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How to Sleep,

Health and comfort depend very much
on attention to matters that to some
seem very trivial. We have sometimes
heard persons complain that they did
not sleep we'll; that they were troubled
with horrible dreams, and arose in the
morning weary and nervsu Inquiries
as to diet, exercise and other essentials
OF health lave often failed to reveal
anything that could account for these
un'avorable conditions.
It's not we'll in these cases to limit
our investigations to the routine of day,
but We should inquire at what hour the
patient goes to bed, what he thinks
about usually, and, most particular, what
position he places himself in to invite
sleep. If he lies on the back with his
hands over his head, there will be q
half.cOnsciOrs sense of compression of
the chest, with difficult breathing, to
relieve whic'' he opens his mouth. The
air coming in direct contact with the
throat causes dryness, and then snoring
will begin. In the meantime the pres
sure OF the viscera on the large artery
whose course is along the inner portion
of the backbone impedes the circulation
VI tne O!OOO, producing 0lScOmiOfC,
which manilests itself in horrid dreams.
Thus the whole night is passed in a
disturbed sleep, and perhaps many
nights pass without one refreshing sleep.
The most unWise course under such cir
cumstances would be to resort to the
use of opium or any other drug. The
ranks Of the victims of this unfortunate
habit ars recruited mainly from such
cases as we have described. II is won
derful what control an individual can
get over himself if he tries. There is no
reason why person cannot lie on his
side iDstead OF, the back, and keep his
hands and arms down; then he will not
open his mouth; then his throat will not
become dry, neither will he snore or
have bad dreams. But iten he can't
help thinking about his business, and his
thoughts will run on for hours. This is
also habit that may be broken up.
Have the Il to put aside your Thoughts.
and in dime you will have the power to
do so. We do not say that there are not
other causes that hal,itually interfere
with sount sleep; but we believe there
is remedy for each difficulty, which
may be found he seeking for it.-Hall's
Journal of Health.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-24

6wift's Sper fio Is. s. ~ n.s cu'si me en-.
irely of bad Blooo Poison. went 100 miles
to get it, and It. made Inc rs 8, unu Us ne y
doilar. J. w. W+ylels, Madvile, Pa.
For Throat Diseases Coughs Colds
o. .f7-c II re'i.f j. .:,'nn lu the us. T.,
Browns Bronchial Zr0ches." Price Is ct,
Sold O7alu IL btIes
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-24

Gen. Thomas J. Brady il IN Muncie, Ind,
whore his father Judge John Brady, lies q
the point Of death,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-24

INVITE BkAvERS COUGH DREAM hsalss diseased
w iunEs. %. yraAk Powell. Il Crosse. Wis.
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Thomas Ecleclric Our
Has been . good deal harped upon In the
papers and with excl ent effect. Not alone,
however, by reason Of nswspaper notice h 4
its sale grown so enormously; the people
have advertised it; its merit has made it.
Rode thirty miles iorit Daniel Plank,
Brooklyn, Pa.
"WortL five times its price," 8. B. Dr.
ey, mate steamer Ariz INA, on great LAX.
ACTS ike . charm" Helen r. Apple.
ION, Troy, N. r.
my family use 1t, the hired men use Il, I
use it." VIM. H. Kirkpatrick, AL Sd ave.,
Evansville, Ind.
1T is remarkable medicine. I do not
know its equal" Mrs. O. A. Taylor, 256,
Folsom st., Buffalo, N. Y.
II have never seea . medicine more per.
fec'ly adapted to its various application
than Thomas Electric OIL" Rsv. e. F..
Crane, Dunkirk, N. Y.
For coils, coughs, diphthsria and catar1h,
Thomas Electric Oil is up-top; while for On
ache, OF pain, or soreness there IL nothing
better In the world. Dr.. Thomas Electric
Oil IL sold everywhere.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-24

Of great use In hoeing close to veQeta.
bles and In cutting down. weeds. With
these two articles, an hours work daily
during the early part Of the season will
keep quite q garden clean.-.Vick'5
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-24
MiuDeapoiis' weeks -four prOduciC
averaged but 10 600 b urels per day.

