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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-04
CHAPTER Y,

CHAPTER Y.
When Oscar Leigh emerged from the
door of the public house he moved rap
idly along the front of Forbes bakery
until he reached the private entrance tc
that house Then he opened the door
with latch key ana entered. He as
cended the stairs. found himself oppO-
site the door Of his fat, opened that door
with another latch key, and went in.
The little man slammed the door behind
him. came to the sitting room, passed
through it, then through the sleeping
chamber beyond and thence into the
workshop or clock room. The latter door
he unlocked with a small patent key. He
pushed the door open very cautiously
Some small object placed on the inside
against the door, fell with a slight noise
1t was caused by the ovefturring of q
small metal egg-cup on the floor. 1t had
been So placed that the door could mol
be pushed open from the passage without
upsetting it.
Here is conclusive proof that my sane
tuary has been inviolate while l have
been from home" he muttered. "Pooi
Williams! A useful man in his way
very. A worthy soul 1 have succeeded
! in my first great experiment. l wonder
now II goes Win ny uUiuD UepEly VI
last night? Ha-ha-ha"
He turned away from the door and
confronted ibicket of shafts and rod:
and struts and girders and pipes anc
puIleys and wheels and drums and chain.
and levers and cranks apd weights anc
springs and cones and cubes and hammer.
and cords and bands and bells and bel
lows and gongs and reeds through all Oi
which moved strange weird tremu.ous
ness and plaintive perpetual low sounds
and little whispers of mir and motion. a.
though some being, sitherto uncseated.
were about to take visible life out OF in
ertia, and move in the form of vast har-
monious entity in which all this distract
ing detail of movement would emerge
into homogeneous life.
The framework Of the clock consisted
Of four upright polished steel pillars,
which touched the ceiling Of the room
about nine feet from the floor. One side
Of the parallelogram measured twelve
feet, the other ten. The sole window In
the room was in the middle Of one Of the
larger sides of the parallelogram, and
could be approached only through the
body of the clock itself. The body of the
clock close by the window was not fully
filled up with mechanism, and this free
space, combined with the embrasure Of
the window, made a small interior cham
Der, In which were stout high-backed
easy chair, and an oak matchmaker
bench. The framework Of the clock was
secured to the floor by screws.
After q long and searching look through
the metallic network Of the machine.
Oscar Leigh sat down on the chair, and
gavs kfRseH ~ - tAeaght
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-04

Whoever has . DsI habit has maa
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-04

landlord in a gracious and pleasant voice.
VERY hot walking out OF DOORS"
Every. wiz you have a brandyi
ITS almost too hot. But 1 Will, as
you are kind enough to nsk me-"
The landlord busted himself getting the
drinks, and then set them on the counter.
The hunchback drained his glass at one
drausht, the landlord slipped him.
II wanted taat badly" said Leigh.
whats the matter, Mr.. Leigh? Any
thing wrong down in, the country?"
"No, no. i feel better already. Give
me another. I'm tired. I've had such
q morning.
Up to this point of the conversation II
had been obvious the two men were not
speaking freely. Now suddenly, Leigh
leaned over the counter and spoke in a
whisper:
Did you watch?" he asked. keenly
and anxiously.
II did"
AT between twelve and one!"
"Yes."
and did you see anythingy" tremu.
ious!y.
II did," stolidly.
"What?'
"You told me n man was 10 come and
wind up your clock, as near TO twelve as
could be, and you asked me to watch him
and see that he was sharp to his hour and
that he wound up the machinery by the
left-hand lever close to the window"
"Quite right. 1 wanted to find out II
the fellow would be punctual and do my
work for mo while l was away In the
] country"
I II saw q man sitting in your place, anc
in a few seconds be began TO wind VI
| the machinery"
II am most desirous to know all facts
all you saw. You know how we'll have
guarded the secrets OF my great clock
l am most anxious that no one but thi'
| man who wounn the clock for me las
! night should learn anything about it,
I And can't he tell everybody IL he cares
| TO betray you!'
Not very well. He cannot. He Is deaf
and dumb, and can't WRITE" with tri
| umphant smile.
We were shut a minute before half
past twelve by my own watch. 1 KEEP
my eyes on him until half-past tws,ve
He must have turned out the light before
he got up. for the gas went out at halt
past twelve. just as he stopped workin.
, the lever"
| well you have done me a good turr
! In keeping your eye on that fellow fot
| me. and you're going 10 do NE anothe
! good turn by saying nothing about il
, Have you ever heard anything OF Al
bertus Magnus:"
No"
"Albertus Magnus was n man wh'
studied magic, one II the greatest of thu
! ma agicians Of cid. He attributed wonder
| full powers to the powdered asphaltum o
| mummies. the old pitch which the aneien
! Egyptians poured hot over the dead.
was used BY the Egyptians to preven
| the ravages Of time upon the faces OF tn
| dead. Now, ! am going to paint tn
dials Of my clock with mummy pitch &
| prevent time ravasins the faces Of m,
clock"
'I always said. Mr.. Leigh, that yo'
were q wonderful, a most wonderful
man"
"And to-day I bought a mummy, tn
mummy OF a great Egyptian prince. 70
1 must have good mummy asphaltum Z
preserve the faces Of my clock from tn
influence OF time"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-04

