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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16

The hearing of all species Of owls
known to me is marvellOusly keen; SC
keen, in fact, that l know of no way
of testing it, since it is so much
more acute than that of man. II
owls have the sense of smell, am
unable to find satisfactory evidence
of it.
l have tried various experiments
with them, hoping to prove that they
could smell, but the results are AL
negative. They dislike putrid meat,
but they bite it to ascertain its con-
ditiOn. They will not eat toads or
frogs which yield an unpleasant odor.
but they did not reject these species
until they had tested them by tast-
ing.
They may be every so hungry, vet
they do not suspect the presence of
food If 1t is carefully covered so that
they cannot see it. This test l have
applied with the utmost care to the
great horned, snowy and barred owls,
The latter are shrewed enough to
learn my ways of hiding their food,
and when they suspect its presence
they will search in the places where |
have previously hidden it, pouncing
on pieces of wrapping paper and pok-
ing under feathers and excelsior With
amused cunning.
L tested them with fumes Of cam
phor, ammonia and other disagreeable
sud unusual smells, but they failed
To show that they perceived them un-
less the fumes were strong enough To
affect their breathing or irritate their
eyes Finally put cat in baskes
and placed the basket between the
two owls. They were utterly indiffer-
ent to it until the cat made the basket
rock when both or them fed precipi-
lately and could not be in induced 10
go near the basket again.
Although Puffy will put a sat to
fight when on his mettle, Fluffy is
frightened almost out of his wits by
hem.
a Japanese toy bird, made of "A
D.ece OF wood and few scarlet feath-
ers, was eagerly seized by Puffy, indi.
eating not only lack OF smell but the
presence of an appreciation OF color.
| have faDcied that an appreciation
of color is also shown by the barred
owls in their frequent selections OF
beech tress Gsnesting places. by great
horned owls in their choice of brown
tr nked trees. and ny Snowden in an
preference for gray back
grounds.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
Initiating q Railway Collision.

A locomotive engineer" has pre-
posed novel exhibit for the Worlds
Fair. He wants space at the grounds
on which to build two circular tracks,
once inside the other On these he
proposes to place two locomotives,
one on each track. These will be
started around the tracks ia the op-
posite directions, and when at full
speed by means of a switch the two
engines are to be turned on the same
track and allowed to crash together,
thus giving a realistic exhibition of a
railway collision. The engines are 20
be old ones that could be purchased
at scrap prices.
The engineer" fails to state he.
many times day he proposes to give
hisishow, also whether his scrap"
engines will survive the collisions SO
as to be able to come to scratch again
after each round
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
A Costly Dolls House.

The costliest dolls house probabl,
In the world is that made by a resi-.
| dent of Chicago for his 4-year-old
daughter, at cost of SO, 500. 1t is
built of brick, with tower and GU
palO like an ancient castle, and look.
for all the world like a reproduction
of the great modern residence of some
millionaire. 1t has a little flight of
steps leading up to the solid oak front
door, and an electric push bell for the
convenience of the baby visitors of
the happy mistress of the house On
this door-which, by the way, is four
feet highs the name of the proprie-
tor on silver plate There is hall
way lighted by miniature gas lamp
suspended from the ceiling, and it is
finished in the choicest Of hard woods.
There are umbrella and hat racks
of appropriate dimensions. Elegant
draperies cover the folding doors, and
the parlor is fitted up in grand style.
The furniture is all of white enamel
wood, covered with white brocaded
silk. There Is handsome mantel
filled with bric-a-brac and little
lamps. A beautiful chandelier. fur
nished with real gas, hangs from the
center of the room. Center tables,
divaDs, easy chairs, sofas, etc, fiji ur
She apartment
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
Washing OiIclotb

