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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
Painting Houses.

For country houses We would advise
for open, exposed places, pale gray,
or drab. There are complaints made
frequently that drab looks cold. 1t can
not look colder than white does, and
there is no reason why it should look, cold
at all, if proper care is taken to have the
trimmings of the house of some warm,
cheerful color. 1 know a drab house
with deep, warm-toned brown cornice
and blind, with plenty of vines climb
ing up it to break monotomy of the
surface between the windows, and it Is
one of the warmest-looking houses know
of. In the summer it Is refreshing to
ook at it. 1t does not pain the eyes
with its glare. 1t does not assert itself
the moment you reach the top. of the hill
and come within sight of it. A white
house would drawyo attention at once;
aud no matter how you might try to look
at something else, the white blotch on
the landscape wouldleave its impression
in your eve, and you could not help seeing
1t. This gray house seems part of the
landscape. Itsc lor blend well with the
green about it. There are no large trees
around it, but there are vines, and tha
general effect in summer IS cool and
subdued, and in winter it gives sense
of warmth and comfort. Why it gives &
sensation of warmth at one season anC
of coolress at another is explained by
the fact that summer is season of high
bright colors, and the drab Is in lowe
tone of color than those prevailing in th'
landscape, winter is a season of bu
little color, and then drab, in contras
with the snow-covered earth, becom'
cheerful and the dew -toued trimmings
which should be seen ON every hous
painted in drab or gray, give sense o
warmth which they would not have Ii
summer when all about it Is in high
decided tones.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
The Chicago, Rock Island b Pacific
Railway.

This railway is the favorlte, most popu-
lar and comfortable line 10 Peoria, Rock
Island, Davenport, Des Molnes, Kansas
City, Atchison, Leavenworth, Council
Bluffs, Omaha and points intermediate and
westward to Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington
Territory and British Columbia.
In fact "The Great Rock Island Route"
Is the only one that runs through cars 10
all the principal Missouri river points and
to Minneapolis and IS. Paul via the Albert
Lea Route. Examination Of the map OF
the United States shows that this line oc-
cupies the central position among the great
Western railroads, and Is therefore able to
reach more OF the commercial cities OF the
West, with less miles Of track than any
competitor.
at the same time It connects directly IN
union dsposs, with every line OF road that
crosses the continent or pierces the agri-
cultural snd mineral regions west of the
Missouri nver.
This being the case, it is naturally the
line intelligent people choose who wish TO
20 quickly to their destination and al
ways having most comfortable cars upon
its trains, charging as low rates OF fare a
any other line and checking baggage
through, it obtains an unparalleled support
and year by year grows in popular esteem
We think we give good advice and tha
which is worth needing when we say Il
all who are journeying west Of Chicago
purchase your tickets over this route TO
| YOU will get your moneys worth in tn
pleasant tourney which such action insures
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02

An interesting account of the estab-
lishment of stock farm by the viceroy
of the provence of Chiple, in China, haS
been given by the American Consul Ge-
neral at Shanghai. In one of his prev
ious reports be had pointed out that the
Mongohan herd could be greatly in
creasedin value by the establishment of a
farm at some convenient locality, at
which fine stock, horses, cattle, and
sheep could be bred This report came
uHder the cogulzance of his Excellency
Ii, with the result that an interview
between the Counsel General, a breeder
from New York, and Ii was brought
about. The New York, breeder urged
the advantages of good stock farm
very strongly, and his Excellency
took up the matter warmly. Through
his active interest and influence, Mr..
Tang King Sing, an active and progress
sive mandarin, was convinced of the
superiority of Western ideas, and at
once declared his willingness to give
them trial. His farm consists of about
5000 acres, near the Kqiping coal mines.
now being opened by foreign engineers
under his uperintendence, sltuted about
so miles to the north of Tientsin.
He has obtained some United State cat
tie, which will be used with the native
stock for the purpose of testing the
practicabllity of the suggestions which
have been made. Mr. Tang King Sing
announces that in the promotion of this
enterprise his object is to afford his coun-
trymen an opportunity to become poss-
essed of at least portion of the science
alread attained by Western nations in
the improvement of their breedsof cattle.
The result of TINS movement will be
watched with no little intrest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
Coral Beauties.

