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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
Uses OF Cork.

The lightrrss of cork makes it superior
TO ali other substances for life preservers,
for :nslIrirg the buoyancy of life boats. 1t
is also employed as buoys to foat nets, and
in making waterproof shoes. 1t has also
been converted into and used as gun wsd-
dIngs. Cork, as Is well known, is a nom
conductor Of heat and is porous These
pecuIiarities have been taken advantage of
IN the manufacture of water coolers, which
are much used in Spain. They are made
of slabs of the wood, bent round circular
heads of the same, and bound with hoops.
The porosity of the cork allows the water
to percolate slowlyto the surface, and there
to cool in evaporating, while its non-con-
Quoting nature prevents the heat of the sun
from warming the water within. About
80 years ago an ngenious Frenchman intro
duced mattresses and cushions in which
cork reduced to dust or shreds was sub
stitute for feathers, hair or wool. 1t might
be used alone or combined with the above
mentioned materials. 1t WAS claimed that
these would make easy beds, smooth, light
and elastic, and especially well adapted for
use at sea, where, in cases Of emergency,
they might be available as life preservers.
But il is evident that cork mattresses did
not become popular. A variety of walking
sticks are manufactured from young cork
trees in Africa, and Spanish black, su-
~srior nigmspb is made 0f calcired cork.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
George Bancroft's Workshop.

Mr.. Bancrofts workshop is upon the sec
ond floor, in large square room facing the
street, in Washington, ID. Z. What a place
of rest and study. Great leather and
shaker chairs, great desk in the middle of
the room, and all about the walls books and
books; from the ceiling to the floor, on
every side, books, Not an inch of space
that is not filed. And he has four rooms
like this. The table was strewn with
pamphlets, books and bushels of documents
and manuscripts. The picture as you enter
is one you have often SEEN An old man
sitting at his desk at work, and young
secretary opposite copying, verifying and
arranging documents, and both encIrled by
walls of books. Within the four rooms
composing his library, NJ. Bancroft has
over twelve thousand volumes There are
larger collections of books in private houses,
but Mr.. Bancroft's library is remarkable
for being more selected than extensive. 1t
is peculiarly rich in the best editions of
ancient classics, and has almost all the
notable works in the modern European Ian
guages. The great feature of the library
is the manuscripts. No man in the coun-
try has such collection of original docu-
ments OF military or political character
relating to the country. He began his great
historical work in 1926. 1t was in this
year he began to gather materials and to
Law out the work that will make his name
great while the world lasts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
A Great Work.

Somewhere about 5000 workmen, 600
or 200 wagons. seventeen or eighteen To-
comotive engines, three steam ''navvies''
and quantity of minor machinery OF vari-
Gus kinds have been engaged since 1875 at
pared with which the building of the
pyramids modern appliances
have been no very signal feat. Hitherto
the one entrance to the Victoria docks
from the Thames had been at Blackwell
point, but, now there is dock capable of
receiving all vessels, no matter what they
might be. Three and half miles of walls
have been built, inclosing ninety acres of
water. These walls are forty feet high.
five feet thick al the top, and eighteen OF
nineteen feet thick at the bottom, the
whole of this enormous mass being compOs-
ed of solid concrete, for which 50, 900 tons
of Portland cement have been used. Some
4, OOO, 900 cubic feet of earth have been
dug out. 1t may assist the Imagination
somewhat TO state that if il were filed into
ordinary carts the vehicles would form an
unbroken line 1000 miles long. The ex.
cavations have gone through a submerged
forest, and among other curiosities dug out
have been a reindeer's horn, Roman vase,
and what is supposed TO be ancienta British
canoe carved out of solid oak. The lattel
is now IN the British museum. The new
entrance below " oolwich will save about
three and a half miles of river navi
cation, which, in the case Of vessels with
heavy draft, is of course a matter of very
great importance. The London and ST
Katharine's and Victoria Docks Company
are now prepared for vessels of all kinds
not excluding the largest rronclads of th'
British navy. The cost has been estinat
ed roundly at 80, coo, 900.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
The Boy-rhe Circus.

