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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29
Birds and Their Nests.

Those artists who paint pictures of
devoted male birds singing from the
branch that holds the nest, or in its
immediate vicinity, do not give the
birds credit for all the wit they pos
sess. They do not advertise the place
where their treasures are hid in this
way. See yonder indigo bird shaking
out its happy song from the topmost
twlg of the maple or oak; its nest is
many yards away in a low bush not
more than three feet from the ground.
And so of nearly all the birds. The
one thing to which they bend all their
wits is the concealment of their nests.
When you come upon the sitting bird
she will almost let you touch her rather
than to start up before you and betray
her secret. The bobolink begins to
scold and TO circle about you as soon
as you enter the meadow where his
nest is so well hidden. He does not
wait to show his anxiety till you are
almost upon it. By no action Of bis
can you get clue TO Its exact where
Aboutes
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29
Down by the Sea-

Down by Ehs sea
The happy children
froic from dawn TO eve In merry bands,
Building their houses, that so soon must
And gaining health along the shining
sands.
Whisper Of love beneath the summer
skies;
And write sweet thoughts upon the shell
strewn beaches,
That soon are washed away before their
eyes
Down by the sea
The well pleased parents
Enjoy their ease-their fate In life is
found
And watch with pride their happy sons
and daughters
Taking their tarn in life's alluring round.
Down by the sea
The new made widow
Weeps as she listens to the oceans roar,
For to her ears it bears the ceaseless bur
den,
Your love has gone from you forever
more.
Down by the sea
The old and feeble
With tranquil spirit muse upon the past,
And as the light dies out across the waters,
They talk OF that bright land where day
shall last
Down by the sea
The mighty ocean
Fills every human heart with wonder
ing awe,
Whether it smiles in calm OF raves in tenn
Speaking to all of Him whose word is
law.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29
Love That Resembled Hate.

How easily bitterness may be pro-
duced by too much sweetness was illus
trated the other day by car incident
One little girl about years old leaned
over the back of the seat in front and
whispered;in the ear of a small boy, II
love you" Having no reply, she again
said II love you. Eyes, ''said the boy,
"but don't say that again." 81 will, "
was the determined answer of the girl.
You WON'T" replied the boy. with
equal determination, and thereupon be-
gan a fast and furious quarrel which
lasted until the girl was horne away by
her nurse, her voice ounl ng shrilly
down the car aisle, ~ loVo iou, L love
you, / love you," over Anu over again.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29
Len Feet Are Larger.

''The left foot, please" said Sixth
avenue shoe dealer, as a customer was
about to test the size of a pair of shoes
by trying one upon his right foot.
"You see," explained the dealer, ''the
left foot is larger than the right.
Everybody to whom L make this state
ment is surprised, for people believe
that in case OF the feet as well as the
hands, the right 10 the larger. Ubser-
vation has convinced me, however,
that while the right hand is larger than
the left, the left &c OF is larger than the
right"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29

THERE are 50 many beautiful an
nuals that blossom il early sown, from
the early spring until frost comes, that
the succession can be easily kept up,
and one need never be without them.
1t will require but little time to cult
vate them, and the vigor gained from
the outdoor exercise will conn ems ate
for its outlay even IL the flowers yielded
no other returns.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29

If you use powder always wash it of
before going to bed.
I'm many Of the back districts of
Kentucky the mails are often carried
Is far as thirty-five miles by men who
walk the whole distance once a day.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29
5IIIT5TZEIIT-IlIITT

dear, said Mabel, 1
lnd papa were not very
that's so 70 a great ex-
TO say. ~
J, did you send him that
hsome bull dog2"
/ send him that dog2''
u a tender, thoughtful,
DE. "Nou see, dearest,
2 are Old friends"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29

whats the matter with
Is morning9
know well enough What's
You came home ~ NIX
|ht.
last night-neverl'
owned up that you had
b."
| Well, you can't believs
ban says when he's full"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29

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EN-LtTHC. PORTRAITS
|UrnTa0 ,r ~ arri S SON Morton
.aHa.F hgUarH~. Cincinnati. v
pa .t.ua. lF'Asasra " WAsrEa.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29

afraid, ~ said a snob to a
k~r "sit down and make
equal."
kf to blow my brains oues
of the Teuton. -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29

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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-29

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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23
n NOTED HANDlT xIIN.ED
Brnck rornett, the Notorious Train Rob
ber, Shot Down by II Deputy Sheriff.

