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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03
The "Little Lady" ut the Circus.

She was a little lady of very tender
years, but of great dignity and exces-
sively dainty tastes. She was asked
if she would like to go to the circus by
gentleman who thought he'd like to
do good and pure action just for once
in his life. She accepted with some
hauteur. This great big man wanted
TO do the correct thing. He had no ac-
quaintance with children, and he
thought of course he must unbend.
She sat very austerely all through. Once
she burst into a loud laugh, but she
Immediately blushed and bridled up,
and every now and again she'd turn
with a dignifed look of astonishmeut
at the grown-np man who was bowling
with laughter at the clown. She did
not like it.
"Will you have some peanuts?" he
asked her.
ssPeanuts,' she said, with an air as
If she had been deeply insulted. Il
wouldn't eat peanuts here for any
thing"
That shut him up.
"What did you think of it? 1t was
very funny, wasn't it?" said the
grown-up man, desiring to be genial
and pleasant with the young child, as
he wrapped the little thing up in her
cloak.
"Yes, it was very good," she said
quietly. 81 liked everything in it ex-
cept the clown. There was nothing
refined about him. l do not think
that clown is gentleman.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

IT is never well to use big words
when small ones will express the same
meaning. A lady who was making a
call on some acquaintance observed that
the furniture had been changed, and
remarked to the lady:
'.You have been metamorphosed;
haven't you?"
"Y-e-s," said the other, hesltatingly.
"You mean repapered, suppose; 1t
looks much better, doesn't it?"
Another lady was showing visitor
around her grounds, which were under
the care of landscape gardener, and
she inquired of her friend how she
liked the work.
"Why, think" she said, 'that you
like symmetry"
"Why," said the other, 1--WE don't in.
tend to bury any one here. There is a
good cemetery quite near"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

Herr Z. KrebS, DIR. So, royal geolo-
gist and curator of the Provincial Mu.
scum at Konigsberg, Prussia, sends to
the Chicago Herald an account of a new
protective yarnish, ''melted amber, "
which he says Is destined to prove val
liable in the industry of varnish by its
cheapness and surprising In quality the
Zanzibar copal. This substance is pro-
duced by carefully heating the amber to
400 degrees &. and separating all the
vapors of tar, acid and oil thus pro-
duced. Its made economically enough
to be used for vanishing ships, wagons,
buildings, etc. Experiments made with
melted amber show that vanished
planed surfaces under a changing tenn
iperature of minus IL degrees c. up to
plus % degrees c. have been well pre-
served during the ten months Of the
test, and that vanished iron parts of
sSips anchored fourteen months in the
Baltic have successfully resisted the
effects of the sea water and waves.
BY these results it is therefore proved
that the melted amber is sure to have a
very large future. The makers of var
nlsh have already taken possession of
the substance, as the whole proceeding
for the production of this amber var
nish is extremely simple.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

TtCo members of the Society of Ply
slcs and Natural History of Geneva,
Switzerland, have been experimenting
by means Of Photographic processes as
to the depth Of water which light from
the surface will penetrate. A trial in
the clear waters Of Lake Geneva showed
that light penetrated there sufficiently
to affect very sensitive Photographic
plates at depths Of 55S feet, and at that
depth the light at midday was about as
strong as that of a clear, noonless night.
Similar experiments carried on in the
Mediterranean led to the conclusion
that sin the month of March in the
middle Of the day and in bright sunlight,
the last glImmer OF light comes at 1900
feet below the surface.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03
CLOCK THAT IS WATCHED.
One Chronometer Gazed at by .,ooo''
600 People every Year.