The small boy looketh upon the circus
poster when it Is red, white and blue; and
becometh intoxicated with delight.
For what is it that carrieth more JOY TO
the heart Of the small boy than dead wall
covered with circus posters:
And as the boy gazeth on the pictures OF
indescribable animals, and upon the i'm
possible antics of lightly clothed men and
women. his imagination maketh all the pic
lures realities and he is willing to stake his
reputation US a champion marble player
that the coming circus Is the best in the
world.
And he longeth to 30.
80 he is joined by other boys Of his aye,
and they all gaze upon the posters and drink
/ in the beauties thereof.
( And they marvel among themselves.
And one boy sayeth he has never seen so
wonderful a display of circus pictures.
And they soon fall to specializing among
themselves as to whether each performer
really doeth all the things which he is re.
presented as doing.
/ And another one sayeih he has seen as
wonderful performances as are pictured out
ON the posters.
/ But his companions laugh HIM &c
scorn.
30 it comeih to pass that the boy whC
hath seen all these things is forced 20 hold
his peace providing he has not already de
voured ii), for verify The majority ruleth
among the boys.
soon all the important question comeih
up regarding the prospects for crawling un'
der the canvas, and they wax enthusiastic,
and in their minds they are all in the oircui
ON the front scat, each one having found :
good place TO crawl under.
But soon one of their number reoollecte,l
the fact that he was once caught in the act
and as he dilates on the strength Of the can
vas men in general, aud the one who col
Jared him in particular, the courage Of III,
group oozes out OF their individual tnge
ends.
But the company adopteth preamble snS
resolutions to the edec, that il is necessary
that each boy attend the circus.
And one lsyeth out route in his neigh
eorhood, and woe unto the piece of old iro,
which his fingers clutches for verify In n,
end Il contribu,eth TO the circus fund
Any man who hath ever been a smsl
boy knowe,h these things 70 De uus.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
Baths for Children.

No wise mother will put her young chill
dren into quite cold water in winter time,
nor with cold, and above all, will never
allow them TO be washed and bathed IN q
draught, on the same principle Of consist
ency that plenty of fresh air is good when
it is not damp or foggy, but draughts are
most lniuriou. Even in summer the chill
should be taken off the water in which
young children or delicaIe persons are
ba.hed, while in winter it is doubtful
whether even the strongest man is bene-
flied by bathing in water at or but little
above the freezing point. The cold bath
is not advisable when followed by no warm
glow; neither when followed by rush of
bio ID to the hesd-in both of which cases
tepid or warm water should be sub
stituted. There live many men
land women, toc) )''with souls 50 dead" that
they will 90 into cold bath, or send their
children, when they have some feverish or
irruptiye complaint. The danger of this
should be obvious-that the disease re-
ceives a most violent check, and the per-
sons life is even threatened. If, however,
YOU persist in the use Of cold water
ID cold weather for yourself or
children. succeeded by no necessary
after glow of warmth, and will not have the
common sense TO use warm or tepid water,
then put in a tablespoonful of spirit of
some sort into your bath-whisky is best,
though eau de Cologne or spirits of wine
will Go-and you will have your
glow. This often prevents chilblsins in
persons of slow circulation. On the other
hand, itIs injuries to many people to have
the water even approaching to hot. Those
who bathe regularly the year round in cool
water are rarely sensitive 10 cold, and the
most delicate women may use the sponge
bath daily, not only with impunity, but
with advantage. 10 do this immersion
is not necessary and no one need complain
that they cannot have ''good wash" be-
cause they do not happen 10 possess bath,
for this may be easily accomplished after
Miss Nightingale's plan, in the rules she
laid down for her lady nurses who accom-
panied her to the Crimea; even if they had
but the poor accommodation of a basin
they were to thoroughly sponge themselves
from ''top to toe" which Is possible to
the poorest of us.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
The Lottery of Life.

