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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-12

Eyes, snh," he replied. They're up
this road yonduh. three looks and
hoot, suh."
The New-Yorker thought the native
was guying him, and st"rted OF In
hun. He went ON until he came to
bridge, where he met another piny-
woods denizen at work, and asked him
the same question. The man looked up
the road The farthest thing In sight
was Il big pine-trec. nearly q mile
away.
Yes, sub, seen 'em 8 mawnin', sub, :"
he said "They was jes' bout one look
an a hoOt from hyuh then, sub"
The stranger glareI at the man, and
went grumbling on his way. Just be
fore he came to the big pine-tree an
other native came out Of the woods,
and the New-Yorker, with much mis-
giving, asked him the question he had
put to the others.
"Oh, yes. suh." was the reply. They
only jes' in hyuh a hoot. suh-"
The native turned toward The wsods.
put a hand on each side Of his mouth,
and shouted q lusty:
"Hoo-o-o-o-oO-hootr'
In q few seconds a similar cry came
back from the woods.
Thar they is, suhr' exclaimed the
native. That's them, sub"
And 1t was. They were three looks
and a hoot from the place where the
New-Yorker had hrst inquired fol
them.
The difficulty was that he did moi
understand the language of the coun.
try. A "look" Is As far a. you can SEE
from the point where you now are. II
may be q turn In the road . hundred
yards away. or point mile or more
distant. You travel to the end Of that
"look," and from there take another
look to the farthest object in eight a
your course lies. and travel on to that
II you have been told that your desti.
nation is two looks ahead. when you
get to the end Of the second look. there
you are.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-12

You may talk about bravery rs mucL
as you please. but as matter Of fact
everybody lacks It
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-12

Black Hills, Dakota, gold mines e1-
pect 10 turn out this year $10, 600, ,00Ni1
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-12
The Great Moa.

New Zealand was once Inhabited ny
a race Of gigantic wingless birds. call
ed the mOa. Although now extinct,
science through their skeletons. thou
sands Of which have been found. I'm
fortunately, in the great majority Of
cases, the skeletons are not complete,
and In reconstructing them for exhibi-
ton in museums 1t Is necessary to
match together the bones of different
individuals. Recently, however. the
plete skeleton of a moa nearly ten feet
high. Not more than three or -four
similarly perfect skeletons Of this mon
ster Of an age long past are known to
he In existence.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-12
A etran0e Fish.

Africa still contains much that is un
known and mysterious, notwithstand
ing the many explorations and discov-
cries Of recent years. In Lake Tan
ganyika, for instance, there lives a
species Of large fish which rushes at
the paddles Of passing boats, but OF
which no description has yet been pub
lished. For years travellers had heard
about this fish from the natives, but
Mr.. J. e. 8. Moore appears to have been
the first European to see 1t. During
his recent explorations Of Tanganyika
he saw the mysterious fish rushing at
the paddles. but learned little more
about 1t than the fact Of its existence,
although he caught enormous numbers
Of fish Of various species. some weigh
ing as much as sixty pounds.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-12


President G. Stanley Hall, Of Ciark
University, has lately been study ing
the origin Of the various forms Of fear
and terror, and he suggests that the
common fear Of high places, which
many animals exhibit, and which is
very acute with some human beings,
may be "a vestigal trace, like the gill
Sits under the skin Of our necks, ante
dating limbs and inherited from Oul
swimming ancestors" In reply to this
Prof. Wesley Mills, Of McGill Univer-
sity, says that while the youngest
mammals and birds exhibit peculiar
manifestations when placed near the
edge of an elevated surface. yet a tur-
tie will walk of any elevated support
again and again, and n frog will jump
almost anywhere" These exceptions,
he thinks, present a difficulty to the
acceptance Of President Halls theory
Rife. that Shoot Two Miles.
Practice science Is still engaged upon
the problems suggested by recent
changes and improvements in guns
projectiles and gunpOwders. The rifles
adopted for use in the United States
navy have bores less than one-quartel
of an inch In diameter accurately
O.236 in.), and, with smokeless pow.
der, they send their slender projectiles
over a range Of about two miles. start
In: from the muzzle with a velocity OF
some 2,3OO feet in a second! Similar
rifles have been selected for use in the
navies Of several foreign countries, but
the question is still under debate, In
some quarters, whether the immense
range aud great penetrating power OF
these arms are not fully counterbal
anced by the difficulties connected
with their manufacture and use, ant
by the lack of stopping power" Of ths
nroiecfilea
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-12
A Bog Slide.

