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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
The Tigers Choice.

The Java "Bode" records singular
adventure which recently befel Gov
ernment surveyor in the wilds of Su-
matra. After a hard days work on
a mountain side he passed the night
in the open air in a hut hastily run up
by his coolies. As he was falling
asleep after long watching, the sight
of two fiery eyes glaring in at the en-
trance of the hut almost paralyzed
him with terror. An enormous royal
tiger soon glided in, smelled him all
over, and then set to work devouring
the remains of his evening meal to the
last morsel. Afterward his terrible
guest disappeared.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
The Kentucky Mosquito.

The mosquito is here again, and the
crop promises to be large. The little
ubiquitous animal is finely developed,
and on examination it was found that
his clip" was much more gaudy than
last year. His wings are broad and
large and have the appearance of is
inglass. His legs are also well fixed,
more active for business, and there is
no fear but that the insect which does
no good in the world will commence an
attack on the human race with much
zeal. The bill-well, it looks like a
polished rapier. From now the aver
age man or woman can cease to be re-
hgious to scantified degree, for where
ever you may go the active mosquito
will be waiting to give a warm recep-
ton in his most polite manner.-Hen-
derSoR Journal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
Striking Capt. Kidd's Treasure.

StrihlnS thpt. h1uu'S IreasuTes
che incessant rain of the past week
has washed away large excavation
on the south side of Long Beach,
| Stratford, a short distance from the
Lordship Farm, and there is much ex-
element among the other residents,
owing to the fact that several English
coins have been found in the trenches
! caused by running water. Mr.. Thomas
/ Fairchild, who is one of the most OBJ
serving men in town and who has the
history of all the old residents at ready
com nand, says there is little doubt
thai Capt. Kidds gold is buried some
He has always contended that the
wealth stolen by the pirate vessels of
Kidd was brought ashore on Long
Beach, and the discovery of gold and
silver coins, laid bare by the heavy
rains, only strengthens his convictions.
Many years ago the Spiritualists of
! Bridgeport, Huntington and Stratford
gathered, a hundred or more strong,
and dug for thirty days in search of
| Capt. Kidd's gold. The excavation
| covered several acres in area, and is
| now TO be seen near the Lordship. a
medium of some note pointed out the
/ locality as the true one, and great faith
was placed in her ability TO discover
hidden treasures. The restriction was
placed upon the company that, while
they searched, no one should speak
above a whisper. This stipulation was
rigidly adhered to until the thirtieth
day, when one of the party struck
another accidentally on the foot with a
shovel. The pain was so great that the
! injured man uttered terrible oath and
the spell was broken. Then all depart
ed silently to their homes, firmly be-
lieving that they had been very near to
the coveted money.
The coins that have just been found
are of gold and silver, and are very
old, dating some 200 years back. The
Stratford Land Improvement Company
have been for months digging a trench
and throwing up dixie to keep tide
water off the marsh in the rear of Long
Beach, and when they continue excava-
tions near the washout, careful search
will be made not to overlook the mil
lions that are supposed to lie deeply
buried in the sand.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
The Ludicrous In Otter Hunting.

Hunting the otter 10 not altogcthes
devoid Of tho ludicrous element, rci
in the excitement of the chase many .
bold follower has lost his foothold on
che slippery rocks aud has found him.
self not landed on terra firms. bu:
souscd into an adjoining pool, amid
the shouts of laughter from his more
fortunate companions; then. again, in
these days of barbed wire. used by the
farmers to keep their cattle from wad.
ing across the stream into their neigh
boris land. the unwary sportsman fad
himself hooked up. and in trying to
e1tricate himself from the first grasp.
finds that he has hopelessly got himseh
entangled By further and stronge,
hold-lCommerciai Advertiser.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
nature, giving the beast of the chase .

