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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-16

FIJI. WENTWORTH.
r.,vu. AND MINING ENGINEER. U
ia neputy Mineral Surveyor. Special
x..s;on riycn TO locating presumption
M homesiead claims. City and Coun
s.,vsvor. Office, Squire's opera house.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-16

POCKET Cutlery, Meerschaum Pipes,
Cigar and Cigarette Holders, of the
best quality and lowest prices, at Cos
per's.
mlS-tf Corner Mill and Front SITS.
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j. R. LEWIS

ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE
* butlcrs building. room 1 and s.
U1k$tIe W r
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HAVE VOU SEEN THEM

Those elegant new ranges just received
by Waddell d Miles direct from the
manufactories-t Brighton and Ber-
wick. They are the finest, most econOm
ical, and altogether desirable range
on the Pacific Coast. Call and see
them, even If you don't buy. diff
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JACOBS g. JENNER.

A rTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS
a q law. Office in building recent
coupled by Larrabce 4 Hanford. Jane
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ROGERS.

ynuN g STEPHENS, RIGGER-RES.
Ssncc. cambridge hotel, Port Blakely'
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01

Botanist and travellers have been rath.
er unsuccessful in attempts to ASCERTAIN
the origin of different kinds of mama
known In commerce. In the valley oi
Gohr. to the south of the Dead Sea, six
teen hours onward which leads into a
long valley, Buckhart found what he
called mamma, dropping from twigs oil
several kinds of trees. According to
his representations Arabs collect il and
make it into cakes. which are eaten with
their nauseous butter made from the
milk of sheep. They churn it thus. A
goat skin is filled with milk and suspen-
ded between two poles swung to and fro
by pulling an attached cord till it as
srmes a new character-a greasy, soapy
mass-and that is Arab butter. Mr..
Turner found grove of tamarisk trees
near Mt. Sinai in the valley of Farran,
which furnish what the monks call man.
ma. They We're bushy, about ten feet
high, from which drops of sweetish thick
fluid oozed. If taken early In the NOR
hing, before the sun is up, it may be
kept in earthen pots considerable time.
1t is used in lieu of sugar in the con-
vent. Commercial mama, principally
in the hands of druggists, is a product
of the punctured stems of the ornus
Europa, growing in Calabria. An ar
ticle very similar in appearance and
medical properties is procured in Sicily
by the same kind of process. Both have
a sweetish taste. are soft, of pale yell
lowish color, and used for their mild
laxative quality rather than food. From
the foregoing facts it is very clear there
is not the slightest resemblance to that
extraordinary nutritious article which
was miraculously provided for the chill.
dren of Israel in barren wilderness on
a memorable occasion, while in their
forty years peregrinations towards the
promised land.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01
Electricity from Crystal.

Jaques and Curie have shown that by
the mere compression of ali inclined
hemihedral crystal, electricity, is devel-
oped. They experimental by placing
crystal or a suitable section of it be-
tween two sheets of tin foil insulated on
the exterior by plates of caoutchouc, the
tin foil being connected to a galvano.
meter. By now COMPRISING the crystal
in wise or otherwise, electricity is de.
veloped and may be measured by the
galvanometer. The electricity devel-
oped is the opposite of that produced
by heating crystal-that is to say, the
extremity of the crystal which become,
positive on heat ne, becomes negative
on compression. On releasing the pres
sure, electricity Of an opposite kind i.
produced. The authors find that the
production of electricity by pressure
can only be obtained with hemihedra
crystals having inclined faces. By
combining a number of such crystals il
a pile, they have invented = new appa
ratus for producing electricity. Th'
amount of electricity developed varie'
for different minerals. They find, TO
example, that section of quartz, Gu
perpendicular to the main axis, evolve
more electricity than similar section
of tourmaline.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01
Winter Sports.