Sig. Casalta was at the Edinburgh Ex-
hibition and won the large gold medal,
(only one of many of a similar kind won
st several of the great worlds exposl-
tions) for variety of coral, for artistic
work in this precious material, as well
as for cameo shell work. Some Of the
objects shown are the result of not only
mere mechanical labor, but of the finest
art labor which could only come from
the skilled hands and practiced eye OF
men brought up from childhood in an
atmosphere of art. Some of the cameo
were remarkable for their size and for
their artistic value, copies fro II some o
the famous floating figures found In the
so-called "house of Cicero" in Pompeii.
Among the canoes were two magnifi-
cent pieces representing "Le Fucina di
Amore" (Cupid's Forge. and ''L'Anima
Elevate dale proprie virtu," which
might be considered tn, perfection OF
Rt.
Sig. Casalta was represented at Edin-
burgh by his son, who speaks English,
and who. at the conclusion of the e1-
h1bition, presented a fine collection OF
specimens of unworked coral to the mu-
scum of science and art, an institution
somewhat famous, the laying of the cor
ner stone of which was the last public
official act of the late prince consort.
have written once before In regard
to the immense prices paid for precious
coral, and have stated that the best cor
al is worth five times its weight IN gold.
I now find that understand the price,
for Mr.. Casalta informs me that the
finest pink coral (known in the ira lie as
extra rose'0, has often commanded
fron 600 to 5000 per ounce and that
he once paid for the very finest
piece of "extra rose" that he ever saw a
the rate of 5000 francs per ounce. G.,
| in round numbers $1,000 per ounce. Nov
as each ounce of gold is worth S16 we
can Sc that this unsurpassed piece Of
fine coral was worth seventy-hve times
its weight in gold. But Mr.. Casalta of
Ifered another consideration-i.e g., tina
in cutting up and filing away, and wash
/. ing this fine coral enough was lost +
make its price really more than one hun
dred times tina. of gold. He further in
formed me that coral of this precious
ness was, wien worked up into orna
ments, really valued by the carat. ant
, was treated as precious stone, and wa
set with pearls and diamonds. aske'
him what such highly-prized and high
/ priced coral was used for, and the repl..
, was that "the English nobility and mil
honaires greatly esteeml it when set il
rings, and few Of the crowned ladi es
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
The Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal which now has as
sumed position of greater importance
than it has ever before, WAS begun
towards the close OF 1860. WORK was
prosecuted steadily until: 1862, when
there Was a kink among the authori-
ties, and had it not been for the enter
prise and hberality of the late Emperor
of France, who advanced S19, 900, 900 to
the Viceroy to be paid to the Company,
il is doubtless whether the gigantic
undertaking ever would have been fin
ished. The water began to flow from
the Mediterranean in February, 1869,
and from the Red Sea 10 July, and by
the middle of October of the same year,
navigation was settled thing.
The whole length of the navigation Is
SS miles; of this 66 miles are actual canal,
formed by cuttings, ii miles are dredged
through the lakes, and miles required
no work, the natural depth being equal
to that of the canal. The depth of the
canal throughout is 26 feet, for awidth
of ~ feet ct the bottom. The width at
the surface is 325 feet. Its actual width
does not permit of two vessels passing
or crossing each other in the canal itself,
but there are numerous sidings by which
vessels are enabled to cross one another
and the passage is quiekened. The lar
gest vessel that ever passed through the
canal measured 430 feet in length, with
draught of % feet inches. The cost of
the whole undertaking was e17,-5lS,
72g. exclusive of 81, 1850, 900 issued to
pay for coupons on shares in arrear dur
ing part of the period of construction.
Nearly 80, 900 laborers were employed.
and for their use a supply of fresh water
was conveyed from the Nile at Cairo
and distributed along the whole length
of tha canal, a work which of itself was
one of no small magnitued. During the
work about 80, 900 900 cubic yards OF
material were excavated and at one time
sixty dredging machines were at work
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
Models Of Lovely Hands.