nature, giving the beast of the chase .
freer respiration.
Tortoises and turtles have no teeth.
The cuckoo deposits her eggs in the
nests of other birds because she is the
largest of insectiverous birds, and re-
luires great quantity of food, for
which it must make constant search.
She places her eggs in the nests of
other birds with her foot, for if she
sat upon the adopted nest while laying
the egg the weight of her body would
disarrange the nest and cause it to be
forsaken.
The crocodile devours all kinds of
birds it can get but one, the zic-zac. 1t
is said that when the crocodile comes
on shore, he opens his jaws and this
bird enters and swallows the leeches
which are found about the animals
jaws and teeth, and which have col
lected there owing to the creature be-
ing so long in the water. The relief
afforded by having the leeches with
drawn induces the crocodile to toler-
ate the presence of the bird.
The faculty the chameleon has of
changing its color has been attributed
to the protective instinct of the animal,
by which it seeks to render itself less
observable by enemies by assuming the
color of the bed on which it lies.
Some naturalists attribute this change
of color to the distension of the chame-
Icons body, occasioning differences in
the cuticle. affecting its relative proper
ties; others that the animal has the
power of throwing into its skin a
different pigment, or coloring matter,
from the blood, and others, to nervous
or galvanic action.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
lATIE'S ANSWER

Och, me Katie's rogue, Ia Is thrue,
But her eyes, like the skies, are 30 blue,
An her dimples so swate
An her ankles so nate,
sbure she dazed an she bothered me, too
Till one moruin' we wint fur a ride,
Win, demure as bride, by my side
Like darlint she sat,
Wild the wickedest hat
Meath purity girls chin iver tied.
An me heart, arrsh, thin, how it bate!
Fur me Kate looked so tcmptin' and sw ate
Wd cheeks like the roses
An all the red posies
You'd see In her garden so nate
But sat jist as mute as the dead
TIL she said, wild toss Nv her head,
III I'd known that today
Ye'd have nothing to say,
I'd have gone with me cousin instead
Then tilt myself grow very bowld,
For knew she'd not scold if 1 towl..
Nv the love at me heart,
That ud niyer depart,
Though lived TO be wrinkled an ovid
An said, ''if 1 dared to do so,
I'd let 90 Nv the baste an I'd throw
Both me arms roun' yer waist,
An be stalin' a taste
Nv thin lips that are coaxin' me so.'
Thin she blushed more illigant red,
An she said widOut raisin' her head,
An her eyes lookin' down
Meath their lashes so brown,
"Ud We like me TO dhrive, Misther Ted,"
Cincinnati Commentaries Gazette.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
A Fatal Superstition.

There is a superstition among tbs
bower classes that whoever possesses
himself of rope with which person
has been hanged or has hanged him
self is certain TO come in for slice of
good luck. A young woman living in
the Montmartre quarter, Paris, COM
mitted suicide short time ago, and a
neighbor helped to cut her down, but
she was dead; so he consoled himself
by putting a bit of the hemp with
which the deed had been done into his
pocket, with firm conviction that he
would hear in q day or two that he had
come into a colossal fortune. He
would be millionaire and would de-
vote his life to enjoying himself instead
of carrying bundles on his back for a
few paltry francs per diem but the for
tune did not come. He came to Amer
lea and to Louisville to seek it. Per-
haps it is even now on the way, but the
man was impatient. Then there was
the lucky piece of rope. He would not
take his eyes off it. He kept it in his
pocket, and in the intervals between
his errands he pulled it out and medi-
tated upon it. From the fortune his
thoughts at last began to dwell on sui
eide. The memory of the deceased
girl haunted him; and the other day,
as his wife returned home, she found
her husband hanging in their room dead
with the fatal bit of hemp in his pock-
ct. He had kept it by him to the last.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
The Educated Rows Error.

The trouble is that boy who gradu-
ates from our public or high schools or
colleges would feel it a disgrace to be-
come a tip-top carpenter or cabinet
maker, and so chooses to be a counter
jumper, sell pins by the penny's worth
and tape by the yard, bow and scraps
to his lady customers, and delude him
self with the idea that he is in one Of
'he gentlemanly callings.
When he was sitting there after his
message had gone on its way, she
leaned over and handed him a pepper
mint drop from a package in her
pocket.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
Prices Paid for wild Animals.

