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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
Lfrinnn Insiice.

of oil Ceutral African customs trial oy
,desI. which is universal, Is that whicn
is most revolving to European brought
for the time into contact with savage
life. When q man is accused OF anI
crime. as theft, arson, murder, ~itcl-
,raft. oc the like, evidence IS brougnt
,psinst him IN the way common through
mt the whole continent. This, now
,ver il never final. The sccusers Wit.
ncsses swear to everything required ot
them without the slightest compunctlon
of conscience, and as the prosecutor must
nroduce his evidence first, tie de-
iepdanr's witnesses are ready to swear
aud do swear, the opposite OF all that mas
been said. Trial is invariably in open
court, and nothing said by the witnesses
for the prosecution can be concealed
from those that are to follow. Ihere
are no affidavits, thus making contradlc-
.ion at once simple and safe. Ii reout'
ting evidence were allowed. the most
naltry trial would be interminable. Foi
/, witness to be called liar Is, IN such 4
case, a compliment. 1t proves that hE
evidence told, and that he, by inference,
ia . yery clever fellow. II the same man
were accused of bewitching be would re-
yard it as foul libel and demand tae
po;son bowl without an hours delaJ.
To remedy the defects OF trial IN
court, that by ordeal is adopted in a J
kinds of causes. both civil and orimina.
As the case proceeds before the council,
the accused at intervals demands the
mwai, and this demand his friends,
they believe him innocent, persistently
press. The accuser resists the demau
Is unnecessary, knowing that should the
.ulprit, even If caught red-handed, re
cover, he will be placed in a difficult
position. He will in that case have no
claim to compensation for an injury, anc
may in turn be successfully sued for will
fully seeking to destroy another mant
reputation. The belief in the absolute
certainty of trial by mwai is universal
and the beginning and end OF reasoning
is thus: at he is guilty, he dies; If he
does not die, should the stolen property
be found on his person, he is not guilty;
another put it there, or he was be-
witched. Popular Science Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
WISE WORDS.

A bird doesn't sing by note.
Friendship is love disinfec,el.
Love is spray of forget-me-nots.
Babies are sunbeams with clothes OF.
There are volumes In wonan's eyes.
Learn TO explain tiny doctrine by thy
fife.
Flesh without u thorn in it isn't hu.
man.
Kindness out of season destroys
power.
An ounce of action is worth a pound
of talk.
Happiness doesn't always ride in I
carriage.
B'e7sed are the sorrowful who carry {,
cheery face.
Fine manners need the supper. of fine
manners in Others.
A soul occupied with great ideas best
performs small duties.
In this world it is not what we take
up, but what we give up that MAKES u:
rich.
To speak out and to offend, with
some people, are but one ani the same
thing.
There are .hree supreme agonies in
life: the agony of jealousy, the agony o..
fearing you have mistaken your talents,
and the agony of ennui.
"God bless you," is the old fashioned
summing up of sincere affection, with
out the least smiril OF studied civIlity.
In men of the highest character and
noblest genius there generally exists in
sstiable desire OF honor, Command,
bower, and glory.
There is no beautifer OF comp exiou,
Or form, or behavior, like the wish to
scatter JOY and not pain around US.
With meekness, humility and diligence
lpply yourself to the duties OF your con-
lition. They are the seemingly little
iiings which make no NOSE that do the
business.
Knowledge o. books in a man of busi-
.sss is a torch in the hands of one wao
. wiling and abe to show those wno
lrs bewiIderei the way which leads to
prosperity.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
Narcotic Effects of a Spring.

Superintendent Stout recently d.
scribed a wonderful mineral that form
erly flowed from the mountain side sOm 3,
miles above the Butte Creek House, aa /
near the Plumas County linz.
This spring was fr-t called to NJ
Stout's attention 50 Ge years ago while
ramping in that vicinity By an old pros.
pector, WAC called it the "chlorofor II
s.ring." The water which flowed froc,
it did not differ in appearance or taste
from the water of other springs, exec Ut
that it was slightly brackish. 1t was tae
effect that followed the drinking OF Its
waters that was remarkable. A small
cup would in the course of half an hour
render the drinker totally insensib.e,
aud he would remain for hours as if deal.
But few white men had ever trie the
experiment of drinking from it, but
those who have done so describe the e!-
heavy narcotic.
To the Indiars this spring has bee2
known for generations. They call it the
"Heap Sleep spring, and it is said that
more than one weary red man has en-
tered the "happy hunting grounds
hrough the medium of its waters.
Mr.. Stout states that when he saw the
spring in the summer OF 1890 there were
40 less five csrcasses of deer, besides
numerous smaller animals, in its i'm
mediate neighborhood that had drank o.
:he water and been overcome and died
rom the effects.
An examination of the geological con-
jtruction of the immediate section failed
to show any mineral that might account
for the peculiar power OF the water, ard
so far as known, no analysis has ever
been made.-Oroville (Cal.) Mercury.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
HoSs sense.

