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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13
TewAsuFLAssEL WITHOUT SHRINK.

ToWAsH FLANNEL WITHOUT SHRINK
INs.-Fifst have soft water for the
whole process, IN ade so artifieially If
necessary, and next have good soap, or
that which does not contain rosin.
Our best soaps are safe tor this pur-
pose. You may wash and rinse en-
tirely In cold water If you choose, but
If you wash i'll warm water youmustnot
rinse In cold. 1t is decidedly best to
use only warm water all through,
the rlnslng water warmer than the
suds, If there is any difference. II is
best to make a good, strong clean suds
(and not wash nice white fannels in 3
dirty suds with other clothes that are
TO be boiled) and put the fiannels in it,
Instead Of rubbing soap into the
clothes. Hand rubbing soap tends to
fill ans shrink flannel, as it mats and
interlaees the delicate fibers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13
For " Walls.

We entertain great doubt whether
persons who have to consider the dee
Grafton Of rooms sufficiently regard
the functions Of walls. A wall must.
generally speaking, be mere back
ground, and therefore it must be dec
Grated as far as possible in such way
as to throw up the foreground. In
some sense pictures must be considered
a part of the foreground, and, there
fore, where the owner of house Pos-
ses es pictures worth looking at, the
object of the decorator should be. as
far as possible, TO make the wall 80
negative in character as not to attract
the eye, but to allow 1t to be attracted
by the pictures, the ornaments, and
the people. Hence, where there are
pictures, large patterned papers or
papers of any kind are undesirable,
and wall painted or distempered
green, buff, or gray in such shades as
may be best suited to the situation Of
the house is TO be preferred. Elaborate
patterns broken by pictures bring the
reverse of harmony into room, and,
if statuary. whether in the shape OF
marbles or bronzes, be part of the orn-
ments of room, patterned paper is
very fatal to all good effects, land quite
puts an end to the simplicity and dig
nifty of sculpture. But undoubsly, IL
a room is not adorned with pictures
or graceful ornaments, then some
kind of pattern on a paper may be de-
sirable to break the monotony OF
blank wall; but no one who has no.
ticed the effects of flowers or ferns
against a plain green or gray wall can
fail to see how Infinitely preferable is
an uDpatterned wall for bringing out
the beauty of natural or artificial OBJ
jects. In these days, when engrav-
ings and etchings are within the reach
of most, not to speak of autotypes and
other reproductions, We are inclined
10 believe that entertaining rooms, as
they are called, the day for patterned
papers has passed. In bedrooms it
may be different; neatness and the
appearance of comfort may be given
by light and sensible-patterned papers
conventionalizing as far as possible
natural objects, which are always
graceful, rather than artificial pat
terms, which are generally quite the
reverse.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

IT is as much a matter OF economy
to have stock well protected from the
weather in winter, as 1t is to have our
dwellings .aade tight to exclude the
cold. Our horses and cattle must be
kept warm, either by such protection,
or by the food that they consume. A
building that has holes and large
cracks that let in the cold wind, is not
much better than no building at all,
for the draughts are all the more fierce,
where they do find crevice. Strips
of lath nailed over the cracks ON the
windward side of stables and cow
sheds will do much to increase the
comforts of stock in severe weather.
In horse-stables, building paper nailed
to the wall with carpet tscks, and
held to its place by mailing strips OF
lath over it, makes very good pro-
lection from the cold.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13
TeIegraph-PoIe Climbers.