Kitchen oilcloth does get shabby
often in remarkably short time.
and the manufacturer and the mer.
chant who sold 1t get all the blame,
whereas some of it should be shoul-
dered by both mistress and maid.
Tepid water should be used in wiping
up an oilcloth, and sep only where
there are green spots. Wet only a
small portion at a time, and, as soon
as the dust and dirt are removed
wipe perfectly dry. After the oil
cloth is cleaned, go over it with a
flannel wet with linseed oil. Use
plenty of strength rubbing in the oil.
Once year give the oilcloth a good
coat of varnish. With proper treat
ment good oilcloth lasts for years,
and the colors keep bright even after
constant use has worn parts of the
oilcloth into holes. Soaprubbed into
an oilcloth and left to dry on it will
take all the freshness out of the best
oilcloth in a very short time e-The
Household
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
TRUNKS IN FRENCH,
Their Cost Varies According to 20 ,-Eb.
gxage In Which They Are Weighed.

| Their Cost Varies According to 20 s.Eh-
gxage In Which They Are Weighed.
A singular fact concerning luggage
in Europe is that its price varies ac-
| cording to the language in which 1t
is weighed For example, the last
time | left London l paid 81 extra
| for two trunks. On leaving Paris
i having fortunately bought a return
ticket in ADVANCE found myself
shorn OF all but 80 francs-s6. With
light heart l went forward to pay
Tor extra weight, arguing with logic
| which even a great masculine intel
lect would not dispute: "If two
trunks cost 81 in going from London
to Paris, the same trunks will cost a
like sum in going from Paris to Lon
don; therefore l shall have 81 to
spare"
'Quarante francs!" shouted the
ourly official from his pigeon hole.
Forty francs!" l cried 10 despair.
"But Ive only 30!"
''Then YOU must leave your trunks" :"
But can't, and WON'T" / replied,
knowing that if they were sent by
L VI
day Of judgment-not before.
''Mais, madame, que vOulez-vous?
Sc perds mon temps. PORTER, mettez
ces males apart"
mon, non. Do not put them
apart. l must 20 to London"
''Eh bien, allez, cherchez vOs amis. "
The idea of finding my friends at
1880 in the morning, and two miles
from the nearestl And the train
started in five minutes.
Here, here's diamond ring" |
said, appealing, to the burly Official.
Take that until I can send you a
check"
"Mais, diable! I'm not a pawn
broker! VOLTA une femme impossible!
All, ces Ang'ais, ces Anglais lis
sont fous-tous! Allez, allez, allez:
cherchez vos amis dams lie train; COM
prenez vOus?"
Here was an idea 1 might meet
some one l knew. Of Irushed to
the train, my maid at my heels, the
two of us looking like maniacs. Not
a friendly face did / see! "Is there
an American among you?" 1 asked,
lranJlcally. NO response, one man
-young-looked as though he might
be compatriot. l ran to him.
"Are you Americana"
"No, English"
'Are you going to London?"
mo, but this lady is, pointing to a
benevolent relative beside him.
''Oh, madam" l said, ''have pity
on a wretched American, short of
cash. Lend me 10 francs to pay for
extra luggage. Tie a string to me,
put irons on me, do anything you like
With me-only lend me 10 francs"
She did. l redeemed my trunks
and got into the train just as it
started. OF course L took the car
riage occupied by my creditor, that |
she might keep an eye on me. She !
laughed and said: This is the fifth /
time 1 have been asked in trains for !
10 francs 1t seems to be my mission |
in life to lend 10 francs to travellers, |
and l have always been repaid" l !
was no exception to tho rule Kate |
Fields Washington
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16

had crossed the Hudson in fC,ce,
made a hasty retreat toward the
Hackensack River.
The few persons who live near the
old house give it wide birth after
dark. Some say that at midnight on
the 18th Of November each year the fig
ure Of a man, clad in the uniform of
British general, may be seen stand
ing in the doorway Of the building
After remaining motionless for some
time the figure stalks up the grass
grown roadway made by CORVALLIS
for his artillery and disappears in the
gloom. Although no one can be
found who has actually seen this ap-
partition, the story Of its annual ap-
pearance is generally credited.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
HIS EFFoPTs NOT APPRECIATES
A Chisaso's Mans Resolution Knocked In
the Head


