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Evening star., 1896-09-30
AN AFFECTIONATE cow.
1t AwOke Miss Flora With a Kiss nm,
WINS UnceremOnfOusly Elected.

1t AwOke Miss Flora With a Kiss aud
WINS OnceremOnfOusly Elected.
From the New York World
DR.. George Sterling lives at SOUTHAMPTON
l.. 1. He has a handsome daughter. ana
ne also owns fine Jersey cow Thereby
hangs this veracious tale: The Doctors
daughters name is Flora A. Sterling. His
cows Eame Is simply Bess. The doctor is a
good and affectionate father and Miss
Flora Is the apple of his eye. Every MORN
Ing he awakes Miss Flora He bends over
her nd kisses ner, and the first glance Of
her waking eyes is into his
Good morning. my child" says the doc
tor
Good morning. Papa" answers Flora. an
neck
The other morning an early summons
M huIr,ea Dr. Sterling to patient 1t was
Dut little after dawn when the doctor de-
parted, saying to himself: I'll let Flora
return"
That same morning the doctors son took
1t into his head to go fishing. He got his
hsning rod and some bait, and, walking out
the back door, Joined a neighbor and has
tehed away. In his haste he left the door
open. Bess, grazing behind the housa
lopged for green fields and pastures new
She walked into the kitchen, ate some fine
beans that were on the table there and
H'uncned half LOAF OF bread. Then she
v Vaiked into the entry. On the floor is a
green carpet with red flowers Bess tried
10 eat the flowers in the carpet. Failing in
this. she walked upstairs. The noise she
made did not disturb Miss Flora's innocent
slumher Reaching the bed room, Bess
poked her head in at the door
The young woman was nesting in the
pillows. To Bess Miss Flora's ROSY cheeks
half-hidden by her curls, were more tempt.
Ing than buttercups. more appetizing than
clover blossoms. The cows lips touched
the girls cheeks. They were damp with
mcrri irg dew.
Papa, murmured Flora, half awake
How early is II? I'm sleepy"
Then she opened her lids and her waking
glance met the cows mild eyes.
Get out of here! Get out of herer' shs
cried. You horrid beast. what are YOU
dcIng here?"
Bess. blinking, looked at Flora Flora
ncshed with anger, stared at the cow Get
OUT! was easy to say, but Bess is not n
trained COW. She could not turn around in
the narrow entry and she could not walk
down stairs backward. So Dr. SterlinPss
return was most opportune. He grabbed
the cows tail and tried to pull her down
stairs. But the cow weighed much more
than the doctor and he could not bulge
her. Then the doctor scrambled over the
cows back ana attacked Bess in front. DIR.
Sterling yelled at her, struck her, did ey-
erything but swear at her. and finally, by
most patient and skillful maneuvering
managed to head her down stairs. A cow
boy rounding up herd does less real work
than did DR.. Sterling before Bess reached
the pasture again. Hereafter Bess will be
tethered.
Evening star., 1896-09-30
DIFFERENCES IN DELAWARE.
The Higgins Republicans Have About
Decided to Withdraw.

Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
WILMINGTON. Del. September %. 1896
As predicted In The Star, the republicans
of Delaware are preparing now to smooth
over the factional differences in their ranks
and unite on one electoral ticket for Nc
Kinley. The Higgins republicans. realizing
that Mr.. Addicks and his friends are de-
termined in the stand they have taken on
the question of the regularity OF the ticket
named by the Dover convention. have de-
cided to take in their ticket nominated by
the Georgetown convention on July 16
There is no doubt now that the Higgins
state central committee will order the with
drawal Of their electors William O. Spru-
ance and Manlove Hayes.
In Withdrawing their ticket the Higgins
republicans claim that their motive can
not be construed as surrender to Ad-
dicks in any way. On the other hand they
declare that they will take In their ticket
because they deplore the division in the
party ranks, particularly in view of the
breach In the democratic party, which they
Evening star., 1896-09-30

