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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

A SIMPLE way to test the quality of
oil cake, says the Breeders Gazette, is
to throw a few handsful of the ground
article into boiling water and let 1t cool.
The amount of scum on the top will
show the oil, along with the straws.
chaff and light weed seeds contained in
it, the sediment at the bottom will show
the sand and dirt, while the odor Will
indicate whether 1t is made of sound or
inferior seed. This last point is very
important one.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

Happy is the youth that does not make
old age blush.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

Energy Is the motive power of sue
cess.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12
THEGRANp SECRET of female hes

Poverty can never disgrace the wise
man, nor will lust subdue him.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12
a FACT.
OvT TDTATNfTNT FREE.

Persons susIprsn- from diseases Of the eve In
any anftverv form. such as Cataracts, eyOpia-
PresbyOpia, Graruiated Lids, ChronicOp phthalulia,
ETC. ETC G5E8fr'ry cured. ShoTt-sig ghtedness " hiCh
10 the oculst, has ever been impossible 10 C1re,
cannot exist aff-r using AETNA. .
. Address PROF. WILLIAM C WILSON.
llIg Chestnut Street Phill-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

WINTER TRANSPLANTING.-L
trees may be transplanted with tOler-
able safety by removing large ball Of
frozen earth with the roots. A trench
may be dug around the tree two or
three feet from the trunk, late in au,
tumn, sufficiently deep to sever all the
larger horizontal roots. The hole for
the reception of the tree should also be
dug before the ground freezes; then in
winter, at a time when the soil at the
base OF the tree is frozen solid, back the
forward truck OF farm wagon against
the trunk. lift the tongue erect and
strap it firmly TO the body. Then
loosen the tree at the base by digging
uuder It sufficiently to cut the tap-root.
Attach rope near the top of the trunk,
and by the aid of team the tree may
be lifted from It's bed and laid prostrate.
the heavy base resting across the axle
of the truck. Then hitch the team to
the rear of the truck, and the tree may
be readily dragged to its place. As a
thorough trimming will be necessary to
counUerbalance tie loss of roots it is
matter of economy to cut away consl-
derable part of the top before the re-
moval.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

What's the news, Pat?" ''Be-
gorrah, sOr, Cleveland has the pleurisy
m New Jarsey an that makes it all
rolght for the Dlmicrats. He's ell
ected."
You may chide a servant girl. but
she is always ''mum."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12
Salt Rheum

William Spies. Eyria. o.. suffered greatly
from erysipelas and salt rheum. caused by
handling tobacco. At times his hands would
crack open and IaecG lie tried various prep
arations without aid; finally took Hoods Sar-
saparilla, and now says: a. am entirely well"
MY son had salt rhcum on his hands and
on the calves Of his legs He took Hoods
Sarsaparilla and is entirely cured" J. u
STANTON. lit. Vernon, Ohio.
Hoods SarSapariIla
Sold by all druggists 81; six Tor s.. Made
only by C. l. HOOD & CO, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doseo One Dollar.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12
CuNernPTIoN CURED.

Think Think! Thinkll! TIE Sc
cret of happiness is thought.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

A FAIR exchange is no roberry-it
gives credit.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

RED clover should be more extern
sively cultivated both for forage and for
its remarkable fertIliZing qualities, es-
pecially on clay and clay subsoil hands.
its long roots penetrate deep into these
heavy clay soils, and decaying mix with
it just what it needs-vegetable mold.
This loosens and livens up tie soils and
puts them In condition to better nour-
ish plant growth, and the consequence
is that they yield much heavier crops
than before clover was grown on
them,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

One pound of learning requires ten
pounds of common sense to apply 1t.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

- Throw away your sPecsicles- Get nd o.:
yOlr Catarri, and all diseases OF the eye.
~ Price, SO. II 500 were paid for Il wOu.i
be cheap. VIII last a lifetime. FiftT II one
.E- family may use IL. Address
Prof Wsi. G. WILSON.
.g lib Chestnut Street, Phila-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12
VINEGAR 8ittcrr,spu

Agents wanted IN every City of the Union.
so week may be made
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

THE stock should be kept off the
fields.as far as possible when the ground
is soft, as tramping a sod at that time
does more than anything else to lnjure
IT. Butithere should be dry yard for
the animals SO that they will not be
forced to stand around in mud half
knee deep. The trampling of stock, es-
pecially Of heavy cattle, on the pasture
sods in winter when, the ground is
loose and soft from alternate freezing
and thawIng, does more perhaps to in
jure our grass lands than close pastur-
ing in summer. 1t Injuries the roots of
the grass plants and packs the soil close
ly that the herbage can not make as
free a growth as it otherwise would.
To prevent this evil every stock-raiser
should have paved yards and sheds in
which to keep hi, farm animals, and
should never allow them out on the
fields when they are soft.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

ONE of the chief conditions of sue
cess in caring for horses and cattle is
regularity in feeding and watering,
Another Is to learn just the amount
each animal can digest and assimilate.
1t Is better to keep stock little short,
so that their appetites may be keen,
than to overfeed so 7as to cloy them.
No more should be given at once than
will be Immediately eaten up clean.
When the hay is of goodsquality three
fodderings day probably answer as
well as more.D
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

4 RETROSPECT of the work of each
year on the farm is very profitable, and
this can be done at home In the family
as well as In the farmers club. In ad-
dition to this review of the past there
should be carefully prepared plan for
the future. 1t is one potent cause of
Improbable farming that there is no
settled plan, no careful forecast of pos
sible expenditures and income, but a
blind plodding along the beaten track
in which the fathers trod. 1t is true of
very large per cent. of the land plant
ed 10 our leading crops that the farmer
ought to know before he plants them
that there Is no chance of profit from
them. If he would look back at past
experience and then take into consider
alton the condition of his land as re-
CARDS fertility, preparation of seed beds,
the tools with which he expects TO work
and the time he can devote to its culti-
yatiOn, he would see that ten or twelve
bushels OF wheat, twenty or thirty Of
corn and fifty or seventy-ive Of pota-
toes was all he could hope for, and,
taking average prices and allowing a
moderate interest on his investment. he
cannot make laborers' wages from such
yields.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12
FARM NOTES.

How FREEZING BENEFITS THE
SoIL.-It is a well-known fact that
water IN the act Of freezing expands
considerably and with force that is ir-
resistible. 1t is the freezing of water
in their crevices and pores that causes
the rocks to be gradually worn down
and 'weathered," as it is called, into
soil. 1t is this also which is continual
ly reducing the soil to finer fragments,
and which breaks up the hard clogs and
mellows ground. Fall plowIng or spad-
Ing assists this effect by breaking up the
compact soil into Jumps, which are fur
ther broken into small particles. As
water and air, then, only act upon the
surface of these particles, it is clear that
the smaller they are the more surface is
exposed to the weather, and the soil IS
made soluble. If block of hard soil
of II inches cube is exposed to the wea-
ther there are S64 square inches only of
It affected; if it is broken up into cubes
of / inch 10,36S square inches are ex-
posed TO these beneficial influences; if
the soil is further broken up in frag
ments of l-12th of an inch there are
mole than 124 900 square inches thus
affected. This fact shows how greatly
the effect of frost benefits the soil, and
therefore how necessary 1t is that the
land should be tall-plowed, and oppOr-
tunity given for this beneficial action
of the weather. In the garden, even,
all the soil possible should be spaded be-
fore II freezes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12

best remedy discovered for
promoting digestion, caring
headache and increasing the
vial powers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12
VINEGAR Bifrer1 II u.

vinegar .sittcrrs spur
gatiye and tonic, purinee tns
blood. strengthens the HveR
and kldneys, and vii rcstors
health, however lost
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27
AUTUMN DAYS.