Sailing the ice boats is a sport of re-
cent origin, but one which has attained
great popularity in neighborhoods suit
able for it, and very remarkable skill
and accuracy in both the construction
of boats and their sailing. The head
quarters of the sport in the United States
are on the Hudson and Shrewsbury riv-
ers. The illustrations give correct
idea of the construction of an ice-boat,
which is represented as racing a train
ON the hudson river railroad AID leav-
lug it behind, by no means an incredible
thing when it is remembered that time
has been taken over short distances
showing the speed of the boat to have
been at the rate of 100 miles an hour.
The lorgest distance ever actually made
in all hour, was ~ miles, which, We
need not say, is great deal faster than
the fastest trains are driven. The prin-
ciple of the iceboat il the same as that of
pair Of skates. In boat the cross piece,
has runner at each end fastened below
it, and these runners are shod with fine-
ly polished cast-iron in the center and
towards the front, and work on q pivot
so that the boat can clear slight obstiuo-
tions on the ice without humping. Bum
ping was an Inconvenience in the use of
tie ice-boats first made which bordered
on danger. At the extreme end of the
boat, underneath where the captain sits
there is an iron shoe working on pivot
after the same fashion as those provided
on the runners. These three metal
shoes give facility to the motion COM
municated by the use of sails. Iceboats
are generally sleop-rigged, thai is, with
jib and mainsail, with the sail carried
very low. The skillful captain aims at
getting the wind on the quarter, the
speed attained in this way always ex-
ceeding that when the direction is the
same as that of the wind. Sailing on
an ice boat is not generally so exciting
a matter as that representing in a pict-
ture. which shows two persons keeping |
down the boat and exulting because
they have passed the train. 1t is de-
h9htful source of amusgmant and re-
creation. In large boats as many as 10
or II persons can be accommodated, and
the excitement of sleighing is certainly
equaled if not exceeded by the delights
of an excursion by young people on one
of these ingenious contrivances. Acct
dents are infrequent. The Icicle is one
of the best boats on the Hudson river
On the Shrewsbury the U ncle Bob is
new boat, AZ feet long, with frame 26
feet long, and is 16 feet between run
ners. Competitions between crack lee
boats are exceedingly exciting forms of
sport. We need scarcely add, that the
best boats are beautifully finished and
costly pieces of workmanship.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01
Weddings In India.

A correspondent writes from Bombay
about how they conduct weddings in
India: about $40 P. NJ, the bride
groom arrived with lay procession
which started from his residence In Kali
badeyi road. On entering the gateway
of Madhao Bang he was welcomed by
Mr.. Goculdas. and conducted over a
carpeted pathway to the marquee. where
he was received by the brides mother.
After CERTAIN preliminary rites he was
seated on a decorated wooden stool, in
which position Mr.. and Mrs. Goculdas
washed his feet with water and next
with milk. The bride was then brought
from the bungalow and seated on a simi-
lar stool opposite the bridegroom. The
family priest joined the hands OF
the bride and bridegroom with yarn tied
around them and the Shastrees chanted
hymns and matras and invoked bless
ings upon the marrying couple. After
going through some further rites the
happy pair, who had been fasting for a
whole day, were taking into the buDga-
low. where refreshments were provided
for ther,. There was then an interval
in the ceremonies. At 10 P. NJ. The
marriage fire was lighted in the marque,
and fed with glee. The bride and bride
groom exchanged morsels of nativ,
sweetmeat which they ate; they wer'
made to 60 four times around earthel
pots placed at fight angles: were mad,
to repeat mantras vowing eternal fideli
!y and affection, snd thus the ceremon
isls vsre over about midnight.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01

