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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-01-27
CuTICURA WORKS WONDERS

CUT1cuRA REMEDIES have effected the most
wonderful cures Of torturing and disfguriQg
skin and scalp diseases of infants and children
ever recorded. They afford instant relief, permit
rest and sleep, and point to speedy cure, when
the best physicians fail Parents save your
children Years of needless suffering. Cures
made in childhood are permanent.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-01-27

Sold throughout the world. Price, CuTIGpRA,
b0c.; SOAP, 25c.; REsoLvEsT, 81. PoTTERSDRUa
AND CHEM. CONF, Sole proprietors, Boston.
Bss- Chow to Cure Skin Diseases mailed free.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-01-27

Dkpv'c Skin and Scalp purified and beautifed
DHDl J by CUTicURA SOAP. Absolutely pure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09
4 Sensitive Point.

The Widow Granger had an i'm.
pOrtant case in court. She knew that
if she should win her condition there
after would be one of financial ease,
and she had accordingly employed the
most effective lawyer in the county
where she resided. When the case
came to trial the shrewd lawyer saw
that his road to success lay through
the emotions of the jurymen.
Gentlemen" said he, look at this
poor woman. Is she not enough to
excite the pity of any beholder? De-
crepitude has not spared her, and age
is fast spreading its blight upon her
once fair face. She"
You stop right where you are."
exclaimed the widow. Il need the
money that might come out of this
case, but I'll be hanged If you shall
stahd up there and call me old"
The lawyer fastened to her and
said:
Why, madam, l must talk that
way or lose the case"
i don't care If you do have to talk
hat way, you shan't. I'd rather lose
he whole thing than be called old.
am just as gOod-looking as l ever
was, and l want you to understand
that fact. Decrepit, indeed I'll bet
[ could gather you up and throw you
over ten-rail fence right now. If
you want to talk about the law there
is the case; go ahead, but If you call
me old again we'll fight, that's all.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09

1t is admitted on all sides that
played under the most favorable cir
Cumstanccs and by men who would
consider a loss OF temper almost
equivalent to a loss of honor, foot
ball under Rugby Union rules is a
reasonably dangerous game. Played
as it is in America, it seems a /
mirably adapted for paying off old
grudges. and proving conclusivcly
that good-humored puck and skill
are no match for savage brutality and
Irrelevant violence. To an aspirant
for honOrS in the American football
field we would say: ''My son, learn
boxing. Learn foot ball also, If pos
sible, tut learn Grst the art OF self
, defense"
Moreover, the pernicious practices
are not exercised secretly Except with
regard to the umpire) but tacitly
recognized as a part and parcel of the
game. True, if a man is caught
fighting he may be ruled out of the
match. 1t is made logical outcome
of this law that six or eight reserve
men are always ready equipped to
take the place Of any detected bruis.
erS.
The thinking man can and does
easily improve the occasion. II he
feels exhausted as the short winter
afternoon is drawing in, he can watch
until he catches the umpire's eye,
"Slug" a diminutive opponent, and
have his place occupied by one seven
times more wicked than himself Or,
being but a player Of mediocre ability,
he can yet provoke to merry bout of
nsticufiS one whose ability in the
game is greater, and may thus bring
a-out the retirement of both, sacri-
flc,ng his own pawn self for the op-
ponent knight. The American as
sertS that his game is more scientific,
which, from certain point of view,
is self-evident.- Saturday Re.
:iew.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09
CHURCHES AND BUSINESS.
Strange Uses to Which Houses of Worship
Have Been Devoted.