A wealth of beauty meets my eve
Yellow and green, and brown and
white, ...u
In one vast blaze of glory fill
My happy sight.
The rich-robed trees, the ripening corn.
Bright colored with September fire
Fulfllment of the farmers hope,
And years desire.
Sweet in the air are joyous sounds
OF bird and bee and running brook;
And plenteous fruits hang ripening
round,
Where'er | look.
The mellow splendor softly falls
On morning mists and evening dews,
And colors trees and flowers and clouds
With thousand hues.
0 dreaming clouds, with silver fringed!
watch We gathering side by side,
Like armies, in the solemn skies,
In stately pride.
The soul of beauty haunts the heavens,
Nor leaves for long the warm-faced
earth,
And, like a mother, the kind air
To life gives birth.
But death rides past upon the gale,
And blows the rustling golden leaves 3;
They whirl and fall, and rot and die,
And my heart g~rieves.
Farewell! o Autumn days-farewell!
Ye go; but we shall meet again,
As old friends, who are parted long
By the wild main.
- William C0wan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27
SELLING HIS BOOTS FOR GIN.

One wintry afternoon a man,
trembling and unstrung, entered a
tavern carrying a small package OF
clothing. Going to the bar he said
"Landlord, [ am burning. Give me
a good glass of gin"
The landlord pointed to d line OF
chalk-marks, and said: "John, you
see the old score; not another drop
till that is paid"
The poor wretch glared fiercely at
the man behind the bar. "Land-
lord you don't near that. You have
got my farm, you have got my
horses, you have got my tools. All
[ have left in the world is this little
bundle of clothes. Please landlord
give me for them just one glass OF
gin"
Il don't want your old Clothes
calmly answered the man. "Pay
the old score first"
The drunkard staggered back. A
gentleman then said: "What will
you give me for enough to buy two
glasses Of gin? l see you to
have a good pair of boots on your
feet. Will you give me your boots
for the money!
The miserable wretch hesitated
for a moment, then said: "Stranger,
if | give you the boots | must 60
out in the snow barefooted. If |
give you the boots | must freeze to
death if | don't give them to you |
shall burn to death. Stranger it is
harder to burn to death than to
freeze to death. Give me the gin;
you may have the boots"
He sat down and began to draw
them off. However the gentleman
did not intend to take them, but he
was testing the strength Of the terri
BILE appetite. Others were looking
on, and said the man should have
his gin. They supplied him literally
and he drank all he could, and he
took all the rest away. When night
came he drank the last drop, and he
went to sleep in a barn. That night
was his last. The wintry morning.
dawned on him, as it has on so many
drunkards, cold and pulseiess, sleep
ing the sleep Of death, with his
bottle by his side. And still mul-
titudes crowd in to fill the places
made vacant by such deaths as his.
They take the first glass and the
second; they drink among scenes of
festivity and mirth; fair jewelled
hands put the wine-cup to their will
ing lips, or urge it upon those who
hesitate to take it. And then fiends
laugh and gibber in the outer dark
ness, as they e good men hang
false lights along the dangerous
coast; and demons wait for the
wreck and ruin chat are sure to
come at last.-Ihe Appeal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27
KEEP OUT OF LAWSUITS.

Business lawsuits are too fire.
quently born Of heated passion, mis-
understanding, Ignorance of all the
facts or the law governing the case,
false pride in maintaining all opinion
or a threat, an overbearing DISPOSE
ton. or perhaps a Discrimination to
look calmly at both sides of a ques-
ton. There are cases in the lives of
many men when a lawsuit cannot be
avoided, but they are few.
Fifty per cent. of all disputes
could better be settled by reference
to experts or those versed in matters
similar to those in dispute. Many a
suit would be dropped were the
plaintiff able to count the cost at
the commencement. Many a suit
would be avoided were parties in
interest willing to weigh calmly
both sides of the question, and to do
unto their fellowmen as they would
be done by.
Think of a business man., whose
time is almost invaluable to him in
his regular round of duties, hanging
around a courthouse day after day,
awaiting the coming up Of his case,
witnesses under pay, costs accumu-
lating, patience being exhausted,
and all perhaps to settle the point
whether his neighbor owes him $50
more or less.
An appeal to the courts of law
is akin to buying a lottery ticket,
though the result is not known so
speedily. The victims %sufferings are
longer drawn out, his money is
taken in smaller but more frequent
installments. A suit at law destroys
a mans equilibrium, makes him
nervous, irritable, ugly, prevents
him from giving the needed thought
and attention to his legitimate bust
ness, and generally ends in loss and
disappointment. The lawsuit is sell
dom worth it's cost, even to the one
who obtains the verdict. Avoid it
whenever possible to do 70 without
prejudice to your property or char
acter.-Americdn C%ultiUdtor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