Mary Leslie, having been left poor or.
phan. sought to earn her living by working
as designer in wall papers. This hurt the
feelings of her fashionable cousins, the Per
civals, with the exception of young Tom,
who admired her greatly. Mr.. D'Eresby,
a millionaire, wanting designs for an ele-
CANT house he was about to build, was re-
ferred to Mary, and stepping to her table at
the furniture establislment-"Are you the
drawing girl:' he demanded, somewhat
brusquely.
''Yes, sir, am, said Mary, demurely.
"Well, said MIR. 'i;resby, after a mo-
ment's survey OF the work upon which she
was engaged, Il believe you're the very Ont
to carry out my ideas. My carriage is at
the dOor-get into it"
Mary, bewildered, was whirled up along
Piccadilly, by the side of man who talked
OF Michael Angelo, Raphael and Leonardo
da Ninci, as if they were people he haI
just met. 1t was very strange, but, after
all, there was an element of ''niceness'
about it. Mary Leslie had had a deartl
of adventures in her life up TO the present
date, and here seemed the dawning promis,
of one.
Mr.. D'Eresby's 5 sudden apparition ON th'
matrimonial horizon caused no incorsider
able sensation, as may readily be conjCc
tured, and half the marriageable young
ladies in town prepared their auowy
smiles and glanees for his heart-amons
others, Josephine Percival.
Il must marry rich, argued the young
lady, ''for l have such expensive tastes
and l should so enjoy handsome home
Pm sure I'm as good-looking as the aver
age, with little lily powder, and my hai
nicely crepe, and there's no reason
shouldn't win the prize. At all events, II
try
That's it, said Tim, scornfully; ''gC
in and win."
"You're goose, Tom, !" said Miss Per
cival, somewhat discounted.
II may be goose" answered Tom
''but | amt a girl, glory be thanked
What fools they all are-except Polly Les
| lie.'
Miss Percival was introduced by dini o
special maneuvering that very evening u
NJ D'Eresby, and congratulated hersel
on making considerable headway in tn
good grsces of that extremely eligible gen
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
DOWN BIZ The BROOK In TEE MRAD0W

II was down by the brock in the meadow,
Where the daisies and buttercups grew,
And the wildfires slistened SO brightly.
When kissed by the new fsllen dew;
Where the sound of the ripping hrookles
As 1t merrily danced on its way,
Asong Of joyful welcome sang
Tome one bright Summers day.
nwss down by tbs brook in the meadow,
0ae Morn when .he sun shoae serene.
peacefully lag or the green mossy bank.
Indulging in youths Summer dream
dreamed Of the days that have faded ant
gone,
Those many sweet days OF the past
wondered If life would always be CAV,
And Summer forever could las.
It WAS down ty the brook in the meadow
But how very different the scene!
lis winter. The Frost Kings cold fingers
Have touched the soft sod once 90 green.
In s tight, icy chain the brooklet is bound
Il No longer sings merrily, oh,
And the flowers that once grew down by shs
brook
Now sleep meath = coyerlet Of snow.
Il Was down by the brook in the meadow
That an old man, feeble and gray.
With bended head went plodding slong
And unto himself thus did say:
''Uh. for those days that have faded and gone
Those many sweet days OF the past
But, sias l have fouhd, in NY travels thro
life.
That Summer forever won't las"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
India Shawls.