In the European market even wild
beasts have their price. The Chief
centre of the wild beast trade (ssys .
Continental contemporary is Ham,
burg, where the price list is IS follows:
Lions and tigers average $3.50 apiece;
leopnrds, 500; spotted panthers, $3.50;
while black panthers range from 500
10 $3.50. For spotted tigers the large
sum of $1,000 is paid. The market
value Of o r5inoceros varies from
$3.50 to $4,000; African elephants
average $3.50; Indian elephants $500.
The price of monkeys ranges from
"a for a small monkey to $500 fol-
chimpanzees and oraug-outangs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
What Did He Meani

A Chicago man last week was some
what astounded when he received the
following dispatch from New York,
signed by Philadelphia friend:
Telegraph my wife L will be de-
tanned in Chicago a week longer. The
deal hangs fire. Sign my name"
The Chicago man did as requested,
but he cannot help wondering what
his friend was doing in New York
Chicago Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
One of the Rules of the House.

Then | shall expect you, Alfred, y
she said, "to call for me this evening
at 80 sharp"
sIll be on hand unless the cabla
breaks, Dora" he replied. al live on
the North Side, you know"
..No allowance for breaka.e," re-
,oined the pretty queensware clerk
with glitterin her eye.
He was young man on a small sal
ary, but he went out aud engaged a
cab. He couldn't afford to run any
risks.-Chicago Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
Wasted Argument.

A lightning rod agent spent several
hours in endeavoring to persuade AL
fred Elliott of Malvern to have rods
placed on his farm buildings, but he
was unsuccessful. Two hours after
he had gone one of the buildings was
struck. The agent heard the news and
returned, but the farmer was still i'm
movable.
"No," said he, ''lightning never
strikes twice in the same place. Phil
adelphia Inquirer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
An Electrical Fire-Engine.

An electrical fire-engine, which Can
be tapped for service whenever want
ed, is the latest invention. The advan-
tages claimed are that it can be started
at full speed; that it is much lighter
than a steam fire-engine of equal pow
er; that it costs one-third less; that it
is noiseless in its operation; makes
no sni5IIa, sparks, nor ashes; that it il
safer and easier to control, ano a sce-
nolnisal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
Iohn Rull,s China.

According to a London paper, when
a wealthy John Bull goes into china
shop they show him Minton for q
dinner service, Royal Worcester for
ornament, and Crown Derby for vases.
When Jonathan goes into china shop
be is not to be ruled and directed in
any such way. They show him all
that there is in it, and he buys what
he pleases, and uses it where hs plsas-
ps
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
Features Of the Game.

"You went to the game this after
noon, you say. "What were the fea-
lures"
"Well, the features that made the
greatest impression on me were the
features of the man who went out on
three called strikes, when he looked at
the umpire. Lowell Citizen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29
The Parcels Post.

The success of the parcels post in
England is demonstrated by the fact
that the number of parcels carried has
increased from 1000, 900 the first year
to 100000 last year. The system
has been extended to other nations.
also with satisfactory results
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14
&c Gnrt.

BROOKLYN JOCKEY CLUB RACES,
FALL MEETING SEPT II TO SEPT. 80.
Sin Races Each Day beginning at o'clock.
Boats from foot Of WHITEHALI-ST. Culver route).
hourly from 10 a. Race boats IL 40 IL 40 80.
Boats from foo: EAST 3tTH.ST, New.Yofk u. l.
- as.
BROOKLYN.
Trains from 9TH,AvE and 2orII.sr, hafhouriy from
10 900 "a. NJ Special az :tS.
From jfH-AVE. and 36TILST at 10 35; then hail.
hourly from II 10 90 is.
From flatbushave. :0S D. m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14
Cost anu fcnno

LOST ana Jouu0
I oSr--Bank book No. fo56i0. Bank for Savings az
~ Bleeckerst., Ncw-lOrk. Payment stOpp d. Pleaso
return book bank
IT HE BooK OF oPEN.AIR SPORTS octave. 800 pseca.
iuS atei. Tie standard authority Am, fican osn
air anusewcnts Rules for sailing swimming bail nav
Ing shooting horseback riding &C.: &C.. In full 81 peS
Published by The Tribune, New.York Enter.aies
iag and universally eomplinnented by the presa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MARKETS.

EUROPEAN FINANUIAb MAIIkHI5
London. Sept 10, p m-Consols 90 Lle ior 6 0Stn
onev and The account NewYor Pennsy vanilla end OHIO
fTsts 3d. Erie 30; Mexican ordinary, S4a st. Paul
Common 1884, New-York Central, 1l2S4.
Bar silver Is quoted at 451d per ounce. o., A,s ,h-.
The rate OF discount IN the open market for DOM snort
pals advices quote per rentes at 90 francs 6a
centimes for the account.
The amount Of bullion withdraw from the Bank Of Eng
Land on balance to-day was $40 GOO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14
finann1l.
SIX FER CENT.