A Chicago man few evenings ago
red an article In a newspaper setting
forth the fact that it is the duty OF
every person 10 make il lively and
| pleasant for those about him. The
following morning he decided to do
what he could during the day to make
everybody lively and cheerful He
heard the hired girl coming down
stairs, and he thought he would hide
behind the kitchen door and give her
a pleasant little surprise. The girl
was hardly awake, and failed to see
the pleasantly of the joke until after
her strong right hand had planted
a slap on his cheek that almost loos
| ened his teeth.
He was quite sure his wife was not
yet awake, but instead of gruffiy call
| ing her, as he sometimes did, he de-
cided that her awakening from haSpy
dreams TO stern realities should be
rendered as pleasant as possible
When he reached her room she was
| sleeping soundly. He thought it
would be fun to take hairbrush that
| was lying on the dresser and tickle
her cheek Till she awoke. When she
| opened her eyes she did it with
suddenness that surprised him. Al
the same time she threw her arms I'D
with such force that the brush was
driven through the mirror of the
dresser. Still he reasoned that
these were only accidents that
We're likely to occur to any one.
After breakfast he went to the
station TO catch a train for the city
1t was raining. He saw Jones stand
his dripping umbrella in corner
while he tied his shoe that had come
unfastened. 1t would be good Joke
to take his umbrella just for a minute
When the man, who turned out to be
not Jones but stranger resembling
him, had tied his shoe he reached for
his umbrella, but IL was not there.
he had just located 1t in the gentle
mans hand when the latter said:
Il beg your pardon. l really mis-
look you for another man. It's all
mistake, l assure you"
'Oh, i understand" said the
stranger as he recovered his property.
mistakes concerning the identity of
umbrellas occur frequently on a rainy
day" And everybody felt sorry for a
man who was caught stealing an um.
brella
Throughout the day the man wht
desired to make it pleasant for every
body met with several minor re-
pulses, but he did not despair On
his way home in the evening. when
the shadows were gathering, he saw
his neighbor walking just In front Of
him. 1t occurred to him that he
would slip up behind his neighbor,
and putting his hand over his eyes,
make him guess who it was That
very morning his neighbor had read
about some one being held up and
robbed the night before at that very
same place.
The joke proved to be a deplorable |
failure The joker no sooner attempt
ed to put his hands over the neigh |
boris eyes than he was knocked down |
by the latter, who held his face hard |
against the pavement Ehile he called |
for the police. Later on matters |
were explained and the joker returned |
home with dis1gured face and a |
determination to let this sorry old |
world amuse itself henceforth-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
PERSONAL.

NJ. SAINT-sAENs, the we'll known
French composer, whose opera ''Sam.
| son ct Dalila" is to be produced for the
| first time in Germany at the Royal
Opera House in Berlin in the course
of the ensuing month, has accepted an
invitation to visit the Chicago Exhibi-
ton next June, in order to conduct
the performance of several Concerts
which are to be devoted to his own
works. He will also give some Organ
Recitals there.
HELEN KELLER, Alabama's gifted
blind girl, who Is fast becoming as
celebrated as the famous Laura Bridge
man, is writing a story for 81 Nicola s..
the proceeds of which are to be devoted
to the children's building at the expo
sition.
MRS. DUNLAP-HoPKINs has been a
leading spirit in the work involved in
founding the recently organized school
OF applied design for women of New
York. 1t is to have for instructors
practical men and women actually en-
gagged in manufactures or architects
offices.
Mr.. ]. r. LowELL's admirers will he
PiCooS3 w IChIA Is n DrOa-
pect of biography of the famous poet
and essayist appearing from the pen
of his friend and literary executor,
Prof. Charles E. Norton, of Cambridge.
Mass.
Miss CORA BREMMER has undertaken
to paint for exhibition at the worlds
fair the fish of the waters around
Louisiana.
Miss GERTRUDE HowF, for twenty
years a missionary of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society in Central
China, has returned to the United
States. with her five bright young
Chinese students, two young women
and three young men, to complete
their education and take a medical
course at Ann Arbor before returning
to pursue missionary work in their
own land.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
III.

