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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

y CONSCIENTIOUS MAN.-"And so
you have brought my beautiful AL
phonso home, have you, like an honest
man, instead of keeping him yourself,
as you might easily have done?' said
tie delighted lady, as she fondled the
poodle. Were you not strongly
tempted to keep the darling creature?"
NO, num-" replied the IncOrrigible
man, as he pocketed the 81 reward. 1t
weren't no temptation. l couldn't have
sold his hide for two bits at this season
of the year, mum"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

Do not neglect to support the tomato
vines with brush II nothing else.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

No CRIMINAL would object to the
laws if he were only barred out.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

THE base ball pitcher that goes toe
often TO the bar gets broken at last.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

GREENHOUSE AND WINDOW
PLANTs.-The work III the greenhouse
IS mainly preparatory, and the sooner
il is done the better. Repairs to the
greenhouse and heating apparatus are,
AS rule, better intrusted to the build
ers of them. Get in a supply of soil,
sand. pots and moss. a good cellar
makes an admirable annex to the
winter garden. II is not too early to
decide upon what are to be the leading
features of the window garden, and as
certain where the plants are to come
from. If any plants are to be lifted
from the open borders be ready to do it
next month. See TO the potted plants
that were taken from the window TO
the open air. If any of these are to
90 back again, begin early 10 free them
from insects, to give fresh soil and TO
prune into shape, that they may be
ready to go on at once.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

MRS. MARRIDwELL (of Boston, TO
Uncle Ephraim, of Malne)-Now, L
want to show you my pottery collection
Uncle Ephraim.
We'll, well, you have everything TO
dew with Emmeliue, l must say"
ar ght in the parlor-here it is
seventy large and handsome pieces"
Coed gracious, Emmeline! 50 all
them's your'np"
"All mine,"
"Whew! you Boston folks der like
beans, don't youPF'
THE CoURT-Whati is your business
sir?
Prisoner-I am the barber of the lu-
natlc asylum.
Indeed! how can you shave mad
men?''
81 talk to them until they are pow
erless.'
CouIt lin great alarml - Discharge
the prisoner.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26
FARM NOTES

FpADICATING THE COCKLEEC r
No weed Is more troublesome than tine
cockIebur. Cultivation only Increases
its peTslstency; it is difficult to pull
its hold on the ground being so secure
that the stem will part before the roolS
are detached-cattie, hogs and horses
will not eat 1t, and it springs up ana
natures seed in very short time IL
reaches its greatest perfection on the
fertile Western prairisA- Only inc
greatest vigilance will eradicate 1t; and
this vigilance is apt to be relaxed IN the
late fall and all the care and work ol
summer be lost, as the cocklebnr IS not
easily frost-bitten, and Will mature lt'
seeds after the growth OF nearly every
other weed has been stopped Each
plant produces many seeds, and where
one IS allowed to ripen these In the 1all,
a space fifty feet In diameter VIII be IN
Tested with plants the next summer.
On a farm in Western ILLINOIS the
writer has kept down every cockiesur
in his corn-field until the middle OF
October, and in passing through the
field to gather the corn early in Novem-
ber, has been dIsagreeably surprised to
find enough mature plants to thorough
ly seed the ground. The war on this
weed must be continuous until very
late in the season. If not weed were
allowed to 90 to seed, it would require
several years to rid the land Of this
pest. as its seeds will lie dormant IN the
soil for many years, 4 little careless
ness after several years OF unrelentlng
warfare will put everything back at the
beginning.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

Sometime iE your d
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maud;
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

For Just one leaf s..
Sometime you'd
now.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

the enemy"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

mo, sir"
No news OF II
mo, sir" the
1 was shown Il
L paced up and /
now and then /
coming. At lasi
she came in, lool
worn.
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did you thinj
been TO bed sincs
/ aid reproachfuI
, 1888-09-11
THE THIRD PRECINCT.
Necessity for 1t Recognized for Several
Years Past.

