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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12
How the Piano Grew,

The piano, as we see il to-day, IS the
growth of centuries of invention. In
lis infancy ii was harp with two orr
three strings. From time 10 time more
strings We're added, and after awhile
the cithra was born. The cithara was in
the shape OF the letter Z, and had ten
strings. Ii took many centuries for
musicians To get the idea of stretching
the strings across an open box, but
somewhere about :he year 1900 this
was thought of and the dulcimer made
its appearance, the strings being struck
with hammers. For another hundred
years these hammers were held in the
hands of the players, and then q genius
invented a keyboard, which, being
struck by the fingers moved the
hammers. This instrument was
called clsvicytherium, or keyed
cithara. This underwent some
notifications and improvements from
time to time. In Queen Ehzabeth's
time it was called virginal. Then it
was called spine, because the ham
mers were covered with spines OF quills,
which struck or caught the strings of
wires and produced the sound. From
100 TO 1900 it was much enlarged and
improved, and called harpsichord,
and this was the instrument Lady
Washington. Mrs Hamilton, and the
fine ladies of our revolutionary times
played on. In l1l0 Bartolomeo Crist-
ofoli, an Italian, invented key or key
board, such as We have now subtantially,
which caused hammers to strike the
wires from above, and thus developed
the piano. In the past $50 years there
is no musical instrument which has so
completely absorbed the inventive fac
ulty of man as the piano. AT the pres
ent day the upright piano has the field
almost entirely to itself, and has reach
ed such a high grade of perfection in
shape, tone and appearance that there
would appear to be no possibility OF
further improvement.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12
How Etchings Are Made.

An etching is a species of engraving
from a copper plate on which the
artist has sketehed or drawn his
design. The process of etching is
different essentially from engraving,
where the picture is cut into the
copper plate by the tool of the
engraver. In etching, the plate, which
may be either copper or zinc, is first
covered with a coating of wax and
some other ingredients, and the picture
is drawn by the artist on this coat with
an etching needle. Each line drawn
with the needle uncovers the waxy
coating When the drawing is finished
the plate is immersed in aquafortis,
and this acid eats into The lines of the
plate where it is not protected by the
coating of wax, and then the engraving
of the plate is accomplished. Often
the artist desires to make some lines
stronger than others. He covers the
lines intended to be faint after the first
immersion, and immerses the plate a
second time in order TO allow the acid
to eat out deeply these lines. When
the plate is linked the black parts of
the etching correspond to the lines
bitten in the plate and the white places
70 the space protected from the acid BY
the Waxy coat.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12
An Irish Gentleman.

The seats were full, but one was
occupied by rough-looking Irishman.
At one of the stations couple Of
well-bred and intelligent looking
young ladies came III to procure seats,
but seeing no vacant ones were about
to go into a back car, when Patrick
rose and offered them his seat with
evident pleasure. "But you'll have
no seat for yourself" said one of the
ladies, with smile and with truest
politeness hesitsting to accept it.
''Never ye moind that" said the
Hibernian, eyer welcome to it. I'd
ride upon the cow-ketcher any time
from here till New York for a smoile
from such gintlemsnly ladies'" and
retreated into the next car amid the
applause of those who witnessed the
incident.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12
A Hat of Human Hair.

hat composed of the wearer's own
hair has been produced by Yiennese
artistic. A very thick head of hair, Of
course, is required for the purpose.
The mOdus Operdndi is as follows:
The hair as it lies naturally is fastened
on the crown of the head with band !,
then slight wire frame ia fitted on
the part of the crown included by the
band, and the hanging hair is parted
in the middle. One half Is combed
over the frame so as to cover it COM
pletly and form the brim, and is fast
ened into the band: the other half
forms the trimming. being separated
again in two parts, one in braids and
coils ON the outside, with flowers,
feathers, or ribbons to finish the Golf
fure, and the other inside the brim
forms a TO | next the face.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12
JULY DAYS.

Flowery Summer, golden Summer, SUNNI =
of our Northern cline,
Spring msy be joyous season, but you beat
ii every time.
Season of delightful evenings, charming
mornings, sultry moons,
Purple dawnings, crimson sunsets, placid
starlight, tender moons.
Elowery Summer, golden Summer, Summe,
of our Northern cline,
Life is sweet and worth the living when We
see YOU In your prime.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12
A HELPER (True).
BY AMOS r. WELLS.