uHorses surely have reasoning powers.
for have known animals that were ex-
tremely vicious when mounted by m-I1
develop into the most 'affectionate AMI
tractable saddle horses when mounted oy
a lady," said gentleman at the South
ern. az travel through Southwest Ms
souri, and the Indian Territory, where
ladies ride almost exclusively on horse
back, snd they know how to put horse
through his PAGES without the aid OF
whip or spur.
tOne of the finest saddle horses ever
saw was a magnificent sorrel geldinS
owned by doctors wife in the Indian
Territory. The horse was bred in Ken
tucky, but was sent to Texas when a
:olt. From the first attempt to break
aim he was stubborn and vicious, strik-
ing with his fore feet or refusing to go
at all. He had the habit Of bucking and
but few riders could stay in the sidd;e.
The doctor bought him at the request OF
his wife, who was an expert rider, aud
in less than two weeks the horse would
follow her like a dog. He expected a
caress every time she appeared, and
would eat fruit, candy or confections
from her hand. He never attempted to
throw her, and she could shoot from his
back or turn him loose in the prairie and
be would remain as close to her as pos
,ibie. She called him 'Martin,' and
have seen him leave herd OF horses and
gallop to her when his name was called.
Don's call that Instinct, my dear sir; that
Is, to my mind, the clearest Of reason.
ing. ."-St. Louis Republic.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feverJ
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
,Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
A Very Large Heart.

William Harrison, twenty-five years
,ld and gripman on the California
street cable line, died at his home the
other evening. A week before he was
jammed between the car and buggy on
Drumm street, aud had been confined to
his bed ever since. 1t was supposed that
he was hurt on the legs only. An au.
topsy was held, but no internal injuries
from the accident were discovered. Har-
rison's heart weighed twenty ounces. A
normal heart should weigh but nine
ounces. 1t is believed tnss heart troubles
we're the cause of his death. San Fran
cl?3 Chronicle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
Tomatoes and Cancer.

In late issue of the London Timei
appeared letter to the editor containing 2
the following: "rhere is very preva-
lent idea that eating tomatoes is an e1.
citing cause of cancer, and for the last
two years we have been so inundated
with letters on this subject that the Med.
ical Committee of the Cancer Hospital
would be greatly obliged by your pub
fishing in the Times their opinion-viz.,
that tomatoes neither predispose to nor
excite cancer formation, and that they
are no. injurious to those suffering from
this disease, but are, on the contrary, a
very wholesome article of diet, particu-
larly so if cooked. We shall also be
greatly obliged by other papers making
this generally known"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
A Reptile for a Necklace.

4 sorrowiul story came down from the
Jolville reservation recently. An Indian
woman named Ki-Yu tied her papoos,,
strapped to a board, as usual, to the
stump of a tree and went OF picking
berries. She heard her baby crying, but
thinking nothing of the matter paid no
attention to the little ones wailing. A
naif-aour afterward she went bIcl to
the stu mp where the poor, innocent bah.
was tied up. To her horror she foun Il
large rattlesnake coiled about the eaild's
neck. She DIS .s,a'cle1 the reptile with
"A stick, only to find that the baby wa;
dead, having been bitten several tins,
10y the reptile.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
Denfness Cannot be Curea

by local application, as they cannot reach tho
diseased portion of he ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
onal remedies. Deatne $ is caused by an in
i:lmed condition OF the mucous lining of the
s-ustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
i!amed you have a rumbling sound or imper-
ct hearing, and when IL is entirely closed
Deaf ness is the result, and unless the infam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored To iis normal condition, hearing will be
uestroEed forever; nine cases out ten arc
caused by cstarrh, which is nothing but an in
hamCd condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We vii. give One Hundred ID pllars for any
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. send for
CIRCULARS, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. O.
70 Sold by Druggists. 75c. ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
august
Flower

used August Flower for Loss Of
vitality and general debility. After
taking two bottles gained 6e lbs.
/ have sold more of your August
Flower since 1 have been in business
than any other medicine ever kept.
Mr.. Peter Zinville says he was made
a new man by the use of August
Flower, recommended by me. I
have hundreds tell me that August
Flower has done them more good
than any other medicine they ever
took. GEORGE w. DYE, Sardis.
Mason Co., KY. -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
Bacteria in Animal Saliva.

