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, 1888-11-23
The Colonists in Liberia.

Capt. Rogers, of the Monrovia, says:
From what l have seen of the colonists
in Liberia l believe their chances for sue
cess are equally as good as they would be
in the south. 1t is true that the African
fever, in many cases, renders them in
capable to work for awhile, but when
they become thoroughly acclimated they
find no difficulty in making a living. A
large proportion of them are prosperous
and are boarding up considerable wealth"
Mrs. M b. Merriman, a white mission
airy, differs materially from Capt. Rogers
and is bitter in her denunciation of the
cruel manner in which the negro colonists
are treated. She said: 81 have zen
among the negroes of the south, aad l
have seen them at their worst. l / we
been among the natives of Africa 4or
years as a missionary, but never have I
witnessed such abject poverty, squalor
n wretchedness as prevails among the
negro colonists in Liberia. 1t is truo that
the colonization society furnishes them
with land to work and keeps them III food
for six months from their arrival. But
what does it avail them2 They are there
scarcely a month when they are stricken
down with African fever. Some of them
survive it, but in most cases it means
death. When those who get well are
able to go to work they find that their al
lotted time of support by the society
has expired and they are paupers. This
is not always the case. While not n
has ever yet been known to escape the
fever, some OF them, who possess I'M
usually good constitutions, get well and
become quite prosperous. To the pros
porous the paupers look for their subsist-
ence."-Joe Howard in Boston Globe.
, 1888-11-23
Tarring and Feathering.

Philologists have long observed that
many words popularity known as Amer.
icanisms" are really good old Eng
fish terms brought over by the Pilgrim
Fathers, the early settlers on the James,
etc, and retained here when forgotten in
the country of their birth. Similarly,
not a few Dutch workshops, Doodle, etc.
brought over by the early settlers of
New Amsterdam, have spread from their
original American habitat, till they have
become part of our speech. 1t is not less
interesting to note that certain customs,
forgotten in their home land, but re-
tanned here, and, therefore, characterized
as American" are really importations
from Europe.
Not one of these customs has been re-
garded as more distinctively Yankee"
than the venerable one of Earring and
feathering, and yet we learn from the
"Annales Rerum Anglicarum" of the ven
cradle English historian Hoveden Giving
in the Thirteenth century and court chap
lain to Henry LID that the custom is at
least as old as the time of Richard the
Lion Hearted. He tells that Richard, on
setting out on the third crusade, made
sundry enactments for the regulation of
his fleet, one of which was that "a robber
who shall be convicted of theft shall have
his head cropped after the fashion of a
champion, and boiling pitch shall be
poured thereon, and the feathers of a
cushion shall be shaken out on him, SO
that he may be known, and at the first
and at which the ship shall touch he
custom was earlier than this we have no
means of determining. 1t is at least close
on to 700 years old.-American Notes and
OuerieS
, 1888-11-23
cycling Down 6 Mountain Side.

The long seven mile coast began. The
road wound down around horseshoe curves
and loops without number, and as it was
on the east side of the smaller valley
which led down at right angles to the
Rhine valley l had to ride on the outer
side of the roadway in order to be on the
right side. At first, in turning some of
the sharp curves to the left where | could
see nothing ahead but air and the hills of
Switzerland twenty miles away, l slowed
up some, for the road was visible for only
twenty or thirty feet ahead, and where it
went to then l was totally ignorant, but
after riding a mile or two down over
roads So smooth that the running of the
machine was scarcely audible, / let up
on the brake a little and away | went
faster and faster.
One finger was sufficient on the brake
at first, but after a few miles that one
began to get cramped and two fingers
were applied. Then the brake spoon
began to get hot, but still could not sec
the foot of the mountain. About half
way down the water of the Rhine began
to show itself over the edge of the road
as l came to those sharp turns to the
left, and then knew where the bottom
was. 1t actually seemed that, if | went
straight ahead, | should land in the river,
how many hundred feet below my blurred
eyes could not clearly discover. Once l met
a team and yelled, but the oxen were on
their own side and l went by them with a
rush all right. Another time some
children saw me coming and ran down
the sides of the mountain scared out of
their wits. Still l went like the win
over the same steep grade and smooth
road down from top to bottom, without
mishap, but with a feeling 1 never before
experienced in coasting that l was glad l
was at the bottom. How long it took me
to come down l do not know, but | waited
six minutes at the base for the English
men.-Bicyclist George R. Thayer in New
York World.
, 1888-11-23