An India shawl, like a wonderful paint
ing, possesses beauty untold TO the cult
waited eye. More wonderful still Is this
beauty when we think of the long, weary
hours occupied m making il, and the many
stitches inserted slowly and carefully by
different hands. The odd-loOking leaf
YOU admire in one corner, and the gay
colored one in another, eXemphfy the old
story of extremes meeting for the pos
sibility Is that they were made fifty miles
apart, and then welded together by the
calculating merchant. IL is little curious
10 think that in this manufacture the maker
does not know his pattern, even il he
makes the entire shawl; for he makes hy
written directions, and on the wrong side,
using needle very much like a match
sharpened at both ends. To make hand
some shawl requires one years steady work,
and one Is inSensibly reminded of lite'S own
story-the thread gong in and out for 81
long time with no knowledge OF what the
result will be. "rhe Vale of Cashmere"
to-day furnishes in one way as many beau
ties rs il did when Moore sang Of II; and
If Lalla Rookh does not wear the soft,
clinging drspcry, English and American
ANOANAtS W. NfAAtAAtA'ASAAA ANAAl- SNAA-,hA ANA
in all its phases just now, La Mode DEGREES
that ShawlS shall be worn more largely than
ever before, and suggests a graceful method
for it is hard 10 wear a shawl gracefully
that viii look well on all ; il Is, Of COurse,
the dolman. With little trouble an India
shawl may be transformed into one, the
dull green OF chilly looking blue that forms
the centre of the shawl beng caught up in
wrinkles by an Oriental silk picquet to as
sumo the shape of a hood. Some ladies
have their Shawls cut into coats, which are
elegant and styhSh-lOOkIng, but one finds
upon examination that no woman is bar
baric enough 10 cut real India shawl.
Shawls used tor this purpose are generally
limitations OF the India, the DeCca and the
Valley Cashmere. An exquisite work OF
art is Delhi shawl, which, after having
all the inches of Oriental cOloringS bestowed
upon il, Is further grSoed by threads Of
gold that show their presence BY cleaning
and glistening al each movement Of the
wearer. \ Cashmere variety, made in
France, Is in black, Cream and cocker,
with soft, chnging looking fringe to match,
and will be extensively used At the seaside
in combination with bright dresses that need
something neutral 10 tone them down.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
NO. 80.
ouassia vs.. Mosquitoes.

| A few years ago We had some peach
trees which being on a wall exposed TO
drargth, were annually blighted. One
died, and the new wood of the others were
not more that hands length. 4 scien-
| tific friend advised me to try weak solu-
tion of quasSia to water them with, and
the success was complete. Blight was
prevented. The first year the trees bore
well and the wood was elbow length or
more. next tried quassia in the winery.
Instead of limc-washing the walls to get
rid of the green fy, one watering with the
quassia dismissed them IN a day. Our
head gardener, who had previously much
experience in nursery grounds, wondered
that he had never heard Of it before. He
now uses it on all cases as a protection
from flies and blight. The dilutiou goes n
long way: one pound of chips Of luasSia
wood boiled and rtboi,ed in other water,
until he has eight gallons of toe extract
for his garden engine. He finds il unadvis-
able TO use il stronger for some plants.
This boiling makes the quassia adhesive,
and being principally applied TO the under
leaf, because most blight settles there, ii is
not readily washed of by rain, Quassia
and the chips art sold by chemists at from
sixpence to shilling per pound. The
tree is idigenous to the West Indies and 10
South America And now as TO gnatS
and mosquitoes, young friend of. mine,
severely bitten by mosquitoes and un-
willing 10 be seen SO disfigured, sent tor
some quassia chips and had boiling water
poured upon them. AT night after wash
ing, she dipped her hands into the quaSSia
water and left il TO dry upon her face
This was perfect protection, and eontin-
ued to be so when ever applied. The pas
TILES sold in Florence and elsewhere,
which are vaun,ed to be safeguards against
mosquitoes, are iron my own experience,
of no use. At the approach of winter.
when dies and gnaIs get into the houses
and sometimes bite venomOusly, a grand
child of Eine, eightecn months old was
thus attacked. gave the nurse some of
my weak solution of qyaSsia, to be left to
dry on its face, and he was not bltten
again. IL is is inocuous TO children, and
il may be a protection also against bed
insects, which have hal 10, the OppOr-
tunity OF trying. When the solution OF
quaSsia is strong, II is well Known to be an
active ily-pOiSop, and is mixed with sugar
10 attract flies but this IS not strong enough
TO kill at once. If il be truc that moSqui-
toes have been imported into enc Of the
great hotels IN the south Il London, il
might be very useful 10 anOint some OF
the furniture with u. Then strong
solution with sugar, S,t about the rOOmS,
ought 10 clear them out.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
The Textile Plant, of the World.