The craze has been revived among
professionals and fashionable beauties
upon whom nature has bestowed that
rarest OF her gifts, a sbapely hand and
a graceful wrist. of having them mod
elled in the finest Carrara marble, and
presenting them to lovers and friends as
souvenirs less readily recognizable by
the crowd than photographs, and YET
more vividly suggestive to those who
are familiar with the nervous grasp or
"velvet touch" of the living hand they
represent. In the great yiennese exhi-
bition of 1873 there was to be seen an
exquisite reproduction of the left hand
of the Princess Pauline Bonaparte, of
whom it was said by sculptors and
critics that from the crown of her head
to the sole of her foot no flaw or blCmish
could be found, and WHO had so large a
charity for those who should be born too
late to see the full perfection of her
charms that she allowed herself to be
modelled in every conceivable costume
and attitude, and most frequently in no
costume at all, exacting only that the
studio IN which she sat should be well
warmed and thoroughly protected
against draughts. The marble hand
we speak of, however, might have be-
lonsel to a Roman matron or Puritan
maiden, so suggestive was it of gentle
and refined womanhood. The work
was attributed to Canova, but the fact
that the marble was slightly tinted, the
pale flesh color deepened in the d.mpled
knuckles and underneath the long
filbert shaped nails, makes this improb-
able. On the third finger was a we'd
ding ring, guarded by brilliant soli-
taire set in black enamel, and the wrist
which rested ON cushion of black vel
vet, was encircled by black enamelled
bracelet. The effect of the whole was
real and ife-like beyond anything that
chemicals or palnt-brush can produce,
and tue fair ones of the present day are
wise In their generation when they
seek to revive this most lasting and
beautiful method of perpetuating one
of their greatest charms. The draw
back to it is that, alas many lovely
women have hands which their mos
sincere adorers would never wish to see
copied or re-proGuced-hands which IL
England are maliciously termed NUT
ton fists, and of which the fingers lool
as if an Indians hatchet had trimmed
their ends. But this fact viii probabl,
only make the fortunate few doubl,
anxious to have their digital perfec
tions perpetuated.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
hindoo Women.

The women of Calcutta, are asa rule,
very beautiful, III SO far as We can
reconcile beauty with the olive complex
ion, but fade rapidly after reaching the
age of maturity. It's not infrequeLtly
that we see women at the age of %,
with furrowed Jowl and crows feet
visibly encroaching the corners OF her
large. lustrons, black eyes, and, at the
age of 80, many have a decided stoop
and decrepit gait. This early decline Is
due to two cause.-the very early and
tender age at which nuptlals are per-
formed. and the destructive influence
of the climate. Barring relic OF
barbarsm, the nose ring, there is no
creature more comely, more lcvable,
than q lady of Bengal, between the ages
of II and Is. Cleanliness is their con
slant care, which is virtue to begin
with. A figure somewhat below the
medium height, and unhampered by
corset or weighty skirt, arrayed In
loose flowing robe of white, the upper
portion of which is thrown carelessly
over the left shoulder; exposing to
view the swelling bust and we'll rounded
arm. The upper portion OF the body Is
enceased in sleeveless jacket. generally
of some brilliant color, and tastefully
worked with silk or gold and silver
thread The arm is bare from shoulder
to wrist, save a goodIy portion OF the
wrist, which is encircled by many bands
of either silver or gold. The lower part
OF the ample robe Is drawn tightly over
the hips and looped at the left side,
much after the manner of the entrance
to a circus tent, defining boldly the
contour of q faultIess figure. These
ladies, in the matter of stockings, are
not desultory, as they wear no shoes,
and consequently no stockings, and
little OF the ankle is visible between the
borders of their robe and the curious
little mirrored toe rings and resonant
ankles. The luxuriant black hesses
are parted at the forehead and combed
in thick folds behind the ears, which
are pierced in many places, and studded
thickIy with jewelry, and falls IN close
braids over the shoulders. No orna-
ments are worn in the hair. Their
features are regular and dehcately
chiselled, but too often the nose is DIS
figured bv pearls and the wire-like rlng
of gold that hangs from the nostriL
The large and tenderly expressive eye,
the handsome mouth, when wreathed IN
smiles, exposes double row OF perfect
teeth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02

