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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
He Was Absent Minded.

Speaking Of absent mindedness, :"
said the hotel clerk to the Expression
ist, ''that old fellow sitting over there
by the window, sucking his cane, will
some day forget that he is on earth, and
will come down to breakfast with a
sheet wrapped around him, doing the
angel act. He's an old bachelor, and
has lived here at least ten years. Last
night q business man called to see him.
He was in great haste. He wrote a
note TO be sent up to the old fellows
room, and then rushed of, saying,
That's a very important message;
please see that he gets it." When the
call boy got to the room hs found that
the old fellow had gone asleep in his
chair while reading. The room had
grown dark. The boy woke the old
fellow up, gave him the note, and went
out After failing to find the match
safe, and after going through his pockets
with like success, he discovered the
note in his hand. What did the man
do but twist it up, light the paper in
a gas jet in the hallway, and after light
ing his own gas looked all over his room
for the note. He don't know what the
message was, nor who sent it, nor how
important it was, and l have forgotten
how the business man looked. He has
been sucking that cane over there all
lay, thinking about 1t, and cursing the
cal! bow
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
AUninue Comnarison.

A facetious matchmaker SAYS: ga
watch is like the human body 1t is
Just as sensitive as the most delicate
child and needs more care and protec-
ton than it ever receives.
cit is affected by climatic influences,
and its vitals are just as liable to de-
rangement as those of our bodies. It's
heart beats govern its action and its
hands and face tell its condition at all
times.
eff were to classify the diseases of
watches l should say that the one
where the works are clogged with dirt
and the oil has become stiffis analogous
to our biliousness. This is the most
common complaint watch doctors find,
and unless the owner of the watch
makes it a rule to submit 1t to a repu-
table repairer he will probably be vic
timized, just as human patients are
when they consult quack doctors"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
japanese Paper.

The japanese beat the world Tor
handmade paper. The japanese
paper is especially good for etching,
and is greatly in vogue among artists.
1t is exceedingly durable and highly
finished, and prints from it are very
much finer than any other quality of
paper. The handmade parchment
paper is made from the inner bark of
the sycamore tree, and is of very
tough fibre and is beautifully finished.
The japanese government has official
documents in its possession printed
upon this parchment, which are as
good as new to-day, after fifteen hun
dred years wear and tear. The Japs
themselves use this paper for houses,
coats, umbrellas, screens and every
imaginable purpose. The manufsc-
ture of handmade paper is now being
principally conducted by the Japanese
government as a national enterprise.
Some of the finest residences in the
United States, and many public build
ings, have been lately decorated with
japanese wall paper. This is fast be-
coming one of their leading lines for
export. The papers are most gor-
geous in hue and design, and are
very strong and durable. Another at
traCtive feature about them is that
they can be peeled right of the wall
without any trouble OF injury TO the
wall
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
Autograph Collecting,

care you fond of autographs, Mrs.
MnshroomI" asked the aesthetic young
lady of the practical visitor.
"No, don't go much on 'em, but
my son who's away at college has a
big collection of the handwritin' of
great celebrights. 1 reckon III sur
prise him some when he gets back
this summer"
"In what way?"
"Well, We see, some OF them cele-
brights writ such poor writin' that
had all the names copied off in a neat
hand In q big book. You have no
idee how much better they look.
shat other truck that nobody couldn't
make out 1 just burned up. p."-Amertc1
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
A Peculiar Fish.

A peculiar fish has recently beeL
taken of Clay Head, Block Island. 1t
is called a sucking fish, and is of a
variety found in the Mediterranean
Sea, and also on the Florida coast.
The peculiar structure Of the top of
its head gives it its name. 1t has q
fiat surface, arranged so that by sue
ton it adheres with great tenacity to
any object to whichit becomes attached.
Several of these fish have been taken
of Watch Hill this season. They have
been unknown in these waters before.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18

Women all like hanson cabs, F"
writes correspondent. saw one
pretty thing driving through Fair
mount Park with her beau the other
day, and they both thought the hanson
so nice. She stared right over the
apron and so did he. If you hadn't
been in hanson once or twice your
self you wouldn't have known that
they had hold of hands at all. She
wore a white bar muslin dress, cut
Mother Hubbard fashion. Around
her arm, (besides his arm)
was q cream-colored ribbon, Her
hands were encased in his and a
pair of yellow silk mitts. About her
neck was string of pearls. All me,
youth and poverty! And two wheelers
md Lowell"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
AmerIca,s Richest Woman.

The richest woman in America is q
resident of South America. She is not
only the richest woman in America,
but she is the richest woman in the
world. She has one of the largest for.
tunes held by either sex, This woman
is Dona Isadora Consino, of Chill.
She is the biggest real estate owner in
Santiago and Valparaiso. South
America fortunes are hard 10 estimate,
but many people have put hers above
$500, 100000. Money mulGplies fast
in her hands, for her eye is every
where,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
A Valuable Bible.

