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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26
\ TURNED WORM.
She Had Been Meek All Her Life, But
She Finally "E1ared Up"

He was great, beefy, vicious-look-
ing man, and she a pale, thin little
woman with a detected, brow-beaten
look. She waited timidly, meekly and
obedlently behind him as they entered
the office of lawyer in company with
real estate buyer.
The beefy despot was about to sell
ten acres OF land, the proceeds of
which he would put so far down into
his own pocket that the meek little
woman would never see a dollar of it.
She had come along for the privilege of
signing the deed.
"Here, Sary Jane" said her lord,
you sign your name right there on
that line"
BILL" said she, slowly but firmly,
''I amt goin' tol''
What" rOared Bill.
81 amt goin' TO, Bill-at least not
just yit.''
You put your name down thar
now, quicker nor wink"
''Shan't do II, BILL
''Lookee here, Sary Jane, you know
mer'
"An' I'll make ye 'quainted with
me, Bill Jasper" she said, sweetly.
''Lookee here, Bill; you've heard of
wO'ms that turn, amt ye?''
''Lookee here, Sary Jane, if you
don't''-
well, Bill, I'm one o. them wo'ms.
Bill, you're gOin' to git fifteen hun
dred dollars fer that land, amt ye,
BIl?"
That's nothin' to youl'
"Hain't? Now lookee here, Bill Jas
per; not-one-single-li
Of the nan will I tnaL-a until iva ba a
my thirds o. that money counted out TO
meI''
''Sary janet What you take me
Count 'em out, BIll-sjO1 II git
the name o. Sary Jane Jasper to that
document"
He ragged, he rosred, he swore, he
| shook his clinched fist, but the turned
''wo'm" never linched nor sloke ex-
cepting to say:
Count I'm out, Billl'
And when they were counted out
and he had boasted of the surety of
having them all back again before
night, Sary Jane walked out, saying
as she did so:
''Ta, Ia. Bill. When you git home
you'll find my duds an most OF the
other things an my two cows gone
over to my paws, an Pm goin' there
too; an lookee here. Bill, don't you
ever dast show your face there; don't
you do it. Bill! Let me git holt of you
once with paw an NAV an my
brother, Buck, TO back me an L won't
leave enough OF you to scrape up on a
shingle. That's the kind OF a turned
wo'm your Sary Jane is. Ia, Ia.
| BIlly!''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26
The Shah's Toothachc.

The Persian Court IS a relic of bar
1arism, and the Shah Is nothing more
han a barbarian. If 1t were not for
he fact that he has absolute power,
which he frequently exercises with
great cruelty, his antics would be
amusing. Some time since the Shah
lad the toothache, and the whole court
was in an uprOar. After all remedies
mad been tried and failed. Swedish
lentist was found who undertook to
pull the troublesome mOiar, and the
Affair was made a great ceremony.
All the court functiOnaries were COM
manded to be on hand, and with COM
mendable wisdom they began by laying
heavy purses of gold at the Shah'5 feet,
for, If the dentist had pulled the wrong
tooth, or pulled out only half Of the
right one, it IS probable that all pres
ent, including the dentist, would have
been slain. But the dentist got hold of
the right tooth, and, amid great howl
ings, jsrked it out of the sublime jaw.
Then everybody breathed freer, while
the Shah gave one purse and a shawl
to the dentist and pOcketed all the rest
himself. Who would not be a Persian z
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26
Tracing on Glass,

Several years ago member of firm
of glass manufacturers was travelling
through the West. While on a rail-
way which skirts the shores of a large
inland lake he observed that the plate
glass in the windows of the Pullman
car was marked with mysterious fig
ures, underlined in shape, but of a sing
ular airy and delicate Iightness. On in
quiry he learned that the marks were
made by sand, which was blown against
the windows from the beach as the cars
passed.
Upon returning home he began a
series OF experiments In directing a
shower of fine sand against the surfase
Of glass in definite shapes. The result
was the discovery of the sand-blast, by
which the most delicate figures are out
lined upon glass with exquisite light
ness and accuracy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