Have Been Devoted.
Our ancestors transacted q goOL
deal of business of one kind and
another in and about their churches,
says the London Standard. To leg n
with the churches of old England in
turbulent times were regarded as
places of safe custody for public and
private property. In the border land
OF England and Scotland the idea
was carried out still more completely,
and churches, or at least their tow.
ers, became regular fortresses, and
not infrequently were objects of Of.
fense and defense. We may note in
rural England that in the cases OF
ancient churches the towers are often
not merely disproportionate in size
to the rest of the church, but are
carefully and strongly built, evidently
with an object
Even in peaceful Surrey and SUSSEX
the belfries are vcritable strong rooms
with barred windows and massive
doors, and often contain an ancient
treasure chest Hither, at the first
alarm, money and valuables were hur-
rled, for, beyond the security of thick
walls and bars and bolts, there was
an agis Of sanctity which in a super.
stitious age protected the building
from the most ruthless of foes. The
fortreSs-lIke construction Of many
| of the border land churches is an in.
teresting study to antiquarieS. In
more than the well-known case the
holy ediflce consists merely of barn
attached to but walled off from a
regular Pele tower. Even in South
ern England semimilitary character
is given sometimes to a church tower
by the cresset, wherefrom, in cases of
general danger, such for instance as
the Spanish armada or the French in
cursions Of later period, the beacon
fire spread the news from town TO
town and from village to village.
In lone districts, such as the
marshland Of Kent and the Fen
country Of Lincolnshire, the tall
church towers which are such promi-
nent features in the landscape served
a very important purpose, inasmuch
as they were landmarks for travellers,
and even to-day the pedestrian has
reason to be thankful for the guiding
presence of Boston stump or Lydd
tower at the close Of a hard days
walking. In a later age than that of
civil war the vaults of coast churches
played very important part in what
was an important branch of business
When new rector was appointed to
a church in the wealds of Kent or
Sussex it was usual for him to receive
contribution to his wine cellar, ac-
companied by a concise intimation
that out of regard for the future
peace and happiness, and, perhaps
safety, he would do well not to in
qulre too closely into the uses to
which the vaults beneath his church
were put.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09
Presidential Boards.

The men who wear mustaches will
rejoice at the return OF one of their
kind to the Presidential chair. Pres.
ident Cleveland is the only one we
have ever had who INDUCED in that
kind OF facial adornment Indeed, all
the Presidents before Lincoln were
smooth-face1, as Lincoln himself was
when he ran for the Office. HIS long,
thin face was much changed when he
raised beard, which he wore until
his death. General Grant was the
first President With full beard, ard
Hayes, Garfield, and HARRISON were OF
the same persuasion IN matters
hirsute. President Arthur had very
handsome side whi,Sers and mus
tache, and was ptoGd, though not
vain, OF them and Of as general pcc-
.sonal appearance He took pains 70
look well, Icing iaoly o2essed always,
his perfect-fttlnT clothes showing off
his fine form TO good advantage. The
full beard Of President Harrison now
gives way 10 the mnstsche, and the
small, compact form to the portly
presence o; his predecessor and sue
cessor. Boston Globe. =
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09

The Atlantic Ocean includes an
area of so, 600, 900 square miles. Sup
pose an inch of rain fall upon only
ona-tfth of this vast expanse, it
woald weigh $50, 600. 900 tons, and
the salt which, as water, is held in
solution in the sea, and which, when
the water was taken up as a vapor,
was left bchind.tO disturb the equilib-
rum, weighed IG, 900, 900 more tors,
or nearly twice as much as all the
ships in the world could carry at a
cargo each, 1t might fall in a day;
but occupy what time it might in
falling, this rain is calculated to exert
SO much fOrce-which is inconcsiva-
bly, grcat-in disturbing the eQuilib-
rum of the ocean. If all the water
discharged by the Mississippi River
during the year were taken up in
mighty measure, and cast into the
ocean at an effort, it would not make
4 greater disturbance In the cQuilib-
rum of the sea than the fall of rain
supposed. And yet so gentle arc the
operations Of nature that movements
so vast are unperceived.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Chinese botanists can grow oaks i
yhimbles.