SIX FER CENT,
2oyesr gold bonds for sale These bonds are
stock OF the company also earning eight per cent
I15 broadway Room 81, NeW'forK CITY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14

Cash in Treasury no 5sS Dec 1891 20S
Deposits in NATL 800. - o.o ooo
o7VtoS"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14

Total % co.'s COS 81 o05,29o Inc. s2elcs2 90
~ meeS % So Inc s2oo5 17
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14

The bank exchanges at the New-York Clearing House
and the soeSs sold at the NewYork Stock Exchange last
week ao Tor the week Of the preceding years
as follows:
Exchanges. s c s9 S $50 ~ sS segt 81 SS7
No. shares sold i,54S534 i,So5,SS2 i,SS5S2s
THE MONETARY SITUATION.
Inc local money market was more active at
S9iief hguIeS. Large demands were made by the
west ana South for the movement of the crops
while the improvement in general trade eyerted
some little influence AT the Stock Exchange
caii ioa'lS ranged from TO z per cent, and the
aaseIase ior the week was fully A per cent The
hurry Which carried the rate for a few minutes
20 Z per cent ACCOMPANIED by "A Welding in The
PIic.s OF STOCKS, aroused the suspicion that on
filthy theIe might be further manipulation be-
Sause py the rules OF the Stock Exchange coll
loans extend from Friday to Monday IL the 70
actoniets in the stock market confempIsted any,
purpose OF thls KIND the scheme was abandoned far
money was In abundant supply at about the aver.
'o vii H"e "eeS II is evident that any
market was anected last week by the heavy Gov
ernment disbursements, not much more relief from
this source can be relied upon because fine reet
OF tne mStufed bonds viii probably be presented
slowly. In place OF this however there will no
receipts OF gold from Europe The first Iof ar
rived yesterday and something over S1 400 00O is
due TO arrive No fresh engagements were an
foreign exchange will result in imrnediate irnnort
While money was dearer In New-Yorl, - 49,
easier In London, and thus far the Ranb, 81 En-,
land has shown no disposition 10 onpese lie
natural movement of gold 10 this connfgV Tbe
Bank of France, moreover apart from an, ny
with New-YOrk bankers has nreSa, -
Itself for large outflow Of gold in eyebsn,.a 49,
the wheat which France needs The FOREIGN ey-
,hanges were firly firm until the middle ~ 10
week. when rates declined under freer ofFcrin,~s
y both commercial and security ble Tho,
,'ose1 weak at 81 81 "a and 81 81 for lone ana
hort sterling respectively. This is but shade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14

Total s94 500 S55 $50 1928 1872 Dec % 292 II
RANK CONDITIONS COMPARED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14

The bank exchanges at the New.York Clearing House
and the sold at the NewYork Stock Exchange last
week ao Tor the week Of the preceding years
fOllows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14

ion, less ctrtin
Gates and $780, - ..-o
1000 s33 64e2Se S2S7SO,722 Dec s9,e1s55e
oca,sise YGs'' 147se5se 1s6so122 Dec 1900 467
Nat hank notes. 6S42, 416 6,677 6e6 Dec. 1s4,730
Silver dollars and
bullion, less GER - -. 80. -. - zoo
ChcateS ZSsSfSoVo ZO@f1,IfO oVfbOoo
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-07
THE NEW COuRTS-