ST.. Louis, February 14.-Brack Cor
nett, better known us Captain Dick, the
desperate and leader Of tho notorious
train robbers, was shot and killed yester-
day afternoon while resisting arrest by
Sheriff Alice, Of Trio county, Texas,
eighteen miles west of Pearsall Station,
on the international and Great Northern
Railroad. COrnctt was q noted outlaw
aud year or two ago organized band
of horse thieves or ''rustlcrs," as they
are called III the Southwest, for the pur-
pose Of r0bbing express and mail trains
III Texas.
Their first exploit occurred on the
Southern Pacific Road Mt Flatonia, Tex,
i'll the spring of 1887, in which they
spared neither. express, mail nor passen-
gers. They realized about $65, 200 in
cash and other property, one item being
$50, 600 worth Of diamond jewelry be-
longing to an Eastern firm. Two weeks
! later they captured IL train at Mcneil, OH
the International aud Great Northern
HOnd, and secured about $4,000 from
the express, the mail and the passengers.
After this robbery large rewards were
offered for the arrest of the gang by
Wells, Fargo and the Pacific Express
Companies and tho Southern Pacific and
road, and also by the State of Texas, and
grent efforts wcrS mado to capture tho
gang, but without success. Governor
Ross, of Texas, took very active inter
est in the matter. The gang next struck
Il train on the I~Xas and Pacific, west of
Fort Worth, and secured valuable booty
from tho express car. The dosperadoes
then split up for while, but soon after
rcOrganlHCd and commenced operations
again under their old leader, Captain
Dick, and pounccd down on Il Southern
Pacific train second time. Since then
they have been scudding under bare
poles and running from place to place to
keep out Of tho clutches Of the officers,
who hnvo recently been closing in around
them.
Cornett had beon at AlIoes ranch the
evening before, had eaten supper there
and then disappeared. Next morning he
showed up for breakfast and was given
meal. Alter eating he took chair i'll
the yard by campfire. Alice ap-
preached him and demanded that he
throw up his hands. Cornott replied,
"Thc ---- you say" and fired at Alice
with his left hand, the ball passing
through Allce's hat. Alice then fired
and continued firing for four successive
times, putting three shots into vital parts
of Cornctt's body. All four shots took
cllUct COInctt managed to fire second
shot, but missed his mark. Alice is O
Deputy Sheriff Of Trio county and has
been engaged in several scrimmages of
this kind but he has never before re-
cecciVcd the plaudits of the people to tho
extent he Is now receiving them.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23
NO.. %.
HONOR THE FARMERS.
Show Them the Respect They SO Right
fully Deserve.
George II. Sargent in tho EnochA

George II. Sargent in the Epoch)
1t has been said that there is nothing
about which the American will not Joke.
and it may be affirmed with equal truth
that there Is nothing in life too serious
to be ridiculed by the American news
| paper. So when it is noG the sleepy
| policeman, or the mother-in-law, or the
tipsy husband who comes home late at
night, it is the American farmer who is
made the butt of ridicule. One can
count on the fingers of ones hand those
journals which discriminate in their col
umns between legitimate humor or wit,
and that ill-timed levity which makes
fun at the expense of higher and bet
ter things in our natures. l am glad to
SEQ that the Epoch is ono of the carefully
edited papers.
This subject may seem trivial, but it
Is moro important than appears at first
sight Not that the ridicule of the press
will injure tho farmers of tho country,
but tho constant harping upon the
mythical ignorance and iollies of this
class has tendency to place more rigid
barriers between tho city and the coun-
try and create caste. And if anyone
considers this result desirable, let hini
tell us how much caste has helped Indie
Ill her progress.
So long as the country villages and tho
rural districts furnish the boys to make
the merchants and bankers and railroad
mngnatcs of the city, every true Ameri-
can should scorn to speak derisively of
our agricultural population.
One thing is needed in this country
aud that is, an increased appreciation of
the real value of patient, plodding toll.
n hnu
the idea that there is something very
ludicrous in the efforts of men content
with tIlling the soil, and working quietly
and humbly i'll the lowly fields of useful
ness.
We, us individuals, and as nation,
need better appreciation of the Ameri-
can farmers life and lnbors. The time
WAS, perhaps, when it was thought that
anyone had brains enough to be farm
or; but that time, in this country at
least, Is past. Any useful class of citi-
Acus working for the advancement of
our national welfare is not a proper sub
| jcCt for ridiculc; and the low humor
which finds for its object our agricultur-
al laOOrcrs is not the best matter with
which t, expand our literature.
1t is the duty Of the press to do all in
its power to elevate and aid the farmers,
and to spread right ideas concerning
! their social aud intellectual position, and
not to bcIttle them. There arc many
who do not care what they write. They
aim to construct "rcadable" articles re-
gnrdlcss Of principle. But surely We
ought to expect better things of onl
great metropolitan papers, which, from
their circulation Of and their occasiona
recognition of higher things, are styled
representative American journals"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23

