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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-10-20

OMELETTE WITH JELLY.-Put a
small quantity of lard or oil Into the
pan; let it simmer few minutes and
remove ii; wipe the pan dry with a
towel, and put in little fresh Oil, IN
which the omelette may be fried. Care
should be taken that the oil does not
burn. which would spoil the color OF
the omelette. Break three eggs separ-
ately; put them into bowl aud whlsk
them thoroughly with fork. The
longer they are beaten the lighter will
the omelette be. Beat up teaspoon
full of milk with the eggs, and continue
TO beat until the last moment before
pouring into the pan, which should be
over a hot fire. AS soon as the on e.
cite sets, remove the pan from the hot.
test part of the fire. Slip a knife under
it to prevent sticking to the pan. When
the centre is almost firm, slant the pan ,
work the omeIette in shape to fold; just
before folding add tablespoonful OF
currant jelly; turn 1t out on hot dish ;
dust little powdered sugar over it and
serve. This recipe is from the Cook, "
and has been amply tested.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-10-20
.HousrHotn

ONE OF the most adhesive and dur
able OF cements for uniting iron sur
faces Is found to be the oxide OF iron
itself. With this JOINT can be made
so perfect and sound that the iron VIII
break before the cement will part. As
an illustration of this statement the
fact is cited that, in removing the cast.
iron pipe of a biige- pump from a snip
that had made four Atlantic voyages.
it was found necessary 10 take the Sec
tions apart-the flanges had been past
ed with a cement Of cast-iron drillings
and filings, mixed with sulphur and
sal ammoniac mos ened with water;
then the nuts three in each flange, were
set upon the bolts, and the union was
completed. The four voyages occu-
pied nearly year, and on the separa-
ton of the parts being attempted even
the cold chisel failed to make division
between the solid castings and the Gem
ent that lntervened.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-10-20

~. tan,rrnaI de Medicine de Bruxelles
renorfs firat lady who had previously
an;oved perfect health was suddenly
taten with violent collie. which, al.
though very severe, passed away, anu
the next day she consulted a farislah
physician, who diagnosed lead CONC.
No possible source of the lead couia %
suspected, however. until the lady
called to mind that the day before tDe
attack she had eaten an apple In which
She had found, on eating, shot pellet
II was then concluded that this pellet,
IN combination with malic acd OF
the apple, was the cause OF the attack.
The story shows, at any rate. what ex-
merit shots ParIsian as well as other phy-
siciaus sometimes are at diagnosis.
Researches in Germany by Professor
Violin have shown that both SOIL ana
crops have a great influence upon the
proportion Of moisture In the atmos
phere. Other things being equal the
atmospheric moisture is greatest over
humus soils, least over sands, and .ake5
an intermediate position over clays.
The air over flat and concave surfaces
is noister than that over adjacent
slopes, while easterly and westerly In
clines take an intermediate place. The
moisture is greater over plant-covered
tract than over bare soil, and increases
with the density of the vegetation.
Among ordinary crops meadows impart
most moisture to the AIR; then follow
perennial fodder plants, such as Clover
and lucern; then summer crops which
have prolonged vegetation, such as
turnips, maize. oats, beans and pots-
toes; then those Of briefer growth, as
fax, rye, barley and peas, and lastly
winter wheat.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
HOnc.Staye'' Barrels,

Flour handlers and others who use bar rels are interested in a "one-stave" bar. rel, manufactured near Detroit. While the size and shape of this barrel are the same as the ordinary kind, the body of the barrel consists of single sheet of timber held by hoops. The timber used is elm, which is cheap and abundant. Canada is the main base of supplies. The logs will be raftcd over during the season of navigation, and brought by rail in winter time. The logs are taken from the boom or yard into the sawmil and cut into two barrel lengths. Thence they go into a steam chest, where they remain until thoroughly steamed. In this condition the log is converted into thin sheets. or veneering, used in the body of the barrel. By a special process two-foot log becomes rolls of wooden sheeting in minutes time. There re- mains upon the mandrel an eight-inch core, which is utilized in making barrel heads. These sheets go next to sand ing machine, by which both sides are made perfectly smooth. After passing through cutting and growing machine they are so cut by a goring machine as to adapt them to the shape of barrel. Thence they go to drying house. From the dry-house they go to the sizing saws, where they are cut the desired length, when they are ready for the cooper shop or for shipment. They are shipped in bundles and in the "knock- down" to be put up at their point of destination. Three thousand of them can be stored and forwarded in an ordinary box car. The headings are shipped in barrels - Boston Budget.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
Origin of Billiards.

