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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-02

but the mountain seems all on fire. Sergt.
Choate says that when he was out
observing one of these storms il appeared
as though the whole mountain top was a
sheet of electric flame. 1t came out of
every rock and darted around with wonder
full audacity. 1t played around him, as he
expressed it, shot down his back and darted
out of each boot toe, and 50 completely
filled him with electricity that he could not
retain his foothold, but bounded and re-
bounded from the rock like rubber ball (;
he felt as if a powerful electric battery was
pouring firery darts all through him; and
deeming ''discretion the better part of
valor,r he bounded into the signal station
for preservation. Sergeant Choate was at
the Springs in December, and on Decem-
Der 2 he left for the peak, wearing Nor
wegian now-shoes twelve feet in length.
1t was weary task and dreary trip. The
first night out he slept in the snow on the
mountain side The second night the mer-
curry fell to 30 degrees below zero. He
sought shelter in deserted cabin, through
which the wind whistled tunes anything
but agreeable; here he built a small fire,
but avoided sleep, fearing the extreme cold
might produce sleep of death. The third
day he reached the station safely. The
summer months are also occupied in pre-
pairing for the long seige of winter. Dur
ing the months of August and September
upwards of three thousand pounds of the
usual variety of family stores and about
twenty five cords of fire wood are snugly
slowed away. These are all carried TO the
peak in small quantities on the backs of
the poor despised Burro, whose head has
the appearance of being encased in cloth,
and whose ears are nearly the length Of his
legs and who walks at the pace of Il snail
and very slow snail at that.
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Guatemala Indigo.

This species of indigo is known to Ameri-
can and European commerce as ''Guatema-
IA indigo In Salvador it is called by the
native name of '.tiquilite," and is cousid-
cred the most important agricultural crop of
the entire Republic, The plant grows wild.
but is cultivated in properly prepared
ground. Both the crops and produce vary
according to the geological composition of
the soil Thus at the base of the volcano
of San Salvador the Weld of dye is some
times about half pound per load of leaves,
while at Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz, stu
ated at some distance from the sea, thirteen
OF fourteen ounces are obtained Indigo is
grown over nearly the whole of Salvador,
forming extensive fields, and furnishing one
Of the most valuable products to its agricui-
tural industry. The localities in which the
plants are grown are called ''SIanchoneS.
The workmen, who are styled ''sacateros,
cut the plants with small sickle. and make
them up into sheaves of from fifty to sixty
pounds weight The plants after being cut
are thrown into watts filed with water; they
are here allowed to soak for period of from
twelve to seventeen hours, the time varying
according to the temperature and quality OF
the water When the liquid is in a state of
fermentation, the coloring matter is drawn
off into another vat, where it is beaten, or
kept in motion by means of wooden wheels,
and then the dye is precipitated by the sap
contained in the bark of the ''tihuilate, Of
the .'platanillo. or of the ''cuaja tinta. J"
The first-named bark is referred to species
of Ionidium, the second to Gamma indica,
while of the third no clew is given as to the
scientific name of the plant. All these plants
have an acid reaction. When once the dye
is precipitated, il is allowed TO remain dur
ing the night, and the next day it is boiled,
filtered, pressed and lastly dried in the sun.
Each bale, or ''surOn, contains $50 pounds
and the different qualities of grades of the in
digo are specified by thunderstorm four to
six ordinary quality, or ''cortes;" from seven
to nine, fine or superior, or ''sObresalientes.
The usual annual produce of indigo in Sal
vador amounts to about ,, 400, 900 pounds,
the annual exports being between II, 600 to
l5, 900 ''sJTons" Of $50 pounds each, repre-
senting an approximate value of 1,12l, 31S
piastres or dollars The superior quality
indigo is sold at the country fairs at about
eight reals per pound. In the American and
European markets the prices vary, of course,
according to the supply from other coun-
frfa
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"Eb Aud Ase."

