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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-09-07
skinny SufYerera Saved.

Hn-"A fellow called me o donkey the
other day" She-"Didn't you feel like
kicking himr'-Detroit Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-09-07

MARY had a little lamb,
The lamb was very tough.
Under the circumstances
A little vas enough.
Detroit Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-09-07

IGNORANCE Is less removed from the truth
than prejudice-Diderot.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
Secret OF Napoieon's succes.

Europe has grown accustomed to
military surprises in the few preceding
years. The armies of the French re-
public. fired by devotion to their prin-
cipies and their nation, had accom-
plished marvels. But nothing In the
least foreshadowing this had been
wrought even by them. Then, as now,
curiosity was inflamed. and the most
careful study was expended In analyz-
Ing the process hy which such miracles
had been performed. The investiga-
tors and their readers We're so over
powered by the spectacle and its re-
suits that they were prevented by a
sort Of awe-stricken credulity from rec
ognizins the truth: and even yet the
notion Of a supernatural influence
fighting on Bonaparte's side has not
entirely disappeared. But the facts
rs we know them reveel cleverness
dealing with incapacity. energy such
as had not yet been seen fighting with
languor. an embodied principle Of great
Vitality warning with a lifeless, van
ishing system. The consequences were
startling but logical; the details sound
like a romance from the land of Eblis
Century.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
posed a drink. Various requests were |
prOfrered The singer sang on. In the |
:. Another man pro

posed a drink. Various requests were
profrered. The singer sang on. In the
appreciation Of his listeners be found
inspiration. A queer ecstasy, not be-
gotten Of the liquor drank, came on the
ordinarily stolid crowd. Tho singing
stimula ted them. 1t lent a smile to sui
len lips. a light to surly eyes. For the
time being they forgot the drought, the
n,addening winds, the certain failure
Of the corn crop. These were moments
Of reprieve Realization, crushing as
conscience, would come later. The man
who had been In Chicago when Lottie
Collins whiried around the stage
smiled delightedly to hear "Ta-ra-ra,
Boom -de-ay." and broke into eulogistic
"reminiscences OF the English dancer.
Tho old Frenchman on the corner who
mended shoes for living and had
hobbled down to lean against the door
and listen beamed when he heard the
tender strains Of the Tower song in
I'll Trovatore." And tho boy who had
been sent two thousand miles west in
search Of health kept his bright, hol-
low eyes fastened on the glaring poster
announcing the State Fair, when the
tramp sang "Home, Sweet Homs.''
The singer ceased, held out his hat
A willing little shower fell into 1t. The
richest man present q farmer and
stockman, gave a nickel; the man who
could least afford to give anything
dropped in a quarter.
"Now q last songr' voice suggested.
4 roNicking college s1ng followed the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12

blasting the corn. and with 1t human
hopes. That pitiless wind! For three
weeks It had surged northward, an un-
wearied, scorching, palpitant tide, that
one fancied e1haled from hell itself.
Even at night it did not rest, but buff
feted with soft derceness the hot eyes
OF desperate men. The stranger was
tall, thin, muscular. His face was
clean-cut, clean-shaven. His hair, a
ruddy brown, was trimmed close. His
clothes did not fit him. The trousers
were too short The coat had evident
ly been made for q stouter man.
The day was Saturday, so, although
early, there were q good many in the
saloon; the drayman, agent lumber
man, grain man, half cozen farmers,
and couple of chronic loafers. These
looked askance at the newcomer who
entered. He took off his hat-a sun.
burned slouch and addressed the
crowd.
I'm trying to get back East gentle
nen. and my voice is my ticket"
He stared ut the nickel fixtures of the
bar and began to sing. The men ceased
their rueful talk about the drought,
their profanity, hushed, 1t seemed,
their very breath. For the voice that
rang through the vulgar little room
was rich, pure. vibrant powerful, mel
lowly sweet The song ended, he look ed
around, but did not extend the hat he
held, waiting to learn II his song had
pleased his hearers.
"Do 1t again." a man urged, unllm-
berlng himself from a keg as he spoke.
"and have drink. What can you
sing?"
"Anything."
eve don't go much or opery here, but
we'd like to git some Of them things we
read about like Where did you git
that hatT an Two little girls In blue
Kin ye sing them?'
The stranger laughed. He sang the
ditties requested. Then some one asked
for Marguerite" Another man pro-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
ALL KINDS OF QUEER PETS.
Frogs, Owls and cockrooches Trnine
by a Maryland Scientist,