reared the fairest OF beautiful fairies
homes-all in the air.
And the patient wife, humming the
old tunes of her childhood, and sewing
the $50 button on the fatal shirt, builds
large and imposing castles in the air
The young husband, who isis to be
or, for some time back, has been.
erects these glitter1ng fragmentary
edlices on the foundations of love-or
on the shifting sands of defeated ambi-
tion.
Castles in the air, which of all edi-
fees are the easiest built and the hard
est to pull down-magic cities of the
realm of day dreams, illuminated by
the dazzling light of Hopei Call not
their architects the devotees of vision
airy schemes Hope shines through all
the corridors of these castles In the air,
and sheds its beam far out on the rug
ged path of life. But for these airy
fairy castles in the air Ambitlon's hand
might palsied fall, and all the fires of
strong lmpetuUus youth die out to
smolderlng embers of dead, forgotten
past.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-26

New York has 100000 Roman
Catholics, and the value Of their
church property is SO, 100000.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
A Small Amount.

1t does not look very bright for the
Montana surveys according to the follow
ing despatch in the Independent: Com
missioner Stockslager of the general land
Office has just finished the distribution
of the money appropriated last year for
the public surveys. One hundred thou
sand dollars went into the appropriation
bills for this purpose at the last session
of congress, $40 600 of which was to be
used for the examination of surveys in
the field. This leaves $50 900 for sur
veying, and the commissioner has made
awards covering $4,000 of it. OF this
sum Montana gets $4,000, The surveyor
general of Montana desires great deal
of the money for the surveys 17,5OO,0 900
acres recently thrown open to settlement
in northern Montana. Delegate Toole
has drawn the attention of the COM
missioner to the fact that when the sun
dry civil bill was under consideration
last session Mr.. Randall drew the at
tention of the house to the fact that the
committees amount for surveys had been
doubled in order that the great northern
reservation or Montana might be sur
veyed, and insisted that Montana should
be awarded Liberal slice ofthe appropri-
alton. 1t is possible that Montana may
get an additional amount.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26

New YoRK, De-. S.-A young man of
20, W w4aring pair of rubber bo1ts that
reached to his thighs. walked into Steve
Brodie's on the Bowers at $3.50 O'clock
Friday night and announced that he
had walked down the river from Albany.
An hour later another man, carrying a
miniature canal-boat, came In and said
he had seen him do it. The first man
was G. w. Oldreve, who started last
Monday to walk down the hudson for
$500, The other was P. G. Hurley who
followed him in dingy.
Oldreve arrived at the foot OF ll3th
street at 8 O'Clock having made the trip
in six days and ten hours, On Tuesday
Oldreve Gays he was nearly run down
by steamer, and in trying to get out of
the way took nasty header. On We'd
nesday the temperature was about ls'
and his shoes were covered with ice.
He consulted doctor at Poughkeepsie
and was advised to give it up. His
average progress was tHenty-four miles
a day. He always went with the tide.
The shoes he wore are made of cedar,
lined with brass. They are five feet
long and foot wide. Each is air-tight
with a space in the centre for the foot
On the bottom are three fins SO arranged
that when the shoe moves forward they
are pressed up against the bottom, and
when the shoe is at rest they hang down
ward like puddle-wheel baekeIs.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
The Edmonaon Boys.

The statement going the rounds of the
territorial press that jeff Edmonson, re.
Gently arrested near Green River, Wyom-
ing, and lodged in Jail at this place, was
the leader of the once notorious Edmon
son gang of horse thieves as it was
termed, is wide of the truth. 1t is a fact
that the Missouri valley was cursed with
a well organized band of horse thieves.
and it is also true that Henry Edmonson'
was a member of that band and is to-
day paying the penalty of his crime in
the territorial prison, but the idea that
JEFF was leader of the gang is absurd
He was mere boz when this band
began its operations, and was working
for Mrs. Sartar of this valley, some years
later when the last memyrable raid was
made. Mrs. .,Sarter lost horses about this
time, and JEFF was accused and warrant
issued for his arrest, but we very much
doubt if he had anv connection with the
band or il he ever stole any thing from
any one. JEFF left this part of Montana
about the time, as did his father and
mother, and siace then he has been
leading a quiet. industrious life,having
married. and now has wife and two
children. As to what connecti ne
had with the Jefferson county affair, the
holding up of the coach for the purpose
nj liheratinp his hrothers we do mt
know. But we do know that Jeff was a
mere boy when the notorious band be-
gan its operations and do not think he
had any connection with it whatever.
HIS life since he left the territory in TAX
ing care of his parents and in marrying
and settling down to the regular rotlne
of toll is good evidence of this as well as
of his honest, intentions.-Husbandnan.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
The Bczeman fhce-Seeker.