Martha, however, continued to fade.
She appeared to be TRANSPORTED. Her
face became ecstatIc, and when she
smiled sister Prudence said, one could
only weep. Il cannot save her," said
Marcel with anger. One day Martha
surprised him with tears in her eyes
"What is the matter7' she asked, at
is not for me that you weep, no, it is
not for me-" she repeated, 'for you
see that I shall soon be we'll" There
was such charming conviction in her
infantine voice that hope for an in
slant comforted the heart of Marcl.
81 indeed feel it, it will not be long be-
fore l am well.
"Are you so much better Martha?"
''Much better, so much better that
feel as if 1 had wings" "Ab," said
Marcel turning away, despair In his
heart, s'she is lost" He indeed knew
it; however he did not wish to believe
it he said to himself that one could
not die thus, SO young. Yet this
pbvsician knew that death was newt
able.
He struggled against the separation
that he knew must come then, over
come with grief he wept like a child.
Each day he marked her increasing
weakness and endeavored to stay the
hand of death; vain effort.
One evening, with the words ofka
prayer on her lips, Martha quietly
closed her eyes, to open them only
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
Unique Strike in Germany

There has been recently a unique
ladies' strike in Germany in one OF
the garrison towns The conduct ot
the men, who neglected the unmar-
sied ladies in orGer to dance with the
wives of their friends and acquaint-
ances, dispieased the sighted maid
ems and their mothers, and at the
last regimental ball not an unmarried
girl was present - philadelphia In
Quirer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16

Gods work,
THE religion of Christ never puts ;
long face on anybody
IT often happens that a dog With
out teeth barks the most
No ONE can have JOY to-day who j.
worrying about tomorrow.
| No ONE can be truly brave who i:
not trying to be truly good.
The first prayer was made by the
man VINO had the first need.
IT doesn't pay to build any kind OF
house on a poor foundation.
The meanest man you know de
nands that God shall be good.
The people who need your prayers
most are those you don't like.
THE right time to repent is when
YOU find out that you are wrong.
The devils best time to make hay
is when Christians are not busy.
NOTHING keeps stingy man from
stealing but the risk of the thing.
THERE isn't a promise in the Bible
FOR anybody who is not in earnest.
THE devil never puts on mourning
when a stingy man joins the church.
HEAVEN is ALWAYS bending tC
help the man who carries heavy bur
den.
ONE Of the most foolish men is the
one who worries about things he can't
help.
COP never disowns His children be
cause they now and then make a mis-
lake.
If you are leading a child, it may
army.
GOD was never able to say what he
wanted to say to men until Christ
came.
If there were no troubles to talk
about some people would be always
silent
The man who is not honest in hi.
religion is not to be trusted any.
where.
WHEN you want to find a coward,
hunt up the man who knows he is
wrong.
ANYTHING that makes US take ar
dnselfish interest in others makes us
better.
A REVIVAL is in good condition
when taking up a collection won't
chill it.
THE devil has to work extra hard
to get hold OF children who have good
mothers
ONE of the hardest things to get
people to believe, is that little sins
are deadly.
If you want to have a good time i'll
Heaven, stop hunting for an easy
place here.
CHRIST has nowhere promised to
bear the burdens of people who bor-
row trouble
THE woman who talks about her
neighbors is no worse than the one
who listens.
The woman with two mites didn't
do any more than every Christian
ought to do.
1t is hard to convince a man who
mas no religion that anybody else is as
good as he is
WORKING without plan is one oil
the best ways in the world to waste
7our strength.
No MAN can get any nearer to Goo
than he is willing to try to bring
everybody else.
THERE Is something wrong when a
church member has to go to the thea.
tor for enjoyment.
PEOPLE who never worry do a good
deal of missionary work that they
don't get credit for.
"KNow thyself," Is good advice
but 'knOw about your neighbor- is
toe general practice.
Husband your means IL you want to
become wealthy.
If knowing what is duty were fol-
lowed by doing it, the welfare Of socie-
ty would be secured, and its moral
progress would keep pace with its
material advancement.
Why destroy pr esent happiness by
distant misery, which may never come
at all, or you may never live to see il,
for every substantial grief has twenty
shadows, and most of them shadows OF
your own making.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
iaE DEATH SUMNER.
RT B. @. JOHNS.

