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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-17
An Opinion on Currency.

"Its gre..t relief /" remarked Meander-
ing Mike, "tcr t'ink dat dcrc amt no call
fur us ter worry bout do financial policy
or dis country"
"Still ye can't help kinder t'inkin
about 'em," replied Flooding Pete,
e specially when everybody else is givin
'emselves up ter it, Right down in yer
heart, Mike, what metal do yer honestly
favor, gold or silver"
"Neider," was tho prompt response.
"Ez long ez beer is cents glass, don't
zee no use er havin anything but Nickel
Washington Star.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-17
Went over nm Fan l,Anknent.

HAZELToN, Pa, July IA passenger
train Oh the Lehlgh Valley between
White Haven and this city ran into q
COW and the engine and three cars top
pied over the ridge Of IL high enlbank-
mcnt. Engineer William Coudcr re-
ceived injuries from which he died
shortly afterwards; Barney Money, tho
fireman, was seriously injured and
more than IL score of passengers were
badly hurt. Several Of these will die
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-17
HOhcnlOllo Meets Francis Joseph.

LONDON, July l5.-A Vienna dispatch
to Tho Times says that the Emperor
Francis Joseph has granted IN audience,
to Prince Hohenlohc, the German cham
cellor. The latter afterwards dined
with thp prnnnrOr
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
A subterranean City.

The "City of the Salt Mines Is situ-
ited several hundred feet below the
surface at Wielicska, Galicia. This
wonderful subterranean city has a pop
nlation Of over 1000 men, women and
children, scores Of whom have never
seen the light Of day or the earth's sur
face. This remarkable city has its
town hall. theater and its assembly
room. az well as a beautiful church,
decorated With statutes, all being fash
!oned from pure crystallized rock salt.
It has well graded streets and spacious
squares. an well lighted with electric
lty. There are isolated cases In this
underground city, where not single In
dividual In three or four successive
Heneratdons has ever seen the sun or
has any idea Of how people live on the
outside Of the earth. Their rock sait
houses are said to b perfect sanitari-
nms. and the average longevity Of the
dsniaens Of the city Of the Salt Mlnssr
u said to exceed that Of ths suxAass =.
hnha1nnhn nA0nn~sa
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
HuYlex,s afiOn.

"Can you tell me the reason for the
fresh, healthy appearance of the En-
glish people?" inquired an American
tourist of an English friend, according
to Larks Your complexion is fnr
superior to ours or our countrymep
over the herring pond"
well, l know what Prof. Huxley
says"
And what reason does he advance?'
"Well, Huxley says it Is all owing to
the old maids
"Owing to the old maids! You sur
prise me-"
"Fact. Huxley figures 1t out this
way: Now. you know we English are
very fond OF roast beef"
But what has that to do with old
maidsY
':Wait bit. This genuine English
beef is the best and more nutritious
beef In the world and 1t imparts a
beautiful complexion"
"WeIl-about the old maids?"
"Hold on. You see. the excellence of
this English beef is due exclusively to
red clover. You mark that?"
"An but the old maids. They are
still lowering in the shadows"
well, this red clover is enriched
sweetened and fructified by humble
bees"
"But where do the old maids come
in?' said the inquisitive Yankee, wip
Ing his brow wearily.
why. 1t is as plain as the nose OF
-FOUR face. The only enemy of the
humble bee is the field mouse"
But what have roast beef, red clo-
yer, humble bees and field mice got to
do with old maids?"
"Why, you must be very obtuse
Don't you perceive that the humble
bees would soon be eXterminated BY
the field mice II it were not for"
"Old maidsr'
mo; If it were not for cats. and the
old maids Of England keep the coun.
try thoroughly stocked up with catl
and SO we can directly trace the effect
Of the rosy English complexion to the
benign cause of English old maids
at least, that's what Huxley says about
1t. Science makes clear many mys
terious things"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16