The saliva of dogs and cats is es-
pecially rich in bacteria, that of the
latter containing form which is sell
dom observed and SO fatal that rab-
bits and guinea pigs inoculated with
it die in twonty-four hours. The
dogs saliva contains an even greater
number of bacteria, plus occasional
eggs of intestinal worms and so on.
Those fond and loving women who are
prone to waste their caresses upon lap
dogs will be interested in this item.-
Pharmaceutical Era
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
A Gun of Extraordinary Power

For light weight gun of extraordin.
ary power, the Gail, invented by Colonel
de Bsnge, OF the French army, is at.
tracting much favorable attention
abroad. It was only a few weeks ago
that 1t was gwen first preference in com
petition with the Krupp and other field
guns at Constantinople, and now it has
won ike distinction In Brazil. New
Orleans Picayuue.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
A AIysten

Mr.. Younghusband Coming home,
inds his wife at the stove)-So you
Ire doing your own cooking? Tell
ne. now, what is that you are COOK
ng at that stove, Molly?
Molly-You mustn't have so much
curiosity. l don't know myself yet
what it is going to be.-Texas Sift-
ngs. -;
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24
Mnntch StatinnerY.

Queer Party-Got any baromcterss
Don't keep 'cm.
Excuse me- but l notice in tho
weather reports that the barometer
is sometimes stationery" - Texas
SifLiGgS-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

A remarkable archaeological discovery
is announced from Treves. In excav-
waiting the old Roman walls close to the
Moselle a complete Roman pottery es-
tablishment was discovered.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

Contamning all the est Offices arranged al
phabetlcdlly. M States AM Counties, with Ill
other matters relating TO pos: o,iice AFT us cIn
hr oidtled from B- SALINGEW 4. >. Box. llS2,
lhlladelplitt. Ia. NJ DusilsSS mIu shO iii Os
without H. Price 500 pa ger GOV eT with molthly:
t2.tt cloth cover with monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

Mr.. Holland of the Geological Sur
vey of India, after two years Investi-
CATION, has come to the conclusion that
the geology of Madras has hitherto been
misapprehended.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

For Throat Diseases and Coughs use
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. Like all really
good things they are initiated. The genuins ar
soid only in J0Ees.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

Leather scraps are now converted
into a pulp and manufactured into
door knobs, canes, combs, cups, but
tons and other useful articles.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

The earlier symptoms Of dyspepsia, such as
distress after eating, heartburn, and occasionul
headaches, should not be neglected. Take
Hoods Sarsapari,l. aai p. cu.vI
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

A single steam shovel in the Lake
Superior region mines loads on the
cars in a single day 3,4O0 tons of iron
ore
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

Professor Thompson has allowed an
electrical current Of mill on volts to
pass through his body.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

1t is estimated that under Favorable
conditions a heavy clap of thunder can
be heard a distance of ~ miles. Light
ming is visible five times as far
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

There has nerer been anything discovered that
wlll equal Dobbins Electric Soap for all house
hold uses. ltmakes paint look like new, and
clothes as Unite SnOJC. Our wash woman sa ys
II is pleasure to use it. Ask your grocer for it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

Custom is often only the antiquity OF
error.
Accuracy of statement is one of the
irst elements of truth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

Hoods pills are the best family cathartic
and liver medicine. Harmless, reliable, sure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

MOrnIngs-Beecham's Pills with drink of
water. BecchauIs-nO others. - cents u box.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-23

The Prince of Wales is very fond of
the theater and is a great admirer Of
the genius Of Miss Genevieve Ward. He
once called upon the famous actress in
the greenFoom Of the Prince of Wales
theater. His royal highness was accom-
panied by the Duke of Edinburgh,
Prince Teck and a Russian nobleman
While they were conversing Miss Ward
hearing the jingle of the bells Worn by
a tiny pet dog who followed her every
where, and fearing she might stray off,
called out:
"Come here, Teckl'
The gentlemen started, and Miss
Ward hastily apologized, recollecting
the name Of one of her distinguished
visitors
my little dogs name is Teck-short
for Thecla, a German character in one
of my plays"
They all laughed heartily, and in
came the little fellow with the princely
name and straightway rushed at the
Duke Of Edinburgh
"She will bite me-" exclaimed the
duke.
Basket, Teckp' cried Miss Ward re-
provingly, and the little creature, with
prompt obedience, ran out of her room
and curled herself up in the basket. AS
her visitors were descending the stairs
Miss Ward heard them laughing heart
lily, and she plainly distinguished the
voice of the Prince of Wales as he
slapped his cousin 81 the shoulder and
said merrily, Basket, Teckp'-London
Tit-Bits.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-23
The Explosion Never Came.