The formation Of good habits carly IL
life becomes the imperative duty OF
every person. The business man real
ICES Its priceless value in business hab'
Its; the educationalist recognizes its
essentials to good scholarship. Our
proper life depends more upon common
sense habits than anything else. In all
departments Of life dnd>activity man Is
A creature of habit. The universe is
timed to good habits. The law of
habit makes all things easy. Habit
makes good deeds easy. and bad ones
ditiicnlt.-ReY Reuen Thomas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-24
DYapepficOrnnReA

A mysterious disease which has at
tackled many orange trees in Florida has
been discovered 10 be indigestion. The
department OF agriculture in its Year
Book pays special attention 10 dyspep-
tic oranges, and describes the disease
and its cure. Its cause is the same as
that which SO often brings on disease
IN human beings--oyerfeeding Excess
siVe cultivation and too much nitro
genous manure affect the orange tree
just as too much heavy table d'hose
dinners affect a man. Instead of look
ing pale and taking pepsin "a biets, how
ever, the orange tree turns very dark
green. and q reddish brown sap exudes
nom the twigs. The tips turn up and
shape themselves into S-like curves
The fruit turns lemon yellow color
before it is half ripe. and has a very
thick rind- As IL ripcns. the fruit split.
open and become worthless The
reddish brown resin gets on the fruit
before it Is ripe and renders II unsal
sbie.-Kansas City Journal
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Three in the Same Place.

Buffalo, n. Y, April 23.-Before the
Empire Athletic club tonight and in the
presence of a large crowd. Frank Erne
fought and whipped Larry Burns of
Cohoes.
The curtain-raiser was a bout be-
tween Ed Shorter of Syracuse and Fred
Schuman of Buffalo and lasted but half
round. A stiff uppercut sent Shorter
out of the ring.
The bout between Joe Young and Kid
McAuliffe, both of Buffalo, was better
matched. Young got the decision.
Erne was greeted with cheers as he
stepped into the ring. His dusky OPP
ponent looked strong and formidable,
and had a clever trick Of raising his
shoulder that protected his neck and
jaw from Erne's fierce jalbs. Erne, how
ever, drew blood from mis- nose and
made several dents on Burns frame IN
the first two rounds. Burns stood him
off very well until the middle Of the
fifth, when Erne reached his jaw with
a right hand swing that fioored the Co
hoes boy. He took nine seconds and on
rising got a second swing in the same
spot. Again ne measured his lengh. for
the time limit, and rose groggy, only 20
be knocked down and out with third
blow in the identical place. This time
he lay unconscious five minutes.
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sam Frzpcisco Racer.