/
the past six years.
Anot&4r feature Of the political situa
ton should inspire the Republicans with
Irresistible strength. The present Nn-
tional Administration was elected with,
if not upon, repeated assertions of its
leading supporters III every protection
State that no issue on tho tariff was in
volved. However earnestly the Ropub-
licans urged that question as one Of con-
trolling importance in the campaign,
they were met by Democratic leaders
and journals with persistent evasion, con-
ccalmcnt and denial. That resource the
President has fortunately removed. The
issue which Republicans maintained and
Democrats avoided in 1881 has been
prominently and specifically brought
| forward by the Democratic President
and cannot be hidden out Of sight in
1888. The country is now in the enjoy
mcnt Of an industrial system which in a
quarter Of II century has assured IL larger
national growth, moro rapid nccmula-
ton and broader distribution IF wealth
than were ever before known to history.
The American people will now be openly
and formally asked to decide whether
! this system shall be rccklcssly abandon
ed and now trial be made made Of an
old experiment, which has uniformly
led to national embarrassment and wide
spread individual distress. On tho re-
suit of such an issue fairly presented to
the popular Judgment there is no room
for doubt. Ono thing only il necessary
to assure success, complete harmony and
cordial cooperation on tho part of all
! Republicans; on the part both Of those
who aspire to lead and Of those who are
eager to follow. The duty IS not one
merely of honorable devotion to tho
party whose record and whose aims are
alike great, but it is one dcma ,dCd by
the instinct Of self-intercst, and by the
still higher promptings Of patriotism. A
life among older nations gives ono n
more intenso desire that the American
people shall make no mistake in choosing
Il policy which inspires labor with hope
and crowns it with dignity, which gives
safety to capital and protects its increase,
which secures political power TO cvory
citizen, comfort and culture to every
home. 70 this end, not less earnestly
and moro directly as private citizen than
as public candidate, L shall devote my
self with the confident belief that the
administration of the Government will be
restored to that party which has demon
strated the purpose and power to wield
it for tho unity and honor of the Repub-
lie and for the prosperity and progress
of the people.
am, very sincerely yours,
| JAMES G. BLAINE,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23
WAR ON THE TRUSTS.
Congressman Kuyners Fierce AttucIt q
the honopolicS.
From the Philadelphia rimcS)