Going two miles with the man who
compels us to go with him one, will
make him very tired.
Life itself is of less concern than
duty, for life is a failure where duty
fails.
o, friend, as long as | study and
practice humility, l know whore |
am.
The only justification for debt Is the
immediate prospect Of profit.
Experience is the best schoolmasier
but the school fees are heavy.
He VIII would do some great thing
in .his short life must apply himself
t, the work with such concentration
Of his forces as. to idle spectators who
live only to anu e themselves, looks
like insanity.
Recollect that trifles make perfec-
lon, and that perfection is no trife.
1t is part of good breeding, that
a man should be polite even TO him.
self.
Life is not so short but that there 10
always time for courtesy.
1t becomes one, while exempt from
woes, to look to the dangers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16

he pine mAth was q most destructive
nd dreaded enemy Of those valuable
orests, but now 1t Is no longer feared.
rhe caterpillars Of the pine moth. being
sorn at the end Of August. do very Lit.
lie damage before the autumn frosts set
n and compel them to 60 into winter
quarters in the moss-carpeted ground
It the foot Of the trees. But in the
pring, unless interfered with, they as
END the trunks and fall upon the greer
leedles with ravenous appetite. 1t Il
stimated that a single caterpillar con.
nmes. on the average, a thousand pine
ieedles. By scraping 4 smooth band
the rough bark around each tres
runk, and then smearing the band with
&. mixture of tar, grease and glue, an
ssurmountable obstacle 10 presented
the caterpillars. and in this simple
manner the great pine forests Of mid
lie and northern Germany have been
ecurely fortified against their insect
hemies.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
. N.noleon,s Army I'm 1919.

In order to arm. and equip the meA
raised by conscription. Napoleon had
recourse to his private treasure. drawl
ing b5 ZOO, 900 francs from the vaults
Of the Tuileries for that purpose. The
remaining ten were transferred at in.
tervals to. Blois. But all his treasure
could not buy what did not exist. The
best military stores were in the heart
Of Europe; the French arssnals could
afford only antiquated and almost use
less supplies. The recruits were arm.
ed sometimes with old muskets, the
use Of which they did not know; they
wore for the most part bonnets, blous1
es, and sabots. There were not half
enough horses for the scanty artillery
and cavalry. Worse than all. there
was no time for. instruction in the
manual and tactics. On one occasion
a boy conscript was found standing In
active under q fierce musketry IRE;
with artless intrepidity he remarked
that he believed he could aim as we'll
las anybody II he only knew how to
load his gun.-Century.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
Cultivatinx Butternles.

Recent experiments in the applica'
ton Of both heat and cold to the eggfi
arvae and pupae Of butterflies have
produced very interesting results. Ii
his manner specimens of some vnrie
lies of butterflies have been made t,
initiate, In color and form, other varie
lies found in nature. The application
II heat causes a Fastening Of growth
Ind development. Variations Of mois
mre and dryness also produce percep
dble effects on the growth and mark.
ngs of the insects. The general result
" the experiments goes to show that
~ the application Of artificial condt
ions Of temperature, some Of the nat
lral forms peculiar to certain season.
" to certain localities may be imitat
I'd. and forms may also be produced
which occur only in exceptional casei
and from time to time In nature. More
pver, through this method Of culti~a
kion, forms Of butterfiies can be pro
auced which 60 net at present occur IL
nature but which, 1t II thought, mai
have existed upon the earth at SOM
past epoch In its history. or may be Ges
ined to appear through the gradual
Unfolding of natural processes In the
Hturs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
(TO be continued.l