,,Dear meV' walled all the household
A Monday morning chorus
"HOW can we ever finish
The work that lies before usgr
But midway In the walllng
our gTOans TO laughter shifted,
For Babe was In the corner,
His hands deyOutly lifted.
"Why, Babe! This isn't bedtImeYi
We cry when we discover.
81 fought I'd thay my Pwayers
And det Just that much over"
The Housewife.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12
Too Little Sun.

The shade trees about our dwellings
have done much TO make our wives
and daughters pale, feeble and neural
gic. Trees ought never to stand near
enough to our dwellings to cast shade
upon them; and if the blinds were re-
moved, and nothing but a curtain with
in left to lessen on the hottest days the
intensity of the heat, it would add
greatly to the tone of our nerves and
our general vigor. The piazZas which
project over the lower story always
make that less healthy than the upper
story, especially for sleeping purposes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12

Electrical smelling Is announced.
The effort OF to-day should be to rec
oncile the faith Of yesterday with the
truth Of tomorrow,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12
TheVGnuS De Medici's Marriage,
BY GEORGE AUGUSTUS sALA.

4 Story Of a Connoisseur's Craze.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12

The street ra lways of Paris are under
the Government control and the rules
for their guidance are very strict.
Only four passengers are allowed to
stand On the back Platform, and they
must pay the same 9,se as the first
class passengers inside, viz. six cents,
while those on the roof OF the car ride
at half rates.
I = period of ga generation" has
been heightened; it used to bs thirty
years, and later increased 10 thirty four,
now a scientist says, the average term
of human life has increased in the last
fifty years to forty-tw0 years.
, 1891-06-18
The Romanos of washing.

1t is wonderful how every little duty
and necessity of every day life is sur
rounded with a halo of charm and legend
airy lore. Some things seem so simple
and practical that we imagine hat moth
ing Of a weird description can possibly
be associated with them. yet in many in
stances the simpler the operation the
greater the affinity it appears to have
for things supernatural
Offhand, we should say hat washing
cannot be invested with any
but old wives will tell us otherwise.
Woe betide the person that dares to wash
his. OF her hands in the same basin Of
water that has been or will be used by
another individuali They will be sure
to quarrel. Or, again, If you wipe your
hands upon the same towel and at the
same time with another person, you and
that person will at some period Of your
lifetime go begging together.
The late Cuthbert Bede, however, tells
us that he was informed in RUTLAND
shire that these dreadful things wouldnot
happen provided you first made the sign
of the cross over the water. Another
mo thing, too, in connection with
this is that the quarrel only supervened
when a basin of water was used. You
might wash together in a running stream
as often as you pleased and no i'll effect
would come of it@Chambers' Journal.
, 1891-06-18

The MeIicans spun and wove cotton,
and the Peruvians both cotton and wool,
into fabrics which the Spaniards found
in every way equal to anything they
had known at home. The Peruvians,
in particular, were adopts in the art.
When Pizarro made the conquest OF
their country in 1888. he found in the
empire Of the Incas four species Of an
imals little different from each other,
which he called the sheep Of the country
(c%arneros de la terra), because Of their
general resemblance to the Spanish
sheep. and the similar utilization Of its
fiber.
Two Of the species, the llama and
alpaca, had been in a state Of domestica-
ton from time immemorial, the remain
ing varieties, the yicuna and the guam
AGA, living in a wild state in the fast
nesses of the Andes. From a variety Of
sources We are able to obtain minute de-
tails Of the Importance which the gov
eminent attached to these animals, and
the large part which they played in
the domestic economy of the country
s: N. D. North in Popular Science
Monthly.
, 1891-06-18
The hot springs OF Dakota.

These snr;nOs are randy Incoming a.
nous on .cconnt Of The wonderfni c,rs
tive nronerties nj the w,tsrs and 10
many marveIons cures. which hoyn haan
sHccted hv The thermal hatbs
Tbe town and snr;ngs aTe r,II,
si,nated IN a snictnrssone VALLEY in ibSo
Block Hills conntrv. abound,ng in hear.
t;tnI scan;c sgecIs and at an sbit,Jo Of
20 feet above the sea Level. rbus inspr.
JsIus
, 1891-06-18