Chinese botanists can grow oaks iD
Ihimbles.
Science announces that cholera bacilli
do not live long in the body that has
been properly buried.
The University of Pennsylvania, Phil
delphia, is to have building entirely
devoted to chemistry.
1t is necessary to use high pressure IN
order to transmit the electric current
economically to long distances.
The Edinburgh Review says that the
commonest form OF color blindness is
/ that which thinks green identical With
red.
I Coal of ar excellent quality and in
/ large deposits has been discovered at
! Djebeli- Ebou- Feyaz, in the district Of
Ger, Asia Minor.
There is a reptile common to the
Sacramento Valley, California, known aS
the blowsnake. \ full-grown blowsnaHe
thinks nothing of swallowing half
dozen eggs at time.
The auger that bores square mole
= consists of a screw auger in square
tube, the corners of which are sharpened
from within, and as the auger advance,
| pressure on the tube cuts the round hole
! Square.
The modern lecturer relies greatly up
| on the projection of illustrations upon Il
screen, and the lanterns for this purpose
have been so improved that effects and
illusions of most wonderful kind al,
aow obtained in the lecture-room.
NJ. Van Rysselberghe, who died r..
/ Gently at Antwerp, was the inventor o:
the meteorgraph, an electric weather
register, by means of which the con-
ditions prevailing in various localiue.
nay be shown at central station.
Much research and investigation war.
rant the assertion that man is not the
only animal subject to dreams. Horses
neigh and rear uDon their hind feet
while fast asleep; dogs bark and growl,
and IN many other ways exhibit all their
| characteristic passions.
! Electricians are now considering the
feasibility of using potentials up to hun
dreds of thousands of volts. With the
potential of 100, 600 volts the power OF
| Niagara could be transmitted to Chicago,
with a loss not exceeding twenty per
cent, and it could be sold at that place
in competition with steam power, prob
, ably to commercial advantage.
A large dirigible balloon, intended t.
make headway against air currents OF
/ twenty eight miles an hour, is BEN :
made in France. 1t will be similar in
form to the La France of 1SS4-1SS5, but
largcr--23O feet in length and forty
three feet in its greatest diameter. 1t
will weigh sixty-six pounds per horse
! power, and will be propelled by 4 Screw
= in front with q rudder behind.
The enamcled iron of various colors
which has become such a common ar
ticle of electrical commerce is made, &C
cor'iing 10 a French industrial paper, by
dipping the iron plates into an enamel
ing liquid composed of: Borax 24 parts
| lby weight, soda salts e, boric acid Is,
! washed sand 25, feldspar 12.5, saltpcte;
3.5, flour spar ) parts. The plates are
Chen dried and fired. Coloring is oh.
lained by using metallic oxides.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09
What IS Home?

Home" says Robertson, in his
Sermons, sis the one place in all this
world where hearts are sure of each
other. 1t is the place OF confidence
1t is the place where we tear off that
mask Of guarded and suspicious cold
ness which the world forces US to
wear in se,f-defcnce, where we pour
cut the unreserved communication of
full and conlding hearts. 1t is the
spot where expressions Of tenderness
gush out without any sensation of
awkwardness, and without any dread
af ridicule. Let 4 man travel where
he will, homo Is the place to which
his heart untrammelled fondly
turns He is to double all pleasure
there. He is to divide all pain. A
happy home is the single spot of RESP
which man has upon this earth for
the cultivation Of bis noblest sensi-
Utilities"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09
A Tree 5000 Years Old.

On the island of Teaeriffe, one of the
largest if not the very largest of the
Canaries, about half way between the
Porto Santo and the summit of the IA
nous Pico de Tyde, the highest point of
land on the island, stands the consider
able town of Orotava, famous for its
wonderful "Dragon Tree" the identical
botanical specimen which Humboldt
pronounced "the most ancient vegetable
relic in the world" Humboldt made
calculations on its age in several different
ways, and declared that il was between
5000 and 5000 years old. Sir John
Hcrschel often alludcs to it as the oldest
tree in the world. For at least twenty
centuries the Guauchcs used the immeu'e
hollow of this ancient tree as temple of
worship. Its eventful career was sui
denly terminated in the sum ner OF 1867,
when it was uprooted and almost entirely
destroyed by hurricane. Louis
ReDubilc
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09
IraCheOiOnnX.