The last number OF the Kew Bulletin
contains some particulars Of a very in
teresting problem which some years
ago was submitted by the treasury to
the Kew authorities.
The question was, Does natural sugar
occur in tobacco? And in the investiga-
ton of this point some startling facts
have been brought to light. The treas
ury authorities were, of course, chiefly
interested from a fiscal point of view,
the duty on tobacco (other than cigars)
being shillings pence, except in the
case Of "sweetened" tobacco, which is
charged at 4 shillings 10 pence. but
cigarettes made of the sweetened arti-
Gle are not allowed to be imported at
all. Before this investigation ii was
generally admitted that tobacco did not
contain more than trace of saccharine
matter.
On the advice Of Professor Church
DIR. Hugo Miller was called in, the lat
ter making a thorough examination Of
the question. Commercial samples of
bright Virginia tobacco, undoubtedly
free from adultera ton, were found to
contain as much as 1872 per cent. of
saccharine matter. Sun-dried leaves
of nictOiana tObacum, grown at Kew,
contained e. per cent, and those of the
same species grown at Ewell railway
station as much as 0 per cent. DIR. Mil
Ter finds the saccharine matter to be
optically inactive when tested by the
polariscope. He is of the opinion that
neither cane sugar nor glucose is pres
ent in the saccharine matter, but that
it is composed Of at least three sugar
like substances. probably hitherto un
kr9yu.--Londou Chronicle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
A Meteor's Adventure.

When q meteor falls upon the sur
face Of the earth its career Is ende:J
but occasionally mete0rs appear to en-
ter and leave the atmosphere withoui
touching the solid globe. A meteor seei
passing over England and the Nortl
sea last spring may have been one O
these. When over the city of York ID
height was fifty-five miles. but at Sun
derland 1t was but fifty-three mile,
above the surface. Then the, .meteol
seems to have ascended once more will
reference to the earth's surface, fo
over Heligoland it's height was calcu
lated to be again flfty-five miles, 10
velocity was about twenty miles a sec
Ond. The utmost velocity that the at
traction Of the earth alone could pro
duce would be less than seven miles .
second. II this fast-dying little stran
ger really did escape again into QUITE
space it had a most interesting adven
ture. and must have carried with =
marks Of the fiery heat produced dur
Ing Its brief rush through the uppe,
air
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
Tho Tennessee Epoch.

Prof. W. ]. McGee, Of Washington,
nggests the new name Of "rennessea
pooh" to designate the period In the
Biological history Of the United States
yhen the broad platcaus and great
llains intersected by rivers, which are
characteristic Of the southeastern por-
lion Of the country, wero developed.
This he describes as a period of great
chemical activity, of decomposition Of
the rocks and Of general levelling Of
the face Of the land. During this time
the Tennessee river, which has since
sunk into comparative insignificance,
was a great waterway. leading directly
Into the Mississippi. draining the Cum.
berland, Appalachian and neighborini
regions, and acting as a chief part II
the shaping Of the country into the form
which 1t has largely retained to thu
present day.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
REMARKABLE DIVING
An Anchor Brought Up fron fe,s
Fathoms Of Sea.

An Anchor Brought Up fron feas
Fathoms Of Sea.
Had 1t not been for the skill and en-
lurance Of q Kanaka shell-diver. the
chances are that the barkentine John
D. Spreckles. which plies between this
port and tho Hawaiian Islands. would
have had to sacrifice q costly anchor
and chain while ut MahukOna recently.
The vessel made her usual visit to that
little harbor. and having discharged her
Dupplies and taken on considerable
sugar, tried to take her departure. The
seamen found, however, that the an
shor had become fast to the rocks at the
bottom. and they could not dis;odge 1t.
They waited for the turn of several
tdes, and still they could not free the
lncher. Captain Christ!ansen did not
w4 1t to lose the anchor, and yet that
,eemed to be the only way out Of the
yredica ment. At last happy thought
truck him. He sent ashore for q
Kanaka whe was reputed to lie skill
hl diver, ana when the dark-skinned
ellew arrived made a bargain with him
% release the anchor, which was lying
N ten fathoms of water. This did not
Deem to bother the Kanaka In the least,
however, and he plunged overheard for
1 reconnoiterinG tour. He was gone
about two minutes, and then returned
to the surface to report that the anchor
vas clinEing to a conical-shaped boul-
Ter, ana would have to be dragged
lway from 1t. One Of the sailors warn
ed the diver to be on his guard, as sew
sral sharks had been seen In the victn'
lty. The fellow only grinned.
'Sharks no bite Kanaka," he said,
and then started for the bottom again,
after giving instructions to have the
chain slackened.
This time the diver was gone nearly
three minutes, says Captain Christian
sen. BY the time he returned to the
surface the rapid drifting Of the vessel
told those on board that the anchor had
been released. The Captain says the
anchor was by no means light one,
and he is still wondering how the Kama
ka could handle it aEd yet survive in
that depth Of water.-San Francisco
Examiner.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
LII Hung Change Liberal vie~<

