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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-05
Dry Fruit In California.

W. b. West has started fruit dryer
on Banner Island, San Joaquin county.
The building now contains but a single
Plummer dryer, factory size with ca
pacity of from four to five tons per day.
There are places for three more of like
size, which viii be put in as the business
is established and they are needed. The
dryer occupies about seven feet square,
it holds go trays 40 by 40 inches, with
bottoms of cloth of galvanized iron wire,
seven meshes to the inch, on which
rests the fruit while drying. The dryer
is in the upper story of the building and
directly above the heater. The estab-
lishment runs two patent peach pitters,
with capacity of two tons each per
day, and two apple parers, corers and
slicers, with like capacity.
From the pitters or parers the fruit is
placed on the trays, thence to the dryer.
thence to the heat room, then sweat
bins below, where it remains and is
shovelled over for five or six DAYS. 1t is
then ready for packing, and is pressed
into 25 and so pound boxes for market.
The warm room has capacity of 160
trays. Here the drying is perfected
with greater care and in less heat than
in the dryer. The heat room in this
way greatly increases the capacity of
the dryer, and at no additional cost for
fuel.
In drying potatoes, the following is
the process: They are washed clean,
placed in trays, and thrust into a steam
box. At the end of thirty y-five minutes
they are removed and the skins stripped
OF by hand. Great care is necessary
that the potatoes are not too much cook
ed, or they are worthless for drying.
After peeling they are placed in a press
with tight fitting plunger and a per-
forated bottom and pressed through
upon trays, which move on a tramway
so as to secure equal distribution.
They are then ready for the dryer, and
after being dried hard are placed in
grinder and coarsely pulverised. They
can then be cooked in fifteen minutes
by little boiling water.
There are over 1000 dryers in opera
ton on the coast. They are made of
different sizes, according to what is re-
quired Of them. Their cost is from S75
to $500. and they are of capacity to meet
the wants of large and small growers.
The fruit dried by them is worth from
80 to 100 per cent more than sun-dried
fruit.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-05

small birds are lashed to death by leafess
twigs and the torn bodies Of snowy heroos
and wild turkeys lodge In the branches of
the live oak and cypress trees.
All living things disappear. Tall pines
are twisted asunder. The 1.-THE limbs Of
willows and oleanders snap like COW whips.
Lofty palmettos bend their heads to the
ground, their great fans inside out like the
ribs of an umbrella. The force of the wind
keeps the trees down until every green fan
pops like pistol shot. The leaves of the
scraggy scrub are wiped out and their stems
whipped into little bushes. The tough saw
palmetto is blown "a fiat Is NC1. bern wheat
field, and the dead grass of the savannas
lashed into fine dust. Boards in the surf
are struck by the wind and knocked hun
dreds of feet in the air. The sand dunes
are caught up and bodily sifted through
the tops Of pine trees miles away. The
foam of the sea is blown beneath the houses
on the main land and comes up between
the cracks of the floor like steam. Woe
to the owners of sailbOats and boat houses.
AT Lake Worth, the Cruiser, q heavy,
round d-bottomed sailboat, thirty-two feet
long, was picked up from her ways, rigg-
ing and all, and carried across the lake q
mile away. without touching the water, and
dropped into salt marsh eight hundred yards
away. In the fall Of 1875 the Ida Smith,
large schooner running between New
Smyrna and Jacksonville, was torn from
Its anchors and stranded on a marsh five
hundred yards from the ship channel.
The coast survey steamer, IN good har-
Dor sheltered by sand banks, threw out
three anchors and kept her wheels work
ing against the wind under u full bead of
steam. She dragged her anchors several
hundred yards and barely escaped destruc-
tion. The hurricanes last from seven to
eight hours, even longer. During the lull
rain falls in torrents. The tide rises to
great height, carrying away wharves and
boat houses. and flooding the country for
miles. The ocean leaps the sandy barriers
of the coast and floods the Indian and other
salt water riverf. involving great damage.
After the storm centre boards and jib-
s,ays arc found in spruce pines, oleanders
are loaded with cordage, and deadcyes and
peablocks drop from leafless orange trees.
Gardens are destroyed, fences swept
away, and the tormented Floridian has
three months work and no Day to repair
damages
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-05
Inexact Bibles.