The centipede is popularity supposed to
carry a sting On zach foot, but | have
several times handled them-after their
heads were removed-without the claws
producing any result. 1t is the first pair
of claws only that are venomous, being
hollow and provided with poison bags
like a snakes fang. The largest | ever
saw was eleven inches in length, a grew
some creature. A bite from one of this
size would most likely have been fatal
to a man in weak health. The ~tarantula,
though his powers of offense are nothing
like those Of the scorpion or centipede,
is, somehow, a more unpopular charac.
ter than either. The horror of these
large spiders entertained by many peo-
pie is curious and unaccountable. have
seen Austrian bushmen, who in every
day life scarcely seemed to understand
danger, turn white as "A sheet at the
sight Of q small "triantelope,' IA they
called it.-Chambers' Journal.
, 1891-06-18


The wife Of a wealthy but careful
American gentleman objected to ask for
the housekeeping money as it wa re-
quired, in small sums, on the ground
that it was a waste of time and deroga-
tory to her. She demanded a banking
account, and finally, by her persistence,
obtained n But her husband had his
revenge, At his death he left her all he
possessed on this condition;
The amount, over a million dollars, was
to be handed to her, personally, at his
lawyers office, at the rate of 800 an hour
during twelve hours Of each day. Thus
was she, in the event of failure to set
the condition aside, condemned to spend
over 10000 hours at or near the abode of
the mar of law, or nearly two years and
a quarter, reckoning twelve hours to the
day.-London Tit-Bits.
, 1891-06-18

Aroyal edition of The Daily Telegraph
is prepared and issued daily for the
queens special sight. This has been the
case ever since the death OF the prince
c~onsort, On which occasion The Tele-
graph obituary notice so pleased the
queen that she ordered a copy of the
paper to be sent to each of her palaces
daily. Since then twenty-five copies of
the newspaper have been issued on the
best of paper in truly royal style; so that
If her majesty should take a fancy to
glance down the columns of this widely
circulated daily she has the privilege
of knowing that she reads an edition
expressly prepared for herself.-Irish
Times.
, 1891-06-18

The origin of testaments is lost in OBJ
security, but doubtless they followed soon
after the first institution of private prop
erty. Eusebius says that Noah made a
will o after the food wherein he dis
posed of the whole world. He was GER
tainly possessed of a considerable landed
estate, but Eusebius' story of the tesla
ment in writing and witnessed under his
seal needs confirmation.
In the forty-eighth chapter of Genesis,
however, we do find Mention of a will,
wherein Jacob ~bequeathed to his son Jo-
seph twice as much as to his other chill
dren. This was not a testament in writ
ing, but a verbal or "nuncupative" tesla
ment, declared by the ~testator sin -ex-
tremis' before witnesses, and depending
upon oral testimony.
Such ''nuncupative" testaments were
at one time recognized in English law,
but in the eighteenth century Black
stone says they were fallen into disuse,
and hardly ever heard of.-All the Year
Round.
, 1891-06-18

In Persia stand two towers called by
the Parsee the flowers of Silence" Ac-
cording TO the religion they never bury
their dead, but have the body exposed
on the top Of n of these towers until
the sun and the rain and the fowls of the
air have cleaned the bones of all flesh.
The bones are then collected and placed
in the other tower. These Parsees, who
are followers of Zoroaster. and very
devout, have almost disappeared as a
people, there being only about 5000 of
them at the present time.-Detroit Free
Rr.aa
, 1891-06-18

A DesPerAts Way to Raise Money.
About the most desperate thing / ever
heard of in the way of money raising
CANT to my professional notice some
years ago, said a detective to me.
Complaint was made at the office that
a diamond stud, valued at over a thou
sand dollars, had been stolen from a GER
tain up town house. / was detailed on
the case, and after a few hours found the
stone, which had been pawned for $500.
When stolen property is found at a
pawnbroker's the mount advanced on it
= returned to him, either by the owner
or the thief, if his will allow
OF such a thing. The law protects the
broker, and it is proper that it should,
but the capture and conviction of the
thief is a necessary factor in such cases.
This time no trace OF tho burglar
could be found
The owners proved property and the
brilliant was returned L them. 1t rep
resented at this stage a clear gain for
the rascal and a dead loss for the pawn
broker.
at was not long before we had our
man, though, and then there was prompt
conviction, a sentence of one year in the
Elmira reformatory and a vain search for
the owners of the property.
The matter dropped from my mind in
the rush of other business, until one day
| learned the secret Of the whole opera
ton The theft had been the deed of the
son Of the robbed family. They were
sorely in need Of money, and had resort
ed TO this way of getting it. When called
on 80 aTV,hV,ra ~ Vka 1,,I1.ag -..--l-l
they were apparently penniless. The
thief had hen gone free, and all the par
ties interested had dropped from sight.
That fellow was paid, or rather paid
himself, at the rate of three dollars per
day during his stay in Elmira"-New
York Herald.
, 1891-06-18

