SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN MIFFLINTOWN : rremT, June 39, 1SS1. TERMS. Subscription, $1X0 per annum if paid within 12 month; $2.00 If not paid within 12 month. Transient advertisements inserted at 60 cents per inch for each insertion. , Transient business notices in total col obd, 10 cent per line for each insertion. Dednctions wiii be made to those desiring to advertise by the fear, half or quarter rear. A Comet Cometq. About the 1st of Jane a South American astronomer discovered acouiet of large sise. For some reason or other the fact was not made public till list week, when people in North America began to see the comet with the naked eye. Newspapers that were priced on but Thursday and Friday spoke of it ss having been Been by people of their respective localities. In this Community the comet wss first seen by Colonel William bell on Thursday morning, June 23, at 2J o'clock, la a northeasterly direction. The management of the Warner Astronomical Observatory of Rochester, X. X., Lad of fered a $200 prise for the discovery of a new comet. L. T. Edwards, of Baverford College, Penna., and Edgar L. Lirkins, of New Windsor, HI., dispatched to Rochester Observatory that they claim tbe Warner prise. They discovered it on the same moraine that Colonel Bell made the discov ery. The Colonel should put in the claim for the prize. On Friday evening, from eight to between nine and ten o'clock, it was seen bv a number of people of this town and vicinity, By tbe aid of newspapers, telegraphs and railroads the whole civilized world that can read will be reading about comets within tbe next ten days, and everybody will be looking sky ward, and talking about the celestial visitor. Already astronomers are sending their views over the telegraph wires as to what comet th U3i;ted visitor is. There is a divi sion of Opinion aa to whether the comet is coming, or going. Some say that it is The Corner or 18U7. Tbe comet of 1807 waa first ooticed by Her ecbel in October of the year mentioned. He estimated the diameter of its head or nucleus to be about 4,600 miles is diameter, and its rate of speed 55,557 miles per bonr. There is doubt thrown about the present comet being tbe comet of 1807 from tbe statement of the cornel cf that period, that Its train or tail was divided ; the train or tail of the present one is a single one. The records tell cf A Costrr in 1S11, that waa risible to the naked eye for a pe riod of more than three nioDtbs, the head of which waa estimated at 50.000 mites in dismeter, or more than six times the di ameter of tbe earth, and when plainest to be soen about the tuidalo of October the length of Its train waa 100,00u,000 wiles long. The breadth of the tail was 15,000, OO0 miles. Its nearest crxnts to the earth was 113,000,000 miles. Astronoeers of thst day coasted on its return about three thonsand years in the future. There is record of Otdeb Comets, that bave from time to time, of recent date, i that is, within the memory of living men, appeared ; notably tbe comet of 1855, a still later comet, thet of 1643, which ex cited the Ad vent is ts or Eillerites to prepare their ascension robes, and tbe comet of 1858, were celestial messengers that im pregnated the minds tHT many X)f the pres ent generation with the Olo SoTERSTrrms tbat has come down through past ages, that the comet is the foreteller of soma great outbreak among n human iuh&biunts of the earth, or to presage direful calamity to the people. Many people of this day and generation firmly believe them to be warn ing star stars indicating wars, famines or pestilence ; and in this country they point to the comets of 1807 and 1811 as pointing ont tbe war with Great Britain in 1812. Tbe comet of 1835 and that of 1843 are looked upon by tbe superstitious as the forerunner of the Mexicsn war, and the glorious display of comet in 1858 in tbe northern heavens is considered to have been the harbinger of the civil war of Jeff Davis. Some men have expressed the belief t'uat comets are the places of punishment for the wicked ; their path is alopg oblong, on which the wicked when near tbe sun will roast, and when far from the sun they will freeze. However nittch tbe astronomer, and well read people may drvard the popular superstition on comets, there is no good reason to point a jest at those thst believe differently, for when all is summed np, and the size of the comets are counted, their distance from the earth and other things having been measured by calculation, the troth remains that there is no means of knowing to what degree the human mind -is affected, or to what degree the atmosphere of tbe earth is disturbed, so as to produce turbulence amosg men, and disease and pestilence in the human family. Don't laugh at tie superstitious. And yet one cannot refrain from a feeling of humor when be learns bow superstitious minds are affected. Superstition is not confined en tirely to nnloUered circles. The American nation bave a distinct recollection of the aying or answer of Abraham Lincoln when be was pressed to issue the Emancipation proclamation. He said, It will do about as much good as tbe Pope's bull vf ex communication against tbe comet." He bad reference to the superstitious act of Pope Calixtus. A splendid comet appeared in 1156, sbout the time the Turks cr Jiohsm medant were most rapidly subduing the Christiana. The Pope became alarmed j be looked apon tbe comet as a sign and in strument of Divine wrath. He ordered public prayers in every" town where bis ju risdiction extended; balls were rung at noon very day to assemble tbe people to Implore tbe mercy of heaven, and at tbe same time be Issued a proclamation