Before daylight on Dec. q last rars
and disastrous phenomenon occurred
not far from Killarney, in Ireland. A
great peat bo:. lying on a hillside more
than 700 feet high. broke loose At its
lower edge. and the semi-f1uid mass
flowed like a stream of black lava.
some ten miles down the valley of the
occupants was s.ept away, and roads,
bridges and fields were buried. yet the
strange flood advanced SO silently in
the night that there was no warning,
and people living near were unaware
of what had happened until day re-
vealed the Shiny lake spread over tho
neighboring fields.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-12

Sir Isaac Newton's scientific jam n.
In an article on the measurement OF
the force Of the wind, recently p.b-
lished in the Monthly Weather Review,
an interesting story Is recalled OF how
Sir Isaac Newton undertook such q
measurement when boy. 1t was dur
ing a great gale on the Sd Of Septem-
ber, l65S The fact that Newton had
no apparatus. did not battle his In
g.luity He stood out in the wind
and jumped as far as he could against
1t, and then as far rs he could with It
and q comparison Of the distances>gave
him the data for calculating the force
Of the gale.
How a Train Sweeps Air Along.
Interesting results Of an investign-
don Of the effect produced by q rail-
road train on the air through which
1t moves were presented at a recent
meeting Of the st. Louis Academy OF
Science, by Prof. +. L. Nipher. 1t ap
pears that motion Is communicated to
the atmosphere many feet away. sc
that q large amount Of air Is dragged
along with the train. A peculiar dan
ger arises near swift-running trair
from the tendency of the moving air Il
topple a person over. and at the same
time to communicate motion Of rota
ton to the body. which may cause ,
to roll under the train.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24

Doors should all have glass windows.
Three small mesh wire Chickens some
times get their heads fast in the large
mesh wire) partitions divide into four
rooms 8 by 16 feet. Perches are shown
at a in room c, space being by feet,
perches being 31s above the floor.
Dust boxes at b are by by feet.
Room d shows two tiers of three nests
each under platform, each nest l foot
high, foot broad, 16 inches deep, with
3 inch board across lower front of nests
Room shows perches on platform,
three perches feet long made of by 4
inch studding planned and laid loosely
on two carpenters horses / foot high.
There should be a small window both
above and below platform made perfect
ly snug in winter. Wire yards, sanded,
wired overhead, should be provided
Shovel the snow out for them to eXer-
else in winter. Rooms C, d and will
each accommodate three dozen hens
and one rooster. Room is provided
with stairway into loft and cellar, and
should be kept for emergencies such as
for sitting hens, sick fowls, young or
old ROSTERS, etc. 1t will never come
amiss and rarely ever will be vacant.
You will find granite and iron kettles
most convenierA, clearly and econom-
ical for milk, water and food of all kinds.
Lille E. Harrington, in Farm and
Home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
FATTENING HOGS.
Fall Is the Time Above All Others to
Push the POrkers.