Every one has seen a 'line man.
walk up telegraph pole as readily as
if he were going up a flight Of stairs.
with q quick nervous jerk of the foot
he drives the spurs into the wood and
takes a firm hold every time. This dex-
terity comes from practice. 1t looks
dangerous when man is near the top
of the pole, but that there is really little
danger is proved by the fact that acci-
dents very rarely occur. The men be-
come accustomed to working at great
height, and mind il no more tha N SAIL
ors on ship. An experienced man
looks out for rotten poles and rotten
cross beams, and once confident of
these, he feels no further alarm. He
hangs on by his legs as cleverly as
monkey by its tail, and thus has the
free use of his arms and hands.
The spurs are of steel and consist of
a fiat bar with bend, which passes
under the instep. A sharp point pro-
jeets diagonally downward so as to
bear heavy weight from above. The
greater the weight the deeper the point
sinks, and the wood must be very rot
ten TO permit it to slip. 1t leaves be-
hind on the pole those queer little
holes, which so much resemble tn e
work of a woodpecker on tree.
The line men are divided into two
classes, climbers and groundmen. The
latter rank little higher than ordinary
laborers, but in time, if they are ambi-
tioJs to learn, they graduate into Climb
ers. Climbers are paid from forty to
seventy-five dollars a month, and at
present are IN great demand, owing to
the large amount of telegraph construc-
tion going on throughout the country.
Groundmen dig holes, plant poles,
carry wire, and do whatever other la
Dor Is necessary.
The cllmbsr is provided with a pair
of pliers, a hand-vise and a strap. He
catches up the broken ends of wire,
draws them together with the wise and
strap and splices them with the pliers.
Gaze is taken to leave a certain slack,
so as to allow for contraction by cold in
winter. In large cities number of
climbers are kept constantly on duty
at the central Office, so as to be sent
out at a moments notice to repair a
break.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

No iron helped to produce the heavy
sound of solid horn which Virgil as
cribes to the fiery steed of Pollux. Of
late years We have heard much of the
unjustifiable waste of time spent on
classical literature which has no prac-
teal bearing on the interest OF modern
life. Ii is unfortunate that Xenophon's
treaties on the management of horses
has not formed one of the subjects for
the upper forms of our public shools /;
and il would be well If they were made
TO read with care book written by one
who wro'e unfettered by the restraints
of any traditional system, and who
successfully broughtthe cavalry as well
As the infantry of the Cyreian army of
Greeks from the plains of Babylon TO
the shores of the Euxine. There they
would see how thoroughly the rules
laid down by the leader of the Ten
Thousand for the selection and the
management of horses are in accor-
dance with the highest scientific know
ledge OF the present day, and how hap
py an ignorance he displays of the long
and dismal catalogue of the diseases
and miseries which a wrongheaded and
ridiculous system has called into exis-
tence. No horses could be subject to a
more severe strain in every limb of
their body than were those which
Aencphon led from Cunaxa over the
Armenian highlands to the walls OF
Trebizond; yet we hear nothing of any
special difficulties arising from dis
eases Of the foot or leg. 1t may pro-
baby be said with truth that the srain
endured by those horses could be borne
only by unshod animals. Paul Louis
Courier, the French translator of
Aencphon's treatise, was struck by the
apparent soundness of his method rhat
he put it to the test by riding unshod
horses in the Calabrian campaign of
1907, and he did so with complete sue
cess. But that which with him was 4
voluntary experiment has been for
others an fnvolutary necessity. This
WAS the case with many of our cavalry
horses during the Indian mutiny, and
their riders have declared that they
were never better mounted In their
lives.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

At late meeting of the London Pho
tographie Society, paper was read by
Professor L. E. Thorpe on simple and
expeditions method of preparing pyro-
gallol for dry plate development. Dry
gallic acid and glycerine are putlnto a
flask and heated to 800 deg. on a sand
tray as long as bubbles of carbon diox-
ide are seen to be formed in the LIQUID.
The gallic acid soon dissolves, and is
entirely converted into the theoretical
quantity of pyrogallol, namely, eighty
Dcr cent
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13
AGRICULTURE.