to atop tbe comet and drive Deck the Mohammed ana, and tbat is what Abraham Lincoln re ferred to whence spoke of the Pope's bull. A comet nearly aa bright as the sun ap peared about tbe time Neto was playing havoc in tbe Soman world. " A Hon KxtUBKAJL Court is one tbat appears about once in every 678 years. The record mention it as appearing tbe year tbat Julius Caesar wss assassinated, which wass about 44 years before Christ was bom. Tbe comet which appeared a little bile before tbe assassination of Cesar aaa so bright that it waa plainly seen while tbe sun was shining. It again appeared in 1106 ; again in 1680. Its tall was 112,750,000 miles Jong. Traveling at tbe rate of twen ty miles aa bonr it would take a man 643 years to pass the space occupied by tbe tail. At its last appearance it came within 146,000 miles of tbe sun. When nearest that luminary it moved at tbe speed of 1,540,000 miles an hour. It is relieved by i come astronomers hi be the comet that came so near to the earth that it produced Noah's flood. Noah was an astronomer, and he counted quite nearly to the time of its ap proach, and prepared for the event, which took place and flooded the world. It b be lie ed to be th comet that will come so near to the earth in some one of its revolu tions as to consume the earth With Ere. Its est appearance will be about the year A. D. 2255. WLeiher that is the time that it will destroy the earth of course can only be a matter of conjecture. The present comet is photographed by astrono mers, and they now express a hope of being able to toll tbe Uo j. of material that comets are composed of. We are all holding our breath to learn something new concerning comets. Ir some one will explain to the satisfac tion of the human family why it is that flsh occasionally do wonderful thing be need go no further to perpetuate his name to the remotest posterity. Herodotus tells of tbe exquisite skill of Arion as a performer on tbe harp, and o( his entrancing voice as a singer. Arion embarked on a CorinthUo vessel to cross the Mediterranean Sea. It was koowo that be had a Urge sum of money with hira. The sailors resolved to rob him, and to cover up their work they proposed to him plainly thst he should lerp into the sea, or tbey would kill him and bury his remains on shore, when they reached land. He pleaded for bis life ; he pleaded in vain. Like all robbers, the sailors were hard-hearted. Learning to his own satisfaction that they would not yield to his pleading for life, he made one request : thst they at least would ailow him to put on his best clothes, and while thus robed give them a specimen n'srtof playing and singing. He dressed himself accordingly, and stood on the side of the ship ; iih harp in hand, he sang to them a species of soug, in au elevated kty, and quick time a song that in those times was used to animate combatants or soldiers. When the song was finished be threw him self into the sea, dressed as he was. He was taken up by a fish called a dolphin and carried with great speed to the place of bis destination. There Arion informed oa tbe crew, and when the ship landed tbey were confronted by the man tbey had robbed. Herodotus says that in his day, in tbe art gallery at Taecarus, there jet remained a figure in brass of Arion seated on a dol phin's back. Perhaps that is a false story ; perosps u is a true story, it la no more remarkable than the story of Jonah and the whale t tbnt is a true flsh story. Both are remarkabln, and both come down from great antiquity. We, too, have a true fish story to relate- It is true that tbe shades of past ages do not fall upon it ; it is true that it does not proclaim tbe power of music ; and does not teach the duty of obedience to divine will. It Is a plain fish story, and is illustrative of fish freaks, and that only. Neither Arion's dolphin, or Jonah's whale, as far as the record abows, came to an un timely end, but the fish of our story was eaten up by Dr. Lucien Banks and John Hollobangh. The two named gentlemen resolved on a frog hunt along the Juniata between this place sad Thompsontown a few days sgo. The hunt was made iu a boat. The boat floated lazily down the river, and from time to time aa the frogs appeared tbey were shot. The sportsmen bad reach- ed a point in tbe river near Van-Dyke sta tion. The boat was sbout twelve feet from the shore, on the railroad side of the river. Banks sat on the forward seat, with tbe gun resting across bis knees ; be wss drowsy. Hdllobaagh wai seated in the stern of the boat, and occasionally would lazily dip an oar in tbe water to keep the skiff properly beaded down stream. Suddenly there was a flabby, smacking sound, like the stroke of a pugilist in a man's face, and something fell into the boat. Banks was awakened as if by a peal of thunder ; the boat trembled, and he tbongbt a rock had been thrown into it. He looked at Ilollobaugh, who. had cease! to use the paddle, and be sat per fectly motionless like a statue, and be after wards said that ha felt as if a male had kickrd him. lie was stunned into silence. The Doctor had not been struck, and he was the first to recover himself, and then he saw that there was a large fish kicking about in the boat. He shouted to his companion, but Hollobaugb sst still. Tbe Doctor put down his gun and got down on his knees and git led the fish. Hollobaugb recovered himself sufficiently to help to put the fish into tbe box at the bow of the boat. Tbe bass bad attempted to jump across the boat, and in Its leap it encountered Hollobaugh's right cheek, and the contact caused the tlalibv, smacking, pugilistic sound tbat awakened Banks, and stunned Hollobaugb almost as badly as