FroGs, Owls and Cockroaches Trained
by a Maryland Scientist.
Harry @. Hopkins, ono Of the young
ist members of the Maryland Academy
Of Science. has a special fondness for
animals, says the Baltim ore Sun.
Among his earliest pets were three
frogs, which he raised from tadpoles
They became SO tame that they would
recognize his voice and hop eagerly to
him whenever they heard him speak
His next pets were i've screech owls,
which he kept in the gnrret Of his
home. Ono Of the owls, which he called
Bob, became SO accustomed to his voice
that it would screech back a reply
when called, and would haste to Join
Mr.. Hopkins In the lower rooms Of tho
house. Mr.. Hopkins had at other times
raccoons, opossums. foxes, white mice
and white rats for pets. The latest pet
In his collection was the most unique
Of them all, and was, perhaps, the only
pet Of the kind ever heard Of 1t was
a roach-an ordinary brown roach
that rap out Of his desk one day and
took a sip from a drop Of Ink that had
fallen on the desk. Mr.. Hopkins let
the little creature indulge itself undis-
turbed. and one day induced 1t to take
n sip from the point of his pen. After
that to tame the roach was an easy
matter, and he soon had 1t so tame
that it would come from It's hiding
place when called, and would follow
the pen over the paper while Mr.. Hop
kins wrote. Mr.. Hopkins did not enjoy
the society Of this little pet long. A
new servant with a mania for "clean-
ing up and antipathy to reaches saw
the pct on the desk one day and killed
n
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
THE DTRGE OF CUPID.

Old Time. upon a certain day. when In the
Green Park strolling.
Met Cupid walking listlessly along the
gravel track:
Adown his apple blossom cheeks the heed
less tears were rolling.
And his sanity little azure wings hung
dropping on his back.
Nov, what doth oil thee, merry son, that
thus thine heart 10 laden?
aas any feathered shaft Of thine failed to
trans6x a maiden?'
"Alasr' cried Cupid, sadly, while his
pearly tears flowed faster,
'NThe days Of simple love making and
maidenhood are gone;
Ear every other female is . Green or
yellow Aster,'
"A Superfuous Woman truly, or "A
Modern Amazon;
Vhils the girls NO more content them
selves with lovers alteration,
For they re all SO very busy working out
their own salvation
Through the deep sloughs Of tho Zola-
esQue, and up the scale chromatic,
OF all moral-and immoral-problem
Maenad-like they go:
There's no time to hear loves whisper
mid their arguments emphatic.
(And . woman voice no longer IL like
music, sweet and low):
While young maids who once for soft en-.
dearmenA had prediction,
Now plead madly for the suffrage, or dis
course on vivisection.
"Ah! The dear old days when MI the earth
was wise and worsbiped Cupid
All! The dear old days when love could
mako men brave, and sweethearts
fairl
Now the new eternal feminine declares
my methods stupid,
A. she flies about the earth with Ibsen's
'vine-leaves In her hair"
Chen. with one more sigh, the vanquished
god went on his way lamenting.
Would the sun had died in heaven ers
she gan e1perimentingv'
st. James Gazette.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
NO. 26.