DAIRY woMEN.-On dairy farms in
this country the milking Is, of necessi-
| ty. done by men but on average farms
II were better. in many cases, 1t be
done by women. They seem to under
stand the business much better than
men. and the cows themselves prefer
TO be MIXED by them. This is parti-
cularly noticeable In the readiness
with which they accommodate them
selves TO women mixers, while they
refuse to .'let Down" ready flow to
men. It was formerly the case, when
the occupation of the dairymaid was
considered one of the pleasantest duties
which the daughters of our well to do
farmers had to perform, as it certain
ly Is one of the most healthful OF all
rural empleyments. The aversion
which girls of the present day have to
this branch of dairy work arises, in
part, from the unfavorable conditions
under which they are frequently re-
quired to perform the servlce-expo-
sure to bad weather, untimely hours,
flthiness of the stables or barnyard,
long distances TO carry the milk, &c.
These, where they exist, are valid OBJ
jections, but are such as can be readi-
ly removed by the head Of the farm. 1t
should be his or her business to see
that the females who attend to the mil
ing are afforded proper help and con.
yeniences. They should be provided
with dry, clean place for milking,
and where the distance is great have
some one to assist them in carrying
the milk; and, in fact, everything. but
the actual milking should be done by
boys or men
Give the dairymaids a fair chance,
and restore TO them what fashion or
foolish pride has, for the time, taken
from them-an occupation at once
pleasant and invigorating, and one
that will bring bloom to their cheeks
and health and strength to their sys-
tens. In Holland the milkmaid is ac-
companied with boy, the boy towing
a little boat along the canal, (all the
main roads being canals in that coun-
try,) while the maid, with her full
blue pettieeat and pink jacket, walks
beside him. Arriving at the cow pen
or pasture, she brings from the boat
her copper pals, as bright as gold ,and
with kindly greeting to her cows.
sets down her little stool and begins
to milk. The boy, having moored his
boat, stands besides her with special
pail, in which to hold the ''strippings"
or creamy portion. which comes last
from the udder. Not drop is left.
The boy fetches and carries the pals;
tn e girl nilks the cows, and TIE boy
does all else, until the service of the
girl are again called into requisition in
the dairy room.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13
HUMOROUS.

A Boston man besought his wife,
he being but three years married, ior
the privilege of night key. "Night
key ?" she exclaimed, in tones OF
smaz ement, "what use can you nave
for,a night key when the woman's
Emancipation league meets Monday
night, the Ladies Domestic mission
Tuesday, Sisters of Jericho Wednes-
day, the Woman's Science Circle
Thursday, the Daughters OF Nineyeh
Friday, and the WOman's Progressive
Art association, and the Suffrage BAND
on alternate Saturday nights. You
stay at home and see that the baby
doesn't fall out OF the CRADLE" He
srays, a.a-as
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

A FASHIONABLE Galveston woman
wanted to impress her husband with
her hOusehold-keeping abilities; SC
when the cook left, she went down
into the kitchen and cooked breakfast,
and she made an awful mess Of IL.
They sat down to the table, and heI
husband noticed that she had rag on
her finger, SO he asked what was the
matter.
81 burned il while frying the steak,
she replied.
well, any woman who would put
such breakfast as this on the table
ought to be burned at the stake" re-
piled the brute.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

A quantity of -four was exposed by
a French expeTlmepter to pressure
of three hundred tons, reducing it to
one-fourth its original bulk. A por-
ton Of 1t was then placed in cans
and sealed, the same being done with
some Impressed -four. A year after
ward anu the cans were opened, when
the Impressed flour was found to be
spoiled, while the pressed was in ex-
cellent preservation.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

ssHow Co you like the rooms "
asked Mrs. Dotonart, who was show
ing the Smithingtons over her new
house. "Oh, they are perfectly
lovely" exclaimed Mrs. Smithing-
ton, "and they are furnished SO sweet
ly! What exquisite plaques those
are, aren't they, Smithington T.
"What, them dishes on the wall
Yes, they are pretty enough, but why
in thunder didn't they have some
closets In the house to put the crock
cry ing" Mrs. Dotonart goes into
mild Mysteries, and Mrs. s. gives
Smithington such look.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