Fall Is the Time Above All Others to
Push the POrkers.
The corn field and the hog are COM
Ing closer and closer together. Just as
soon as the grain begins to dent, we be-
gin to cut up the corn and feed it to the
hogs that are to be fattened. How they
will pick up on it. The longer the hog
is kept after cold weather sets in, the
more expensive the animal is. We like
to fatten quickly and send to market,
and we can feed all the corn the hog will
eat from the stage above described
until the animal is ready to market. We
feed nothing but corn during the fat
tening season. If the animal has been
on good pasture and fed a lot of mill
stuffs during the summer, it needs moth
ing of this kind, if it is fattened quick
ly. OF course the laying on of fat must
be considered as a diseased condition.
During the fattening process the hog is
hot, feverish, and as the fat accumu-
lates the organs are oppressed, and if
fed nothing but fattening food the
bones and muscles get very little nour-
ishment, but that will do no particular
harm unless the process is continued
for long time. If it is the animal
ought to be fed some millstuffs or some
thing like them. All the time the hog is
being fattened it should have plenty of
good pure water. Swill will not answer.
If you ever had fever you wanted wa
ter, not milk, not tea or coffee, just wa
ter. The fat hog feels exactly like that.
AS to keeping swine for better mar
ket, everyone must be his own judge. l
think it is best to get them off as soon as
possible. 1t is all expense to keep hogs
after they are fat enough to kill, and the
question is simply this: Can you afford
to be at the outlay of keeping hogs a
month or two for what additional price
you may get. AS rule, no. The fall is
the time to push the swine. The tenn
perature is just right for the profitable
laying on of fat. 1t is not too hot anditis
not cold enough to use up the fat.-H. o.
Dixon, in Western Plowman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
HIVES MADE AT HOME.
Those with the Least Fixtures Are
the Most Satisfactory.

those with the Least Fixtures Are
the Most Satisfactory.
The kind and size of hive is most
bewildering question for beginners
The hive to meet the demands Ct bee
keepers in general is the one with the
least fixtures. The Quimby frame or
one of about that size. has won the ia
Vor of the apiarist in this locality. The
hive we prefer is made of seven-eighth
inch pine planed on both sides. 20 inch
square outside measure, and IL inches
in depth, with hand holes in the sides
The upper and lower stories are alike.
The front board is as inch narrower
thus leaving an entrance "a by 2Oinches.
A Stat "a by "a by 20 inches is used to
control the size of the entrance. The
bottom board has a cleat by l inch
on each end. to prevent curling around
on the under side. If two boards are
used they should be matched.
The rabbet on which the frames hang
rs furnished with improved tin. The
|alighting board has cleat 70 by rs
inch on each end and is 6 by 20 inches.
\ piece of inch hoop iron inches long
is bent almost on a square; one is nailed
at each end of the alighting board on
the top side by one end: the other END
has three-cornerei hole to be hung on
TWO screws. one at each end. at the
proper height to bring the top OF the
|ahghting board even with the lower
side of the entrance. The bottom board
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
WHAT THE EGGS COST.
The Profit Depends Entirely on tn
Cost of the Food.

The Profit Depends Entirely on the
Cost of the Food.
If farmer has a flock that must be
confined in yards, and fed twice day, it
is doubtful if the eggs received will
The estimate of the cost of eggs is based
on the fact that the amount necessary
to be expended on laying hen for one
year, provided all food must be allowed
her from the storehouse of the owner,
is one dollar, while the average number
of eggs laid by each hen during one
year is estimated at 100. This makes
every egg cost one cent. But it does
not cost one dollar year for each hen
except where they must be kept under
adverse conditions. Hens on farms
cost the farmers not over 25 cents hen
a year because the hens are self-sup-
porting during a portion of the time,
and also because they consume and util-
lie great many substances that
possess no value to the farmer. 1t is
true that the hens occupy land that is
usually devoted to some crop, such as
grass, fruit, ETC.. and which may also
be occupied by the fowls entirely. The
profit from eggs must depend on the
cost of the food and the prices OBJ
tanned. There is wide difference be-
tween 12 cents and 20 cents dozen for
eggs, and if we estimate the cost of an
egg at one cent. the difference of one
cent dozen in the price obtained may
change profit to loss or nothing at
all. There are hundreds of farmers who
sell eggs at only eight cents dozen,
owing to distance and lack of transpor-
tation facilities to market, but the cost
of the eggs is correspondingly as low;
hence, the actual cost of an egg depends
not only on the cost of the food, but the
conditions affecting the keeping of
poultry. East of the Mississippi river
farmers should have no difficulty in
securing good prices compared with
the cost. 1t is not the winter eggs that
pay best, for they may brieg high
prices and be scarce. The eggs which
give the most profit are produced by
hens that forage and secure their food
without being dependent upon their
owners.-Farm and Fireside.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24


