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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
Origin OF The Arab steed.

The origin Of the best strain OF
Arabian blood has been related by
some rOmaHcer. While Mohammei
was figting his way to greatness he
was once compelled to lead his corps
of 20, coo cavalry for three days with
out a drop Of water.
At last, from a hill top, they de-
sCTibed the silver streak of a distant
river Mohammed ordered his
trumpeter to blow thu call TO dis
mount and loose the horses. The
poor hrUtcs, starving for water at
once sprang into mad gallOp toward
the longed-for goal No sooner
lOOscned than came the alarm
false, as it happened-of a sudden
ambush. To horse" was blown,
and repeated By a hundred bugleS-
But the demand was too great; the
n CheI throats were not to be re.
fused. the stampede grew wilder d
wilder as %, 600 steCds pushed des-
peFatCiy for the river banks.
OK all the frantic crowd but five
mares responded to the call. To
these duty was higher than suffering.
Tn turned their tracks, came
brayelY back pleading in their eyes
and anguish in their sunkcn tanks,
and stood before the Prophet Love
for their mister and a sense Of ODE Il.
encc had conquered their distress,
but their bCO1shOt eyes told of a
fear u torment-the more pathetic
for their dumbness.
Tho danger was over; the faithful
mares we're at once released. but No.
hammcd selected these five for his
own use; and they were the dams OF
one Of the greatest races OF the Ges-
ert From them have sprung the
be of Arabian steCds. 1t can how
ever, scarcely be ella med that the
ave age nor of the Orient comes up
to this ideal lie must have been
bred from the 19.995.-COl. Il. A.
Do ge Unite States Army in Har-
per's Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20

despairing, and up from the depths
comes the clank OF chains. Dark,
foul, damp; a den of filth and fever,
where mind is destroyed and body
racked with ague; pit of destruc.
lion whence the most fervent prayer
That comes up must be the prayer for
swift death.
What are these prlsoners?"
asked the guard who accompanied
me. They are all bad people," he
said. "Murderers?" They are rob-
bers many of them, and there arc
many of the tribesmen who made
the trouble recently at Wazzan and
attacked the town; Others are
debtors, mea who owe money
to Jews and others" And they
are all kept together down there
-murderers and robbers and reb-
els and debtors?" Yes" And
when will they be tried?" Imipht as
well have asked the man the exact
day and hour of the next total eclipse
Of the sun. He knew nothing about
trials, and his ideas as to the melting
out Of justice to the wretches below
began and ended right there in the
pit-that was justice. They were
bad people, and there they were.
There is no fixed term Of imprison-
ment; the murderer and the robber
and the rebel stay in the hole till
they die; the debtor stays there tin
he pays, and if he doesn't pay he dies,
too. No writ OF habeas corpus run,
in Morocco.
And these things are done within
six days steam from Charing Cross:
within twelve hours ride from the
residence OF all the ministers pleni-
potentiary and ENJOYS extraordinary
ana consuls OF the great powers! And
is nothing ever done? Has the on,n-
ion OF Europe found no expressionp
Have the reports of Executive Com
mittees Of philanthropic societies
ayailed naught? Oh, yes! Once in
while the Moorish authorities Give
the pris91s . coat of whitewash.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20

Nature never puts the wrong co!o-s in
iuxtaposition, aud a good plan wnea
choosing an evening gown is to select
the colors of flower aDd leaf.
Mrs. NJ. A. Haulenbeck, Of New YORK,
who has been a commercial traveller for
ten wears, earns $4,000 a year in commis.
sious upon the sales she makes.
Mrs. Monarchesi, wife of the publish.
er. has invented and received the psten.
papers for a new gridiron which IS con
sidered a great improvement on the old
one.
Miss Virginia Penny, the author. who
gave not only her time but her ea.ire
fortune for the advancement Of wourl,
ia now living in dire poverty in W
York.
There has been considerable discus
sion as to who invented spectacles and
who had the pleasure Of wearing th,
first pair. The honor Is GENERALLY
awarded to an ItaliannlmaI Salyin.
Armati, who died III 1917.
A vine at Hamton Court England
which was planted IN l3CS, Is believe
to be the largest in the world. It
branches extend over q space Of 80
feet 1t usually bears upwards u
1000 punches Of grapes annually.
Westminster university is the mann
of the new Presbyterian School at Den
yer. It viii be open fnr students ne
fall.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
Some Curious Remain.

