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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
The raA,p,s SURPRISE.

The tramp had look Of determine
tioa. on his dirty face as he Knocked at
the kitchen door of q comfortable
house on Foundry street.
"Wen, what do you want?" queried
the cook, snappishly, for she had been
bothered much. Something to eat, !
suppose?"
'.No. ma'am," replied the tramp, as
honestly as he knew how.
"Oh, you DON'T" she sneered.
'Then you want something to drink.
Tramps are always ready to drink"
':No, ma'am, I don't want anything
to drink"
''Msybe you want an old pair OF
pants, or coat, or a pair of shoes, or
. hat?" she suggested sarcastically.
'.No, ma'am, none of those"
She stared at him hard.
''Well, what in the name of good
aess do you want?" she asked.
81 want work." he said, simply.
"Wha-what?" she gasped, and fell
into his arms in faint.
"Confound it, he exclaimed, drop
ping her and starting for the gate, II
might a knowed better than to spring
that on her. Detroit Free Press.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
A TULIP BED,

There are few things more Attractive
tkan a mass of glowing, nodding tulips.
To have these at their best, they should
not be moved every year, but allowed ia
remain undisturbed, season after season.
Treated in this way, they grow strong
hnd thrifty and send up long stalks with
large symmetrical blooms. Where one
has abundance Of space, it is unwise to
move hardy bulbs, unless absolutely
necessary.
There is great pleasure in q we'll man :.
aged bed of bulbs Of any sort, and they
require so little care that it is a wonder
that more people do not make a specially
of them. 1t is only necessary to prepare
bed OF rich earth in September and
plant them out, covering the earth above
them with litter, in which is q consider
able amount of straw. Light sticks,
brush or the trimmings from orchard
trees may be laid over the litter to pre-
vent its blowing away. This in the
spring should be raked off after danger
OF frost is over.
Care must be taken in raking that tbs
little tips of the stalks are not broken, as
they frequently start very early and push
up through the ground often before ono
suspects them.
Tulips, daffodils, narcissus, the old.
fashioned stately white lily, the crown
imperial and japanese lilies of variou.
kinds, with the crocus and snow drop,
make most attractive early spring gar
dens, and are well worth the trifing ex-
pen:e and care necessary to keep them
vt their best.-NeS York Ledger.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
<aN Cukiud Speeches.

Aren't there some times in your life
Tnen everything seems to go wrong.
no matter how hard you try to have
them go right? Those are the trying
5.ys when you want to blame all the
trouble on the way you got out of bed
in the morning or on other people, in
stead of looking the matter squarely in
the face and saying, 'It's one of my
exasperating days, and if can only
keep my temper until night comes to-
morrow will be different"
Words may be forgiven. but they
Rre not SO easily forgotten. The un-
kind speech that is forced from you
because you are not feeling quite well,
br the pettish, annoying little action
that you indulge in simply because you
nre nervous or worried doesn't do you
one bit of good and makes everybody
around you uncomfortable, and long
after the words have been uttered or
the deed done the memory will rankle
and burn, and you will wish you had
held on to your tongue and your tenn
per before you got into such scrape.
Remember this the next time that you
feel put out by the world in general,
tnd when you have conquered the first
It will come easier and easier every
tlay afterward.- York Commercial
Ndye-tiser
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

have the flowers so far out Of sigAs, bI
it saved great deal of hard labor anu
irritation, and there was an indnitl
amount OF satisfaction in the well-growl
specimens. have never grown fowers
with so much genuine satisfaction be
fore, and have resolved to always, in thi
fnture. plant them there. For even tha
loveliest flower bed is not a great at.
traction to lawn when it is turned bot
tom side up, or covered with unsightly
sticks and branches. -
I did not attempt even, o geranium OF
coleus bed, but procured quantities oi
large flower pots, painted several ole
kettles thathad seen their best days, and
an old butter bowl. A number. of hol
low logs, with the barr on, made very
pretty rustic flower pots. : They were all
filled with loamy earth, and planted with
gerauiums, coleuses, nashlrtiums, and
many kinds Of plants, or creeping vines
with tendency to grow'downward and
cover the primitive pots. This motley
assortment Of Flora's, parapherus!ia
was distributed ar ,und; the house and
grounds. l never haveIh geraniun.
do better or give greater satisfaction all
sound. If any other tiower-loving
friends and neighbors are addicted to
hens and are suffering from the Affections
thereof they will lind relief In! following
my plan.-American Agriculturlst.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