To the Editor OF The Leader.
In Sundays issue of the Sun there was
an editorial, uttering the sentiments of
the Republican boss, the sound of whose
whip appears to reverberate from the
rooms of the young mems Republican
club to the editorial sanctum of the organ
of the party.
The cause of this remarkable ~effusion
appears to be the establishment of a third
voting precinct in our city. The Sun
calls the establishment of this precinct a
piece of political demagogery, and directly
in opposition to the wish of every citizen
who desires an honest ballot. This state
ment, like every other of a political ma
ture, is quite characteristic. 1t is within
the knowledge of all citizens of this town
that for a number of years back there has
been general complaint, at every county
election, over the great length of
time that elapses before the result
of the election in Cheyenne
| could be known. l venture
the assertion that there is not another
city of the size of Cheyennein the United
States where several days elapse before
the result of the elections is announced.
Two years ago the complaints were com
mon, and were made by men OF both
parties. A constant question was: why
is it not changed" why do we not
have three voting places, the same as in
| city elections?"
When the matter was suggested to the
board they did not act upon it at once,
but deferred action until they ascertained
the wish OF the people upOn the tubject.
The sentiment was universal that 1t was a
step that the commissioners owed the
people of the South Side. Therefore the
commissioners established the precinct.
The Sun states that the measure met
with serious opposition from the citizens
present" The citizens were Isaac Berg
man, A. D. Kelley and. / believe, Joe
Fisher. These were all the citizens pres
ent to object. The number was certainly
not imposing. Despite their assertions
honest elections can be held there as well
as in any other part of the town.
, 1888-09-11

president, ST believe we should not be
content with the reduction of revenue in
voIying the prohibition of importations
aud the removal of the internal tax on
whisky" This is the whole matter In a
nut shell: cheaper necessaries or cheaper
whisky. Take your choice.
His position on the servile labor ques-
ton is expressed without buncombe and
reaches right into the heart of the princi
pie involved in this immigration question.
He is equally candid in his discussion of
trusts, which used to be treated as con-
spiracies, and inferentially deals MIR.
Blaine, the artful dodger, a stunning
blow, which should Law him up for re-
pairs.
The candor of the document we sin
cerely admire. He says in effect: Here
is what we have done. These are our
principles, and here is what we intend to
do. We believe we are acting for the
best interests Of the whole people. Both
parties have long recogl lied the necessity
for precisely the same action which we
have undertaken; the people should not
be hoodwinked from seeing the grave
necessity for Immediately meeting the sit
uation. If they are hoodwinked we have
done our duty and are willing to abide by
the consequences.
Cleveland's letter of acceptance will de-
serve a prominent place among the several
statesmanly documents which he has al
ready issued. 1t may not suit the Repub-
licans, but it is good enough doctrine for
the Democratic party.
, 1888-09-11

JoHNsoN's UNIVERSAL CYcLoPRD1A
is a whole library of universal knowledge
from the pens of the ablest scholars in
America and Europe. 1t is accepted as
high authority in our leading colleges.
It is not for the few, like Appleton's, the
Britannica, or the International, but for
all. 1t has just been thoroughly re yised
at a cost OF over $66. 600 and three years
labor by forty editors, and over 1000 re-
nowned contributors. 1t is in eight con-
%venient sized volumes. No father can
give to his child at school or his son and
daughter Just entering the arena of life,
anything that will be of more permanent
benefit. 1t is an education supplement
tary 20 that of the schools. JoEnson's is
now the latest by more than ten years.
Address for particulars and terms,
A. j. JOHNSON & Co,
IL Great Jones Street,
New York.
, 1888-09-11
curiosities of the Code.