Earope had it among their choicest jew

Earope had it among their choicest jew
elry. as breast-pins, earrings. etc
During the time of the first Napoleon
red a deep red-coral was in style, and
that color commanded the highest price;
but the English of late years, following
the style of the ex-Empress Eugene,
have taken to the ''extra rose. as it bet
ter suits the blonde complexion of les
4ngIaises. Besides, it is the rarest OF
coral. In Spain. on the contrary, the
extra rose is at discount, as the BT'u-
nettes d. espdgne want the deep red OF
the first empire to set off their darker
complexion.
In India, Persia, China and Japan the
dark red commands a very high price,
being, in the first two centuries, used to
adorn their turbans, and the handles OF
their swords and poniards. and also as
rosaries by the priests end as charms
placed on the bodies of the dead to
drive away evil spirits. In China it has
a great value as buttons OF office Tor
mandarins' caps. In Japan coral Is also
used as a badge of distinction.
just here comes curious TACT.
From Italy coral has hitherto been e1-
ported to Japan, but recently there has
come to Italy pink coral of good rose
color, purportrng to be found in Ja-
panese waters. 1t is of immense size
one piece is said to have measured fif-
teen inches wide and five feet long. The
Challenger, in s dredgings off the coast
of Japan, never found it, neither did any
of the staff ever hear of it from the Ja-
panese, and Prof. Mosley Is inclined to
doubt if it comes from japan. Never
theless it has been brought to Italy, and
have seen specimens at Sig. Casalta S
as fine as the best rose of Sardinia. Let
tiers have already been sent to Japan
concerning it, and 1 hope some day to
find out its "local habitation" and write
xo,, fbaranu
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
simply q Common Liar.

"Old B." says that some years ago,
in Carolina town, crazy man was
brought before the examining board to
settle the question as to whether or not
he should be sent to the asylum IN
Columbia. After the doctor got through
with his examination, one Of the COM
mittse. an old farmer. said:
MY friend, did you ever borrow any
bags or iugsa'
"Yes, lots of them.
"Did you ever borrow your neigh
boris newspaper
eyes, many a time
"Well, now, what became of the jugs,
bags and newspape's?''
"Why; / carried them all back.
The old farmer gave blow almoSt as
loud as Nancy Hart's whistle, and
said:
Gentlemen. he's no lunaticl Just
simply a common liar, and all the
asylums in the world won't cure mar
of lying.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
a Large EstsbiIshment.

One oi the largest manufacturing es-
tablishments in Europe Is the Cockerill
Iron and Steel Works. at Seraing, near
Liege, in Belgium. The works, on the
right bank of the Meuse, cover an area
of 267 acres.
The number of woIkmen and en-
ployes is $40, having been 9,1OO in
1879. The capital of the copmany is
50, OO0,O 900. Thr amount paid yearly in
wages and salaries varies between !, 600
600 AMI s2,0OO,OO0. The total horse
power of the go engines is II $3.50; and
the daily consumption of coal exceeds
], 900 tons. When the works are in full
swing the products reach value of s.
OOO,0OO The twelve divisions under
which the various departments are clas-
sified are capable of turning out yearly
100 locomotives, 70 steam engines, ], 800
pieces of mechanism, 10000 tons of
roofs, bridges, turntables and boilers,
and fourteen steam vessels, in iron or
steel, besides hydraulic presses, cranes
and travellers. The yearly production of
coal from coIlieries owned and worked
by the company is 100000 tons, and of
coke 1000. The mines owned by the
company. situated in Belgium. produce
150, 900 tons of iron ore; and those in
foreign countries 10000 tons. The
blast furnaces turn out 10000 tons OF
common and 100000 tons of Bessemer
pig a year. Castings to the amount of
6 900 tons: bars, plates and joists to the
tune of 20, 900 tons; steel rails, tires,
cannon, etc. weighing 20, 900 tons; 2s,-
! 600 tons of engines and machinery. and
, 81, 600 tons of vessels leave the wharves
annually.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
"Be-Hanged, SIR"