TracheOtomy is a surgical opegs
tiOn by which the trachea, or wind
pipe, is opened. 1t is an operation
resOrued to by physicians in cases
| here the throat Is stopped uD and
= tmiSsion of air to the lungs is OBJ
structed. 1t has also sometimes been
used in the case Of drowned persons
in order to hasten the imitation of the
lungs with air necessary for their re-
vival. 1t Is admitted by all surgeons
thai the operation is not without
danger, and in the cases in which it
is most frequently performed. those
of obstruction Of the throat, it does
not cure the disease, but simply pro-
longs the life Of the patient until the
trouble can be reached by deliberate
means. The manner Of performing
this operation consists in making an
incision at the middle of the throat
aud cutting into the windpipe, eau
tiOusly avoiding injury to the nerves
and musc.e as far as possible When
the windplre is exposed and the
bleeding, which is slight, is stopped,
the windpipe is cut vertically and a
part of it removed and into the open
ing thus made silver tube is thrust,
which, when obstructed by mucus,
can be removed and cleansed at any
tine. As soon as the throat disease
is healed, this silver tube can be
taken out and the edges of the wind.
pipe allowed TO heal. There are no
after evil effects from this operation,
except slight weakening of the voice
and a tendency to construction and
tiGntness Of the throat upon taking
slight cold. and perhaps an in.
creased sensitiyenesS to exposure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09
Facts About the sk Teton Industry

lCtS AUOut iHc IA tcAOh thuhSti =
Paris is the head centre of the skeie-
ton trade. The mode of preparation Is
a very delicate operation. The scaipel
is first called into reqUisition TO remove
the muscular tissues. Its work being
done, the bones are boiled, being care
fully watched meanwhile that they may
not be overdone. After this cannibalis-
tic procedure they are bleached in the
sun. Even then spots of grease are sure
to appear when they are exposed to heat.
The French treat these with ether and
benzine, securing thereby a dazzling
whiteness, which is Distinguishing
mark of their skeletons. They are war
ranted never to turn yellow and to stand
the test of any climate. New York in
midsummer is not too hot for them.
They are put together by a master hand.
A brass rod with all the proper curva-
lures support the spinal column. Deli
cate brass wires hold the ribs in place.
Hinges ofthe most perfect workmanship
give to the joints graceful and lifeiikc
movement. Cleverly concealed hooks
and eyes render disjunction at pleasure
possible. The whole construction plaialy
indicates the care and skill Of an artist
and connOlsseur.
Domestic skeletons are generally the
work Of amateurs. Janitors in medical
colleges rescue bones from the dissectin
rooms and cure and articulate them.
They find purchasers among the students,
who on the completion of their stu lies
resell the skeleton, if happily the market
is not gluttei. A second -hanl skeleton
may thus be hal at quite reasonable
fsure-occlsionably as low as SIS.
The imported article, however, range,
from $50 to 500. The very high-pricel
ones are valued because of the prescrva.
ton of the nervous AMI circulatory sys.
TENS. OF course, they are beyond the
mach of modest purses, and, as ta5ts
for medical and scientific research has
not yet developed among the millioaaires,
very few S400 skeletons are sold. They
are always a special order. A very fine
French skeleton may be mad for Sl5J,
and that is as high as the general run of
purchasers care to 90.
Skulls, hands, aud feet may be pur.
chased separately, but to obtain rib, an
arm, or collar bone, the whole affair
must be bought. 4 skull and cross
bones, suitable for decorative purposes,
cost but SO. The skull has but Que
cut; it may be pretty, it is not artistic.
For 322 a skull that will unhinge aud
reveal its hidden contents is possible.
The bones of the ear are comprised IN
his treasure. Herald.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09
The Street of Candles.