| semetenes OF the world, hfs chariot the
worlds hearse-the king OF terrors. But II
this Is Joshuas greatest battle it ia going to
| % Joshuas greatest victory. He gathers
sis friends around him and gives his vale
| .ictory, and It Is full Of reminiscence.
Young men tell what they are going to do.
Nd men tell what they have done.
ana as you have heard a grandfather or a
| sreat-grandfather, seated by the evening
Ire, tell OF Monmouth or Yorktown and then
ift the crutch or stan as though It were q
nusket to fight and show how the old battles
we're won, 80 Joshua gathers his friends
iround his dying couch, and he tells them
The story Of what he has been through, and
IS he lies there, his white locks showing
Town on his wrinkled forehead, I wonder II
liod has kept His promise all the way
through-the promise ofthe text As he lies
there he tells the story one, two or three
hmes-you have heard old people tell story
TWO or three times overland he answers: "I
90 the way Of all the earth. and not one word OF
.he promise has failed, not one word thereof
has failed. All has come to pass; not one
word thereof has failed" And then he
:urns to his family, a dying parent will,
md saws: "Choose now whom We will serve
the God OF Israel or the God of the Amor
tes. As for me and my house, we will serve
me Lord" dying parent cannot he reck-
!ess or thouShtless in regard to his children.
Uonsent 20 part with them at the door Of
The tomb we cannot. By the cradle in which
iheir INFANCY was rocked, by the bosom on
which they first lay, by the blood OF the
Covenant, by the God of Joshua. It shall not
be: We viii not part. We cannot part.
Jehovah Jireh, we fake Thee at Thy promise,
II will be God to thee and thy seed after
;hee"
Dead, the old chieftain must bs laid ont
! handle him very gently. That sacred bod,
Is over ITO years of age. Law him out. Stretch
put those feet that walked dry shod the parted
Jordan Closethos lips which helped blow
me blast at which the walls of Jericho fell.
Fold the arm that lifted the spear toward ths
1oomed city Of Al. Fold it right over the
2eart that exuited when the five kings fell.
But where shall we get the FURNISHED granite
or the headstone and the footstoue? L be-
hink myself now. I imagine that for the
read it shall be the sun that stood still upon
iibeon. and for the foot the moon that stood
Till IN the valley Of Ajalon.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
Tho British Speaker,

The position Of Speaker Of the House
II Commons is one Of great dignity. He
draws a salary OF f5 900 a year. enjoys
the use Of a palace, gets a liberal al
lowance for entertaining. and a peer
age on the resignation from office. It
is one Of the unwritten privileges Of
members Of the House Of Commons
to dine with the Speaker. The .aak-
er's dinners are held on Wednesdays,
and generally compose total Of about
thirty members, SO that taking the en-
tire parliamentary session, all the
members get their turn, starting with
the cabinet. then the leaders Of the op-
position, and then the rank and file.
Until 1880 1t was the custom to wear
court dress ut these dinners; that Is,
knee breechea velvet cutaway coats
and cooked hats, but In 1889 that rule
was swept away y-Washington Post
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
A NEW OCEAN BUG.
SaE tin NieJahr Discovers 1t in the South
Atlantic and Puzzles ScientIsts,

-aE9.1n N1eJahr discovers 1t in the South
Atlantic and Puzzles Scientists.
The Naval Hydrographic Office has beef
iotified Of the discovery OF a new form OF
animal life in the open ocean which has
hitherto not been classified by naturalists,
who are unable from the description re-
ceived to say just what is the new bug, or
fish, or whatever It IL. The report comes
from Captain Il. A. Niejshr OF the German
eteamer Helios- He was cruising in the
bouth Atlantic, between Cape Horn and the
Cape of Good Rope, a little to the west OF
inaccessible and Tristan da Cunaha Islands,
when the phenomenon appeared. The en-.
try on his log Ii as follows:
"This afternoon my mate called nv atten-
hon to the look OF the water. went on deck
and saw several spots of yellow and muddy
looking water. We stsered for one of these
spots and passing through 1t observed that
the water had a reddish color, caused by mill
Ions and millions Of red ephemeron worms
caught some In a bucket and found that
their bodies we're bladdery, with long legs on
one end. On the other end seemed to be the
head. Set on dry spot they jumped very
far"
Biologists IN Washington presume the Ger.
man captains refers to the order of "ephe-
merina" in speaking OF "ephemeron worms"
but this order, which includes the common
day fly, does not fit the captains description
II his discovery.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12

Know what thou canst best work at,
and work at it like Hercules. That
will be thy better plan.
If we keep our conscience all right,
We are match for anything on earth,
and equal to anything in heaven.
People seldom critlcise n mans bad
Handwriting g when it comes to them at
the bottom of good-sized check.
Great mlschIefs happen more often
from folly, mesnness and vanity than
from the greater sins of avarice and
ambition.
Help somebody worse off than your
self, and you will find that you are
better off than you fancied.
Some charitable people are almost
objects of charity themselves.
Associate with men of good quality =,
II you esteem your own reputation; it
is better to be alone than IN bad com.
pany.
Eat to please thy self, but dress to
please others.
A proud man is seldom q grateful
man, for he never gets as much as he
thinks he deserves.
It is not enough to have great auali-
ties; We must also have the management
Of them.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12

