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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
A Boys ComDoSIklM

Here Is a genuine unassisted com.
position of a London Board school.
boy of IA years of age, which IL
vOuched for by the head-master OF
the school in question, written with.
out previous preparation in an ordi.
nary school lesson. 1t is heade
Fowls"
-Fowls are authorized pests belong
Ing to your neighbor, which dest: oy
every plant in your garden. But the
chief delight Of fowls is to find a
tidy garden in which there ia q mu k
heap II only one fowl sees it, it
will go and find half a dozen moro
to help. Then they will begin. In
a short time the fowls. garden and
muck heap are all mixed up, at least
the garden seems all muck heap Ey-
postulation with their owner, gener-
ally one of the British workm n
type, is Of no avail. All he says is,
why. lor! did they, really. guv'nor?
l wonder 'ow they got out?' People
say that fowls don't pay in London,
as a rule; but our British workman
friend says they do. Yet, all h. gives
them is handful Of corn day, the
neighbors' gardens do the rest. and
he grows fat On the eggs he rec ives.
Thi, Is the only way fowls pay. Peo-
pie ought to be allowed to make
chicken broth OF any fowl they can
catch. which belongs to bim. for they
themselves really keep the fowls"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31

his footing and began to fall. The
smooth rock, covered over with a thin
aver Of soil. AS young Williamson
fell he tried to stop himself by grasp.
ing at the plants growing about, but
each one yielded to his clutch and
was uprooted by his hands
Suddenly dreadful sound met hi.
ear. Between the mountain he was
on and another, equally steep, was a
narrow valley, throu IN which ran the
tracks Of railroad. The sound OF
an approaching train was what made
young Williamson trouble. lie was
falling steadily all the while, though
still catching at everything that
promised him support, hoping to find
some hold to which he could cling
until the horror that threatened him
had come and gone.
Nearer and nearer he rolled to the
foot of the mountain, gathering i'm
petus as he went, and then the hot
air from the engine smote his face,
the cinderS blinded him; he made a
frantic dig into the earth, and bounced
of the mountain onto the track bc-
low just as the last car whizzed by
him, and which missed km by
scarcely a foot. Young Williamson
says that he tainted just as he felt
tie wind from the vanishing car
touch his face, and that for minutes
he was too weak to move, even after
consciousness turned to him. He
was finally found and carried home,
and on the following day his La:r
turned gray
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
Most Desirable Ancestors.

| Many interesting genealogical facus
nave been brought to light through
the hunting up of old family records
involved In proving eligibility to the
recently organi. ed societies Of the
Colonial Danes and i au hters Of the
Revolution. An amusing story is
told of Mrs. A., who has suddenly
and Unexpectedly discovered a most
desirable ancestor, and who Is SO
proud of her new acquisition that she
IS had his portrait painted, his
biography written and printed, and
has made his name household word
in her family. ON searching her ped
i-ree she found, to her great surprise.
that her mothers people, quiet coun-
try folk, whom she had always con-
s;dered as humble connections of the
family, had really the best American
ancestry, and that it was the farm
er's daughter, a direct descendant OF
one Of the old colonial governors,
who had made a mesallance when
she accepted what the world consid-
Mrs. Al millionaire father.
At the recent meeting Of the Ma
tional Colonial Danes, very curious
relationships were discovered, and it
was interesting to see old ladies from
the North and South, who b i'd never
met, and had hitherto been unaware
Of the others existence, claim kim
ship through some common ancestor,
equally reverenced in both families.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31

other pills. Hence their great popularity
with sufferers from habitual constipation,
piles and their attendant discomfort and
manifold arrangements. The Pellets !"
are purely vegetable and perfectly harmless
i'll any condition of the system. No care IS
required while using them; they do not
interfere with the diet, habits or occupa-
ton, and produce no pain, gripping or shock
to the system. They act i'll a mild, easy and
natural way and there is no reaction after
ward. Their help I0sts.
The Pellets cure biliousness. sick and
bilious headache, dizziness, costiveness. or
constipation, sour stomach, loss of appetite,
coated tongue, indigestion, or dyspepsia,
windy belchings, heartburn" pain and
distress after eating, and kindred derange-
ments of the liver, stomach and bowels.
In proof of their superior excellence, it can
be truthfully said, that they are always
adopted as a household remedy after the
first trial. Put up in sealed, glass vials,
therefore always fresh and reliable. One
little pellet" is a laxative. two are mildly
catliartic. AS dinner pill,' to promote
digestion, or to relieve distress from over
eating take one after dinner. They are
tiny. sugar coated grauules; any child will
readily take them.
Accept no substitute that may be recon-
mended to be just as good" 1t may be
better for the dealer, because of paying him
a better profit, but he is not the one who
needs help.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
APPLE-TwIG FLIGHT.