Mems lrst steps in civilization may be
traced almost directly IN their efforts TO
clothe themselves, and their first essays in
skilled labor are made in the adaptation Of
the materials which nature has furnished
them to use for dress. On the banks of the
White Nile are tribes who content them
selves with simple apron Of leaves, OF
less; and Sir Samuel Baker noticed that a
great advance in general civilization had
taken place there when, after having spent
several months among people Of that grade,
he came into InyOrO, where the people
wore garments fashioned out Of the bark II
fig tree, which they mad 10 prepare by
soaking and beating with a mallet. Thrift
seemed 10 follow naturally upon the &C
/ QUESTION of the taste for clothing, for the
/ fig trees have 70 he cultivated 10 secure a
sufficient supply. Accordingly We are told,
when a man takes a wife, he plants a Ger
/ tain number of the trees in his garden, as
provision for the wants OF the family be
has in prospect. \ grade above the naked
races are the PapuanS OF New Guinea, with
their lon giriles Of grass OF palm leavss,
and above these are the Msoris Of New Zea-
I land, with their cloaks OF the leaves Of an
h-aNc-i4ht lsANtiit latt8 ulNol Nsttu UNIT llNC
scales. The South Sea islanders have in
The spaper IN llherry plant which serves the
same purpose 70 them IS a fig tree to the
people OF UnyorO, irOm the bark Of which
they prepare the tapa by soaking and beat
ins. They illustrate another development
OF industry IN the sdOrnment % their
clothes, for which they have an endless
variety Of designs, many OF them Of oon-
siderable merit. This stage Of cicihzalion
is also often marked by a corresponding
development Of the PO,ter's art and oi s&il
in ornsmoniing vessels, From the me,hot
Of using the whole s;uf Of the bark 10 the
ar, Of separating, its hbers and spinning ami
weaving them into cloth Is n great Sisp.
The processes Of spinning and weaving arc
IS varied as the people who carry them ga.
and are largely determined Nv the nature
Of the material 10 which they have 10 hs
applied
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
Tine Game of puoits.

Quoirs Is by no means difficult game TO
play, seeing that neither great strength or
science is required; ON the other hand
skill and deNterity, which are both acquir-
ell by practice, will make boy, youth, or
man skilled quoit-player. There is Of
course a considerable knack in pitching y
quot, and the PLAYER needs strength of
wrist; for the acquisition Of an accurate
aim rests entirely with the degree of stead.-
ness in this member when delivering the
missile. So long as the space surrounding
the pitch is fairly level the intermediate
space may be rough or broken. Quoits are
OF different sizes and different weights, but
few good players usc the heavier weapons,
for, after playing moderate length OF
time, they oyer-taN the strength, and a be-
ginner should always use the lighiest he
can possibly secure. Steel qucits are, IN
our opinion, preferable to either iron or
brass, and Us much care should be taken
of them as with pair of steel skates. The
appended rules which were agreed to at
the Birmingham Conference in 1853, are
still generally adopted by quot players.
First. That the distance from pin 10
pin shall be nineteen yards, and that this
player shall stand level with the pin and
deliver his quoit nj the first step.
Second. That no quoi, be allowed
which measures more than eight inches
external diameter and that the weight may
be unlimited.
Third. That the pins be one inch above
the clay.
Fourth. Tha, all measurements shall
be taken from any visible part of the pin
to the nearest visible part OF the quot.
No clay or quoi; TO be disturbed.
Fifth. That no quot shall count unless
fairly delivered Ia the clay free from the
outer rim, and that no quot on its back
shall count unless it first strikes another
QUOT or the pin. That no QUOT shall
count unless it frs, strikes another QUOT
81 the pin.
Sixth. That eaca player shall deliver
his quoit in succession. his opponent ther
following.
Seventh. That an umpire shall be sp
pointed. and in all cases his decision shl
be final.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21

Japan has now a large nail factory,
and its products are said to be equal to
our best.
New Orleans wss founded in III,
under the regency OF the Duke Of Or
leADs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21

There was no indication of tramp in
the handsomely dressed gentleman. The
clear, earnest eyes showed no lurid light,
kindled by Satan's 5reath. Ciasped hands,
kisses, reiewal of VOWS. That evening the
buggy went to Bowling Green. Next
morning happy couple left on southern
bound train.