A, young leafy shoot, scale one-third; B.
flower cluster, life size: C, fruit, life size
grow well at higher temperature, but
are likely to lack vigor and hardness.
The seedlings may be grown in pots,
which will facilitate transplanting at
any time, or they may be transplanted
in nursery rows early in April when
one year old. Plants two years old are
generally regarded as best for final
planting. At this age they vary from
90 to 40 inches in height.
When set out for ornamental pur-
poses, the camphor tree may be expect
ed to grow, in favorable situations,
about as rapidly as lie Conte pear, and
to require about as much room. In
Japan, where the law requires that
new tree shall be set out for every one
cut, they are not generally set in
straight orchard rows, but cultivation
there is performed almost exclusively
by hand labor. There are no records
showing results of regular orchard
planting, hence the distances at which
trees should be planted must be de-
termined by the size and form of the
trees and the method of cultivation and
of procuring the gum. They may be
set closely in rows about ten feet apart,
and alternate rows cut and reset every
five years, thus producing bush-like
plants of ten years. growth. They may
be planted in checks ten feet square,
and alternate trees cut every ten or
twelve years, or they may be planted in
larger checks. and all of the trees be
cut at the age of Is or 90 years.
There are not sufficient data obtain
able upon which to base definite state
ments as to the best methods of plant
ing or the age at which the trees may
be cut with greatest profit for the pro-
duction of gum. A recent English con-
sular report from Japan states that
although hitherto the youngest wood
from which camphor was extracted was
about 70 to so years old, it is expected
that under the present scientific man
agement the trees will give equally
good results after rs or 30 years." Cam
phor of good quality has been produced
in Florida from the leaves and twigs of
trees less than 20 years old, one pound
of crude gum being obtained from n
pounds of leaves and twigs.
The trees will endure severe pruning
with little apparent injury. One-third
of the leaves and young shoots may be
removed at one time without material
ly checking the growth of the tree. The
largest proportion of camphor is con-
tanned in the older, larger roots; the
trunk. limbs. twigs and leaves contain
ing successfully a decreasing proper
ton. When the camphor tree is killed
nearly to the ground fly frost it sends
up vigorous shoots from the base. 1t
may be expected to do the same when
cut especially if cut late in the fall. Ex-
periments are needed to determine
whether this growth may be depended
upon, or whether il will be more profit
able to dig out the larger roots end set
out new seedlings.-Lyster II. Dewey,
Assistant in Division of Botany, Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24

as well as the upper and lower stories
are held in place by the Van Deusen
hlve clamp: they may be used without
line furniture for this hive consists of n
division board l1A by 1875 inches. with
top bar la by h by 10 inches scant
measure. 1t is made of p inch lumber
with cleat V by "a inch on each end to
prevent curling. Tee frames are 17H
by llR inches outside measure.
The Top bar is made so as TO form n
comb guide and is 10 inches scant The
bottom bars are q by by 1917 inches;
the ends 11h by IL inches. The hive
contains the division board and from
10 IL frames according to the re-.
quirements of the swarm it contains
l prefer an upper entrance to n
shade board; it saves the bees going nm.
stairs ION foot" and the result is mora
money. When the flow of honey is largo
as In the clover and Eastwood season
the upper entrance should be full size.
when the second story is first set on and
the flow light. the entrance should he
small. When the robbers get in line of
battle and when the nights become
cold toward fall. the entrance should he
nearly closed.-Rural World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
CONVENIENT FEED BOX.

to devour more or less amount of dirt.
which is usually of such a nature as to
be no good to them. In order to avoid
this, l would suggest that a. feedbox be
made, having door of Stats made of
laths, as shown herewith; also, on the
side opposite from the door, l should
have Stats. as seen from the inside of the
box. Place the food in this, shut the
door, and the fowls can reach the food
from each side readily between the
Stats, but cannot soil it. Furthermore,
dish of water can be set within it, and
the fowls can reach through and drink.
but they cannot pollute it as they other
wise would. By this device. stray cats
and dogs have no chance of getting at
the food, should it happen to be of a
nature palatable to them, and stealing
it away from the fowls. The semi
rotundity of the roof is to keep the
fowls from roosting on it.-Frederick
o. Sibley, in N. Y. Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
FACTS ABOUT ANTHRAX.
Human Beings Have often Been At
tackled by 1t.