We were inL Gale de las Velas-
the Street of the Candles. 1t was
the way which all devout ones had
to take on their route to the shrine,
and no one could worship there with
out lighted can lie in hand. There
fore there was an enormous business
done in candles, which, to meet the
regulations Of the chu' ch, had to be
Of pure beeswax. The street was
lined with booths for the sale Of
these, which were displayed in amaz-
| ing quantities and in variety OF
handsome shapes and attractive col
ors. Probably the idea was that the
more elaborate aud costly a candle
| the devOtee held in his hand before
| the altar, the greater the efficacy of
the ceremony for himself. The rev.
enue from the sale of the candles was
| a prerogatiye OF the Gu a-the parish
| priest-whOse position was so snug
| ard comfortable as to make him the
envy of all his colleagues in that part
| Of Mexico. The income from various
| sources during the ferla was so
great as to assure the cura a very
| handsome personal return, as well as
to maintain the church in flrst-class
condition. l was Informed that an
| other priest had offered his brother
Of Tepalcingo Sc, 900 year for his
position, but the proposition was not
entertained for an instant. These
candles were not only paid for at
gcodly prices, but 1t was the rule
that they must be left in the church
at the end Of the ceremony The
cura, therefore, got the greater part
Of the wax back again, to be made
over into fresh candle, for the cere-
monies, very likely, with regard to
the due economy Of wax, were made
conveniently short.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-09
4 MOST WONDERFUL INSECT
Tho Plant Lice, Which Are Used by AMT
as Their Cows


almost every plant has its peculiar
aphiS, or plant louise, says the st
Louis Republic, creatures which
nature has endowed with wonderful
powers of reproduction. Among
these odd insects there may be from
twenty to fifty generations in eact
year, each generation capable of pro
ducing Others. A distinguished
naturalist has given figures to prove
that one pair of aphides in five gen.
erations, all of which could be brought
into the world in less than ten
days would have descendants to the
number OF ), 90i, 900, 600.
Ants, although they cannot also bC
clasSed as the ''most wonderful insect
of CREATION" are certainly the wisest.
They use certain species OF aphis
with his proboscis pushed entirely
through the bark of some tender
plant, slowly sucking its lies blood
sap. Reason lit cannot be properly
called by any other name) teaches
the ant that if the aphIs is irritatcd
he will void this digested sap.
Straightway Mr.. Ant marches up &c
the helpless aphis and proceeds &c
lrritate the poor creature with his
fcelers, and forthwith the sap begins
to flow from two bristle-like tubes,
which are situated near the tail end
OF the aphiS This flow ~ sap is
what the ant had reason to expect,
and as he is very fond of it he begins
70 greedily suck it up.
I i,,fn . 4.
arhis which inhabits the fig trees OF
Africa, which constantly diStill water
until it forms in great puddlcS on / lc
ground underneath. There seems to
be some contention among natural
lists as to whether this insect diStills
its water from the sap of the plant
which 1t infeStS or from the atmOS-
phere. Livingstone found some of
them at work on Il castor bean plant
and set about making an experiment.
When first surprised at their work
diStlllation was going Oh at the rate
of one drop every sixty-sevcn seconds,
or about five and q half tablespoon
fulS every twenty-four hours. lie de-
strOyed the bark Of the plant below
them, and, although it is known that
sap must come from the earth, they
were actually distilling drop every
five seconds, the flow Icing thirteen
times greater than it was the day be-
fore. He then girdled the plant so
deeply that 1T dried and broke off;
still the little colony of inject wonder
kept at work, regularly distilling one
drop every five seconds, while an
other colony on a green twig Cnly
managed to distill drop every seven
;een seconds.
There are many other curious point.
about aphides, such as the idea that
they are the progeny Of ants, that
they will turn to ants, or that ants
will turn to aphides-common errors.