if he bad received the spent kick of a mule on his cheek, all of bi b is not to wondered at when the state ment is made that tbe fish that executed tbe performance wrighed three pounds and a quarter, and was nineteen inches in lengths USES OF CHARCOAL. Charcoal, laid flat, while cold, on a burn, causes the pain to abate immediately; by letting it on for an bonr, tbe bnm seems almost healed, when it is superficial. Char coal is also valuable for many other pur poses. Tainted meat, surrounded with it, is sweetened ; strewn over heaps of decom posed pelts, or over dead animals, it pre vents sn unpleasant odor. Foul water is purified by it. It is a great disinfectant and sweetens tbe air if placed in trays around apsrttnents. It is so very porous in its minute interior" it absorbs and condenses gases most rapidly. One cubic inch of fresh charcoal will absorb nearly one hun dred f gaseous ammonia. Charcoal forms an unrivaled poultice for malignant wounds and sores, often corroding away dead flesh, reducing it one quarter in six hours. In cases of whst we call proud flesh it is inval uable. It gives no disagreeable odor, cor rodes no metal, hurts no texture, injures no color, is a simple and safe sweetener and disinfectant. A teaspoon fill of charcoal in half a glass of water often relieves a sick headache ; it absorbs tbe gases and relieves the distended stomach pressing against the nerves, which extend from the stomach to tbe head x. " I Don't IT ant a Plaster' ; said a skk man to a druggist; "cant yon give me something to cure me 1" His symp toms were a lame back and disordered urine and were a sure indication of kidney disease. Tbe druggist told hira to use Kidney-Wort. He did so, and in a short time it effected a complete cure. Have yon these symptoms f Then get a box or bottle to-day before yon become incurable. It is tht cure ; safe and sure KmmUU Repub lic. Tbe Bloomfield MvoeaU says J David Barrick, residing .near Walnut Grove, took a load of bark to Newport last Saturday, and when crossing the railroad track the end of the wagon was itmck by a freight train, carrying it along some distance and scattering the bark to all directions, thith er tbe drrer nor team were injured. SHORT LOCALS. a Beef cattle are scarce. Wheat harvest has been begun. Teachers are applying for schools. Wild turkeys are said to be plenty. There was a great rain fall on Monday. The foundry in this place is full of busi ness. The fashionable hat is called the lum turn." A bass 19 inches loug will weigh three pound. A number of farmers have commenced to cut wheat. Sportsmen are mapping out their ground for squirrel hunting. The stores will all be cloed next Mon day, tbe 4 lb of July. Three o'clock in the morning is a good time to see tbe comet. The Dnnkard church has three hundred ministers in this State. Tesxher McMeen's school picnicked at Macedonia last Saturday. At Heck's ynn can bay a first-class fine boot for $3.50. The fire cracker nuisance will make its appearance in a few days. Lost A gold watch key. Will the finder ! send the key to this office. Astronomers are asking each other, what will tbe conietary iutluence be t Tbe paint on tbe dome of the court house in tbis ptace is scaliug off. A. B. Fasick, the pes-nut man, has within the past year sold 4 SO bushels of pea-nuts. Col. Bell saw the new comet on lhurs- day morning sbout 2$ o'clock in the north- east. Reaper aud mower agents bave about closed tbeir tre-ie for this year lor that kind of machine. Heck, on Bridge street, bat tbe nicest and cheapest baby shoes in town. S. J. Jordan, editor of the Bedford Ga tette, died at his borne in Bedford on Sat urday a week. Jacob Fegblly started for bis Western home at Princeton, Bureau county, III., on Tuesday morning. Candidates for the office of judge prom ise to be numerous among the Democracy the next campaign. Mrs. Samuel Warner, of Walker town ship, died on Friday. She was aged 80 years, 1 month and 8 days. Jefferson Moyer was the first farmer in this vicinity to finish haymaking ; be finish ed that work on Saturday. Daniel F. Beatty, the great organ man, had a painter in this town last week, paint ing an advertisement on fences. Some women say tbat tbey can wear those $1 gaiters that Heck sella a year. Forty per cent, of the school fund in this borough is paid by people that bave no children to seud to school. Temperance in eating and drinking, and exercise, will cure almost any and every dis ease, unless a person be too aged. Col. Bell was the first person in this com munity to see tbe cotuuL Look for it in the morning in a northeasterly direction. "To Cook Frogs. Only tbe bind qusr ters are good. Salt and pepper them, roll them in flour and fry brown in butter." Mrs. Beneville Haller fell into tbe canal lock at Macedonia a few days ago, and was nearly drowned before she was tuk-n nut. Lightning struck tbe Wilkesbarre court bouse on Sunday. The damage done to tbe building can be repaired without great cost. Ladies, if you want good shoe dress ing go to Ueci' boot and shoe store, Bridge street. Mr. and Mrs. Loudon went fishing tbe other day, and about 16 of tbe finny inhab itants of the river were pulled ont onto land. A heartless man says tbe fan is a most elegant article ; it enables the ladies to yawn behind it without showing the size of their mouths. Tbey say William H. Vandcrbilt wears ill-fitting and seedy-looking clothes." Well, suppose be does, whose busines s is it when be psys for them. Miss Sallio Irwin by a misdirected step fell in the yard of her home a few days ago, and so injured a limb tbat she has been qnite indisposed. There were 23 cases of scarlet fever in Port Royal last week. It was a mild type of (ever for those that escaped with their lives. Three children died. Ladies' kid-foxed button shoes for $1.25 at Heck's family boot and shoe store, Bridge street. Ayer's Ague Core is an infallible cure for Fever and Ag(te in all its forms. Tbe pro prietors warrant it, and their word is ss good as a P. S. boud. Trial proves it. What should be done with the man that said, A lady from this town went fl.-hing tbe ether day and fell into the water, and ever since that time the bass are cross eyed f" Drs. Graham and Shelly removed a tumor from the neck of Ira Wilson, a lad living with bis parents in this borough. Ira is learning tbe printing trade in tbe office of the Democrat and Register. The robin is bard on cherries. Wben tbey are plenty tbe depredations of the birds are not noticed, but in a season of scarcity, like this, the work of the robin is noticed and deplored. Teo eases of boots and shoes receiv ed tbis week at Heck's embracing many different styles. George W. Boyd, of tbe passenger de partment of the Pennsylvania railroad, had charge of the excursion party of the Penn sylvania editors last week in their journey to Long Branch. Members of Post 134 G. A. R , tbst ex pect to attend the Encampment at Gettys burg, July 23 to 80, are requested to be present at tbe next regular meeting of tbe Post, July 7, 1831. Alaa for Vennor t He said tbe hottest weather should come on the 20th to the 25th of Jnne. Tbe weather between those dates wss exceedingly cool ; good for tbe wheat and bard on tbe potato bugs. "Tbe Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania State Equal Eights League will be held on the third Tuesday the 16th day of August next, at New Castle, Law rence county, Pa., at 10 o'clock A. U." A new method baa been adopted for social evening parties, to provide escorts borne for such ladies tbat may be present without male company. Tbe escort Is selected in this way : 'Tbe ladies write their names on slips of raper, place them in balls of yarn, I wind or rags, snd wben they arrive at tbe party they put tbe balls in a basket. Be fore leaving tbe gentlemen draw out a ball apiece and take tome the lady whose name is form inside lis ball." Tbe Tin Wedding of Re. Mr. and Mis. Logan, of Milleratown, Perry county, was Celebrate at tbe Presbyterian Parsonago in Millerstowa, on Tuesday evening, she 21st instant. The Pennsylvania Editorial Association held a reception for President Garfield at the Ocean Hotel, Long Branch, last Thurs day. All the editors present, and their wives and daughters shook bands with tbe President. Washington reports of the culture of to bacco places Kentucky as producing tbe largest crops, Virginia next largest, and Pennsylvania as third on the list. Only ten years sgo Pennsylvania occopied the taclfln place as a tobacco State. Not well defined i What are these half breeds' tbey talk so much about 1" inquire ed a young reader of an old politician, his father. "A half breed,' my son, is some thingis sonielb is nothing whatever, my son." New Haven Reguter. The Lutheran Sunday-school of this place will hold an ice-cream and raspberry festi val in Jacob Thomas's store-room, on Main street, on next Friday and Saturday eren lugs, Jn!y 1st and 2nd. Proceeds will be used in the purchase of a new library for the school. Artist Bess ws, ill close his photograph gal lery on tbe 12th of July, and keep it closed during his absence froui town, which will be from that date till the 1st of August ; so tbat if you desire to hare your picture taken between this and autumn, now is the time to bave it taken. David Uoluian has put the Foundry in this place in first-rate trim. He is now pre pared to do all kinds of foundry work, cast iug, turning, repairing reapers, mowers, threshing machines, making stoves, plows, Kc. Give him a call when yon need foun dry made articles. The Annual Examination of the McAlis terville Soldiers' Orphan School will take place on Tuesday, July 12, proximo. The pupils are earnestly invited to be present. Tbe school is in splendid order, and the examination will, it is expected prove one of the most successful in the school's his tory. One day last week, while Jefferson Mover was cutting grass his reaper cut tbe bead off a black snake. Tho next day while one of the bands was turning bay the body ol tbe snake became exposed, and several stones were delivered at the snake before the discovery was made that the snake was dead. Gentlemen's fino boots snd shoes of all kinds at Heck's Bridge street. No tronbie to show goods. Bass fishermen differ in their opinion as to how baas feed ; one contends that they feed chiefly along the bottom ; another con tends tbat they feed npon objects that float off the bottom ; a third person contends that they feed everywhere that their flsh fancy dictates. The grandest demonstration attempted in many years will take place in Thompson town on the 4th of July. W. I. Hibbs will be the orator of the day ; other speakers will be present. There will be s grand dec oration of tl igs, banners, illureinatiug bal loons and transparent lanterns and so forth. All are invited. The boy that believes that he is sn expert at jumping on and off trains when in mo tion may find food for reflection In the fact that about three boys is the average num ber that are ground np every week by freight cars. Every boy that has lost limbs, or has lost hi life, believed tbat he could never become the victim of such mishaps. The greatest sensation of the season among fishermen, is fouud in tbe fact that a few days ago a 3 pound bass sprang out of the water and struck John Ilollobaugh on the right cheek while be sat in a skiff pid dling the