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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-18
Destruction of American Forests.

Harper's Magazine.
In our own country we have gone
to the forests in kind of freebooter
style, cutting, and burning more than
we could cut, acting for the most part
as though all the while in frolic or a
fight, until now at length, after a
century or two of this sort of work.
we are waking up to the facts that our
once boundless woods are disappearing,
and that we are likely to suffer no little
loss thereby. But it is only the few
who seem now to have any adequate
sense of our condition as effected by
the threatened loss of the trees. In a
recent publication, issued by authority
or Our western states for the purpose
OF attracting settlers from European
countries, the statistics of its great
lumber production are elaborately SET
forth. accompanied by the assurance
that the present enormous consumption
OF trees for this purpose may be con.
tlnued ten or fifteen years longer before
the forests will be destroyed. The
cool unconcern IN regard to the future
shown IN this is very noticeable. "After
us. the deluge." A corresponding feel.
ing, Is seen in an advertisement. of a
class often appearing in our older
states. brace up, Young Man. You
have lived on your parents long enough.
Buy this farm, cut off the wood, haul
1t to market, get your money for it.
aHd pay for the farm. The owner es-
Inmates that there viii be 500 cords of
market wood" And SO all over the
country, on the large scale and on the
small. the ak is laid at the roots of the
trees, and our forests are disappearing.
1t is estimated that 100000 acres of
forest land cleared yearly, and that in
the ten years previous to 1876. 10000
600 acres were burned over simply to
clear the land.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-18

RICHARD GRANT WHITES paper on
Opera in New York in the June Cen
fury the last of the seiies) will bring
the history of Opera down to the
present time, and viii include portraits
of Patti. Gerster, Nilsson, Lucca,
Minnie Hauk, Miss Kellogg, Annie
Louise Cary. Grisi, Piccolomini,
Mario, Brignoli, and others.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-18

Addiction, like the iron smith, shapes as
1t smites.
The two noblest of things are sweetness
and light.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-18

1t is stated by persons who have investi-
gated the subject that the result OF copper
mining in Maine thus far has been pro-
duct Of 1900 pounds, at an expense Of
s5Oe per pound.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24
Invalid Pews.

The idea of ''invalid pews" is forclbly
advocated Y correspondent, who
pl, ads the cause those who are de
barred from attending church services
because there are no facilities for their
special comfort. He saws evil not
church architects take this subject into
consideration? Why should an invalid
lose the inestimabl, privilege Of uniting
in the worship of the Holy Temple, of
listening TO the words of Go s messen-
gers, while for five or ten dollars th :
me invsli can shy and thoroughly
ENJOY musical entertainment from a
private box? Let MS have private boxes
in our chu. ches-we will call them in .
valid pevs'-kep strictly foi the use Of
those who In no other way can have the
privileges thus obtained, Let these
pews he controlled by the rector of the
church, and the money eceived each
Sunday 70 their use be devoted to some
espe iil hospital; so tn t that the inva-
lid may feel entirely at ease, knowing
that the money expended in personal
comfort Is benefit g some greater suf-
ferer. OF course there will be arChitec-
tural difficulties, but if these can be
overcome IN music hal WHY not IN a
church? The pews must necessarily
open into the chancel; no private en-
trance would be eded ventilation is
all important comfortable seats-per-
haps as are in our sleeping cars, where
the backs Of the chairs are high-wOuld
be indisp nsable." The suggestion is
so wise and so easily carried out ii at II
ought to be adopted. In one OF tue
large churches in New Yor a place was
arranged at one SIDE Of the pulpit and
channel and separated by lattice work
from the rest of the auditorium. Here
a number of invalids sat in their wheel
ed chairs or reclined on cushions. 1t
WAS n happy and beneticent device.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24
Hasg Bs 10 sEI Ho.--

