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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05

A REMEDY for ants in the lawn is to
dig to the bottom of the nests as soon
as they are discovered. Throw out the
loam and then cover the bottom to the
depth OF about ten inches with coarse
salt; fill up with soil, and usually the
ants will not trouble any more.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05

POULTRY should have a smooth.
clean looking skin both on the body and
feet. II young the lower part Of the
breast-bone will be cartilage. Try
this carefully, as some of our dealers
are so unfortunate as to break the ends
OF tbs breasts, which to an unframed
marketer gives them the feeling of car
tilage,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05

a 2 YEAR-oLD steer requires In his
daily food, to enable him to make an
even, weil-developed growth, about one
pound OF fesh-forming food to eight
pounds of fat and heat-producers, and
this is about the proportion in which
these two classes of nutrients are found
in good timothy hay.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05

1t is claimed by some housewives
that little Kerosene added to boiled
starch will impart A nice gloss.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05

WHEN a cow leaks her milk Il indl-
Gates weakness OF the strictor muscles
which close the milk duct. Apply
strong decoction of tan bark or alum
to the end OF the teat when the milking
is finished, and then put little photo.
grapher's zcollodion over the opening.
This contracts as 1t dries and draws
the muscles so as to close the oriflce.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05
TUF Elm TRFE RFFrT Fo-

THE ELM TREE BEETLE.-For the
elm tree beetle, that has become such
a pest in many sections at this season of
tue year, Professor Riley recommends
as the best remedy spraying the trees
with solution of London purple made
from half a pound of purple and three
quarts OF -four in forty gallens of water.
or in those proportions for a smaller
quantity. The purple is considered
less hurtful to plants than Paris green.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05

AMONG the fads In footstools is one
that copies the ''toadstooln OF the
woods. The top Is an orange red,
which shades off to yellow at the rim,
the whole top covered with white naky
spots. At the foot the stem is dark
gray, almost black, but becoming light
er as 1t lessons In diameter, and the
stalk itself is OF greenish white. The
whole success of the painting depends
on the shading of the tones from light
TO dark, naturally with no harsh or
rapid contrasts. The pretty little
milking stools are done upon the wood
onl y In enamel, but the above pattern
IS in tinted velvet.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05

Mr.. Oldboy-Yes, you're lucky-er
-um-yes. lucky. you know, to have q
girl.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05

WITH hogs the first four months Will
largely determine its value II of good
stock, and If well fed 1t should lie
making strong rapid growth at this
time, while a good breed is a very
important item, plenty OF feed properly
given Is certainly very necessary. There
Is no doubt but that considerable i'm
provement has been made in the breed
and management of the hogs, at least
1t Is not now considered necessary to
feed pig or rather let it feed itself for
a year or more In order to make a
growth before commencing to feed TO
fatten.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05

The petroleum refners of the United
States consume about 1900, 900 pounds
OF sulphuric acid each month.
NOT only should skim milk be warm.
ed when 1t is fed to calves but It should
also be warmed when it is fed to young
pigs The fact is that cold milk is lust
about poison to the bowels Of any young
animal that IL is fed to. Not only
should it always be warmed when
1t is ted but it should invariably be
sweet,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05
ADD to the capacity of your farm

ADD to the capacity of your farm by
adding to the strength Of the soil. Many
farms of fifty acres produce more and
are more easily cultivated than other
farms of one hundred acres. If you
can double the productiveness of your
farm you win more than double its
value.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05
ROUGH ON MALARIA Maiss kReel

Fever and Ag1e, ChiIls, higher than k1ta,
q 70 at Druggists, or prepaid by EI. for tI.5o.
Z s. wills. Jersey City, n. J.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05

To KEEP Crows FROM PULLING
CoRN.-A correspondent in New York
Tribune says: ''The best Of Of all ways
to keep crows from pulling corn Is to
SOW corn broad cast before the planted
corn comes up. One quart to the acre
will be enough until it Is gone, then
sow more. Some soak corn, but I
never do. The crows Will pick up
cutworEns enough to pay for the corn
and the labor OF sowing. I have seen
sods that would weigh pound or more
that the crows ierked over to get
worm.
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
a HANDSOME SURPRISE.
How q Good-Naturod :. Widow" Was Do.
ceived by Her g Late Husband.