San Francisco. April 2S.-Results at
Bay district track:
First race-Six furlongs: Edgemount
won; Virgie A, second; La Flecha,
third. Time Eli.
Second-Five and a half furlongs:
Startling won; Crawford, second: Yreka,
third, Time 1:111a.
Third-Half mile: Fig Leaf won; Sen
ator Morgon, second; Viking, third.
Time 80.
Fourth-Six furlongs: Perhaps won:
Tonino, second; Senator Bland, third.
Time 1A5Z.
Fifth-Seven furIongs: Walter won;
Scimftar, second; Paros, third. Time
1904.
Sixth-Ffve and a half furlongs:
Shield Bearer won; Last Chance, sec
ond; Oregon Eclipse third. Time 1 :09A.
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was found dead in bed, stabbed to death
his mouth gagged. Some $1,000 had
been taken from the safe IN his bed
room. The autopsy today showed that
there were fifty-two stilletto wounds
about his neck and breast.
Denver, Colo, April 2S.-Fire caus-
ed panic among thirty inmates of
the Bright Side home for boys al 5:35
o'clock this morning. All escaped with
out serious injury although several
were overcome by smoke and were I'M
conscious when carried out by the fire.
men. A number received bruises by
jumping from windows. The interior
is in ruins
Cleveland, Ohio. April 23-The wife
of Herman Schnaritzka, a wood carver
living at No. 10 Yonkers street, tried
to kindle a fire early this evening with
the aid Of coal oil. The can exploded
burning her and her two children, five
and three years old, who We're cIinging
10 her skirts, so badly that they will
probably die in the course of twenty
four hours.
Athens, April 23.-The funeral of ex-
Premier Tricoupes, who died at Cannes
on April IL, took place today. In &C
cordance with the statesmtn's dying
wish, the ceremonies were of the most
simple character. The body was fol-
lowed by an immense concourse of peo-
pie, and the king and crown prince were
present in the church where the cere-
monis took place.
Elyria, Ohio. April 2S.-Sixty polishers
went out of the Garford bicycle works
TO-DAY. The works are crowded with
orders andw ere asking the men to put
In twelve hours a day. which is not al
lowed under the rules of the North Am
erican Polishers union TO which the
men belong. 1t is said that the Garford
company Will make a fight against the
union. They have a capacity for over
s, 900 saddles per day.
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The Goat a n Gukde.

In Switzerland ard other mountain
Gus countries the goat long strings
OF animals daily 10 and from the noun
tains, but IL Is in South Africa that
il Is regularly kept and employed as
q leader Of focks Of sheep Should
6 binding storm or rain or hail drive
the sheep 20 huddle together IN cor.
ncr. so as 20 su5ocate each other. the
trained goat will wake them UP. and by
a method best known TO himself. VIII
induce them to follow him 10 6 place Of
snfety.-Chicago Chronicle.
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Newport Races.

Cincinnati. o., April 23.-The rain dur
ing the forenoon put the Newport track
in excellent shape and fast time was
made. Another accident occurred today
in the second race. H Hicks was
thrown from Umbrella al the half-niIs
post and badly injured about the face
and body. Summaries:
First race-Selling, purse Ssna. five
furlOngs; Bertrand won; FairchiId. Sec
ond: Font d'OT. third. Time .a2Z.
Second-Sevea fGrlongs. purse $500:
SIdkel won: Evsnssca. second: Judge
Denny. third. Time I.19ts.
Third-Purse $50. selling. half mile.
Cynthia II Won: Tempest. second: Snax
third. Time ASH
Fourth-Seiling. purse $500. five fun
longs: Rubber Neck won: Pat Tucker.
second; Tough Timber. third. Tine
1:8ff+
Fifth-Purse Se9. six furIongs: Cv-
clone won; Miss Young. second: Front
man. third Time I.l5z
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Memphis Races.

Memphis, Tenn, April 23.-Wea Their
and track frst-class. Four favorites
won with ease. and Albert S, in the
last, was strong second choice. Sum-
maries
First race-For 2-year olds, four fur
longs, selling Moncrefth won; Goose
Liver, second; OHean. third. Time
:51A.
Second-Purse $500, selling, six fur
longs, Swear olds and upward: Hanlon
won; Santa Maria. second; Suma ira,
third. Time 1:1615.
Third-Purse $40o seven furIongs, f
year olds and upward, Assignee won;
George Smith, second; David. third.
Time 1:2S1l.
ourth-Purse $780, selling, six fur
longs, 3-year oIds and upward: Pre-
tender won; Lord Willowbrook, second;
Trenton, third. Time INK.
ifth-Purse $500, selling. mile, 3-year
olds and upwards: rontier won; Bing
Binger, second, Little Tom, third. Time
:45%.
;Sixth-Purse $500. selling. five fur
longs, Swear olds and upward: Albert
S, won; Astolfina. second; Delvoi, third
Time :0315
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LATE NEWS BY WIRE
items of General Interest From All Over
the Universe