Some very curious aud important q,
cbaeological remains were unearthed :,
,Crestou, Iowa, the other dsy b7 son,
workmen engaged in digging cslls,
They struck what at first appeared 10 h,
a solid ledge Of rock or coal, and, sistin,
down to rest, one of them began idlv -
peck at an apparent fssure, when sohd
block nearly two feet square disappeared
with a dull thump. The men set eays,l,
TO work. and removing the bottom q,
the pit discovered a chamber with 4,
tifteen-foot ceiling twelve By tweas7 fee,
in extent, the walls being Of nerj,
scanned stone work. Ranged in row, n,
rudely constructed platforms were sk.s.
tons. each with tomshawk ani a.,
arrow at its side, earrings and b7ac.ls.,
of lead lying where they were dropped
and piles of what appeared 10 have been
furs in the centre Of the platform, e..a
nile crumbing to dust as soon as er.
posed to light. A number Of tools made
of copper were unearthed and fresh dis.
coveries are constantly beng made. -
Picayune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
BLASTING sTUNPs.

The reasonable prejudice against the
common use of dynamite for any kind OF
work on a faraI, or by Inexperienced per
sons, makes It desirable to use the com
ron black powder for such purposes.
This i not really SO safe as the dynamite
when in the hands of experts, but safer
otherwise, and persons generally under
stand it better. To break up stumPs
with blasting powder proceed a follows
Bore hole = inches wide into the
centre of the stump in such direction
as to reach tae middle of it near the
root; Charge it in the usual manner,
using plenty of powder, one foot in
depth at least for a large stump; pro-
cure screw with hole through it foI
! the fuse, aud square head By which it
nly be screwed down on to the powder.
! Fire the fuse, and the stump will be
shattered so that it can easily be taken
! out in pieces. A lookout for the screw
| should be made when the explosion takes
plsce, and it may be picked up and usec
again. It may be well to put some dr.
sand on the po oyder under the screw. 1t
is most often the case that the screw Ie-
mains in the wood and eau be split out
| Of it.-New York Times.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
SELECT SlFTlN6S.
There are only two lawyers in lcelan'

There are only two lawyers IN lceianu'
Asphalt pavements were FIRST lana IN
Paris in 1854.
The notation system of writing music
vas invented in 1O7O-
A sedslia (Mo.) preacher adverhse'
.sgood music and short sermons
During the years tnat Henry VII.
.eivued %, 900 thieves were hanged.
The swords of Damascus were world
amous five hundred years before 'he
Christian Era.
A dozen bee trees in New Madrid, No,
gere lately tapped, and yieldea o''
pounds of wild honey.
Twenty-Five large nails were found N
the stomach OF bullock recently
sl.uchtered in Wilkesboro, n. Z.
An antldeluvian frog has bso-- 'o1nd,
still alive, imbedded in anthracite coat
300 feet below the surface OF the gFouna'
Performances at theatres OF ancient
Greece sometimes lasted twelve hours.
seven o'clock in the morning was the
time for the raising of the curtain, SO 10
speak.
Fra.ceyille, one of the New Hebridea
! Islands, is said to be the smallest ne
nubIic in the world. Its population
comprises forty whites ana about ooo
| Africans.
The city of Banjau, in Great Bu-
,raria, is cut in the side OF mountain.
Taere are u, 600 artificial caves and
two statues, one ninety, the other twenty
feet high, each hswn from a single
stone.
4 pistol ball was recently removed
from the right thigh Of a man which
had been there since 1864. TOe ball, It
| ia said. had gravitated about foot anu
a half through the flesh in the last t"en-
ty-Eine years.
A couple of pheasant., Joined after the
! manner of the Siamese twins, were sno'
by a hunter in Bellefonte, Oregon. Inc
connecting ligament was half an incn
| lonr and quarter of an inch thick,
and united them just in front OF the
/ wings.
A level head is possessed by cersaia
Young man in Winamac, Ind. He loved
two girls equally well, and botn OF them
| adored him. He SET them to cooking a
! dinner, each IN turn, in his presence.
He married the one whose dinner he pre-
ferred.
There has been plowei up in Andrew
! County, Missouri, al ancient Roman
sword, it is reported, which is believed
to have belonged t. som: member OF
De Ito's expedition, who were expior-
lag in that part OF the country in the
! middle OF the Sixteenth Century.
Paliudromes, that is to say, sentence
the letters OF which read the same from
left to right OF right to left, are just nov
very popular in London at home gather
| ings. Here are several good examples
Eros sew Eve tub, but Eve was sore
Repel leper-A"s = q cat saw-EVi
did I ere did livs-Big was ere ssS
Glib.
Tie "oyster" is thought by epicure
to be the sweetest til-bit OF turkey
It is a portion of exceedingly tender
dark meat which lies in hollow on eact
side of the backbone, uear and just abov'
the second joint. Ey examining ta'
bare frame of a carveI turkey, the tive
hollows where the ''oysters" lie will ot
easily perceived, and one will note tha
their shape is long oval.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
TO KEEP BUTTER.