Ase Gates. who lived in the western part
of Maine, and his wife were both OF
them very profane. They had a large fam
ily of children. from ten years old down to
ten davs On a bright summer morning,
while sitting at the breakfast table, the
children having finished their breakfast
and gone out to play, ''Eph' asked his
wife what made their children ''swEAR so. y"
She unhesitatingly replied, ''It's them --
- school children
One dav s.Eb" was telling about the
productions, horses, cattle, etc, of Bran
don. VT, where he used to live. Among
other varieties he said that ''Old Squire II.
owned a hydraulic ram that he sheared
eight pounds Of wool year from, for the
last eight or ten years. After the laugh
had subsidized, his brother '.Ase' was called
in to Substantiate the statement who,
when asked the question, said it was "A
- lie Old Squire Ii. never had any
such ram, for | knew al his stock very
well -
..Eb" and '.Ase' could not boast of an
exalted range of character for truth and
veracity But the hardest nut to crack
was the shooting of Eb's. which ran as fol
lows: Il and Ase was to shoot agin the
boys out ON the Jarman Flats. Well, we
went out 10y side o the woods, n | just
took out my terbarker cud, N let drive al
a red squirrel, who was settin' on a limb
bout 10 feet high, n brought him down.
That was the fust squirrel at was ever
killed by a terbarker cud But we went
at the shOOting-twant none o yer shoot
ing at turkey, nor any targit, but we'd
got il down to purity fine thing (Ase n
I'd got things fixed). had dOuble-bar
relied gun. In one o them barrels L
dropt a couple o cambria needles, and in
'tother a spool o cotton thread. We'll, sez
|, .Ase. be ready = Then | up and fired
the needles Then Ase he fired his'n at
was loaIed with thread same as mine, and
threaded one o them needles, n | threaded
the other with my 'tother barrel When
we went to pick up the needles all nicely
threaded. the boys were walkin slowly
home, whistlin' 'fIull's Victory
Some wears later, a similar crowd being
assembled, the conversation was upon the
utility of the velocipede. Eb heard the
pros and cons, the velocity that they could
run, the difficulty of management, etc, for
few minutes, when he sailed in with the
interesting remark that they were, after all,
of but little account. ''Ive seen dozens Of
'em. and when lived out on the Jarman
Flats. shot two of EN- one morning before
breakfast -
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High Life

The United States signal station at Pixies
Peak is the highest signal station in the
world: it is also the highest inhabited por-
ton of the globe. 1t was opened in the
month of September, 1873. That il was
wise provision of the government in estab-
fishing signal station at this point is no
longer questioned, the facts having already
demonstrated its practicability, and the
present success promises that Pixies Peak
signal station is vet to stand at the head OF
all astronomical and meteorological stations
in the world. This point is wonderfully
favored by nature for the study of astrono-
nv and meteorology. The rarity of the at
mosphere brings out a remarkable brillian-
CIV and clearness to the stars and all the
heavenly bodies. The nights are most al
ways cloudless and cloudy days are the ex-
ception. Nine-tenths Of the storms are be-
low the peak The best and most complete
report of the last total eclipse of the sun
received at Washington was the report OF
Prof. Loud, of Colorado college, from OBJ
servations taken at Pixies Peak. The sum
nit of Pixies Peak contains sixty acres, it
is IA, 336 feet above the level of the sea
On the highest point of the summit stands
the signal station, a rough stone building
twenty -four by thirty, one story in height.
1t is divided into four rooms-offlcers
room, kitchen, store-room and wood-room.
And here in this bleak spot, nearly twenty
miles from the habitation Of man, though
three miles nearer the heavenly regions
than most parts of New England, these
men live the larger part of the year. The
station is three miles from the timber line,
where the greater part Of vegetation ceases.
Short grass tufted with delicate Alpine
flowers struggle for an existence against the
frigidity of the atmosphere and creep to-
ward the mountain top; but there are
hundreds of acres of cold, gray and reddish
rocks where not a vestige of verdure exists.
Like the dwellers of the arctic regions,
the inhabitants of Pixies Peak have but
two seasons-summer and winter. Two
months of summer-August and September
and ten long, cold months of winter.
The summer season passes quickly. The
atmosphere is congenial. The duties OF
the officers are various. Seven observa-
tions are taken daily; all storms are close
ly watched and each special and distinctive
characteristic duly recorded. Sunrise and
sunset demand close attention. Every pc
culiarity of the heavenly regions is viewed
and records made of the same, and monthly
reports of these records sent TO the
headquarters at Washington. The present
wear has been unusually prolific in sun
dogs, which are said to prognosticate
earthquakes, subteTanean explosions, i'm
mense freshets, and troublous times A
government office at Pixies Peak is no sin
ecure, for the officer must buffet all storms
and brave all westhers. Occasionally an
electric storm visits the peak There Is
but little thunder accompanying the storms,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-02
Revolutionary Cannon.