There are two distinct forms of what
are called twig-blight in spple trees.
One is caused by minute insects boring
in the twigs, cutting and eating out
the soft pith, which causes the young
growt0 to suddenly wither and die,
the leaves usually remaining attached
to the twigs, appearing as though
scorched by heat; hence the name Of
''ire blight" in some localities. In the
other form of blight the cause is un-
known, but it is supposed to be the re-
suit of some disease of the sap, result
ing in sudden check in the circula-
ton. The diseased twigs should be
cut away and then gathered up and
burned for the purpose of destroying
any insects in them, as well as germs
of disease. This may not prevent the
appearance of blight the following
season, but it is thought to lessen its
destruotiveness.- New York Sun.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
CURING CLOVER HAY.

Clover hay is by all odds the best
fodder for ewes, and the curing of it
in good condition is SO often failure
and yet SO necessary that We give few
hints founded ON experience. For
sheep, especially ewes, it is important
to cut it green before it gets woouy
and dry and the leaves begin to fall
OF. As soon as the first blossom in
the field can be seen to have turned
brown, or even begun to turn, it is time
to get out the mower.
Still, it is always best to consult the
thermometer, and it is we'll to delay a
few days, if necessary, until the indi-
cations are for q few days of settled
weather. If there is q fair promise of
spell of good weather, and help is
abundant, five or six acres may be cut
down at once. Let this be done in the
afternoon, SO that the job will be done
before the dew falls. Dew on top of a
swarth rs much more easily dried out
than when it is sprinkled all through
it.
In the morning, as soon as the dew
is dried off, shake out the bunches at
the corners OF the land and wAsre the
machine has dragged the swath to-
gether. A half days steady sunshine
will wilt it sufficiently. Take a hand
full of it and twist it; if sap can be
wrung out of it let 1t wilt little
longer. Then rake into windrows,
driving around the land tho same way
tine mower went. If no rain threatens
it may lie in windrows the first night;
otherwise, make it in cocks as high as
a mans head and as slender as can be
made to stand.
All the subsequent curing should be
done in these cocks, either by turning
them neatly bottomside up or by
dividing them into two or three Slices
The great point in clover hay is to
care it without letting the sun shine
on it. The English farmers understand
better than We do the superior excel
lence of shade-eured hay.-Colman's
Rural World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
Maximetc, the New Explosive.

A new explosive called maxinete,
invented by Hudson Maxim, was testeI
the other day in Harlem, New YORK
City. The inventor claims that one
ounce of maximete is equal to one
pound of black powder, and that from
ten to eleven ounces of the explosive
is equal in force to pound of dyna.
mite. The tests showed that the ex-
plosive will not freeze, that it is smoke
less and does not ignite easily. Nine
hundred tons of rock were torn away
by blast, and the amount of maxi
mete used was only three-fourths as
much as would have been required by
the explosives usually employed in
Iuarries. -Four cartridges placed in
lrill holes twenty feet deep were ex-
ploded by electricity. The rock at
he bottom was shattered into snail
,its, but near the surface the pieces
Tere considerably larger. The whole
mass shivered apart almost noiselessly
and fell forward in great heap.
A quantity of the ma1imete in bot
lie was placed in pail of ice and salt,
together with bottle of water. TIL,
water froze solid, but the cold had no
fleet upon the maximete, which was
aiken from the ice and explode l-St.
Louis Star-Sayings.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31

KNOWLEDGE
rinrs comfort and improvement and

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 1. perfect lax
ative; effectua!ly cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fever
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
Co. 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, 1894-10-31
FOOD AND GENIUS.
Che Most Popular NOveiists Dine Much
Like Ordinary Folks.

Like Ordinary Folks.
1t is extremely improbable THAI
genius derives any peculiarly appro.
pirate nutriment from fish diet,
and 1t is certain that genius gives no
thought to the subject Mr.. Carlyle
and Lord Tennyson smoked pipes
because they were men enough to
smoke pipes we do not suppose
that cigarettes would have made a
decadent of Mr.. Carlyle or an "im-
pressiOnist" of Sir Joshua Reynolds
The style and charater Of DIR. John.
son remained the same, whether he
drank lemonade and tea, or port and
punch.
Old Satchells boldly AYERS that
brandy makes the poet, but his poetry
would have had the same complexion
had he regale0 his muse with whisky.
IN champagne and Crtolans Burns
would have written neither better
nor worse than on collOps and toddy.
In another field Of excellence it is
likely that to smoke pipe and drink
glass of beer wOu d not add or SUBJ
racU couple Of strokes from Tay-
lor's usual round en- the links 1t Was
not because OF his great appel tie fer
beef that Sir Andrew Aguecheek
fel. below a lofty intellectual stand
ard We do not know whether
Shakespeare had any favorite dish.
a bout Thackeiay's and JohnSons
favorite dishes, we know great
deal, but are psychoiogically none The
SER Appreciation Of cockly leeky
do not account for the state man
like qualities or defects Of james ".
Whatever Mr.. Gladstone's favorIte
food may b. it is probably none of the
rough-and-ready daint es celebrated
10y Homer and 1t is not to b. thought
tmat he takes grated cheese in his
claret. like Nestor. In sho.t t. food
and genius have nothing to do with
each other, and the most popular
Eovelists are not to be dlstingu shed
at dinner time from mere critics.
Saturday IeyiCW
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
Acidify After Eating.