The men of Portugal are as fond OF
show as are the women. Their fingers
ire nearly always loaded with rings,
md about their bodies, which are often
As round as the bowls of their tobacco
pipes, hang chains as thick as ropes,
from which are suspended punches Of
trinkets
The Portuguese dandy is very fond
Of anything that will attract public at
tention to his much-esteemed person.
Above his snowy vest he wears a cravat
Of cleaning colors, whilst in his but.
ton-hole is stuck full-blown rose Of
inordinate SIZE think I am pretty
safe in saying that most of the prom.
enaders I have seen strutting about in
the chief thoroughfares on Sunday with
riding whip in their hands and hand
soma spurs on their heels have never
set eoot in stirrup. The spur is to them
sort OF sign of nobility, which they
arrogate to themselves, q relic of the
privileges of the old chivalry. Where
is the Portuguese, be he almocreve or
calafate (muleteer or calker), whose
ancestors did not wear golden spurs at
the battle of Ourique or of Aljuberrota?
have noticed that good many state
officials work in spurs, as if about to
go to battle; and when these knights Of
the quill, these ficados with silk braces,
peacefully render up their bureaucratic
souls to God, I have no doubt that
their spurs will be laid upon their
tombe.
But have we any right to dwell go
long in half-mocking spirit on a peo-
pie Of such numerous and trustworthy
moral qualities, and who, but for their
unfortunate Incidence and their exag.
gerated egotism, might be held up as
model to other Nations? For the Por-
tuguese are naturally good, hospitable.:
honest in their dealings, generous and
brave. and we are very certain that in
the event of any threatening of the
Independence of their country We
should once more see this little heroic
Nation, amongst whom slumbert .
powerful National spirit, rise as one
man against the invader, even as in
t3SS and 1s09.-Harper's Weekly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
People Who Survived Scalpinp.

In San Francisco there lives q man
st the present time named Carroll
Bronson, . pioneer Of the Selkirk
Mountains, in British Columbia, who
was scalped by the Sioux Indians in
1866, and still enjoys comparatively
good health, although more than
seventy-fve years of age. He wss
quite an Indian fighter in his time and
his face is SCARED with arrow wounds
received in many hard fought battle.
The marking of the scalping is not
visible except when he lifts his long.
white hair from the side of his head.
then it shows q great circular scar ex-
tending from above his right eve
around the right side and back of his
head almost to the left ear. Mr..
Bronson tells Of another man who was
scalped at the same time he was. The
scalp was torn completely of from the
whole top Of his head, 90 that it had
70 be swsthed in cotton and olive oil.
He lived q year, but, - Mr.. Bronson
.ays, sif ever q man knew what suffer-
!1g Rsent: thet man did."-Rittsbuza,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
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S98
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,
dispeIling colds, headaches and feyer1
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 ia 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 mot
accent any substitute if offered.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
wOOLEN APRONS.

woolen aprons are recommended
either to cooks OF other women who are
constantly about hot stove. The
aprons may be made from a Light
weight, loosely woven woolen, and are
certainly wise precaution against those
accidents from fire that happen every
fe days. At the large stores there are
ready made woolen petticoats, the
cheapest of which are fifty cents, that
may be cut open and used for aprons.
They need only be used for cooking
and ironing, and the gingham apron
used at other times. Washed in water
containing little ammonia, they are
as easily cleansed as aprons of cotton.
New York Post.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

glne, as It was the coolest place on
the train. We started late in the
evening, and nothing unusual oc1
cured until the fireman started I'd
Ill up the furnace. Logs were used
for fuel instead Of coal. While nd
was engaged in throwing logs into
the fire, q cobra, which had been
secreted somewhere among them,
dropped from one Of the.logs. land
ing on the footplate where we were
standing. There were four uf us
human beings on that footplate and
this new passenger made things
somewhat crowded. There was nd
stick or club handy, or we could have
made short work OF the intruder. My
companions lost no time in gettin2
out Of the way, the engineer crawl
ing out on tho footboard and the
others clamberin2 back on tho pile OF
logs at the rear, calling on me to fol-
low them. ], however, seemed to bs
rooted to the spot The reptile ap
peared to enjoy the heat which came
from the furnace, and made no hos
tile movement until very foolishly
made kick at 1t, hoping to frighter
1t away. The creature was not
frightened. but seemed to accept 1t
as q challenge and advanced upon me.
Ny nerves were completely paralyzed.
I knew that its bite meant certain
death, but I could not move a stey
to save my life. Just as the cobra
raised itself to give me the deadly
stroke the fireman sprang from the
pile OF logs behing, and, grasping the
snake by the tall, hurled it into the
furnace. The brave fellow, by hii
Quickness and presence of mind,
saved me from a horrible death.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES

The smaller breeds, as rule, are the
best. layers.
Well-fed early chickens make good
fall and winter layers.
To make the best flesh TIE fowls( mus
be we'll fed from the start.
Cooked vegetables are best fed to- osthe
poultry warm from the kettles. =
II the older cockcrels canuot be mar.
keted separately, send them to market
now. --@
The poultry keeper who looses tinter-
est in his business will soon lose his
profit also.
A first cross makes q desirable fowl,
bu: carried farther the results are rarely
satisfactory. !
A good way OF giving castor oil to
fowls is to pour it on the surface of the
drinking water. \. i,
Care should be taken not to use grease
or oil about setting hen, as a creased
egg cannot hatch. I u \
Where it is desired to secure as large
o number OF turkey. eggs as possible, it
is nearly always best to put the first lay
ings under common hens.
In nearly all cases it is best \to set
guinea eggs under common hem Tue
chickens will be gentler than if the guinea
Is allowed to hatch them out.
Let all the hens nests be portable,
then if lice appear. as they most likely
will in warm weather, remove and burn
the infested ones and replacs with new.
The reason SO many focks run down
aud ''run out" is that the selection of
the breeding stock is neglected. The
time to select is while the birds are grow
ing. --.~.,- =
When the stock is on dry feed alone
warm wet mash Of bran, oil, meat, end
either com meal or ground oats will be
found very beneficial if given once a
week. =
Careful feeders acknowledge that three
months is almost the extreme limit that
corn can be fed exclusively to hogs with
profit, on account of the risks of dis
eases.
Raise that hen roost in which the
fowls do not thrive about four inches,
and leave open around at the founda-
tisn. Fowls want to be sheltered not
housed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
The SensitiYe Turquoise.

|, The turquoise breaks on the death
of its proprietor and it changes color
when he is i'll. This last observation
is perfectly true and is certified to by
all lapidariea The same thing has
been remarked of coral. ''Not only
do precious stones ive," says Jerome
Cardan, "but they are liable to get
sick, to suffer from the infrmities of
old ago and at last 10 die Paris
Figaro.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
Rad Time For a Boy 10 Laugh.

As a matter of fact a boy never
should laugh at his father until he (the
iboy) is eighteen years of age at least.
Earlier than that, according to tho
Minneapolis Tribune, it is not safe.
"A boy over near the university has for
several evenings stood up to eat his
meals. and all because he neglected
the above rule Of conduct. His father
takes great pride in Hambletonlan
colt he is raising. The old man fairly
delights in pottering around the stable,
and he con hardly wait until that colt
is four years old and trots mile to
harness in 2:o5t, RS it surely viii.
The other morning the pater was fuss
ing around in an old silk hat and
IA equally venerable greatcoat, pitch
fork in hand, and while he was work.
ing about the colts heels the boy gave
the animal its feed. The colt doesn't
allow my fanliliarities while feeding,
and when the old man, in q stopping
position, backed Up against him, the
colt lashed out with both feet. The
man stood so near that tie lick broke
no bones, but he was shot as from n
catapult right through the clapboards
on the side of the barn. His head was
driven through his tile, and when he
oxtricated himself from tho splinters
the rim Of his headgenr hung around
his neck like ruff. He regarded the
whole business as rough, and delivered
an Grafton through his hat which the
boy regarded as amusing. The young
ster laughed. First he stood and
laughed, then ho laid down and
laughed, and rolled over and over and
hugged himself and still laughed. But
whea that devoted father got cleas
from tho wreckage he seized the near
est strap, and the boy has not smiled
once since. Tho boy knows now that
he is not big enough to laugh at his
father.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
THE Use OF HEN MANURE.

Hen manure, mixed with dry earth,
and shoveled over a few times, to secure
its pulverization, makes an excellent
dressing for the lawn. Itpsomotes re-
markable growth of grass, making it
thick, and giving it deep, rich color.
As quick starter for crops, it is
valuable, but its force is quickly ex.
hausted. While it will help start crop
OF corn, assisting in its early maturity,
the wise farmer relics upon some other
fertilizer. Good stable manure, plowed
in, with little hen manure in the hill,
to start the growth, insures heavy and
early y-maturing crop.-American Agri4
culturist.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
TIE BEST BREED OF COWS.