In Louis the XIV's time the actress
Maupin insulted a lady at a ball and was
ordered out of the room. She would go
if the gentlemen who espoused the lady's
cause would meet her outside. After a
hard combat, " SC the account runs, ''she
killed them all, and quietly returned to
the ball ROOM" There is a record in
1918 of a duel between Fournier and
DUPONT hat lasted nineteen years. They
agreed by treaty to meet when within
100 miles of each other, and they had
some desperate sword combats. One day
Dupont said: 1--WE must end this quar-
rel" He wanted to get married, and
proposed pistols. Fournier, who was a
crack shot, said he was mad. They ar
ranged to meet in a wood, nave two shots
each, and fire from behind trees. Dupont
drew his enemy's two shots by stratagem,
and her spared his life. In 1908 NJ.
de Grandpre and NJ. de Pisque, who had
quarreled about an opera dancer, agreed
to fight a duel in balloons. In May they
assembled in two balloons from a field
near the Tuileries, armed with blunder-
buses. The two balloons kept about
eighty yards apart, and when they were
500 feet high, on signal being given,
Pisque fred. He missed his aim, and
then Grandpre fired into Pisque's balloon,
and he and his seconds were dashed to
pieces on a housetop.-The Argonaut.
, 1888-09-11
Notioe--Fimbe @uIfure.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 6, 1888.
Complaint having been entered at this
Office by Isaac johnson against Frank r.
Lawrence for failure to comply with law
as to timber culture entry No. 905, dated
July 81, 1855, upon the Sc ! nv and lots
3, 4 and 5, sec 6, tip IA H., r GO W, in Lar
annie county, Wyoming, with a view to
the cancellation of said entry; contestant
alleging that said entryman has failed to
pillow or cultivate, or cause to be plowed,
plant or planted or cultivated any portion
of said tract, the SAID parties are hereby
summoned to appear at this Office on the
9th day of October. 1888, at 10 o'clock
a. M, to respond and furnish testimony
concerning SAID alleged failure.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-09-11

Oil producing strata do not always be-
long to the same geological period. In
Kentucky and Tennessee the petroleum
is furnished by the lower silurian; that
is, by the most ancient stratified rocks.
In Upper Canada it is found in the lower
Devonian, and in Pennsylvania in the
upper Devonian. The springs of western
Virginia flow from the upper c~arbonifer-
ous strata. In Connecticut and North
Carolina coal oil is found in the trias, in
Colorado and Utah in the lignites of the
cretaceous formation, while the oil pro-
ducing regions of California belong to
the tertiary period. 1t is a remarkable
fact that most of the deposits of the
ancient world exist in comparatively re
cent tertiary formations, as for instance
those of the oil impregnated sands of
Alsace, OF the south of France, and of
Abruzzia and Emilia in Italy. There
are numerous deposits in Galicia and the
Danubian provinces similarly placed,
while the strata that contain those of
the Crimea, the Caucasus and the island
of Taman are of nearly the same geolog-
ical epoch. 1t is a fact to be noted that
the oils coming from the greatest depth
are of the best quality, those produced
from nearer the surface of the earth
seeming to have lost some of their VIOLA
tile elements. San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1888-09-11
The Wonders of Baseball.

There must be something wonderful
about a game that can bring together day
after day throughout the summer months
of every year from 1000 to 12, 900 peo-
pie and hold them pite dust, heat and
an atmosphere s.i'H of tobacco smoke
for two or three l...ur5. Nihe great big
men are placed at stated distances from
each other over five acres of ground. A
tenth man takes a bat, and as the ball is
pitched to him he tries to strike it out
into the field. If he succeeds, he tries to
run around a block at the four corners of
which an enemy is placed. If he gets
all the way around without being inter
copied by the ball in the hands of his op-
ponent, he scores a run. This is all there
is to it. But before the ball is hit and
before the run is completed there are SO
many thrilling dangers to escape, SO
many pursuers and intercepters to elude,
SO many opportunities for the exhibition.
of strength, courage, ingenuity, audacity
and skill on the part of both struggling
sides, that no one to whom these qualities
appeal can fail to enjoy the contest.
To see a herculean figure suddenly go
into a momentary ~convulsion, to see tho
ball he has held in his hand dart through
the air with force enough to break an
ox's skull, to see the batter swing his
club and hit the missile squarely, which
means that a single point of a sphere has
met a single point of a circle, to see it
plunge into the air or whiz across the
field, to see the striker tear along to his
first objective point as if chased by the
furies, to see the ball descend plumb into
the extended palm of an alert fielder or to
see its course cut short by the daring
hand of a shortstop who thereupon hurls
it over to the point whittier the striker is
aiming SO that wen his flying feet are
outstripped in the race-this is a spectacle
over which even a wooden man should be
ashamed not &c enthuse.-New York
TrihlIna
, 1888-09-11
The Inspiration of Rivers.