A Mexican by the name Of SenObiO
Martinez was brought TO San AntOuio.
Texas, recently from the Medina, ia
Bexar county. who had thrilling tale
of terror TO tell. rivsliuS some of the
desperate acts OF the Bexar county vigi-
liant committee III the palmiest days, when
Mexican horse thieves might b, seen
hanging from tn limbs OF adjacent trees
on almost any day in the week Dur-
irg those times, too. several well-knOwn
gentlemen were even accused of going
to church On Sunday with hangmsn's $
rIpes in their pockets. He lives on tho
Medina. and for a long tunes past has
incurred the displeasure of his neigh
bors from the fact that Senobio has been
suspected of appropriating other peo-
pies horsefiesh to his own use and dis
posing of the same for private gain. One
night a mob of unknown men went TO
the house of Martinez, took him away
and hug him up to tree, leaving him
shortly after for dead. The mob, how
ever. neglected to tie the mans hands
behiDd his back, and, by holding the
rope aronnd his neck with both hands
for six hours, he succeeded in saving
his life and was cut down next day by
friends. The poor fellow cannot tell
who the p'rties were who commit ed
the outrageous act, mr. now many there
were in the gang. He Only knows that
he went through the horrors of death,
and is still much bruised about the face
and neck.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24
Gardening IN Japan.

With the Japanese, the love OF
flowers amounts to a passion. They
have dlstanced us in botany. Enthu-
siasts in gardening would fain live to
see the day when every householder will
have his plot of garden and will know
how to cultivate it. The universal
spread of such knowledge seems to he
almost as hopeless as the possession of
plots for its exercise in our large towns.
But the Japanese are taught gardening
in their schools, and ali have their little
plots OF ground. They are instructed
in practical horticulture and in the
artistic arrangements of bouquets, and
all classes, from the palace to the cot
tage, manifest q passionate love for such
humanizing and hes!thful occupations.
Nowhere in Europe, we are assured, are
& ,rdens 50 numerous, or the love OF
Horticulture so extensively developed.
One very curious art they seem to have
brought to great perfection. Their gar
dens often being small, and their taste
leading them to take pride in the pos
session of trees of the bigger species.
they have gradually developed the art
of dwarfing them without in any way
sacrificing their general shape and pro
portion. Am, ng their family treasures
may frequently be found a well-arrang-
ed garden, established in some antique
specimen OF Japanese pottery in the
shape of oapaclOus bowl. Within this
receptacle will be walks and trees and
fiower-beds, with a great variety of
floral favorites, and dwarfed to the
proper proportions. One further de-
velopment of this odd manipulation of
natural objects is the patient training
of the mimimized trees and shrubs into
the forms OF birds and beasts, or any
object that may strike the fancy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24
Fishing In a Cornneld.

In Colorado is ten-scre field, which
is no more nor less than a subterranean
lake covered with soil about eighteen
inches deep. On the soil is cultivated
field of corn. which produces thirty
bushels to the acre. If any one will
take the trouble to Dig hole tn the
depth of a spade-nandle he will find it to
fill with water, and by using hook aid
line fish four or five inches long may be
eau ht. The fish have neither scales
nor eyes, and are perch like in shape.
The ground Is black mari in nature,
and IL all probability was at Que time
an open body of water, On which az
cumuls ed vegetable matter. which has
been increased from time to time until
now it has crust sufficiently strong and
rich to produce fine corn although 1t has
to be cultivated by hand, as it Is strong
enough Ia bear the weight Of a horse.
While harvesting the hands catch great
stIings of fish by making hol through
the earth. A person rising on his hrei
and coming down suddenly can see the
growing corn shake all around him.
Any one having suflci mt strength to
drive q iall through the crust will fin .
on rsleaa.ng it that 1t viii disappear
J altogether,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24