| THE PERCHERoN HoRsE-To no or
dinary strength, to vigor which does
not degenerate, and TO a conformation
which does not exclude elegance, it
JOINS docility, mildness, patience, ho-
nesty, great Kindness, excellent health
and hardy, elastic temperament. Its
movements are quick spirited and
| light. 1t exhibits great endurance,
both when hard worked and when for
eed to maintain for long time any of
Its natural gifts, and it possesses the
inestimatle quality of moving fast
with heavy loads. 1t is particularly
valua bic for its astonishing precocity,
and produces by its work, as a two
year old, more than the cost OF its feed
nd keep; indeed, it loves and shows
real aptitude for labor, which is the
lot of all. Ii knows neither the whims
of bad humor or nervous excitement.
1t bears for man, the companion of Its
Ia bors, an innate confidence, and ex-
presses for him gentle familiarity.
the fruits of an education for many
generations in the midst OF his family.
Women and children from whose
hands it is fed can approach it with
out fear; in a word, il l may dare to
speak thus, il is an honorable race. 1t
has that fine Oriental gray coat, the
best adapted of all TO Withstand the
burning rays of the sun in the midst
of the tields-a coat which pleases the
eve, and hich, in the darkness of the
night, allo we'd the potillion OF former
times to see that be was not alone
that h is friend was making his way
Loyalty before him. 1t is exempt Ia
cause of everlasting jealousy among
the breeders Of other races, always
exempt from the hereditary bony de-
fects OF the hook; and when 1t is rails
ed, SPAWN, jardon., bone spawn, Pc
inflammation, ,and other dread
ed infiirmities, are not known even by
name.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13
[Bat,le Creek, (Mich. } Daily Journal ]

Upon being spoken to concerning st.
Jacobs Oil, our fellow townsman Mr..
Theodore Wakelee, said: had been
suffering with rheumatism, and OBJ
tained the greatest relief from the use
of st. Jacobs Oil. 1t has also been
used in my family for some time, and
has never been found 10 fail in giving
prompt relief.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

TAPIoCA SouP.-Take a good beet
soup with two pounds of meat and
bone ,and tive and a-haif quarts of cold
clear water, simmering for four or five
hours and adding an onion, some par
sley and carrots. Put in very little
salt. Let the stock, when done, get
cold. Take the fat of the top and re-
heat the oup,putting in a tablespoon
full of tapioca TO a quart of stock. Sea-
son to tas tie and add 3 few drops of
lemon juice.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

The descendants Of Darius Green,
made famous and immortalized by
Holmes, will never perish from the
face of the earth until his dream shall
have been realized, and "soon or late
we'n navigate the air as now we sail
the sea-" The last Of the line so far is
now in Chicago, and his device for
aerial locomotlon is on exhibition in
the Honere building. His name is
Charles A. Sullivan, and he comes
from Starkville, Miss. He is confident
that he has found the the thing so long
sought fora machine that will give
the greatest possible power with the
least possible weight for propelling an
air-ship. His model works very well,
and it seems possible that it or some
modification of it will one dav solve
the problem. The power, generated by
a system of clock work, is eommunica-
ted to the air by means of four fans
similar to the ordinary steam-bl0wers,
ard they work on the air in the same
manner as they do the paddles of side
wheeler upon the water, covers resemb-
ling the half of q cheese-box protect
ing the upper half of the fan from the
air. By shifting these covers the pow
er can be so applied as to lift the ship
or to depress it. Mr.. Sullivan thinks
that with four-horse-power engine,
weighing 400 pounds, with gas for fuel,
he can supply enough power TO p-opel
his contrivance with facility. He has
made all the calculations as to the size
of the balloon and the weight of the
machine, and thinks that a working
ha ad -
model for $500. He only lacks this
capital to push it to completion, and,
as he thinks, to overwhelming success.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

About the end of last month the
largest erucible steel casting hitherto
made was Effected in the works of a
firm in Sheffield, England. 1t was a
spur rim, twenty-eight feet in diane
ter and cast whole. To cast it 270 pots,
each holding eighty pounds OF molten
steel. were used. Steel wheels are
likely to supereede the cast iron wheels
now in general use in the Lancashire
mills.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

A LITTLE Ottawa miss was taken to
church for the first time, after. being
impressed with the necessity she
should keep "as still as mouse" "
She behaved herself until the preacher
became warmed up to his work; and
then, thinking he was going too far,
she raised her finger and looking
straight at him, cried, "See here.
don't you make so much nolse."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