During the Commonwealth, and even
short time before Charles Is execu-
ton, the printers, in order to meet the
great demand which then existed, sent
out Bibles from their presses as quickly
as they could, regardless of errors and
omissions. One of the Harleian manu-
scripts relates that the learned Arch
bishop Usher while on his way to preach
at st. Pauls Cross-a wooden pulpit
adjoining the Cathedral of st. Paul's,
in which the most eminent divines were
appointed to preach every Sunday
morning-went into booksellers
shop and inquired for a Bible of the
London edition. He was Mortified to
discover that the text from which he
was TO preach was omitted! This
formed the first complaint to the king
of the careless manner in which Bibles
were printed; and, as one of the results,
the printing of them was created a mon
opoly. A great competition then arose
between the kings printers OF London
and those of the university of Cambridge
The privilege of printing Bibles was at
later date conceded to one William
Bently; but he was opposed by Hills
and Field; and many paper alterations
took place between them. The Pearl
Bible of Field, printed in 1858, is per-
haps the most blundering Bible ever
issued. A manuscript in the British
Museum affirms that one of these Bibles
swarmed with six thousand faults. In
Gerrad's letter to the Earl of Strafford,
| it is said: ''Sterne, a solid scholar,
was the first who summed up the three
thousand and six hundred faults that
were in our printed Bibles of London. -
The name Pearl given to this book by
collectors, and copy of which is to be
found in the British Museum, is deriv-
ed from printers name of a diminutive
kind of type. 1t must not be supposed
that those many ''faults" were all print
ers' errors only, for it is well known that
Field was an unscrupulous forger. He
is said to have been paid fifteen hundred
pounds by the Independents to corrupt
text in Acts vi. by substituting ''ye''
for a "we," to sanction the right of the
people to appoint their own pastors.
Two errata may also be mentioned.
In Romans vi. 13, righteousness was
printed ''unrighteousness;" and in First
Corinthians vi. 9, mot was ommitted,
SO that the textread: "The unnghteouf
shall inherit the kingdom of God"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-05
A Fiery Grave.

The Westphalia papers give an ac-
count of terrible catastrophe which
occurred in the northwestern part of
that province on the 18th of August.
There has been for some time in opera
ton in the neighborhood of Solingen,
not far from Barmen, astrange phenome-
non. Apart of the soil of hilly heath
became excessively hot, so much SO
that some people living close by availed
themselves of the heat for domestic pur-
poses. The explanation suggested was
that some infammable subterranean gas
or perh ;ps petroleum, had been acci-
dentally set ON fire. Some water had
been brought to the spot by an artificial
channel; but its contact with the burn
ing soil had only produced violent ex-
the ground around. Recently some
persons drove out in a carriage from
Remscheld to inspect the spot. When
arrived at distance of about quarter
ofan English mile, they heard strange
rumbling noise, which so terrified the
horses that they had to alight and send
the carriage back some distance. They
walked on, discussing the likelihood of
any danger, when suddenly space Of
the hillside, about 100 meters square,
opened, disclosing gulf Of liquid
fire and throwing up flames. The
house where the family lived was
at once surrounded by the flames,
and was, before their eyes, swallowed
up IN the liquid fiery caldron at their
feet, apparently feeding the flames. 1t
is known that several persons were in
the house; none were saved, but it has
not been ascertained how many perish
ed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-05
A Florida TyphOOn.

On the approach of autumn the Flor
idian quakes with apprehension. 1t is the
dread season for hurricanes. Tearing
through the West Indies, they often strike
the coast with scarcely note Of warning;
houses are overthrown, sallboats blown
from the water, and orange groves swept
bare of leaves and fruit. Some Of the old
settlers say that they can detect The signs
Of the storm day before 1t breaks upon
them. g You feel it in the air before it
comes, says one. This IS. however an
indefinite sign. The devastation lining its
track certainly proves that "you feel 1t
after it comes" One of these typhoons
visits the coast every year. The day may
be bright ard beautiful, and the flowers
heavy with bees and humming birds.
Shlmmenng mosquito hawks quiver in the
air. and tie scarlet cardinal twitters in
the acacias. A cooling breeze plays through
the leaves of the trees, and gently swings
the unr.pe oranges. Clouds of gulls soar
above the dark green mangrove bushes, and
the sand bars, aS3ow tide, are covered with
pensive .curlews and willets. The drowsy
roar of the surf is heard, and the gentle
swell of the ocean is rippled with golden
sheen. Almost Impercep lilly the wind
dies away. Cries of ter and water birds
fall upon the car with painful distinctness.
The mud hens in the marshes pipe an alarm
Not blade of salt grass moves. The blue
sky grows hazy, and the eastern horizon IS
milky white. Fitful gusts begin to ripple
the water and handle the green leaves. A
low moan comes from the ocean. Smoky
clouds roll into the sky from the southeast, +,
and strong wind whitens the rufled water
Every minute it increases in fury. An
ominous yellow light tinges the atmosphere.
The sun is gone, great drops Of rain are
hurled to the ground Within fifteen min
utes there is gale, and coon the whole
force of the hurricane Is felt Great eagles
and peiicans are swept through the heav-
ems utterly powerless. Sparrows and other
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-05
English Grouse-ShootinG.