The robbery recently discovered to have
heen perpeirated from the Winter Palace
at Peking proves how little sanctity Cain
eSe CRIMINALS attach to any property. In
the summer, 9th moon, the disappearance
or the brass aud iron ar'uOry In the upper
story of one of the gates was observed ana
1t was supposed that the bannermen on
duty had stolen them to exc out their mea-
IRE allow ance, and In cOns5q lence an extra
'ael of allowance money was granted. On
the 30th of the llth moon the thieves
leg was found In one OF the palaces.
which aroused suspicion, and on inves'l
cation it wa found that large bras
sight diagrams plate, about four feet
square, along with the brass CHAINS attach
ed 10 it, haG been stolen. These chains
are attached tC the dragon heads, gTiffins,
etc, which adorn the side ridges of the
paiace. Oue OF the chains will weigh
several hundred weight. They were all
heavily p,aed with gold, and it was for
the sake Of the gold principally that the
,hetts h We heen perpetrated. But for the
leg the theft might not have been discoV-
cred, and the thieves admit that their DE
sign was piece by piece to strip every
pa.ace of its OrnamentatI0n. ii is wOl
er how the thieves reached the high roof
anG succeeded IN carrying off their pluEder.
IL has been discovered that the thieves
lived for years IN the towers or bastIOne
1T the angl,s of the Imperial PaIlce, anG
often when lights were observed i'll the
buildings the palace eunuchs. who had
been priyy TO the nefarIous scheme of
,,ln gff all sf.x,r
senting that 1t was the Hu-hslen or the
immortal fox with his lighted torch pros
lraling himself. And 50 the deception
has gone on. 1t may have been observed
also that many Of the cannon holes in the
outer city gates have their woDden shutters
eleS sted for years, and Tany have sup
posed that it was for ventilation. Ne such
tnIng. These are also the residences of
he immortal foxes. alias thieves, but nu
one dared to mount the towers to satisfy |
tEelr curiosity. SIX OF The palace thieves
have already been executed. Their names !
are Yuen rama. Yuen Li-erb, Wang-w
and the eunuch Hsu Chihhsiang. The !
others in custody awaiting execution, prot |
ably not before the autumn, are Llu Mao |
erh, Ta-hu and Hou Shanghsiang, the |
brazier who received the stolen goods. |
Tue following are still at large: nan + !
ShaDshi mani. Ii San kou, Ii HO III, Lion |
81, ling fu and Fu chlOn. A friend met !
the thieves on the way from the Military |
Gamen to the Board of Punishment, when |
ee heard them remark TO the bssIander- !
that it will only be banishment for a shor
ime-fah-i-,aug-but II has turned out
very differently. The Emperor Cmen
Lung had one Of his shoes once stolen by
a thief, whose only object was to show
nis haTdIhOod. The eunuchs knew the
varlous places froqnented by the Z aperor
at night and the thief got thus informed.
He lost has head tor his temerity. The
Emperor could not understand Why one
shoe only should he missing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24

Ii the only coed that boy ever did
about a farm was to repair the pump.
hang gates, make mOle-trsps, put IN
rake teeth, fiie the saw and hang the
grindstone, and he did these things will.
obviously the farm is not the place for
hIm-but q machine shop is. IL the
boy will walk a half-dozen miles after
DAYS work is done to h, ar a political
speech; if he takes time from play to
attend trial before justice of the peace,
and sits up half the nigh. when going to
school to learn declamatiOns which bnng
down the house, more likely he will do
the world more good ii you put law
book into his hand, instead OF manure
fork. If he can earn more money in
trading jack-Knives and tish-lines on
rainy days than he does in hoeiug pota-
toes and cutting grain in fair weather,
give him a chance at the yard tick. and
not have him around quareilIng the other
boys, who are handling horse-rakes and
pitchforks, and the like employments.
Again, if a boy is skillful in sklnning
small animals and stuffng small birds;
if he practiced making piles of mud
when he was child, and extracting
teeth from the Jaws of dead horse
with pincers when he got older; if he
reads physiology while his brothers are
deep in Robinson Crusoe," he will be
far more likely to succeed with lancet
than with scythe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24

The so-called Druid monument of
S onehen9e, near Salisbury. in Eng
land, has Just undergone a species of
restoration" Insisting principally III
the erection of TIMBER scafolding and
braces about the huge stones OF which I
is composed. A writer says perhaps
such snoring up isprefersble to the de-
cay and fall of the great trilitha, but
the impressiveness of Ihe mysterious
group CT monoliths rising out of he
grassy plsin will be quite destroyed.
The ignorance of the scientific world in
relation to this strange tructure and the
Others of the same character which oc 70
cur in almost every part OF Europe Is
quite complete. So far the only in
portant observation which has been
made with regard to them is that in
Spain and Portugal the dolmsns or
groups of such stones are usually found
near what must, from the character of
the ground have formed IN the remote
past the principal rods or Ines OF
military operations. From this circum-
stance it has been suggested hat they
may have been set up by one or more
invading expeditions, as guides to those
which were to come after them. This
seems not unreasonable, and the sug-
gestion may possibly furnish clue fol-
further Investigations.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24
Fish for Fresh Water Ponds.