DO not keep drinking water in
a galvanized iron pail. The zinc
coating acts readily upon the water
and forms a poisonous oxide.
The value of the pig iron pro-
duced in this country last year was
$4,000, 900, a sum nearly as great
as the combined value of the gold
and silver products.
The deepest sea-sounding yet
effected was made off the coast of
New Guinea with a 4OO-weight lead
sent down from the English ship
Challenger, which struck bottom at
the enormous depth of 27,7OO feet.
An excellent grease eradicator
is made of the following ingredients:
Ammonia, two ounces; soft water,
n quart; saltpetre, one teaspoon
full; fine soap, in shavings, one ounce +;
mix thoroughly and keep in a COW
cred vessel. This recipe is a simple
one, vet it has made millionaires of
four men who have successfully con
trolled proprietary rights to use it.
There is quite a large lump of
coal in Alabama. The Mining Jour-
nal birmingham, Ala.,D says the
valuable coal of Alabama, collected
in one lump would be forty-fve
miles long by twenty-five miles wide
by ten feet thick. A chunk of
5000 tons broken off daily from the
lump would leave a large part
of it untouched at the expiration of
5000 years.
Five hundred years ago n of
the great English lords had in his
larder 600 bacon (salted pigs, eighty
~carcasses of beef and 600 sheep, for
they sailed mutton in those days as
well as beef and pork. But this was
at the end of the Winter, SO we can
imagine what he had at the begin
ming. He had besides, alive, $4,000
sheep, and enormous numbers OF
oxen, COWS and pigs:
The Philadelphia Record says
that il Eastern Nicaragua it is
thought that there is discovered
a tree whose gum will give as much
satisfaction as rubber, and will, in
fact, take its place. They say that
the milk of the tuno, the tree in
question, furnishes a most excellent
gutta-percha, equal to the estfound
in the Eastern tropics, while the
number of trees is virtually mex
haustible, and the gum can be pro-
duced with profit at II cents a
pound.
1t is oxygen that rusts iron and
causes wood to rot. We paint wood
so as to keep out water and air, to
prevent decay. Water applied to
wood expands and presses the pores
together; then the wood dries, the
pores became larger, SO that air can
circulate through them freely.
Wood rots at the surface Of the
ground quicker because the changes
are more often. But if a substance
be kept perfectly dry it remains
unchanged.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27

"A French scientist, who says he
has investigated 5,4OO shocks of
earthquakes, attributes them, like
tides, to the influence of the sun
and moon. The interior sea of fire
he argues, is subject to the same
laws as the surface sea of water.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE!

When you visit Winston with the
purpose of buying Groceries you will do
we'll to call at D. S. Rays New Grocery
Store, and examine his goods and get
his prices before buying. Satisfaction
guaranteed as to prices and quality of
goods. My motto is: Quick Sales, Small
Profits and Fair Dealing with all.
Very Truly, d. S. RAY,
One door below the office of THE Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, 4th street,
31-3m. Winston, NC.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27
GUILFORD NURSERIES

\ RE LOCATED ON THE CAPE
n Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad,
three miles south of Greensboro, n. c.,
where can be found a fine assortment of
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs,
Vines, Plants, &C., consisting in part Of
the following:
Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Cherry,
Apricot, Nectarine. Ounce, Fig, Null
berry, japanese Persimmon, Strawberry,
Raspberry, G~ooseberry, Currant, &c, &c.
Speciahies.-Apple, Peach, Plum and
Cherry Trees. Ny stock of Peach cor
Sists Of 800, 1000 trees of the best varieties
for market and home use; of Plum, Wild
Goose, Shropshire, Imperial Gage, Green
Gage, Washington, Peach Plum, Rich
land, Weaver, &C.; of Cherries, all the
leaders for market and home consump-
ton of Grapes, Concord, Ives, Champion,
Nortons, Martha, Delaware, Worden,
Niagara, and all the best Wine and Table
Grapes. l have 10000 vines ready for
fall planting of the above varieties and can
give special prices to those who contem-
plate planting vineyards. OF Strawber-
rises, all the best and most profitable
kinds.
Send your orders ear,y; they will be
carefully filled, and no pains spared to
please the purchaser.
Special prices given to large planters.
Correspondence solicited.
Catalogues mailed to applicants.
G. l.. ANTHONY, Prop'r.
Vandalia P. O., Nc.
Shipping point: Greensboro, N. c.
3O-3m.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-27