canoe. Belief baa been rxi re-ased lhat if he bad been a man of light weight be would have been knocked out of tbe bo.it on the left side, sud been so stunned tbat be would bsve been drowned. The remains of Mrs. John flyers were brought from ber home in Lancaster county on Monday, and interred in the Mennonite grave-yard in Lost Creek Valley on Tues day, June 2itb. Mrs. Byers was a daugh ter of John Kinzer, living near McAlister ville, this county. Hers was a short wed ded life, the having been married only last winter. A severe cold contracted in the spring waa the cause of her death. One hundred pairs of ladies slippers reeeived this week at Heck's family shoe store that he will sell for 25 eents a pa;r. Espenschade's store has a rat terrier dog tbat cannot endure the explosion of fire crackers. He will soon bo compelled to go indoor till after the 4th of July. Last year be went indoor, down into the cellar, on the 3rd of July, when the infernal Chinese noise was begun, and returned there till on the evening of the 6tb of July, ben civilized order was once more restored. That dog wouldn't make good Chinese soup, being anti-Chinese to tbe marrow. How to DissotVe India-Rnbber. An ex change says : The usual and cheapest sol vents of india-rnbber are naphtha and tur pentine, and these will keep tbe india-rnbber in solution so long ss tbey are not ex posed to tbe air; but, of course, being spirits, cn exposure in small quantities the spirit leaves the india-rubber. These solu tions are used to cement hoes snd pipes of leather, etc. If india-rubber be literally melted in an oven, at about 210 or 220 de grees of beat, it will not return to a solid state. Last Monday morning Charles Rsdman of Harrisburg, a brakeman on a freight train of cars, was seriously hurt. A sbouldur was broken, and a leg was crushed and required amputation. His train lay alongside of an other train between tbia place and Port Royal. Bed man got off bis car and sat down on third track and fell asleep. While be sat there a locomotive came along and knocked bim off, with the above result. He now lies at the railroad hotel in Patterson, In a condition as favorable as can be ex pected, under the surgical and medical at tention of Dr. Crawford. A twelve-year-old son of David Adams, living near Johnstown, this county, met with a most serious accident on Thursday evening. The lad was caught by tbo bar of the reaper while the machiue waa in motion cutting grass. The result was most unfor tunate ; one of bis feet was cut through from the instep to the beeL Amputation was necesssry. Drs. Allen snd Brazee per-, formed tbe surgical operation necessary, and gave such medical attention as tbe case required. Wk notice in our shoe business this sea son this fact : that we bave sold more good to persons who bsve been examining goods and prices at other places than we bare done before. Why is it t Tours respectfully, GEO. W- HECK, Bridge Street, Mtfflrotown, Pa. The following, from tbe New York Sa of June 20th insL, is worth knowing r Is there any pure ice cream f V?c9," a Third avenue confectioner said, "I claim to make ice cream of pure tnstemls, but I cannot afford to sell it zt the price laid down by the large manufacture. Tbey charge $1 a gallon I charge SI. 50, and al though I give my customers a pure article for their money, I don't suppose that I make nearly as much proSt out of a gallon as the large firms niske who sell it City cents cheaper." Why ?" "The reason is plain enough, If oa read this postal card It will give you Liie key to t&e Whole mystery : TBK OkLATIsC. New Tons.. May M.18SI. Dear Sir: We herewith send sample! please give It a fair trial. Price ."-U cents per pound. Respectfully yours, 'This sample packet contained two ounces of what was called gelatine, and is said to make one and a half quarts of crystalline jelly. In reality," the confectioner contin- ! ned, " it is nothing more nor lets than a lair j quality of glue, which can be bought at any j drug store. Tbe cost is estimated at front 25 cents to 30 cents a pound. It is not even j gelatine, for gelatine is usually sold in shuets. i These two ounces are sufficient to m.ke two gallons of ice cream. It is first melted in lukewsrin milk, and then poured info the fr-ezer to give the cream body. Neatly ad the large manufacturers use it, and in pro portion to the amount of glue they pnt in, the less cream they require. It is quite easy to tell when ice cream is adulterated. It has a puffy appearance, somew hat like Charlotte Russe, and if you plunge a spoon Info it, you will almost feel tho ait rushing O'lt. After eating it a peculiar sensation is felt in tbe throat- Tbis arises froiu two causes i First, frouf he gelatine, so called ; snd secondly, from Ttie sdulterated flavor ing that is used. For instance, the lemon flavor is obtained from oil of lemons ; tbe strawberry flavor from concentrated straw berry, which, in turn, is tnsde from ether ; the vanilla extract from alcohol, aa it does not pay to mike it from the beans, which cost $1G per pound. Tbat is how some manufacturers get their flavoring. Since this refined glue has been introduced, com starch is used less extensively. It is not uncommon for big dealers to put bone dust in their white sugar, so that you see there is another item af adulteration." " What does a quart of pure ice cream coat you " ' A quart of pare cream costs 20 cents. I can buy creuin for 15 cents, but it isn't pure. Four fresh eggs cost 8 cents, a haif pound w hite standard sugir 5 ceuts, flavor ing 3 cents, ice and salt 8 cents. Total, 39 cents. This will give a little over a quart, and I generally put tbe actus) cost of a quart at about 