A ranger who walked with limp
and carried cane freshly cut from the
woods, halted citizen ON the steps o
the City Hall, and inquired:
"How about the reunion?"
"It's all right, guess.?"
81 suppose all the blg generals have
been provided for?"
''Oh, yes"
"And the brigadiers and colonies
have been taken care off,"
"Yes."
''And the majors and captains and
lieutenants have been assigned places %
II presume So"
''And the sergeants and corpOrals and
privates are gong to march, receive
honors and show off the best they
ean?"
That is the programme. Have you
been left out?"
"Well, 1 dunno yet, but L shouldn't
wonder. Say, have you read up pretty
close oil the programme
Il have"
"And has anything been said about
the heroes who drove suffers wagons
through the iron hail of death-any-
thing about the suffers who opened up
for the boys when the shriekS of the
dying were drowning the roar of bat
tle?"
'T-I-don't think so In fact 1 an
sure of it."
"Thats me; and here / go, said the
man as he gave his right leg tremend-
Gus slap. ''A reunion that doesn't pro-
vide four-wheeled buggy for a sutler
who sod peaches for 50 acan to save the
Union can go to Texas, sir-to Texas
and be-hanged, sir-be-hanged. sir -
Er,s Press
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
Live stock.

According to the Census returns the
live stock ON farms in the United States
on June 1, 1880, was as follows:
Horses, 10357 9Sl; mules and asses,
LISP. 932; working oxen, 993, $40: mich
cows, IL. 443. .593; other cattle, %. 4SS. 500
sheep, 35, l91. .635; swine, 47.6s3.s51.
The rate of increase from 1870 to 1886
was, in horses, 45 per cent. mules and
asses, 81 per cent. mich COWS, 80 pei
cent. other cattle, 65 per cent ; sheep
"a per cent. and swine, 80 per cent.
In working oxen there was a decrease
of 25 per cent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02
sun Tracfngs-

The PennsylyanIa Railroad Company
has adopted a process of copying plans
and outlines so simple and vet so effective
as to have an important bearing on all the
methods oil engraving, lithographlng, pho
tography and even drawing as at present
conducted II is what is known as the
''Dlue print process" and is sort of easy
photography, by means OF which mere
chlld may copy in the most perfect and
exact manner any object whatever the
likes OF which can be embraced in the di-
mensi1u. of a large pane Of window glass,
for instance. Larger outlines can be
copied, but require more care and little
more apparatus
A piece of pure, unlimited paper is taken
and made sensitive by means OF a
chemical wash, consisting Of ounces of
red prussiate OF potash and / ounces Of
cltric iron and ammonia, dissolved in 10
ounces of wster. This, when applied to
the paper IN a dark closet by means of a
broad clOth-brusb, gives peculiarly rich,
glisteuing, yellow surface. This paper
when dry is ready Tor printing. If at this
stage fern Leaf is taken or few sprays
of grass or feather or any drawing exc
culed on translucent material, such as
onion-skin paper, it may be perfectly
copied in every minute detail within the
space Of four or FIVE minutes The object
is simply laid On the paper and piece of
gla put over 1t to hold it in position and
then exposed to the meridian sun. The
yellow paper then turns rapidly to dull
blue, then to q light gray, wAereupon, at
the expiration of about three minutes, il IS
Withdrawn. But one thing remains to be
done tine sensitive paper is gwen bath
III pure water and instantly perfect copy
of the fern leaf, grass or drawing appears
on the blue surface of the paper, In white,
as if traced by hand. Tue philosophy of
the process is that the black lines Of the
dra wing or the filaments of the grass or
fern are Opaque, and consequently refuse
, admittance TO the light, which operates
. upon the open, sensitive spaces, causing
item to undergo chemical change. As
utilized by railroads, iron companies, ship
builders and architects and artists, how.
ever, in multiplying their mauy maps and
; plans and even circular letters, the process,
I becomes q little more complicated. In
stead of merely placing the design to b
printed oyer the sensitive sheet and leaving
) the rest 10 the light, large glass frames
with wooden lids, are used, inside o
which the drawing Is placed, face down
e ward, and covered with the sensitive paper
The frame is then reversed, leaving tn
plan exposed to the light. A full brigh
sun is not Absolutely requisite, but
!, longer tune is required for exposure on
: cloudy day. There Is one photograph
E firm that uses the electric light entlrel
and prints by night as well as by day
> A step further has been made also IN pro
duclng white background with blue line: