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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-04-29
Miscellany.
Essamunquafiah's Umbrella.

An African chiefs umbrella is no con-
temptible thing, though to any accus-
toned to the arms and impediments Of
civilized warfare there is something al
most grotesque in the information con-
tanned in a recent telegraph from the
Gold Coast, to the effect that the pres
ence of the old chief, Essamanquatiah,
"whOse umbrella was captured, proved
that serious work was intended. An
other of the war kilograms states: 1--WE
also captured two sheep, some chick
ems, and Essamanquatiah's umbrella. "
Apart from its prodigious size, the loss
of chiefs umbrella in battle more
than equals the loss of the standard of
European commander. Some of
these African chiefs umbrellas are of
prodigious dimensions-no less than
p feet in diameter, u feet 6 inches in
the ribs The latter are made of lance
wood, and the covering is of gorgeously
colored chintz in varied sections of
crimson, yellow and blue. 1t is opened
by means of pulleys and ropes attached
TO the runner" and this unique para
chute takes three or four men to open
it. The pole or handle is of birch,
about IA or Is feet high. Those used
by the King are made of rich damask,
and edged with golden fringe; while
others are made of varied colored silks
one of these delicate 'sunshades" cost
ing, perhaps, 25gs. or 30gs. Should
the King wish to indulge in 'family
picnic" his ''gingham" could accom-
modate beneath its shade between 100
and 900 of his little household, and
every occupant would be well sheltered
within the golden fringe of his royal
parachute. Some time before the out
break of the war one of these umbrel-
las, manufactured at Bristol for ship
meDt to the Gold Coast, was erected III
the large open space in front of Messrs.
Furzel's sugar refinery, for the purpose
of seeing how many it would actually
accommodate in case of shower" 1t
vas raised in the workmen's dinner
hour, and the number of men who slowed
themselves away beneath les ample COW
erirg was fully 200.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-04-29
Animal Vibrations.

A correspondent of the Popular Sci
ence Monthly, writing from Colorado,
says that grasshoppers Qocusts) migrate
solely on account of an enemy-a dip
ferrous insect much resembling the
house fly, but larger, quicker and gray
ish in color, owing to the white hairs at
the edges of the articulations. This in
sect deposits its eggs in the upper p..rt
of the locust's abdomen, when the lat
ter is resting on the ground, as it can
not do so when flying. Its favorite
moment of attack is just as the locust
alights from fight or hop. In few
days the larva or maggot is about a
quarter of an inch in length. Soon the
locust dies, when the larva eats its way
out and burrows in the ground for
transformation. Sometimes four of
these Larvae will be found in one locust.
first noticed this in the summer of
1871. In 1872, when fight of locusts
began to arrive, the fly destroyed nearly
all that came during the first two weeks
or until cool nights seemed to stop its
multiplication. In 1873 l had an un-
usually fine opportunity to observe the
locusts as they Matched in incredible
numbers upon my farm and devoured
my crops. During the whole summer
the fly left the locusts no quiet, but
drove them to most desperate straits to
avoid the attacks; so that as soon as
the locusts acquired wings they flew
away-that is, what were LETT of them,
for L estimate that not one in fifty es-
capped death. In places where the irri-
eating bitches prevented them from
crawling forward, they were piled two
and three inches deep. The ground
during the cool of the day would be
dotted with white maggots crawling off
to find burrows. The lOcusts did not
leave on account of famine, for there
were ample fields of grain and other
crops untouched; and they would some
times abandon field when only slightly
eaten. Besides, have seen the swarm
floating all day in the air when still,
and constantly alighting and arising, as
hunger impelled from above, or the fly
from below. l do not find this fly men-
toned in Tenney's work on "Entomol-
ogy." If comparatively new, there is
hope that it will work the destruction
of the locusts. l also believe the latter
can he readily destroyed by the COM
bined efforts of man, as they hatch in
exceedingly small areas.
The prairie dog Cynonles lsuloriciar,ts)
is migratory, although it moves slowly,
accomplishing hardly more than half a
mile year. Apparently, their object
is to obtain fresh food. for they eat root
and branch as they go. The leaders
are, invariably, the young, who are
constantly driven out by their more
mature and powerful brethren. Their
vacated holes are occupied by owls and
rattle SNAKES, but whether these prove
enemies or not do not snow.
1 strongly suspect that the cause of
migration in the Jennings is the para
sites which infest their bodies. These,
after few years, increase to such num-
bers as to be uncomfortable; then the
Jennings set out and are never kT,o,rn
to return until they have overcome their
enemies in the flood.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-04-29
Youths Column.