30 cents, or (1.2i per gallon, leaving a margin of 30 cents profit. The fact is, no wholesale manufacturer can pro duce pure ice cream at $1 a gallon, and therefore Ibey bave to put glue ii to it iu order to make a big profit on their sales. No honest confectioner will object to let his customers know what he puts into bis ice cream, and wben be does you can al ways make r.p your niiud tbat there ia some thing wrong." j The Newport AVirs of the 2oth inst. says i David Barrick, of Jnniata townbhip, on Saturday morning lat had a miniature expectation of meeting death on the cow. catcher of a freight tram, at the Walnut street crossing, lie arrived at the railroad about ten o'clock with a three-horse load of bark, for one of the tanneries, but could at once cross, because local freight was shifting cars. Finally the track ws cleared and Mr. Barrick whipped up his horses, but when it was too late to go bach ward be saw a freight train westward bouuJ making for bim at the rate of fifteen or twenty miles an bour. His three horses, Limsel:' and the frout part of the wagon merely cleared the track when the locomotire thundered into the wagon, cutting it in two, scattering tbe bark in every direction snd splitting the ladders and wheels into kindling wood. The tire of one of the wheels was twisted all out of shape. A portion of the wreck lodged on the locomotive and was carried np to Cook' saw-mill. The driver of the team stuck on his saddle horse like a major, aud did bis utmost to atop them as they ran as fat as they could down the street, takirg with them the front carriage of the wagon. Tbey were gained control of at the canal. Tbe bark was rc-loaded ou another wagon and hauled to tbe tannery. A almost incredible romance has hap pened in Wisconsin, and if it had not been vouched for by so reliable authority as the Racine Journal, it would be rejected alto gether. Tbe story, as the Journal telle it, is that "a resident of Racine named John son, who hss roamed through this world tor about thirty-five years, having never met the choice of his heart, was walking up Main street, when be was met by a buxom looking country girl and some friends. He was not acquainted with tbe girl, but intro ductions soon followed she blushed and he wss confused, and there was no getting around it, it was a case of love at first sight, Tbey talked earnestly for about half an hour the friends having departed. They soon parted with a kiss, she going north and be going south. In the course of two hours both made their appearance again on Main street, dressed np in fine style. They kissed sgain and ahe took his arm and they walked off, aud at two o'clock were united In mar riage. He made her acquaintance, popped the question and married her in side of three hours." The next annual niotllug of tbe Pennsyl vania Miller' State Association will be held in Pittsburg during tbe time of tbe State Fair in September. The State Agricultural Society will allot a space or 60 feet by 170 feet with line shafting and motive power rail for the display of machinery and mill supplies. Tbis is tbe first time- in tbis S late tbat an opportunity baa been afforded to millers to witness such a display of milling machinery in motion, and It Is expected that there will be a larga number of millers present from tbis and other States, November 12 baa been fixed npon by a certain circle of people aa the date when the world will come to an end. Now that there is a monster comet blazing in all iu glory in the northern say, will some one arise and tell where the earth will be on the 12th day of November 1 Will it be on tbe path of tbe comet 1 and will tbe comet and the earth meet at tbe cross roads, or where the paths oi the comet and earth cross each other 1 The Fulton Rtptblicaa says that many of the harvest bands that have been down in Maryland and Virginia, helping to cnt the harvest, have returned, and are ready tor the harvest at home. C in OOfl per day at home. Samples tpj bU J)6U worth free. Address hns (mar 2 TS My oa fc Co., Portland, Maine. ' skrlif "THE CTCLOPEDIA WAR." The Cyclopedia War arid" tte Literary Sevolution are working wonderful and hap py results for the readers of books, acd searchers after knowledge. Tbe great "Li brary of Universal Knowledge" is so nounced to be completed, ready for delivery to pure bis ar a, the early part of July. It is probably the largest and most important literary work this country and the century hue seen. It is based upon Chamlarrs's Encyclopedia, the last London edition of which is reprinted entire as a portion of its contents, a laga corps of American editors and writers sdding thereto, a vast amount of information Uovo aixut I5.0J0 suhj-wia in every department "f hnnian knowledgo. Ciinnberj's Fucydopouia, wbo&e 'distin guished merit is universally known, is the laborious ftiduct of the r.pest British and I Eiiruuvsn schuiarakip, bat being a wo.h. oi , foreign production it has b.-en naturally de- ! Scient in its adaptation lo (lie wants of American readers. Iu this new form it is most thoroughly Aiuericuuized, and becomes j at once the h.rgrst and most cou.p'ete en- cyclopedia in the field, at a mere fraction ol the cost nf any shuiiar works whi h have preceded it, rouuinii.g about 10 pr cent, more matter thou Aj pletou's Encyclopedia, at less than oiie-filiu its cost, and 21 per cent, more than Johnou's t'y'-lofo''.ia at a little more than one-fourth its cost. Tbe superlative valu arid importance of this great Eiicycloprdi-i, however, lies e.pe- ! uioliy iu the fa.