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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
PIG BEATS A TROTTER.

Chicago Packer Said to Have Been
the Victim.
A story, far too good to keep. Is go
Ing the rounds of select circles in the
stock yards, having for its hero NO
less q parsonage than the proprietor
of one Of the largest packing plants In
Chicago. This gentleman is an enthu'
siast over horseflesh. and Is afflicted
with q belief epidemic among horse
men that his particular bit Of horse
flesh is faster than any similar bit Oh
earth. A few days ago. while this gen
tleman was driving along a country
road near Chicago, he had brush
with a farmer who had an antiquated
nag, evidently once trotter. or
course the packers animal outstripped
the farmers and the packer descended
to teasing the hayseed on the quality
Of his stock.
This angered tho old man and he IN.
dignantly offered to bet the million
aire $50 that he had a pig on his farm
that could 60 a quarter of mile in
faster time than the trotter which the
packer was driving. The owner Of the
tretter was game, and no time was
lost In concluding the arrangement,
the date for the trial being set for
two weeks ahead. The farmer select
ed q long, lean razorback shote and
placed 1t in a pen at one end Of a lane
q little more than a quarter of a mile
in length. He instructed bis hired man
to feed the animal but once a day and
that sparingly, the pail Of feed to be
set at the opposite end of the lane
from the pen In which the pig was con-
Aned. When feeding time came about
the hired man would retro to the far
ther end Of the lane and call 5000
ui. s-o-o-o-ui," and at the same time
the farmer would open the gate to the
pen and the pig would make a dash for
the food. This was kept up for the en-
tire two weeks that elapsed before the
day Of the trial and after each trial, In
which the farmer held a watch, broad
grin would spread over his face as he
noted the time.
One Sunday morning the packer ap.
peared on the scene with his horse,
agreeable to appointment, confident
Of defeating the farmer and winning
the $50. The pig had not been fed for
twenty -four hours. and his sQueals
were terrific. The packer took his po-
sitiOn beside the pen whip In hand
ready to start his horse at the signal.
Tho hired man placed himself at the
lower end Of the lane with the custO-
mary allowance Of swill and began his
calling. As the signal for starting was
given the farmer threw open the gate
to the pen and horse and pig started
neck and neck for the other end Of the
lane. For the first furlong the horse
had the best Of the argument, but from
that ON the pig slowly gained on him
and in the last hundred yards headed
him and reached the pail q good ten
yards the winner Of the race. The
packer paid his $50 without a murmur
and then bought the speedy pig from
the farmer at q good round price.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
your hou

your house on a poor foundation2
There is no faith In the prayer that
expects no answer.
A sinners life is full Of things he tries
to hide from himself
A good mans life Ia a voice in which
many hear God speak.
No matter how God warns the sinner,
he always does 1t in love.
The devil cannot be shut up in the pit
while the saloon door Is open.
Whoever gets a blessing from God
Immediately wants somebody else to
have one.
The whitest thing in this world is a
soul that has been washed in the blood
Of Christ.
Putting sand In sugar Is no worse
than claiming to be a saint and living
like q sinner.
1t IL not hard to believe in Christ
when We see his face In the lives Of
those We love.
If every man in the pulpit had been
called Of God to preach. the devil would
now be on crutches.
There Is no trouble 50 bad that we
may not get good out Of 1t by talking it
over with the Lord.
No man can add cubit to his stature,
and yet the world Is kept moving by
those who are trying to do t.
Every man who has tried it WIN
testify that 1t Is uphill business trying
to live religious without religion.
How much better is the man who will
rob by dishonest trade than the one
who knocks down his victim with Q
sandbag?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

W9y WIN 60f 6o0di Qu1eks QUICK NJ
drowndingr'
In 4 second they sees, and without
one word on they goes. luflng that sud-
dent wouldn't q believed II II hadn't
seen II: and they dies before me half .
gale over In the direction Of the gentle
man. Well. he was done mp for swim.
ming through not having another kick
left in him. - you may cay. but he was
able to Aoat ON his back and might
have Aoated an hour more. mayhap. II
20 be as the chill Of the water didn't
numb him and send him to the bottom.
They come up to him and pulled un in.
I could see them a-pulling Of him. but
whether 1t was thirty bob or i've
pounds worth l couldn't rightly make
out for certain.
Els 1t alive or deadY' Gays the young
lady.
"well." says I. ''he d, look rather
limp" says l, ''as IL natural when
you've been lying 90 long in the water.
But l think it's alive. Anyhow. we'd
better row back and get your things
dried. miss."
20. no." says she. crying. 81 can't
60 back till I know. Cap'n Cooley; ?;
says she, 1--WE must row On and meet
them"
Well, didn't quite like It, owing to
the gentleman perhaps having nothin'
on, which Miss Noe hadn't thought Of.
Still. this being q matter O. life and
death, whefs such things can't be al
lowed to count, rows on to meet them.
About a hundred yards on 1 stands
up and shouts 80 as she shouldn't un
derstand, rs 1t a flve-pound job, mate.
or a thirty-bobberr
And the young gentleman himself
lifts himself up in reply. with one Of the
fshermen's jerseys on an q sail wrap
ped round un, and he shouts at the top
Of his voice, wGsving his hand. "Alive.
alive, Noe"
wanted to turn then. but. bless you.
there wasn't NO keeping back that
young lady. Afore l knowed where
was at the sound Of his voice, she's
stood up in the boat and jumped on the
seat and was swimming for dear life
again to the sailing boat, where her
young gentleman was a-sitting.
He was most dead when she gos
there. He'd Just had strength O. mind
to hold up till he could shout to her.
and then he falls back numb-like and
white a. death. till they gets him ashore
again. There Bill-o'my-sOul was stand
ing, spluttering and shivering. looking
blue with cold. and saying as how I'd
done him out O fve pounds, or anyways
thirty shillings, through throwing Of
him overheard. They took the young
gentleman up to his lodgings and gave
him the regular thing-hot blankets
an such an brandy-an' by the end
O. the day he was pretty well right
again. But the young lady. she didn't
SO much as ketch q cold with 1t, an
afore they left this place him and her
was married. An when Bill-o'-my-sOul
como to hear that her father and moth
er wanted to give ten pounds apiece to
the men in the boat an me he was just
that mad you could a heard his Ian
guage five houses of, and not choice
language, either.-Cassell's Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
olo0 Reward. 300.

The reNlers OF tx IL paper will be l.
learn thu there Il at least one drs AIDED .
that scence has been able 10 cure IN III its
Cure 10 the only positive cure known TO the
medical fraternity. CasNrrh being . constitu-
tioa Il disease, requires consti tutional treat
act ng directly on the blnot and mucous sur
faces Of he systsoa. thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease. aud giving the "a
tient strength BY building mp the constitution
AID assisting nature In doing Its work. The
proprietors have much faith in its curative
powers that hey offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that IL fail to cure. 6end fog list
Of testimonials. Address
i. J. CHkNEY 3 Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Hairs Family PiIls are the DssS
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
Not His Bank.

"Hallo, is this your bankT' said Din
widdAe to Van Braam, who was max
ing out a deposit slip at a desk in a
gYfth avenue banking establishment.
Ne" replied Van Braam. This ism!
my bank"
Dinwidd4e seensd survrissd, for he
cor,sd zee Van Braam's bank book,
With several cb>cks and some money,
when the latter added:
NO, 1t - not my bank. ] wish II
were. l am merely deposttor here. !"
-Pistsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

The pathological museum, for which
Pr ,fessor Virchow has been collecting
material for the last forty years, is At
last to be built in Berlin, the Govern
ment having voted the necessary
funds for the structure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

Professor Metericht, the Paris
meteorologist, calculates that . hot,
bright dsy iu midsummer sees not less
{, 28O, ,OOO, 900 tons OF water evap-
Grated from the surface of the Medl-
terranean Sea.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

With the exhilarAtins sense ofrenewed health
and strength and internal cleanliness. which
follows the use of Syrup OF Figs. il unknown
to the few who have not progressed beyoai
the old time medicines ani the cheap substi.
tutes sometimes offered but never accepted By
the well.informel.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

1t is said thar DIR. Max Wolf, oi
Heidelberg, who has discovered
number of asteroids. has never direct
ly seen an asteroid. His discoveries
have been made from Photographic
plates, while stars are shown as
points.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
How II Affects

How II A6ects Her.
On . twenty-mile run Misc Betty
Starts out. looking witchinsly pretty,
And the shine Of the sun,
Ere the hot day ii done,
Makes her frowEled and tousled
And hopelessly, vulgarly "sweaty."
Indianapolis Journal. !
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

VERY tact Is the
child Of thought.
Christ lived all
the truth he taught
God made other
men to show u
what IL in US.
T b 9 Christian
who worries much,
prays too little.
AS soon as men
see God they begin
to see as he sees.
Are you building
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

ITS remarkable TO zee how much
condensed milk IL being used nova
days." remarked the summer boarder.
"Yes," replied The suilsless dairyman
as he reached for the pump handle,
''and how much expanded mill, toe."-
Warrington Star.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
Germany's Wheas Crop.

The average yield Of wheat in Ger
many and Italy is about the same;
hat Of the former being 1912 bushels
and the latter 104.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
Net Frequently.

They were very much thrown together,
But not ~ folks usually are:
They merely clung to adjoining straps
In the 6 o'clock trolley car.
-Detruit Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

The latest works on anthropology
say that it cannot be proven that any
race Of giants ever peopled the globe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
Hia Comnsulom.

MS Com mpan10A.
Last night took long stroll. with
the one I love best in all the world."
II should think you would get tired
Of walking By yourself.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

Mn. Wins.ow's eoornins Syrup for children
teethipg, softens the gums, reduces inhsmmar
ton. allays pain. cures wind collie. 20c \ potra
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

The human brain, according to
Cuvier, is the one twenty-eighth part
If the body that Of the horse but the
ne-four-hundreth part.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
Not 10 B0 Cheated.

NOT 20 b Cheated.
Dealer-rn sell you that wheel TO-
$50. It weighs twenty-five pounds.
Rube Scudder (from Cearfoss Gross.
roads)-Why, my boy Alb bought one
for SO t'other day that weighed ninety
pounds. You can't soak me. by gum
Judge.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

The only fur-covered, four footed
member Of the animal kingdom which
lays eggs like . fowl is the native
beaver of Australia.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

Dobbins' FlOating-Borax Soap costs more
TO make than any other floating soap made, but
the consumers have to pay NO more Tor it. 1t Is
100 per cent. pure and made Of B0raX. You know
what that means. Order Of your grocer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
Ext1aHulAhA-

Mr.. Tusv-I den't ses why yoa rear
those Hsdieule0s big sleeves whsn you
have naeAine b m them.
Nh I~-0s ~ m yeur sdn hssi
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

,are. Boze himself seemed to think life
was worth living. and in three or four
weeks he was up and about. But his
gait was wabbly, and Mr.. Garrett set to
work and made a wooden leg to
him up. He whitfield and
scraped and polished 1t and fastened
It to Boze with a clever arrangement
Of straps. At first trial the dog didn't
take kindly to the addition that had
been built for him, but he couldn't
shake 1t off, and finally concluded to
make the best OF II. Within a week he
vas walking about with all the dignity
imaginable.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

A Dog with . Wooden Leg.
Boze Is Kentucky dog, and he bea rs
the distinction Of walking with wood
en- leg. BOze is owned by Mr.. Garrett,
Of Pulaski County. Kentucky. One day
he was out barking at a railroad train
and the locomotive clipped OF one OF
his legs.
Mr.. Garrett, who Is something Of a
surgeon, decided that he might better
keep three-quarters of BOze than to
lose him altogether. SO he bound up the
stump Of the leg and gave the dog good
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
CH1LDREN's COLUMN.
! DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.

that Will Iaterest TIE -.
venils Nenbers of Every AeuseholA
quaint Actions and Bright 6ayings
ef Many Cuts and CunMiag Chilareab
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

ats after 6rst dayse use Of DR, KLlG1's 0R1A3
NERya8EsTon1E Free Setrial bottleAnd treat.
-. So10 70 Dr.. 3fnA. @ Arch st., phila,, pk
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

H y EI
Cure Guaranteed by DIR. J. b. MAYER, lOl5
Arch St., PHfLA., PA. Eass at once; no opera-
tion or delay from business. Consultation free
Inducements Of physicians. ladies aud promi-
nent citisens. Send for circular. O6ace hours
A II. to SP. n
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

G. c. Parsons, Bessemer, Ala, says
that it is impossible for . bee to carry
and store poisoned honey. It would
kill her before she got to the hive.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
AWElL DRILLER

states. and who u well known from Nsno -
Florida, writes us In reference one Of our M,
chimes he bought: "1t is the nearest perfection 4
have Jet seen. II want another machine Tor ~
work should have another Of yours!" Circular
frea. LOOMS & NYMAN. TiAn lInio.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

Pisos cure for Consumption has saved me
many a Doctor. bills. +. HARDY. Hopkins
Place. Baltimore, Nd. Dec. 2, "a
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

Insist Upon Hoods sa saparilla when you
need . medicine to purify your blood, ,strengt en-
your nerves and give you an appetite. There
can be NO substitute for Hood'a
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
Ninety-four per cent. Of the street
railroads iu the State Of New York are
now operated by electricity.
Two Kinda

If afflicted with sore ey es use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
)n's Eye W. ter Druggists sell at sc. per hottie
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

CEND TEN CENTS Silver, for sample box DE-
- Bailey's Celebrated Liver Pill- Fifty Pills
for &c. Agents wanted. kXckLsIoR CHEMICAL
Co, Lock Box co., Rochester. N Y.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

People who can't mako ee4ss nsver
soeD t13n6
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

Soil brought up from . depth Of
326 feet in a vault in one of the Bel
gian mines is said to have grown weeds
unknown to the botanists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

Hoods Pills are the best after-dinuer pill
assis digestion, prevent constipation. 25c.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

had Just come to live with Kenny's
papa. He was very happy all day.
there were so many children to pat him
and pet him and call him Poor fel.
iowP' But when night came he felt
sadly lonesome all BY himself In hia
new kennel. He was Of large famil.
Of broth rs and sisters In his old home
50 1t seemed very drsary to him to be
alone, and he sets up series Of howb
hat made everybody's ears ring.
Poor Bevisv' said little Kenny, a
mamma tucked him in for the night
Cant he come up here and have half
,. my bed, mamma? I want him very
much, ard he will not be ls0esema With
nc."
"Bsr;s IS too big" said mamma,
laughing. Think how funny his head
would look on your pillow! He will soon
get used to his little house and stop
crying"
So she kissed her little boy, bade him
goodnight and went downstairs.
"Bevis Is quiet at last, poor fellow" :"
said papa, in a few minutes. He must
be asleep"
But when mamma peeped into Ken
ny's room an hour later she found his
bed empty. Could he have tumblsd out!
No, he was not on the door, nef any
where In sight.
the house, but Kenny was net 70 be
found.
He must be Walking II - aesRt".
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14
Queer Wave OF Telling Time.

Nucef =" aye VI 1ell1uG
One Of our boys who doesn't own a
gatch writes about how he tells the
lime Of day. He works in a wheat ele-
Vator in an Iowa town. A big window
almost fills one side of his little office.
Into q corner of the window creeps the
sunlight early in the morning and it
shines in all day long and creeps out OF
The other corner In the evening. On the
aoor where the edge Of the shadow
from the window sash falls just at noon
our boy has placed a long chalk mark
and a little further away there is an
other mark for l o'clock. and 90 on up
to 9. The forenoon Is similarly divid-
ed on the floor. Each day by AMPLY
looking at the edge Of the sun's light
he can tell what time 1t is. Once 10
two weeks J. hanges all these marks
because the lows change a. the sun
gets higher In the spring or lower in the
all.
This clever device-any Of you may
use it-suggests the way that the na-
tives of Liberia in Africa, who have NO
clocks, tell the time. They take the
kernels from the nuts Of the candle
tree and wash and string them on tho
rib of palm leaf. The first or top ker.
mel Is then lighted. All Of the kernels
are Of the same size and substance.
and each will burn a certain number
of minutes and then set fire to the one
next below. The natives tie pieces of
black cloth at regular intervals along
the string to mark the divisions of
time. Among the natives Of singar. In
the Malay archipelago. another pecu-
liar device Is used. Two bottles are
placed neck and neck, and sand is put
In one of them, which pours itself into
the other every half-hour, when the
bottles are reversed.-Chicago Record.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-14

A Message from FsraAiss.
Ding-dong! vacations done.
Play times over. work begun:
Good-by to tennis and croquet.
Put oar and bat and gun away,
G0od-by to hours of idle ease, =
To summers lazy luxuries,
To meadow green and forest still,
To sandy shore and breezy hill,
To summers rest and summers fun,
Ding dong! vacations donel
Ding dongi for schools begun!
Welcome winters work and funl
Come Jack and Jenny, Bess and Ben,
Take up your books and slates again.
Come with your busy hands and feet,
Your happy hearts and voices sweet,
Bring to your work the sturdy will
That makes the task pleasure still:
Come. welcome winters work and fun,
Ding dong! for schools begun.
Phillip Makes Come Renarka.
Philip = q youngster Of some 9 years.
He Is Of c0ntemplative turn Of mind,
and often makes observations that
show he has been thinking deeply upon
some topic. The other evening he waa
sitting on the front porch Of his home,
barelegged and barefooted. The mos
quitOes were active and aggressive.
One big fellow landed on a soft portion
Of the boys leg. 1t did not proceed at
once to work, but seemed trying to de-
eide on a good place to begin. Philip
did not brush him OF, but sat observ.
Ing him. Presently the boy made this
remark to his mother:
Mamma. guess the mosquito IL ask
Ing blessing before he begins to eat"
Philip had been hearing a good deal
In his Sunday school class about temp
tatiOn and the evil of yielding to 1t.
The other morning his mother was
doughnuts. He spied q small,
round piece Of the sweet dough. and,
looking at 1t longingly. said:
please give me that little piece.
Just for a temptation."-Ch
cago Record.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
A DANGEROUS THEORY.

81 DO not believe that any degree of mem
tai or physical suffering can justify the
deliberate destruction OF the life of the
sufferer" declared Judge James G.. Ma
guire, ''either by himself or at his request,
or upon the judgment of others that death
would be blessed reliet from incurable
pain.
81 can imagine many cases in which a
speedy and easy death would be infinitely
preferable to the continuance of life of
hopeless suffering, but cannot admit the
principle that human life may be right
fully destroyed on that account.
"By this mean that the administration
of medicine or gas or other deadly SUBJ
stances or agency for the primary purpose
of causing death is never iustifable, be-
cause it is denial of the inviolable sa-
credness of human life, in the recognition
of which lies the only safety of human
society and the only course consistent
with mans responsibility to his Creator.
"Pain should be relieved, and suffering,
mental and physical, allayed, even by the
use of means which are certain to sh orten
life, if they be the best and safest means
available. But the primary purpose of
using such means should always be to re-
lieve or alleviate the pains or suffering and
never to produce DEATH"