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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07
The Atlantic Sea Bed.

Proceeding westward from the Irish
coast the ocean bed deepens very gradu-
ally; in fact for the first $50 miles the
gradient is but six feet to the mile. In
the next twenty miles, however, the fall
is over 5000 feet, and so precipitous IS
the sudden descent that in many places
depths of 1900 to 1900 fathoms are en-.
countered in very close proximity to the
100 fathom line. With the depth o,
1900 to 200) fathoms the sea bed In this
part of the Atlantic becomes a slightly
undulating plain, whose gradients are s.
light that they show but little alteration
Of depth for 1900 miles. The extraor-
dinary fatness of these submarine prair-
les renders the familiar simile of the
basin rather inappropriate. The hollow
Of the Atlantic is not strictly a basin,
whose depth increases regularly toward
the center; it is rather saucer or dish
like one, so even is the contour of its
bed.
The greatest depth in the Atlantic has
been found some l0J miles to the north.
ward of the island of st. Thomas, where
soundings of 1915 fathoms were %.
tanned. The seas round Great Britain
can hardly be regarded as forming part
of the Atlantic hollow. They are rather
part of the platform banks of the Euro
pean continent which the ocean has over
flowed. An elevation of the sea bed
100 fathoms would suffice to lay bare
the greatest part of the North Sea AMI
join England to Denmark, Holland, Bel
gium, and France. A deep channel of
water would run down the west coast of
Norway, and with this the majority of
the fiords would be connected. 4 great
part of the Bay of Blscay would disap.
pear; but Spain and Portugal are bat
little removed from the Atlantic depres-
sion. The 100 fstholn line approaches
very near the west coast, and souudin ys
of 1000 fathoms can be made within
twenty miles OF Cape st. Vincent, aud
much greater depths have been sounded
at distances but little greater than this
from the western shores of the Iberiap
Peninsula.-Nautical Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07
KNOWLEDGE
S72

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 moro 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
ative; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fever5
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.
aSyrup 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
accent any substitute if offered.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07
Lamartine's Audacity.

Thirty years ago even the greater
poets were not paid as literally for
their verses as the lesser ones are
now. One poet however, had the
audacity to fix his own compensation,
and to secure its payment. The
name of lamartine, poet, historian,
and statesman. occurs only o~ce in
the back numbers of the Revue des
DeuX MOndes, the great literary
periodical of France. II is appended
to several verses about which the fol-
lowing story is told:
At the time of the fabulous sue
cess Of the History of the Giron-
dins," Monsieur Buloz, editor of the
Revue, begged the poet to contribute
something in prose for his periodical.
Lamartine consented, making a con-
dit:on, however, of an advance pay.
ment of 4, 900 francs. On receiving
the money, as sort of acknowledge
ment of the favor, he handed the
publisher copy Of verses, saying that
he could print them If he liked as an
earnest of his promised articles.
Then came the revolution OF 1S4S.
One day Lamartine, then Minister of
Foreign AGairs, received call from
Buloz, now his bitter enemy. II
have come" said the editor of the
Revue des Deux Mondes, Ito ask you
10 pay me the 1000 francs l lent
Tou"
Certainly with pleasure" an
sWered Lamartine, taking four crisp
th0usaudfranc notes out Of drawer
OF his writIng-table.
Buloz, quite unprepared for this
prompt way of transacJing business,
faltered, "But then, owe you some
thing for those verses"
"Oh, that is Of no consequence; do
not mention that" said Lamartine,
carelessly.
Excuse me, Monsieur le Ministre,
but the Revue des Deux Mondes pre-
fers not TO be under obligation, said
the editor, very stifily.
"Ah! then the mater Is very easily
adjusted; let US call 1t 4, 900 francs"
hnd Lamartine replaced the notes in
his drawer, locking 1t up carefully.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07
His Dog Retrieved the Bomb.

A rather reckless Biddeford man, With
no respect for law or gospel, Is said to
have devised scheme for catching trout
by the wholesale, which did not work as
well as he thought. He thought that a
bomb exploded in the brook would bring
ali the fish in it to the surface, so that
he would only havo to pick them up.
He provided himself with bomb power
full enough to blast a schooner out OF
water and went to a local brook In whlca
there were said TO be lots of trout. de
fixed the fuse, ignited it, and threw the
bomb into the brook. As be did so ms
dog jumped in after it, seized 1t IN his
mouth, got back to shore, and startet
after his master, who was Logging 1t
across the field as fast as he could In the
realization of his danger. The man had
the good luck to get over a fence, which
bothered the dog, and moment later,
hearing an explosion, he looked arouni
to see his dog going skyward.-Lewi''
ton (Me.) Journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07
ELZEKSIls
PRESIDENT OF SWITZERLAND
In Illinois Farm Hand and Union Vet.
eran.