1t Is claimed that. notwithstanding
Ii Hung Chang has shown some liber
allty OF views toward modern improve.
ments and education, he is at heart Q
hater Of foreigners. and has an abid'
Ing faith in Chinese institutions and
methods of government. He is. 1t ID
true. a great admirer of the Confuciaa
philosophy, and remembering the en-
during history Of his people we can
hardly wonder at his devotion to the In
stitutions which have made that his.
tory possible. When we call to mind
the experience China has had with GER
tain Western nations. It might not be
considered strange II his attachment
to foreigners was not very ardent; but
In all his public life his conduct shows
that he feels the need Of foreign aid.
and is disposed to give 1t proper vel
come. and Of all Chinese statesmen he
Is tho most liberal minded and free
from prejudice. He - far from claim.
ting that the present system Of govern.
ment IN perfect He has. in fact. urged
upon the authorities at Peking tive
important changes which look to a 10
form Of tho most serious defects in the
system; to wit, the withdrawal from
the viceroys Of provinces Of powsrs
which should be exercised only by tht
imperial government, and such q
change In the method Of admission to
the public service as will liberalizs
the examinations, and mako fitness
rather than scholarship the test. There
are other changes which he would glad
ly bring about II he had the power: but
as he confessed to Marquis Ito. 'Chins
is hampsred by antiquated customi
which prevent desirable reforms."-
Century. .
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16

Manage all your actions and
thoughts IN such manner as if you,
were just going out Of the world.
Energy and persistence conquer all
things.
A man intima ely acquainted with
the nature of things has seldom occa-
sion to be astonished.
Nc greater mistake can be made
than to make the accumulation of
riches the first business of life.
We understand why the vine is
pruned, but how we are perplexed
when We are being pruned.
When one is low enough to insult
you, be too high for him to reach.
The man VINO would reform the
world, needs to begin with himself.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
Triumph OF tho Actors Makeup

Triumph of the Actors Makeup.
NJ. Febvre, Of the Comedie Fran
cnise, who is said to be the Prince of
Wales favOrite actor, has always been
considered by his cOuntrymen a past
master in the art of making up" When
Alexandra Dumas fils' comedy,
"L'Etrangere," was first produced at
the COmedie Franchise, he was cast
for the part of the American citizen,
Clarkson. NJ. Febvre, while studying
the character, was SO desirous OF re-
producing on the stage the aspect of q
citizen of New York or Chicago that
he sent over to the new world for pho.
.ographs Of typical Yankees. After
n. Febvre himself was photographed
In the part the Yankee chosen was one
lay placed next his own, and many Of
his friends could hardly guess which
was the actor, 80 complete was the
nake-up.-New York Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
Napoleon's Last omcial Aoe