grains of silver and would be capable Of
buying In the worlds markets only 1890
grains OF gold or such quantity Of any COM
modify as would equal in value in the
worlds markets that amount of gold.
The mere election Of a President and
Congress in favor Of free coinage law
| There would be an immediate scramble for
the gold reserve In the treasury, which
| would all be drawn otIt in a few days by
the banks and ether large holders Of
United States notes. ? The $10O.OOO.OOO of
| notes necessary to draw out the gold would
remain in the treasury and the currency
tent, because the gold drawn out would
| become a commodity and disappear from
circulation. Attempts on the parts Of de-
positors to get from the banks gold or
on the banks resulting in a panic.
| In any event, q paralysis OF business
| would follow. thousands would be thrown
out out O. OF empioymept and laborers would
preciated dollar than it is now to earn the
gold dollar. and would suffer privations
( and hardships until things slowly adjusted
In consequence ST the stagnation of bust-
| ness and the number of unemployed la
borers the demand for farm products
would be greatly diminished. and the prices
consequently lowered. both at home and
abroad. Mortgages falling due could be
neither paid nor renewed. and the prop
erty would pass by foreclosure into the
|
The amount of money in circulation
would, for some time at least, be less than
1t is now. because all gold would be hoard
ed, and the fact that all currency would
be ultimately redeemable in silver would
make its amount still less in value
This condition Of things could not last
| Indefinitely. Affairs would ultimately be-
come adjusted to the new standard Of val
ue, and business would be conducted on
| that basis. When this stage has heen
finally reached who will be found to have
been benefited? The silver mine owner
would have the privilege Of having his Sill
| yer coined into dollars. but the dollar would
! no longer have the same value or purchas-
Evening star., 1896-09-30
An American ComDosfte
From the Indianapolis Journal.

rom the Indianapolis Journal.
The Idler-"Whose picture is this?"
The Photographer-"It is "A composite. 1
call it The Typical American Girl"
1T is awfuily pretty. / wonder IL know
any OF them?"
'Tll give you their names, and you can
see. They are Maggie Groarty, Sophie
Pzxczinski. Wilhelmina Schwartz. Rebecca
Einstein and Christine Olesou."
Evening star., 1896-09-30
In Silks.

5Oc. Black japanese SIN. q
During this Sale. 2Oc. vd. =
69c. Colored and Black Surah
Silk. double warp.
During this Sale. ROC. yd. q
75c. Fancy Silks. Figured and =
Striped Tafreta, surah. etc.
During this Sale. sQc. yd.6
SOC. Black Armurc silk. :
During this Sale. 6Qc. Yd.S :
7oc. Changeable Taffeta Silk,
for skirts and waists q
During this Sale. 6qc. yd. Z
$1.OO Black Figured and
Striped Taffeta Snk-all silk &
During this Sale.. zsc. vd. 4
Evening star., 1896-09-30
Special Prices
On F1annels.

All-wool Homespun. Shrunken
Flannel, Red. Black. Cardinal,
White and Natural Wool and
Gray Mixed, suitable for bicycle
suits. separate skirts, etc %
inches wide.
Special Sale Price. Agc. v
so pieces All-wool White EN-
bro:dered Flannels, 36 inches
wide. hemstitched with en-
broidery above. 75c. quality.
Special Sale Price. .Enc Y
200 All wool Homespun
Shrunken Skirt Patterns. Full
size. Alternate stripes Of red
and black. brown AID black.
blue and black. gray and black.
etc s1.25 quality.
Special Sale Price. .Su.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11
MAKING SiLHOUETTES.
Some Instruction In tho Art OF Produ'
ing Ihess Old Time Tavcrites.

Some Instruction In thc Art OF Produc-
ing 1hcss Old Time Tavcrites.
Even in tie enlightened days when
the art of photography has advanced SO
very near to perfection there are still
some old fashioned people who cling
with fondness to these siIhouettcs. One
great thing i'll their favor is that the
least clever among us may, with little
patience and q steady hand, find IL them
q pleasing recreation and soon become
adrOit in their execution. but there
may be some OF our young readers who
scarcely know what "a silhouette is, and
such unenlightened persons we will en-
de;gvor briefly to instruct III the almost
forgotten art. a few sheets of drawing
paper, pencil and lamp are ail the
essentials needed to commence opera
tions.
The operator first fixes sheet of pa
per to the wall by inserting y pin III
each corner. Then the person whose
HkeEess, or silhouette, is to te taken
is seated in q chair close to the wall i'll
such u posi- ton as to throw distinct
shadow of his profile (as near life size
as possibIe) on the center Of the paper.
To secure steadiness d wine glass or
some such support is placed between his
head and tho wall-fcr the slightest
movement often causes failure. Having
arranged these matters satisfactorily, the
operator proceeds to sketch with PEN
Gil the head and profile Of the sitter.
and this requires steady hand and
some dispatch, as it is no easy matter
to sit in one position for great length
Of time perfectly mctionless. When the
sketch is concluded, little skill will be
needed to bring the task to an end. The
operator has only with sharp penknife
to cut out the head in the line Of the
pencil mark. The center part Is then
thrown aside and the other paper laid
on piece Of black cloth, which throws
out the features boldly, and if sufficient
care has been taken striking likeness
will be the reward.-Happy Thoughts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11
NOT GOOD EVIDENCE.
1t Is an Easy Matter to Change Photo
graphic Pictures.

