Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-30

Ezra S. Cook, while eel fishing
near Honesdale, hooked a seven
pound eel and undertook to strangle
it by biting it on the head. Quick
as q flash the eel gav5 lunge and
drove it's head least eight inches
down his throat, snd had it not been
for Samuel Brown, who came to his
rescue. Cook would have been
choked to death.
Cherry and mahogany furniture
can be cleaned in the following way
to look almost like new: Dissolve a
small lump of common washing soda
in some very hot water. Wash only
small portion of the wood at a
time with a bit of flannel dipped in
the soda water and dry it with
another piece Of flannel. rubbing un
til it is highly polished.
The Homestead strike is over and
the men are trying to get work in
their old places. The men during
the strike, or the time that they
have been out of work lost two
million dollars that Is they might
have earned that amount il they
had staid It work
English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Jumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
SPAWN, Cur5s, Splints, Sweeny, Ring
bone, Stiles, Sprains and Swollen
Throats, Coughs, sc Save $50 by
use of one bottle. Warranted the
most wonderful Blemish Care ever
known. Sold by L. Banks & Co,
Druggists, Mifflintown. Oct. /, 1y.
Think Of the good times that the
democracy have promised free wool
and cheaper clothing, free silk and
cheaper silk goods, free raw material
of all kinds and lower wages, to cor
respond. What good times are in
store for the people. But it may be
just as well to wait q while, before
becoming so o! be joyful! till we see
how democratic promises turn out.
If the times get harder within the
next three years what then?
Miss Ella Knowles, the Attorney
General-elect of Montana, is thus de-
scribed:;: "She has all woman's
keen sensiblllties and tender sym
pathies, and all the rougness of Wes-
tern life with which she has come in
contact has not impaired these quail
ties. In appearance she is more like
a demure young matron than a stern
Portia. She is of medium height,
neither thin nor stout, and has face
which, while strong and firm, is also
pretty"
Rebecca Wilkinson, OF Browns
valley, Ind, says: 81 have been in O
distressed condition for three years
from Nervousness, Weakness of the
Stomache, Dyspepsia, and Indiges-
ton until my health was gone. l
had been doctoring constantly with
no relief 1 bought one bottle of
South American Nervine which done
me more good than any $50 worth of
doctoring [ ever did in my life 1
would advise every weakly person to
use this valuable and lovely remedy;
A few bottles of it has cured me
completely. 1 consider it the grand
est medicine in the world" War
ranted the most wonderful stomach
and nerve cure ever known. Trial
bottle Is cents. Sold by L. Banks
IL Co., Miffiintown, Pa. Nay IA, 1y.
Peop.e are superstitious of comets.
Comets have always been regarded
as omens of great calamity. Like
most other superstitions, this one
has been strengthened by many re-
markable condolences. Comets ap-
peared before the following noted
events: The death Of Julius Cesar,
the capture of Constantinople by the
Turks, the great London Plague in
1863, the London fire in 1865, our
own Civil War in 1Se1, and many
other events familiar to all. SO re-
markable had been the strange coin
cidents between the appearance OF
comets and great calamities, that, on
the appearance of a comet in 1873,
the people of the rural districts of
France purchased tickets for resery-
ed seats in Paradise,