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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30

THE introduction Of leprosS into our
own country is traced by Dr. Morrow
TO four separate and distinct sources
II was carried into louisiana by the
Acadians, into the Northwestern states
by Scandinavians, along the racine
coast by Cinnamon, and emlgrants
from the West Indies brought II 10 the
southern Atlantic coast Forty-t"o
cases were recently reported at Ne"
Orleans and one hundred ut Key west,
while numerous other concealed cases
are suspected as existing in dlrereLt
partsof the Union. DR.. Morrow there
fore regards the extensive spread OF
leprosy in this country as a possioiiity
strong enough to require the adoption
Of legislative measures for the ISOLATION
OF every leper, and 10 prevent the linmi'
grafton from foreign countries OF those
who have in their systems the seeos Oh
the frightful aud so far incurable NAL
adv. Contrary to the opinion o. many
foreign physicians Of eminence, h'
maintains, from his personal observatlof
Of leprosy in the Sandwich Islands,
that there is s'the most abundant ane
conclusive proof of its eminent conta
giousness.r II that is the case, o
course, every leper is dangerous, oo
serves the New York Sun Nor Is u
safe to assume that the susceptiellt!
to leprosy is extinguished by civiiiza
tion. As DIR. Morrow says, the sprea'
of leprosy in the Sandwich Islands Ia
been coIncident with an advanced CIV
lizatiou Of the natives.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30
a Glimpse of His Investment at
Last:

heard the other day curious Illus
tratiou of the way In which people OF "A
speculative turn are led to invest
money in enterprises of which they
know hardly more than the name. y
Boston man was camping out IN the
wilds of New Hampshire, at place
VIII ich he and his party had reached by
:. tramp of several days through the
pathless forest While enjoying his rest
around a fire which had been made OF
logs from n great tree, cut down by
one of the guides, party OF men came
"A ong and stopped to have chat.
After "A little talk about the weather
AN the fishing, one of the new comers
said, loosely: ''Do you know you are
liable TO fine for trespcssing on this
woodland, and cutting down trees and
burning up the loE>p'' He added that
the property belonged to a certain Land
company, the shares of which were al
one time quoted on the Boston Stock
Exchange. As soon rs the BOStcniau
heard the name Of the land company
he said: "Well, / never expected to
get a cent out of that company, and
this is the first time that | have heard
where its land is-'' Tie speaker 10y
chance had camped out on land OF d
company in which he had invested
wears before and hal never even known
is location till II WAS suggested Il
him at this meeting In the primitive
I fores. Writer an the BOStOU Post
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30

THE electrical execution law OF New
York has been declared constitutional,
lust az another accident with an electric
light wire in New York City has again
demonstrated that the current may be
fatal even where efforts are made to
p~,-, t-nt perfect contact such as can be
secured at an execution. Scarcely n
week passes in New York without
some kind of an accident from electric
light wires, and deaths are not infre-
uuent. The nuisance has become so
great and menacing that Mayor Grant
has called upon the companies for sug-
yestions as to what can be done to-
wards putting the wires underground.
They can be buried with less trouble
than telephone or telegraph wires, but
the usual objections will be made no
ioub. on account Of expense until the
authorities take the matter in hand
and compel tie burial of the wires In
the meantime, if the execution Of Ken
uier should take place, the demand for
such action may be increased by the
demonstration given of the fatal char
acter of the alternating current.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30

"Why, Miss Kent, what makes your
face so very red?" inquired Jennie, upon
entering; land Cousin Mark how
strangely you look! your hair is all
mussed up.''
And 1 hope to have 1t mussed
often" said Cousin Mark, boldly.
''Miss Kent and 1 are to be married
this week.
Jennie laughed till her face was pur-
pie, and when l went up stairs, Miss
Kent was pounding her back.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30