There are few enterprises en1 )yIng oub-
iic attention at the present tune that pro-
mise more profitable esults than The mul-
Ipiying OF ioUd fishes IN fresh water
ponds Ii is the belief OF a.! who have
studied the subject, that fresh water tshes
Jt sll kinds can be multiplied almost In
definitely, and So cultivated as To be IN
proved, no only IL q Iaulity but IN quality,
aud n,a,ie TO be the cheapest oil cheap
,Jod. This fact should be related over
ami over again, until every one who has d
patch OF water on his premises larre
enough for taupoles and shlneIs, can make
II yleid an abundance Of whole some nsh
Ioud. al not haIf the trouble anu expens,
With which he cultIvaies Ike patch CT
ground. The food thus produced is toO
much neglected. by the farming comnu-
pIIy. 1t affords elements OF nUurishmeul
uecrssary to q healthy cOndI lon uI tue
BODY for who no cheaper syailable sub
sIIIute can be found. There aIe 256 ponds
ot IRON 5 to 2 geo acres each, aggregatIng
3 6U4 acres, IN Connecticut, wllcn con-
tan CONSIDERABLE number and vare'y oil
IoOd fishes. although probably mol thou
sandtn part of W al tins may be
made to produce, at a little exDtnse oi
lime and mOuey. Besides these 259 arg,
ponds There ale greater nuuIber OI ponds
Ut less than five acres each, that are IL
IKE manner capable of deyelopmeGt.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24
Cashmere Sha Wis.

Every one knows that the Cashmerl
shawls ~hich figure 50 frequently a.
wedding presents from the Queen ar,
part of the annual tribute paid by tht
MaharaI1h of Cashmere as an acknowl-
edgement of the suzeraintv of the Em
press of India but every one does moi
know in what dens of squalid misery
and by what physically debilitate,
race these shawls are produced. Th,
agriculturists and the boatmen of the
delicious valley are physically a fine
race-the men robust, the women fan
to look upon. But in every shawl-pro.
duclng village the physique of the
wretchsd workers is painful to observe.
Long hours of work, and ill-ventilate(
dwellings, with poor, nay wretched, oay,
nave made the shawl workers OF cashmer,
mere shadows of men. 1t is absolutely
painful to see their paliid faces ant
weak, il-nourished forms; and, al
though the Government of India hai
novel somewhat to better their condI
tlon, it is one Of the few sad sights il
the "Kashmir-ibenazir." or the unrivA
J cd Cashmere Of the Persian posta.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24
Mouth Poisonfu z.

A gentleman, tobacoo chewer, and
who sometimes Carries small quantity
of the weed in his vest pocket, took n
chew recently, and immediately dIscov-
cred a peculiar taste and noticed that
his saliva Was much discolored-not with
the tlnge produced by tobacco, but of d
deep, purplish blue. He Immediately
rinsed his mouth, as he supposed thor
oughly, but did not succeed in remo,-
ing the discoloration. This occurred
about one o'clock in the afternoon. &c
went homo to tea, and with the first
food he attempted to swallow he was
taken with violent retching and vomit-
Ing, and thi, continued without inter
miss on until about 9 o'clock. That the
bit of lead taken INTO hIs mouth cansed
this there Can hardly he q doubt. II
was a fragment of lead from an auto
matlo lead pencil
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24
Trimming Lamps

Since kerosene came into use as a
light producing agent, various imple
ments for trimming lamps, have been
patente. and placed upon the msrket;but
nothing has yet been invented for the
purpose quite so convenient. cheap and
effective as pair of ordinary, medium
sized scissors. To do the work prop,r-
iy, however, the scissors must be sharp,
for 1t is impossible to trim lamp prop
erly without 3 sharp trimmer.
The belief is quite g. neral tina. to pre-
vent a lamp wick from faring at the
corners and breaking the chimney, it
must be cut rounding to correspond with
the cap or cover of the burner. This Is
erroneous. The best way to trim a lamp
to secure the best result-to get the
most and pleasantest light with the least
breakage of chimneys-is to cut the
wick parallel with the top of the burner.
When ready to trim the lamp remove
the chimney. Raise the cap of the burn
er. Turn up the wick and, with pair
of sharp sicssou, clip it even with the
top of the tube. Be careful not to cut
or squeeze the tubo with the scissors.
See that no list or thread remains on the
wick, and that it has not been pushed
out of Its peculiar position and cut di-
agonally. Close the cap over the tube,
pat the chimney in place, and the lamp
is ready for use. If these directions are
strictly followed, it will when lighted.
yield q broad, straight-edged fam
without a notch or indentation i'll it, and
furnish clear, pleasant, steady light.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24