zaDo you see that chronometerT
asked one of Broadway's well-known
watchmakers, pointing to small, puI-
nished face, boxed-up timepieee WHICH
eat in his show window ticking as COM
nIacently as il the world wasn't rushing
around in space at break-neck speed.
ssWel, do you see anything peculiar
about it?''
ssNo," replied the reporter. =.
"Rieht. There are hundreds like 1t.
Some better, more worse, but there are
few that have 800, 600 eyes stare at II
every year, said the matchmaker,
Crowds passed by the window.
Here and there one of these number
stopped, edged up to the glass, pulled
ont his gold, silver or nickel timepiece
and scowled, smiled or looked Thought
full as the methodical face OF the chro-
nometer criticised or approved OF their
time. The jeweler mused.
'sIt's strange" said he, "but by act
ual count more people consult that
chronometer every year than there are
inhabitants in New York state. J"
Correcting himself, the Jeweler ex-
planned that he counted a man every
time he came to look, and not each IN
dividual. =,
''ThIs is how 1 arrive at my figures, y
said he. 81 stand at the window, ana
take one minute. The average oil a
dozen trials, counting the faces that
appear, is 43. Yes, over two score
faces on an average glance at the
chronometer every minute for ten
hours day."
"As the proof of the pudding is the
eating thereof so the Broadway jew
eler's figuring is the proof of his state
ment. Here it is: Forty-three min
ute is 2, $50 an hour; multiplied by lO
for a day, it makes 25,S0O. Now,
the chronometer is only visible, accord
ing to his count, for days in the week;
again, the result of day was multiplied
by 6, giving total of 154, 500, the
number that view the chronometer
every week. Multiplying it by the 52
weeks which constitute a year, with a
liberal allowance for holidays, the Jew
eler held up the result trlumphantly-
800, 900 people.
eyes" said he, ''there you have it
1900, 900 people; and figures are noted
for telling the truth"
OF these he estimated fully G,OOO,0OO
were men.
AREN'T women as curious about the
time Of day as men?"
"No. l have found it otherwise.
Few women care if their watches are
within ten seconds or ten minutes of
the time. In fact, don't believe that
the female mind really comprehends
the flight of time. It's something they
don't care to think of, but with men
it's different-they watch every mo-
ment.'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

"How Is that old family feud OF
yours with the Smith family coming
on?" asked one Kentucky citizen Of an
other.
"It's all goin' our way. Pm left,
you see, and part Of brother Jim IS still
on earth, but 1t goes about on crutches,
Father, you know, petered out over
three weeks ago with hole IN his
heart, and uncle Robert is up at the
hospital, doin' as well as can be expect
ed for man who hasn't got any nose.
Where have you been lately?"
"Out of town. And the Smiths?"
"Well, 1 don't want to brag about
myself and my relations. You Just go
up to the graveyard and turn to the
right"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03
q Mountain of Ice Jewels

Within the memory of the last three
generations the Muir glacier hlled the
bay for miles below our anchorage, ana
while it recedes 1t Is creeping slowly
down. scalping the mountains, grinding
ali the sharp edges into powder or leav.
inc a polished surface behind 1t. II
gathers rock dust and the wreck OF
every living thing ana mixes them up
into the snow and ice. These congeal
AGAIN. or are compressed into soft hltny
monumental masses, waiting their turn
to topple into the waves at last. ihe
wash of the sea undermines the glacier;
the sharp sunbeams blast it. 1t Is for
ever sinking, settling, crushing in upon
itself and splitting from end to END,
with fearful and prolonged Intestinal
reyerberations that remind one OF the
battle thunders and murder and sudden
death. There was hardly a moment
during the day free from rumble, OF
a crash, or splash.
The front elevation might almost be
compared to the Falls Of Niagara IN
winter, but here is a spectacular effect
not often visible at Niagara. At in
tervals large fragments Of icecliffs fall,
carrying with them torrents OF snow
and slush. Heaven only knows
how many hundred thousand
ions of this debris plunged
into the sea under our very eyes. Nor
was it all debris. There were masses
of solid ice 80 lustrous they looked
like gigantic emeralds or sapphires, and
these were fifty or even hundred
times the size of our ship. When they
fell they seemed to descend with the
utmost deliberation, for they fell a
much greater distance than we could
realize, as their bulk was almost beyond
conception, so that fall Of 200 or 500
feet seemed to us a tenth.part OF that
distance.
With this deliberate descent, as II
they floated down, they also gave an
impression of vast weight, as when
they struck the sea the foam flew two
thirds Of the way up the cliff again-a
fountain 300 feet in height and Of mon
strous volume. Then after a long
time-a very long time 1t seemed to
us-the ice would rise slowly from the
deep and climb the face Of the cliff as
il it were about to take its old place
again; but it sank and rose, sand and
rose, until it had found its level, when
it slowly joined the long procession
drifting southwark to warmer waves
and dissolution.
What is that glacier likeP Well, just
little like the whitewashsd crater OF
an active volcano. at any rate. 1t is
the glorious companion piece to Kill
auea in Hawaii. In these wonders OF
nature you behold the extremes, fire
and ice, having it all their own way,
and world of adamant shall not pre-
vail ag ainst them.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