THAT sentence of nine years in the
New York State Prison for kidnapping
men and sending them to Mexico to
work for their board, and in more than
one instance TO break down under the
terrible strain placed upon them was a
Just one. 1t was a very bad piece OF
work. and Liverpool Jack" deserves
TIE punishment imposed upon by Judge
Cowing. II should prove a warning 70
others, who, it is believed, are engaged
In the same business.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30

commencing "Eeeny, meeny," &c.
This is great favorite among Anne l.
can children, the commonest version
being:
Eeney, meeny, miny mo,
Catch a mtg ger by the Toe;
II ne holers let him go.
Eeney, meeny, mIny mo-
This example gives evident proof OF
adaptation to American Ideas; buf the
preliminary and concluding 'Eeny.
meeny, aIe of obvious German or
Dutch origin:
Enc, tene, none, mel,
Pastor. lone, bone strei.
Enc. fune, herke, borke,
Wer7 Vie? No? Was?
Some of the transmogrIications Of
words are very interesting, the Pastor,
lone'' of German rhyme given above,
we find In Cornwall as "Basca, lore, "
while in America 1t is changed into
''Prs'alony," ''Pisky larry" BARGE
lora," Pennsylvania, ''Butler
la her, - ''Tuscalona," etc. One of the
most amusing trans .tlons is IN connec-
tion with the rhymes:
one is all, two Is all, zickis all zan,
Bootail, nsney-goat, title. tail tan;
Harum. scarunn, Virgin Mary;
Slngleum, sangleun, Jolly, on, buck
Nothing shows the worldwide pre-
yalence of the fashion of these "count-
| ing-out' rhymes SO much as the fact that
We have them in twenty different lang
uages, numbering in all S73 different
versions America, Japan, Italy,
/ France, Syria. Germany, Turkey,
Greece and other foreign countries
| furnish specimens, and many other
| countries could doubtless add consid-
| erably to the list. OF English rhyme:
| alone, no fewer than 464 examples are
| given, and the list is undoubtedly very
far from complete.
The whole forms a very interesting
study in folklore; and Mr.. Bolton Is
still prosecuting his inquiries for ad'
ding TO his collection, and any commu
nications on the subject addressed tC
him at the Smithsonian Institution
Washington, u. s A, will be thank
fully received and duly acknowledged.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30
VOL. KILL.

IT Is reported that the Costa Ricans
have withdrawn their opposition to the
construction OF the Nicaraguan Canal,
through the efforts OF the United States
Consul. We are glad that the Costa
Ricans are satisfied, but the canal
would have been constructed regardless
OF their threats.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30

CHICAGO deserves to have the Worlds
Fair in 1892, although not rs suitable n
place rs New York. Her citizens are
enthusiastic on the subject, and show a
liberal disposition to subscribe money
Tor the enterprise. The nation will no
doubt help the city that helps itself,
and, unless New York shows the enter
rrise and liberality OF Chicago. the lat
ter may yet carry of the prize
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30

Somebody figures out that 1900,
600 people walk about London's streets
daily, and that In so doing they wear
away a ton of leather particles from
their boots and shoes
1t is not an unrequited love that We
hold for the oyster.
JAMES, you have been fighting.
can oell it by the look In your eve"
"Yes, but mother, you should see tue
look in the othar boys eye"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30
Ex-United States Treasurer Hyatt s
Scare.

"Have 1 ever had any scares2 No.
excepting the daily scares. Every day
has been a scare with me, or at least a
source of anxiety. l have been unable
to get my mind away from the vaults.
from my responslb lity. Occasionally
at night it has seemed to me / must get
out of bed and come down TO the treas
ury and see If things were all right, and
l can easily see why Gen. Spinner used
TO sleep in his Office, with his keys
under his head and a trusty watchman
at his door. The old general slept in
this very room for several years, by 50
doing adding nothing TO the security Of
the treasur but gaining therefrom, no
doubt, good deal of piece of mind.
Not for twice the salary of the presi-
dent of the Unitei Sta es would / again
take on my shoulders the responsibility
of the safe keeping of seven hundred
millions of public money. From an
Interview in Washington Letter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-30

commencing "Eeeny, meeny," &C.
This is great favorite among Anne L
can children, the commonest version
! being:
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-30
A CARD.