eran.
Col. Emil Frey, who was recently
elected President Of the Republic of
Switzerland, has an interesting his.
tory. He was born in Switzerland
Oct "a, 1888. and after attending the
excellent schools at Basle, entered
the university at Jena, where he took
foremost rank as scholar. He also
took the usual course OF an official
training at the federal military school
Of Switzerland, and finally made
study OF agricultural science in Ger.
many lie then came to the United
States and, 10 reduce his studies 10
practice, became farm hand IN Lii
noiS Thus he was engaged when the
civil war broke out, and his military
spirit prompted him to join the army,
which he did JulYS, 1861, as Sergeant
Df Company E, twenty-fourth Illinois
Infantry. In short time he was
appointed Second Lieutenant, and
transferred to Company c. Early in
1862 he was made First Lieutenant,
Ind assigned to Company H. From
his position he resigned to be made
Captain OF the Eighty second Illinois
volunteers, and participated in the
movements against Bowling Green,
Nashville, Huntsville, and Tuscum-
bia, and finally at Charlottesville,
Va At Gettysburg he was taken
prisoner July >, 1856, and sent to
Richmond. In March 1864, Capt.
Frey, with Lieuts. c. w. Pavey and
l.. Narkbriett, and others, was Sc
Iected as 10 ,tages for certain Con-
lederate prisoners: aud placed in the
Easement Of LIBBY Prison, where he
remained seycnty-S ven days \ ter
HI the no rors of this PRISON life,
Capt. trey was finally discharged
tune 0, lS65, and wa' brevetted
major for gallant and meritoriOus sery-
ice, etc
Major Frey's alth was now so
much impaired that he decided to re-
turn to his native land among the
Alps, whore he engaged as editor Of
bne of the leading papers of Switzer-
land. He was repeatedly elected to
Congress. In 1882 he was sent as
Minister from Switzerland TO the
United States, and remained in that
capacity until 1887, when he res gned
and returned to Switzerland. Other
honors here awaited him, and passing
through various gradations, he was,
as before said, few DAYS ago electe3
President of Switzerland.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07
Howells ShelIing Peas.

l recall very fully the moment
and the place when l first heard OF
Don Quixote, while as yet / could not
connect it very distinctly with any
body's authorship, writes William
Dean Howells in his literary autObi.
ographY in the Ladies' Home Journal.
was still too young to conceive Of
authorship even in my own case, and
wrote my miserable verses without
any notion of literature, or anything
but the pleasure Of seeing them
actually come out rightly rhymed
and measured The moment was
at the close Ot a summers
day just before supper, which in
bur lhouse iwel had lawIesslv late and
the place was the kitchen where my
mother was gong about her work,
and listening as she could to what
my father was telling my brother and
me and an apprentice Of ours, who
was like brother TO US both, of a
book that he had once read. We
boys were all shelling peas, but the
story, as it went on, rapt US from the
poor employ, and whatever our fingers
we're doing our spirits were away in
that strange land of adventures and
mishaps, where theIfevered life of the
knight truly without fear and with
out reproach burned itself out l
dare say my father tried to make us
understand the satirical purpose OF
the book; 1 vaguely remember his
speaking of the books Of chivalry it
was meant to ridicule, but boy
could not care for this and what i
Ionged TO do at once was to get that
book and plunge into its story.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07
The Crar Wolf disappearing.

