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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-09
A CLERKS BLUNDER.
OrrIn.ton, Me-, Got It's Name Through His
Wonderful Spelling.


AS often as once q month something
happens iii Orrington, Me, which is of
enough importance to make it worthy
of mention, and whenever the place Is
put in prin: the name is always spelled
wrong. Nest of the time it is called
"Orvington, though "Ovington" and
"Ovvington" are not unconInon. In
fact, the towns name is spelled every
way but the right way. All Of this is
due to the blunder of a prominent citi-
zen who used phonetic methods of spell
ing.
1t was nearly 1875 years ago that some
Of the leading citizens met and drew
up petition to the general court Of
Massachusetts, asking that the planta-
tion be Incorporated as q town. The
people agreed upon the name. It was to
be called Orangetown, partly out OF
compliment to Orangetown, Md, which
was then a thriving place, ard partly as
mark Of respect to the Prince Of
Orange, who, as William iii of Eng
land, had done valiant work III behalf
Of the Protestarts. Having signed Il
blank petition, the residents went home,
leaving the clerk of the meeting 10 fill
in the spaces, which he did faithfully
according TO the light which was given
him. OF course the members Of the
Massachusetts general court did not
know that Corning" was meant to
spell grange, or that ton" spelled
town. Very likely they didn't stop to
look 1T the name and wouldn't have
cared if they had seen the bad spelling.
They incorporated the town without
protest and named it Orrington, as, the
petition had asked them 70 dS--htp"''
Orrington-s
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Lewisburg, PennsylvaA in.

Lewisburg is one of the handsom
e.. towns of four thcusacd inbabi-
tants il Pennsylvania, located at the
mouth of a broad and fertile valley
o. Helderberger limestone and Sail
ma rock soil It is large enough t.
support all of the modern extrava
giant conveniences of the present
marvellous state of civilization. 1t
has electric and gas light, a water
system, an Efficient fire department,
fine town hall aid ample railro ad
facilities for travel east and west,
north aud south A new railroad is
being constructed up the valley TO
tap wood .ract that will require IF
teen years of work with many hands
t. strip of marketable timber. Twen-
ty fivs lawyers attend TO keeping the
community travelling on the straight
line of the letter OF the law and SIX
doctors give medicine aud restore
he 18th, if tie days of the patient have
not been numbered. Seven large
congregations prove the religious
bent of the mind Of the inhabitants.
They are the Baptist, the Prssbyte-
risn, Lutheran, Methodist, Christian.
Il form, and United Evangelical.
The Methodist church is sufficiently
pretentioJs in architectural design
and size and filish for town of one
hundred thousand Inhabitants. He
must be an unkind csitic thai in any
way reflects upon town of less than
one hundred thousand people for
having such stylish church. If
there ara Nethodists enough in Lew
isburg to support such a stylish
church they can do it, whereas in a
town of one hundred thous md peo-
pie with only sprinkling number OF
that denomination, it could not be
done The church is gift by rich
man Of Danville. The stone are hight
ir color and were brought from Ono.
The Baptist church is large aud of
elegant proportion and architectural
design, built of Katskill red sand
stone from Blue Hill opposite North.
umberland. Why the hill has been
called blue, the writer cannot imag-
inc. It looks almost asred as Blooms
burg shale. All the chur hes in the
town ere large. Few towns Of lis
sizs have az many large dwelling
houses. Many Of the inhs are
retired farmers, who a generation
ago made money enough - retire
flcm an active fam life and come to
town to spend their declining years
iu quiet and comfortable epose while
son or two in some instances carry
ON the cultivation of the soil on an
cestral acres in the valley. A NUMBER
of manufacturing enterprises have
been launched there, but :he mot Of
them have not been able to keep
their feet. A few years s.nce the
business element of the piece count
ed largely upon the location of E'ii
factory there. Unfortunately fox
their anticipations and for the pock
ct books Of number, the machinery
put into the plant was for the max
ing of cut nails, and as the days for
wire nails have come, the days for
cut nails have passed, and therefore
the test of management copi
- the concern from
TX l. ard
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BIG GUNS.
The skin and Machinery Used In Turning
Out the Monsters.