Wild Autumn winds blow chill and drear
Across the cloudy. stOrm-rent sky,
While hi! and valley, rdr ard near,
Folded ia misty silence lie.
No sound Oi music rlls The air
No voice of I'd along the brake;
Only the wild dfUwi's cry. remote and rare
Among the witheTed sedges Of the lace
Gone Is the glOiy OF lie Summer noon;
Gone is the tender grace of dawning light;
1he Sofi, sweet radiance of the rising moon,
II e silver silence OF the starry night.
Yet, I. ere Is spendUr IN The waning WOODS
And summer d. ), as dies a royal king,
All down the grassy glades where Silence
bTOOds
Iene ttn his ShTOud of golden blazoning;
here anita leafy bOughs from SPRAY TO spray,
Fails The FIRST touch Of Winter ley BREATH
The first faint sign I lingering decay
And smltes the III !dy beech with crIms IN
death.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
How 1t Worked.

1t would be an abuse of language,
perhaps, to say that scarecrows are
ever lazy, but it is undeniable that
they are often Inefficient
what is that queer thing over
there in the fleld?" asked a little
child fresh from the city. 'It looks
like man, only it isn't"
/ 'Oh, that's a scarecrow," " said the
farmers girl. Father put 1t there
to frighten the crows away; but |
guess, from the way they act, they
think it's to let 'em know when din.
ner is ready. Good News
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16

The cabin boat" is disapr caring
nom upper Mississippi River,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16

berlin is having is doors numbered
With luminous figures visible at night.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16

MAKE sn unexpected call on a wo
man, and she viii! say "Oh, you
should have been mere yesterday,
The house was full OF good things "a
eat yesterday :.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
FsGS AND THISTLES.

MOTHERS love
is the same KIND
Of love as Gods
love.
THE most that
any one can lose
is to lose faith ip
God.
IF you a r e
praying for a re-
vival don't do it
on a back seat.
No MAX nnfZ
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16

There are 400 head OF bison at the
Yellowstone Park In Wyoming.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16

=, Number ?, in one of the wards of
u,e 0alnte Claire Hospital, was poor
eirI OF eighteen years who was dying
oI consumption. Fancy to yourself
great blue eyes, blond hair and a face
nAe 'hose Of angels. found in old mis-.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-16
MARCEL.


From The French of Jales CLaretie
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-25
STEVENSON NOT A SOLDIER
He Won His Title in Civil and Political
Strife Only.

He Won His Title in Civil and Political
Strife Only.
Philadelphia Press.1
The political career of the Vice Presidential
candidate of the Democratic party has been
an exceedingly varied one. He has been at
times Republican, Greenbacker, an In
dependent Reformer and Democrat, and
to the latter party he owes about all tho
distinction he ever got out OF the political
trade.
At various times during the past few
months since Mr.. Stevenson's name has
been mentioned IN connection with the
Vice Presidency reference has been vaguely
made to his war record and there Is O popus
lar delusion owing to his title of General" I"
that he served during the rebellion in the
army of the Union. The fact Is that MI.
Stevenson not only has no military record,
but all through the Rebellion he was known
as an antiwar Democrat and a sympathizer
the title "General"fs Is that at one time he
was Assistant Postmaster General and Off
cial executioner OF the Democratic Admin
istration in that department..
Mr.. Stevenson is q tariff. ff.for-revenue-only
Democrat. He regards the Mckinley bill
as the browning evil of the present genera
tion. On the night OF October q, 1890, he
addressed large Democratic mass meeting
In Chicago Mr.. Stevenson, with his varied
political experience, makes it O point to let
no bit of demagogery interfere with his sue
cess as a speaker or politician. So, know
ing his audience he stepped to the front of
the platform, removed his cravat and collar,
in which he lauded Mills and denounced
McKinley