Is yeur hair falling ous or y 'ur scalp dis
easeo7 Carboltneis Just the ar;ic you need
Buy bottle, and, like thousands who use IL
ali over the land, you will value it Is the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-24

Take Aliens Iron Tome Bftters'
and liver complaint. twill cure d3s pepsia,
invigorate the liver, and iXduce 1eerfulness
vacity and bucyancy OF spiri 8. The coun-
try il foo ed Win mutations. All genuine
bear the signature of J. p. Allen, St. Pau,
MIMI
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Trough on Rats" clears out Rats. Mice. 15c.
"Ronsh on Coughs TrSches. i5c; LIQUID. soc.
Wells May Apple Iiver) Pills. loo.
Trough on Tooth ache. !" ms. ant relief. 15c.
"Bucht.paiba," Great Kidney and Urinary Cure. 81
Trough on Corns." for Corns, Warts. Bunons. 15t
Wells He 18th Remover cures Dyspepsia, Impotence
The Rough on Tooth Powder, elegant. 15c.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-24

What ais you? lit Ii cough. take Pis0's
Cure Sold By dru eiass. 25c's. bottle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-24
E@M[ar@!

or the continued use q: marcsry and potash for
the trea u1- mt Of Blood anl 81 o di eas-s-they
never cure. AM nrarly always pjul4 u totally ruin
the general b.. attn.
A wELL.KNOwN DRUGGIST.
have seen great many cases cured with Swift's
Sp' ctc som, who have tried all sorts of
treatment. IL fact. have never known It to fail
when taken properly. sell large quantity Of il.
poison or skin huIiIrT. Il cures
l.'MpLEs AND B1.oTcHEs ON THE SKIN.
aud makes tie complexion fair and rosy As fog
blood tair:, here is such word fail. 1t
cases thai hav. long thst ol her 'rts OF treat
men1, an vi hout any OF those recurring troubles
that ge neralIy foil 1ner fyal and other so-caed
cures. I. l.. MASSENECEG, Giacon. Ga.
Onr treatise on Blood and Skin DiSeases mailed
free to applicants.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. .
Drawer }. Atlanta, Ga.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07
VOL. XXXVIII.
TIE LOAEER.

They are sitting around upon boxes and
chairs,
Discussing their own and their neighbors
affairs.
While the look of contentment that's seen
on each face
Seems to say: have found my appropriate
place,
Sitting Around
The loungers they toll not, nor yet do they
spin,
Unless 1t be yarns while enjoying their gin,
While the stories they tell and the jokes
which they crack,
Show their hearts have grown hard and un-
doubtedly black,
Sitting Around.
The sitter around is a man of no means,
And his face wouldn't pass for quart OF
white beans;
Yet somehow or other he makes out to exist,
And is frequently seen with drink in his
fist,
Sitting Around.
They've a habit OF talking of other mems
wives,
And they've whitfield up sticks with their
bone-handied knives;
THEY'RE a scaly old set and wherever you 90
You'll find them in groups or strung in a
row,
Sitting Around.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07
And Then.

do those alligstors bite?" inquired
a nam with hair the color of a gosling,
as he poked his nose around the corneI
of the door.
mot very often" replied the editor.
care you armed2" asked the light
haired man.
mo, we never go armed"
''Are you in pretty good humor?'
Illustrate, irst-raIe," replied the
editor, who smelled a spring poem, and
quietly drew the poker up where he
could reach 1t to throw.
well now, l just thought 1 would
drop in and see You. have little
Walk right in" said the editor,
who wanted TO get the man in range.
The man walked in, as requested.
Il want TO give you a joke"
"All right; what is it!"
lit is this; You must first say some
thing about man who Cared for moth
ing outside of horses"
Yes"
"And then say that to him life was
but a span-meanlng, you know, a
span Of horses, and then"
But the gosling haired man jumped
for the stain way, and left behind him a
ripple Of iendisn laughter tnat haunted
the building tor the rest Of the day.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07
Right Here In Boston.