Tbini. what ere of these guns is. 1t
is a piece OF solid steel weighing about
co tons 1t has chamber running
nearly its entire length 13 inches in di
ameter. At the breech Of the gun that
chamber is enlarged 10 diameterof 151a
inches for 90 feet. The long tube of
the gun is strengthened by an enormous
bard, reaching almost half its length
and called jacket" and in addition
ii has what is called hoop or band
with the appliances whereby the gun is
fastened or locked 10 its carriage. H.
side the tube of tie gun there are about
so spiral grooves, which give the pro-
jcctile or long bullet twist as it leaves
the gun. That twist causes tie projectile
to Turn Eearly 10 times a second as it
plunges through the air. This projectile
weighs ]. 100 pounds, and it requires no
less than 500 pounds of powder to give
it its full force. Every discharge of the
gun costs in powder and projectile fully
$500. The cost of one Of these guns is
not far from slO0, ,O0O
TO make one of these implements Of
wGr requires not only great skill, bot
the use Of very costly machinery. Not
| only must the steel be cooked in enor-
NOUS furnaces, but it must he seasoned
as delicately as the most expensive dish
for banquet. Chemistry is called upon
10 say just when the metal Of which
tie gun is made is of the proper degree
| of purity.
Then the steel is cast into long cast
ing When it is cooled, it is forged or
elongated under pressure while hot.
Then it is turned outside and inside on
enormous lathes. Then it is tempered,
SO rs to harden the metal and to distrib-
ute the molecules evenly through the
mass to prevent dangerous strains and
bursting when the gun is fired. Then it
is turned again outside and inside with
absolute accuracy us TO size. Then the
powder chamber is finished, and Tie
mechanism for the fastening of the
breech lloCk is made. Then the gun is
ready for its carriage, without which,
of course, it could 90 no wo,k.-Har-
por's Round Table.
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Professor LowcIrs Dan.o Termination.

Professor Lowell still lad few
courses in Spanish and Italian. re-
member going up TO his house i'll June,
1876, to be examined III Dante. | was a
candidate for the degree Of Ph. D., te-
ing one of the earliest applicants for
that degree My course OF study for
three years had been in English, Ger
man and Italian literature. As it hap
pened, was very well up i'll the IN
ferno" and the ''Pnrgatorio, but was
a little weak Cn the Paradise, espe-
cially the later cantOs. took counsel
with myself and made up ny mind that
I would not be caught mapping i'll case
treachery should be practiced on ne.
Consequently, the night before made
myself thoroughly familiar with canto
33, the last canto. II the presence of
two men like Professor Lowell and
Professor Child, who was to sit with
him III Judgment on ne, naturally felt
a little nervous, but Iny opinion OF my
own talents rose considerably when
Professor Lowell in AZ offhard manner
told me to begin ut the last cGliso.--
Judge Robert Grant ii Scr:buer's.
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TO CONSUMPTIVES.

The undersigned having been restored to
health by simpge means, after suffering sew
eral years wi:ha severe lung affection, and
that dread disease consumption, is anxious
to make known to his fellow sufferers the
means of cure. To those who desire it, he
will cheeriully send (free of chargs) a copy
OF the prescription used, which they will
find a sure cure fer Consumption, asthma,
Cafayrh, Bronchitis and all throat and lung
AaiQaies. He hopes all sufferers will try
bis remedy. as it is invaluable. Those de-
string the prescription, which will cost them
nothing, and may prove blessing, will
please address,
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON, Brooklyn,
New Ysrk. SEP. ., '96.
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PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.
The Most Famous nrd Beautiful Square L
Gay end NiNacious Paris.

The Most Famous nrd Beautiful Square In
Gay and Vivacious Paris.
The most important public square III
Paris and cnc Of the haEdsomest in the
whole world is tie Place dc In Concorde.
In the center rises the obclisk Of Luxor,
presented by the pasha Of Egypt to Louis
Philippe. 1t is fianhed On either side by
a large fountain. The Place de Ia Con
cordo seems somewhat wrongly called,
IL view OF the history of TIE spot. One
hundred and fifty years ago it was al
open field, hut il 11AS tie city accepted
the gracious permission Of Loais Ky to
erect a statue to Kim here. The place
then took his name and retairCd il till
the lew regime, i'll 1893, melted down
the statue ard converted it into cent
pieces.
On the aG:i OF May, 1870, during an
exhibition of fireworks here, Il panic
tcok place ard 1.20o psoplc Were tram
rlcd to death and 2,OG0 more Were SC
vercly injured. The occasion was The
attempt CT the people TO express by .
grand celebration their urbuunded joy
at the recent marriage of shs..xalL-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-09