Millions of people regard the Bible
as the most valuable book in the world,
aside from its mechanical makeup and
appearance. But in a commercial
sense Hebrew Bible at the Vatican
in Rome Is said to be the most valuable
book in the world. In 1912 Pope
Julius, then in great financial straits,
refused to sell it to a syndicate of rich
Venetian Jews for its weight in gold.
The Bible weighs more than S25 pounds,
and is never carried by less than three
men. The price refused by Pope Jul
was, therefore, about S125 900,
aud that too, when gold was worth at
;east thrice what it is now worth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
4 Fondness for CoIor. I.

The ponderous elephant may be
credited with a keen sense of the
humorous; at least, many of their
tricks would justly the belief. Here
is the story of an amusing trick played
by one of them upon a camel, its
neighbor in managerie. One of the
woTkmen had been engaged in paint
ing portion of tho house, touching off
the ornamental projections with red
paint. The young elephant watched
him with great interest, apparently
amused at the bright bits of color.
The painter was absorbed in his work
when the dinner-bell rang. He put
his pot and brush down and went off
to his meal, The elephant waited till
he was out Of sight, then carefully
felt for the brush with his trunk,
Next the young elephant stood sleepy
camel, dreamily eating hay. The ele-
phant took the brush and streaked the
camePs side. The keepers came along
just then, and watched events. The
elephant appeared highly pleased when
he saw the red lines of paint on the
camePs gray fianks. When the painter
returned, the brush was back in its
place, the elephant was gazing
earnestly into space, and the camel was
emblazoned all over with red stripes,
ike crimson zebra.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
Well.Paid Archbishops.

The Austrian Archbishops are prob
ably the most highly paid IN the
world. The Cardinal Archbishop of
Vienna has only about fe, 900 year,
but the Cardinal Archbishop of Olmutz
has 40 900, the Cardinal Archbishop of
Prague has fS5 900, aud the Archbish-
op of Eriru has 100000. And the
primate of Hungary, the Cardinal
Archbishop of Grau, has fs0,0oo q
year
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
Severe, but Just,

Bankruptcy in England ranks next
to high crime. If member of Par
lament lose his property and be adjud.
icated bankrupt, he at once loses his
seat in that august body. A mayor,
alderman, councillor, guardian, over
seer, member of school board, highway
board, burial board or select vestry,
also forfeits his office if he proves so
derelict in his business affairs as to be
snable to pay his debts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
The snip OF Dreams.
When silent lies the sleeping town

When silent Lies the sleeping town
II its pEof0undest rest,
There Is a ship comes sailing down
Upou the rivers breast
Wide winged as that enchanted swan.
She saiIeth through the night,
And purple grows the gloom upon
The magic Of her flight
The bark she bears no mortal name
No crew Of mortal mold.
Ulysses ship Of song and dama
Of cedar wood and goldI
She IS the ship that Turner knew
On the enchanted seas
she Aoats far isles Of music through,
Aud Isles Of memories.
And she Is mysticaliy fraughti
With dreams remembered long,
That drift on all the tides of thought
And all the seas Of song.
She hath Ulysses by her helm
As IN the 1lden time
The slip Of a d!viner realm
And Of faiTer cline.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
Care Of Vehicles,

a carriage should be kept in an airy,
dry coach-house, with a moderate
amount of light; otherwise the colors
will be destroyed. There should be no
communication between the stables
and the coach-house. The manure
heap or pit should be kept as far away
as possible. Ammonia cracks varnish,
and fades the colors both of the paint
ing and the lining. Whenever standing
for days together, a carriage should
always have on it large cotton cover,
sufficiently strong to keep out the dust
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
The Brewery Business

Figures presented at the meeting of
the United States Brewers Association
show wonderful growth of business
during the last twenty-five years. For
instance, receipts of the government
from the internal revenue tax on fer
mented liquors amounted to about
81 500, 900 in 1868, when the tax was
first imposed. In 1866, the figures rose
10 So ,0o0, 900; in 1879, to $4,000, 900 !;
in 1882, to SIC 100000; and last year the
tax amounted to S53, 900, 900. The guam
tity increased i'll the same ratio from
1900, 900 barrels in 1868 to over "a, 3,
900, 900 in 1888. At this rate of
growth, it is small wonder that Eng
hshmen think they see a chance of
making money by buying up American
breweries
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
A New Version.