1t Is Easy Matter to Change Photo
graphic Pictures.
Photographic copies of all original, it
is claimed, are not acceptable as proof
before q court, inasmUch as the photo
graphs may easily be changed to suit
the wish. Expert picture makers can
take q photograph, and by various proc
esses secure O composite containing sew
eral features desired that did not exist
in the original.
A celebrated photographer of this city
declared that it is sn easy matter to
change photographs. Pictures can be
made to show the body Of ore person
with the head Of another, or 1T is posi-
BILE to insert certain features desired in
q photograph. The producers Of art
photographs often use the form Of one
subject and the head Of another IN Or
der to obtain the most symmetrical re-
suits and thus form sort OF composite
picture.
"By the use of nitric acid" he said,
''any part Of the silver print photo
graph, the one commonly Used, can be
erased. If the picture We're a platinum
print, which is unlikely, the Same eject
could be secured by the Use CT Gqua-egia
or liquid composed CT a mixture of
nitric and muriatic acids. which acts as
q solvent for gold or platinum prints. P"
It was shown that original signatures
could be erased and others pasted or
copied thereon and then photograph
taken which would seem that the result
was q perfect photograph Of an original
paDer Der-PhiIadelphia Call
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11
Patent Office Pro6.s.

$50 far there have been nearly 200
patents issued for horseshoes," observed
q blacksmith. Every one Of them was
supposed to have merit. A large num-
bcr of them were supposed to be OF
value for the reason that they could be
put on horses by bands or clasps and
thus save time and the expense of horse
cheers. Six thousand dollars, therefore,
has been paid into the patent Office by
inventors of horseshoes.
Mot one of these inventions was
ever used, and today, as during the
past, horses arc shod. The only shoe
that can be put on horse must be nail
cd on by blacksmith. There is no royal
road to wealth, and there is no way to
shoe q horse except to na!l on the shoe.
This SIS, 900 is but small part OF the
money paid out in connection with pat
euted horsesboes. Washington Star.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11
THE WOOD.

Witch hazel, cogwood and the maple here
And there the oak and hickory,
Linn, poplar and the beech tree far and near
AS the eased eye can see.
Wild ginger, wahco, with its roam balloon.
And brakes of bricrs of O twilight green.
Aod fox grapes plumed with summer. ant
strung moons
OF mandrake flower between.
Deep gold green ferns and moses rcd ant
gray
Mats for what naked myths white feet-
And cool and calm Il cascade far away.
With ever falling beat.
Old logs made sweet with death, rough bits o
bark.
And tangled twig and knotted root,
And sunshine splashes, and great pools of dark
And many wild bird flute.
Here let me sit until the Indian :iusk
With copper colored feet comes down,
Sowing the wildwood with star fire and m,lsA
And shadows blue and brown.
THIN SIDE by side with some magician dream
To take tho owlet haunted lane,
Hall rooted with vines, led by frefy gleam,
That brings nc home again.
Madison Cawoin in "Undertones."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11

It seems that abnormally stout people
have their uses in this world as well as
other things. The other day, as an ex-
ceedingly corpulent old gentleman was
leisurely proceeding along Regent street.
q detected pici;pocket, who was fleeing
at the top Of his speed from two myr-
midons Of the law. violently collided
with him. and the pair rolled over in
the gutter together. the stout gentleman
on top.
The pickpocket made strenuous but un-
availing efforts to extricate himself
from under the mountain Of flesh, but
the corpulent gentleman remained a
fixture until the pursuers came up and
captured the rascal
Then the fat nan picked himself up,
nothing the worse for his mishap and
moved off with the remark that SO long
as he had breath in his body, his weight
would "always be thrown on the side
Of law and justice. ''-Pearson's Week
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11
QUEER BULLETS.
Nuggets of Gold aud Wooden slugs Used
by Hunters In Emergencies.