How q Good-Naturod s.Widow" Was Dc
ceivetl by Her IS Late - Husband.
The departments of the United States
Government are usually decorous places
carried on with sole1nnity and dignity, ana
not given to scenes; nevertheless, some
thing occurred at the Pension Once not
long ago, which makes one wish DICKENS
were alive to do it full justice-nobody else
could but still, writes the Washington cor
respondent OF the New York 1adspenlde11t, 1t
is too good to lose entirely.
The usual work was going on IN one OF
the rooms, when suddenly sound OF
humping and humping became audible,
and then struggling. humping, irregular
noise as if a section OF stone wall were
trying to walk upstairs and found ltneeded
more joints than had been supposed. IL
grew louder and louder, and was accompa-
MED once in a while with faint sound OF a
voice demonstrating as if the stone wall
took it hard and wanted to give it up. 1t
drew nearer and then stopped outside the
door with a final bump and thump, and a
sort of triumphant grunt from the accom-
panying voice Then the door opened and
man with sweat standing on his forehead,
throwing the door wide open, engineered
with another series of thumps large, Hat
white stone around in front of the aston
ished clerk and said: sTherel" in triumph
ant tones. ssTherei now perhaps you will
believe me- I brought you papers and
af1idavits no end, and you wouldn't believe
them. Perhaps you'll believe this when
you see his tombstone. There you read IT.:
SACRED to the memory Of J. s..
Erected by his bereaved widow His
tombstone is here before your eyes to prove
he's dead, and now perhaps you'll believe
it:'' and he sat down and wiped his fore.
head.
The astonished clerk read the epitaph, but
without the crestfallen air the advancer of
tombstones expected. A CLEAN Of smile
appeared around his eyes and at the cor
ners of his mouth. He turned to man
sitting near, a man with a damaged looking
face, and with clothes the worse for wear,
and lame leg done up in a frowsy way with
coarse bandages.
"We]l, wouldn't a-thought it of Sarah
Jane" and he smote his other leg with a
fat hand, bristling with hairs. g must
saw it's handsome in her-all the same. I'm
clad amt under it. 'Tain't often a man
reads his own epitaph;' and he turned to
the other who had brought it in, with a
rough grin, an appreciation OF the scene
coming over him.
"You-you meant to leave her-you ain t
dead?" stammered the other.
"I amt half dead, N meant to leave her
till heard she was. gettin' a pension on my
merits, n could't stand that. She arroll
ing in luxury and me hard-wor1tn' man.
I've come back to roll, too, or else stop her
fun
The advancer Of tombstones arose and
prepared to withdraw with his strong
proof.
"Of all the mean men"-and then he
paused, unable to think of any parallel, and
thought occurred to him. "You'n be
wantin' this some time; hadn't you better
take it against the need!"
But the damaged man waved it away
stThe date would be wrongn
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
GROWN AWAY.

Ny little children have grown away,
Grown away from the land of play,
Grown to be men and women TALL
With passions and loves and hates and all
That comes to us when we grow away
From childish play.
My little children that were so dear,
How can help but wish them here
With arms round my neck in the old loving
way
have not known for many a day,
Not since home was my kingdom, precious and
sweet,
Filled with the music Of pattering feet.
Those feet that led them away from me
Into the world and over the sea,
Leaving me here in my lonely room
That even in sunshine seems full OF gloom,
And so very lonely needs must cry
For tho days gone by.
thought should be the first to co.
And can not but wish it might have been So,
But the Father Of love, who dWell5 in the
light,
Took some Of my babies out OF my sight
Took them away to His home OF rest
And know, though can not tell Why twas
best.
SoI'm trusting our Lord, and can clearly see
That in that dear land our home shall be,
Ano though the children have gone away
We shall meet again, oh blessed day,
When He will call--to Heaven we come
And find once more cur happy home.
f1hya A. CLARK in Good Housekeeping.
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
EXPLODING A cAYMAN.
Huw EN- Old Tax Exterlninatet1 Vora
cicl1s Crocodile.