To keep butter several months 1t l.
necessary that the butter be perfectly
well made and be completely freed from
all traces of the buttermllk, or this will
quickly spoil it. 1t mus. then be pack ed
without delay in air-proof packages; 6
glazed crock or jar is a good package e,
or q new, clean white oak or spruce tub,
with a tight-fitting cover. This is first
soaked with water and little soda tc
remove any acid of the wood. It is then
well scalded and soaked with salt brine.
Then it is rinsed with pure cold water
and sprinkled with fine salt on the in
side. The butter is then packed in sol
idly, eacn layer of four inches being vel
packed, to leave no air spaces, auC
snrin Eiel With fine salt. Then anotbe
layer Is packed In the same way, ana SO
on until the tub is full. A clean cover
of cotton cloth is laid over the ton OF
the butter; this is covered with fine dry
salt, and the cover is fastened down.
Care Is to be taken to exclude air bv
covering and packing under the cover.
Inc tub Is then kept in clean, dry,
airy place where no disagreeable smells
may afIectit. Good butter thus packed
may be kept for six or eight months
without the least deterioration. The
jersey COWS make good butter, which
has high color, and some of them make
good deal OF it, but the best are too
costly Tor common use. A good, WELL
led Ayrshire COW is as good for butter
as Jersey for working dairy. Some
durham or short-horn COWS are GOOD
outter makers, and goal Judge of
cows might get dairy OF the common
STOCK that would be very good if well
selected. The best common COW is a
hatf-bred Jersey having a good common
oatn ana pure sire. Some of these
sIe as good as the pure bred.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
SCOT TEA FOR PLANTS.

o,a of the best fertilizers for po'
n,.nrs is SCOT. 1t not only nourishes the
pIant. but keeps the soil sweet VIII
fesrrov all worms and insects, and even
Tout the green fly. 1t is best used II a
Iiouid form. One tablespoonful OF soot
TO two quarts of warm water Is q SiInPIe
way of making the tea. II one aesifes
TO make it in larger quantities, put into
a vessel holding fifteen gallons OF wafer
3 half peck ot SCOT, and stir twice da5
for q week. Probably the better way is
10 ne the SCOT securely in coarse DSg,
which is large enough to let the sooI
swell and move about inside it. Throw
the bar into the water and allow 1t to
soak, moving it about occasionally, or
pressing it with stick to extract the
strength. As the water is used out iresl
can be added as long as any SCOT remains
Give the plants light doses of the tea
once or twice week. Dilute II too
strong, because if used in too thick &
.,ate il will make the surface soil too
hard and dry.
SCOT mixed with twice its bulk OF dry
earth may be used for top dressing IN
sne garden with good resuits.--Ne"
YORK World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
Fifty Cents Well Invested.

Economy is wealth; simple incidents
have established the destinies of mon
archies and of republics, monopolies
and individuals.
Timely appliances will often avert
great evils; prompt action is frequently
required and only little of that to
prevent serious cOn"equences.
Take "a cold" for example. If not
checked in time, like a spark of fire, it
may cause great trouble, suffering and
distress. To stop fire in the begin
ming IS comparatively an easy process
TO that of subduing an extensive con-
iagration. So Railways Ready Relief
taken in time will prevent all of the
serious consequences arising from ne
glecting cold. For a chill, take from
a half to a teaspoonful of Ready Relief
in half tumbler of water, drink it
down and repeat if necessary, to warm
up.
For pains in the chest, side or oacll
rub freely with Ready Relief, applied
by the hand, till the skin comes to a
glow; cover well up and keep warm;
one or both of the above appliances
will cure ninety-nine cases out of every
one hundred.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
HoY TO CHEApFN FEEDS.