No Fertilizers ever introduced have been
more universally successful or generally ap-
than the above brands, and, While not
intending to say anything to detract from the
reputation of any other fertilizer, we think the
experience Of the past twelve years justifies us
in claiming that for Wheat, Glover and Grass,
and the improvement of the soil, these ma
nures are not surpassed by any of them. They
are unusually rich in ammonia, and real bone
phosphate every atom soluble IN the soil and
available as plant food, and they are in such
perfect chemical and physical condition as to
render their action prompt, continuous and
lasting. The quantity and condition of these
VALUABLE elements make these manures OF
exceptionally high grade, and they are reason
ably sure to give satisfaction.
ALLISON & ADDISON,
Richmond, Va.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-06
REGULAR ARMY NEWS.

The date set for the Frost-Hancock we'd
ding is Oct. Il.
Lieut.. Charles c. Tear left yesterday with
a large number of recruits for GlendiVe, Gus
ter Station and Helena.
Corp. F. Bowers, Company E, Thirteenth
infantry, is placsd upon the retired list by
the direction Of the president.
Col. Moore and Lieuts. Howe, Leary and
Reed have met with success in duck shooting
on the Minnesota marshes and on the neigh
boring lakes
A military hop was given last evening at
headquarters hail. the music being furnished
by the entire orchestra of the Twenty-hfth
infantry band. A large party was out from
st. Paul.
Under provision of an act of congress the
president has directed that ten military res
ervations situated in Louisiana be abandoned
by the United States and turned over to the
secretary of the interior for disposal
Capt. George D. Wallace, Seventh cavalry,
is relieved from; duty in connection with the
department rifle competition. Capt. Wallace
will leave Smelling fo~ fort Buford on Thurs
day. In the meantime he is in st. Paul visit
ing friends at 226 Summit avenue
Second Lieut.. Sedgwick Rice, Seventh cav
airy formerly of St. Paul. has returned from
Kansas City, where he had been called as q
witness for the United States in the cases or
the Oklahoma boomers, many of whom Lieut..
Rice had removed from the lnterulcteu TERRI
tories. He will be in the city and at SneIlng
until Thursday when he leaves for Fort Ke-
ogh
BY direction of the acting secretary OF war
the following leaves were granted: one
month and fifteen days from Oct. to Second
Lieut. D. ID. B. Galllord, corps of engineers;
two months on surveyors certificate OF dfsa-
bility to Maj. j. R. Gibson. surgeon; one
months extension to Capt. Richard l.. Hoxie,
corps of engineers; two months extension to
Second Lieut.. F. Eastman, Fourteenth intan-
| try: one month to First Lieut. f. w. Slbley,
Second cavalry; four months to First Lieut.
John w. Hannay, Third infantry.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-06
aRACHELoR,s CAROL.

I'm Jolly old bachelor, blithe and jocose,
I'm as happy as June days are long.
How pity you benedlcts, dull and morose,
Who can see now just where you went
wrongi
I've had narrow escapes, too, myself, in my
time.
And my gratitude now express
In sincerity, if not in artistic rhyme,
To the dear girls who wouldn't say Yes.
There was Kate, now, the beauty, who nrst
won my heart,
If she'd had me, where would be now
Providing for seven four years IRON the
start,
And buying 1.-THE milk of one cow"
Then Jennie, who Tilted me next, what OF
herr
She's an invalid now, thin and pale,
And her husband has ruined himseif, tney
aver,
Buying tonies and Bass pale ale.
Then Mollie, and Lille, and Gertrude, and
Belle,
And Fanny, and Florence, and May,
And Jessie. and Josie, and Halle ana Nen3
All wrinkled and faded to-day,
While am as jolly and young as poy,
And my thanks once again l express
To the scornful young ma1dens, prouu'
naughty and coy,
To the dear girls who wouldn't say hes'
-Somerville Journal