how en- OlG1 Lax EAIcIlA1dtSu d VOS@-
cicus Crocodile.
"Yes,n said Uncle Cap, ~ have not only
seen hundreds of alligators and crocodiles
10 the course of my wanderings, but once
had the pleasure Of destroying in q move
and most effectual manner great man eat
ing cayman, as the crocodile is called il,
South America"
"Was he like my alligator?' asked Bryce.
every like him, the only difference being
that while your alligator is about sixteen
inches long, my caynlisn was a little over
sixteen Feet and as ugly q looking monster
as ever swan. I had been detached from
the Porpoise, and ordered to explore por
uion Of Venezuela, in company with party
of American engineers, who were con
structing telegraph line for the Govern
ment Of that country We We're following
down q tributary Of the great river Orinoco
and rested ono Sunday at q little village or
the bank of the stream. During tie after
noon, as we were all lying asleep in ou1
hammocl1s, there came q terrible screaming
and crying from the village, and we ran tx
see what was up.
"It seemed that several boys had been
bathing in the river just below the village
when all at once, without the slightest
warning, one Of them had been seized ana
drawn under the turbid waters by the great
devil cayman', as the Indians called one Of
these creatures which had long been a ter
ror to the community.
81 suggested to the chief of the engineers
a tlne young fellow named Roberts, that WE
set a trap for the man-eater, and after e:z
planning my idea, got him to agree to try it
AS we were to be in that vicinity for sew
about time for the cayman to be hungry
again. Then we shot fat monkey, seweo
Inside of him a stone bottle containing five
pounds of powder, inserted in it the ends Of
two long coils of fine wire, bound these tt
strong ropes of equal length, and connected
the other ends with the little test battery
that we carried.
ssWhen all was ready we f1oated our bait
upheld by two inflated bladders, near where
the boy had been seized, and crouched in tho
bushes to await developments. We hao
waited in perfect silence for more than ar
hour, and were about ready to give it up
when there came ripple in the water, anc
a huge head, with horrid open jaws, was
cautiously lifted. Then the jaws CLOSED
with a snap upon our bait, the head in
stantly disappeared, and the ropes began tt
run swiftly out, showing that the monster
was making for deep water. l had charge
of the battery, and quickly connected the
wires. Like a flash there came deeI
muffled explosion, torrent Of blood-staineo
water was thrown high in the air. anc
mingled with it were fragments OF the scalJ
hide Of the monster; in whose side hole
two feet square had been blown.
tsThe poor natives were at first terrified
then mystifed, and finally overjoyed at the
success of our experiment, and ever after
ward they treated US like beings possessed
Of supernatural powers. Notwithstanding
this, we noticed that the boys did not seem
to care for bathing for some time after
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
THE TEXAS BOOTBLACK.
An Unque,>chab1o Nuisance That Pos
lively Recognizes No Rival.

