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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
Sandwich Island Brid IS.

The following is said to be the manner
Sandwich Islander proposes marriage
when he falls a victim to the tender pas
sion:
The chief told her that if she would
become his wife he would send hun
dred sea otters to her friends; that he
would never ask her to carry wood, draw
water, dig for roots or hunt for pro-
visions; that he would make her mistress
over his other wives, aud permit her TO
sit at her ease from morning TIL night
and wear her own clothes; rhat she
should always have abundance OF fat
salmon, anchovies and elk, and be
allowed 10 smoke as many pipes Of to-
bacco a. she thought proper, together
with maly other hltteriug inde ce-neats.
New York Advertiser.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
supcrstitions About Eggs.

The ancient Firms believe thu {
mystic bird laid an egg on the lap OF
VaimainOn, who was to hatch it il
his bosom. Put he loi it fall and il
broke, the lower portion of the shell
forming the earth, the upper the sky,
the liquid white became the moon,
and the yelk the sun, while the littlG
fragments of broken shell were trans.
formed into stars. English and Iri-t
mothers tell their children to push
their spoons through the bottoms Of
egg shells after finishing their meal
''Or else the witches will make boats
of them" In France a similar Gus
tom prevails, but the reason assigned
is that the magicians formerly used
egg shells in concocting their din.
bOlical witcherIes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
Bridging the English Channel.

1t seems a mad scheme, but it is a
fact that project for a bridge across
the English Channel is going to be
submitted to the House of Commons,
and that, too, with the approval of
practical British and continental en-
gineerS. A cantalever structure is
contemplated, carrying two railway
tracks and standing 200 feet above
the ocean. The estimated cost is SI63,-
$50, 900. or nearly twice that of the
Nicaragua Canal And the fears Of
timid Englishmen who don't want TO
see their protecting ''silver streak"
broken are Gained by the assurance
that in war a threatened invasion
could be headed off by the judiciouS
usa Of few sticks of dynamite.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
Terrors OF tie AwfuI Pnusc.

We usually talk about the weather
when there isn't anything else to
talk about. This fact may tend tc
rob the subject of its Importance, yet
it should not. In fact it ought to be
greatly in its favor, as it is ever ready
and efficient in breaking the lawful
pause" Have you ever been over
taken by the awful pause? Forum
ate, indeed, if you have not, and en-
titled to heartiest sympathy if you
have. 1t is truly awful, especially if
courtesy demands that you should
break it. 1t settles upon the best
regulated companies like a nightmare.
and seems to paralyZe the tongue and
put thought to flight No one can
think Of anything to say, or fears to
attempt to say it. Then, If ever, a
fool is welcome, because he doesn't
think before he speaks.-Pittsbirgb
Commercial-GaZette.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
Down a ParisIan Sewer.

a correspondent of the Congrega
CiOnalist describes the sewers of Paris
and the description affords an ex.
ample of what well might be in every
large city Of the land. Going down,
with some seventy other visitors, by
two flights of carpeted iron stairs, he
landed in vaulted chamber, where
the visitors took seats in two large
boats in the sewer, which was over Is
feet wide and II feet high. The sew
age, which is only the water dis
charge from dwellings, factories, etc.
(the offensive sewage from closets be.
ing, otherwise disposed of, flows in
a central channel II feet wide and
from to feet deep, and this chan
mel is bOrdered on each side by paved
walks, 3 feet in width and perfectly
dry, sweet and clean, giving excellent
sidewalks for workmen or visitors.
The sewer itself is far more than an
American sewer 1t is a great and
weIl-built tunnel, constructed for
variety of uses, only one of which is
to carry away the waste water of the
city. 1t is way for huge water
and gas pipes, for conduit and serv-
ice pipes, for telegraph and tele-
phone wires and for pneumatic tubes
for postoffice and other service. BY
ropes attached to the boats the Wis.
itOrs were propelled along this roofed-
over canal, from which no offensive
door was perceived, while the rapid
current, made by the constant inflow
from the side pipes and small sewers
kept up the steady flow of the stream.
After long ride in the boats the
visitors clint bed up two other flights
of carpeted iron stairs, having been
on their 7iSit to the sewers just an
hour.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02