Six cannon cast for the American Army
more than one hundred years ago, have been
exhumed in Chester county, Penn. These
old artillery pieces possess curious history,
which may not be uninteresting to our read
ers. During the Revolutionary War, Messrs.
Samuel Potts and Thomas Rutter, of
Pottstown. Pa, who were then operating
Warwick furnace, were engaged in manu-
featuring cannon, cannOn-shOt, and other
war munitions for the American army, I'M
der contract from Congress, and large
number of the cannon used by the patriot
troOps were made at Warwick. At the
time the battle of the Brandywine was
fought, on the llth of September l7T7, Il
number of artillery pieces were at the fur
mace, completed and ready for use, and
when the news of WashingtOn's defeat at
that well contested field was received at
Warwick, il was feared that General Howe
would send a force there to capture these
guns for the use of King Georges artillery
men. To prevent this Messrs. Potts and
Rutter, who were strongly in sympathy
with the patriot cause, determined to put the
cannon out of the way. They were accord
ingly dragged by oxen to the Warwick
meadows, which were at that time marshy
and covered with an underground of bushes
and brambles, and there either sunk in the
bogs or buried out of sight. 1t is said that
over forty pieces were thus disposed Of
the exact number is not knOwn-and there
most of them remained for more than
a century that has since elapsed In 1872
however, Mr.. Thomas VI. Potts, Jr., great
grandson of Samuel Potts, exhumed six of
the old cannon. They are marked p. & r.
W. F., which is intended for Potts & Rut-
ter, Warwick Furnace. 1t is known where
few of the other pieces are buried, but the
exact whereabouts of the others, under the
soil of the Warwick meadows, has never
en- ascertained-
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The Home of theMidnight Sun.

As we crossed the famed Arctic Circle
we saw, far away to the westward the four
isolated peaks of the islands of Thaennen,
which stand up erect as towers in the ocean,
as if placed there as sentinels to keep watch
and ward over the entrance of the Polar
seas. Nearer To our ships course We
passed the curious Isle of HestamandO, or
Horseman's Island, 50 called by the sailors
of these seas from the likeness which it is
supposed to huge cavalry soldier riding
through the waves. The fishermen always
take off their caps and make an obeisance
to the ''horseman" as their boats float past
him. l. and | remained on deck To
watch for the nOrthward of the Polar Circi1
being nearly all snow-cOvered with many a
huge glacier topping the highest hills, or
appearing behind the ridges. The lights at
ll:45 =. NJ, when the sun appeared as If
to set, although it, of course, did not do 50,
were splendid, and the white-capped
mountains were covered with panOply of
every hue Of the rainbow, while the SEA
around was one golden purple blaze of tiny
wavelets. The scene presented to us AT II
O'Clock (midnight) altogether battles de
scription, and far ADLER pen than mine
would be required to do 1.-THE of justice 10
such a glorious panorama There, some
distance above the horizon, we saw the
blood red ball of the sun, and so bright was
the round mass that our eyes could scarcely
bear to look at it. Its warm rays could
still be felt, although the wind now met us,
and a very cold northwesterly breeze, it was
straight from the frozen shores of Spitzber-
gen; this alone was sufficient to remind us
Z that we were in a far northern land No
one on the deck spoke, and the extreme
stiffness and solitude was very striking and
the effects solemn The color of the sun
was even redder than it is in full daylight,
but the spectacle cannot be described pro
/ perly by a writer, and can hardly be ina
gined by any one who has not been in these
northern ATTITUDES The way in which the
| hundreds of huge snOw-capped mountain
peaks and their rugged sides were lighted
up by the bright rays was almost magical
and the varied colOrs which danced in con-
stant motion upon the snow, and on the
surface of the sea, were worth coming all
the way from England TO gaze upon. The
sun appeared, as nearly as we could judge,
to remain quite stationary from quarter to
II O'Clock till 1920 \. NJ, when the orb
| began 10 rise again slowly; and by one
/ O'Clock the heavy mists which had been
resting for the last two hours on the sum
mits of some of the highest mountains,
| gradually merged into the skies, and as We
went down in our berths all nature was full
! " as bright rs midday Truly it was Il
| sight not to be forgotten as long as memory
lasts
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A Heroic Spanish Maiden.