Grouse-shooting, like most forms of
sport, is chiefly for rich men. Moors that
range in rent from g. 900 to $4,000 are
not within the reach of every one, and
sportsmen accustomed 20 large bags natu-
rally despise small ones. As Incidence in
creases, and as grouse become wild, the
pastime IF driving becomes popular, and
driving can only be practiced On large
moors with small army of beaters. In
stead of the usual plan of marching over
the ground, preceded by settlers or pointers.
the guns are comfortably settled IN afists
behind stone walls. The beaters go round
in advance, and then cross the moor shout
ing and making as much noise as possible.
The grouse, which perhaps could have
been approached in no other way, then fly
with astonishing rapidity over the heads Of
the men lying in ambush, and good deal
of experience and skill are needed to bring
them down. When should one shoot2 be-
fore the grouse reach youl and how much
beforel and how far in advance bv way of
calculating for pacei are questions the
novice asks, but only practice can answer
them. As this sort of shooting demands
no exertion, no walking, except from one
ambush 10 another, it is deservedly popu-
lar with the lazy gunner. But even poor
men, though they cannot aspire to large
bags and to driving, may get little Ghoot-
ing and plenty of walking for their money
on farms in the Scotch border counties,
especially, perhaps, in the neighborhood of
the Cheviots. A stock fermer may have
taken the shooting on his farm, and may
sublet it, or farmer who owns a little
estate of bis own at a distance from the
place where he hives may be ready to let
the shooting. There is generally a diff
Guilty about getting accommodation, bat
young and earnest men do not disdain a
shepherds hut, and are even ready to ride
on ponies ten miles or SO to the scene OF
action. They make small and excessively
mixed bags-three brace of grouse,
couple of snipe. two or three hares, and
the liKe-but then they pay very little for
their pleasure, and they lay in a large
stock of health, and find themselves in
picturesque places and scenes famous in
border history which otherwise they would
not have visited. With youth and eager
ness on their side. perhsps these humble
gunners enjoy themselves as much as ten
ants who pay thousands for moor and
forests.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-05
Wooden Thread.

The manufacture of thread from wood
for crochet and sewing purposes has, it Is
said, recently been commenced in the mid
die Of Sweden 1t IS wound in balls by
machinery. either by hand or steam, which,
with the labelling. takes one minute and
twelve seconds. and the balls are packed
up in cardboard boxes, generally ten in
box. Pleanty of orders from all parts OF
Sweden have come in, but as the works
are not in proper order, there has hardly
been time to complete them all. The pro-
duction gives fair promise of success, and
1t is expected to be very important for
home cDnsumntiOu.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-05
But He wouldn't.

When man has been to Deadwood he
somehow feels called upon TO lie about it.
There was q man from that region who
came on to call upon us recently. He said
be was from that city. "Ah," we said,
pretty live town." "Livei" he excIaim-
ed, why, it's the awfullest place in this
country. once got hard up there and
went and made money by betting that
three minutes couldn't pass without the
sound of pistol shot" 'Tndsedl" we
said. BE saw we were interested. He
said "ln the carly days of the town the
bartenders used to remember whose blood
it was in the different spots on the foor
But fights got to be so numerous that folks
lost interest in keeping track of it. And
besides the spots got 90 thick on the floor
that you couldn't tell where one left of and
another begun. When / first went out
there such things used 10 make me nervous.
remember one night they wanted to lynch
man and my doorway came handy.
was out and when l went home and foun
the fellow swinging there, it kind of startle
mel" We tried to look shocked. and be-
Ing thoroughly warmed up the liar contin
ued: 81 recoilect seeing 'em hang a man
because he got euchred on lone hand.
He didn't object. He owned up that he
deserved it." And so on the liar went on
until completely exhausted. Then we
asked him about how many killings day
it averaged there. be SAID: '.About forty"
Poor Deadwoodi" we murmured. "Poor
Deadwood?' said he. "Yes,n we replied,
''POor Deadwood. How stupid it must be.
How it has gone down since the good old
days when we were there! The days when
we averaged eighty murders, seven lynch
ings, nine free fights and q cleaning out of
the Chinese, per day! Then there was en-
terprise at Deadwoodi" We paused. The
fellow was bluahing violently. 'tSir, +" said
be, 81 am . miserable infantl ] am
ashamed of myself Will you do me the
very great honor to 90 and drink with mei"
But we wouldn't
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-05