If the cost of food fed q COW and cosl
value of her products be, as We believe
they are, the chief factors in successful
dairying, then the best .breed still re-
mains practically unknown to US. This
breed is the Kerry. They arc the
original Irish mountain COW, improved
by careful breeding. They are very
small, but the English esteem them very
highly as mixers. At the recent Lon.
don dairy show they carried of all the
prizes, giving the largest yield OF milk
and butter fat, in proportion to weight.
OF any breed testcd. They are credited
for the past few yea.s wlth a.ways carry
ing off frst honors in every public con.
test against the special milk breeds. We
remember cow of this breed in our
youth that belonged in Saratoga County
and her milk was always reserved for the
use of the family that owned her. Our
memory recalls her as a great butter
maker, her milk being, In the language
of the women folks, as erich as c:e,n."
American Dairyman.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

tressing diseases, such as headaches, indiges-
tion, biliousness, skin diseases, boils, carbun-
cles, piles, fistulas and maladies too numerous
to mention.
II people would pay more attention to
properly regulating the action of their bow
els, they would have less frequent occasion
to call for their doctors services to subdue
attacks of dangerous diseases.
That, of all known agents to accomplish
this purpose, DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are unequalled, is proven by the fact that
secondary effect is to keep the bowels open
and regular, not to further constipate as is
the case with other pills Hence, their great
popularity with sufferers from habitual con-
stipation, piles and indigestion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
sfxC.nturies Old,

One OF the Oldest seats of learning
IN Europe, the University Of Valla.
dolid, celebrated recently Its sixth
centennial as an established univer-
sity. In 1898 King Sancho w. OF
CASTLE and Leon gave charter to this
school. But it had been in existence
long before the Christian era.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
FARM NOTES.
C1srEl.Ns U.pER BARNS.

Every barn should have . cistern
under it, and especially if the barn have
q basement for wintering stock. With
suitable contrivances, supply Of pure
water may be provided so that the water
is shut of automatically when the vessel
il filed to a certain height. This il
done by a wooden valve resting on the
water, and buoyed up by it SO that the
water is shut of whenever it Is needed.
Such cisterns under barns have often
furnished the water promptly. SO as to
save serious losses from fre.-Eo:to-
CultiYator.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
Napoleonio Relic.

A German newspaper states that
the original sketch Of the letter OF
Napoleon I. which he wrote in 1915
to the Prince Regent, demanding per-
mission to make his home in Eng
land, ts to-day in the hands Of q resi-
dent of Strasburg. 1t is entirely in
the Emperor's own hand, full of
erasures and alterations, and belongs
to a descendant OF the courier of Gem
eral Gourgsud, who made the clean
copy Of it for transmission.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
EARLY IN The sPRINo.

Light foot and tight foot
And green grass spread:
Early in the morning
But hope is on ahead.
Stout foot and proud foot
And gray dust spread:
Early In tho evening,
And hope lies dead.
Long life and short life
The last word said
Early in the evening,
There lies the bed.
Brief day and bright day
And sunset red,
Early in the evening
The stars are over. .e.i.
Robert Louis Stevenson, in Scribner's
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

One can read the history of wet and
old seasons by studying TIE rings off
tree that has been chopped down.
A train which runs at the rate Of
eighty-five miles requires a mile in
which to stop, when going at full
speed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.

In square inch of the human scalp
the hairs number about l 900, and the
whole number on an adult scalp is
about 100, 200.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

Experiments made in Franco show
that the reason the sapwood in timber
is worm eaten is because it contains
starch.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

A large vein OF paint ore along the
Potomac river near Cresaptown, seven
miles west of Cumberland, Md, was
recently discovered.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
Eumiliating Punishment. {.

When a prisoner resists the Paris
police they take of one Of his shoes
and compel him to walk like MY
son John" He IS so hampered usual
ly by this treatment that there is no
further trouble.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

1t is impossible, it is said, to fly a
kite higher than 1900 feet. At that
elevation it looks much further away
than il is
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

The war department IS experiment.
ing with aluminium for cups, plates,
horseshoes, bayonet fixtures, and other
articles.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
AN UNWELcOME PASSENGER.

Deadly Cobra Makes Things Lively on
Locomotive.
I had an experience in India about
six years ago, says traveller, which
I would not care to repeat 1t was in
the middle of August, and, having
occasion to make q short journey BY
rail, I was invited by q friend. who
was in the employ. OF the railway,
company, to ride with him on tho en-.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

DR.. Kilmer's SvAMp- Roor curas
all Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation freq.
Laboratory oIrckgmton. ". Y.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

Karl'a Clover Root the great blood purifier,
gives freshness and clearness to the complexion
and cures constipation % cts. 80 cts. 81.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08
Arc YOu NerYous.

Are you all tired out, do you have that tired feel
ing or sick headache? You can be relieved @:
all these symptoms by taking Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla which gives nerve and bodily strength.
Il iraa Ion