Human Beings Have Often Been At
tackled by 1t.
Psychologists believe there is no
cause for alarm in regard to the appear
ance of anthrax in this country, but it
occurs in rare instances and supposed
case recently excited considerable COM
ment. In it's most malignant form the
disease exists in oriental countries.
Cattle and occasionally horses are at
tackled by it. In these animals it mani
tests itself as a splenic fever. Man, in
any climate, may Ibe inoculated with
anthrax. If his hand should have an
abrasion and be brought in contact with
hides infected with anthrax baciui, the
disease is likely to manifest itself as
contagious carbuncle, malignant pus-
tule, or wool sorters' and hair combers'
disease. If there is rapid treatment by
excelsior of infected flesh, after inocu-
lation, the patient may recover. Unless
treatment is speedy virulent local in
fammaton ATTENDED with sloughing
and speedy system poisoning" results.
There is great prostra ton after inocula-
ton, and death from exhaustion often
follows in day or two. The dust of in
fected wool or hair, invading the lungs
or windpipe, poisons surrounding It's
sues and ends life with distressing
symptoms. The preparation of anthrax
vaccine was among the earliest of Pas
tours great works. 1t is said that from
100000 to 100000 animals are vac
cinated in Europe every year.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
AMONG THE POULTRY.
Low roosts are what you want.

Low roosts are what you want.
Young ducks will beat broilers.
When the chicks are out burn the
old nests.
If you have poor, sandy land, put
poultry on it.
The poultry business is very far
from overdone.
There is an increasing demand for
pure-bred fowls.
Have a good, strong male bird. and
one not akin to the hens.
A double-walled house. the space
filled with chaff or straw, makes a
warm. reproducing place in winter.
Many farmers who have kept chick
ems all their lives need to study the
business, almost from the beginning,
to make a success. for they have paid
no attention to it.-Western Plowman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
Hold On to Your Sheen.

1t is folly to leave one branch of the
live stock business for another, when
other men are doing the same thing, so
that prices are utterly demoralized.
Nothing but loss can be the result of
such a procedure. The time to buy is
when every man wants to sell; the time
to sell is when everyone wants to buy.
A short time ago stockmen were
tumbling over one another trying to
dispose of sheep, practically giving
them away. OF course, any sane man
could see that the outcome of such a
practice must, sooner or later, make
sheep paying property. So just hold on
to your sheep; that is, all the best of
them; the sooner the culls go, the bet
ter, but, the good ones, feed up and
breed up and be ready to take the re-
ward. Mutton sells well, even if wool
is too low for proft.-Rural World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
Lice KIM MANY Chicks.

1t is known that brood of chicks
that are apparently well will suddenly
begin to droop and die. especially when
the weather is very warm. In such
cases the cause is usually lice. There
may be no lice on the chicks when ex-
amined on one day, yet in two or three
days more they may have the large lice
on their heads. In the first symptoms OF
droopiness rub drop of lard on the
head of each chick and dust it well with
insect powder. Then treat the hen in
the same manner, as lice go from the
hen to the chicks.-Farm and Fireside.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
farm and Garae1l.
HE CAMPHOR TREE.
:, Can Be Planted Successfully In
Some Southern States.

:, Can BE Planted SUCCESSFULLY In
Some Southern States.
Oamphor trees may be grown either
from seed or from cuttings. They are
usually grown from seed, as the trees
fruit abundantly. and seedlings can be
crown more easily than cuttings. The
seeds are collected at maturity in Oc-
1ober and November, and after drying
are packed in sharp white sand or some
similar material TO keep them fresh I'M
til the time of planting in spring.
About the last of March they are sown
IN drills in the seed bed.
The soil of the seed bed should be a
rood sandy loan mixed with about one
third leaf mold. The seed bed should
be kept moist, but not too wet, and
should be shaded from the direct ravs
of the sun if the weather is warm.
The best soil temperature for germinat.
ing camphor seeds is from 70
10 rs degrees Fahrenheit. The TEN.
perature of the atmosphere may be ten
degrees higher. The seedlings will