The use of the name Puritan began,
according to Fuller. in 1864.
Queen Victoria has no carpets ON
her hoors-only India mating.
Daily Republican., 1881-08-29
PUBLIC ANXIETY.
The Feeling i'm this City Ea'ur day
Night and Yesterday.

Never since the day of the attempted
assassination of President Garfield
was as much anxiety manifest as was
shown on Saturday night and yester.
day morning. Big Quarterly and all
/ connected with it, sank into insignii:
icanCe, and men and women too, meet
! ing on the street would ask with bated
breath the Oft repeated question, what
is the latest from the Presi ident I?
Wherever it was thought news could
be obtained, the people would flock in
crowds Everything else seemed
swallowed up, In the great anxiety to
Know If he upon whom the eyes of the
world are now turned still lived and
1t seemed as If the hearts of the people
OF Wilmington beat ina common sym
ralhy, with that of the stricken but
brave little woman in Washington,
that was bending over Tho form OF
her loved husband.
A general feeling of sadness and
anxiety seemed to be upon every heart,
ana the merry laugh was hushed, or
II nduls sed in by some tEoughtless one
IT Jared upon the feelings Of the more
sober citizens. The people who for
days had clung to the favorable news
and - the hope offered by the daily
dispatches from Washington, seemed
ncW to have lost all boW. Yesterday
morning at an early hour, the papers
wore eagerly sought for and then there
came another ray of hope, faint to be
sure, but still it was a hope; and many
u i"rvent prayer of thanks assembled
10 1h" great ruler Of nations. Still later
IN the day, IT," Philadelphia extra
papers came down, and were eagerly
purchased by anxious ones, and the few
lines armour ing his marked improve.
mert, quickly read and passed from
lip to lip, and a feeling OF hopeful JOY
occupied the hearts so recently hlled
".th sadness and gloom.
Daily Republican., 1881-08-29
Hebrew I'm nllllSrnnts.

The first instalment ofthe persecu.el
ku,slan Hebrews, who are coming to
america, sail for New York on OF about
he 10Th OF next month. The party will.
lompllse between 26O and 800 able bodi-
Ell mechanic, farmers and workingmen.
Additional shipments will follow as "a
p,dIy as funds can be raised to pay the
expenses Vi bringing the people across
the ocean. MIR. Adolph Sanger, secre-
tary of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations and the Board Of Dele
gates on Civil aud Religious Fights,
says it il not the object of that society,
which is promoting this immigration,
to import II lot of worthless people who
would no, make good citizens Of the
United States. Our agents 60 right i'll
10 the midst OF tie RUSSIAN population
aud make diligent inquiries as to the
character and habits of the individual
Hebrews, who are desirous of leaving Il
Government where they are oppressed
and abused ald becoming residents of IA
country whore civil and ndrtigious liberty
is tolerated aud encouraged. Oar OBJ
le<t is to first bring Over young and able
bodied men, and it is expected that
after they have been here a short time
ti!cy will be able 10 furnish money TO
send for their families. Wedo not mean
10 encourage raupers and iissolute peo.
pie to come lece and become tax upon
he community
Daily Republican., 1881-08-29
The President,

No better indication Of the popular
feeling can be shown than tie follow
ing from the Philadelphia Press:
"rha flag is still there" Dnc of the
most touching Incidents connected with
the sickness Of the President is the
careful watch the people Of two wide '
separate districts OF Philadelphia,
BridesbUrg and the Twenty sixth
Ward, pay to the position of the flags
on the arseLals which are lo-
Gated in both. Both are manufaCtur-
ing districts and both populated by an
class, but as the great fac
tories d,ssorge their workers at noon
and night all eyes are turned to tn"
h,y poles of ths arsenals ana the fact
.hat the tiag is still there eljCits express
sions Of Joy and cheers from thousands
of throits. And thus it is that in times
Of peace the tlae OF the Union has be-
come u beacon to thou sands of citizens.
Daily Republican., 1881-08-29
CRneN bya Woman.
Frcm the New York World.