W1uest "A man walking down the
other side Of the street heard It. crossed
over. He was large. horid, gold
I'd. OF imperious manner.
"Eh?" he cried. NJ thought I knew
that jingle. Is 1t you, Jack?'
The singer looked at the stranger, o.
whom prosperity had set her seal.
Il don't know you," he answered.
mot know mer' The other laughed
nervously. "Why. We were at Yale to
gether. Yos arS-"
"A man out Of works
'But your name is
Brown"
Brown be dashedi Don't you 10.
member when went homo and spent
my vacation with you and" He
broke of abruptly as their eyes met
"Well. what will you taker' he endef
amely.
"Nothing."
The Prosperous Man left tho saloon.
He went home. 1t was perturbed face
that which his wife, q frail, pretty,
faded woman. looked upon when hs
entered.
What Is It, dearr
20, an odd meeting. That fellow yon
we're engaged to, whom l cut out, is
singing for pennies down In the So,
Loom"
'Richardr'
"He is. offered him a drink. He
refused to recognize me. He holds .
grudge against me yet, I suppose; bu
all's fair, l say. in love and war;"
"How-how did he"
Il don't know. Got burned out IN
Western Nebraska, suppose. like hum
dreds Of poor devils. Finds this his
,nly way to get home. Lots like him."
Richard. you must 60 back at once.
II you are sure 1t is Jack. make him
take money, twenty-fifty-a hundred
dollars. 1t is dreadful"
The Prosperous Man went downtown
igain. He found the man he sought
eating In cheap restaurant
Here" ho said, as a tenner. You
say you're not Jack Barrow. This
won't hurt you, anyhow"
The tramp pushed away his plata
stood up. He thrust his hand in his
pocket He drew it out full Of dimes,
lickels, pennies.
II have all I need here" hs said
Enough to get drunk on"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12

Humor is one of the most deceitful
things III the wOrIl.
A woman never loses her head till
she loses her heart.
Genius hears one individual and
then comprehends ten.
1t generally taxes blockhead
good while to find ont what ais him.
Sorrow is kind of rust of soul
which every new idea contributes in
its passage to scour away.
Aman must stand erect. not be kept
erect by others.
Economy may he as unwise as
extravagance.
liza boy earns ten cents he wants,
it right off he isn't willing to trust the
richest man alive.
Our greatest glory is not in never
falling but in rising everytime we
fall.
The most unsafe place Is trying to
hide behind lie.
Doubling minds will ever bring
swarm of demons.
The ignorant are never defeated III
any argument.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
CHATTER VI

l.
The sudden burst of life and gayeN
n the long g-deserted manor house, made
Its quickly succeeding silence and gloon
more marked and depressing. Lady
Dorrington tried to persuade Nora to 40
company her to Scotland, where Lord
Darlington had shootings, but the young
lady said she could not think of lsavinf
Mrs. L'Estrange, and Mrs. L'Estrang,
would not leave her little girl: SO every
thing returned TO the same condition O.
stiffness and tranquility which Marsdenf
unexpected appearance and outburst o
hospitality had broken up.
But this stiffness was no longer rest
full
The curious circumstances of the rol
,ery had left behind an impression of in
security, and Mrs. LEstrange, who's,
natural timidity had been confirmed by
long attendance upon an invalid and ir
ritable husband, Immediately made nr
rangements with the gardener to sleel
In the house instead of in the lodge, ant
Waldman, the pet Dachshund. was al
lowed TO lie at the foot of the stairs, while
Nora herself inspected the boiling ant
barring of doors and windows every
night
Il assure you. you are alarming your
selves unnecessarily" said Winton, who
had ridden over, as he often did, to share
the evening meal Mt Brookdale, and wa.
now leaning against the chimney-piece
while Nora was playing some of Bea's
tnvorite airs before the little one went
off to bed with her German "Kinder.
gartnerin, who was patiently waiting fol-
her. 1t was chill, wild night, the wind
signing In sudden gusts through the trees
surrounding the cottage, the occasiona.
doS Of ho hn
making the bright fire of wood and coal
peculiarly acceptable Winton looked
round him with delightful sense O"
somfort-of being at home.
The refined simplicity of the pretty
Irawing room, the soft light of well
trimmed lamps-Mrs. L'Estrange in hel
.emi-toilet of black silk and lace, hel
work-basket filed with bright-colored
wools beside her, her small fingers deftly
covering square of dull green cloth
with flowers and foliage-Nora at the
piano, her graceful shoulders draped il
dainty muslin gathered to her PLAN
Eaist by band of black velvet-all had
grown familiar TO him He had had
hard life all through his boyhood; an or
7han with barely enough means to suppl,
aira education, brought up by an uncl
VINO was cold though just, and bitterly
ulsliked by his uncle's wife, because his
strong will md steady application al
ways kept him ahead of her own hand
some, clever, agreeable "ne'er-do-weel' OF
son, with whom he was educated and
VINO bore the same name, of home life
he knew nothing; and when his resolute
Efforts TO rise were crowned with success,
success banished him to comparative SOL
nude, while the few opportunities af-
Iorded him of social experience only show
co MIN how infinitely his accomplished
COUSIN was preferred before him, especial
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
IRON PRODUCTION OF 1894,
Both the Output and tho Price Decreased
Materially.