On the eastern coast OF the Caspian
sea curious phenomenon is in progress.
The Kara Bobhaz is an estuary nearly
separated from the main body OF the sea
by bank through which there is an
inlet. The evaporation from this gulf
is so great that a current continually
sets in from the Caspian; and as there
is no return current the water of the
gulf becomes more and more saliferous.
and deposit Of salt IS in course Of for
mrtion' In time this gulf will be cut
off from the Caspian, and will then
be dried up and become an extensive
salt-bed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03
a Quick Recovery.

1t gives US great pleasure to state that the
merchant who was reported being at the
point of death from an attack Of Pneumo-
mia, has entirely recovered by the uss Of
DIR. VIM. HALLS BALSAM FOR THE
LUNGS. Naturally he feels grateful for
the benefits derived from using this RENE
dy for the lungs and throat; and in giving
publicity to this statement we are actuated
by motives of public benefaction, trusting
that others may be benefited in a similar
manner.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

N. LsSsene, at a meeting of the Soei-
ETY. Medicale d'Amiens indicated GER
tain sign of death, simple and trust
worthy. After pricking the skin with
a needle, the puncture remains open,
Just us when a piece of leather IS
pricked. On the living body even If
the blood does not come to the surface,
as would happen if the person were hys-
tercal, the pin prick closes at once an d
does not leave the 81 ghtest trace.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

FIRST LoNDoNER-"I don't see how
all these lawyers are to make a living.
Seems to me every young man 1 know
is studying for the barr
Second Londoner-"Ob, don't worry
about them. They will have their
hands full in six months. Prospects
never looked brighter so far as the legal
fraternity is concerned"
"Ah! what's happened?"
"a new witness for the Tichborne
claimant has been discovered"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

i LUNCHEON DIsH.-Take four
eggs, boil them hard, when cold shell
them and cut them in half lengthwise,
take out the yelks, beat into smooth
paste. To each allow a good slice of
butter, half a teaspoonful of anchovy
sauce, and cayenne pepper to taste.
This should all be thoroughly mixed
with the yelks, then ill the white with
halves with this paste. Serve on nap.
kin and garnish with parsley.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

The following beverage is soothing il
taken just before going to bed by the
person troubled with a cough. 1t is an
old French recipe, and is called 'lait de
poule:" Mix the yelk Of one egg thor
oughly with teaspoonful of sugar and
add a few drops of orange-1ower water.
Pour gill of boiling water by degrees
upon the mixture, stirring constantly,
and drink very warm.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

CHICKEN CREAM (Cremed de Volatile.
Pound the white flesh of fowl into
pulp. PASS it through horsehair sieve,
put it back Into the mortar, and work
into it the yelks of three eggs or four
eggs and gill of cream; flavor with
pepper, salt and grated nutmeg, and, If
liked, suspicion of shallot. When
the mixture is perfectly amalgamated
butter plain mold, arrange thin slices
of truffles at the bottom and sides of it
by pressing them on the butter, then
put in the mixture, which should only
half fill the mold. Tie piece of pa
per on the top, place the mold into a
saucepan half filed with hot water, and
steam it for an hour and half. Serve
with truffle sauce. Truffles may be
omitted altogether, and the dish served
with tomato sauce.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