the Universe.
Dublin, Ireland, April 23.-The FEM
an leader. J. :. Casey, one of the origi-
majors Of the land league, is dead.
Little Rock. april 2S.-James E.Joyce
& Co, wholesale grOcers, made an as
signment today; preferred liabilities
1000; assets $4,000
Columbus. o.. April 23.-Cashier John
A. Knight OF the defunct Fifth Ave
nue. Savings bank was today held 70
answer for alleged embezzlement.
Men0minee. Wis, April 23-Edna
Varney and Emma Cunningham, aged
is. committed suicide by drowning in
the mill pond at Townsville. The bo-
dies were found today. No cause is
assigned.
Pittsburg, April 23.-President Com
pers of the American Federation of La
Dor today stated that 500 600 men would
make a demand for a shorter day on
May l and most Of them would get it
without struggle.
Denver, Colo. April 2S.-Joseph IN
derwood has filed suit for S100 900 in
the United States court against the
Leavenworth Mining company of Chi
cago for refusing 10 transfer to him
100000 shares Of stock which he had
purchased.
New York. April 23.-James c. Car
ter concluded his argument for the de-
Tense today in The case of the United
States vs.. the Joint Traffic associa-
ton. He was followed BYE. J. Phelps.
eX-minister 10 Great Britain, who also
argued for the railroads.
Chicago. April 2S-The two associa-
ton of manufacturers of wire and cut
nails, closed a three days conference in
Chicago today. In consequence of the
steel market IL was decided 10 raise the
price Of both wire and cut nails Is cents
per hundred, 70 take effect May 1.
Cleveland. Ohio. April 2S.-For time
today ii looked as If there would be an
other riot on the docks. but trouble was
finally averted by the union lumber
showers winning the strike. For the
present. at least. the trouble is over.
All boats are bein sHnloaded by union
men.
Evansville. Ind, April ga Louis
Vile and Nashville freight train and an
Evansville and Terre Hau:e passenger
train coilided near Mount Vernon. Ind.
last night. Al DriscoH. brakeman. was
killed. J. Covington. engineer. and r.
Il Thompson, brakeman We're seriously
injured.
Meadvllle, Pa, April 23.-This after
noon. At place about two miles south
OF here. Edward ATarleskind shot mis-
wife IN the head three times and then
cut his own throat with razor. Both
are dead. The only witness of the
tragedy was their 2-year old girl. Jeel-
ousy was the cause Of the trouble.
Lafayette. Ind. April 2S.-Last night
Martin Begnaud, a merchant at Scott.
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He Took No Chances.

Here's a good scheme" she said
looking up from the paper she had beer
reading.
He seemed trife suspicious, but IL
was so evident that he was expected
TO ask about it that he made the in.
quiry.
why, it says that some wives shave
their husbands and in that way save
what he would ordinarily pay to bar.
bcr," she explained
Mary" be said, after a moments
thought, you may get that gown you
spoke about this morning. 1t won't bs
necessary for you to get at my throat
with razor."-Chicago Post
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Washington Races,

Washington, April 23.-The New Or
leans starting machine was given a
trial in the last race at Benning's to-
day, and while a good start was finally
effected, ii was not until Sir Dixon. jr. f,
and Tom Moore had run half mile in
a false break. Summaries:
First race-Purse $500. five furlongs;
Halton won; Tinge, second; Lancer.
third. Time LOB
Second-Purse $3.50. year ODDS. selling
six furlongs: Premier won; Palmerston
second; Chebar. third. Time :16 Is
Third-Mount Vernon stakes, purse
$500, 2-year old FLIES, half mile: Sue
cessful won; Florian. second; Winged
Foot. third. Time 80 SIS.
FOurth-Purse $500. Swear olds and
upward, mile and 100 yards: Golden
Gate won; Chugnut, second; Emo third:
Time 1.52
Fifth-Purse $3.50. 3-year oIds and up
ward, selling, mile: ID Kearney won:
Mirage, second; Sir Dixon, third. Time
la %
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-24
THE NEW WOMAN A FAILURE.
She L. Not Success at Popping the BIRDS