A popular physician of Brooklyn,
says the New York Tribune, has a
little girl who expounded the Scrip
lures TO him in the following remark
able manner while reciting her Sunday
school lesson on Friday night: " The
Lord is my shepherd, and l shall not
want. He maketh me 10 lie (hesitating) ,
He maketh me to lie-and do lots Of
ether things"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
LIVING ON $40 a WEEK.
The Experiences of a Young NaS
Who Was Limited to
That Sum

| Newspaper writers have dwelt full)
on the subject of ''How to live on SO :
Week" They have demonstrated tc
the satisfaction of all save those who
have to live on that sum that it is fairly
sufficient. The young man who can't
keep himself on S1O a week and save
money is set down as extravagant.
| Under certain conditions the thing Is
easy. Ten years ago l taught school in
Berks County. Pennsylvania, and re-
ceived $40 month salary. l paid s. a
| month board, which included washing
and mending. 1t was a farming dis
trict and there wasn't any chance TO
spend money. When there was a
sleighing party the farmer boys brought
the fathers sleighs and the girls brought
the eatables and drinkables. The other
society events were corn huskings.
threshing parties and balls at the vii
lage hotel for the brass band. There
was no expense attendant on the two
first mentioned entertainments, and the
$50 month pedagogue couldn't think
of compromising his dignity by going
to the ball. In the five months l stay
ed my expenses were just 40 cents; %
to the church, 2i for postage stamps.
Three years ago 1 worked in the an
thracite coal mines and boarded In
town of about 10000 population. In
one year the mines worked 100 days.
The day rate of a laborer is 81 20 a day,
or $40 20 a week. This gave an iucome
of S272. paid 81 80 a week board, or
1924 year. This left S3S to clothe
myself and pay wash bills and all cur
rent expenses of the year. At the end
Of the year was 80 cents in debt.
thought was doing well to come out
that near
l went to Vermount and in a small
town secured steady work with the
owner Of weekly ynewspaperat a salary
of $40 week. l worked 3l3 days and
at the end Of the year found l had
saved only $40. Clothing, shoes, hats
and all the other incidentals came high
there. The spirit of the townspeople
was such that 1 would have been boy
cotted had 1 ordered my shirts, cuffs
and collars by mail from Philadelphia.
Indeed my employer would have dis
charged me if l didn't patronize his ad-
yertisers.
So year ago L determined to see how
far $40 a week would go in Philadel-
phia. The limit at which a young man
can board there without rooming with
another person seems to be Set at S6
week. OF course he can live cheaper
by going TO boarding-houses where
young men are huddled together three
and four in a room, or he can rent q
furnished room" and get fifteen cent
dinners. But the articles on "How to
Live" are based on the assumption that
the living is decent one as wei as a
comfortable one. If young man
takes his chances in cheap caravan
sery he forfeits tue comforts and too
often the decencies of life. He is
thrown in with all sorts and conditions
of men and women in cheap restaurants
and strictly private families that
guarantee ''home comforts
paid S6 week board, and the fare
was barely decent l worked 3O6 days,
losing only legal holidays. l never
drank or gambled in my life. The fol-
lowing is detailed statement of the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
1t Was Authentic.

"Sure it's new?" asked the editor
as an esteemed contributor handed in
an interesting anecdote about a ma
tional celebrity. Certain" replied
The E. G. "I invented it mYself."-
New York Herald.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18

$50, leaving me just 40 cents TO put
away, OF course, the economists don't
count the newspapers, the night schools
and the 5 cents for church as legitimate
expenses, but are they not d part of liv-
ing? The tobacco may be a Luxurious
extravaganza" but there is room to
doubt as to Bernhardt and Barrett.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18

A YOUNG lady to whom little four
year-old was much attached bore the
name of Grace. Hearing it for q few
times the little chit asked; Mamma.
isn't Grace serious manner 1t makes
me think of prayer"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18
The Present Lord Chesterfield.

The present Lord Chesterfield, a man
OF about thirty-sevcn years Of age, has
just returned to England after an ex.
haustive trip through the United States.
His lordship is said by those who had
the pleasure Of meeting him TO be not
only man Of fine appearance, but Of
manners quite worthy Of his dis.
tinguished ancestor, OF whose famou
letters he is diligent reader.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18

Do not drink strong coffee just be-
fore retiring, or IN the evening at all.
1t is apt to cause sleeplessness-
No man is hero 10 his fellow-hero,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18

a torpedo not constructed OF inter
locking steel rings is soon TO be put n
a practical test.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-18

The highest price ever paid for a bool
It is said, was $4,000
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-07-03
CANADA AS A SLUICEWAY