Two very curious natural barOme
icrs were lately described to a writer
1Or Harper'S by an observer of such
things. The first consists of a half
pint glass, half filed with water, a
lecch and a piece of muslin. The
lccch is put into the water, and the
muslin is tied over the top Of the
glass, so that the little creature can
not escape. When the weather is to
he fine the leeCh will remain coiled
up and motionless at the bottom OF
the glass, under the water. When it
leaves the water and Crawls to the
top of the glass, rain may be expected,
and wet weather will continue as long
as the leech remains there. If there
is to be heavy wind the little Great
ure will comfort itself violently, and
Squirm about in the livelieSt fashion,
and thunder storm may be booked
for when he seems to be suffering
from cOnvulSiOns. The other strange
barometer is found in the person CT
a young girl living in PENNSYLVANIA,
who, when the weather is to be clear
and sunshinY, has remarkably pleas
ant disposition, but who becomes mo-
rose and disagreeable if clouds are ap-
preaching, and who foretells storms
by becoming almost unmanageable.
Sometimes she has to be tied up
when the storms increase in force,
but when they become milder
so does she, until finally, with the
returning sun, she is peaceful once
more. Neither of these strange
barOmeters is likely to prove a popu.
lar substitute in cities for the ordi-
nary instrument that does similar
prophetic work or on the farms for
the farmers rheumatism or pet corn,
by means Of which the changes OF
the weather are there customarilY
fOretOld
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02

This illustration of the pluck OF
Admiral Sir Arthur Cummings, lately
deceased is given by London paper:
When a Lieutenant on the South
American station, half a century ago,
be boarded a SLAYER, and through his
bu ltmen losing hold Of that vessel.
be found himself unsupported Oh
board a ship the deck of which was
crowded with hostile Spaniards.
Without hesitation he shot the
lelmsman, seized the wheel, ran tho
,laver up in the wind and, pistol in
nand, kept the entire crew at bay I'M
ii his boat was once more alongside.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
Princess Victoria Mary of Tecls.

To lie possessed of royal blood; to
come of long line of princesSes; to
be pretty, gentle generous, and good
what more need any woman desire:
Yet Her Royal IIighnesS, Victoria
Mary, the subject of our water-color
Ironti-piece and better known
throughout her native land as
Princess May of Teck, is all this, and
more. Only daughter of the Duke
and Duchess of Teck, the Princess
May has from her very birth been sur
rounded by all the refining and en-
lObling influences that help to mould
and form d character already gentle
pure and noble. Educated by the
most finished and thorough teachers
that could be found in the United
Kingdom, AMI add t. this a remark
ably keen and ready appre 'iation of
the advantages OF leaning, it was
out natural tIat the yong and at
tTdctiyG Princess - already richly
gifted by naturc-ShOIld have de-
velOpCd into a most accomplished and
brilliant young woman. such is
Princess May, who possesses not only
4 knowledge of the dainty and de-
;irab!e arts of the educated young
woman of the century, but her royal
mother has seen to it that her daugh-
ter was taught also in the practical
and more common Things OF life. A
ministcring angel among the poor, the
unfortunate, and the distressed, she
gives her aims with a modest and
generous hand. Betrothed to the late
Duke of Clarence, eldest son of the
Prince of Wales, the Princess May
has had her full burden Of sorrow,
and she has, of course, since his death
withdrawn from society; but her
family and friends know her as a
sweet, pure-lninded woman, though
every inch Princess. s.-Godcy's.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
"Cat-a-cOrnerei."

None of our photographers give
"cat- a -cornered" sometimes 'rat-a-
cOrner-ways"). Cater cOrnered" Is
given as local English and United
States" BIT does anybody in this
country say cater -cornered? Wor es-
ter gives 'catty-cornered" in a hash.
ful note in small type. HallIwell de-
rives eater coInered" from quatre,
through the provincial cater" tc
cut diagOnallY. But why go so far?
Might not "catter- cornered" be ionly
a corrupt 'Quarter-cornered"
is, Quartered by lines through the
corners instead of in the more usual
way, by lines at right angles to the
sides? This etymology seems to be
confirmed by a curious bit of folk
speech in the Upper Hudson country.
Our people in saving or mailing any.
thing at an angle other than a right
angle, do not place it or cut it 'Quar.
tering, ,"-wh ch is the recognized
technical term, but gathering"
am told that in parts Of Vermont
catering" is used in the sense Of
bias. FOR gathering" there is a
hdicrOus diminutive much oftener
ued in my neighborhood-namely
"kitteringn-that is, somewhat cat.
tering for is not a kit a little cat?-
Century.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
halls