DIR. j. j IIENSHAW,
Offers his Professional
Services to the citizens of Mechanicstown
and vicinity in the practice Of medicine and
surgery. Having an experience of 81 years.
Residence one door west of Clarion office.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-30

Better a line of Sc nse than a page OF
nonsense.
Invisible things are more numerous
than visible.
DeIlcacy is to affection what grace is
to beauty.
What YOU lose to day you cannot
gain tomorrow.
They truly mourn that mourn with
out witness.
Ignorant men differ from beasts only
in their figure.
A loose tooth and feeble fir end are
equally bad.
Conceit may puff a man up but nev-
er prop HIM up.
The world is undone by looking at
things at distance.
A man must often exercise, or fast !;
take physic, or be sick.
The more idle woman's hand, the
more occupied her heart.
Unbidden guests are often welcomest
when they are gone.
Do not let the evening of life be less
Joyous than the morning.
Native ability, without education, is
like tree which bears no fruit.
Seest thou man diigent in his bus
mess he shall stand before kings.
Better to be unborn than untaught !;
for ignorance is the. root of misfortune.
Those sentiments of love which flow
from the heart cannot be frozen by ad-
vrrsity.
The soul without imagination is what
an observatory wauld be without IA tel
escope.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-30
The Art TOnsOrial
AIR AMOS TIICAS

MIR. AMOS LUCAS,
Tot Long Branch;
Having arrived at the conclusion that the
columns of the CLARION are the only means
whereby he can bring his business to the
proper standard gives vent as follows:
SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING, SHAM
POONING AND DYEING
In the latest style of the art tonsorial.
SHARP RAZORS AND A CLEAN
SHAVE
Is the motto of this enterprising artist and
by strict attention to business can't help
but please all. Will be in his shop at all
times.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-30
lIFuoTnAIP CARPET
NcISIUVc STRETCHER

BEST ON EARTT1IN
The Most Perfect Complete and Durable Stretehsi nsds.
FURNISHED wi, h draw heads, which drive in
10 the floor at the basc hoard, and clamp By
] which firm hold is taken on the carpet With
out the least danger Of tearing or marring. 1t Is
stretched to the desired place by using as lever
the handle OF complete hammer, 1uflGen. for
stretcher that draws the carpet close to the base
board and into the corners.
Manufactured of malleable and wrought iron.
making tool that will last q FIFE time
Each Stretcher is packed in neat wooden box,
with directions for using. Sample sent on receipt
Of 90. Special pricesto dealers Oh application.
Pickett & Rogers, Warren, Pa.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-30
A CARD.
Or. HIRAM BUHRMAN,

Or. HIRAM BUHRMAN,
physician and surgeon, takes pleasure in an
nollncing to the citizens of Mechanicstown
and vicinity that he has located here in the
practice of medicine. For the present he
may be found at his Residence. opposite the
Lutheran church.
lie would further add that he has Como to
stay and hopes by strtct and upright deport-
ment to merit the confidence and support Of
a discerning public.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-30
The Art Of WOOiuG.

The h,gh-spirited girl drew her
snake like form to its ultimate celsitude
and her eye darted bifurcated lightning
at the feebly presumptuous youth who
now quaied before her.
Mr.. Dupp,' she sibilated stridulous'
ly asshc rolled cigarette deftly with
velvety steel yet caressing touch,
drew match with a grand and sweep.
ing motion across the sole Of her high
arched shoe, lighted the fragrant her
baceous cylinder, and inhaled the smoke
with free, OLD Dominionesqe pose OF
patrican ease, you make me weary!
Oryile R. Dupp blew his nose apol.
ogetically.
Miss Weade,' he ululated with a
snuffling twang, upon my soul / don't
catch on F.!
Young man. she exclaimed, with a
lurid fulguration from her scintilant
eyes cleaning through the narcotic
nimbus that floated about her, "don' t
you know how to WOO daughter OF
Accomack 2?
Il don't seem TOTO get there. exact.
ly,' he replied, with vague dubitation.
Flinging the half-consumed cigarette
into the hand painted coal scuttle, the
imperious girl fixed her burning eyes
ON the covering youth with an intensl'
ty that made his bones ache.
Virginia Weade, he almost shrieked.
what are you about to do ?
With sinuous motion she glode
toward the paralyzed young man, and
laid her hand on his shoulder with a
constringent clutch. His flesh crink.
led at the contact, his hair rose up, and
he stood motionless and pigeontoed,
gasping for breath.
1 am about to show you how to storm
the heart of high-souled daughter Of
the bluest strain of Old Virginia gore 7
she. fairly Kissed into his ear, every inhec
tion of her voice piercing his throbbing
BRAIN as if launched from catapult.
You humbly asked me if would
consent to listen to the appealing cry OF
heart that was laid tremblingly at my
feet she continued. is that the way
to conquer woman of flesh and blood?
Immortal Alexander, no! When you
seek to plant your flag in triumph on
the citadel of her affections, use the
heaviest, the deadliest of loves artil-
lery!
With jaw dropping he gazed at her
speechless, fascinated, spellbound.
Slowly she wound her arms about his
unresisting form and drew him to her.
With firm, compelling, nay masterful
construction, she pressed his head down
on her shoulder.
'Ha. Soul of my soul You are mine!
Recoil not !!
With low, triumphant laugh, that
echoed and thrilled along the pulses of
his frame to The remotest flame At Of his
being and held him in its thrall with a
sweetness that trembled on the border
land Of pain, while flames of liquid fire
danced before his enchanted vision, she
bowed her head, and her lips, redolent
with the searching, indescribable fare
we'll Of home made cigarette, touched
his.
A frightiul shrek burst from his
lips With frantic effort he broke
from her embrace, rushed from the
house and few like mailman down
the crowded thoroughfare, He was
hatless, disheveled, wild, but thankful.
He had escaped with his life.-From
advance sheets of Ramalie Eaves' next
novel.-CHicago Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-30
Ube88 (IzIl9z $&1,1.
FOR
1890 ...
And For The Democracy.