An UnqueHschablo Nuisance That Posi-
lively Recognizes No Rival.
The Texas bootblack is a study. Accord
ing to TEXAS Siftsngs he is not precisely a
study for painter, but he is what might be
called a sketch. He is also brown study.
although occasionally he is few shades
lighter, but generally he is as black as the
ace of spades. BE is not as black as he is
painted, or rather he could not be painted
any blacker than he is He never fades.
He doesn't wash either, not even his
clothes.
Thereare physical discrepancies peculiar to
the Texas boothlacl1. he can't walk Atleast
he mover does. He runs and hops like a kan
CARGO, to which animal he has grotesque re-
semblance. This is owing to his habit of
running alongside of prospective stomer,
twisting himself SO that he can look up into
tho customers face to see indications Of his
having made up his mind to have
his boots shined. In this way the
bootblac1 acquires permanent cur
vature Of the spine. If YOU catch
Texas bootblack and pull out his spinal
column, it will be found to be twisted like a
corkscrcw, If auy Of our readers know what
thnts
tho greatest objection to the colored
nootoack is his energy and perseverance,
40 always seems to be going in the same
direction that you arc. If Your boots are as
spotlcss as the reputation of tho man who
never mixed in politics, the bootblack viii,
nevertheless, insist on shining them ND.
Ho believes MI men are liars, for he refuses
to credit your assertion that YOU don't want
your boots shined.
ltyou were to produce al affidavit that
you dld not want Your boots shine6, the
ooothlac'i would still refuse to believe it.
IL man without any legs comes along on
crutches tho bootblaclS will ask him If he
doesn't want his boots shinod. ls5$S 800
AS PERSISTENT, unquenchablo nuisance
we coloirtt bootblacS that il fests the streets
OF Texas is without u rival s
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
MYSTERIOUS MONSTERS.
What Sea-Serpents Are Like according
to tho Most Authentic Accounts.

What Sea-Serpents Ara Like according
to the Most Authentic accounts.
A young sea-serpent was killed with
pitchforl1 on Good Harbor beach. Mass, In
1917, and was exhibited for days in tho
house Of Captain John Beach. 1t was fo:-
n1erly examined by the Linnaean Society OF
Boston, and declared to be the young CT
some gigantic unknown creature "resear
bling the searserpent."
Captain McQuhae, Of H. M. S. Daedalus,
described the sea-serpent he and his crew
saw 90 August 6, 1913, as more than sixty
feet long, OF dark brown color, with ~
fins, but something like {: name on the back
OF the neck, which was about sixteen inches
through. %
No less parsonage than Daniel webster,
as recorded in the Ne1o England zia0asine,
saw a searserpent on August Il, 1877, and
that particular sea- serpent was described
as nearly one hundred feet long, as large
around as q mans body. of dark brown
color, with a head like q turtles, and q YER
tical motion in the waves.
Bishop Pontopidon, whose account, being
based ON hearsay, is very little credited,
said the Norway sea-serpent was gray with
a black mouth, long name and head not
unlike that Of Il horse.
Rev. Paul Egede, q missionary to Green
lanG. says III MS story or MS voyage 10 bhat
country that he saw on July g. liza, q sea-
serpent with a long, sharp snoot, that
spouted like q whale. 1t had abroad Hap
pers' and scales and looked like a snake.
The Roundout aquatic snake was said TO
have notified back, a long dorsal fin, and
to be about ifty-fve feet long. The sea-
serpent seen by Mr.. Parsons and Captain
Hitchcock in the Hudson was described IS
having fat sides and big slste-colorea
head The Gloucester (Mass.} sea-serpent
seemed to be about eighty feet in length
and had a smooth, dark head, corresponding
in other respects with the general drift OF
testimony.
Virgll's description Of sea-serpcnt is:
"Aacoou, the priest. was sacrificing bull
before the sacred: affairs, when, 10! on tlas
tranquil deep, twin sea serpents are seen
making their way to the shore. Their
bloody crests and erect breasts o'ertop the
waves. They wriggle along over the sur
face in great coils, lashing the sea into
foam, Soon they reach the land. and, with
fiery, bloodshot eyes, lick their jaws with
Kissing tongues"
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
Steel Lace for Summer.

You would never guess to look at girl
nowadays, says the New York Mol and
Erorcss, what it is that she is wearing
about her neck and peeping out from her
pretty pulled sleeves. Lace? Yes, collars
have gone by, but lace and collars alike wilt
in July like flowers in the face Of the sun,
and her filings do not fear to meet his ar
dent gaze at all. Why should they when
they are made of steele Steel lace is the
newest novelty Of all things notold. Sounds
queer to talk Of putting such yoke about
ones neck voluntarily, does it not? but look
second time and see The steel lace has
meshes as soft, pattern as intricate and
delicately woven, thread as fine and de-
tails Of every sort as perfect as if done in
silk. 1t is light and cobwebby in texture,
too, floating out on the breeze if a breath
strikes it. It is cool, it Is durable, it comes
in any color you fancy; what more would
YOU?
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
SEEN ON "a II AIN IN.
v.r;ons Phases o. Life Not,d by an OLE
railroad Conductor.