The monotopy o things ut Crans,on
Hall, West Point, New Yori, was
relieved a few days ago by the Gaming
of lnan claiming to be Capt. i. G..
Burslem, of the British army, by a
young lady from San Francisco, to
whom, it is said, the ungallant captain,
in the course of Hn otherwise pleasant
conversation, applied the eIithet of
liar. For the time the young lady
passed over the insult, but last Wednes-
day eAening she was confronted on the
steps of the hotel by Captain Burslem.
There were number of men and women
present, and such eye witnesses as are
willing to talk on the subject unite in
the statement that the captain stared
at the young lady, aud, throwing back
his head disdaintully, blew put of
cigarette smoke over her head. The
young lady asked: "ls there not Il gen
rlrman here who will protect me from
the attacks of this rhtiian?" No cne
stirred. The captain laughed and again
En:fed smoke toward her. "I3 there
aot man present who will interfere
to save me from these insu!ts?" she
again demanded There was no re.
spunsc. Without further appeal the
young lady struch the captain fairy in
the face, and, as he raised hia cane to
defend himself, she seizod 1t and with
several wall-directed blows broke the
cane over his head and knocked him
down. Walters sprang to assist the
Captain and he was raised and carried
into the house. A Cut over his eye
vas the chief apparent damoge, and
after drf rfssing the Wouud with "a oyster
he retired to his r@oIN. The young lady
and her mother lrf. TIE house Thurs,
lay and came to thie city, whore they
took r omS at the New York nOtpi ,
Thursday evening renortcr Called
upon The Young lady, Who leprccnct
my publication of her adventure ana
warmly con;endod that she vas jl,ii- |
od in what she was compelled 10 do.
She declined to detail the circumstances !
eadlng up to the attack, but indicated I
hat she was provoked ieyoud enGil.
'ance. There N no sIch mas, il is |
claimed, in the British army, AZ J. q.
>urSlem.
Daily Republican., 1881-08-29
sHERIFF's SALES,

GHERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue of a writ OF
- Levari Facias, to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale, at the Court House,
on Market st., between Tenth and Eleventh
in the city Of Wilmington, New Castle county
Delaware,
On FRIDAY, the I'd day of Sept. A. D., 1881,
at2 O'Clock, y. m,
The following described real estate, viz:
All that certain lot of land with three
story brick dwelling house, No. 1918, thereon
erected, situate in the city of Wilmington,
New Castle county, Delaware, on the south
east corner Of Delaware avenue and Wash
ingtOn street, having front of SO feet II
inches more or less, on Washington street,
and depth OF 50 feet, 8 inches, more or less,
on Delaware avenue, tapering to feet, 81
inches, at the rear of said lot.
Seized and taken in execution as the pro.
perty of John q. Harkness and Laura a., his
wife, and t. t., and to be sold by
PHILIP X. CLARK, Sheriff.
SHERIFF's OyBIoE, Wilmington, Del, Au-
sust IL, A. d., 1851. aug15-eodts
Daily Republican., 1881-08-29
The Rr0un hiAn New Jersey.

A continuance ofthe drought in New
Jersey many days longer will tntal!
much suffering ;ipon the f9rmers. Ihcle
is no second crop Of grass, and whole
acres Of com can be seen without an
tar or gain and with the leaves istel-
ed and yellow. Iurnips are burning up
ard Colery will sustain loss of lnore
than nnehalt. Pasture l;luds are
scourchad DIS # b. fire, ard many far
mers ars already compelled to feed
their stock ~ in winter. Ono great
trouble is tn" drying up of the streams,
cei. pelllng many people TO drive catt!e
mIcs for water. rh, maple aud OAK
carl up their foliage as if the blast from
a furnace had struck them. Grnbs
also are eating the potatoes il the
ground. 1t is 100 la . ior the rain now
to be of any aid to corn, and tne crop
will be almost u total failure.