards
it is slit from end to end, that II may
be folded open and dressed and press
ed like other clothes for use. Iheu
the pattern o. the Jersey is laid upon
it lin sizes, as, say for shoes, the Jer-
seys are cut, are sewn, are pressed Nat
again, are In a fit state for the lady
who eulogizes them in song. Already,
while the cloth is still ill its open state,
folded in its large smooth rolls, IL ls
suggesting purposes for which II can
be advsntageOusly applied. Long cur
tains have been made OF it; outside
cloaks and coats, and as the weaving
women sit in their long Light shops,
amongst the whirl of the machinery,
and their own snatches, now and
again. of country song, it can be seen
tnat they make bags Tor their imple-
ments CT spOilt ends OF 1t, that they
utilize it as busters, that they cover
with il for their pins.
a new article Of commerce
has been introduced, that is sure, in
some form or another, not 10 be swift
ly laid aside.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

in eating observe to let your hands be
clean: feed not with both your hands, nor
keep your knife in your hand dip NOT
your fingers in the sauce, nor Lick them
when YOU have done; wipe your mouth, and
keep your spoon clean Gnaw not bones
nor handle dogs, nor sprawl upon the
floor; and il you have occasion to sneeze
or cough, take your hat or put your napkin
before your face. Drink not with your
mouth full nor unw1ped, nor SO long till
YOU are forced to breathe in the glass de
must have q care his hand be not first In
the dish, unless he be desired to help his
neighbors. If you be carv'd It's but civil
to accept whatever is offered, pulling off
your hat still when it is done by superior.
To give anything of your plate to another
to eat of though he is an inferior, savors OF
arrogance, much less an apple or pear
that hath been bit by you before. Have a
care likewise of blowing froth from of a
cup, or any dust from roasted apple or
toast for the proverb saith. There is no
wind, but there is some rain. We are to
wipe our spoon every time we put it into
the dish some people being so delicate,
they will not eat after a man has eat With
his spoon and not wiped it. When dinner
is going up to any nobleman's table where
you are stranger, or of inferior quality,
tits civil and good manners to be uncovered.
1t it so happens that you be alone together
with person of quality, and the candle Is
to be snuffed, you must do it with the snuff
fers, not with yonr fingers, and that neatly
and quick, lest the person of honor be Of
Tended with the smell"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

Herr Ecltz has lately described some
Interesting experiments before the
Gottingen Academy. A large concaye
disk, with piece Of unwrinkled silk
adhering to it by electric motion, is
fixed TO one of the discharge rods Of a
Holtz machine. The other rod is placed
opposite the disk. When the machine
is worked, small feebly luminous
star appears at the point OF the latter
rod and q luminous circle on the disk.
When objects which are conductors or
semi-conductors are introduced be-
tween the "star" and the ''circle," I"
shadows are cast on the circle which
are not optical, but what may be called
electrical. Thus, when a cross made Of
pasteboard and ebonite Is interposed,
only the shadow of the pasteboard is
cast; but if the cross is breathed upon,
the shadow of the complete cross is
seen for an instant. A glass rod
heated will show a shadow, which
grows fainter as the glass cools, and
ut last disappears.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

BAKED APPLES Take a deep pie-tln
and scatter sugar literally over the
bottom; half an inch of sugar if the
apples are pretty sour. Pare the ap-
piles and cut into halves. Remove the
cores carefully, then lay them, core
side down, into the sugar. Add small
cupful of water and bake till perfectly
tender, but do not let them stew lO
pieces. When cold take up In deeI
dish, and il any juice remains in the
tin turn it over the apples. Add a Lit.
tie sweet cream in dIshing them odt
and with good bread and butter this
makes as relIshable dessert as one
can desire. Russets, Greetings anG
Belmonts are all especially nice baked
in this manner.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18
Send in Your Orders.