And For The Democracy.
The SIN believes that the campaign for
the election of Democratic Congress in
1890 and Democratic President in 1892
should begin on or about the fourth of next
March. The Sun will be on hand at the be.
ginning and until the end of the most inter
esting and important political conflict since
the war, doing its honest utmost, as ever, to
secure the triumph of the Democratic party
and the permanent supremacy OF the princl-
|'ples held by Jefferson, Jackson, and Tilden.
The great fact of the year is the return to
absolute power Of the common enemy of all
good Dcmocrats-the political organization
for whose overthrow the SIN fought tor fif-
teen years. the memorable years of Grant
and the Fraud Hayes, and Garfield and Ar
thur.
1t is the same old enemy that Democrats
now confront, and lie will be intrcnchcd in
the same strong position, 1t has been carrl-
ed once by brave and hopeful fighting. Do
you not believe with the San that the thing
can he done again9 Wait and see!
The hope of the loyal efforts of united
press, chershing no memories of the past
differences in non essentials, forgetting cv.
erything but the lesson of experience, and
that victory IS duty.
Probably you know the Sun already as
newspaper which gets all the news and
prints it in incomparably interesting shape
which chronicles facts as they occur and tells
the truth about men and events with abso-
lutte fearlessness, making the completest and
most entertaining journal published any
where on earth, and which sells its opinions
only to its subsc ibers and purchasers ut two
cents copy-on Sunday four cents, 1fyOu
do not know the Sun, send for it and learn
what wonderful thing i, is to be in the sun
shine.
Daily, per month 80 80
Daily, per year 800
Sunday, per year 90
Daily and Sunday, per year 500
Daily and Sunday, per month 40
Weekly Sun, one year 90
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-30

A lover in Mechanicstown is 50 fire.
ouent in his calls that the bell-knob
looks thin and may soon drop off
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-18
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