-t Ih.U it is brought wtihin ! the reach of every oue who aspires alter j knowledge aud culture. It r tally a libra-j ry of universal knowledge. It brings a liberal education eaiily within the reach ! every piow-boy. Every farmer and every mechanic owes it to hi.u If and to bia chil dren tb.it such a cyclopedia shall hence forward form a part l the ou'dt ot bia home. To the intelligent man in every walk of life a Cyclopedia is indispensable. It U issued in various styles, in lo lirg-i beauti ful octavo tolniuee, varying iu price from lo for the edition In cloth, to for tbe edition in full library rbcep binding. Lib eral discounts even Irom these extraordi nary prices are allowed to clubs, and the publishers, besides, purpose during the nevt two months to distribute $IU,UK) cash in special rewards to persons who forwaid i clubs of five, ten, or mure subscribers. The ' America Book ExeaaKix, 764 Broadway, New York, are the publishers, who will send sample pages and full particulars froe on request. THE LAT OF A JILTED LoVL'R. At church I sat within her pew, OPew! But there 1 heard So pious word I saw alcne ber eyes of blue ? I saw her bow her brad so gracions, ) Gracious I The choir sang, The organ rang And seemed to fill the building spacious. I could not hear the gospel law U Law ! My future bride Was by my side Without a single fault or flaw. And wben pealed forth theorgai.'s thunder V Thunder ! I fixed my eyes 1 mule surprise On her whose beauty was a wonder. Tu me that maiden was most dca, U Der And slto uas niliii, Joy too divine For Lurcan bearfs to picture here. Her love seemed like a prayer t bleas me U fiiess me ! Before he came My lite was fame, ily rarest joys could but oppress me. Tbe service done, we sought the shore U Shore ! And there we walked, And sadly ta!k-i More sally talked than ever before. I thought she was tbe type of giHxtnc O uoo-lness r tint on that day I heard her say Plain ord whose very tone was rudeness. We str.j ed beyond the tide-mill's dam O D.iui Site jiltwd me, And now I see Tbat woman's love is all a .him ' The Scrantoo Repatlican of last week re marked i Long liranch hat a run of great men this week. President Garfield, Gen eral Grant and the Pennsylvania editors are there. If the "sa serpent " wants to be written np this it. a splendid time for him to appear at Long Branch. Hundreds of Men, Women sud Ch'ldren Rescued in every community from beds ol sickness and almost death and nude strong by Parker's Ginger Touic are ttie beat evi dences in tbe World of its sterling worth. Pott. FUEEBURG MUSICAL COLLEGE. Tbis noted institution (or the study of vocal and instrumtnta! mnstc will begin a session of six weeks on Mouday, August I, 1831. Address, Mcsical Colliii, junc8-lt Freeburg, Pa. A FACT. We A t not tuke bu k one wcrd of what we said in last week's adver tisement about 3It' Cborx Shoe, bat we will aud more to it. We bave tho lowest prices for the qua'ity and the b'll assort ment by far of sny store in ihecouuty. We will give you prices and show all kinds, abethcr you axt to buy or not. If e can't sell to yon, that is onr fault. Tours respectfully, GEO. W. HECK, Bridge Street, Mlfflintoao, Pa. Whj Arc Ton Blllou) t Because you have allowed your bowels to become costive, snd liver terpid. Cse Kidney-Wort to produce a free state of tbe bowels, aqd it will stimulate tbe liver to proper action, cleanse tbe skin of its yel lowness, cure bllions hesdoche, and cau.ie new life in thd blood. Druggists have it, both dry and liquid. Zioa's Herald. DIED: REED On the evening of the 20th insL, at the residence Of ber son-in-law, Jsmes Fitzgerald, in Spruce Hill township, this couuty, Mr. Diana Reed, aged 83 years. Mrs. Reed was sick only a few days she was on a visit to ber daughter, Mrs. Fits gerald. The maiden naute of Mrs. Reed was Eti Uow. There Here ten children. Seven months sgo four of the ten children still Uved. Tht survivors were ail sisters. Tbe list of the IWiaz has been reduced to one survivor. Miss Jane Enslow died No-! Tember2l, 18?0, agd 88 years, months snd 'ii da vs. The next sifter in point nf age was Mrs. Nancy Given, mother of A. B. and A. Given, of Frankfort, Indiana; she died one month after Miss Enslow. namely, on the 21th day of December, 188U, aged 87 y ears. Tbe third sister in point oi sge was Mrs. Reed, as mentioned above. Tbe forth sister, and the only surviving member of tbe ten children is Mrs. Mary A. McDon ald, mother of tbe J. Miller McDonald, Reg ister aid Recorder at this time of Juniata county. Mrs. McDonald's sje is 69 years. hiaBsssasaswal .VZCELL.ii'fiov.i TRUE A PERFECT STRENSTH"NTR.A SURE REVIVER IRON BITTEKS are highly recommended tor ail diseases re- blood, strenliiens the muscles, and like a charm on the digestive organs, removiuz all dyspeptic symptoms, sorfs as Taxrtae tk Fnod, Iteekinq, Jleut in ike &tnaeh. Uamlurn, etc The outj Iron Preiiaratioa th.it will not blacken the troth or fcie headache Sold by all !rugits. Write for die A B C Book, S2 pp. of useful and amusing reading rr-.U fret. BKOWX ClIE3IICAIi CO., Baltimore, 3IJ. Ait?' Star Parker's Kair Balsam, Am tUgmuk mrmMf IT tar Dmxig tkat Kever Fails tt lotort Cray or Faded lair to its Youthful Color. 90c and $ size. SOMETHING WORTH KNO W1XG. GRAND OPaENIISG ! We have just come from New York with a new &toi;k of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS AND GROCERIES. AXD A FtrLL LING OF STORE GOOD. FOR TUE COCXTRT TRADE. Be sure and examine our stock b fore purobai'i elsewhere, a-i yon can cer tainly save niobev. So trouble to show GhI. O.io price l all. LOCUST GROVE. One mile southwest of Patterson. ,,,., 8,-,, WBAIU & LEVIN. Is tbe jlace where you can bay THE I51:ST AJiD THK CHlaAl'KST MENS' YOUTHS' & BOYS CLOTH IX G JUTS. CiPS, B001"S, SHOES, .1.VO FURX1SHIXG UOOOS. HE is prepared to exhibit one of tbe most choice ami select stt-eks rvor oJ-red in this market, and at .1STOXISMXG LY LOW PRICES ' Also, measures taken for sails aud parts of suits, which wiii be maiie to ord r at short notice, very reasonable. Remember the place, in Hoffman's New BuilJinz, corner of 1'riJpe and Water s'reets, MIFFLINTOWN, PA. " Jj'i. 1, HT'J-tt SAM'L STRAYER Hss just returned from tie Kahteru cities with a full variety of MEN & BOYS' CLOTHIMG, HATS & CAPS, BOOTS & SHOES, ALL SIZES, GENTS Fl'RNlSHINU GOODS. Goorfs of all kitidt are liw Cmc ar.