A LITTLE miss has grandfather
who has taught her to open and shut
his crush hat. Tue other day, how
ever, he came with an ordinary silk
one. Suddenly he sees the child CON-
ing with the new stove-pipe wrinkled
like an accordion. "Oh, grandfather, -
she says, "this one is very hard. I've
had to sit on it, but l can't get it more
than half Shut
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

STAINs.-Remove ink-stains from
carpets with milk, and afterward wash
with fine soap,a clean brush and warm
water. For grease spots use powdered
magnesia fuller's earth, or buckwhs at.
Sprinkle on the spot, and let lie until
all the grease is removed. Time and
patience will in this way remove the
wor st Of grease spots.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13
To An Our Frfends

uavino had numberless inquiries for
.dvertising cards from ladies' in all
narts of the country who are interest
"a In the nreyail.ng fashion of making
ssCard Collections. we are having
nrinted for them a set of seven beauti-
mi cards each i'm six colors and on q
COLI background. in the very highest
degree of art. illustrating Shakspeare's
s.Seyen Ages OF Man." We have spared
no exnense in these cards-they are
simnlv little art gems. Our only aim
has been to publish the finest cards yet
sbown. Applications tor them have
come in so RAPIDLY that nearly the
Whole edition il engaged before the
receipt by us of the cards from the
artist. We have therefore been obliged
To adopt the.following plan for tbs dis
trjbution of the remainder: No Iaore
Of the gilt Shakespeare cards, seven In
the series. will be sent excepting upon
the receipt of statement from a grocer
that the person applying for the cards
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

THE successful man has many imita-
tors in his peculiar line of business,
but still there is only one originator.
So, also. the great petroleum hair re-
newer. Carboline, as now improved
and perfected, holds the palm against
all imitatOrs as genuine article OF
merit. Try 1t.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

"THERE's something about your
daughter" Mr.. Wanghog said refiec-
lively, there's something about your
daughter''-"Yes," said old Mr..
Thistlepad, "there is. i have noticed
IL myself. 1t comes every evening
about eight O'Clock, and it doesn't get
away usually till aboat two. And
some of these nights l am going to lift
it all the way out from the front par
lor the side gate and see what there
is in it."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

PASTE FOR SCRAP BooKs.-Mix
smoothly flour and water till Il thin
batter is formed, put In a pinch OF
pulverized alum and pour in boiling
water till a thick paste is FORM
ed; let it boil minute or two, add a
few drops of carbOllc acid or oil of
cloves. Put it In wide-necked bottle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13
THERE is one boy in Galy

THERE is one boy in Galveston who
will never be musician. He is too
independent. His teacher was trying
to make him play the right notes, and
said to him: "You must not reach
away over there on the treble; that's
not right" 81 guess I'll reach where
1 please on this piano. We own this
piano, 1 reckon. I'll put my feet upon
il If | see a :"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

OYSTERS La PoULETTE.-Placet two
dozen medium sized oyster in a sauce
pan with their own liquid; let them
come to q boil; then strain the oysters,
saving the liquid; put about one table
spoonful of butter in n saucepan and
two of -four; heat and work smooth ;
add the oyster liquid, and let it boil
about five minutes, stirring all the
while add the juice Of a lemon TO
taste and the yolks of two eggs well
beaten; salt, pepper and chopped
parsley, and then the oysters. Serve
on toast.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

A BRIGHT little 3-year-old, while
her mother was trying to get her to
sleep, became interested in some out
side noise. She was told that it was
caused oy cricket, when she sagely
observed: "Mamma,I Il think he ought
to be Oiled"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

DAIRY STocK.-Nothing connected
with stock interest of the country de-
m ands more attention than the breed
ing, feeding, and handling of dairy
cows, A lean cow that will furnish a
large amount Of milk, will sell for
more at home than a fat bullock will
bring in distant market. All infor-
nation On the Improvement of dairy
stock is at once timely and desirable.