A politician Of Bozeman town,
Stood dying Mt the stake.
And the bloody rocks about him
Told the story of his fate.
He had asked for a position,
Had shuffied off his mortal coil
By rocking him to sleep.
His petition lay beside him
As his Iife-blood ebbed away,
But It lacked the name of Carter
1t wasn't built that way.
The politician beckoned,
And the man who held his fate,
Bent over him in sorrow,
AS he held aloft the slate.
But the politicians words camo feebly,
As the crisis was at hand,
His dimmed eyes were soon to open
In brighter, fairer land.
Then he whispered, low and sadly,
''How many are in the race"
For the post and land offices P
Look me squarly in the face.
"I have finished my career,
am numbered with the slain,
And the cry that He's from BoZeman,
Will mover come to me again.
"Say that always whooped and hollered
Was worker on election day,
That I'm sorry I'm not from Helena,
This is all have to say"
The dying politician faltered,
His face turned toward the sun,
One gasp, and all was over;
He was the first of lOl.
They buried him at twilight,
IN hole they quickly made.
And no stone MARKS the lonely spot,
Where the politicians laid.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
Bozeman's New Steamer.

It will be seen, by reading the pro-
ceedings of the special meeting of the
council, that the city has agreed to pur-
chase Silsby Fire Engine, in accord
ance with the recommendations of the
Fire Marshal, who recently examined
the merits of all the engines and pro.
nounced the Silsby the best for Bozeman.
All the councilmen were present at the
meeting, with the exception of Alderman
Hoffsan, and all assented to the PROPOSE
tion of the Silsby company. This matter
has been before the public and the coun-
Gil for some time and hence there is no
need of recounting the circumstances
which led to the purchase of an engine;
sufficesit to say that the engine has been
ordered and will be delivered, freight
free, at Bozeman as soon as railroads can
bring it. Believing that the Silsby, on
account ofits merits, would be purchased
the CHRONICLE, some time ago sent for
cut of the engine, and was prepared to
print picture of the engine as soon as
the council decided to purchase.
Together with the engine, Bozeman
gets a hose cart, with reels, steam
heater and other necessary appurten.
ances. An expert will be sent from the
factory to put up the engine in working
order and will remain until he has fully
posted the members of the company.
The engine purchased by Bozeman is q
No. 4, the size in general use. 1t is sim
ply constructed, there is an entire
absence of valves, etc., and an experienc.
ed engineer is not required to operate it.
The machine stands perfectly still while
running, the motion of the pump being
continuous and rotary, sending steady
stream. which is very easily handled by
one man and there is no danger of the
engine being stopped through cloggiug
1t hes quick steam boiler and it will
throw a stream of water to great dis
tance.
The fact that the Silsby company have
the largest works in the United States
and are supplying the largest cities with
their engines, Philadelphia being the
latest to adopt them, saws more thar
words can tell of the merit of the mach
ines, and as Bozeman, is to have fir
engine it has done well to get the beat a
the same price others would have cost
In this connection we have ascertainet
that several of the smaller cities of til,
coast who have Silsby engines and
volunteer department, maintain tn
came at cost not exceeding $500 pc
, year, counting cost of fuel, hire of en-
, .gineer and.other expenses and that man,
have a sts oding reward of $500 for tn
I person who can hitch his team first t
the engine, in the event of fire. TIL
heater keeps the water constantly warn
and the engine is at all times ready fc
y immediate use. Monthly drills TAX
place and the efficiency of the depar
+ ment is greatly increased.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
THE CATTLE KING.