The Doc AND THE BEEF TEA-Did
you ever hear of dog that tried his
paw at nursing? / have true story
for you of one named Plato that, while
his mistress was sick, busted himself
about almost everything, up stairs and
down, as if he thought nothing would
be done Just right without his superin-
tendence.
One morning he watched the lady's
mother making beef-tea he noticed
the whole process, from putting the
beef into the saucepan to dishing the
hot, savory soup with slices of toast.
The meat was given to him, and this
part of the proceeding he did not un-
derstand. He would have been glad to
eat it if he had felt satisfied that all was
right /; but holding his appetite in con-
troll, he sat looking at the meat as if
considering, and after awhile concluded
that the patient would be cheated out
of the best part of the affair unless he
concerned himself to see that Justice
was done.
With self-denial worthy of imita-
ton, he watched for an opportunity,
and as soon as possible carried the beef
in his mouth up stairs and into the
lsdy's room. She was asleep and
jumping on the bed so lightly as not to
wake her, he laid the moist, ragged
morsel On the sheet close to her face
But this was not enough. He thought
there was still danger that she might be
robbed of it, so he stationed himself at
the door to bar out intruders.
Soon some one tried to enter. "Woof !
woof !" said Pluto, in such tones of de-
termination that he woke the lady. She
happened to put out her hand. touched
the meat and screamed with fright.
Pluto was laughed at, but loved the
more for his self-denyiDg though mis-
taken kindness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-04-29
The Clepsydra In Rom e.

1t is not very often in these progress
sive days that we find the ancient
methods of measuring time in actual
employment. The sun dial, it is true,
occasionally serves as an ornament
to some country lawn, but little depen-
dence is placed on its slowly creeping
shadows. The hour glass has disap-
peared from the pulpits of parsons; for
twenty minute sermons, instead of
many-headed dissertations prolonged
through hours, are now sufficient for
the spiritual needs of their flocks. The
divided candle exists only in history,
and is linked with the story of good
King Alfred. But the water clock re-
mains; not in this country, to be sure,
but where it was used thousand years
ago. Julius, Cesar, tradition tells us,
found by its aid that the summer nights
in Britain are not the same length as
those in Italy. Cicero relates that the
length of speeches made by Senators
was regulated by clepsydre Kept in the
Senate Chamber; and the same parlia-
mentary practice, which now holds In
our own parliamentary halls, of men,
Der yielding the floor for certain mum
Der of minutes of his time to another
speaker then existed, for grave Sena-
tor often gave so much of the water as
remained in his clepsydra to colleague
who was thus enabled to obtain a lon
ger or an extra water time for his
speech than would have been otherwise
at his command. If legislator in those
davs however. was interrupted by alb
surd questions something after the
fashion which occasionally appear
when our learned representatives in
dulge in discussions on patents-or was
embarrassed by the somnolent habits of
his associates during a lOngwinded
speech, he did not ask permission to
have the latter printed and distributed
at the country's expense, but simply
stopped the flow both of his water clock
and his rhetoric, and calmly waited till
the house became ready to listen to his
further remarks. The clepsydra of
antiquity, in fact, while really very
useful and ingenious invention, of
course was very crude in form. and Of
not of very nice construction. The
clock stands in a pond in the Pincio,
the latter being very elegant public
park. located on the summit of the Pin
clan Hill, one of the famous seven emf
nences on which Rome is built. The
grounds are q favorite resort for the
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MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA, APRIL 49, 1874