Two young fellows had stacks of fun
on Nicollet avenue among the Fourth
of July crowds last year and scared
some of the folks nearly out of their
wits without the least danger to any
one. They had constructed what resem-
bled an immense cannon firecracker,
but with not pinch of powder about
it, except as to fuse. Of fuses they had
plenty, and they dexterously inserted
them as they meandered along the street,
supplying a new one as fast as one
burned out. They operated the practical
joke by one Of them carrying the dam
gerous looking cracker under his arm
and the other pretending to fire it un-
known to him. When the wag slipped
up and applied his punk from behind
and then lodged away, those who saw
it held their breath at tile expected ex-
plosion, which. did not, however, take
place, although few suspected the real
reason why. Up and down the avenue
those funmakers went, and many were
the ears that were stopped during their
fun and many the eyes turned away from
the expected explosion. Minneapolis
Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-23
The Original Americans.

1t is possible, according to recent sci
entific researches, that the people from
whom, in the opinion of some investi-
gators, the name of America was de-
rived were originally inhabitants of the
Polynesian islands. Ages ago, it is be-
ieved, nearly complete land connec-
ton existed between those islands and
Central America, the Pacific ocean being
at that time almost bridged with a chain
of islands.
The tribe of Indians afterward know
as the Ameriques are supposed from c.
tain remains to have first taken posse
sion of an island-Momotomb
the western edge of Nicaragua, whe.
they left some very interesting carving
and other tokens of their skill.
Afterwar6, according to the theory, a
substance of the land occurred, which
drove them eastward until they came to
the fertile slopes of the Amerique noun
tains, where their descendants are still
to be found. 1t has been suggested that
Vespucius got His pseudonym of Amer
igo" from the name of this tribe of In
dams.
If all these things are true, it might
be pointed out that even geological con-
vulsions have played part in the long
series Of events leading up, as if in ODE
dience to a decree of Providence, to the
naming of the new world not Columbia,
but America.-Youth's Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-23
ODDS AND ENDS.

The first person who ever went round
the world was the man in the moon.
China's national hymn is so long that
people take half a day to listen to it.
The latest occupation suggested for
the fair sex in England is that of girl
auctioneers.
How many there are who think reli-
gion is like a life preserver-only to be
put ON in the hour of dangcrl
Lady Blessington remarked that
friends are the thermometer by which
we may judge of the temperature of our
fortunes.
At Defiance, Ia, there is a Giving
skeleton in the person Of a man who is
feet and inches tall and who weighs
but 60 pounds.
Chicago is having a new comet. st.
Louis papers, envious as usual, say it
has distinct curl on the end of its tail.
New Orleans Picayune.
Since the Emperor William gave to
LeOncavallo an order to write an opera
ON "Roland Won Berlin" no less than
10 other composers are toiling over the
same material.
According to the Glasgow Evening
News, itappears that the latest statistics
issued by the German imperial health
department give to Berlin the honor of
being the healthiest city in the world
and Alexandria the unhealthiest.
Meyerbeer, in his last will, ordered
his musical remains to be untouched
for 80 years after his death. That time
has expired, and it is reported that
among his papers is a nearly completed
long opera in which the young Goethe is
the center.
By a recent law New York policemen
have their pay raised 5000. The salaries
of the policemen in the first grade shall
not be less than 81, 400 a year; in the
second grade, 81, 300; Che third grade,
81, the fourth grade, 81, 100, and
the fifth grade, $1,000.
Fifty of tho older Chicago musicians
have purchased the uniforms, iastru-
ments and accOuterments of the famous
infantry band that attracted so much
attention in the German village during
the Worlds fair and have organized as
the German military band of Chicago
Some ornaments belonging to an idol
the deity of Ballovpore-were stolen
by certain adhvicary of that place. A
local goldsmith and his wife, who were
apprehended while melting the said or
naments, were prosecuted, and yet this
crime does not rank as high as killing
a COW.
The scientific papers remark upon the
strong current of opinions which has
set in against the use Of cast steel i'll
the larger details of ships and ship ma
chinery. The tendency to develop flaws
in large castings and the consequent
loss and delay entailed may be regard
ed as the great objection.