The pri ky pear. that ugly, heshy
little cactus, with Its summer glorIes OF
crimson and golden blossoms. fulfils a
strange purpose in the animal economy
of the prairIes. In itself it appears t.
be one Of the veriest outcasts amone :
vegetables. eIecrated by msu and re-
fused as food by beast. Yet if it were
not for this plant the herds of prairie
antelope would have Jared badly enough
or the antelope. whenever they found
themselves IN straits from wolves OF
from dogs, made straight for the p=ick-
ly pear patches and belts, and there,
standing right out on the barren, open
plain, deiied their swift but tender
footed pursuers to come near them. FoI
the small. thick pads of the cactus,
though they lie so fiat and insignificant
ly upon the ground, are studded witt,
tufts Of strong, fierca spines, and woe
to the wolf or the dog that treads upon
them. The anteiope's hoofs, however,
are proof against the spines, and one
leap across the belt suffices to place the
horned folk iE safety. These patches
and belts, then, so trivial to the eve and
in some places almost invisible to the
cursOry glance, are in reality towers OF
refuge to the great edible division OF
the wild prairie nations, and as unpass-
able to the eaters as was that girdle OF
fire and ste, which Won Moltke buckled
so close round the city of the Nspo-
Icons
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24
SnIyent for Gallo Acid.

Mr.. FIedericK Long says that he has
accidentally discovered u method OF dis
solving galhc ACID. Having a short time
since a case OF lemaIurea, the result oil
urlc acid gravel, he charced to prescribe a
.hx,ure containing hall dIachm of gaillc
,cid and dracnm a d Il hall of citrate Oi
.Jotassiuln, and, to his surprise, he found
ne had q perfectly clear q lid, the gallic
acid being completely Dissolved. He has
since made further experiments, aud he
inds that, with care, twenty grains oil
citrate will dissolve as much as fifteen
grains of gallic acid in an ounce OF wafer
and remain quite clear for any length II
lIme. To be able 10 give gallic acid ID
.,ertect solution is a great advantage, a.
absorption must take place more rapidly
xhen the salt is IN solution than when
simply suspended in mucllege. rae Citrate
,elng very simple sall, Can do no hariu
any csses in Which Rallic acid il re
quIrsl
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-24

A scandinavian smigrant gives the
following account of tragedy Ia the
famous Lofoden naelstrOm, his rustic
patois of the fiords doubtless being
lost in the free translation" of a
Toronto reporter: A few years ago,
on = delightful July evening, / saw q
body OF coltsh rise by the edge of the
whrlpoors outer circles, and immedi.
ately after the coi had risen whale
arose among them and spouted. The
column of spray blown up like a
geyser attracted the attention of small
fishing boat not less than half mile
distant, and know ng that where the
whale blew there was cod, they pulled
toward the spot. In the boat was q
pretty old man and his 500, lad of
aNout sixteen. They had Just come for
the first time out to the Lofoders, and
now pulled careiessly inside the circle.
Their boat began to moce slowly
around, but they went on fishing un-
mindful of the motion. But ths move
ment Increased. as every minute the
circle grew SMALLER and the swirl moved
faster. At length the truth dawned
upon the luckless old man and the boy.
4 faint scream of terror from the lad
came over the water: they grasped
their oars sad pulled with desperation.
But they were IN the meshes. 1t seem
ed as If some tiend were dragging them
to the vortex. For time they held
their own against the centerward force,
but only for a while. The old mans
strokes became less steady. so did the
lads. The latter again rallied, and was
pulling with the desperation of despair
when his oar unshipped and fell over.
in a moment it was carried away. Then
the two set up a wild. piercing cry. put
their hvnds up, praying to God for
could not expect deliver
ance. In minute or two it was all
over. The boat was whIrled round and
round, then her stern was seen to rise
in the air. then with all she contained,
she disappeared forever