do the ladies' of Boston go to market
rs those of other cities doI' Boston
reporter asked d marketmIn the other
day.
mo, they DON'T
"Why notS"
"Well, 1 don't know. l suppose be-
cause their grandmOthers didn't do it"
"It's very different in other cities.
Philadelphia, for instance?"
"Yes, indeed. Why, there, the first
thing after breakfast the lady Of the
house takes her "mawket baw5ket' and
goes to mawket' as regularly as the
day comes round"
'.Tney order all the household sup
Plies, don't they:"
Yes, and take them home, too"
''Why, how can they do tnat!'
son, they always Duy in small guam
dties-a lutte butter, laId, mOiasSeS-
everything, In fact, from day To day."
well, II Boston ladies don't do the
family marke- ing, VINO dOeS!"
''Oh, the man of the house; or more
often the things are ordered through
the men sent out with teams from dIt-
ferent markets and provision dealers.
It's great pity" continued the mar
ketman, ~that Boston ladIe don't visit
Our markets ofIener. Ii one OF them
takes "trip to Washington, or almost
any other large city, the markets form
one of the sigutS 70 Ue seen, and | dare
say many have exclaimed over them
VINO never knew experImentauy, that
those of Boston are well worth seeing.
From the old crone who sits on the
steps there selling waJer-creSsss and
dried YARDS, past the negro whose apron
and shawl Uf gunny bags, Ia tened Ii
front with a wooden Skewer, accord5 so
perfectly with his hgnI brown SKIN,
past tue meAt-StallS, wnere one Is re-
minded of the lady VINO said she knew
the animals when tney We're alive, put
she couldn't tell them when tBey We're
dead; past the green grocery men, who
will tell you SOnderful Jale5 OF now LnlS
caul flower Was brought way from
France aud those onlUuS from Bermuda,
clear down to the Ilsh Stalls, where the
three hundred pound turtle and Tie one
sided turboJ and tile little pInk snrImp5
are so interesting; yes, and BACK gan
on the other Sldo-lg Is all one lons gat-
lery of curiO5lIle5. Let them Try 1t,
and they Will exciain Is one did the
other day: "Al tnls-rlgnt herr III B1S-
ton? l wouldn't / have Ooileu5d i'll It's
like glimpse OF some foreign place.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07
Rules OF the Road.

'Turn to the right as the law di-
rects," is not only law but practice in
all parts Of our country. This is one of
the few cases in which we have directly
changed the custom of our English an
cestors without any reason; but while
making the legal change in regard to
the relative movement OF approaching
teams we retain their custom of near
and off side, and place our drivers, as
they do, on the right, or off side. Turn
ing out to right or left may be an indif-
ferent matter, but the drivers seat is
important in either case and our habit
in this regard is not good horsemanship.
The English driver turning to the left
and himself sitting on the right, is near
est to the team he avoids, can better
measure his distance from it and may
drive much closer, being able to keep
his eye upon the hubs of the opposite
team. Our driver turning TO the right
and sitting on that side Is the width of
his vehicle from the other carriage, and
has the person on the seat with him be-
tween. In any case he can only be ex-
pected to calculate his distance and
though our drivers become very skilltUl
in the calculation, ineIperience and
carelessness often hold the reins and we
suffer serious accidents from collision.
In passing heavily loaded teams we find
another difficulty. All our horses are
accustomed to be approached and ham
died on the left, or near side, conse-
quently the teamster with your horses
and great load. walks by his team on
the left and is thus exposed to the
wheels of the passing carriage, and has
the awkward necessity, if using horses
accustomed merely to the rein, of get
ting hold Of line on the off side By
reaching over his horses backs.
1t is true that in this country teams
are Usually driven with reins and that
wagoners seldom walk by them and in
that case the objection have made does
not appear, but all drivers have seen
what have described.
In England the wagner walks beside
his team. He takes the left side to have
free use Of the right hand in dealing
with his horses; hence the phrase NEAR
side." 1t is his natural and proper mo-
ton, in meeting vehicles, to draw his
horses towards himself and let vehicles
pass on the off side. The writer lives
upon a road that connects manufactur-
Ing villages and billy woodlands with ID
large town and railroad station, coal,
wool, shoddy or cotton in vast piled up
loads drawn by four ani six horses go
one way and manufactured goods, wood,
lumber etc., are drawn to the town; here
the American fashion is seen at its
worst; the horses are not raised in the
district and are 'swapped" with Yam
kee frequency, consequently they do not
often know the language or manners of
their drivers 50 that when he walks by
their side they practically claim the road.
do not expect in these remarks to lead
any reform, but would suggest, especially
to drivers of small experience, the greater
safety Of sitting always on the NEAR"
or left side of the carriage, so that they
can better see their distance from pass
ing vehicles.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07
Curiosities OF u Roma I Prison.