To correct acidity after eating, let a
Dit of msgnesia the size of large pea
dissolve in the mouth and swallow it.
The acidity has everything to do with
'poiling complexion and temper. The
lace is the index to the condition of
The internal economy. Lime water
may be beneficial for poor digestion,
or Georice drops, or third of tea
spoonful of baking soda in half o
glass Of hot water, favored with
incture of cinnamon, which is a good
,tomachic in itself. These should be
.ried to see which suits. 1t is often
nest to alternate these simple remedies
FOR the same case.-St. Louis Star
Sayings. -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
DeaEaess Cauuo, he Cured

by local application as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of he ear. ! here Is only one
y to cure Deafness, I'D that is by con ii tu-
Onal remedies. Deafne 5 is caused by al in
famed cpndii ion OF the mucous lining of tho
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets i'll
famed you have a rum ,ling sound or imper-
fct hearing. and Wen it IS entirely cl - ell
Deafness is the result, and unless the infiam-
NJ alton can BE- taken out and this tube re-
ST ored to lis normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but in
famed condition If the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred ID bllar5 for an
case of D"afhess (cau- ed by catarrh) tha- can
n& be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send FOR
circulars, free.
F.J. CHENEY g. Co., Toledo, o.
eE Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
SEED OF cAu11rIowxa SN-

It is not advisable to attempt to
grow caulifower seed in any part OF
this continent, unless it may be on the
Western coast, where the climate is
moro favorable to this business. TIE
best cabbage seed grown in any part
of America is produced in the Wash
ington and Puget Sound region, ald
nowhere else has any success been met
with, and this seed is more easily
grown of first quality than that of the
caulihower. All the seed SOLD by seeds
men is imported from Holland and
parts of Northern Germany. The chief
source of it is in locality called
Erfurt. where the culture is largely
and proftably carried on. The seed
either of cabbage OF cauliflower grown
ON this side of the Atlantic will rarely
produce plants that make heads.-New
York Times.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
~ArTfNo.

&sthose who, on some lonely mountain height
Watching through all tho weary hours q
night,
Await the pale rose Of the morning light,
wait for thee.
As one who, waking on a bed OF pain,
And helpless in his agony, is fain
To wat the sweet return Of sleep again,
i wait for thee.
As b who, in some vast cathedral, dim -
With shadows, silent waits, on bended limb
TIE nuic nf the eucharistic hymn,
wait for thee.
Is dear men crave for song, and blind 70,
sight,
IS weary sons Of toll long for the night,
kad as the fettered spirit longs for flight.
l long for-thee.
London Spectator,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
Worse Than Dynamite.

Alarmed Wife-James, there is a
rough-looking man sneaking round
the house with box-shaped thing in
his arms Telephone for the police?
Capitalist-(peering cautiously out
If the window)-It will be too late!
He is on the steps of the back porch!
Wife tcrror stricken)-Is it an in
fernal machine, James? Is it box
Of bombs?
Capitalist-It's hand organ
Chicago Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
ASSIST NATURE
a little now and then

a little now and then
in removing offend
ing matter from the
stomach and bowels
and you thereby
avoid a multitude
of distressing de-
rangements and dis
eases, and will have
less frequent need
of your doctors
service.
OF all know II
agents for this pur-
pose, DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are
the b e st. Once
used, they are al.
ways i'm favor.
Their secondary eff
feet is to keep the
bowels open and
regular, not to fur
tlier constipate, as
iS the ease with
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
IN LOVE WITH A TIGER.
EY HARRY W. FRENCH.

'&i@h III - Z
with a tiger and the
tiger fell in love
with me. 1t was not
IN a menagerie or
geological garden,
by any means, nor
with a spotted bean
ty behind iron bars.
1t was not with a
baby tiger or a make
believe tiger, or a
tiger on the ground
while l WIS we'll up
in n free IT rss
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
SLIDING DOWN A MOUNTAIN.