An American business man appears to
be born with a disinclination to walk.
I have seen half q dozen at a time stand
around the entrance to q hotel elevator,
wasting several minutes in waiting for
the machine to come for them rather than
mount one fight of steps. AS O conse-
ouence of this physical inertia most bust
ness men of the present day have weak
muscles, and especially weak hearts, so
that should they be obliged to exert
themselves to even q slight degree their
limbs become exhausted and tremble like
ga reed shaken by the wind" their respi-
ration becomes hurried and difficult, and
their pulses beat at the rate of 125 a min
ute, or even more.
1t is only necessary to stand at the cor
ner of a street through which a street
railway passes and to watch the men and
women leaving their homes directly after
breakfast, and running a hundred feet or
so at the top of their speed to catch an
approaching car, as though it was the
only n by which they could go down
town, and their ives depended on getting
into that particular vehicle. How they
pant and blow and turn red in the face,
and gesticulate wildly at the conductor
and drop into their seats thoroughly ex-
hausted from the comparatively slight
exertion into which they have been forced
by their love of businessl Many minutes
elapse before they recover their mental
and physical equanimity. Not a year
passes that the newspapers do not record
several deaths that have occurred from
this practice, and which would not take
place if the subjects had been in the
habit of taking sufficient muscular exer-
else. In such people the heart is sud
denly subjected to a strain to which it is
not accustomed, and it gives wayin the
effort to accomplish the work required of
it. 1 venture to say that of those who
read these observations not one in ten
way station as slowly as he pleases with
out having the action of the heart nearly
doubled in frequency. A rapidly beating
heart is almost invariably a feeble heart.
DIR. William A. Hammond.
, 1888-11-23

To have beautiful slightly eyes, we must
have strong, sound ones, and avoid all
causes of harm. Never read, write or
work with the light from a window in
front of the eyes. Artisans injure their
sight past recovery by working at a bench
directly in front of a window, when they
should be placed with the pack to it.
The light in front falls into the eye,
which contracts to lessen what 1t cannot
bear, with the invariable result of weak
ened sight. Lamps, gas jets and student
lamps are often placed so near the head
as to heat the eyes injuriously. The sim
plest s~hadestops this by making a current
of air between itself and the lamp.
quote from DR.. J%effries' highly inter.
esting pamphlet on Our Eyes and Our
Industries" He speaks very decidedly
on the injury to the eyes of wood engrav-
ers in cutting from photographs on the
block, making the blurred and misty pict-
ures too familiar in papers and magazines.
The work is cheaper, but, oculists find,
most destructive to the eyes,, and the bet
ter class of engravers either refuse such
work or raise their prices nearly double.
The wear and tear comes of looking con-
stantly from the photograph to the orig
inal picture hung before 1t and continually
changing the focus Of the eye. l am glad
to know this has awakened attention, for
l know that looking at the soft, bury
wood cuts is very trying to sensitive eyes.
So is the satiny, calendered paper which
certain publishers protest is necessary for
fine impressions, although finer work Is
lone abroad upon dull paper. the gloss
and glitter of much of the modern house
decoration Injuries the eye by the broken
reflections it is forced to meet on all sides.
TIL vanished paint, the metallic finish
of walls and fabrics, the breadth of plate
glass and painted glass are simply destruc-
tive to good sight. They may answer for
people who never read, like the Turks and
Bulgarians. but eyes overtaxed like those
OF our professional and many of our artisan
classes are, quickly find this glitter sui
cidaL.-Shirley Dare's Letter.
, 1888-11-23

IS & Historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
, 1888-11-23
slight Impurities in Metals.

The astonishing changes that small
proportions of foreign matter will produce
In metals are not necessarily Of small
practical Importance, as very slight i'm
purities in metals for certain purposes
might lead to serious consequences. Rob-
erts-Austin gives two striking illustra-
tons of this possibility. A small fraction
of bismuth in copper willereduce the cleo
trical coDductivity sufficiently to cause
any submarine cable made with it to
become O commercial failure, and the
message carrying power of copper cables
is said to have doubled since the early
days of telegraphy on account of the in
creased purity Of the copper. Pure gold
has q breaking strain of from sixteen to
seventeen tons to the square inch, but
when alloyed with but two-tenths of enc
per cent. of lead it will break with q
slight blow or under q trifing strain
Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1888-11-23
woman's Fancies Concerning Jewelry.

A long time ago, that day when the
world moved at the nod of Cleopatra, the
Egyptian women saved all their gold to
buy emeralds for their daughters, because
the possession of them not only insured
freedom from all physical ills, but made
in their hearts an ever spring well of
hope, forcing them to be cheerful, happy
women. Sometimes the emerald was en-
graved with cabalistic characters, oftener
its smooth surface was untouched; what
could not be accomplished by the precious
gem itself certainly could not by the aid
of q mysterious symbol. Then the Sici-
liam women bought coral for their babies,
believing that 1t not only brought to
them good health, but counteracted the
effect of h evil eye and kept away the
wicked spirits. 1t seemed for a while as if
the same interest was going to be taken
in coral now that was then, for beautiful
pink coral framed In diamonds was not
only shown in the large jewelry shops,
but was worn by some very smart women.
However, the fancy seems to have died
out; coral is no longer either displayed in
the window or on the woman Unfor-
tunately both of these health giving orns.
ments, the emerald and the coral, are
easily initiated, which DESTROYS their
value in the eyes of the gem coNect-
ing woman.-"Bab" in Philadelphia
Times.
, 1888-11-23
NOUNG MEN

4AhaL
Who may be suffering from the effects Of youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well TO avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER will guarantee TO forfeit five hundred dol
lars for every case of seminal weakness or pri.
vate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
, 1888-11-23
E- MEN.


There are many men of the age OF 30 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder often ompani by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken.
ing of the system in a manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen will APP
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing TO a dark and turbid ap
p~earance. There are many men who die of
this difficult ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage of seminal DIR.
Wagner Will guarantee n cure in all such
cases and a healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All COMMUNICATION should be addressed
DIR. WAGNER & 90.
14l4 Larinere street Address, Box 27sa Den.
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1888-11-23
Dr.. Wagner cp.
sP1CTALIsTs

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
ity is too wretched to merit the sympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be-
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
p~hilanthrophist and a benetactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plication eXcels IN any other b anch of hispro-
fession. And, fortunately for humanity ,theday
is dawning when the false philanthropy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law to die uncared
for, has passed away.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-17
Last Come First Served

That the ''early bird'' does not al
ways catch the worm is indicated by
the following anecdote. Twenty years
ago, when Emma Abbot lived in the
backwOods of Illinois, she tried to get
an appointment to teach school. She
read an advertisement in some paper OF
a teacher wanted in the next township.
The town was seventeen miles away,
and there was only one way for brave
little Emma to get there, and that was
by walking. She set off, however, on
the lonely and hazardous journey, only
TO find when she reached her destlna-
tion that eleven other girls had got
there in advance of her. Footsore and
weary she crossed the threshold of the
room in which the other applicants
We're sitting. y man was cross-ex-
amining one of them, and as she enter
ed all looked up. They were not a
little surprised as she gasped out: AZ
have walked seventeen miles to get this
place" The man jumped up from his
seat and exclaimed. And you shall
have it. Last come first served, this
time!n
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-17
THE LITTLE GOOSE GIRL
Raising Geese In the suburbs Of New
York City. 49,

On the rising ground that slopes
gently to the north of the shallow and
grassy creek at Spuyten Duyvil, and
overlooking the waters of the Hudson,
with It's busy craft on the est, a little
rosy checked maiden one bright after
noon not long ago was driving flock Of
geese before her with a long slender
switch. Her disorlerly tresses blowing
in the fresh breeze that came up from
the shore looked like a mass Of golden
fax, waving aui slistenIng IN the warm
August sunlight, The geese themselves
were rather a detected and mOuTnful
looking lot. At least they We're not of
the class that an artist would choose
with which 10 produce an effect Of light
and shade on canvas; though, to be
sure, they were TidiculOusly picturesque
as they ran 10 and fro, QuarrclIuS III
cessantly. The little girl proved her
self most attentive guardian 10 such
AN uuiuviting company. She hurried
here and there among her refractory
charges with never tIiug pace; driv-
ing reluctant ones from occasional pud-
dies beside the pathway, In which they
were disposed 10 lIuger, and restricting
those who now aud then stopped 10 set
tie certain disputes that arose between
that the geese belonged to her papa-all
except one. And that one, which she
proudly pointed out, but which l was
unable To distinguish from the rest,
although I said that l could, she Geclar-
ed with a lisp really belonged To- her. l
had been out for tramp all day aud,
Indifferent as TO where my steps led me,
as long as they We're away from the
heated fagstOues and brick and mortar
of the city, l accompanied my little
goose gIrI in the direction of her home,
while / listened To her innocent chatter
about her flock.
She held her switch toward dilapid-
ated shauty that stool almost at the top
of the hill, and which, at least, possess
ed some interest, If for no other reason
than that it was the most wOetul look
ing rOckery that ones imagination
might picture. Il was constructed Of
old, roughly plaEed boards green with
age and covered in places with patches
of licheu. Its roof WAS an uneven mass
Of black tar paper, so popular with the
inhabitants of SLantytown, while
against the sides Of the building was
piled an amazing quantity of old iron
and other refuse. y goat WAS wander
ing about aimlessly outside, and as l
approached, two dirty faced children,
in short frOcks, who We're eating bread
and butter. came up TO where | stood,
IN order that they might wipe their
greasy hands on my coat sleeve
From their mother, who was kind
enough to call them back, l learned
that the geese, which now gathered
themselves together within a fenced IN
closure behind the house, were raised
altogether for the market, and that the
returns were OF great assistance IN
maintaining the little family. Many Of
their neighbors kept tlocks OF these
fowls, too, for the vicinity seemed to be
a most favorable breeding place. There
are certainly many ways of adding TO
ones income, and in the suburbs goose
farming does not appear TO he the least
significant of them.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-17
Hoods SarSapariIia
100 Doses One Dollar

Il uery amusing scientific experiment
may be performed by taking saturated
solution of nitrate of potash (saltpetre)
and, with quill pen or fine brush,
drawing any picture. design, or words
upon piece of white absorbent paper.
The lines should lie kept away from
each other; and the entire subject
oaIsely drawn in outline. When dry,
the lines VIII be nearly invisible, hut If
one of them be touched with the glow
ing end of an eXtinguished match, a
spark of fire Will run through the paper
following the lines already traced, and
invisible knife. This experiment IS
explained by the chemical constitution
OF the salt petre. This salt contains
large amount of oxygen, so loosely com
bined that it readily leaves the nitrogen
and potash, and uniles with the carbon
of the paper, when heated TO the point
of ignition. The heat developed by the
combustion Is not sufficient to ignite
the paper, except where it has been
saturated with the oxygen-giving salt;
and so the spark of fire, which is really
only an indication of a violent chemical
reaction, follows the lines previously
traced. If an actual flame was brought
in contact with the paper, of course,
the whole would be consumed; buu the
heat of the glowing charcoal Is just
sufficient to start the combustion, by
the aid OF the oxygen in the saltpetre.
The explosion of gunpowder is due to
the same cause.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-17
Their Only Medicine Chest.