"Say, my dear, ;" said Mr.. SpoopeDdyke,
as he finished reading letter he had just
received. my brotheJ out West, wants
me to buy q razor strop and suitable
present for young lady, and send them
| to him."
Il didn't know that razor strop was
suitable present for young lady" replied
Mrs. Spoopendyke, who was busy mixing
catnip tea, and caught the remark imper-
fectly.
at would be a suitable present for sone
dod gasted married women, if it would
sharpen 'em up any!" retorted MIR. Spoop-
endyke. ''Who said anything about "a
zor strop and young lady? What obser-
we'd was that my brother out West wants
me to buy him a razor strop and present
suitable for a young lady. Now, can get
the strop, but l doLt understand what
kind of present he wants
sLet me see" unused Mrs. Spoopendyke
her shopping instincts rising to the surface.
.'Does he say what kind OF young lady
she isl"
"No, he doesn'iI" roared Mr. Spoopen-
dyke. "He leaves something to the I'M
aeInation Of the reader. l suppose she's
got arms and legs, cause If she hadn't he
would PROBABLY have mentioned 1t. Wha'
he wants is present for an average wom'
ar; now. what can we get for her?'
..If knew whether she was blonde OIL
a brunette. could tell better what she
would like" replied Mrs. Spoopendyke,
who, like the rest of her sex, always asso
ciated woman with the color that become:
her best. ''Do you suppose that he means
something for her to wear or some orna
ment for her house? You see don't know
whether sne keeps house or boards, Oh
lives at home"
.'What difference does that maker" de-
manded MIR. Spoopendyke. shes prooa
bly, human being, but well suppose sht
roosts In q tree. Does that help you any
Can you think of something useful for
female wao lives in q tree and hops will
lighI-hearted skips from bough TO blugf
like dod gssted crown"
"You might buy her toilet sci" sug
gested Mrs. Spoopendyke, taking refuge II
a woman's one idea of an approi 'rlat'
present for another woman.
stShe don't want u toilet SET" shouted
MI OpOOpcuu1h NC, auy iioiS OIL ohS "sA3 -
the chicken-pox! You want to think o
something that is pretty and at TIE sam'
time that she can use. Now tt ink!"
.How would one of the new painted
porcelain flower pots dor" venturcd Mrs
Spoopendyke.
That's it, howled Mrs. Spoopcndyke, e,
flower pot with measley saucer under i
TO pla1t the tree In when 1t turns cold! Tha
your idea? One with broken legged bug
painted on the outside, and a hole In tn
bottom, 50 she can use 1t in the spring 70
, a spy glassi That's the ideal A four dol
lar flower pot for six cent rose bush witt
the blind staggers and a touch of the pip
) " here the po,f Fetch forth the highl.
seasoned flower potl" and Mr.. Spoopendyh
leaned back in his chair and glared at hi
wife.
; "In tell you what will do, my dear,
said Mrs. Spoopendyke, approaching tn
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01
Jones' Offer.

Mr.. b, who ha d a store In the coun
try and employed number of wood-chop-
pers, who were his principal customers,
had one among them named Jones, who
Was constantly behind in his weekly settle
me its. One day MIR. B. informed
Jones that il could be tolerated no longer,
and hereafter, if he wished to obtain any.
thing from the store it must be paid for,
as it would not be charged, as formerly.
Jones demurred at this and refused to cut
auy more wood Mr. B., who was q
kind hearted man, met Jones fortnight
after the occurrence, when the following
conversation ersued:
"Well, Jones, are you still out Of
work."
Yes, sir" he replied
II am very sorry. Would you be viii
ling 10 go at work again and have it cred
tied to your old account if I should make
it very easy for youa" inquired Mr. b.
81 don't know; how will you fix its'
answered Jones.
"WelI, IN tell you - said Mr.. B.
"You know / am paying my choppers
dollar a day, but if you are disposed e
wo,k nut your old indebtedness l vii
allow YOU four dollars day until the olt
account is settled. What say youi'
Jones. after meditating few moments
suddenly exclaimed: -,
"By gollyl I'll do it if you'll make
half cash.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01
A Chicago GirYs Love.

'Does your father keep a dog!'
These words, uttered with the simple
earnestness that showed how deeply
their full meaning was felt by him who
spoke them, fell from the lips of Ethel
bert Dooley as he looked tenderly into
the fair, spirituelle face of Rosalind
Mahaffy. They were at the matinee,
and dull pain stole into the girls
heart as she shifted the last caramel In
he box over to the starboard side of
her pretty mouth. ''Ethelbert does
not love me, she said softly to herself.
while look of pain whitened for an in
slant with deadly pallor the pure in
genue face, and the shapely hand grasp
ed more tightly the dainty silk parasol
that served alike to keep off sun and
wind from the little form. All gonei"
she murmured sadly-''every blamed
one" feeling earnestly with her taper
fingers in every corner of the empty
box; and then look If sweet content
overspread her features as she placed a
hand in thu pocket of her seal skin
sacque, ONLY to be succeeded by dull
dazed expression of grief and an
guIish.
She had lost her chewing-guml
'You look Ill. darlingr' whispered
Ethelbert, as the curtain went down a
the close of the first act; ''try some of
these" holding out a paper of pea
nuts.
With glad look of 10, in her beauti-
full brown eyes, RosalInd turned to him
and said: Il can never doubt you
again, darling! I would follow you to
the end of the worldr'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01
Verbal Errors to he Guarded Against.