The Mammertine Prison consists of
two subterranean dungeons, one below
the other. An old monk with lighted
lamp conducted us down long flight of
stone steps to the upper prison. We
found ourselves in cold, dark room,
built up on all sides and overhead with
enormous stones. In ancient times the
only connection between the upper and
lower dungeons was by circular hole
Just large enough to admit a human
body. Through this opening prisoners
were lowered to the dungeon below. In
modern times stairway has been cut
around through the rock from the upper
to the still more horrible lower prison.
No light of day has ever penetrated
that dark, deep, damp, dismal dungeon.
But the chief interest of the Manner
tine lies in the tradition that st. Peter
and st. Paul were confined there just
before their martyrdom. Without be-
lieving or disbelieving the story, we still
get some idea of Roman prison iii St.
Paul's day.
In descending the stairs the monk
paused before rude lndentation in the
stone wall. which we could imagine
looked like the side of a mans mead.
There our gull waxed eloquent and
said: ''This is the impression of st.
Peters head! When the jailer5 were
taking the apostle to the prison below,
they rudely pushed him against the wall,
leaving this indentation in the solid
rock!" In the lower dungeon the monk
showed us spring, and again becoming
eloquent he said: Here Peter preached
to two Of his jaiIers until they believed
and asked tu be baptized. Then the
apostle touched the floor and this foun-
tain burst from the rock; thus by a
miracle water was furnished for bap-
tism." But, alas for the old monks
story, Plutarch tells us that Jugurtha
drank of this same fountain when he
was In the prison, and that was CEN
tury before st. Peter was born. We
tasted of the water and found it pleas
and.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07
He Didn't Scare q BIT,

On the train from Cincinnati to
or eight in the smoking car ran to train
robbery. The subject was canyassed
from every standpoint, and all but one
agreed that passenger ear could be
robbed without danger to the robbers.
Thi, chap was selling drugs for a Balti-
more house, and he announced his
readiness to lay down his life whenever
an attempt was made to deprive him of
his cash. 1t was generally believed
that his courage was all talk, and by
and by when he fell asleep We put up a
Job on him.
A giant of chap from Dayton, o.,
was selected to play robber. He was
about the uglIest looking white man
anybody had ever set eyes on, and he
borrowed two revolvers, removed the
cartridges and waited for the right
moment. As the train stopped at lit
tie station the big fellow opened and
slammed the door and cried out:
''Hands up, gentlemenl The first one
of you who drop a hand Is a dead
manr'
Up went our hands, and the drug
man awoke.
up with 'em-throw 'em up!" com
manded Dayton as he leyeled both
shooters at the drummer and slowly
advanced.
Not if L know myselflr was the
cool reply, and what did the Marylander
do but out with his revolver and began
popping away He had fired four shots
and driven the ''roOber" to the door be
fore any one could grab him and ex-
PLAIN matters. One bullet went through
the big mans cap, a second burned his
cheek, and the third and fourth went
through the windows. He was whittier
than snow as the affair ended, and re
turning the revolvers to their owners he
stood up in the aisle and said:
Gentlemen, you can put me down
IS the biggest blamed fool in America!
Geod nightl"
And he took his coat and grip and
left us for seat in another coach.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07
wells ON the Sea Coast.

DR.. George H. Cook, the New jersey
State Geologist, describes the success
full opening of artesian wells, 40O feet
deep, at Ocean Grove and Asbury Park
last summer, and says the character Of
the sand and mari found in the boring
is so well marked that it may be Tea
sonably expected to yield water for the
supply of all the towns and villages on
the sea coast. The water is absolutely
free from contamination with organic
matters, and is soft enough for laundry
purposes. The well at Ocean Grove is
a flowing well, yielding 10, ,000 to 1000
gallons daily; it is lined with six-lnch
iron tube for 80 feet, the bore lower
down not being tubed, The water has
q temperature Of 6uo F., and contains
SIS cubic inches of carbonic acid per
gallon.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07

81 didn't do anything else -
1Dauil davil i,J nroanad fha hn

"Devil, devil !" groaned the hunter.
"And tben," pursued Jed, confident
the Joke part of the story would please
his father, "Jim and L propped the
horse up, and tied his head back with a
cord, and left him standing under the
trees exactly as he was alive. Ha
ha Fancy the Colonel going to catch
him. Ho no no wasn't it joke ?''
Old brakes head fell upon his breast.
He felt of his empty pocket-book, and
looked at his broken rifle. Then in a
rueful tone, he whispered to the boys:
at is joke. but if you ever tell of
it, or if you do, Sam Marston, I'll skin
you alive. BY Lord Harry, boys, I've
been shooting at that dead horse half
an hour at ten dollars shot"
At that moment Sam fell into gut
ter. Jed dragged him out insensible.
Sam had laughed himself almost to
death.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07
Tanned and Stretched

A writer from Florida says; while |
was stopping at small hotel or tavern
down on the st. Johns River the pro-
prietor asked me in to play game OF
pool one day, while we were awaiting
the arrival of party of gentlemen who
were to join us from Jacksonville. The
landlord tossed me cue, and as l ap-
piled the chalk noticed that the cue
was peculiarly heavy and had the ap-
pearance of polished ivory. He used a
cue of similar pattern, but the others in
the rack were quite ordinary. The
covering of the table also attracted my
attention. Instead of the usual green
baize 1t looked like a peculiar species of
asmoothly-tanned. leather of dark gray
color.
"Wha. Is this cover made off" in
quired.
"Thatp" replied the Southerner,
''why, that's piece Of catfish skin 1t
makes the finest cover in the world
when it's nicely tanned and stretched. I"
You don't mean to say you got that
off of one fishg" said incredulously,
as failed to discover single flaw or
seam in the cover. ''Oh, yes; that isn't
all, either. There was enough left over
to make me a fine pair of waterproof
overails. Yes, sir, caught that fish a
year ago last summer about mile below
Cypress Point, in the st. Johns River.
We had to harpoOn him and land him
by means of a fiat boat and block and
tackle. Perhaps you have noticed the
popularity of these cues, too. They
were made from the horns of that same
catfish"
"And these balls," added the fisher
man, as he emptied the fifteen colored
balls from wicker basket and arranged
them for the game, ''are another pro-
duct of the same catch"
"How in the world?" 1 asked, trying
to look serious.
.'Well, sir, you may not believe it,
but | sent fifteen of that fish's teeth up
to a shop In Jacksonville IN l had them
made into balls on turnlng lathe"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07
An Old Town.

The oldest town in Texas and, it is
believed, in the United States, is
Ysleta, situated on the Rio Grande and
near Ell Paso, the chief town in the
county of that name. 1t has popu-
latlon of $500 souls. The place is one
of peculiar interest alike from its age,
Its people, its agricultural and its
general products. 1t is a well estab-
lished historical fact that Spanish
military explorer named COrand0 visit
ed the town in l540 and found it then
popular and prosperous civilized
Indian community. He was Immediate
ly followed by the Franciscan friars
who erected a church and established
schools.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07

DIo it ever oo,lr to yo1, an)lS tl5
general tdctulEI)ns ot pcIc55, tlIE u Il
prsliss go .-uo" ofts1er taao alysalg
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-07

MONEY spent 10 paint for farm build
ings and implements il not to be coua-
ed lost.
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-02-16

ing, Aunt TiIIie said: aFor nearly
nine years / have been mother TO
that child. and loved her dearly. I
tried every way to find her own
mother without avail, until few
months ago, when 1 thought of a
novel plan to ascertain where her
mother was. The money she used
TO send me came by registered letter.
So last quarter when the postman
brought the package and asked me
to sign the receipt, took the letter
up stairs, and underneath my name
wrote 'Belle is sick for Gods sake
send me your address, A day or
two later / received a letter, en-
closed In which was sealed envel-
ope, on the outside of which was
written, Address of Bellies mother;
to be opened only i'm case of DEATH
s'In the mothers note was a re-
quest of me not to open the envel-
Ope unless Belle had died or my
death was near at hand. So as / am
aware that my time to die is near
at hand, / decided it best for the
child to be provided for, so to-day I
opened the envelope, and found
written on card the mothers adj
dress. Igave the. child the card
and money for her passage to New
York. While am talking to you
the little darling is on her way to
her mother" Aunt Title refused
to make known the mothers adj
dress, and the next day died with
the secret her own.