In ancient pagan religions there was a
peculiar sacredness attached to running
water in springs or rivers. The famous
oracle of Delphi was beside the Castalian
spring; and in the haunted grotto of
Egeria, inspired by the murmurs of its
beautiful fountain, the first king of
Rome received from the celestial nymph
the laws and religious rites which he i'm
parted to the primitive community.
Rivers in prehistoric times were every
where worshiped; shrines were erected
on their banks, and they had priests Of
their own. Men swore by them, for the
spirit of the waters could drown those
who proved false to their word; and the
most awful form of oath is that which
the Hindoo still takes who swears by a
divine river more sacred even than the
Ganges-of which the Ganges is only an
earthly manifestation. The Office of the
Hebrew prophets received its name in
the original from a DOT signifying the
bursting forth and the OVERLOOKING Of a
copious fountain.---The Culver.
, 1888-09-11
A FORTUNE Aner ne wa. az.

1t is singular that just as Saratoga
loses the Vanderbilts she gains Gould.
''The old commodore, " as the elder Van
derbilt is always called, and civilian
H." as the late president of the New
York Central is invariably referred to,
appeared at Saratoga as regularly as the
season came round. Their heirs have
cut the springs and spend the summer at
Newport and other resorts. 1.-THE old
commodore was a great man to sit on
the veranda and talk with anybody and
everybody. An old timer says he once
sat in a group which included ''the old
commodore" and William H. Seward,
who SO narrowly missed the presidency
in 1860. They were talking about money
making.
Commodore" asked Mr.. Seward,
s'you are not always successful in your
business plans, are you2"
"No," replied Mr.. Vanderbilt, with
extreme frankness. Sometimes l lose
$50, 900 or $75, 900 or 800, 900, but 1
generally come out a leetle ahead at the
end of the year"
Another veteran of thirty Saratoga
seasons tells this: Il have often heard
Vanderbilt say that he made his great
fortune after he reached the age Of 65.
ne ndu only S1o, OOU, UUU OF ,OUU
when he was 65. His first big hit was
the purchase of the Harlem road. That
doubled his fortune. Then he bought
the Hudson River and Central, and
doubled another. And finally he took in
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
and his western property, and doubled
his estate the third time. Thus, when
he was at the age when most men are
thinking of making their wills, his estate
jumped from $50, 900, 900 to $50, 900, 900
by the purchase of the Harlem, from
$50, 600, 900 to $780, 900, 900 by the pur-
chase of the Hudson River, and from
$50, 600, 900 to $12o, 900, 900 by the pur-
chase of the Lake Shore. That is the
whole secret of the building up of the
wonderful Vanderbilt fortune. But the
heirs have shown a better quality of hold
ing on to the money than was expected.
There isn't n of the younger Wander
bits who lives up to his income. They
have more than the mounts left them"
-GlObe-Democrat,
, 1888-09-11