tFrom the Phindclphia TimcS)
Representative Rayncr, of Marylan
in an argument recently before the COZ
mittec on manufactures on his anti-tru
monopoly bill, gave very interest.
and incisive presentation of this sys
tematic robbery of tho people. After
under the power to regulate commerce,
"will you delay" SAID lie, 81 report
upon this bill one moment longer, in
view of everything that you know upon
these infamous combinations to bankrupt
private enterprise, to dcpredate upon
tho business Interest and to plundcr the
people of this country? There is not a
day that some ubiquitous trnst Of this
sort is not springing to existence. What
do you want to Investigate? You might
rs well investigate as to whether larceny,
or highway robbery, or bribery is n
benefit or dctrimcnt to tho people.
They have mover hcsitated to buy Legis-
lnturcs and courts whenever the occa-
sion required it and tho opportunity
presented itself. point to the history
Of the Standard Oil Company and all the
other trusts that are now following in
| its track and Cmuluting its example.
| The wealth OF this monopoly to-day is
one hundred and fifty millions and still
growing. The profit last year was twCn-
ty-liVo millions Of dollars. IL started
with less than million dollars. How
did it acquire the ono hundred and for
| ty-nine millions? BY system Of high.
way robbery and crime such as no
civilized country ought to tolerate. In
divi iual enterprise, honest competition,
transportation lines, rctincrieS and pipe
lines were all tramplcd to death under
its mcrciles8 march to aGgr&ndizemCnt.
"LOok at the sugar trust to-day. DO
you want to investigate that? Summon
the Ilavemeycrs with thcir books. Ask
| them two questions; first, what was the
value Of their plant when they went into
the trust; second, what are the profits
they are receiving out Of it? Why, the
total plant of oil the refincriCE only
amounted to sixteen millions. To-day
it is sixty millions. And then when you
are dono with the Standard Company
and tho cotton seed oil trust and the
sugar trust, take up the rubber trust,
with capital of fifty millions of dollars,
and then take up the lead trust and the
linsccd oil trust and the slate trust, the
oil cloth, salt, steel and scores of other
trusts and combines organizing daily
with all the speed they can i'll ordor to
anticipate any action of Congress in the
premises. The country is looking TO Con
grcss for relief. Realize tho magnitude
of the subject and listen to the voice of a
suffering people rosounding through the
homes and business contres of this coun-
try and through the medium of an en-
| lightcncd press appealing to their repre-
scntatives to rescue them from the
clutches of tho most dangerous monopo.
upon our soil. a majority of both
houses of Congress arc favorable to
action and are impatient to get the sub,
ject in shape to give it prompt and
effective concurrence"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23
RAISE YOUR OWN HOGS.
Capt. Peterkln Says that the Beat Meat In
tho World Is Raised in South Carolina.
(From the News and Couricr.l

| (From the News and COuricr)
Capt. j. A. Peterkin, the well-known
planter from Orangeburg county, was in
the city yesterday. He can always say
something that is interesting and in
structive in regard to agricultural mat
ters.
In conversation with representative
of the News and Courier yesterday,
Capt. Petcrkin said that there was no
doubt in his mind that as fine tobacco
can be raised in South Carolina as in any
other State in the Union. The soil and
climate and conditions Of temperature
are all elements in favor Of the crop in
this State, when it is cultivated with the
care that would ordinarily be bestowed
upon other crops.
Capt. Peterkin also said that thore is
only one other place in the world, and
that is ono of the farming districts
England, whore as fine meat can be
duced as in South Carolina. Tho h
that we raise here are slops, arc just
slop hogs that are grown anywhere
and there is no difference in the fla
OF the meat of corn-fed hogs in So
Carolina and Of corn-fed hogs elsewht
But the ordinary farm raised meat
this State is superior to anything of
kind produced anywhere else. Our b.,
here fattcn on crabgrass; they
grazcrs. and the food that they
mako their meat very sweet and of
most captivating flavor. Our hor
raised side meat always has streak
lean and q streak of fat, while the Mort
western meat is nothing but mass
fat.
The pity of it is that greater attcntc
is not paid to meat raising by the far
ers Of this State. In one of his ecstac
of souso Henry Grady recently eXclair
ed: "Why is it we cannot buy now
sweet, old-fashioned country ham? Jud:
Sambel Lumpkin lately sent to ii
writer n half dozen from his priva
smoke-houso Of tho vintage Of 1854, tn
are simply poems in ashes. Any Sc
respecting pig would have died gladly
have been SO idealizcd. In these har
you catch the flavor of the smoke Of
half-covered oak chips above which til,
drifted with the seasons into perfectio
nd the rcd gravy, clear, cOnsistcL
1aVorous; 1t is the gravy you used to fiji
on your mothers table when you can
homo from a long days hunt in tho ID,
comber wind. l would rather have
smoke-house with its loamy floor, il
darkened rafters, its redpepper pods, it
festoons of sausage odorous of sage an,
a hundred such hams suspended betwoo1
earth and roof, like small NIahomets
than n cellar Of dust-begrimel bottles 0.
Madeira Of '23."
Capt. Pcte1kin raises his own meat
He thinks that smoke rather spoils it,
flavor, and believes i'll curing it after
another fashion, which makes it swce'
and tender the whole year rround. What
Capt Pcterkin succeeds in doing on his
model farm in Orangeburg can likewise
be done on eVeS other wcll-conducted
farm in this State. When the time comes
that every farmer raises his own mea'
and provisions, then will South Carolina
indeed be independent of Western
smoIIc-houseS and Chicago stock pens.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23
What II Liberal Education Means.