For the Sending Of Objectionable For
eigners Into the United States.
WASHINGTON, June 29-The visit of
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire to
Canada now is not for pleasure only. He
is chairman of the senate committee on
immigration, and is supposed to be max
ing a close inspection of the manner in
which immigrants forbidden by law to
enter the United States gain access over
the northern border. The probability -
Cha. tho results of his inVestigatinnf WI
be embodied in bill to amend the present
act to provide for more thorough inspec--
tion along the border. The treasury de-
partment has information that there is an
organized movement in Europe to counter
act the effect of the new restriction law
upon immigration by contracting to de-
liver the Objectionable immigrants through
Canada.
1t is not claimed that this is done with
the knowledge. approval or cooperation of
the Dominion authorities. The Dominion
ports have simply been chosen for this
purpose because the lack of stringent
immigration laws in Canada make it pos
sible to bring in these prohibited clans
across this long frontier, which is so scan
tily provided with means for inspection.
Some of the steamship companies are said
to sell tickets to immigrants Of this sort
as cheaply from points in continental Eu-
rope to New York via Montreal, as to New
York direct,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-07-03
YOUNGSTERS WITH A RECORD.
Two French Boys, Aged and 7, Aspire
to Become Burglars.

Two French Boys, Aged Q and 7, Aspire
to Become Burglars.
CONCORD, N. H., June 20. One of the
most remarkable cases of juvenile de-
pravity ever known here developed re-
Gently. Two French boys, brothers,
named John and Raymond Hagron, aged
9 and years respectively, were arrested on
Thursday last and confessed to having
three times broken into the shop of a
glazier and window sash dealer on School
street, from which property had been
missed.
They effected an entrance the first time
by breaking glass in window, and again
by removing the putty and taking out the
glass, which was replaced. While under
arrest in the police station they stole sew
eral articles, and attempted to make their
escape by removing lock with chisel.
They were discharged on account of their
age, and upon promise of their mother
to leave for France, from whence they
came to this country.
Yesterday, with their little sister Min
ME, they broke into grocery store on
jackson street, and stole between SIS and
$50 and a quantity of small articles. They
broke out window and dropped the little
girl into the cellar. After they had ac-
complished the object of the expedition
they were unable to geJ the girl out of the
cellar, and were all caught in the store.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-07-03
HE KILLED HIS MAN.
Sensational Tragedy in Brooklyn
Apartment House.

New YORK, June 29.-Darwin ]. Mese-
role, the young man who shot and killed
Theodore Larbig in Brooklyn on Saturday
night, because Larbig assaulted Mrs.
Bowie f. Comstock, in whose fiat they
were, was committed to the Raymond
street Jail yesterday by Justice Tighe.
Mrs. Comstock, also, was committed to
the Jail as a witness. Both will stay there
until Coroner Rooney's jury decide
whether or not the killing was done in
self-defense, as Meserole says it was.
Young Meserole's many friends in Brook
lyn are greatly astonished at his act. He
was always known as d peaceable young
man, and was so good that some of them
nicknamed him Deacon Meserole." He
was never known to carry revolver, ana
they cannot understand how he came to
have one with him.
Mrs. Ccmstock is good looking. She is
about feet inches tall, and has long
dark-brown hair and gray eyes. She has
two. children, who are living with her hus-
band in Providence
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-07-03
Harvard Wins Easily.

NEW LONDON. Conn.,, June 27.-The
sixteenth annual four-mile, eight-oared
straightway race between the Yale and
Harvard university crews was rowed over
the Thames course yesterday from Win
throp Point to Gates Ferry, and was won
by Harvard by eleven lengths. Time, 21.23.
Yale's time, 21.57. The record now stands,
Yale nine victories and seven defeats;
Harvard seven victories and nine defeats.
Yale holding the time record. Harvard's
plucky victory is the biggest surprise that
has occurred in college athletics for many
years. The good judges of rowing conceded
the race to Yale almost to a man, and so
strong was this sentiment in favor of Yale
that stacks of Yale money left at the pool
rooms went uncovered even at odds of
$tC0 to SO and 800 to $tO
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-07-03
BULkELEY is GOVERNOR.
Supreme Court Decision Practically An
nounces Such to BE the Case.


nounces Such to BE the Case.
HARTFORD, June 25.-Judge !. M. Hall
in the superior court, has handed down a
decision in the suit of Austin Brainard
executive secretary to Governor Bulkeley
against Comptroller Staub for the pay
ment of salary. The decision was on the
motion of Bralnard's counsel to expunge
parts Of the answer filed by Staub's coun-
sci to the bill of complaint. Judge Hall's
opinion is that parts of the answer should
be expunged. The parts referred to cite
the facts of the state election last fall, and
claim that Morgan G. Bulkeley is not
governor and has not the right to appoint
an executive secretary. Judge Hall says
in his opinion that the question of
whether Bulkeley is de jure governor cam
not be determined in mandamus suit to
which Bulkeley is not party; that he is
de facto governor, and that his acts as such
must stand as regards third party until
his title has been overthrown by contest
or by quo warranto proceedings This is
in effect a recognition of Bulkeley's right
To the office