Iron ore statistics prepared for the United
states Geological Survey by John Birkinbine,
OF Philadelphia, show that the product OF
Iron ore in the United States for 1894 in
creased only about ~ per cent. over the
product of 1898, and most of this increase
came from the Lake Superior region, Minne-
sofa showing the greatest increase ranking
second among the iron ore producing States,
while In 1888 she was third. Michigan con-
inued to be the larger producer. Alabama
has fallen from second place in 1893 to third
In 1884; Virginia has improved her standing.
rising from fifth in 1898 to fourth in 1894.
while Pennsylvania has fallen from fourth il,
1893 to hfth In 1894. The prices realized
averaged only S1.14 ton In 1894, against
e1.66 ton In 1898.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
A Goddess OF Livsrty Beehive.

In Austin, Texas, there il . figure
of tho Goddess of Liberty srrmount.
ing tho Capitol 800 feet .hovc the
ground. The lady is seventeen feet
high, with q hollow Uranium. In.
spcction has recently divulged the
fact that q swarm of bees have depos-
tied their honey to the extent of sev.
eral bucketsful in her head AMI reed
her n nostrils as the front door.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
WITNESS OF A TERRIBLE CRIME.
Daughter Secs Her Mother Kill Her FAITH
and Herself.

Mrs. Ernest Annable. thirty years OF age.
rho lived in a fashionable part of HYDE
Park, Chicago, shot and instantly killed
her husband and then committed suicide,
Just after supper.
Jealousy was the cause Of the terrible
tragedy. A fourteen-year-old daughter wit
messed the spectacle of her parents death.
At the supper table there hal been consid-
srable quarreling.
Mrs. Annable rushed to her room, where
he secured her husbands revolver and fired
one shot at herself. The daughter-Myrtle
took the weapon from her mother, who re-
gained it after desperate struggle, and
then killed her husband. Shooting herself
through the heart, she fell across his lifeless
boiv
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
WILLOWS OF ANIMALS INSPECTED.
Condemnation Does Not Prevent the Sale
of Disea,ed

CondemnatiOn Does Not Prevent the Salt
of Diseased Meats.
During the fiscal year 1894 the Bureau O.
Animal Industry inst ecte1 more than thir-
teen million head of animals at forty-six
abattoirs in seventeen cities. or this num-
Der II total Of l6, 703 were condemned and sent
to the tank for destruction, divided as fol-
lows: Cattle, 1927; sheep, 466, and hogs,
l2,110. In addition to these whole carcasses
there were great many portions Of carcasses
that were condemned. The total number OF
beef cattle inspected last year amounted to
1861, 900. or about one-half the cattle placed
upon the market. The number condemned
In the figures quoted are those condemned
after slaughter. and do not include those
that failed to pass when the cattle were on
the hoof and subject to the rigid investiga-
tion Of the inspector. Secretary Morton says
that this condemnation, however, does not
prevent the sale Of diseased meat in home
markets.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
TAn~ T.if

Long Life or Wide Lifsp
Doctor-How long do you expect r
i've the way you stun yourself1
Fatty Goormand-You mean how
vida-Philadelphia Inquirer
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
False Teeth for a Cat.

A cat that fell from Baltimore tc!e-
graph pole broke its jawbone. Its own
er. Henry Ziekler, who thinks the
world Of It, Is having a set Of false
teeth made. which will patch pussy up
Ill right