f.. j. Lowell in the January Atlantic
says: A liberal education, which term is
often vaguely used, can be completed at
the age Of % years, and should include
training and positive knowledge. The
author says:
If either element be neglected in the
undergraduate course it is unlikely that
the deficiency will ever be made good.
The years Immediately following gradu-
alton arc devoted, in the vast majority
of instances, to learning profession or
business, and these interests should be
shared with no others except by way of
recreation. If, therefore, young man
begins the work of his life while still
deficient in mental training his mind
will be trained by that work only in
those parts which are actively used in
the business or profession which he has
taken up. If ho begins active life ill
provided with positive knowledge of
facts ho is likely to learn only those
facts which are useful in his branch of
active life. In this way he becomes ono
sided and narrow-minded efficient, per-
haps, and useful, hut not literally cdu.
Gated, and probably less useful and
efficient than If he were SO. For it is
the province Of q liberal education to
widen the mind, to make it turn more
readily to new subjects of interest, to
make it understand the ideas of others.
The man who is literally educated should
possess more varied pleasures, q soundcr
Judgment, more sympathy with his fel,
low beings, q higher ideal of life and OF
it's duties, than are held by other men.
No education which is simply intellectual
can give all these, but a proper intel,
lectual education may assist young
man in acquiring them.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23
Remarkably FREQ from Crime.

Tho World asserts that 'for q great
metropolitan city Now York is remark
ably free from crime. When it is con
sidercd that this city has floating pop
ulation of fully 25O, 600 IL day, who enter
and leave by tho different means Of
travel, and that many IN unknown thief
may slip in and commit robbcri,s and
get out, the wonder is how Inspector
Byrncs keeps the crooked element SO
well in hand. But thieves will seek the
society of crooked people rs rule and
Though his system no new or old thief
can move about town twonty-fnur hours
and fail to be known. If the thief is Il
stranger he is brought to some place by
followthicf, apparently, and ho is
there looked over and photographed by
vest camera, and described by ono of
the Inspectors keen detectives as Tom
my Mugs. The effect Of Inspector
Byrncs's systcm is seen and felt, but his
methods are fully known to no ono but
himself. The unseen hand Of the great
detective is a strong factor in the life of
every thief"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23
MIR. BLAINE DECLINES.
He Does Not Want to be President, but
Thinks His Party VIII Win.

FLoRENoE, ITALY, January 25.--To b.
T.. Jones, Chairman of tho Republican
National Committee-SirI wish through
you to state to tho members of the Re-
publican party that my name will not be
presented to the National Convention,
called to assemble in Chicago in June
next for the nomination of candidates
for President and Vice President of the
United States.
am constrained to this decision by
considerations entirely personal to my
self, of which you were advised moro
than year ago. But 1 can't mako the
announcement without giving express
sion to my deep sense of gratitude to
many thousands of my countrymen who
have sustained me 50 long and so cor
daily that their feel;',~' 70
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23

Truly this is an age of progress. Well
made pants from all wooden goods for
only So to your own measure! Scientific
blanks, % samples of cloth and q liner
tape measure are sent to any address for
6 cents III stamps by the N. Y. Standard
Pants o., Of GG University Place, n. Y.
City. foods sent by mail. This firm
is doing an enormous business from
Maine to California. You will actually
be surprised at the result, if you will
write them.