Here is a pathetic picture held up by
the New Orleans Picayune, published in
a country where light frost is called a
blizzard, where yellow fever kills off
thousands of people and criminal
inactivity sends thousands of human
beings to their untimely graves, through
deadly sewerage system. And yet
they carp about the cattle on the plains
in a manner pathetic; ifit were not in
consistent and untrue. It is surprising
how such people can allow themselves
to eat the meat Of a slaughtered ANIMAL:
A king, cattle king, was what they
called him, this man who came loaded
with diamonds and free with money, to
spend the winter in a mild southern
city. A king, and yet no royal blood in
his veins A selfmade monarch-and
his subjects? Only the lowing herds in
the far-off west. His kingdom, the
frozen plains where his cattle are dying.
For it is cheaper to lose half his subjects
than to feed and protect the whole!
He has left his ice-bound home, has
closed his ears to the suffering beasts
he wraps his great coat Close ABOUT him
and seeks pleasure! Can he shut out
the cries that are piercing the winter
nights beyond that mountain chain out
towards the setting sum- Do not dreams
of the cattle-his subiects-suffering,
starving, freezing and dead, haunt the
pillow OF this king? Murder surely
this king did no murder. There is no
blood on his hands. He only left his
dumb beasts starve or freeze to death
that is all! But there is another King
"a king whose kingdom is the Universe
IA the cattle upon thousand hills are
his!" How will the cattle king stand on
the day when deeds stand witness for
and against US, and balanced against his
gold will be the cattle-God's cattle
which he left on the plains without food
or shelter, to die of slow starvation. that
he might have more gold.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
THE MAIL SERVICE.

We have recently heard a great deal
that is against the mail service of Mon.
tana, especially in the papcrs-republi- |
can papcls Inasnluch as there is no
reason to complain of the service at |
Bozeman, We naturally come to the con-
clusion that the postniasters in some |
localities are not what they shoald be
and that the service in general is about
as good as it ever was. There has always
been great deal of complaint about
mails in Montana and there will con.
time to be in all likelihood, until stage
aches stop running and other crude
means Of transportation are done away
with. The Independent in speaking of
this matter relates the history of Mr..
Nichols, the man who was given a
prominent position in the mail service Of
this territory, because he had influential
friends, and who repaid them by robbing
the mails as soon as an opportunity
presented itself He was arrested and
tho government refused to interfere on
account of those same friends, conse-
quently Nichols was released after
lingering in the Bozeman jail for some
time. In all that has been said regard
ing the mails under this administration
it presents nothing that will parallel the
"rottenness" of this and ma ~ similar
acts. Ifthe papers, raising this howl,
would point to the persons on whose
shoulders the blame rests, they would
do good turn for the service. by filling
the places with men who have sufficient
time at their disposal to give their
Offices the attention they deserve. 1t
may be SAID that the appropriations and
pay are not sufficient; but this is not a
valid excuse. Those who took the
positions ought to have known before
they entered the Office what compen.
sation they were to get, and if it was
inadequate to them there is no doubt
but that others could have been found
to take the places, who would have
given the Offices their best attention
The sweeping charges male against the
democratic administration, sound very
sweet to republican ears, but they are
not specific or tangible. 1t Is not to be
expected that an administration of short
duration could replace old and ex-
perienced men with officials just as
efficient, but on the whole we believe
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Gossip at the Capital Of our Nation Con
densed by our Correspondent.

WAsHlNGroN, D. c., Nov, so, 1885,
[From our regular correspondent. Sem
ator Beck's health Is slowly improving,
but he will not resume his seat at the
present session. He leaves in a few
days for Aiken, S. c., where he will
spend the winter.
The caucuses of the democratic mem
bers of the house have been held this
week, in order to determine upon
policy in regard to the admittance of
new states. The great diversity Of
opinion on the subject developed by the
discussion, made il evident that it would
be impolitic to attempt to bind the
members, so that they will vote as they
please on the subject, provided that the
question gets before the house, which
many members think extremely doubt
full.
John Sherman denies the story that
he would refuse a place in Harrison's
cabinet for fear that Gov. Foraker would
succeed him in the senate, and intimates
very strongly that lie will take the state
department If it is offered to him. Blaine
is in the same condition, The question
among big republicans here is which one
of them will capture the plunder. If
were betting man should feel dis
posed to back Blaine.
The president has issued an order ex-
tending the civil service over the railway
mail clerks.
People are wondering whether any ol
the numerous bills introduced at the
last session aimed at the. various trusts
are likely to be passed this winter. The
general impression seems TO be that
nothing will be done. In fact, the most
of the bills introduced are regarded by
shrewd lawyers as unconstitutional.
There is some talk among the demo
Gratis in the house of taking the wind
out of the republican sails by passing a
bill repeating the entire tobacco tax
Whether this idea, which many consider
a good one. will be allowed to end in
talk, cannot yet be told.
The democratic senators have done
good work this week. in showing the
weak points in the senate tariff bill
They do not expect to defeat it, but they
are determined to offer amendment te
every section of it that they think wrong
thus putting on record their protests
That ls all they can do. and 1t is all that
the party expects of them. If republi
can senators vote against their own
opinions, as they have done daily oflate
under the party lash, it is their own look
out.
A general army order has been issued
announcing that hereafter there will bt
published annually at the end of each
year roll of honor, making mention o.
officers and enlisted men. The first will
be issued at the close of 1889.
An effort is being made to have con
gress refund to the widow Of Gen. Han
cock the money which he expended oul
of his own pocket to entertain the
French officers who attended the York
town celebration in 1881. Senator Cock
rell has introduced resolution, which
was passed, directing the secretary o
war to furnish the senate with state
ment of the amount so expended. Whel
that statement is furnished, a Joint reso
luton will be offered directing that tn
amount, with interest, be refunded to tn
widow. This is just claim, and on
that should be paid at the earlies
| ,,,nn,apt
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
THEY DO NOT TREMBLE.