The act that blOomed to completion in
the last days of the recent congress for
the relief of the supreme court is op-
perfume for the president. 1t will
afford him quite a number of choice po-
tons for gentlemen who have in the
mutations of politics been left out of
congress. 1t is not intimated that po-
litical or personal considerations will
have improper weight with the APP
pointing power, but he has shown
special desire to take care of friends
that the people have left available for
new stations. It is to be presumed that
Judicial qualities will be frequent, and
no disparagement had on that score.
But the measure is perhaps as
judicious in scope and detail as
could be expected. 1t is in the
main the bill introduced by Senator
EVARTS, which passed the senate some
months ago. Some relief for the su-
preme court has long been regarded as
essential to the reduction of its docket,
so that cases could be heard within rea-
| sonable time. The business is now two
or more years ahead of the court, and
accommodating. The new law provides
for the appointment of an additional
circuit judge in each of the nine cir
cults. The new judge, with the pres
ent circuit judge and justice of the SUI
preme court for the district, will consti-
tute court of appeals. If there are not
two of its members present, one or more
of the district judges in the circuit can
sit in the court, but no judge shall act
in the consideration of any case
that has been tried before him.
Its jurisdiction is final IN a large
class of cases now allowed to be
appealed to the supreme court. An
nual sessions are to be held in Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Richmond,
New Orleans, Cincinnati, Chicago, st.
Louis and San Francisco. and in other
cities when deemed necessary. The
specifications in which appeal may be
had to the supreme court are so limited
that the operation of the law must at
once cut the plethoric docket of the
higher tribunal to manageable proper
lions. The new courts can be organized
at once upon the appointment of the adj
ditional judges: but as the latter cannot
be confirmed until December without
special session of the senate, it is not
probable that the men selected would
care to take their seats be fore being
confirmed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-07
AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.

While the late congress is under
review, it may be noted that the tend
ency of all the important measures
urged by the dominant party was to in
crease the burdens of the people, or, as
in the case of the force bill, impose new
restraints in the exercise of their rights.
The tariff act is computed to add Is per
cent to the cost of the necesSaries of
life. The bounties to be awarded
class of ships and certain producers
will come out of the people in some
form of taxation. The copyright act.
whatever its ethical merits, cuts off a
class of valuable cheap literature,
and is in the direction of book mo-
nopoly. But it Is in the expenditures
provided Tor by the congress that its
history is most significant. 1t is APP
palling to think that the financial cur
rent for which it has opened the
gates will exceed a thousand mill
ion dollars. That IS about two
fifths of the national debt at its highest
tide after the war. The exact figures of
the appropriations of this congress, as
compiled by Mr.. DOCKERY, are S1,099,
Democratic congress preceding of $780,,
$50, almost two hundred millions.
Mr.. DoCkERY. who was member Of
the house committee on appropriations.
says there has been no parallel since the
war to this congress in its extravaganza
in expenditure of the money of the peo-
pie. No congress in time of peace has
ever approached its figures. Senator
ALLISON, earlier in the session, gave
cheerful estimates as TO the coming
financial condition, but he did not at the
close compute the stupendous totals
that the acts of the congress require.
Mr.. DoCKERY also compares the eX-
penditures provided for with the esti-
mated receipts, and finds the lat
ter falling short by S6S,0S9, $50
ueXt July. Allowing something for
partisanship, and suppOsing the short
age to be but s5O,OO0.OOO the coming
year. the problem will be very serious
one for the next congress how to obvi-
ate the constant deficiency. Under Mr..
CLEVELAND'S administration there was
a surplus of about S1O0,000,0O0 a year
The Republicans have made a sweep
ing success of the elimination of this
surplus, not only in increased eXpendi-
lures, but in cutting off some of the
larger sources of revenue. The re-
moval Of the duty on sugar reduces the
revenue about $50, 100000 year. The
bounty, when it comes in operation IN
1892, is estimated at S10,00O.OOO a year.
On the whole, Republican congress,
with control of the White house, is a
pretty expensive luxury for the people,
and they are not likely to try another
dose of it soon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-07
AN ABSURD NOTION.

The Chicago presbytery represents a
spirit that has been too often prevalent
in churches. A committee appointed to
inquire into the propriety of advancing
women to the Office of deacon or dea-
cOnesS delved into the musty things
back in ancient times for suggestions.
The report said they had rummaged the
Old Testament and sacred literature. and
were inclined to believe that women
were not given the front seats in the
sacred structures; and, therefore, the
delegates to the general assembly should
be instructed to vote against any
change. 1t was not question of right
full recognition of the most numer-
Gus and exemplary element in the
church, or would its interests be pro-
noted? but was it popular i'll the prim-
tive eras when people were cropping in
the twilight of rational thought and IN
tellectual expansion? 1t would be as
sensible to go back to those old times
for customs in dress or social life as for
methods in the religious economy. Such
an absurdity as the action of the pres
bytery ought not to come from the
worlds fair city.