people, and serve the same purpose
to the city that Central Park or Fair
mount Park does to New York or Phil
adelphia.
The apparatus, in its present form, is
the invention of Padre Embrace, Do
minican monk, and from the pages OF
L'IllLarazione, a new illustrated weekly
published in Rome-a significant fact,
by the way, of the influence toward pro-
gress exerted by the new regime in Italy
we take the following brief descrip.
tion:
The water is led by pipes to a reser-
voir in which constant level is smain-
tanned, and from an orifice in which the
stream escapes into a receptacle divided
into two compartments. Below the
latter is an arrangement in the form of
an anchor, the curved portion of the
latter serving as rocker on which the
divided receptacle vibrates. This oscil-
lation takes place under the entering
stream; so that when one compartment
is carried down by the weight of water
within, the second is raised to receive
its supply. A pendulum, beating sec
onds, is suspended from two springs,
parallel to and equidistant from the
resting point of the rocker, and regu-
lates the movement of the receiver. The
springs are prolonged in the direction
of tangents to the curve of the anchor
arms and maintain the pendulum in
motion with a constant force. so that
each oscillation of the latter cores
ponds to one of the rocker and of the
receiver. The water from the latter
falls upon balanced mechanism, which
is so constructed as to oscillate every
second minute, and to transmit motion
to suitable train of wheels, which
move the hands upon one or more dials
in the usual way.
The sounding apparatus consists in a
cylindrical reservoir, which is suspended
by chains to the axis of a wheel and is
arranged to empty itself every fifteen
minutes. Its weight turns the wheel,
and thus sounds the hours and the
quarters. Water is carried to the res
ervoir when empty, by a simple siphon
arrangement.
The case of the clock is of cast iron,
made in handsome rustic design, in
excellent keeping with the general sur
roundings. We should imagine our in
ventors could easily devise a simple
form of similar apparatus, which,
mounted in some appropriate casting
from the iron founders who make that
class of work a speciality, would form
an elegant and useful ornament to
either private or public pleasure
grounds,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-04-29
Depth of Lake Champlain.

The United States Coast Survey oi
that portion of Lake Champlain lying
between Burlington Hsrbor and
Rouse's Point is now completed. The
results of this work are embodied in
three elegant Autographed charts, a SCI
of which has recently been forwarded
to the Trustees of the Plattsburgh
Academy. One of the most striking
and to citizens Of Plattsburgh-inter.
esting features of this survey is the de-
termining of the depth OF water in
Cumberland Bay. Inside of a line
drawn from the point of Cumberland
Head to Crab Island, and thence direct
to the main land, the greatest depth is
less than 60 feet, and at no point for
two miles south of Plattsburgh dock is
greater depth than 20 feet found, at q
distance of so rods from the shore.
The greatest depth between the dock
and breakwater is 13 feet; in the vicin-
ity of the Oakes Ames slip it is feet,
while inside a line drawn from that
point across to the Nichols place on
the "Point," the depth is only from II
to 8 feet. Dredgings around the mar
gin of the bay reveal the fact that there
are immense deposits of sawdust mixed
with fine white sand, and this is un-
questionably the main cause of the
gradual reduction in the depth of
water, which we know is constantly
going or. Very near the east shore of
Cumberland Head the depth of water
increases abruptly, showing a deep
channel between the main land and
South Hero-the deepest soundings
being 1913 feet, about midway and on q
line from "Wilcox Cove" on the Island
20 "Gravelly Point" on the main land,
while in direct line from the Cumber-
land Head lighthouse to Gordon's
dock, the depth for four fifths of the
distance is 162 feet. From the south
end of Isle La Motto to Rouse's Point
the deepest place is 81 feet, between
"Horse Shoe Shag" and east side of
Isle La Motto, and the greatest depth
between "Catfish Point" and Fort
Montgomery is % feet-just north of
the railroad bridge and a short distance
east of "Old Rouse's Poipt"-about
one-fourth of the distance across. The
deepest soundingsin the BROAD Lake"
seems to be 333 feet, at several points
opposite Burlington and near Colches-
ter Reef, just south of the lighthouse.
Off Irembleau Point the water sinks
abruptly to a depth of from IS to 122
feet, and very near Port Kent dock a
depth of over 100 feet was found. The
shallowest sounding near the southwest
point of Valcour Island is given as "a
feet. 1t was in this vicinity that the
Royal Savage" was sunk almost GEN.
tury ago, and the impression has pre-
shallower. These charts embody q
great amount of usefdl information.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-04-29

A SMILE.-Nothing on earth can smile
but human beings. Gems may flash
reflected light, but what is a diamond
fash compared with an eye fash? A
face that cannot smile is like q bud that
cannot blossom, and dries up at the
stalk. Laughter is day, and sobriety
is night, and smile is the twilight that
hovers gently between both, and more
bewitching than either.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-04-29
Beaury,

