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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
A Pie of Living Serpents.

In the savannas of Isacubo, in Gui-
ana, saw the most wonderful, the
most terrible spectacle that can be seen !;
and although it Is not uncommon to
the Inhabitants, no traveller has ever
mentioned it. We were ten men on
horseback, two of whom took the lead
in order to sound the passage, while l
preferred to skirt the great forests. One
of the blacks who formed the vanguard
returned at full gallop, and called to
me, "Here sir, come and see serpents
in pi.e." lie pointed out to me some
thing elevated in the middle of the
savanna, which appeared like bundle
of arms. One of my company then
said, ''This is certainly one of those as
semblages of serpents which heap
themselves on each other after yio-
lent tempest. have heard of these
but never have seen any. Let us pro-
ceed cautiously, and not go too near"
When we were within twenty PAGES Of
il. the terror of our horses prevented
our approach, to which, however, none
of us were inclined. Suddenly the
pyramidial mass became agitated, hor-
rible sounds issued from it, and thou
sands of serpents rolled spirally over
each other, shooting forth out of the
circle their hideous heals and present.
ing their envenomed darts and fiery
eyes to us. | own 1 was one of the
first TO draw back. But when l saw
that this formidable phalanx remained
at this post, and appeared to be more
disposed to defend itself than to attack
us, rode round IL it In order to view
its order of battle, which faced the en-
envy on every side. L then sought
what could be the design of this numer-
Gus assemblage, and l concluded that
this species of serpents dreaded some
collosseau enemy, which might be the
great serpent, or the cayman, and that,
having seen this enemy, they unite
themselves in order to resist them in
mass.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
Summer Drinks.

Wien the summer season and the
heated term arrive the thought natu-
rally arises, what are the best things to
eat and drink without promoting over
heating and indigestion? Heretofore
it has been customary to prepare 'sodas'
mixed with syrups artiticially made
from chemicals, which, while giving
the flavors of fruits, impregnated the
system with deleterious compounds.
Bus lately the pure Juice of the fruit,
being amalgamated with pure white
sugar, has taken the place of the un-
wholesome compounds. Ii is necessary
TO ferment the juice in order 10 keep it
and when so fermented it is bottled and
put away for the next season. When
the time come.to prepare the syrups for
market, the white sugar is boiled by
steam, after which the juice of the fruit
is added. There are many varieties of
fruit syrups that can thus be utilized
for making summer drinks, and if con-
sumers are positive in their demand for
pure fruit syrup, and take no other
they will not only prove agreeable but
also healthy and cooling. These varie-
ties comprise strawberry, raspberry,
pineapple, blackberry, grape, vanilla,
lemon, orange, orgeat, ginger, sarsa-
parilla and compound of all under the
name of sherbet. By mixing these
syrups with even cold water, pure,
cooling drink can be secured at small
expense and without leaving home, as
the manner of packing the syrups is
such that every family can have an as
sortment on their pantry shelves with
out occupying much room or entaIling
any very heavy expense. The trade in
pure syrups has lately become an ex-
tensive one, exceeding that transacted
in former years in the chemical com
pounds, which are being rapidly driven
from the market by the pure fruit
Juices. 1t is estimated that the annual
sale, although comparatively in its in
fancy, is from 25,0G0 to $4,000 cases of
one dozen bottles each, containing
either pint or quart, according to
the desire of the purchasers. Large
quantities are also sent abroad in bar
rels, but the greater part finds market
in the bottle form; the attractive
labels, which are very expensively got
ten up, being the trademark securing
the business.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
How TO Camp Out.

With regard to the provisions TO be
taken, that is a matter which the party
sho1ld settle for themselves, as it de-
pends altogether upon the amount of
money they desire TO invest and the
kind of food they intend to enjoy. 1t
might be said, however, that the most
enjoyable meals are those which are of
the plainest and most primitive charac-
ter. In fact fact the humber the fare
the better, both with respect to the
principles of health and cost. These
suggestions are given As a result of
actual experience, but as already OBJ
served the question of living is to be
measured only by the purse and those
directly interested. While nothing is
needed in the way of red necktles,
white kids and purple gaiterettes, care
full attention should be given TO the
little things you will surely require,
but cannot buy in the woods, or pOssi-
bly, in "the cnly country store" for
miles around, even to stOut-blade
jack-knife.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
Remarkable Vitality.

