Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

passing from the northeast to the
southwest, extending fifteen miles.
The wind was of such terrific force
that not house, tree or other OBJ
struction is left. DR.. S. F. John
sons gin house and other buildings
were blown away. William Taylors s
place was badly wrecked. S. R. Har-
rell's place was torn to pieces and
the cabins and barns were utterly
demolished, while rails from the
fences were blown for miles. b. f.
Carr's gin house, cabins and barns
were destroyed and some stock kill
ed. Irby Whites dwelling was de-
molfshed and only one roof was left
on the plantation buildings out of
twenty-four. One negro man and
several children were injured. John
B. Newcom's place was almost as
badly served, every house being
wrecked except the dwelling, which
was only partly unroofed. The quar-
ters on S. ]. Harrels place were ut
terly demolished On forty acres of
heavily -timbered land not a tree is
left standing. The fences on the
place were blown away and not a
vestige OF corn or fodder is left.
William CANDLES place is badly
damaged. Mrs. Youngblood was
seriously and several children were
slightly injured. Most miraculous es-
capes are reported. Several negroes
who were blown across field alight
ed uninjured. No one was killed OF
mortally wounded, but few dwellings
being directly in the track of the tor
nado.
The deacon was stingy as stingy could be,
And his minister keen as n brier;
And the minister wished the ceiling removed
But could uot get his desire.
One day q piece of the plastering fell
By fate on the hard descon's head,
And he sprang from his seat and offered len
To have things secured overhead.
sLord, hit him again,' said the minister keen
With which you and will agree,
For if plaster will open the heart of man,
The plaster the man should have free.
Rochester Post-Express.
An exchange. writing on the sub
iect of wild geese, says: Two pecu
harities of the wild goose may not
be known to the general reader One
is that they do not mate until they
are three years old, consequently
cannot be raised from till the third
year. The second popularity of this
species is that if one Loses its mate
it never takes another. Second mar
riage is not tolerated by them.
The Baltimore Sun says: One hun
dred and fifty prisoners in the Mary
land Penitentiary are engaged in
making merino shoes. The merino
shoe is made OF coarse wool, brought
principally from South America. 1t
is put through the usual process of
cleaning, carding, etc, at the peni-
tentiary, and is then steamed, hard
ened and made into a tough, pliable
cloth about twice the thickness of
ordinary shoe-leather, and in general
appearance not unlike the uppers in
arctic overshoes. The soles are made
in the same way, of the same mate
rial, but are harder and heavier. The
shoes are not impervious to water,
but are intended for use principally
in the dry, cold climates of the North.
1t is stated that, no matter how low
the temperature, the feet will never
get cold when encased in these shoes.
Boots and stockings of the same ma
te,ial are also made. The shoes are
mainly used by lumbermen in the
cold regions of the North and North
west during severe weather, and are
only manufactured in the Maryland
Penitentiary, thus avoiding direct
competition with outside laborers.
The old saying, that when a
woman wills, she wills" finds an
illustration in lawyer Miss. Kate
Kane of Milwaukee Wis. Not long
ago the Judge of the court before
whom she practiced law said some
thing to her that she did not like
she resented the offence of the
Judge by dashing a tumbler of WA
ter into the face of his honor 1t
was then the turn of the Judge to
feel aggrieved. He had the power to
punish the outrage, which he did by
sending Miss. Kane to Jail for
contempt of court. her friends in
terested themselves in her behalf,
and and desired that she have the
fine that was imposed on her by the
court paid, but she refused and on
the last day of April she said that
she will never pay the fine if she
stays in Jail ali her life.
sabbath school Notice.