A clever writer says, "Provldence
meant women to make the world beau
tiful as much as flowers and butter
flies.and their is no sin in tasteful dress
but only in devOting TO 1t too much
money or too much time This Is a
most sensible view, and Is the true
ground of mediumship between the one
extreme of straight and rigid SIM
plicity and devotion of the best ener-
gies of a lifetime to vanity ana III
volitv. But, after all, what Is this rage
for dress but an effort after the beautl-
full The reason why the beautiful Is
not ALWAYS the result is because so
many women are ignorant or merely
initiative. They have no sense OF Mt
ness: the short wear what belongs to
the tall, and brunettes sacrlhce thelr
natural beauty to look like blondes.
That which is inappropriate is never
beautiful, no matter how fashionable,
but who does not know some woman
whose taste and training are SO per-
feet that fashion becomes to her
means of grace insteadOf a despOt SO
that even the worst of fashions seems
to them but a chain of roses
How numerous soever any man ~
qualities are, it is just that he should
H.. L. -.xa;,o for his few real virtues.
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Because fourteen persons said fifty
cent scrip picked up on the floor Of q
Detroit horse-car was theirs, the con-
ductor coolly settled the matter by put
ting the money in his own pocket.
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MASKED PoETs.- /.
Far-reaching, continued through time
or space
And the part of wheel in the outmost
place.
II:
A fiat thin fish, that is nearly round;
And an animal, chased with horse and
hound.
or thing, the tinniest, smallest bit;
And q row, with one over or under it.
".
The musical call of the gentle kline;
And a measure for measuring fabrics
fine.
Y.
To believe, or trust, or suppose, or
think;
And path DER a stream, from brink to
brink.
vi.
A royal laurel with Just three feet;
And q man who works with a goose's
heat.
Six men of our land, of the poet-kind !;
You must guess off their masks, their
names to find.
AnS,ger Long fellow Qelloe) Bret
Harte; Whit tier; Lowell; Trow-
bridge; Bay-yard (Bayard) Taylor.
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Poetry.
AT PEACE.
By WILLIAM WINTER

Green trees, and quiet fields, and sunset light
With holy silence, save for rippling leaves,
And birds that twitter of the coming night.
Calling their mates, beneath my cottage leaves
These Fate hath granted for little space
To be companions of my pilgrimage,
Filling my grateful heart with Natures grace.
II.
Not Unremembered here the garish stage,
Nor tie wild city's uproar, nor the race,
For gain and power in which We all engage;
But here remembered dinly, in dream,
As something fretful that has ceased to fret
Here where time lapses like gentle stream,
Hid in the woodlands heart, and forget
To note its music and its silver gleam.
But never, never let me cease to know,
whispering woods and daisy-sprinkled grass,
The beauty and the peace that you bestow,
When the wild fevers of ambition pass,
and the worn spirit, in its gloom and grief,
Sinks on your bosom and there finds relief.
-GGlayy.
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Self-renunciation is not surrender OF
will. The will is never so strong as In
giving up. for principle and the common
veal, self interest or sensual delight.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-04-29

A lady wss wishing she had some
thing to read that would be new to her.
''Take your Bible, mother" said her
daughter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-04-29

Every man must be alone in the
world. No heart was ever cast in the
same mold q that which we bear within
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-04-29

Coon ADvIcE.-A good rule is never
to be certain until you know, and then
stick to it. 1t is told of an uncertain
boy, who in school was called upon to
do an example upon the black board.
After he had begun, the teacher cried
out "No 7" and the boy stopped and
begun again. After he proceeded a
little way, the teacher again exclaimed +,
"No !" and the boy stopped, and was
ordered to sit down. Another boy got
up. He begun, and after few figures
were made, the teacher cried out, "NO y
"Yes - said the boy, and went on and
finished the solution. "Why, that's the
way was doing it." whined the first
boy to the teacher. "Just So" replied
the teacher, but you were not certain
that you were right. You never have
thoroughly learned your lesson, until
you are certain that you have it. Unless
you are certain, you had best go and
study it all over again.
This is the true way to learn BE
certain of every thing, as far as you go,
and then if somebody says ''no y you
can say Eyes" and prove that you are
right afterwards.
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How numerous soever any mans III
qualities are, it is just that he should
have due praise for his few real virtues
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-08-07