IT is singular fact that gypsum or
plaster of paris is so little used. The
cheapest of all mineral fertilizers. and
the one best adapted to clover, its use
rarely extends far beyond the locality
where it is dug and ground, There its
cheapness insures large use by neigh
boring farmers, who find it very profit
able.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

IT is possible by putting potatoes in
cool place to keep few over until the
second year, but it will not pay nor be
practicable on largo scale. Even il
potatoes are kept from sproHting there
is considerable loss of weight from dry
ing out, and the second spring. if left
so long, they are scarcely fit for either
planting or eating. We are practically
dependent each year for our seed pota-
toes on the crop grown the previous
year.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

No" said Mrs. Frank, 81 didn't
like that minister at all; he made me so
nervous that couldn't sleepa wink all
church time. How different from our
own pastor! always enjoy Mr.. Jones s
preaching, he has such nice way of
speaking, you know. Why. when he
begins to speak he soothes my nerves so
that l doze off before he has spoken
twenty words, and 1 meyer wake until
he gets through"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

AN excellent practical farmer re.
marked year or two ago that he con-
sidered good clover seeding worth
from S11 to SIS an acre. This is more
than the profit of any grain crop, and
1t can be had when grain is sown by
the outlay Of SIS to S1.60 for clover
seed. Here is profit of 1000 per cent
in six months without interfering with
other crops.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

JINKs-"How is your new paper get
ting along?"
Great Editor-"Blooming, my dear
sir; just blooming"
Jinks-"You surprise me. did not
know it was such a success"
Great Editor - ''SucceSs? Great
Cesar! Why, we've had to drop the
Sunday edition and evening edition and
morning edition, in order to give our
whole attention to the semi-weekly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

A SPIRIT of accommodation evident
ly ruled the Court OF Justice Duffy il
New York. the other day, when an old
man, 'all broke up'' over dIsappoint.
ments arising from his second marriage,
applied for relief. 81 will send you to
the island for two months till the warm
weather sets in." said his Honor.
''Ohl that won't do at all, Judge
replied O'Sullivan. 81 want to be COM
mitted for life. It's life or nothing for
me. Send me for life."
"Al right" said Judge Duffy. "Mr,
Brown commit this man for life, and il
that don't suit HIM we will give him a
few years more"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

CHAMoIs skin may be cleaned by
rubbing into it plenty Of soft soap and
then laying it for two hours in weak
solution of soda and warm water. at
the end Of this time rub it until 1t is
quite clean, rinsing it in clean. warm
water, in which soda and yellow soap
have been dissolved. II should then be
wrung dry in rough towel pulled and
brushed. This process makes the
leather soft and pliable. 1t should nev-
er be rinsed in clear water. The soapy
water causes 1t to become soft.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

NIAGARA FALLS VIsITOR-"What
are all these things you are putting up?''
Enterprising Native-'They are toll
gates"
''Toll gates! Why, they are scat
tered in all directions, and are close to
houses"
"Yes. That's so it will be handy to
run out and take toll"
But there is no road through them. "
''NO; We'll build the road after
wards"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

CREAM MSHERBET.-One quart cream,
three eggs, one teaspoonful orange.
flower water and six ounces pulverized
sugar. Take the yolks of the eggs,
beat them and mix them with the
cream, adding the orange-hower water.
Put the mixture over gentle fire, and
as soon as it commences to thicken re-
move it, pour it out and stir In the sug-
ar. Then set it aside, and when cool
freeze the same as ice cream.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

When You visit or cave New YORK CITY, alvs
sithe Grand Union Hotel. opposite Grand Cen
ual Depot
600 elegant rooms. fitted up at 3 cost Of ons
million dollars, 81 and upwards per
day. European Plan Elevator. Restaurant
supplied with the best Horse cars, stages AMI
elevated railroad 10 al depots Families can I've
better for less money a. tie Grand Union Hotoi
than at anT other nrs.-ciass hotei In the csfL
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