Accord for give; as "the information
was accorded him."
Aggravate for irritate; aggravate Is to
make worse.
Allude to for refer to or mention.
As for that; mot as know" for "not
that know"
Avocation for vocation; mans voca
ton is his business; avocations are
things that occupy him incidentally.
Balance, for rest or remainder.
Character for reputation; one may
have good reputation, but bad Char
aeter, and the two words should never
be confounded.
Dangerous, for in danger; a sick man
is sometimes most absurily said to be
dangerous, when it is only meant that
the poor fellow is himself in danger-a
very different thing.
Demean, for debase, disgrace or hum
BILE. To demean ones self is merely to
behave ones self, whether well or Ill.
Dirt, for earth or loan.
Donate, for give.
Execute, for hang, as applied to the
criminal. 1t is the sentence, not the man,
that is executed.
Healthy, for wholesome; all onion
plant may be healthy; but when you
pick al onion there is no more healthi-
ness or unhealthiness to that although
it may or may not be wholesome as an
article for food.
lily, for i'll.
Inaugurate, tor begin.
Kids, for kid gloves.
Learn, for teach.
Liable, for hkeIy or apt.
Loan, for lend.
Pants, for pantaloons, or Cbetter still
trousers.
Par.ake, for eat.
Real, for very; as real nice, "real
pretty"
Reside. for Live; residence, for house.
Retire, for go to bed.
Seldom, or ever, for seldom, if ever,
or seldom or never.
Some, for somewhat; "she is some
better to day"
Stop for stay; "where are you stop
ping?' This is one of the vilest of wit
ticisms.
Summons(tae noun for summons(the
verb).
Those kind OF apples, for that kind.
Transpire, for occur.
Vulgar, for immodest or indecent.
Without. for unless.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01
The Spectre Specs.

/ 1 have seen a great deal of fun ant
laughter produced by very simple
little device, which 1 call the Spectr,
Specs.
A large party of people at q small
country hotel were yawning away the
evening. as they often do in such places
when the inspiration seized one oi
the most able-bodied yawners to dc
something to break up the monotony
Taking into his confidence little Ton
Whites, an admirable boy, with large
faculty for fun and mischief, he induced
that youth to purloin his grandmother
spectacles. With this modest instru-
ment and q paint-box belonging to one
of the guests, they retired to the bed
room, where the gentleman painted the
sarface of the spectacles all over with
white paint, and then neatly cleared a
round spot in the centre of each glass.
He then painted a couple of pointed
eyebrows on his own forehead with
black, and put ON the spectacles. Then
he tousled his hair. and twisted few
threads of white and red worsted among
it. This gave him an appearance awful
to behold.
Thus transformed, he walked into the
dimly-lighted parlor doorway, and in
quired In a deep voice of the other yaw-
ners whether gentleman of the name
of Samercanderoffsky was boarding in
that hotel. There was no more yawning
after that.
When all the company had complete
ly recovered from their surprise, the
gentleman retired again to his chamber
and began to transform Tom Whittles.
He first painted pair of eyebrows in
the middle of the boys forehead, and
then slightly altered the eyeballs In the
speetaeles, SO as to give them the ap-
pearance of squint, Placing them on
Toms forehead Just above the real eye
brows he told him to close his eyes. He
led him into the parlor, and introduced
him as the son of the Samercanderoffsky
Of course, there was no surprise now,
but the lad looked very funny, and
produced no end of laughter with his
long face and melancholy expression.
One word as to the material to be
employed in painting the spectacles.
Chinese white, such as artists use, is all
that is needed; but as very few people
ara apt to own such a thing, perhaps
the best plan is to cut two oval pieces
of white paper the shape of the specta
Gle bows, with round hole in the
middle, and stick them on the back of
the glasses.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01
Poisonous Adulterntions,