Nuggets of Gold aud Wooden slugS Iseo
by Hunters In Emergencies.
When a hunter In the old days lost
all his bullets or hadn't any to shoot
with, he usually devised substitutes
that on occasion served the purpose
we'll All sorts Of things have been fred
at game or Indians, as the case might
be. Old Hank Ellison, living up in JEFF
ferson county, II. T., told to his dying
day how he was cooped up By Indians
out west once with little lead, lots OF
powder, belt full Of gold nuggets, a
fine rifle and bullet mold. 1t was On
the top of knoll where his log cabin
had been bailt, and he had q barrel Of
water and . lot of wood for emergen-
cies. The Indians kept Just out Of
range, dashing in once in awhile to
draw his fire. He coon used his bullets
up and then used the gold. He fired
nearly half his fortune at the redskins
before they left him.
Many a hunter has used pebble in
the hopo of getting close deadly shot.
Jackknives and ranirods have served
their time as missiles. Forest and
Stream tells about hunter who had
only slhyie DulIet, pul Ao'S VI Po"ueA-
The bullet shot the horn of . big back
off, and HE buck charged the man, who
took to a tree top. He spent half al
hour whiting off two inch lengths OF
branches and putting them into his rife
Then he rammed them down on the
powder and fired at the niaddened deer.
HIS partner came along after awhile
with q belt full of bullets and, max
ing run for the tree. gave bullet to
the shooter, who quickly killed the
Geer.-New York Sun.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11
RERALDRY.
Ono View Of the Shorthand OF History
and Chronology.

Ono View 0f the Shorthand OF History
and Chronology.
Heraldry can make the world q glort-
fed weird. 1t is q quarry where every
one may Eew and a sea where every one
may dip his Gay, and if heraldry be-
ean.e again Il Eno art she could be once
more the bride cf history, while art
witt, her tu,nu!t Of enthusiasm alone
can deck hor fttingly without art
hcrald,y Is &n urcoG.h ard dead thing;
with art she liveth for every one and is
truly ~ science.
Heraldry creates Intelligent curiosity
ed stimulates historic imagination.
She awakens Interest il generations
gone by Crd should be taught. says Nh.
2ushin, to tie young men and maidens
Of the street and lane, for heraldry
helps to deoipher the forgotten hand
writing on the wall and the glorious
record Of Cur ancestors doings and
strivings and progress and upward
climbing in the long crusade against
tyranny and slavery and ignorance and
intolerance.
That heraldry is the shorthand Of his
tory and chronology seems to be now
dlIOWeC, aiiu utIdAuTs, Al ecusc,
should be the application Of the fine
arts Of sculpture and painting to family
history. 1t is the silent language which
Christendom adopted and developed at
the time of the crusades. In silence and
in hope she epake, through the eyes. to
the heart of Christendom, of the noble
deeds Of her children, and she is alto
gether indispensable if the heraidric al
lusions IN Dante, Chaucer. Spenser.
Shakespeare, Scott, ETC., are not to be
entirely lost.
Heraldry hgs received tho sanction Of
centuries, and herald Of the true strain
is neither finioking, fretful nor faulty,
but full Of goodly joy and at times even
Of pious mirth. And IL some peep and
mutter at abuses. forgetting that the
abuse Of anything is no argument
against its proper use. others see and
learn that heraldry has educational
value, is to many q race wayside sac
rament and blazes broad its potent in
fuerce-namely. that nothing must be
done to tarnish the family escutcheon.
In England also, in the absence Of
hereditary rank, coat armor Is the only
distinctive mark Of birth and high
blood for the untitled nobility.-Nine-
toenth Century.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11
WINGED SEEDS.
The Wind Plays an Important Part In
the Spreading Of Plants.

The Wind Plays an Important Part In
the Spreading of Plants.
The usual way for seeds to be carried
is by the wind. Sometimes they are so
small and light as to be easily waited
by the breezes This is tho case with
the seed Of the moccasin flowers and
meadow pinks and the other beautiful
plants of our woods and bogs called
orchids. And the tiny bodies, like atoms
of dust, termed ''spores," that answer
to seed in ferns and moses and toad
stools, are borne away by the ightest
breath of air. But most seeds are them
selves too heavy for this. So they are
ofttimes provided with thin, broad
wings that carry them before the wind
ss sail carries boat. The pairs Of
"keys" that hang in clusters from the
maple trees in spring arc such winged
fruits. When ripe, they float slowly to
the ground, or if high wind is blow
ing they are carried farther from the
tree. The ash has thick punches Of
winged fruits much like these, but sin
gle. The elm has a thin, papery border
all around its small seeds, which makes
them quite conspicuous as they hang on
the branchlets before the leaves have
come out.
Numbers Of plants have about tho
seeds delicate hairs or bristles that take
the place of wings. A dandelion
Clock" or head of thistle down, is q
bunch of seeds, each with circle of
fine bristles Oh the summit. When the
seeds are ripe, along comes breeze,
and, puff, away go tie seeds, hanging
from their tufts of bris.les ss the bes-
ket hangs from a balloon. The punches
of long silky hairs that come from d
bursting pod Of milkweed and fill the
air around have each their precious
cargo in the shape OF small brown
seed. The seeds that ripen in heads on
the clcmatis after the handsome purple
flower leaves have fallen have long
feathered tails, like slender bird plumes.
that do the same work that is given to
the silk of milkweed. The cotton"
around the seeds of the willows as tie
riverside and Of the poplars along city
streets serves the same useful purpose
Cotton Itself is only bunch Of fine
white hair around the seed. Ages before
men thought of spinning it and weay-
ing it into cloth it wms making itself
useful to the Gotten plant by helping
to scatter ITS seeds. - ''How Plants
Spread" by Thomas Fl. Kearney, Jr..
in St. Nicholas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11
A Battle with Hogs.

Jacob Baughman Of the WI llkrown
milling firm of Baughmsn IL Son,
just outside of Fayetteville, had q
irightful experiences with crraged
swine on Monday. His grandson,
eight years cid, was attacked by ionr
sows and in his sffort 10 gave the lit
tie f: low from injury ard possible
death, he hurled himself upon tie
swine ard tried to pull them otf' the
youasster. The pigs turned upon
him. His neck, his head, his body,
his logs and bis arms were bitten
painfully. He was severely and
would, it is thought, have been c,it-
ically Injured had it not bcen for the
timely assiatsrcs of his two Sons
There was q vigorous fight, but it
ended IN ths rescue Of M-. Baugh
man.--Cbanbalsburg Public Opinion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-11
MEN CAUGHT IN TRAPS.
Accidents Thet Have Been Caused by tho
Devices Set by Hunters.

RccsnentS IneS kkovc fCen tssusfu ny tnc
Devices Set by Hunters.
Bob Michael, one Of the best hunters
and most thorough Of woodsmen in
northern Herkimer county, N. Y,
walked against a string one night and
was mortally wounded with buckshot
IAN old French Canadian trapper above
the Saranac lake region %Gs setting 3
II pound steel beartrap near an cid
burning one day and had both arms
caught between the jaws, and there his
body remained for weeks, being found
at last when the mice and ants had
gnawed his bones.
In Africa curious trap is used for
elephants. 1t consists merely Of long
blade OF steel in four foot log Of wood
suspended from tree by triggers.
When the elephant stirs the string, tho
contrivance drops, burying the steel be-
tween the victim g shoulder blades
Tigers are captured in India by bow
and arrow trap A chunk Of bait ia
hung ON stick, below which the arrow
is aimed. When the tiger pulls the bait.
the bowstring is loosened, and the arrow
is supposed to find its way into the ami
malls heart.
Baited traps are not usually danger
ous to human life. 1t is when strings,
half concealed by bushes and grass, ere
hung across the runways that there IS
danger of nen walking into them ard
having bullets, arrows or drop GtioiIs
shot into them.
One Of the odd things one meets IA
forests where bears, pantkees ard Wild
cats are found is a log house, a sort of
lean to camp. with au eight inch spruce
stick lying over the entrance ard jut-
ting off into the woods 80 or 90 feet. A
hewn plank inside the inclosure is ar
ranged so as to lock like fine resting
place for foot. Beyond the plank is Z
chunk Of foal smelling meat, burned
honey comb or other bait suitable for
the intended game. Men who use dogs
In hunting detest such contrivanccs, fer
the animal that steps on the plank has
its back broken by the spruce stick.
Such deadfall is hard to build, but it
is among the surest Of traps for large
game that is not shy of inclosrre. It is
remembered Of lost and starving In
dian that he tried to reach the bait of n
deadfall and was crushed by the logs,
though not killed instantly. Other men
have had fingers crushed in mink and
marten deadfalls.
Men set snares fer big game, using
wire rope to encircle tire beasts nccks
when they venture to touch the bait. It
is curious fact that such men soGe-
times get leg in their own trap and
are yanlcd into the air by the stout sap
ling tree used as spring pole. After n
man has dansled with his head down
ward trying to climb the spring pole
feet FIRST fer awhile and finally gets
down safely he exercises extra care
with his machines thereafter.-New
York Sun.