A simple rule Of determining the
number Of tons Of rails required to
lay mile track is as follows: Multi
ply the weight per yard by II, and
iivide the product by. For example:
Take 70-pound rail; 20 multiplied
by IL equals 20 which divided by {
gives llG-thc number OF tons rs
luired
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
MARGERY'S SITUATION,

BE Emersors were
slaves, bound hard
fast to the tyranny
OF custom-t h q
bondage of keep
ing up a fashiona-
ble appearance with
inadequate means
to support it.
Upon Mrs. Emer-
son and Harry, the
only son, the yoke
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02

ALL bright writers on morning
newspapers are said to be very wicked.
ut least, they scintIllate,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02

BOsToN's crooked streets indicate
thss the cityIs noted for its warpath.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02

a MAN seldom has money and idlo.
ness at the same time.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
tTHE ALL-H EARINo

fTHE ALI-HEAR RIN0
The wind is rising, and the trees
Sob their heartfelt sympathies,
while my cry is caught and tossed
By the tempest-then is lost.
But the Master. who has wrought
Music of His sweetest thought
Hears the least discordant tone
So my cry is heard by One.
-Fiavei Scott Mines, In Harper's Weekly.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29
BELL-BIRKETT,
a Notable Wedding Near Elm Grore Yes.

Notable Wedding Near Elm GroYe Yes
terday Afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Arthur
Sheridan Bell and Miss Rose Ellen Birk-
EFT were married at the residence Of the
BRIDES brother. Mr.. James Birkett,
near Elm Grove. The ceremony took
place at 2:S0 p. m, Rev. L. Greer, Of the
Presbyterian church at Elm Grove, Off
ciating. Messrs. Robb aud Adams, OF
this city, were the ushers, and the little
nephew and niece OF the bride acted as
page and flower girl. The party en-
tered the parlors to the strains Of the
wedding march played by Miss NJ.
Ebeling, of Triadelphia. The ceremony
was simple, but impressive.
The bride never looked more beauti.
fui than in her gown OF heliotrope tat.
ieta silk. She carried q bunch Of white
roses. After the hearty congratula-
tons and sincere we'll wishes, over one
hundred guests sat down to very
sumptuous wedding dinner.
The presents were numerous and
costly, and reflected credit on the taste
OF the donors. Among them was one
from the members of the board of coun.
ty commissioners. Mr.. and Mrs. Bell
left on the Baltimore & Ohio road at
p. m. for a visit to Washington City.
The wedding was pronounced by all
present as the most elegant seen in that
community in this generation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29
CHANCE FOR THE cHARrrABLE.
The Annual childrpn's Home sack Gath.
OrinE This Year.

The Annual Childrcn'a Home SACK Natn'
SrinE This Year.
This is the day Of the year when
eveyone tries to have comfortable and
even bouutiful moal at home, and when
likewise everyone who Is at all able, is
glad to give to someone else who may be
in need. The Children's Home Of this
city is a most worthy institution; it,
too, depends altogether upon the char
itably disposed, only making q public
appeal when compelled to do 80. For
fifteen years they have been scattering
at this season large paper sacks through
the city, receiving in return such things
as help to support the table and fill the
pantry.
Three thousand sacks have been put
in the various houses Of the city this
week. Expressmen will begin calling
for them Friday and Saturday. They
will be glad to haul the sack away. how
ever, full it may be. Let all then, who
can, put something useful in the sack
and have it ready for the sack gatherers
promptly when they call.
1t has been the custom OF many OF the
merchants to send their contributions
directly to the Home. hauling barrels Of
flour and sugar, or bundles Of brooms,
and boxes OF turkeys, hams, &c, &c:
All who can do the same this year will
find that their donations will be most
kindly received. The lady managers OF
the Home have charge OF the sack
gathering. There is no headquarters
down in the city as heretofore, but the
sacks as collected are hauled directly to
the Home on Thirteenth street, to
which place donations Of any kind can
also be sent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29