The ulster for the coming summer speaks
for itself on sight. Ii can be worn with
tails or without. The tails can be lowered
by leans of hinges to drag on the walk,
OF they can be raised OF slowed around to
form extra pockets for holding four clean
shirts apiece. The collar is fitted with a
rubber tube to hold any sort of drink fitted
for the occasion. A quart of hard cider
can be carried TO Sunday school picnic,
and slyly imbibed at the convenience of
the wearer without any one being the wiser.
All the man has to do is TO turn his head
to the left, slip an amber mouth piece
into his jaws, and slowly get away with
his tonic, while he seems to be lost in
amazement at the wonders of nature The
ulster as a whole is q life-prsserver and
when blown up will sustain the weight of
three school-ma'ams and a lecturer from
Japan. Ii occasion requires it can be
quickly converted into a water proof tent
capable Of sheltering small family, The
right hand pocket is sheet-ironed for use as
a kettle in which to make tea or boil eggs,
and the left hand is a sort of refrigerator
in which to store perishable goods Each
sleeve is provided with a secret pocket for
the benefit of those who want to get four
aces into poker hand, and sheath for a
bowie-knife is stitched into the back in the
most secure manner. Folded one way the
ulster forms jib sail, and can be attached
to any boat in five minutes. Folded one
other way you have a stretcher on which
to carry off the fat woman who fell from q
tree and broke her leg.
1t is the ne plus ulster. Itcontains good
looks with a night smart of convenience
1t hides a hump between the shoulders,
covers up stoop, and a bow-legged man
is made to appear as graceful as an antelope.
There are seven different spots on which to
scratch matches, three flaps on which to
wipe the nose, and Texas steer may play
'TIth the wearer all day and not be able to
~poil the set of garments. Send in your
orders before the rush begins
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

SOMEBODY put pepper in Mr..
Grouty's cologne-bottle, and when he
took smell at il he got about two
spoonfuls up his nose, and the way lie
sneezed was circumstance. About
the time he had been at it for ten min
utes, and was shedding tears copious-
ly, and felt sure that he should loosen
his hair at the root, and perhaps his
teeth would come out, friend enter
ed. ais anything the matter ?" asked
the friend. N-n-a-ca-chor- 10000
nop answere1 Grouty and then, when
be finally got little quiet, ne gave
the bottle to his friend and said !:
"Smell of this Ard while the friend
was tearing himself all to pieces,
Grouty asked: "Is anything the mat
ter, or are you just doing it TO kill
time?" They are foes now.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

An interesting discovery has recently
been made near the ruins of ancienr
Tyre. On an escarpment OF rock about
500 feet above the level of the sea pr.
Lartet finds numerous figures from 2 =
TO 81 feet in height, carved in bas-re-
lief. They are said to be extremely
archaic in design, their heads mostly
in profile, but with the eyes as If In the
full face, and their tunics crossed on
left side. A few yards distant are
enormous blocks of hard breccia about
20 feet by 16 in size and 10 fee: above
the surface Of the soil. This breccia
consists mainly OF myriads of worked
fiints, with which are intermixed frag-
ments Of teeth and bones. DR.. Lartet
believes they once formed part of a
cavern of great antiquity.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18
AGRICULTURE.

HINTS FOR FARMERS AND OTHERS
Provide boxes or shelves with apart
ments, and place In appropriate divi-
sjons, distinctly marked, all refuse
screws. bolts, rivets, staples, tacksi
etc.. and replenish them as neefed by
purchases at hardware stores, pTocur-
want. Such things always at hand,
costing, perhaps, but few cents. may
save you dollars, In time, when repair
is needed at tusy time and la6orers
are waiting.
Keep all the hipges and latches about
the house oiled. TO prevent wear and
sqresking. Go over them once week
with oil and feather, make regular
work of IL. Keep gates properly creased
at laIches and hinges, and see that
they do not sag. TIE labor of drag
ging a sagging gate is as hard as IL is
useless.
L Sc coal ashes or wood dust, or both,
in all your vaults daily. This will
prevent all bad odor, rendering the
cleaning as easy as shoveling sane, ,ano
will prevent all danger of wells becom-
ing poisined by the drainage.
Give pure water to animals. Cows
are sometimes watered from wells III
the manure yard containing impure
ties, and the milk is more or less de-
filed and poisoned, the butter tainted,
and the owner wonders why his family
suffers SO much from sickness. If you
expect good healthy pigs and whole
some pork let them have pure water,
pure food and constantly clean quar-
ha, llr-c 10 - o..
less and dirty character OF some far
mers photographed in their filthy pig
pens.
Use petrole um as a preseyative OF
all exposed woodwork and tools. 1t is
very cheap, and penetrates the pores.
Il is very good for all wood buildings,
good for gates. farm wagons, rakes
and forks, and for all rustic work ex-
posed to weather. 1t will pay its cost
back again at least 1000 per cent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