Ar the Kilbowie (Scotland) sewing machine works the young women work in their bare feet. The machines are not as we'll made as the American arti- cle. N~chines made in America and sold tho for $50 sell in Europe for S33. The da' work is shorter than in Amer ica. Tic Kilbowie mill is the worlds largest, employs 4,500 and makes 1000 machines per week.
 A SYNDICATE of Akron (O.) and Chi cago capitalists has purchased fifty seven acres near Pendleton, Ind. Very rich deposits of silica have been discov- cred, and the new company will at once erect the largest plate-glass works in the world. Natural gas will furnish fuel.
 IN France the average wages received by head farmers last year were SS1 for the year and found; herdsmen and shep- herds, S56; workmen and cheese-makers, S56; ordinary farm hands, $50, and women servants. S47. SAN FRANCISCO molders have struck in one shop against non-union fore man. The foremans son is one of the strikers. All the other shops have union bosses.
 THE Clyde leads the world in ship building. Twenty miles of water front is utilized for this industry. The Fair field ship-yard employs 1000 men.
 BROOKLYN applicants for admission to the Marble Cutters Union must have made declarations of intention to be- come American citizens.
 ERECTION heat" caused by two disks fof I, other, is to take the place of steam, gas, coal and oil.''
 SAN FRANCISCO has white labor league. Fifteen hundred retail cigar dealers have promised to sell no Chi nese-made cigars.
 AT Chicago payers are scarce. The city pays S2.5O and 8 per day. Some were offered S6 per day recently
 BOSTON unions intend to make the elght-hour day political issue, which candidates must respect
 4 CIRCULAR saw that Slits gold pens is the size of a quarter and revolves 5000 times per minute.
 ENGLANDs first class railroad fare is cents per mile. second class and third class ?.
 NEfAANh Iuai>eS the SlOWeSt railroad time. twelve miles an hour on accom- modation trains.
 NEW YORK picttire-frame workers won demand for B cents per hour and nine hours.
 LANCASHIRE (Eng) Operatives Union has recently given S10o. 900 to idle mem bers.
 A MANUAL training department is . feature of the home for the orphans and widows of MaSoHs at Louisville.
 WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, has the largest coal dock. It handles 200 tons an hour.
 CINCINNATI builders will organize eight-hour leagues in every ward
 PARIS stone-masonS work eleven hours and get SIPS per day.
 SOUTH MANCHESTER (Conn.) silk weav- CTS average S;,.:;0 per week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-18
OF REGENT OCCURRENCE.


 THE Gabilan ranch of 7,055 acres in Monterey County was sold the other day for $230,H
 THE courts of Berks County, Pa, have decided that a typewriter will is il- legal.
 DELAWARE County, Pa., let her one hundredth anniversary go by recently without taking note of it.
 THE Chicago public library has been awarded gold medal by the jury on in- strcction and education at the Paris ex- position.
 A LION in the Philadelphia Zoo, suf- fering from the toothache, his keeper administered laughing gas, put the beast to sleep and safely extracted the offend ing molar.
 A WASHINGTON lady recently pur- chased in Winchester a mahogany side board over one hundred years old and shipped it to the wife of eX-President Cleveland as a present.
 AT Memphis, Tenn, Mrs. Annie Ev- ans (colored) lately brought an action against Patrolman Conway (white) for calling her ''Aunty'' on the street. She lays her damages at 5000.
 THE tallest smoke-shaft in America was completed recently on the grounds of the Fall River iron works. The chimney is $40 feet high above the granite base, and is thirty feet square at the bottom.
 MRS. MCADow, one of the owners of the Spoiled Horse Mine of Montana, re- gently drove into Helena in ckboard, unattended, carrying gold brick worth $40,O0O. It took two porters and a truck to get the heavy mass of gold from the wagon into the bank.
 A WOMAN of St. Paul while walking on the railroad track was struck by rap idly-moving train, hurled into the air and over barbed-wire fence into va cant lot. She was not seriously hurt, l and after giving the engineer piece of her mind she started off at a rapid gait.
 THE sheriff of Warren County, Pa., is a humane man. The other day he start ed for Allegheny with a prisoner whom he was to land in the Western peniten- tiary. They had to stop over night in Oil City, and sheriff and prisoner, the latter manacled, attended the entertain ment at the opera-house. AN Olu InuSheG Wn1cn naO uOno SerVlCe during the late war, now among the relics in the Libby prison at Chicago, suddenly ''went off, with terrific report, though it was reclining against a pillar, and no one was within two yards. How it was exploded is a mystery, for the charge must have been in the gun for twenty six years.
 THE Chinese pupils of the New York Sunday-schools have opened 8 club house for their mutual entertainment. All the Chinese newspapers will be found there and the services of a lawyer have been retained to give free legal ad- | vice to the members. Chess, checkers l and backgammon will be admitted in | the club, but the insidious fan-tan will | be strictly tabooed. It is club for 1 ''good" Chinamen only.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-18
The Siberian Snow Flower,

Accounts have been received of 8 so- called snow flower, said to have been discovered by Count Anthoskoif in the most northern portion of Siberia, where the ground is continually covered with frost. The wonderful object shoots
 forth from the frozen soil only on the first day of each succeeding year. It lives but a single day, then resolves to it's original elements. The leaves are three in number, and each about three inches in diameter. They are devel- opcd only on that side of the stem to- wards the north, and each seems to be covered with microscopic snow crystals