Among the supporters Of tho Conn
mittee the Democratic State Ccntra})
we find our neighbor of the TELE-
GRAPH, who stands tlat-footel whore
he always stood, Il Democrat and moth
ing shorter hWei}i9.2'cer.
We would claim some credit for this
acknowledgment of our presidency of
purpose, but for the belief that our
noighhor would have denied us the
if he had been in his
usual proscriptive state of mind. lie
is not, however, to be censurrd for an
occasional manifestation of discrimi-
Mating good sense and tairnea4.
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g. III - Ell Il

referring TO his past dealings for eight
Years in the Monroe market and to 4 much
longer business acuuaint ance in the Qua
chita country, respectfully calls attention
to his readiness t" supply Purchasers with
almost any article required in this market
and kept in Il
General Dry Goods aud Grocery
Establishment.
He has recently opened Il Well assorted
DRESS GOODS
CLOTIING AND
T'TNIER GOODS OEALL KINDs.
Which selected by him in person. and
is now ofHrcd for sale ut the
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Visitors are assured of Il cordial welcome
and polite attention. No charge for show
ing Goods.
Price for their Cotton, whether they pur-
chase Goods or not, and may be assured OF
FAIR DEALING
Location at present in the building for
merry occupied by +. Dreyfus Il 60. Gail
and inspect Goods and Prices for yourself.
S. NJ ARK.
Monroe, October 10, 1873. Ally
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n A. s'sEARD, ST.,
Dealer in
DRY GOODS and NOTIONS
HARDWARE, and CUTLERY,
WOODWARD and S4\DDLERY,
TOBACCOS and CIGARS,
WINES and Liquors,
FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES,.
PLANTATION SUPPLIES,
HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES,
MEATS, READSTuFFS, NAILS, &C.,
Corner OF Grand and DcSiarl streets.
MONROE, LA.
:Us.. Mr. J. b. Brcs, Jr., recently of More
house. viii be found with Mr.. Breard. and
viii he pleased to have his friends call.
Jun'yo -, lS.i. l7tf
r g.. SANDEUs,
GRAND STREET, MONROE, La,
nEArEHIS
GENERAL pLANTAr!nN SUPPLIES,
AND IMPORTER
IANnKETI!'S Garden SEED.
KEEPS CONSTANTLY on HAND
LIME, CEMENT AND PLASTER.
ALSO AN ..;:St, 1MESr
WAGONS, wIIEEIHAKRuw:1. FLOWS.
August Il, 1872. asst
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The undersigned takes pleasure in ma king
know! that he is well prepared a.,
before the war, il not better, to dc all kinds
If work, cti.er III
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CIRCULATING LIBRARY.

re" Orders from the country solicited
and promptly filled.
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lToueJ"ct,s,'i"q OF Rcpoj,fn.g

CARRIAGES. BGGGIlS. HACKS. ETC
Ready made work kept on hand: spcci-
mems OF which may be seen by calling at the
Factory. ie Will also carry on general
Blacksmith shop. arranged q do al kinds OF
bl"tlSiuit' hing. Terms reasonable.
April ~ lS,:i. n::u-s FR. ESDON
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Georgia Home Fire In.-.
Co., Of ColIDi.b bus, EH..-. ) 500, 600 So.
Underwriters agency, of
New York Observation-Disclosures. d,H0u, tAnnn-
London an d Liverpool
Globe. Observation-Disclosures. lS,Ara, eco Or.
Queen, LONDON and LV-
erpool .....-.. ............. 2On0. CfOO0.
North American, OF New
Observation-Disclosures. Sn2., r,72.2S
Pacific, OF California (iirc
and marine ............... .t;l, 3ZS 90, Cole,
Cal .,iina Lie ms. Co.. OF
Memphis, TeDn......... LOCO N0u.0n.
ALI. LOSSES PROMPTLY Adjusted.
BEIiI n BR0Ti JGkS
GENERAL. AGENTS,
2{-1y trIUnl st., lfG>Toe.
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MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.

MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.
sf..ss~ ssTHE OLD RELIABLE!"- Essa
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
HARDWARE,
STAPLE GOODS,
GROCERIES 4 PROVISIONS!
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suPREME COURT DECISIONS.

Monroe, July Term, 1874.