The large wolf of North America IS
commonly known as the timber or gray
wolf. It was formerly generally dls-
tributed throughout North America
/, from the Arctic regions to the tropics,
but has, of course, disappeared from all
settled portions of the country.
Over the larger portion of its range
this wolf is gray in color, but in Arctic
repious it is white, or nearly so, while
in Florida and some of the Gull States
and in British Columbia black form
exists. In Texas there are red or bay
wolves. =.
Except in its color, the large wolf OF
North America is everywhere the same'
but in its habits there is more difference
caused by the circumstances Oh us
environment. The wolves OF the North
feed to a considerable extent on reindeer
and caribou, those OF the East on deer,
while those OF the South prey on deer
and on the wild hogs which run at large
through the pine forests and swamps. y
few years ago the centre of abundance
of the gray wolf In America CORE
sponded very closely with the centre o.
abundance of the buffalo. Great bancs
of these great and ever hungry animals
secompanied the buffalo herds, killing
calves or old bulls, and sometimes cut
ting out from the herd strong young
heilers, which they had little dlhcultE
in pulling down, if they could one;
separate them from the companionship
of their fellows.
Notwithstanding the fact that ever
since the settlement of America the wolf
has been pursued with guns, traps and
poison, it Is certain that no blow was
ever dealt this race so severe as the eX-
tinction of the buffalo. Their natural
prev gone, the wolves turned their at
teution to the herds of the stock meE,
and for years now their depredatlons
have resulted in very serious losses to
raisers of horses and cattle on the north
ern plain. They do not attack the herds
when they are alarmed and closely
punched together, but prowl about their
outskirts, trying to cut of the young
stock, which they can easily pull down.
Sometimes a small band of wolves Will
, round up little bunch of cattle, which
stand in close circle, their heads out
ward, prepared for the ATTACK. After
circung about them for short time two
or three of the wolves will dash at the
bunch, and if they can scatter the ami
mails it is the work of an instant only t.
pull down yearling or to kill two o.
three calves. We have seen two wolves
thus destroy yearlinc steer with no
greater apparent effort tuan setter dog
would use in killing cat.-Forest and
Stream.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Forgetting is forgiving.

Forgetting is forgiving.
good deed needs no applause.
Poetry is thought run into molds.
An idle brain is Cupid's workshop.
\ womln's age is one of natures
secrets.
Spend yourself on the work before
you.
Thorough preparation is half the bat
tie.
Cease from this antedating of your
exp rience.
A short ocquaintance-the perpetual
borrower.
Sufficient to to-day are the duties of
to-day.
Take the first advice of a woma", not
the second.
Joys are our wings; sorrows our
spurs.
\ hobby Is the medium between a
passion and monomania.
man is strong when he admits to
himself his own weaknesses.
The dead-beat is an indi, idual who
trades upon another persons capital.
4 discouraged man is one OF the sad
dest sights angels even have too look at.
III. universe is not rich enough to
buy the vote of an honest man.
Money matters can always be settled,
but feelings are pitiless.
There are some men who are always
Poiite-they have gloved souls.
What man hath done Is not always
what man should have done.
If brevity is thesoul of wit. all who
are short ought to be very jolly.
Imaginary poverty is as bad as any
thing except the genuine article.
We might take fate much easier, If it
did not come IN such heroic doses.
Behavior is mirror in which each
one shows and may see his own image.
Fish make excellent brain food, pro.
badly because they travel in schools.
In the vineyards about Rome the
vines are trained about trees and from
tree to tree.
The man who invests his dollars in
scents displays weakness and bad taste.
People who blow their own horns
seldom furnish good mugic for other
folks.
Cultivate not only the corn fields of
your mind, bpt the pleasure grounds
NO book that will not improve by re-
peated readings deserves to be read at
all.
Genuine oratory is simplicity, but it
is simplicity wrought ont with the
highest art.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or
constitutional disease, and in order TO cure
il you must take internal remedies. Hall 5
Catarrh cure is taken internally, and acts dl-
rectly on the blood and mucous surface. Hall
Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. IL was
prescribed by one OF the best physicians In this
country for years, and is regular prescription.
1t Is composed of the best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting di-
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials free.
f. J. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

The dairy product of Vermont reach
es S25, 100000.
Z Evening cloaks of black brocade are
trimmed with an ermine collarette and
lined with white moire or brocraded
satin.
Peruvian mines, from their dis
covery to the present day, have yielded
S1.400, 900 of silver.
Among the New Zealand natives the
most important part of the ceremony
is a terrific mock sculfle.
Cooperative dairying is growing
very rapidly in France, and there is
more inclination to make butter than
cheese.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07
1iiIlfona of n0liars

Are annually lost because poor seed is plante
Now, when you SOW you want 20 rear. fo'
intance, A. ". Lamb, Penn, made $500 on t, te1
acres of vegetables; r. Bey, Cal. cropped III
bushels Salzer's onions per acre; Frank Close
Mimi, 100 bushels Of spring wheat from twu
acrss; A. Hahp. Wis, 1910 bushels nota'ceS uf
acre: Frank Winter Montana, 2l6 bushels Z
pounds oats from one bushel planted This j.
what Salzer calls reaping.
IFYoU WILL CUT TnIs OUT AND SIND 1T WI !
ln- to the John A. SaZer Seed Co, La CrnsSr'
Wis, YOU will receive their mammoth ca =
logue aud ten sample packages or farm set,is
Catalogue alone, &c postage. A
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