"To yourself be true "and thou
cans't not then be false to any man."
"Self-loye is not so vile a sin as self
neglecting.n Then be wise to-day, tbs
madness to DEFER Get DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, for all af-
fections Of the lungs and throat. 1t is
likewise a wonderful liver tonic, and
i~nvigorator.
Al the year round, you may rely upon
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
It's not like the s~arsaparIllas, that are
said to be good for the blood In March,
April and May. The discovery ~
works equally well at all times, and in
all cases Of blood-taints, or humors, no
matter what their name or nature. 1t
cures all Skin, Scalp and Scrofhlous
affections, as Eczema, letter, Salt
rheum, Fever-sores, White Swellings,
Hip joint disease and kindred all
ments.
It's the cheapest blood-purifier, sold
through druggists, because you only pay
for the good you get.
Your money Is returned II 1t doesn't
benefit or cure you.
Can you ask more
, 1891-06-18
ThInrs MoTIh Nememberlnr.

When you feel a kind OF goneness
about the stomach it is a sign that your
food does not sit well and that you are
about to have a fit of indigestion.
When you begin to feel nervous and
are unable to sit still comfortably; when
your clothes suddenly seem to lose their
TT and become too tight in places the fit
OF indigestion is surely upon YOU.
When this fit Of Indigestion is repeated
from day to day it finely resolves itself
into dyspepsia.
Chronic dyspepsia will surely make the
happiest lite a hell upon earth.
Remember that three TO ten of Bran
dreth's Pills will cure the worst case of
indigestion or dyspepsia. or both, and
that a regular course Of them, say two
every night for & week or ten days will act
as n preventive OF either compliant.
, 1891-06-18
BE rs
Nature Made You

AFee~ Turn up your sleeve or
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turn down the neck of your
@ANS4fSS dress. Observe how white
&and clear the skin is. Nature
~ - made the skin as white and
TS - n clear on your face as that on
your arm or neck. Neglect,
= exposure, alkaline water
and perhaps ll-health,
SsgT4N have caused the skin on
ISL ftN% your face to become
IJ-F/ = trough and discolored
~ L[lL,tt and otherwise blem.
Z.< o. ished. II you would
E@fe~~- -- have as clear and pure
and white a skin on your face as on the unex-
hams FACE BLEACH until you ave re-
moved all blemishes and discoloratlons from
the skin; then after that is done, use her
CUCUMBER AND ELDER FLOWER
CREAM to protect II from wind and sun,
and TO cleanse II and keep It's pores in active
and healthy condition., and you may always
have a skin and cumplexionas pure and clear
and white as you had in baby days. You VIII
then be las regards coppleXion) "as nature
made you" Face Bleach Is sl.50 per bottle.
20 f. +. cream, 81. 90 per bottle. For sale by
all druggists. MRS. GERVAISE GRAHAM,
Beauty Doctor" lob Post street, san Fran
cisco, treats ladies for every blemish or defect
OF face or figure. Send stamp for her little
book, "How to BE Beautiful
For sale in Cheyenne by Mrs r. r. Bode,
Maple Terrace, corner Eighteenth and Fersu-
T.. +, Roedel, seventeenth street; b b. David,
Sixteenth and Eddy streets; Rhodes & Trox-
ell, ~eventeenth and Ferguson streets.
Wholesale agents-A. W. Hover & Co., Dem
YER Myers Bros. Drug company, st. Louis,
Morrison, Plummer & Co., Chicago.
, 1891-06-18

just as sure as hot weather comes there
will be more or less bowel complaint In
this vicinity, Every person. aud espe-
cially families, ought to nave some reliable
medicine at hand for instant use in case
it Is needed. A twenty five or fifty cent
bottle OF Chamberlain collie, cholera and
diarrh@a remedy is lust what you ought
to rave and all that you would need, even
|; is the best, the most reliable and most
successful treatment known and is pleas
ant to take. For sale by A. L. Roedel.
, 1891-06-18
1. c. n. e. A. OF US.

stands for International Convention Ma
tional Educational Association of the
United States which will meet at Toronto,
Canada, July 18th TO l7th. For this oc-
casIon the Union Pacific will sell tickets
from all Coupon Stations to Toronto at
one fare Tor the round trip, plus 50 90
membership fee,
See that your tickets read via the
Union Pacific
Call on or write to me for particulars.
q. w. SWEET.
Agent Union Pacific System Cheyenne,
Wyo.
, 1891-06-18

The following item. clipped from the
IT. Madison. (lowa,) Democrat, contains
information well worth remembering:
Mr.. John Roth. of this city. who met
", was cured by one so cent bottle of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm" This rene
dy is without an equal for sprains aud
household. For sale by A. f. Roedel.
, 1891-06-18
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.