The work Of changing the rolls at
the Belmont plate mill on the South
Side was expected TO have been COM
pleted yesterday, but on account oil q
delay the work will not be done until
to-day. When completed the mill will
be skelp mill. Work will be resumed
here as soon as possible.
Yesterday Herman Roth and Roger
Conroy drew the first kiln at the Tilton-
tonville pottery since the late resump-
ton at that establishment. A full
force OF men is now employed there.
The work Of clearing away the old
furnaces at the LaBelle mill on the
South Side, where the new tin plate
mill is to be erected. 10 progressing rap
idly, and it is expected that work on the
foundations will be started Saturday OF
this week.
The bar. break down and guide mills
andscrap furnaces at the Etna'standard
are Of.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29
1T WAS HEART DISEASE.
Mrs. Hanke, of tho south Side, Died Quit.
Suddenly Yesterday.

Mrs. Hanke, of the south Side, Died Quite
Suddenly Yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock.
Mrs. Margaret Hanke, Of Eoff street,
above Thirty.ninth, died quito suddenly,
OF heart disease. Only a few minutes
before her demise. Mrs. Hauke had
been complaining Of pain in the region
Of her heart. Her daughter went out
OF the room to procure medicine, and
upon her return she found her mother
10 chair gasping for breath. A physi-
clan, DIR. stathers, was hurriedly sum-
noned. but before he arrived the SUI
ferer was dead.
Mrs. Hanke was about sixty-seven
years old, the mother Of several child
rem, among these being William and
Louis Hanke, who are employed in the
iron industry as puddlers. She wasalso
the mother OF August Hanke, formerly
OF Wheeling and well known here. Her
husband has been dead for several years.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29
THE COUNTY BOARD
Grants the Right of Way to the
Proposed New Water Works.
AN INTERESTING MEETING HELD
And Interrupted to Attend n Wed.
ding-Tho Company Which is about
to Put in an Electric Plant and
Water Works Submits au ordi.
nance. which Is Passed.

Yesterday the board Of county com.
missioners held its regular monthly
auditing session. The bills for the
month were gone over and payment
recommended to the board. the report
to be submitted at the regular meeting
ofthe board next Monday. A petition
from the residents of Altenheim for
permission to lay a brick walk across
the National road to the Bethany pike
was granted.
An ordinance was then presented to
the board granting the right OF way for
the new water works and electric light
company to lay its pipes and put up its
wires and poles from the proposed
power plant and reservoir at Elm Grove
along the National road 10 Leather
wood. The ordinance also gave the
right Of way on all county roads cross
ing the pike. The Commissioners con-
sidered 1t unwise to consider the mat
ter before the prosecuting attorney had
passed on it, and it was therefore re.
ferred to him, and the board adjourned
till 5 p. M, and the members went out
to Elm Grove to attend the wedding Of
County Surveyor A. S. Bell, at Elm
Grove.
They returned at $3.50, and the ordi-
nance was again taken up. Some I'M
important amendments were adopted,
and proposition 10 have the new COM
pany furnish water free to the county
infrmary was broached. This, after
some discussion, was voted down, and
1t was provided that the intirmary
should nave the advantages OF the best
terms given to citizens of Elm Grove.
The ordinance was then passed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29


BAYHA-on Wednesday. November Is. 1891, at
4 o'clock a. IN. Rosa C., only daughter OF
John and Anna Bayha.
Funeral from the residence Of her parents, No.
Il60 Market street, Friday afternoon at .
o'clock. Friends OF the family respectfully
invited to attend. Interment at Peninsular
Cemetery.
EMERT-on Wednesday, November %. 1894. Mt
$50 o'clock p. IN. Mrs MARY ELIZABETH
RNEKT, aged Il years
Funeral from her late residence, No. 1Ss Alloy
IS. Friday morning at $50 O'Clock. High
mass at St Alphousus Church at O'Clock.
Friends Of the family invited to attend.
CRAwFoRD-on Tuesday. November 81, 1894, at
her residence. No. 1ili Eoa street, MARY,
wife OF Jerry Crawford, aged 80 years
Funeral from the Simpson NJ. K Church, Thurs.
day afternoon at O'Clock. 1nterment at
PeninSular Cemetery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29

Chappelear's Bronchini
cures all throat affections.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29

The customary Thanksgiving social
will be held at the Young Mems
Christian Association building this
evening. Such occasions are always
enjoyed by host Of young men.
Young men are invited to spend the
evening at the association.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29

ROSES, carnations, chrysanthemums.
lilies, smilax, etc., for Thanksgiving. at
Laupp's floral store, 1927 Market street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-29
DIED.