at late meeting of the London
Photographic Society, paper was
read by Prof. T. E. Thorpe on simple
and expedious method Of preparing
pyrogallol for Dry plate development.
Dry gallic acid and glycerIne are put
into flask and heated to 200 degrees
on sand tray as long as bubbles of
carbon dioxide are seen TO be formed
in the liquid. The gallic acid soon dis
solves and is entirely converted into
the the oretical quantity of pyrogallol,
namely, So per cent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18
now TO oss.cs Aau,.r.s.a Coase..

Ground coffee affords field for adultera-
tion, and ior this purpose chiccory, carrots,
caramel, date seeds, etc., are the substances
most commonly used. The beans have of
late years been skllfully initiated, but as
coffee Is mostly purchased in q ground con-
dition, the chief point for the consumer is
to be able to form some idea as to the
character of the latter article, and the fOl-
lowing are the few simple and reliable
tests: Take little coffee and press it be-
tween the fingers, or give it squeeze in
the paper in which it is bought: if genuine,
1t will not form q coherent mass. as coffee
grains are hard and do not readily adhere
to each other: but if the grains stick to
each other and form a sort of ''cake, we
may be pretty sure Of adulteration IN the
shape f chiccory, for the grains of chiccory
are softer and more open, and adhere with
out difficulty when squeezed. Again, II
we place few grains in a saucer and
moisten them with little cold water, chic
cory will very quickly become soft like
bread crumbs, while coffee will take long
time to soften. A third test: Take wineglass
or tumbler fullof water and gently drop
pinch of the ground coffee on the surface
of the water without stirring or agitating (;
genuine coffee will float for some time,
whilst clnccory or any other soft root will
soon sink; and chiccory or caramel will
cause yellowish or brownish color to
diffuse rapidly through the water, while
pure coffee will give no sensible tint under
such circumstances for considerable
length of time. ''Coffee mixtures" or ''cof-
fee improvers' should be avoided. They
seldom consist of any thing but chiccory
and caramel. "French coffee" so widely
used at present, is generally ground coffee
beans of which have been roasted with
certain amount of sugar, which, cooking
over the bean, has retained more of the
original aroma than in ordinary coffee, but,
this, of course, at the expense OF the re-
duced percentage of coffee due to the pres
ence of the caramel.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

Some of the electric lighting COM
panies have at last apparently resolved
TO submit their several systems to what
may be called public competitive trial.
They have learned no doubt, that the
hey-day Of promises is gone and that
the time for performances is come.
Very few OF the sensational announce
ments made a year or so ago, can, of
course, be fulfilled; but some very sub
stantial results are quite within the
range of recent improvements in con-
verting electricity into light. The peo-
pie have become critical through care
iul reading of late and are quite capa-
BILE Of putting very embarrassing ques-
tions to electricians who may be found
misrepresenting facts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

Two loving beings who had phi, ht-
ed their troth some years age, and
were about to be married, are separat-
ed forever. They were sitting together
one evening, going on about as usual,
when she obs e: we'd TO him rather petu-
lantly, "Cbarley, you don't under
stand anything about hugging; you
haven't got the knack or it, I'm
Decd" he replied, in a disheartened
tone; "that's very strange, for ! have
been practicing on two or three other
girls for several months.''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