Col Jones, of Louisiana, was lynched
for the murder of Gen. Lydell. He
fought duel before the war and re-
ceIved an ounce rifle ball through his
heart. He not only recovered, but was
never afterward troubled with disease
of that organ, from which he had pre-
viOusly suffered. At the time OF his
killing he was shot no less than dozen
times with heavy charges of buckshot
before he expired. A private soldier in
Powers regiment of Confederate cav
airy, while charging at Olive Branch
was thrust through the bowels with a
bayonet, and literally "pitchforked"
from the horse, but he disengaged him
self, staggered to his feet and split his
assailant's skull in twain with a sabre.
Within four months he was again in
active service. L. B. Edwards and Z.
Daigree, of the Second Louisiana Cav
airy, were both shot through the bow
els at the battle of Rafourche Crossing
and were pronounced by the surgeons
aS iaeaiis "Ouiiuci, lhC DuIitlS HOL
glancing as in some other cases, but,
cutting through the intestines. Eoth
men recovered and did duty afterwards
in two or three campaigns. Au-
guste Morey, scout for the Trans
Mississippi army, was shot between the
eyes, the bullet lodging in the back of
his head, where it is yet. After his
fall an Ohio infantryman rushed up
and transtixed him through the breast
with his bayonet. Morey was found
alive on the field and sent by his cap
tors TO prison hospital, from whence
he was exchanged in time to have sew
eral brushes with his foes before the fl
nal ''hreak up" l saw him in 1865,
and he told me that he had never suf-
fered any Inconvenience from the lead
en- pellet that he was carrying In his
Uranium. In 1866 ] made the acquaint-
ance of a retired old lieutenant colonel
of the French army, and he showed me
ghastly wound he had received from
an artilleryman's cutlaSs at the storm
ing of the Malakoff. The cut had been
down through his left shoulder, sever
ing his collar bone and nearly looping
off that arm. That side of the old gen.
tleman's body was about an inch lower
than the other, but he was not other
wise bothered by the Crimean reminis-
cence.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
Ready for ResurrectiOnists.

The death Of Miss Susan Shepherd, of
Wayne, Ohio, cast Il gloom over the entire
community IN which she lived. Her funer-
al took place from the residence Of her
parents. and was unusually largely attended,
Miss Shepherds disease was Of a character
to battle tha skill of the best medical talent
of that vicinity and of Osborn. and there
was, it IS said, great diversity OF opinion as
to the proper mode of treatment. After
her death her family offered the attending
physicians an opportunity of making an
autopsy, but they did not avail themselves
Of the privilege. The friends of the de
ceased seemed to feel tlat they had Just
reason to fear that her body would be eX-
humed. an1 the thought of her grave being
robbed grew upon them 50 strongly and was
so repulsive to them that, as matter of
safety and precautiOn, it was thought best
10 inter her remains in grave in the yard
at her parents residence, instead of in the
graveyard at Osborn. Accordingly grave
was dug in the yard, a few feet from the
front door of the residence, and her remains
lie beneath the beautiful flowers and ever
green's which she had loved 80 well, and
which had been cultivated and reared by
her own fair hands, To make assurance
dOubly sure that her grave would not be
despoiled, quantity of nitro glycerine was
so glazed in the grave that should ghouls
attempt to rob it they would be hoisted by
petard that would effectually end their in
famous career.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20

Every dog has his day.

Every dog has his day.
Eat no more than you earn.
Every winter hath its spring.
Extravaganza often leads TO villainy
Endear yourself to all by worthy
acts.
Every wrong brings its own yen-
geance.
Every tub must stand on its own bot
tom.
Easy chairs sometimes hold uneasy
people.
Evil communications corrupt good
manners.
Eyerybody's business is nobody's
business.
Every man is the architec; of his own
fortune.
Eavesdroprers never hear any good
of themselves.
Every person should be bland, cour-
teous and affable to all.
EXPERIENCED is a dear school, but fools
will learn in no other.
Experiences are more necessary to
some persons than to others.
Every man is bound to tolerate the
act of which he himself sets the exam
pie.
Embark in 10 enterprise requiring
capital until you shall possess the cap
ital necessary for success.
Every act of dissipation and every
spree of drunkenness robs the mental
parts of some portion Of its growth.
Epidemics are not providential, but
they proceed from causes as natural as
are those of tornadoes and earthquakes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
The Lace-Bark Tree.

The order Thymeidce9, or ''Dupnads, J"
comprises a very interesting group of
plants, whether we regard them as OBJ
jects of floral beauty, or look at them
from ali Industrial point of view. The
name OF the order is derived from thy
melea, a plant mentioned by the an
clients, The plants included in this
group are shrubs or low trees, with en-
tire leaves, perfect flowers, tubular col
ored calyx, ard small round hairy fruit
inclosed in I, persistent base of the pc
rianth. They are remarkable for their
acrid and caustic bark, the inner por-
ton Of which is composed of interlaced
bers, extremely tough, but easily sep
arabic, and hence often used for max
ing cordage. The plants of this order
occur Ia great abundance in the cooler
parts of India, South America, South
Africa, and Australia; few also oc-
cur in Europe. Among the Dupnads
may be mentioned the Gaidia daphROides,
the bark of which is manufactured in
Madagascar into ropes; the Daphne
bhOtua, the inner bark OF which is made
into soft paper in Nepaul; and Daphne
cdnncbinG, used for the same purpose in
China. The only representative OF the
order found in North America is our
common leatherwood or wicopy (Dircd
palustris), the bark of which, on ac-
count of its great toughness is used for
making ropes, baskets, etc. Among
other curious products of Jamaica usu-
ally brought home by travellers, speci-
mems of the vegetable lace" OF that
island are always sure to be found.
The plant which produces this is the
Laqetta lintearia formerly called Daphne
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
A Serious Fall

"You are very late this morning, Mr..
Jinks," was the gruff salutation of
city merchant to one of his clerks. "Do
not let it happen again."
VERY sorry" said the clerk,
humbly. 81 met with serious fall"
"Ah, indeed" said the merchant, re-
lenting. "How did it happen? Are
you hurt much 2"
"Principally sir, in your estimation
said the clerk respectfully.
"Oh, never miud," said the merchant
in a kinder tone; "never mind that. i
commisserate you. We are all liable to
accidents. How did you get the fall ~
swell you see, sir" said the clerk,
confidingly, 81 was called quite early
this mornig-in fact, you will observe,
sir. somewhat earlier even than usual p
"Ahw
eyes. sir; but somehow or other,
fell asleep again."
"Mr. Jinks. you're humbug!" ex-
claimed the merchant, In bantering
tone. for, in spite of his gruffness, he
as fond of joke. "Go to your desk
sir. and don't try it on again."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20

dining-room, and the pie struck heI
square in the face and smashed.
She began to shrek. and sput.er land
jump up and down, and declare that
she was bleeding to death.
And Lot, attracted by the noise, came
rushing in, just in time to get hit in the
mouth with loaf of bread, which i
frantically flung at the mouse.
But the mouse darted through the
open door, and escaped to the next
room.
We all followed it, pell-mell.
The little quadruped took refuge i'm
the clothespress, and my wife. who, by
this time, had got little courage, ,seiz-
ed the fire-shovel, and cried out:
"You open the door, and I'll kill him
as he comes out. :"
We planted ouI selves in position ,and
when Mrs. b, gave the word l threw
open the clothespress door.
! saw the mouse in an instant: it
had climbed upon shelf, and was sit
tirg there just on a level with my eyes.
There it is l bawled. ''Hit it quick !.
It's going to jump over our heads"
Before could utter another syllable
the end of the earth struck me.
4 billion stars danced before my eyes
and as | slowly gathered myself up out
of the corner, | began to realize that
Mrs. b. in aiming blow at the mouse,
had hit me in the head with the fire.
shovel.
Then We all set up such yell that in
five minutes about thirty neighbors
had come in to see what was the mat
ter, and in less than half an hour all
the mouse-traps and cats and dogs IN
the neighborhood were there, to make
war Oh that one little mouse; and there
was some talk about calling in the po-
lice force, and telegraphing the Gov
ernor to send us Il squad of militia.
But happily this was not found nee
cssary.
The mouse was speedily dispatched
by Scotch terrier, and we finally got
the house cleared, though it took Mrs.
b. the rest of the day to put things to
rights.
As for me my bump Of philoprogeni-
tiveness is so large that il takes num-
Der nine hat TO 90 round it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
Robins in Church.
mass.

One pleasant April Sunday the par
ish clerk of a church in Wiltshire, Eng
land, stood at his reading desk turning
to the morning ''lesson" in the prayer
book. The congregation waited to give
the responses, but he did not begin as
soon as usual. Something curious had
caught his eve, partly hidden under
the Bible rack, slanting ledge, slight
ly raised above the main desk. He
looked more closely and there, directly
beneath the Bible. he saw robin red
breasts nest, with two pretty blue
eggs in 1t. Mrs. Redbreast and her
mate had found hole left by small
missing pane in one of the quaint old
leaden windows and entered the sacred
house to make their little home where
the sparrow and the swallow did that
are mentioned In the S4th Psalm. The
clerk could not resent so pretty an in
trusion, and did not disturb the nest;
and when one of the birds flew in be-
fore the close of service nothing was
done to frighten 1t. And there the
nest remained through the rest of April
and nearly the whole of May, the red
breasts becoming so tame that the gath
ering of the worshippers and the
voices and music of the service oil SUM-
days or other days did not alarm them
away. The sitting bird would stay,
quietly brooding her eggs, while the
clerk was reading almost directly over
her head. After the young were
Matched the male robin would fly in
with worms in his bill to feed them,
and his coming never disturbed the
litany or the rector's sermon. This
pleasant sanctuary partnership lasted
till the full fledged young were able to
leave the church and trust to their own
new wings. The people felt that the
birds had brought blessing with them
and were sorry when they went away.
>SS
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
Tine Effect of a Cold Nave .,

1t was carly in the evening, while the
thermometer marked ninety-four in the
shade that a young man was seen stagger-
ing down West Broadway. He stumbled
into the gutter, and when an officer assisted
him to his feet and commanded him to
"come along" he began sobbing bitterly.
"What is the matter J" the officer asked
gruffly.
"My (hic) heart is broke!' he sobbed.
"Yer drunk, the officer said. "Where
yer FRONT"
"Chicago," he answered. Then he
sobbed and continued: 81 (hic) came to
New York TO (hic) meke fortune for the
gal love. (Hic) told her 80. Told Chic)
her I'd die for her. And when 1 (hic) went
to bid her goodbye she (hic) waved me a
cold adieu-gave me (hic) cold wave. 1t
(hie) broke my heart"
"Did yer bring it with youi" asked the
officer, eagerly, as he mopped his brow.
"Y-y-es-"
Just then a sudden gust Of wind blew the
officers hat across the street.
The "cold wave - had come.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20

dgcttGD, or laee-bark tree, otherwise
known by the native name of legetto.
1t Is small tree, % to 30 feet high, grow
ing in the most inaccessible rocky
places of the islaRd. Its inner bark
consists OF numerous concentric lay ers
of fiber, which interlace in every direc-
ton, forming fine messhes, and by lat
eral stretching is made to present a
triking resemblance to the most deli
cate manufactured lace, whence the
common name of the tree. 1t is said
that Charles III. received as present
from the Governor of Jamaica a cravat,
frill, and pair of ruffles, made of this
material; and, to this day, it is used
for bonnets, collars, and other aaitcles
of apparel. Travellers state that the
Creole women take delight in decora-
ting themselves with this filmy mate
rial for evening wear, studding it with
the brilliant fire beetles, or cucJOs, for
which the West Indies are noted.
The effect is certainly very beautiful.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
HARVEST HYMN.

Once more the liberal year laughs out
oer richer stores than gems or cold.
Once more with harvest song and shout
Is natures bloodless triumph told.
Our common mother rests and sings
Lake Ruth among her garnered sheaves:
Her lap is full Of gooily things,
Her brow is bright with Autumn leaves.
q fsvors old, yet ever new!
y les-ings with the sunshine sent
The bounty oyerruns our due,
The fullness shsmes our discomfort
We shut our eyes. the flowers bloom on;
We murmur, but the corn ears fill:
We choose the shadow, but the sun
That casts it shines behind US still.
God gives us with our rugged soil
The power to make it Eden fair,
And richer fruit to crown our toll
Than Summer-wedded islands bear.
Who murmurs at his lot to-day!
Who scorns his nstive fruit and bloom.
Or slshs for dainties far away,
Besides the bounteous board of home,
Thank Heaven, instead. that freedoms arm
Can change rocky soil to gold;
That brave and generous lives can warm
cline with Northern ices cold.
And by these sltars wreathei with flowers,
And fields of fruits, awake sgain
Thanksgiving for the golden hours,
The early and the latter rain.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
Luck and Labor.

Many people complain of their bad
luck when they ought to blame their
own want of wisdom and action. Cob
den, distinguished writer in Eng
land thus wrote about luck and labor ::
Luck is always waiting for something
to turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong
will, turns up something.
Luck lies in bed, and wishes the
postman would bring him news of a
legacy.
Labor turns at six o'clock, and with
busy pen, or -inging hammer, lays the
foundation of a competence.
Luck whines.
Labor whistles.
Luck relies on chance.
Labor on character.
Luck slips down to indigeI ce.
Labor strides upward to independ-
ence.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
Could We Live in the Polar Regions:

If We carefully examine, the almost
universal features of all the land
known to us, we find prevailing form
wherever we turn. Each territorial
area of magnitude seems to have append.
age trending southwark. If we apply
this rule, by turning tine North Pole OF
globe toward us, we readily see at a
glance that Greenland, which is known
to us, may bear to an unknown Arctic
Continent the same relation that South
America does to North America, or
Africa to Europe. Hence it is perfect
ly logical to infer, by the great analogy
of nature. that an Arctic Continent ex-
lists beneath the North Pole, extending
three and half to four degrees south
from the northern axis of the earth. AS
previous Arctic expeditions have ad-
yanced TO So degrees, 90 minutes, north
latitude-or within 394 miles of the
Pole, the distance thence to such con-
tinent would not exceed $50 to $50
miles. This intervening space, how
ever, is difficult TO traverse, as it pre-
sents a very rough surface. If the sea
during the height of gale, when the
waves run mountain high, were in
stantly frozen, it would present much
the appearance here encountered. For
ethnologists, the question is: Can an
Arctic Continent be inhabited, should
one exist? This may be met by the
well known fact that the latitude of IS
degrees is about the point of lowest
mean temperature. The earth is about
thirty-seven miles more in diameter at
the equator than from pole to pole,
having enlarged at one point and flat
tened at another, because of its revoly-
ing motion. Now it is well known
that lower temperatures are encount-
cred as we ascend high attitudes, and
the depression at the poles may, by les
sening the distance of the surface from
the earth's center, afford a warmer
temperature, which will enable the
hardy EsquimauX. Amos, or some Hy-
perborean race, to exist upon an Arctic
Continent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
His Mistake.

New hacker is very timid young mar
in some respects. The other evening he
dropped in to see the charming young lady
who stands highes; in his estimation. He
had been in her company about long enough
to talk the weather threadbare, when she
said
''Just excuse me a moment. Yesterday
| received present of a nice book, I'd like
you to see it."
Don't get it.
''Yes, but | will, ~ she went ON laugh
ingly.
"Please don't, he protested.
''Don't you like pretty books with purple
covers and butterflies fiuttering on a gold
ground r.
''Indeed, don't
''Don't you like versesi"
''Not any in mine, thank you," he re-
piled.
She jumped away to get the book in
spite of him, and his hair stood up, his eyes
glared wildly, and the veins of his face and
neck stood out as thick as clothes-poles
When she got back he hurriedly said
"GOu must excuse me | have no lead
pencil with me-"
"Yes; but that makes no difference.
Now, then, well open with something about
a forget-me-not.
mo We won't. either, he persisted. II
feel sick. think III ask you to excuse
me-"
''Perhaps you would like to take the
book with you"
''No, thank you
''Why, | always thought you admired
| Moore"
SIS that MoOrel p he asked, his features
frightening.
''Of course it is"
Then he drew a sigh of relief, his wonted
cheerfulness returned, while he whispered:
''Par'lOa me, Laura; thought you were
swoOping down on me with an autograph
album, IN which to indite something.
She accepted his apology and he didn't
leave-that is, until about three or four
hours later.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20

Every PERSONS sure of at least .one
good friend If he will not abuse him
self.