In part of Spain known as Da Carolina
there stands a substantial farmhouse, be-
longing to a man named Fueros, who is in
more than comfortable circumstances. His
family consists of his wife and one black
eyed little daughter, thirteen years old, the
heroine of this tale. This farmhouse was
the scene of a tragedy Il short time ago. \
few DAYS previous to it the farmer sold some
cattle, for which he received 81, 800. The
fact of his having received so large sum
became known to some robbers in the vicin-
ity, and they laid their plans to obtain pos
session Of it. The plan, which was ex-
ceedingly ingenious, was carried out as fol
lows: At time of day when the male
members of the household were away en-
gagged in their various duties, a man sup
porting a woman, who seemed unable to
walk, appeared at the door. The man,
who looked respectable though travel stain
ed. stated that they were natives of a
neighIs ing village on their way home, and
that his wife, who was in delicate health,
had broken down, and was unable to go a
step further; he begged, therefore, that she
might be allowed to sit down in the house
and rest while he went in search of a con
veyance to carry her to the end of her jour
ney. The desired hospitality was gener-
ously granted as soon as asked. The man
went on his way, while the invalid took a
seat by the fireside. After proirering
such refreshment as the house afforded, the
mother and daughter went on with their
household duties The mother saw nothing
unusual, but Caramita, for such was the
girls name, who sharply eyed the visitor
with the curiosity of childhood, was terror
stricken to observe that beneath her skirts
the sick woman wore pantaloOns. With a
discretion beyond her wears she managed to
communicate her discovery TO her mother
without awakening the suspicion of the
stranger. AS cody as was possible under
| the circumstances the two withdrew to a
neighbOring room and locked the door.
Convinced after a time that his sex and
character was discovered, the robber cast
off all disguise, and, approaching the door,
ordered the terrified woman 10 open il al
once under penalty of death. Finding that
they did not yield to his threats, he attempt
ed to force passage Failing in that, he
drew large knife and proceeded to cut Il
hole through the door large enough to
crawl through. When the opening was
large enough he attempted to enter. The
mother tainted with terror, but Caramita,
seixing her fathers gun, which luckily
stood loaded in the corner, walked resolute-
" up to the opening and shot the man, rs
he was in the act of creeping through the
entrance Upon searching the body of the
dead rober whistle was found. This was
used When the soldiers appeared, the re-
mainder of the band of robbers made their
appearance, were arrested, and put to death.
Thus heroic Spanish maiden saved the
| family, and was hailed with acclamation by
all her friends and neighbors
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The New Pre.iient OF France.