A STIRLING Adventure Which Turned .
Boys Hair Gray.
Leroy Williamson. the 16-year
sid son OF an Ohio farmer, had
a startling adventure the Other
day which so frightened him that
his hair turned gray. He was
out shooting on a mountain neal
bis fathers farm, when he lost
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
- w II Eeen Time?

The clock which was actually made
BY the royal hands OF Louis XVI.
game into the possession Of a men,
ser Of the Rothschld family two or
:hree years ago. 1t is probably the
most valuable clock in existence, its
present owner giving no less than
:33, coo for the remarkable time.
)ieCe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
Farm Notes.
cDGINa HoRKS,

farmers should learn how to judge
horses Any one who attempts to
breed will do better if he reads and
discusses points as they arise with
ether intelligent breeders. The result
will be happier selection Of the brood
mares and stations. York World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31

The Sierra Nevada range of noun
tains in California is nearly 500 miles
long, seventy wide, AMI from 1000 to
nearly $1,000 feet high.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31

A man in Lexington has sued a
neighbor for s25OO damages sus-
tanned to suit Of clothes through a
dogs ferocity
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31

The tallest man of whom there are
authenticated measurements was Fun
nam, of Scotland, eleven feet and
little more than six inches.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31
HOW TO CULTIVATE wATER-c cREss.

I
Water cress is hardy perennial and
is easily grown, even where it does
not grow naturally by planting along
ths margins of ponds or streams,
where it quickly increases both by
spreading of the roots and by seeding.
! 1t caa best be cultivated where the
streams run through level tract.
An old market gardener gives the
following directions for making the
beds: Supposing the stream is on the
average foot deep and from six to
eight feet wide, running through .
meadow. A good plan for cultivation
is to make excavations laterally, say in
beds five feet wide with alleys be-
tween, five feet, to depth of about
eight inches, or deep enough to be
flooded by the stream when 1t is of
average height, or, when shallow, by
damming it up SO as to flood the beds.
! The advantage of having tho beds at
right angles to the stream rather than
parallel with it is that in the event of
, fre shets the crop is less liable to be-
washed away. The length and num-
ber of beds must of course be deter
mined by circum stances.
Water-cress seeds germinate freely
in earth when kept saturated; hence
, the beds, when properly leveled and
pu'verized, should be slightly flooded
lspough to saturate the soil only when
the seeds germinate); for of course, if
the beds were filled up with water the
seeds would be washed of. After the
, seedlings have started SO as to show
green the water may gradually be let
on as they develop.
Where water-cress is found growing
naturally the beds can be made by set.
ting the plants six to twelve inches
apart each way. When the cultivation
is once begun there is no difficulty in
forming new beds, as the plants grew
very rapidly where proper conditions
are supplied.
If the plants are set out or seeds
sown by the middle of August the beds
will be covered by November. The
str cams being full in autumn the beds
will he fully flooded, SO as to produce
the plants during the winter.
Nature is true teacher; the nearer
We can come to her teaching by exam
pie the nearer We will have perfect
plants. In the wild state water-cress
is always found growing best in clear,
shallow, slowly running water with .
sandy or gravelly bottom.-Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31

Socrates was the Bearded. Master
because OF his long, ragged beard.
In China when pupil is reciting
ibis lesson he turps" his back to his
.asacher. =.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infia' ma
ZION. aIiays pain cures wind collie. 25c. bottls
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31

karfs Clover Root, the great blood purifier,
gives freshness and clearness to the compleNi n
and cures constitution y cts. 50 cts. 81.
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A SL:an Fortune in Apricot :.

A. E. Newly will make a small ior-
tune this season out of Ventura ap.i-
lots. 1t is said that he bought 200
IONS, for which he paid SIS ton. or
,ay $50, 600. He will mako $50 tone
If dried fruit, worth S24O q to,. After
making expenses he will donhtlr.s
;lean up $50, 900 or $40, 0c0 on. Of tas
5enture.-Ventura iCGll Free Cz.as.
SOME men are so mean tha.. tee,
nave 10 be dead long time b. ,ovs
they are well spoken OF.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-31

DR.. Kilmer's SWAMI RoOT curss
al Kidney and Bladder troublea
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Sin1tamton. n Y
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A cotton shower, looking exactly like
snow storm, is a common sight in
the cottonwood groves in Co ,ra-
| do.
A Hungari an inventor claims to be
able to make from wood pulp fabric
suitable for durable clothing.
The Scots Guards Regiment has one
company averaging six feet q; the
tallest SIX feet seven, none under six
feet.
At Rotterdam poor people who cam
not pay fee must marry on Wednes.
day before noon.