Committees of experts tell of adulteI.
alton in food that is simply appalling.
Were the ingredients which are mixed
with food innocuous it would still be a
very great hardship. but when it is
known that the most violent poisons are
employed, it is marvel that the whole
country does not rise up and put stop
to such practice and punish the dealers
who use poisonous articles of food. II
confirmation of these startling state
ments were needed one has only to read
the facts recently brought to light in
Chicago, where it is impossible to find
pure sugar and where not ten per cent.
Of the milk is good In that city the
bread without exception is poisonous
the teas were never imported but are
made of leaves faced" with Prussian
blue and chromate of lead. Seventy
five per cent Of the cream of tartar is
white earth, and the coffee is coated
with lamp-black. But Chicago is nc
worse than other cities. Baking DOW.
ders are largely composed of alum,
Picking fluid is diluted with sulphuric
acid, alum and verdigris to give it pc
culiar flavor. The manufacture of {
great deal of our confectionery should
be punished as a crime. for much of th.
candy sold to children is simply lum,
OF white earth, made attractive to tn,
eye with arsenical paint and sweetene,
with glucose. Costly spices are coun
terfeited in terrible grotesque maune
the fsyoring being given by the rankes
poisons. In these and other adultera
tions arsenic plays the largest part. w
import annually 2, ,OOO, 900 pounds of thi
deadly poisou-one cents worth Q
which would kill $500 people-and th
bulk of this import is used In the prepa
ration Of food and clothing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01

next suggestion cautiously, "why not send

next suggestion cautiously, "Why not SEN
her an album9"
You mean one of those books for a 10
OF idiots to wish they were dead in2" aske,
MIR. Spoopendyke, suspiciously.
| NO. replied Mrs. Spoopendy ke; 6,
photograph album"
''Don't want it," smiled MIR. Spoopen
dyke, contemptuously. ''You mean tha
sort OF thing that girl always brings on
after tea and says: That's ma and that
pa, and that's aunt Vin and her little boy
and that's uncle 81, and that's aunt Fie
and that's uncle jess, and that's my niece
Nellie, amt she sweet? And that's dos
We used to own, and l don't know who
that is, and that's ClaIa Morrisl' Dom
want IT." And MIR. Spoopendyke's voic,
rose to steam whistle pitch. ''S'pos,
I'm going to infiict a suffering public will
q bookful of old stagers that all look alike,
and have been in every measly slbum since
Adam began to wear pants2 Can't We thlnl
of something sensible?-
wouldn't half dozen forks be nice?'
falsered Mrs. Spoopendyke, almost at hel
wits end.
"Just the thing!" gasped MIR. Spoopen-
dyke. ''Half a dozen pitchforks and a
ton of hay. Then you might throw in al
eight day hen coop and cat climbing over
the back fence! You've got ideas about
such things! All you want is chin WINS
ker and chimney to be dod gasted Santa
Claus! With your intelligence on these
subjects, you only need strike and d glue
pot to be toy shopl Pm going to buy
this present myself" and MIR. Spoopendyke
shot out of the house and tore down the
street with his head sunk in his shoulders
and his fists in his pockets.
In an hour he returned all grins and set
parcel in his wife's lap.
Now, my dear, what do you think OF
thatr' he asked cheerily.
Mrs. Spoopendyke opened the parcel and
disclosed huge crimson silk handkerchief
that would have made a Tabernacle tent
for camp meeting.
How did you come to think of It?'' she
asked, holding 1t up sdmlrlngly.
Why" replied Mr.. Spoopendyke, she
said In the letter that if l couldn't think OF
anything else to get handsome handker-
chief. Here it is" and MIR. Spoopendykc
drew out the letter trlumphantly.
''But he don't say handkerchief; he says
a nice handkerchief ring! Here's the ring
on the next line, said Mrs. Spoopendyke,
mildly, planting her thumb on tine supple
mental word.
''Dod gast the dod gasteI womanl" he
howled. "Why don't he write plaini
Why didn't you tell me before what he
wanted5 Why did you let me break my
neck .or this tiag for, when he wanted a
ring? If | didn't have more sense than
you've got I'd put broken glass on nv
head and hire out for the back of an IDIOT
asylum"
Mr.. Spoopendyke dove into bis chair and
snoIed Justify until bedtime.
anyhow, thought Mrs. Spoopendyke,
as she put the handkerchief away, Il can
find out where he bought it and trade it
tor match safes and lingerie for the baby,
and by the time he gets a strop to suit
him will be pretty well fixed for stock
ings and hairpins.'
And Mrs. Spoopendyke fired another
charge of ca;nIp into the baby, hushing its
startled cries as Mr.. Spoopendyke, fast
asleep, slid out of his chair like load of
coal