Billiards were invented, says good authority, by pawnbroker. About the middle of the sixteenth century there was one William Kew, pawnbrokcr, who during wet weather. was in the hab- it of taking down the three balls, and, with the yard measure, pushing them, billiard fashion, from the counter into the stalls. In time the idea of board with sidepockets suggested itself. A black letter MS. says: "Master Will liam Kew did make one board whereby a game is played with three balls, and all the young men were greatly recreated thereat, chiefly the young clergymen from Pawles, hence one of ye strokes was named Canon, having been by one of ye same clergymen invented. This game is now known by ye name of bill- yard, because William or 'BilP Kew did first playe with his yarde measure. The stick is now called kew or kue." It is easy to comprehend how ''Bill yard" has been modernized into Billiard, and the transformation of ''kew' or "kue" into cue is equally apparent.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
small volume of statistics showin

A small volume of statistics showing the work done by the post offices of the world has been published at Florence, Italy. From this it appears that in 1883, the latest year for which complete re- turns are available, there were in Europe 65, 500 receiving offices, Al, 500 telegraph offices, and 225, 900 letter boxes. The total number of persons employed by the various post offices was 856, 900; and in twelve months there were transmitted 8, ,6s3, 900, 900 letters, 546 900, ,000 post cards, 1,046, 900, 900 books and parcels, 1,672, 900, 900 newspapers, and IF, ,ooo,- 900 telegrams; the gross weight of the matter sent through the post being esti- mated ut about 500, 900 tons. The lowest charge for the conveyance of any letter or post card was one ccntime; the high est was e5. The total receipts of the various offices amount to e3S, 150, 900, and their expenditure to e31, $50, 900. To apprehend the import of these figures it should be remembered that less than half century ago, the number of pack
 ages that passed through the post offices of the world was under 100, 600, 900.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
Tobacco and inc Evos.

The New York Mal and Erpress says; Dr. Cyrus Edson's opinion that the recent poisoning of the crew of the bark Sy- ringa, and the accompanying ophthalmia, were due to the excessive use of tobacco, has renewed the fcrvor of the anti-tobac- conists. For years it has been known to surgeons that abuse of tobacco may lead to failure of sight, and this fact has been made use of by the anti-tobacconists. The British Medical Journal few years ago published widely quoted article on this point, in which it said:
 'In the report of forty cases of tobac- co amplyopia by Mir. Shears, of Liver pool, it appears that athrophy of the op- tic nerves is very rarely met with as the result of excessive smoking, although to- bacco is the essential agent in producing failure of sight. Great moderation in smoking and especially the employment of forms of tobacco, is all that is ncces- sary to insure recovery. Workmen in tobacco factories do not appear to be subject to deterioration of eyesight. In one large manufactory where 12, 900 men and women are employed, MT. Sears has found that not single person on Ithe premises suffered from failure of eyesight, although many of the hands had been working there for ten years"
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
Susceptibility of Prisoners.

''Thc peculiar susceptibility of prison CTS to omen or rumor," says writer in the Atlanta Consultation, 'I saw illus trated when was confined at Johnson's Island during the war. We were very gloomy one morning, and being without news did not know how long we were to be kept in prison, nor what was to be our fate. Many thought we might be held as prisoners of war even after the war had closed. While we were brood ing over the situation, fellow prisoner entered and said he had queer dream the night before. He said: I dreamed saw narrow court with long row of trees. Under each tree was sitting an old gray headed man. Finally one old man rose from his seat and hobbled over to the next old man and asked if he knew how old these trees were. Forty years old, said the other old man; they were planted two years after we were put in here.' As the dreamer reached this point, the whole prison bounced him, md he never finished telling his dream. But many long night afterward many a poor fellows hard cot was haunted by the memory of those old graybeards sit ting SO patiently under the trees."
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
Social Free Luucllinc.

A Washington correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune says: know of a woman in Washington who occupied Q small, dark, inside room on the fifth floor of tolcrahay fashionable hotel. She, to use theatrical expression, faked out her meals. That is, she arose at 10 or 12, bought second hand newspaper for a cent, and wended her way to a small sa- loon on Pennsylvania-ave., whose pro- prietor has grown rich by making spc. cialty of delicious coffee and Vienna rolls and fine butter. He charges ten cents for this little lunch. This Madame Itcn. erant would breakfast on her cup of coffee and roll. Then she went up to Congress, invariably riding in the three cent car. There is bob-tail car run ming up to the Capito,, the fare in which is only three cents, and some folks are so aristocratic they are ashamed to be caught riding in it.
 Madame would visit few of the mem bcrs, loll for awhile in the gallery of the House, and sit just long enough in the Senate gallery to secure recognition by a smile or bow from such of her Senatorial friends as happened to be on the floor, and after picking upa few choice items of gossipy news, the conversational coin with which she paves and pays her social way, my Madame Itincrant gets back by 9 o'clock to her dingy inside room. At she comes out resplcndent in nonpa. reil velvet dress, and, card case in hand, starts on the round of calls. She goes from house to house, and daintily and deliberately eats her lunch at each place In the course of ten visits madame has more than satisfied the cravings of he1 stomach, and has dincd and supped fol the day. Do you wonder that call this ~faking out one's mcals2"
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09

Here is description of what they do with their prisoners in the Canton of Neuchatel, Switzerland. A good handi- craft is taught to every prisoner, and all who are we'll behaved are, after period, placed with master of the trade which they have severally learned, under the oversight of the police and of member of voluntary committee. This commit tee is composed of 400 active members, out of total population of 102, 900. The prisoner, when provisionally liberated, has to present himself every week to his patrons, who receives the reports of his master and of the police. The patron sends m abstract of these reports to the governor of the prison, and in this way, if his conduct remains good, the mans liberty is gradually restored, and he re- gains his position in society-with the additional advantages of experience of discipline and knowledge of trade. M. dc Lavelcye, in describing this system, says that Swiss Canton is in some things century in advance of the rest of the world.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
The Way to Toll Them.

''The quickest way to tell who are the best railroad men," said prominent off, ficial, lis on pay day. The man who draws his full months earnings at once can almost invariably be put down as a trustworthy, temperate, industrious and valuable man. One of our men issued orders last month against his pay for a larger amount than was due him. His place will probably have to be filled soon. Every time an order is filed against mans name it injurcs him in the eyes of his employers. Of course, there are times when sickness makes it necessary, but such cases are usually dis tingu;shed by previous good record.- Eimira Aduertiser.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
Coke. and How 1t is Made.

Coke is the solid product left when all the moisture and gaseous matters have been expelled from bituminous coal. There are two kinds: gas coke, which is obtained from the retorts of gas-works, after the gases have been seperated; and oven coke, which is made by burning the coal in kiln, with little exposure to the air. Gas coke produces but feeble heat, and though it is used to consid- erable extent as fuel in cities, being a cheap sort, it is regarded by manufact- urcrs as mere cinders. Oven coke, on the other hand, is capable of producing intense heat, and is valued for use in furnaces or smelting metals, and also in locomotives of underground railways, where the smoke of bitumiaous coal is very Nllnde irable. At mines of bitu- minotls coal, coke is made in large quantities, as in its manufacture all the fine refuse coal, screenings and coal dust, that would otherwise be thrown away, can be utilized. Two methods of cooking arc in use. One is, by burning the coal in ovens of fire brick made for the purpose, these being usu- ally about twelve feet square and ten feet in height. A door is made near the top through which the coal is put in, space being left for it to swell, while holes in the coverings of the oven allow the cs- cape of the gases. The coal is then ig- nited from below, and trench under the oven admits the air necessary for combustion. About forty-eight hours are necessary to complete the cooking process. The other method of making coke IS by burning it in the open heap. It is piled in long ranges, often contain ing many hundred tons over shallow trench or air passage extending their en- tire length. The heap is then fired, and when it is once thoroughly afire coke dust or ashes is heaped upon it, and when thoroughly covered in this way the fire is left for several days to smother and cool. This is wasteful process, as much o1 the heap becomes ashes before the rest has been thoroughly cokcd. In some parts of Virginia and other southern states beds of natural coke is found.
 Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
The London of TO.dNy.

We speak of the rapid changes in our
 American cities, but nothing like the changes of London can exist with us.
 Growth is not change of this kind. Paris alone, in certain respects, can show such metamorphoses as London. But on the whole, Paris, as l saw it at this first visit to the Old World, was more like the Paris one sees now than was London of 1850 like the London of to-day. The mere question of growth is miner mat ter. London was not the metropolis of the world in 1850, and now is. Then it was only huger provincial town. The Londoner in general measured nothing but himself, and nobody came to Lon- don for anything but hardware, good walking boots, saddles, etc.; now it is the entrepot of the civilized world. The Worlds Fair of 1851 and succeeding similar displays of what cosmopolite in- dustry can do, the common arrival of ocean steamers, rare at the time l am writing of, have changed the entire char acter of London life and business and the tone of it's society. It is not merely in the fact that AS, 900 houses were built in the capital in the last year, or that you find colonies of French, Italians, Russians, Greeks in it, but that the houses are no longer what they were in- side or out, and thus the foreigner is an assimila:ed ingredient in its philosophy. All this has come since 1S50.-Atlantic.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09

The popular idea that tho people of Great Britain consume more tea on an average per head of the population than any other country in the world is now shown to be erroneous. The Australian colonies and New Zealand (according to one of the East Indian journaD drink far more tea per head of population than the British Islands. The Australians come first, with 7.66 pounds per head i; the New Zealanders next, with 7.23 pounds per head; while the people of Great Britain, though appearing third in the list, consume only 4.90 pounds tach. Newfoundland and Oandada come next, while in the United States the consump- ton is only 1.30 pounds per head; and in Russia, which is always regarded as a great tca-drlnking country, the consump- tion is only O.61 pound per head. Bel gium, Sweden, Austria Hungary, and Spain consumes less than the other Euro pean nations, but there is not one nation on the continent, with the exception of Holland, ill which the annual consump- tion exceeds one pound per head. But in certain parts of the countries named ea-drinking is much more common than in others. In certain Russian districts especially tea is drunk constantly and copiously, and it is this fact which has given rise to the notion that Russia is thu most bibulous of all tea-drinkine countries.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
Chased by . Plant.


 One of the most familiar plants in Southern California and Arizona is the -tumble-weed. In the fall the gardens of some localities are covered with them, the plant being low bush, about two feet in height, and spreading out to sev- eral feet in width. So small and weak are the roots that when the plant goes to seed the breeze detaches it and the plant goes rolling along like ball, scattering its seeds broadcast over the land miles from where it originally grew. In Ari- zona the tumble-weed sometimes attains mammoth proportions. have seen them five feet across, and so bulky that one would easily upset man when travelling at good rate of speed.
 The following incident shows that !. man may be chased by a plSnt: 'G was travelling throug'l Arizona on horse- back some years ago." said the narrator, "and one day found myself in desert plain almost destitute of vegetation. The only thing in the way of shrub were numbers of dead tumble weeds, many of gigantic size, and, curiously enough, they were piled in great heaps as if some one had hauled them together to burn them; but as there was no object in doing this, I concluded that the wind had done it, and I found later that my supposition was correct.
 'I had gone about ten miles in this tumble-weed country when noticed a storm coming up to the west. There was not the slightest shelter, so I kept along, but finally saw big pile of tum- ble-wced and made for it, thinking to get under its lee, and just about made it when the rain commenced. The pile was about ten feet high, and thought had good shelter and dismounted; but had hardly reached the ground when a gust of wind came that shook the heap as if it had been made of paper, and g big tumble-weed on top rolled off onto the horse. Fortunately had not left him, and as he leapt back and reared hung on and in second was on his back, and not bit too soon, as then the gale struck us, and the way that heaE dissolved partnership was caution te sinners. My horse was wild with feal and was officiating, while behind came thirty or forty mammoth tumble-weeds rolling along like gigantic cannon-balls never saw such sight in my life, and soon found that was being chased b, hundreds of them. I looked back ant saw one jump twenty feet into the air a it hit a rock, and every little prominence sent them up where the wind would catch them and bowl them like foot balls I dodged several and at last got out o the squall. Ihaven't the slightest doub that if had been struck by one of tn plants it would have knocked over hors and all-in fact, I heard later of mal that was caught in such squall and ac tually bowled over by one of them. D. Sun Francisco CaA.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
Tho Rights of BabyhO0d.

Babies have right to be. It is con- mon saying that we owe our parents debt of gratitude for bringing us into the world. Too frequently children are born to such an inheritance of suffering and woe that it is doubtful question whether they owe any gratitude for the uncertain boon of existence; but, in any case, an infant has right to kindly reception, to loving thoughts, to dainty stitches, to it's own little niche in the family struc- ture. If the portion of worldly goods for she infants inheritance is small, yet there are these precious jewels that every father and mother should strive to give the little one strong fame, good head, and an earnest. hearty welcome.-Baby- hood.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09

The law recently enacted in Iowa not only requires that every package of but terine or caseine shall bear, in letters, an inch and half long, an emphatic state. ment that it is an imitation article, but it requires all hotel keepers and restaur- ant and boarding house keepers to put a placard on every plate of imitation but ter or cheese that is brought on the table, stating that is not the genuine article. In some unaccountable way the authors of the bill have omitted to require that all eaters of butterine or caseine should be branded or labelled. That provision would make it perfect.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09

A resident of Minnesota, who has seen several severe tornadoes, says that their most peculiar feature is the singular sucking movement. Buildings are sucked up into the clouds entire, and come down soon in fragments. After the great Rochester tornodo, farmer twelve miles from town found an unin- jured marble top table in his field. An other found very large sheep that had come from no one knew where and had been deposited in his yard unhurt. The Minnesota man further said that he had seen board into which wheat straws had been driven until they stuck through on the other side.