Perhaps the most curious of all guilds
in an Oriental town and one which flour
ishes exceedingly in Cavalla is the beg
gars' guild. Like other guilds, they nave
their own laws, their president and their
council; this council gives q diploma to
those who wish to beg, and without per-
mission no one burst seek aims at the
churches, mosques or street doors; all the
legitimate beggars would rise up in arms
against him and his life would not be
worth much. Friday is the recognized
beggars' day, on which day they go
round from door to door and get their
wallets filed with bread and beans; these
are divided by the community; nothing
is private property; it is against their
creed.
The beggars' brotherhood is rich; they
possess house property, the income of
which is spent for the benefit of the om-
munity, and n a year-on the day of
St. John the Charitable-they have a
feast. They all go to church on this
day. 1t would be difficult to recognize
the tidily dressed members of this hon
orable community in their best clothes;
rags and tatters are only de rigueur for
them when they are on their rounds.
Beggary pays very well. If a beggar's
daughter marries she is lowered by the
community, the president sees to the be-
trothal, and his consent is essential. AT
Salonica Blind Demetrius is the presi-
dent; he is easily recognized as he pa
rades the streets, singing his everlasting
wall:
Day and night, day and night, I live in the dark.
Wretch that l ami hear the word, but 1 cannot
see it.
And though you know him to be q
rich man, that his wife is well dressed,
and that his daughter will receive a
handsome dover, his plea for aims is
almost irresisible.-Cornhin Magazine.
, 1888-09-11
Coolest Town in the World.

In the Berlin intercollegiate Zeit-
schrift for June, DR.. Hamm gives an in
teresting account of Werchojansk
(Siberia), deduced from several years
observations. The town, which lies in
the valley of the Jana, about nine feet
above the level of the river. in latitude
81 dogs. "a min. N, longitude 1873 degs.
81 min. E., and at a height of about $50
feet above the sea, has the greatest win
ter cold that is known to exist upon the
globe. Monthly means of -5S degs. F.
occur even in December, a mean tenn
perature which has been observed no.
where else in the polar regions; and
minima of re dogs. are usual for the
three winter months (Decembe -Febru-
ary). In the year 1886 March also had a
minimum III degs., and during that
year December and January never had a
minimum above re degs., while in Jan
uary, 1886, the temperature of -S5 dogs.
was recorded. These extreme readings
are hardly credible, yet the thermomete-s
have been verified at the st. Petersburg
observatory. To add to the misery of
the inhabitants, at some seasons the
houses are inundated by the overflow of
the river. The yearly range of cloud is
characteristic of the climate; in the win
ter season the mean only amounts to
about three-tenths in each month
Nature,
, 1888-09-11
THE PRESIDENT SHELTER.

At this stage of the national campaign
it is perhaps more than could be reasona
bly, expected that the partisan press of the
country should view President Cleveland S
letter from a purely unbiased standpoint.
The Republican papers on the n hand
pronounce it fiat, stale and Improbable;
on the other hand the Democratic papers
claim that it is a statesman like docu
ment that hits the situation fairly and
squarely.
Between these two widely divergent
opinions we believe will be found the cool
conservative opinion of the non-partisan
voters of the country, who will see in the
letter many things deserving of hearty
endorsement. The position Of the Dem,
ocratic party on the only issue that prac-
tically enters the campaign is plainly and
unequive cally defined. The dangers
which attend the collection of a surplus
far in excess of the legitimate needs
of the government and the immedl-
ate and remooe bad effects which
it has on the prosperity of every citiz n
of the entire country are placed before the
reader with the precision Of a mathemati.
cal demonstration There is no dodging
of any issue. The party is set down with
fatfooted sluareness on precisely the
ground upon which it is willing to sur
vive or perish during the coming cam
paign. 1t does not favor free trade, but
it does favor such modification of the
complicated tariff system as will grant
some relief to the overtaxed people of the
country. But in accomplishing the re.
form We have entered upon says the
, 1888-09-11
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyo.
A. or 1000

Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
Aug. 25, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ng-named settler has fled notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
Of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the register and receiver at
Cheyenne, Wyo., on Sept 81, 1888, viz:
John a. McGregOr,
d. S. 449S, for lots 2 and 3, sec "a, tip IA
n, r 81 W.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of said land, viz: William
Farrell, Edward Francis, Alexander G..
McGregor, Thomas Castle, all of Chey-
enne, Wyo.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.