That the United States numbers the
diamond amongst its many precious
stones is an undoubted fact, and, al
though none of any size to compare
with those from India, Brazil and
South Africa have been found, yet
from the many evidences Of finds o.
nndoubted specimens of merit, there
is reason to hope that some gem OF ex-
ceptional value msy be eventually dis
covered. either accidentally or through
systematic arch.-Ns Orleap
Picnyuue
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

Syrup

Just bad cold, and hacking
cough. We all suffer that way some
times. How to get rid of them is
the study. Listen" am Ranch
man and Stock Raiser. Ny life is
rough aud exposed. I meet all
weathers in the Colorado mountains.
L sometimes take colds. Often they
are severe. I have used German
syrup tve years for these. A few
loses will cure them at any stage.
The last one had was stopped in
Il hours. 1t is infalliblc." lanes
A. Lee, Jefferson. Col. "a
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07
POSTAL GUIDE FOR 1897

phabetically, in States and Counties, with all
other matters relating to post c.iics al Irs c "a
be ordered from B. SAILING El;. 4. -. Box. llS,,
Philadelphia. Pa. Nc business man should Ds
without IT. Price s2.OO a2er cover with III )nthly y
f2.5U cloth cover with monthIN.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

1t IS said that blue-eyed cats are
always perfectly deaf, and that pure
white ones arc afflicted with the same
iufirmity.
Al Great Falls, Montana, the mer-
cury has been known to drop twenty.
Eve degrees inside of five minutes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

The French war Office now accepts
contracts for oats, barley and hay for
the cavalry, on the basis of the nutri
tive value of the grain and forage.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

An example of the mutation of for
tune occurred recently when the SUI
peryisors of Sonoma, Cal, made
special order placing Jonquin Carrillo
on the poor list at SO a month. He
was once one of the richest men in
California.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

The turkeys of the United states are
annually favored with over l, 100000
bushels of cranberries, grown mostly
in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Wis
consin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

The latest explanation of the rain
which usually follows great battle is
that is the caused, not by the smoke,
but by the perspiration of the sol
diers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

The Greeks consume annually to each
inhabitant five pounds of sugar and
one pound of coffee. They make up
the deficiency in wine, drinking eigh-
teen gallons each in the twelve months.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

The popularity Of DObhins' Electric Soap +
that il acts right Oh tie ttirt and stains IN
clothes and makes them pure SnOJC, at the
same time il preserves the clothes, and makes
them keep clean, longer. Have your grocer order
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

II you have made up your mind TO buy
Hoods Sarsaparilla, do not be persuaded to take
any other. Be sure to get Hoods Sarsaparila'
which possesses peculiar curative power.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

A writer says: "We count our
nercies one by one; our troubles six
1t a time. A like industry in gather
ing up our reasons foS gratitude
would mako us happy all the day
long"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

In the Austrian army the average
rate of suicide each year is 13l to every
100000 men; in the French army 92,
German 6S and English %.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

Impaired digestion cured by Beecham's Pills.
| Beecham,s-no others. . cents a box.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

Sudden Changes OF Weather cause Throat
Diseases. There is no more effectual remedy fer
Coughs, Colds, etc, than BROWNS BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs. Sold only in bOEes. Price p cts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

Hoods pills cure all liver ills, biliousness
jaundice, indigestion, sick headache.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

The United States cotton crop in
1892 was 9,03S, ,707 bales.
A forest fire that rage for five days
in the wooded mountains of France.
destroyed 0,000 acres of pine forests,
valued at $4,000.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

JOHN MALLoS, ESQ. ssid I could not get well
again, that was liable 10 drop dead at any
moment. Ny wife sent for the priest, to pre-
pared me for death. While waiting for death,
Remembered reading of your Golden Medical
Discovery and thought would try II as a last
hope. When / had taken threo bottles, wGs
almost well. The swelling entirely disappeared
and ] was soon able to resume work. My
health is better now than IL has been in
TWENTY-FIVE years"
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ssli15Es sSEsSS8


JSo. MALLoN, ESQ,
No. ef Mclean ST., Mt.
adams, Cincinnati, O.,
writes: ~ took sick
with dropsy, lost my ap-
petite, could not sleep,
became feyerish; always
thirsty. lost all strength,
stomach became pain
full. breath short and
had TO give up work.
The best physicians In
Cincinnati, failed to
help me. My limbs and
body were swollen to
enormous size. and i
was suffering terrible
agony. The doctors all
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-07

Purely vegetable, mild and reliable Canse perfect
Tjs-eeti6, complete absorption and healthful regu
iafy Tor the cure of Gil disorders Of the stomach
liver bowels Kidneys, Bladder. Nervous Diseases