Go TO the North End L and A. A
ball at Turner Hall tonight.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
BROOKLYN NEWS.
INDEPENDENTS co TO COURT.
Seek to Force Recognition by
Sheriff Buttling's Organization.
Got an Order to Show Cause Why
They Shouldn't BE Enrolled.

The fight of the independent Repub-
licans in the Fifth Ward, Brooklyn, who
have been ostracized by Sheriff BILLY"
Buttling and his friends, came up in
the Supreme Court. before Justice
Smith this morning.
Lawyer John A. Anderson. on behalf
of voters in the Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth
and Fifteenth Election Districts of the
ward, obtained an order to show cause
against Buttling and others why they
should not be compelled to place the
names of the petitioners upon the rolls
of the Republican organization.
The order was granted by Justice
Smith and made returnable tomorrow
morning.
The plaintiffs are John Baptist, John
Stemers. Henry Michaels. Alfred Sher-
man. \. l.. Sherman. Clarence Wood.
Joseph X. Dams william Mcfarland.
William Nolan, Joseph Buntill, Richard
Quitting, Alfred II. Browe, Frederick III.
George Tracy,
The petitioners claim that they have
applied to the secretaries of the various
ORGANIZATIONS for membership and have
been refused admittance through Butt
ling.
They also allege that the secretaries
OF the organizations keep false minutes
of the meetings.
II the case is decided in favor of the
petitioners by Justice Smith, hundreds
forced out of the organization by Butt
ling will Immediately apply for admis-
sion. The fight against Buttling in the
waru will be continued from the inside.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
SHOT HIS NEIGHBOR.
An 0oeanport IN. J.) Man Mis-
taken for an Incendiary.
Wainwright Told Smith to Hold Up
His Hands and Then Fired.
The Latter Fell and Died Almost
Instantly.

OCEANPORT, N. j., Oct. 3.-The in
habitants OF this quiet little borough are
excitedly discussing the shooting and
killing of Lewis Smith last night by
John Wainwright, a neighbor. and they
are loud in their denunciation of an act
which. according to the story told by
Wainwright. was entirely uncalled for.
The Smiths, Wainwrights, CASTERS and
several other families have lived for
years in a little lane which runs down to
the Shrewsbury River, at Monmouth
Park Junction, along the line of the
Long Branch and New York Railroad.
Lewis Smith lived across the lane from
his father. John K, Smith, who is we'll
known caterer at Shrewsbury.
For years Lewis has been in the habit
of crossing Wainwrights property when
going to or returning from this village;
At dro $50 o'clock last night he started
to Oceanport. He filled his pipe as he
walked leisurely along and when he
reached the rear of Wainwright's barn
he stopped. scratched match and pre-
pared to enjoy his after-dinner smoke.
Wainwright, according to his eXplana-
ton of the affair this morning, saw
Smith as he approached the barn. and
as 1t was too dark for him to see who II
was he kept quiet and watched him
When Smith lighted the match, -
said said Wainwright; Il was convinced
rushed into the house for my gun.
which I always keep loaded. The man
was walking rapidly away when l came
out again. / followed. and when within
speaking distance. / called TO him to
hold up his hands, at the same time
covering him with the gun.
fired and he fell, dying almost in
stantly. I was Mortified when I found
that the man l had killed was my
neighbor. Lewis Smith"
The heavy charge of shot entered
Smiths head and shoulder on the right
side His brain was riddled with shot
and his shoulder horribly lacerated.
Wainwright was locked up, pending
a hearing. and Smiths body was taken
to his late home.
So far as can be ascertained, the
Smiths and Wainwrights were on
friendly terms.