-l see uie snd be astonished Pants at 75 Cent". Q3 SLITS MADK TO ORDER. n Patterson, Pa., April 16, 187V. XEAV STORE. IN PORT ROYAL, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN'A. Having Just opened a new st'jek of store goods, sech as Dry Goods, Nl;o: s, f.'lulh iiiar. Hals, Boots, Shoes, Groceries. Ki.-li, and a general awuitmcnt of stei'j r'"d, I wiii take pieau:e in exhibiting goeds t ail wbo way favor me i'h a cil!. Will piy Cue higher market price lor country produce. Don't forget the place, at Cook's Store in Port Kil. May S, lciMJm. T.M.COOK. OOM3IIaKC4Ia. MIFFLINTOWN MARKETS. MrrruSTuWH, June 25, 1881. Butter I i E?gs ! Lard 8 Ham 12 Shoulder 8 Sides 8 Potatoes 4"l Onions................ ..I 0 Kags 14 MIFFLIN TOWN GRAIN JIARKf. Corrected weealy. Qcotatioxs roa To-dat. Wednesday, Jane 29, 1881. Wheat 1 12 Corn... 5 Gala Rye Kii Cloverseed ...3 7oto4 Oi) PHILADELPHIA GRAIN MARKETS, j Philadelphia, Jane 29. Whrst l'enn. ' redfl.25; amber, il.2ial.2ri. Corn team ! er SlaoUc ; yellow b7c ; mixed 60:. Oats 1 white, 4oc ; mixed, 37c. Rye, We. I PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET. I Philadelphia. June 27-C.itrle prime, 1 6o, good :, medium 5 j, common .a' Jc. ! Sales 2.00U bead. Sheep, sales 11.0UU; ' beep 4a r. culls 3a4c, hinibi4i&4c- H gs , ssies, 3,700 bead, sold at Sa'Jc, accorling ' to quality. ; VALUABLE FARM AT' PRIVATE SALE. THE farm of the heir of Samuel Horn- , ing, deceased, is ottered st priva'e sale. : The farm is situated to Lost Creek Valley, ; three miles from MiQlin'owa, coatains j OSE IICXDRED ACRES ' of cleared land, and FOtttV A'.iiio of; Timber-land. ' The buildings axe gi-od, cob- ' aiating of I LARGE BANK BARN,! ANSI OX iSDTEJAST HOUSE, ; Spring House, Drr Hnose and other out-' buildings. A Large APPLE ORCHARD of! selected frntt. Ther flum la convenient to , schools and mills. i For terms, call cn Bias TFornicg, rending i near tbe fttsm, or C. B. Horning, Mifflin-1 town. j April V.mir-tf t .iDn:nmK.v;:.yr3. TONIC gives new lae to the nerves. They Floreston Cologne. A Tow m9 FT"wi.a rcMr'fB. Faassuirr, l--r,tnr9 l.surrt-'ssa. 9".tr T lKaU.E r"S.ft SR t t4.l lilt-Oat A CO., I. 1. saVV SVIM b.-vi ma Mak- 1JV fciarr, CurhB. Maniri, KlHllBfi mod many ot the beat ttteuicinct know a are comoincd a PARK.r.t G'cr,pft Tonic, into a medicine ot' soch varies! anil etEectivc powen, u lo suivc 11 the (mini aUooti FtsULUex ami ktdaey Ctirreciuc ana torn est Reiifit aad StrtsKjtb Ees:em Ever CsaL Tt cures Drsoepsn, Khcttrnatwr. NetmVia. Slet lewnestsvul aui aieaesoftae btucudi, BtmetsLasgt,. LsTer, Cnaary Orvis, od all l:aul CmpfUmu. if yMt af waftt'.g away with Cocsunjpuoa or any fsWaac, use the Tonic to-siy. It wiilsarely tvlpyoa. Remember! This Tomk is the Be4 Family Medi cine ever mttcle, aoj k far superior to Bitters, llsaenrcs cf Dgeraoi othtf Toucs, a it never Intujacate nr.d cures iAruakenrfesa. Aqv dealer in drugs ca supply yoo oc and$i sues. None genuine wiilieut sigiiature of Hiacox & Co., Chemists. N. V. Lus Saving in But wo th 1Xujm Size. SAMUEL STKiYER. Special .Yiiiicts. pTmples. I aill mail (Free) tbe recii.e lor a siinnlo Vr.-.KTiBLr Bal that will remove Tan. FKE'JX'l.r. PIMPLES and Burct, leaving I ha ckta soft, elear ard heauii't-l ; slso inttructions for producing a Inxunaiit growth of hair on a bJl head or sinnnth lace. Address, inclosing 3 stamp, br.. Yasokir Sl Co., 3 Beekmin St., N. V. TO COIN S L Mli'TI VES 110 advertiser having been permanently cured cf that dread diwanc. Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to make k'loan to his fellow -suuVrers the means of cu.e. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the prescription used, (tree ol charge,) with the (iu-ectiont for preparing and asir.g th: im!, which tbey wiii Bd vita Crar. rbCu9tamoa, Asthma, Baox CHrri4, fcc. Parties wishing the Prescrip tion, will please address, Rev. E. A. WILSON. I!M Pcnn St., Williamsburg, N. Y. CUNTS WANTED. Big Pay. Light Work. Steady Employment. ram-pl-s free. A4 !re. M. L. B Y KM, 49 Nas sau Street, New York. ERRORS OF YOrTII. A GENTLEMAN who suffered for vests from Nervous DEElLITlf, PKKMATUhE 1ECAY, and ail the efierts of youthful in discretion, will fur the sa of st.tfi.-r-'g bu- m-wity. send free to ail who need it, tbe re cipe and directions for making the sin:i.i rrmedy by wbth he was cured. HuiSerera i-hii.j to profit by tte advertiser's expe rience can do so by addressing in pi-r:-jcL coLEUmce. JOHN B. iiGbhV. 42 Cedar St., New Yoii. Jan 25,1331. A CARD. 1 am prepared to furnish tbe txt m ike of Xerltri, Shnttfn. ai.i aew ;arfs for ANY Sewing Machine, (old or new.) in the mar ket, sJso, the btit pure tperm machine oil. W. H. AIKKNS. iiain tret, Milfiintown, Pa.. One door stove Post-Othce. DON'T BS DECEIVED by such Wgi as a I '.M Organ at $6-3 to $o0, when yoa esa buy the same grade of instruments at borne at $60 to $70, and save the freight, by calling on W. H. AIKEN3, Main street, MUHintowa. th7f) A WEEK. $12 a dsr at home easi ' ($1 tl made. Costly Outfit free. A lire it Tan & Co., Aogaata, Maine, mar 2, 151 I y in
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