The prices of feed bid fair to be high
the coming winter, aud such will con-
tin lie to be the case every winter, IS long
as there is such a tremendous demand
for all sorts Of millstuffs, on the part OF
dairy farmers, all over this broad land.
TIE dairymen are all right in their ideas
of feeding well, but they are all wrong
in not growing more Of their own feed.
Wheat is way down 10 the lowest notch
re have seen in thirty years, and bran
climbing up IN price every day. We are
not certain but those farmers who are
sell situated to do it had better buy the
wheat by the car load and get it ground
At the custom mill, and feed the bran
and middIings, selling the flour for what
they can realZr.
II we were IN Northern Dakota or
" nnesota we would not sell wheat at
i.ly cents bushel, if we had good COWS
to feed it to, and butter thirty-one cents
a pound in Chicago. We believe there
are four pounds of butter in bushel of
wheat fed to good COW, with good
roughage in addition. Bat whether In
, the Dakotas or New York, everywhere
the dairy farmer is at the mercy of the
feed vender. This would not be so If
the majority set seriously to work to
produce their own feed, IN some form or
other. The mischief is, the most of far
mers stop feed when prices of feed 60
high, no matter what the price of butter
is. What lot of education we all do
need on this feed question. There is so
little real fguring-so little really studied
out by the dairy farmers By which they
can figure. The way to bring down the
| price of feed stuff is for more farmers to
90 at growing peas and silage corn. Not
one man in thousand knows what be
could do if he should try.-Hoard's
Dairyman.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20

Why nature built Young woman SO
hat she prefers wal:,lrT to washing
disLes Is one Cf the mysteries.
4 noble nature ca. al ne nttrnc, III,
noble, and aloa- knows Low 10 retm1
them.
Tho philosopher who wrote that
good name IS better than riches Geve
aad case IN NJ American court of law
Tis better far to love and be poor,
than be rich with an empty heart.
A lazy man is necessarily bad man
an idle is necessarily a demoraiized
population.
No man can be provident of his time
Who is not provident in the choice of
lis company.
1t is very hard to believe that thing
rightly done when it is not done our
way,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
Keep Your Own Secrets.

If you are unfortunate enough 10
have secrets, ke p them TO yourself.
y secret in joint tenancy is no secret.
But IL has been said that all things
should lie common among friends,
that nothing should be reserved or
hidden. This remark belongs TO the
region OF the true and the beautiful
but by 20 mean TO that OF the polite
or the useful II is 4 remark In the
words Of Nr. Weller. ST, "werging
on the pOctiCaI 1t IS absurd to sup.
pose that another, 10 whom your
secret may be of little or no consc.
qucnce will keep the matter which
you, to whom it may be Of the great
est consequence, cannot keep. "A
faithful man who can fnl:" 10
treacheTy may be involved In the
breach Of con fdence. 1t is'nOt Gencr.
ally consideration of his own ad-
vantage which induces a man TO be-
tray the secret Of his friend; rather
it is an inordinate love OF talking.
AS taciturnity Is said to be a chief
Characteristic OF the mad portion OF
mankind, so loQuacitY may be said 10
lie that OF the sane. 1t IS this gaTru-
lOus habit which leads to an inter
change Of meteorological rcmaTLs De-
tween two who meet by chance, VINO
have no interest in common, and,
haTing little to say on this, Ea,
nothing TO say to one another Oh any
other su 'Jcct under the sun: 1nd it
is this same habit which diyu!Ec
secrets, and separates friends. Those
who are troubled with the disease
can no n,occ resist its in5itious at
tacks than the Ling and all the royal
family and tie lords OF his council
and all the nobility could refrain
from dancing in the story when the
magic pipe was played II is the
glory OF nature to conceal a matter,
but it is the happiness of mankind to
declare a secret.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
Hood. pms cure sick headache.
Tides.

y short time before DR.. Charco,
died he said in lecture that semi
scientists had for more than fifty
years rldiculed the idea that the
fuii of the moon was a dangerous
time Tor mad people. Better-in-
formed men are coming back to that
old-time notion, said DR.. Charcot, as
tie result OF increased learning on
the subject OF e. tn tides, similar to
the OSCILLATION Of sea tides.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
FARM NOTES.
,.xD PLASTER FOR STABLES:

,.xD PLASTER FOR STABLES.
Professor Dean, of the ontario Agrl,
cultural College. says on the suo!ee. 80 -
land plaster in stables: we S.;ty use con of
,tontIv ON our floors liberal quantity o.
Inn ,.ua SIsster or gypsum, which has three
effects: @ (p 1t fixes the ammonia t ana no
80 tbe manure more valuable. ~
=. sweeten. the stable, absorbing baa
n6ors (3l 1t gives the stable a better
.o"s.rorcs and looks neat and tidy. In
isct, an hour after our cows . are 'S' - 80 90
cut YOU would scarcely know tha' a 60 y
had been in. This is accomplished "
liberal use of plaster ard whitewash'
Goth are cheap"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20

| We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
| any case Of Catarrh that ctlu.J be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
| F. J. CHEEEY & Co, Props. Toledo, o.
| We, the undersigned, have known +. J. Che
ney for he last Is years, ana believe him per-
| fectly honorable in all business transactions
| and tinanc ally able to carry out any ooligI-
| tion made by Their firm.
| WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
| Ohio.
| WALpING, KISVAS 6 MARvIS, Wholesale
| % Druggists, Toledo, OHIO.
| Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, act
| in-s directly upon the biOoi and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 7jc. per bottle. SOlG
| by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
A Queer PROPOSAL.

A granddaughter Of Delacroix re.
ceived the following curious pro-
posal of marriage from the famous
Champfleury: "Mademoiselle-lf you
believe, as 1 have heard, that an
unmarried person is like the half
Of a pair Of scissors, which is use
less without the other half, l offer
you my sympathies, my love and my
best efforts to cut together the
material Of life" The young girls
answer was the gift of apair of scis-
sors, followed by a marriage three
weeks later.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
q MOORISH PRISON.
4 Horrible Dungeon Where Human Be
ings Are Confined.

Horrible Dungeon Where Human Be
ings Are Confined.
Of all the places where human be-
ings are confined for punishment,
there are said to be none so horrible
as the prisons Of Morocco. Tue one
presented in our illustration is stu
ated at FeZ, and was, a short time
ago, visited by traveller who gives
the following description OF it: You
ascend by narrow staircase, lie
writes, and come cut On a fat root
bathed in the glor Gus spring sun.
At your feet is square opening
with heavy wooden grating. 1t is
hells hatchway. You look down
and instantly turn lex with the
horrible stencil which arises. You
look again and you see down there
upturned faces, white, passlonless,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
A CHILD ENJOYS

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when
in need of laxative, and if the father
or mother be costive or bilious, the
most gratifying results follow its use
so that it is the best family remedy
known and every family should have a
bottle
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
''Gern1an
Syrup

My niece, Emeline Hawley, was,
taken with splitting blood, and she
became very much alarmed, fearing
that dreaded disease, Consumption
She tried nearly all kinds of medi.
cine but nothing did her any good.
Finally she took German Syrup and
she told me it did her more good
than anything she ever tried. II
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and a good appetite. J
had it from her own lips. Mrs.
Mary A. Stacey, Tru1nbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20

Experiments made by NJ. d'Arson-
val with an instrument which he calls
Imyophone proves, contrary to the
older opinion, that nervous excitability
may exist for many hours after death.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20
POSTAL GLIDE EnR 1904

COntainning all the post offices arranged al
phabetlcally, I'm States and Counties with all
other matters relating TO post office affairs can
be ordered from h. SALINGER, p. o. Box. llS2
Philadelphia. Pa. No business man should be
without Il. Price 500 paper cover with monthly
S2 20 cloth cover with monthly
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20

Investigations Of rain drops lead to
the conclusion that some of the large
drops must be more or less hollow, as
they fail when striking to wet the
whole surface inclosed within the drop
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20

1fIn every land between Spitsbergen
and Patagonia there is some species of
the common blood sucking mosquito.
In British America and Alaska they
ARE very large and troublesome.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20

The coins of Constantine struck A.
ID. 312 were the first to bear the Christ
ian emblems. These showed the cross,
, the monogram of Christ, and some
, times the words alpha and omega.