Mrs. John Curtis Of Peoria, I'll. writes:
USED one box Of Usage Pills previous to
nay second confinement; they worked like
a charm. Would pay $50 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godsend to me" Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita. Kas.
gor particulars. and their book to.wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
w. N. Hunt, Cheyenne.
, 1891-06-18

Irate Observation-Disclosures did you mean
by telling Smith that l had been in jailH
Calm Individual did not tell Smith
You had been in jail. simply said you
ought to be in Jail.
Irate Individual calming dowu)-I beg
your pardon. | must have misunder-
stood him.-Texas SiftinRs.
, 1891-06-18

As usual the Union Pacific will sell
tickets from all stations to n~eiRhborlng
cities at one fare for the round trip. Call
on or write to me for particulars,
G. W. SWEET, s
Agent Union Pacifo SHstem.
, 1891-06-18

Tenth Annual Convention Y. T.. s.
of c. E..

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 9 TO II.
Burlington route will sell round trip
tickets, Cheyenne to Minneapolis, at half
rates. For further information apply to
agents. o. L. CORNISH, Agt.
, 1891-06-18

1ae largest stock of fine brandies. old
whiskies, choice ~liqreitrs and superfne
cigars at GEORGE Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth aud Ferguson
, 1891-06-18

Fond Uncle-Jack. you eItrsvagant
rascal, I'll cut you off without n shilling.
Jack the incorrigiblel-An the more
reason for letting me have the Ave hum
bred now.-Munsey's Weekly.
, 1891-06-18

" Claimed Tor n. II not only preserves and beau
tines The complexion, but repairs the damages
done by the use OF the many dangerous com
pounds now in the market, by its tonic effect. re
storing the skin to a natural, healthy action.
Mead the testimonials from famous a~rtistes, ccle
Gaied ehemista snd .aainsni physieianA
, 1891-06-18

Not only to get way up" work done,
but also to get your darnIng, patching and
buttons sewed on without extra charge.
CHEYENNE STEAM LAUNDRY
, 1891-06-18

TO those desiring to visit Minneapolis,
Mimi, during the meeting of the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor,
July 9th to 10Th, the Union Pacific will
sell tickets to Minneapolis from all coupon
stations at one for the round trip. Call
on or write to me for particulars.
c. W. SWEET,
Agent Union Pacific System.
, 1891-06-18

1t you want to please your housekeeper
try Jack Frost flour
, 1891-06-18
REPAIRING

or every description neatly executed
and promptly attended 10 at 3O7 SIX
teenth street.
, 1891-06-18

The Biggest Tents,
The biggest Trans,
The Biggest Investments,
The Biggest Expenses,
The Biggest " %Ocetttes,
The Biggest OFigiHGIitteS,
The Biggest Innovations,
The Biggest Features,
The Biggest Herds.
The biggest P0ge0ntS.
The National tribune., 1891-07-16
BRAIN HACKERS.

As THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has started n special
Puzzle Department, Brain Hackers will be discOu-
tinucd with this issue and the space given To- ihe
&, &. and Guards. Following are RnsR to Brain
Hackers 81 June p and July 2. Added Words
Light house, Overwhelm, Useless, InordinAle,
Seminary, Ago, Artfully. Learned, CutlRss. Outlet
Traitor Tar-water, TOtal-DOuisa Alcott, ii. w.
LonRfellow.
Tangled Quotaiion-False friends are like our
shadows, keeping close 70 us while we walk la the
sunshine, but leaving The instant We cross into
The shade.
Tange-True happiness. II understood. consists
alone la doing good.
Politicians Motto-To the yictors belong tie
spells.
What the Soldiers Should Haye-Increase OF
pension.
A National Anomaly-NATIogAL TRIBUNE
Three. Circle Problem-Sl4. 22s4 plus acrca
Always a MysleTy-A w0mRn's age,