PURE BEEF-TEA WITHOUT WATER
Fill quart self-sealing glass can with
beef cut into very small pieces, close
1t, and place the jar in kettle OF warm
water. Let the water come to a boil
gradually, SO that the jar may moi
break, and let 1t remain on the range
about three hours; then strain 1t OF
and you will have large cup CT pure
juice of the beef. Then put in little
salt and cayenne pepper.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

MAN is not bundle-carrying AMI
NAL. He can tuck few stray parcels
in his pocket, to be sure, and lug a
package under his arm, perhaps; bat
on the whole, as common carrier he
is failure. But woman, well, We
should hate to say anything that
wasn't ABSOLUTELY true; at the sam.
time woman can carry parcels
enough into horse-car to fill up one
side Of it, and pick them all up on one
arm when she gets off car at cross
ing, and lead pair of twins, carry an
umbrella and hold up her skirts with
the other hand,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

The sleepers of French railroads are
preserved from decay either by subject
ing them to process of saturation with
creosOte or with sulphate of copper. A
new method Is proposed by NJ. Jacques.
Fatty substances 0n the form of a seapy
solution) combined with picnic acid
are injected into the wood so as to
penetrate every fibre of il. After a
lapse of eight days fatty acid is
formed which is said to be insoluble In
water and t. be capable of affording the
most complete protection against the
rotting caused by moisture.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18
Hurrah For Our Side.

Many people have lost their interest in poll
tics and in amusements because they are 30
out of sorts and run down that they cannot
enjoy anything. II such persons would only
be wise enough to try that celebrated remedy
Kidney-Wort and experience its tonic and
renovating effects they would soon be hurrah-
ing With the loudest In either dry or liquid
form it is perfect remedy for torpid liver,
kidneys or bowels,-ELchdnge
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18
Almost every day brings 60,

Almost every day brings some new
application Of electricity TO the useful
arts. DR.. Siemens has designed an cleo
trio elevator, which has been exbibi.
ted at the Mannheim Industrial Exbibi-
ton, and is said to be a useful inyen.
ton. The cage is carried by wire
ropes, having counter weighs, so that,
when loaded, it lie practically in equili-
BRIAN. The current generator at the
base is electrically connected 70 the
dynauo-machine in the cage. and the
latter works two toothed wheels taken
into metal rack running up the cen.
ter Of the passage way of the elevator.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

The st. Gothard Tunnel furnishes
another striking example of accurate
surveying. Although the entire
length of the tunnel is nine and a
quarter miles the two galleries were
bored with such precision that they
met with difference of only four
inches in level and a lateral deviation
of less than eight inches.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

A FEW days ago a gentleman noticed
a big boy near a school house. He was
sitting behind barrel in an alley and
eating lunch.
"You seem to have good appetite, !"
remarked the gentleman.
"Yes, but since the teacher got down
on me l don't have enough to eat. He
isn't popular with me Bit, any more ~
What does he dO?"
'He just steals my lunch out of my
mouth"
..You 1on't say SOP"
eyes, l used to have splendid big
dinners. | used TO take Ike Newton's
lunch away from him every day. He
had such nice lunches, too; but the
teacher saw me holding Ike down and
taking IL out OF his pocket, SO he call
ed me and walloped me across chair
for an hour, and that made Ike so sassy
he wouldn't give me his lunch any
more"
$50 now you have to eat your own
lunch?"
"No; l don't have any lunch of my
own, but L have to take the lunch
away from smaller boy. and it amt
half big enough for boy like me, who
is growing; but he is the biggest boy
that feel safe in tackling since the
teacher put me across that chair"
"Your father ought to teach you bet
ter than to rob other boys"
"My father says that's the way
ought to do. My father belongs to the
Galveston Wharf Company"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-18

Wflliam F. Tolley, of Kingston, n. Y,
is an electrial Diarvel. Mr.. Tolley is
so full of electricity that when he
slides across a carpet. even with his
boots on, he can light the gas with his
finger, and when a person touches his
nose or an ear with their fingers a
shock in the arm and bright spark Il
emitted