A LATE cultivation of strawberries,
with the application OF bag of super.
phosphate per acre, scattered in the
rows near the roots of the plants, will
give good results next spring. Ali the
runners between the rows should be
removed, the grass hoed away between
the plants, and the ground made as
clean as possible.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

SAVE all the manure. A quarter Of
a century ago many Western farmers
dumped their manure into rivers, not
supposIng that manure or fertilizers
would ever be required. but the ques-
tion of fertilizers Is now being discussed
as well as the best methods Of re-
storing fertility.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

FRIED CALF's BRAINS.-Soak them
in cold water tour or five hours, then
lay them in boiling hot water for an
hour. take them out, SKIN them and
cut them into cork-like pieces. Flour
them well, dip them in egg beaten up
with little Geld water, pepper and salt,
and fry them a golden color in plenty of
oil or lard in a deep pan. so that the
pieces may fairly swim in it. When
done sprinkle them with very fine salt
and serve up piled on napkin and
garnished with lemon cut in quarters
and fried parsley.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

IT is cheaper 70 clean out the poultry
house every day than to allow the drop
pings to accumulate, for the reason
that it requires but short time for the
volatile elements Of the manure to es-
cape. What is saved by not frequently
cleaning out the house, as labor, is lost
In the depreciation Of the dropplngs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

STEwED APPLES WITH RICE. -
Scoop out the cores and peel some fine
russet apples. and stew them in clari-
fed sugar. Boil some rice in milk
with pinch Of salt, few strips of lem
on peel and sugar enough to sweeten.
Leave on the fire until the rice is quite
soft and has absorbed nearly all the
milk, remove the lemon peel and place
in dish arrange the stewed apples on
the rice and put in the oven until 1t is
of a pretty golden color.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

A SPANISH FISH DIsH.-1t is better
In this weather to freshen the salted
Goldfish by putting it on early in the
morning IN cold water to boil, chang
ing the water two or three times as it
reaches the boiling point. Lay it aside
when tender. Slice couple of onions,
fry them in dripping or salad oil till
brown, add pint Of cooked tomato and
picked-up fish; shake the saucepan oc-
casionally and cook for two hours slow
Iy. This is good dish for either wash
day or ironing day, when the fire is
kept going all day.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

it is indeed, to always remain in poverty
and obscurity; be enterprising reader and
avoid this. No matter in what part you
are located, you should write to Hallett &
Co., Portland, Maine, and receive free, full
particulars about work that you can do and
live at home, at profit of at least S. to 81:
and upwards daily. Some have earned
over $50 in day. All is new. Capital
not required. You are started free. Either
sex. ALL ages. Better not delay.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

BAKED POTATOEs.-Peel and slice
very thin and then let stand in cold wa
ter half an hour, which hardens them;
put them In pudding-dish, with salt,
Pepper and one-half pint of milk; bake
for an hour, then add piece of butter
the size of an egg.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

A NEW YORK farmer claims that an
acre of Hubbard squashes will fatten
several more hogs than an acre of corn.
This may be true, but many farmers
who can raise corn successfully might
not succeed with squashes, which, Ow-
ing to insects and bugs, are much
more uncertain crop than the former
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

Manufacturers are beginning to see
that children's labor in factories is un-
profitable to employer because hurtful
to the child. The health of the latter
is overtaxed at the most critical period
of its growth, and Its opportunities for
education are abridged, thereby impair
ing its future usefulness as a labOrer.
They see that the humblest worker,
who works with brains as well as hands,
helps himself to overcome obstacles
where the ignorant has to summon an
Intelligent man from better work,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-03

The craze for lace Is on the increase,
and IS creating genuine revival OF old
points Flemish, Aleneon, Bruges and
English, along with Venetian and old
point coupe.