President Grevy dresses very modestly,
never having worn even the uniform of the
National Guard. He is man of republican
simplicity in all his ways. In his everyday
attire, even in Paris, he has always dOnned
a wide-awake instead Of a silk hat; and in
summer time he may generally be seen
sauntering about the bOulevartls clad all in
grav, and crowned with Panama. Though
man of considerable landed property, as
estates 90 in France, he never set up a
brougham till he became President of the
Chamber, and he has always kept this
modest cne-horse vehicle, with coachman
out of livery, at Versailles. In Paris he
uses cabs and omnibusses; bue il must be a
very muddy day which compels him to ride
at all He delights in music, but his IA
vorite pastime is billiards, and TO smoke
cigars while making his caroms. He and
his close friend, NJ Paul de Cassagnac, are
two of the best billiard players known, and
constantly play together. The two do not
! discuss politics, but feel mutual esteem
for their respective powers with the ball.
NJ. Grevy is also keen sportsman and an
able agriculturalist, and owns many vines,
cattle and fields of maize He smokes
much, speaks forcibly and frankly, and
never loses his temper, and ''he is no
] feebler than an iron bar.
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Workingnen.

Before you begin your heavy spring
work after winter Of relaxation. your
system needs cleansing and strength
ening to prevent All attack of Agus
Bilious or Spring Fever, or some
other Spring sickness that will unfit
YOU for a seasons work. You will
save time, much sickness and great ex'
pense if you will use one bottle of HoT
Bitters in your family this month
Don't wait. See another column.
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BETTER THAN THEM ALL.

A moderate share of wealth is good,
To cheer us on our way
For it has oftentimes the power,
To make December MAY;
And so is beauty. so Is health.
Or genius at our call
But happy. careless. loving heart,
Is better than them all.
A heart that gathers hope and faith,
From every springing flower
That smiles alike At winters storm,
And gentle summer shower:
That blesses God for every good.
Or whether great OF small
Oh. happy, hop ful loving heart,
Is better than them all.
lis well to hold the wand of power
Or wear an honored name
And blush to hear the mighty world,
Re-echo with our fame:
Tis well if ON our path the smiles.
OF kings ard mobiles fall
But to have a happy trusting heart.
is better than them all.
A heaIt that with the magic notes,
OF music is beguiled
A heart that loves the pleasant face,
OF every little child
That aideth weakness in distress,
And heareth duty's call
Oh such a owing human heart
Is better than them all.
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American manufacturers eager to
push their already extending trade in
Europe, should be on hand at the In
ternational Machine Market to be held
in Leipsic on June 18th. -;
A good beginning makes a good end
ing
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Heln1bold's Buchu
Invigorates the Stomach,

And stimulates the torpid Liver. Bowels,
and X dneys to healthy action, in cleansing 2
the blood of all impurities, and impartlnS 3
new life and vigor TO the whole system. 90
A single trial will be quite sufficient 10
CONVINCE the most hesitating of its valuable
remedial qualities
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PRICE 81 PER BOTTLE
Or Six Bottles for S5,

Delivered to any address free from observa-
tion. IT.
Patients" may consult by letter; receiN-
ing the same attention as by calllhs' py
answering the following questions:
J. Give your name and post-office address,
county and state, and your nearest express
Office
= Your age and sex?
,. Occupation?
!. Married or single?
:. Height. weight, now and IN heaIlhE
q. How long have You been SICK!
:. Your complexion color OF halr anu eSeS'
:. Have you a STOPPING or erect 2alt;
9. Relate without reservation All ~
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the nature of your disease and our cahoiu
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Competent Physicians attend 10 corres,
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The glass skylights for the new
Government building, Chicago, Will
weigh 20 tons.
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A SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL
BLADDER { KIDNEYS.

tiou - Exerfipn or Business >hortness OF
Breath. Troubled with Thoughts OF Disease,
Dinue~S of Vision. Pain in the Back Chest.
and Head. Rush of Blood to the Head Pale
Jouuteuamce. and Dry skin
II these symptoms are allowed to go on.
very frequently Epileptic Fits and Con-
sumption follow. When the constitution
becomes affected il requires the aid OF an
iuvigoraling medicine 10 strengthen and
tone Up the system-which
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SOLD EVERYWHERE.
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DiZziness. sour stomach. Eruptions, Bad
Taste I'm the Mouth. Palpjtation of the
Heart. Pain in the region of the Kidneys,
and a thousand other painful symptoms
are he off-prings of Dyspepsia