Napoleon's Last Omcial Act.
Next day Napoleon performed his last
ficial act, which was one Of great
ourage, both physical and moral The
lational guard In Paris had been reor-
anized, but It's officers had never been
thoroughly loyal to the Empire. many
them being royalists, and some radl.
al Republicans. Their disaffect1en had
been heightened by recent events, but
hey were nevertheless summoned to the
ruileries; the risk was doubled by the
TACT that they came armed. Drawn up
in the great chamber known as that Of
the marshals, they stood e1pectant; the
great doors were thrown open, and
there entered the Emperor, accom-
panied only by his consort and their
child in the arms Of his governess.
Nine. de Montesquieu. Napoleon an
nounced simply that he was hoping. by
the aid Of Ged and the valor Of his
troops, to drive the enemy beyond the
frontiers. There was silence. Then tax.
Ing in one hand that Of the Empress,
and leading forward his child by the
sther, he continued, II intrust the EN-.
press and the King Of Rome to the
sOurase Of the national guard" Still
silence. After a moment. with sup
pressed emotion, he concluded, my
wife and my son." No generOus-heart
I'd Frenchman could withstand such an
appeal; breaking ranks by spontane-
ous impulse, the officers started for.
ward in a mass. ard shook the very
walls with their cry, Long live tbs
Emperor! Many shed tears as they
withdrew in respectful silence, and
that night. on the eve Of his departure
the Emperor received q numerously
signed address from the very mel
whose loyalty he had hitherto had jus
reason to suspect.-Century.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
Fish Do Not Sleep,

The Scientific American insists that
pme species Of fish and insects do not
leep. Among fish, the salmon, pike
md gold fish axe not known to sleep at
II, while some other species indulge In
,ertods Of rest for an hour or two at
ime. Certain dies are known not to
aumber, and all the animalcuiae belong
y The ~ sf those which deep not
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
RfRn LanUua1e.

DR.. Taylor. an English ethnologis.,
has discovered that deaf mutes are fre-
4uently able to understand the signs
used instead Of words by many savage
tribes. Thus in Berlin he found that
deaf mute children understood. with.
put previous instruction, the signs en-
ployed, according to Sir Richard Bur-
ton, by the ArapahOe Indians for such
words as mother, sister. yes, no. truth,
lie, food. thinking. seeing. trade. day.
This fact, and others Of a similar M.
:ure. indicating a striking identity II
the sign language used in widely sep.
lrated parts of the earth. have led to
the suggestion that mankind may orig.
hally have had natural language
ef signs, common to all ruceA
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
Sunlight and Health.

Fresh experiments on the power Of
sunlight to kill disease germs were de-
scribed at a recent meeting Of the Bio
logical Society Of Washington. In such
experiments a plate of gelatine is sowI
with bacteria, and then portions of the
Plate are covered, while the remainde.
IS exposed to direct sunshine. In the
exposed places the organisms are killed,
while they flourish in the shaded parts.
This fact is used to explain the bene-
fetal effects of sunlight allowed to
Good q sick room.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
LiVea of EYen LenIth.

The French Journal d'Hygiene calls
attention to the alleged fact that tho
duration Of the lives of the lower ami
pals differs from that Of mems lives
being far more uniform. While hu-
nan beings die at all ages between In.
ancy and senility, among the lower an.
mails, on the contrary. all individuals
II the same species live to very nearly
The same age, unless killed by violence.
bome examples Of remarkable lOngev.
ry among animals are mentioned Fol
Instance, there is the story of the ele
shant named Ajax, which Alexande.
saptured at his victory over Porus. The
sonqueror Affixed an inscription to ths
.nimal and set 1t at liberty. Three
hundred and fifty years later Ajax Ia
aid to have been found still living.
But little dependence can be placed OF
most stories Of long life among ami
halls,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16
Electric Lines In Europe.

Electric lines in Europe increased in num-
Der from seventy TO Ill during 1895, their
length from 700 to 9O2 kiIometers (56O
miles). The only countries still free from
electric traction are Bulgaria, Greece and
Denmark,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16

Oircling the trunks Of trees with some
ticky substance to prevent nexious in3
cots from ascending to the leaves u .
Rmiliar method Of protection which
ias been applied on . large scale In the
tnA foEaAAa e 0ae4AAE, laq4aGaY
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-16

In calling attention to its sup erior advan-
tages as place of residence, Manhattan,
Kansas, dwells with especial stress upon the
fact that the assessor was able to discover
only torty-two pianos In that city.