That Helena has not awakened to the
fact that Bozeman is soon to claim the
capital is evidence by the following from
the Independent:
1.-THE Missoula Item is right when it
says the people of Helena are not trem.
bling over any alleged prospective remov.
al of the capital to Bozeman or elsewhere.
"Helena's enterprising citizens" says the
Item, "don't tremble; they work, and
they generally get there, too" Besides
what could Bozeman do with the capital
or Butte for example? The capital
will 90 where there is city capable Of
representing the enterprise of the state
that Is to be, and Helena is that city.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
Mr.. Ourtin's Luck In Bargains Dispute.

On the application of Richard keating,
an injunction has been granted by Judge
Tuley restraining the Adams Express
Company from paying to Edward Curtin
$4,000 collected on lucky Louisiana
State Lottery ticket. Keating claims
that just before the last drawing he and
Curtin each bought ticket with the un-
derstanding that if either of them won
anything itshould be DIVIDED. Heating
drew big blank, Curtin was so lucky
that he had won 900 and didn't pro-
pose to throw away any of the prize on
a man who couldn't pick out a lucky
ticket.-Chicago [Ills.l Evening Journal,
Nov, 81.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
A MEERY CHRISTIANS!

We wish our readers ore and all, A
Merry, Merry Christmas! To enable
us to do this, and to give cur printers
holiday, which they and all who handle
the leaden messengers oftlIought deserve,
the CHR,olCLE is Issued ono day ahead
of time. Again. A Merry Christmas to
you all!
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26

The election contest over in Missoula
county has come to naught. After tine
election is over it is very hard to make a
case of bribery and corruption stick, in
this territory. And yet there is less Of
it done here, than anywhere else. The
great registration law which the republic
cans propose to force upon us this winter
will be a measure to be watched with
interest. We hope that the democrats
will not endorse it unless it is far super; or
the to measure once introduced.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26
Roll Of Honor.

The following named pupils of district
No. TO-, Gallatin county, Montana, have
complied with rules sufficiently to be
entitled to have their names placed up
on the roll Of honor: Eva Hollaway,
Ella Ralph, Eral Frost and James Newell.
R. CAMPBELL, Teacher.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-12-26

Sam Hauser & Co., have been awarded
the contract to finish the Rocky Fork
and Cooke City railway. The iron is now
moving westward and forces are being
concentrated as rapidly as possible. The
road will be finished before March first,
1899, or in about sixty davs. The pre-
dictions of the CHRONICLE are being
verified to the letter.
Those Helena fellows are funny.
They said that Bozeman's request for
the capital was a joke and now they add
that our desire TO see tho squirrel law"
sgaia placed on the statute books, is a
screaming farce.
A republican administration without
Blaine in the leading role, would be like
the play of Hamlet with the Prince left
out. He will be offered position and
he will accept.
The Cumberland mine financial troub.
les, fully recorded in our news columns,
gives the camp of Castle a very black
eye.
By next Christmas. in all probability
Bozeman will be the capital of the state
of Montana.