8he Is Not SUCCESS at Popping the Birds
Over.
OF course, there are some women who
can snap their cartridge into the breech-
loader with the precision of man and
bring down a driven grouse or a rocket
ing pheasant without turning a hair, or
even expecting to be eemplimeated Gu
their skill. But these D1anas of to-day
are, fortunately, rare. Fortunately, il
must be said. because IL all the shooting
women who are at present burning pow.
Ger were possessed of skill such as this
there would be no hope that the craze
would eventually die oat, as 80 many
of wcnnan's whims have done before,
end that she would at last return TO her
more natural domain, of the ousehold,
the nursery and the garden. As il hap.
pens, however, the thrush Of amazons
% the noors and cevertA is not the re.
suit of the survive! of the fttest. 1t is
far more due TO the truly feminine rea-
con, because / choose" They come,
not because they prefer to do 50; and
they exercise themselves with guns, not
In order TO exhibit any particular skill,
but merely to consince the tyrant man
that he cannot any longer monopolize
this branch of sport to their exclusion.
In most cases where these sportswemen
have made their appearance the men
have had rather a warm time. In tho
first place, though she deliberately puts
OF the costume and the habits of hen
sex, the shooting woman is very tena-
cious of all the privileges 1t confera
Ladies first is still her motto, even
when she is posing as a man; and as the
emancipation is as yet entirely one.
sided, the rule still holds good among
men, oven though the lady has lost al
the outward semblance of one. This
means, of course, that she Is put first
and given the. -hotteet" corner, with the
Snsatisfactcr result Mat tie ve4 . acs5
CT the c..-t On Ills 10 one who is
wholly incapable of takiug advantage OF
II. The missing of bird after bird rs
sorry sight at any time, and it Is poor
consolation for the host TO reflect that,
even II the bag be deficient. the lady had
The cream of the Observation-Disclosures
World.
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DYGERrs CASE ro BIS SETTLED
Large Numbers of Insurgents Reporte'
Coming Over to the Spanish Side.


Havana, April 23.-The case of Wal
ter G. Dygert the American who has
been in custody for some time, suspect
ed of being Inglisito, the insurgent
leader, will, it is said, soon be settled
satisfactorily to the friends Of the pris-
oner.
1t was reported here this morning
that LOCO insurgents in Pinar del Rio
had surrendered Internationally to the
authorities.
The town and district of Baracoa,
Santiago de Cuba, are described as be-
ing~in a horrible state on account of
famine During the month Of March
last year, only nine people in that dis
trict died, but this year during the
same month Il persons died.
An American named Greenville. de-
scribed as being a correspondent of
Puck, has gone into the insurgent camp.
AT Cabazas in MatanZas a train has
been derailed by the insurgents and its
escort Of soldiers was fired upon until
reinforced. Three insurgents were
killed. Other trains have been de-
rallied at Quevedo and near the bridge
of Gonzales, in Matanzas.
Private information has been receiv-
ed here Of an engagement Between the
Spanish column under General Mel
quizo and the insurgents under Aguirre,
The latter lost sixty-two killed.
Fifteen hundred persons, among them
being 450 men, all Of whom have been
with the insurgents, have come over TO
the government lines recently.
The troops under Colonel Moncada
have been engaged with band of in
surgents who occupied a fortified po-
sition at Jutia, province Of Santa Clara
H., nh
were dislOdged with heavy loss. The
troops had two killed and eight woun-
ded.
General Inclan, operating in Pinar Del
Rio. reports that he surprised Maceo
in his camp at Tapia, and that, after
fight, the enemy retreated and were
dispersed. eneral Inclan pursued him
to RUbi and the next day his position
became much involved.
Police Inspector TrujilIo made a re-
quest of Captain General Weyler 10
pardon DR. Trujillo. For answer Cen
eral Weyler dismissed him.
1t is learned that there has been a
fire at the plantation of Carmen and
the incendiaries, having derailed a tram
from Cabezes, were flying in front of
column commanded by Colonel Aldea.
The battalion of Rey outfianked them
and opened fire, fighting them at all
points. Many insurgents took refuge |
in the canefelds. which were burning,
cad a number of them were burned |
TO crisp. The pursuing column pick |
ed up many of the enemy. Other COM |
panies also discharged a volley into /
them, again at short range, and pur-
sued them to around Vaidivas. 1t is |
stated that they left twenty-three killed /
Madrid, April 23.-The Heralddo main
tainS that the United States has semi
approached Spain on the ques-
ton of political reform in Cuba.
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