DEERLoDGE, MONTANA, Dec. 16 1885
have been using BRASDRETH's PILLS
for the last thirteen years, and though 1
have had nine children, 1 have never had a
doctor in the house, except three times,
when we had an epidemic of scarlet fever,
which we soon banished by a vigorous use
of BRASDRETH' PILLS. have used them
for myself, two or three night for a
month, for liver complaint, dyspepsia, and
constipation. In disrrhGl, cramps, wind
collie, indigestion, one or two BRASDRETH' S
PILLS fixed the children AT once. A box of
Pills is all the medicine chest we require in
the house. We use them for rheumatism,
colds, catarrh, biliousness, and impure
blood. They never have failed to cure all
the above complaints in a very few days
WILLIAM W. u. MILLER.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-17
Arc Your Pullet. T.ayinp

his question is often asked at this season
ny persons keeping hens; and the answer l.
too often: mo! and suppose they won't lay
until eggs get cheap next spring, lust nv
luck" 1t ought not to be your luck. Pull
lets Matched in April last should have com
menced laying month ago; while Nav and
and June matches SHOULD be laying this
month 1t is not too late even now. to force
the early pullets to laying in a few weeks.
1he late ones, even as late as July and Au-
gust, can be brought forward, so as to pay
well. while egg. bring good prices. Strictly
fresh, pullet eggs will probably retail
as high as 50 to GO cents Der dozen in
Boston and New York markets, bofore March
Ist, 1881 Mrs l. j. Wilson, of Northboro,
Mass, says: In past years l have noticed
when my pullets laid at all. they would Law a
litter and then, either want to set or mona
around for ten days, often for weeks doing
no laying. Last fall and winter tbers was
no interruption of their laying. The results
were the best ever saw in an exnsr;ancs of
eighteen years. My thirty pullets were all
Just six months old when they commenced
laying. i never saw such return of aorx In
Just eight weeks after they commenced to lay
the thirty pullets laid 1887 eggs. which I
ascribed to the use of Sheridan's Condition
Powder, TO make hens lay The new and
enlarged edition Of the Farmers Poultry
Guide contains much information ,non the
above subject J. 5. johnson * Co. 81 Gus
tom House Street, Boston, Mass the onIy
manufacturers of Sheridan's Powder 70
make hens lay viii send Guide, postpaid,
TO any address for % cents in stanrs. or two
p cent packs Of Sheridan's Powder and the
book for 20 cents. five packs 81 large 2A
pound can Of the Powder for 81 90 postpaid
and the Guide free; six cans 81. express pre-
paid They viii send a testimonial circular
tree to any one.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-17
HOUSEHOLD

KITCHEN CONvENIENCEs.-1t Is d
matter of surprise to me. writes house
keeper in the Prairie Farmer, that SO
many kitchens are bare, or nearly so, OF
the many little econvenlences which cost
almost nothing, and yet go far towards
making things easy. 1t takes but a few
minutes to make pot holder, and yet
how many catch up the first convenient
thing, be it wipIng towel or apron, for
this purpose, because forsooth there Is
no holder to be found, or if there Is one
there is no designated place for it TO
hang on, or rather them, for there
should never be less than two holders,
and these two should be kept clean by
an occasional washing. If towels are
preferred for handling things in the
oven, they should be kept for this pur-
pose alone, and never confounded with
hand and dish towels. and there should
be special provision for drying dish
towels, otherwise they soon become
musty. Keep them clean by frequent
washing; a greasy, oily smelling dish
towel should never be allowed. In
many large families, where there Is
much dish washing, 1t may require some
vigilance on the part OF the mistress OF
the house to effect this, but it can and
should be done in all cases.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-10-17

AN EYE TO BUsINE -s.-An orator
singled out from his audience a little
German who seemed much impressed
and thus addressed him:
'-Furriner, didn't you come to this
country to escape from tyrannical. down
trodden and oppressed Europe? Didn't
you flee to these happy shores to live IN
a land of freedom, where the great
right of suffrage is guaranteed to all?
Didn't you, furriner?'' He paused for
a reply, when the little peddler squeaked
out:
mo, sur; | comes to this country to
sell sheap ready-made Clothes"