Railroad Conductor.
:.ves ,, said an old conductor to Ch1ca
ro Nens reporter recently, we see all man-
ifestations of human happiness and sorrow
here in the course Of a few 2hsQnths. some
times we carry funeral party IN one par1
OF the train and lot OF FOSTERING ple7s's-
11re-seekers on another. we become acces.
toned to such scenes, anu the hurry a!te
worry of our work prevents our sympa,AlAz-
ing or rejoicing with them, no matte1 now
much we might feel so disposed. Ano uio
YOU ever observe how few people thete ais
who manifest any breeding Wnen trases
ing2 People who would be calAeo cultures
at home will sometimes act III LUG n los
shocking manner aboard a tralh. now A .,,
ouently we see men, and even women, Wild
fhe;,, feet ,7non the velvet cushions in front
Of them. Men who would be ashamed &c
have it known that they use the weed viii
sniff tobacco Juice over the foot-rest ana
floor until they render the place they &C.
c,1py useless for decent people These
coaches are scrubbed, busted ana polshea
every trip, but people don't seem to appre-
ciate it.
"It's a fine place to study human na5ure.
For instance. look at that man curled UP in
the space usually occupied by four passen-
gers. He thinks that because he takes his
boots off he has the right to project his Big
dirty feet into the aisle as far as he pleases.
But no matter; can squeeze by them whea
necessary, and perhaps give his legs
tweak now and then that will make him
think we have been telescoped.
"But all people are not boora. lou can
distinguish the true lady or gentleman AeAs
as elsewhere. They are never jmpertinents
DRINK. nor spraVljug dead asleep over the
seats. They seem to take it for granted
that all is being done for their speed and
comfort that is possible, and are satisfied
Coarse men, women, and old people make
us the most trouble. They seldom know
exactly what they want and so are never at
ease. The latter class we can tolerate Tor
hu1nanity's sake-but tho men! Why, i
feel like pitching them from the train some
times. They imagine their little slip OF
pasteboard entities them to all the roo10
they can occupy and voice in the train
mana cement besides.
eve see all sorts of partings, OF courses:
but there is one kind I shall never get used
to, and chat is square, manly young fellow
leaving his old father and mother or sweet
heart. I tell you the God bless you'll and
| :'Be good boy!' and the tears mean some
thing then, and don't you forget it. When
he takes his seat he has plenty to think
about, and yon can tell by a glance OF his
face that life for him has begun in dead
earnest May be you have been there your
self2 I have," and Selling his lantern To
left me to nv me0iratiOns.
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
An Artistic Vatch-Dial.

The changes which the flight Of time
brings upon humanity afford an inexhausti-
BILE subject for the poet and the artist AS q
notable specimen Of emblematic work of a
very appropriate and delicious kind, a.
.watch-dial now in process of construction
at Waltha1n, Mass, is described by the
american Je,rezer. It contains, instead OF
the usual numerals, twelve small but dis
tinct silhouette figures, beginning with a
woman with very young child in her arms
At one o'clock the lady and her little baby
are clearly depicted, the infant being in
long clothes. At two o'clock the same fig
ures appear, but the child is a little larger.
At three o'clock mamma is still there, but
the infant is in short clothes. At four
o'clock he again appears. and so on up to
eight o'clock, when be goes to school for the
first time. At nine o'clock he may be seen
with his college gown and mortar board
and the pleased smile of the now elderly but
happy mother. At ten o'clock the death-bed
scene is presented, where he parts with his
beloved mother. At eleven O'clock he is q
middle-aged man, over whom the SHOWS Of
many winters have passed. At twelve
o'clock he makes his final appearance as an
old and decrepit specimen Of humanity
praying for . better land