HeleIe rberger limestone, one hun
1red feet above the river The build
ing is in the Grecian style of archi
lecture, 800 feet long, four stories.
Its larress room is Comnencem.n
hail, that has n seating capacity Of
fifteen hundred. Th, Instituta. the
ladies' department is At the west side
of the grove in separate campus f
six acres. The building is large, Of
brick, in the Queen Ann style of arct :
i'ecture. Il has tiva music rooms.
| There ara other large buildings. Tns
Acaiemr. the Laboratory, Backneii
Bali, the Gymnasium, the O5.erv.-
tory, East Hall and the Prcsid.nt's
House The P.esile"', JOHN How-
ard, Ph. D, LID, is a profound
rchGlar. Of kes:est di*crimi cation
ard sapn.'est Judgment .Hrs. X .t'
sriua 3 L,risou. A VI. has been
;,rir c:prl f tie Ladies' depagtme;
the Inst;,aie--:he "a venteeI
years ana has f,.is fnl,y ,:isaE arged
the trust. She is a thorough scholar
a2d lrdy. Havi2s resigned within
the present term, her successor will
be announced before long. William
G. Gra'zio ger, Phi B. is the scholar
l., business man of the institu.
ton thai vas founded "a alf Ger.
tury ago. The business paople OF
the towa recAlve upwards Of hun
drei Thousand dol''rs cash every
year fir. Ii the school and its pupils
The 47th annual conmencenent will
begin on the 18th If Jun. and close
on the 23rd of June.
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worth anything it p.
own work has been poor. Ono>--
Republicans change the laws and run
the Government under laws and
along line of policy that is Repub
lican in all of its features and it fails
to improve affairs, then it will be
time to condemn the Republican pol
icy as not the proper one for the
country to prosper under. The
country did prosper under Republi-
can Legislation and when Republica
tariff laws were lowered by the Cleve.
land Wilson laws the panic set in
and all things have been going from
bad to worse ever since. It is expect
ed that the present Republican Con
gress will before it a9journs, repeal
the Clevelan Wilson tariff laws. I'm
til that does take place the business
cannot improve. The present clam
or of The lie; dara of tle Democ
racy, that the times are not getting
better is proof that their laws are a
failure to help the financial condition
of the country. The country is TAX
ing Democratic tariff medicine now.
and until it gets Republican tariff
medicine things cannot improve.
The Republicans promised to change
the Democratic medicine fer Repub-
lican medicine, but as yet it has not
been done, and the sickest people are
the Democratic leaders on their own
medicine. The Mckinley adminis-
tration will change the medicine and
give good wholesome Repyblic an
higher tariff doses, and that will be Q
great help IN restoring the coun try
TO bstter state OF health. Tie
change cannot be made too soon and
it is earnestly hoped that Congress
will soon do something toward chang
jng the low tariff laws enacted u hder
the guidance Of the Cleveland admin
istration for higher tariff laws lnder
the guidance of the Mckinley al afmin-
istration. Till then there can Re no
change for the better.
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TX p ard

rargsn@-o> great
feast is made Of all thieVeA Nn:GeT
people that they consider bad peugN-
That is horrible way Of getting ridi
of bad people, but in that way the
expense of building jaiis and keePl' 6
the bad element is saved. 1t is big
thing here to take care of the bad
The Lewisburg Jail is in the base
meat story of the Court House,
which is a large building Of red brick
surmounted by handsome dome
painted white, which shimmers and
glistens in the suhlight of a bright
day and is an object that attracts tie
eye from long distance.
Three wide awake newspapers
grace the town and keep its local af
lairs TO the front and give digest CT
all important events going on else,
where. They are all ably conducted
TIE Chronicle and tha News ave Re-
publican in politics and keepthe ban
ner CT Republicanism constantly hang,
ing on the .'outer we'll The Journal
is Democratic, and like the Irishman,
is always on the lookout for head
to hit. It holds aloft the banner OF
the unierriied in UDion county,
which is by large majority Republl
can. TIE great Distinguishing fea-
ture of the place is Bueknell Univer
sity, an institution Of learning that is
All honor to Lewisburg and the Com
mCnwealth of Pennsylvania. 1t EN-
ploys some twenty professors and In
structcrs. Its name is derived from
William Bucknell, who contributed
be. ween one and two hundred thou
sand dollars to its endowment fund.
rs endowment fund amounts to ov-
er four hundred thousand dollars.
1t is Baptist in it's denomination, but
no religious sentiments are accounted
disability from entrance when 9th
er q lalifications are satisfactory. 1t
is located at the south side of Lewis
burg in a woods of about 20 acres of
original trees. The woods is kept
clean and mown as close = as a lawn
regularly barbered by lawn mower.
The grove is fringed on all sides with
houses that are occupied
by professors or private citizens
One may travel far ana wide before
finding another such a retreat for
student life. Tie buildings are all
large, of brick, and located in differ
snt eligible places in the grove. The
College building is located on the
highest ground on hill Of -er
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For the Better.

Democratic leaders are restless.
It is @ characteristic Of Democratic
leaders to be restless and to excite
their people to the same state of rest
IeNsness. They have always done SO.
They excited their people to a state
of s;lessness on the slavery ques
tion. They were not contented with
slavery in the States They were
restless in their desire to carry slav
cry into the territories, into all the
public lands, so that when Iree man
Gtartsd 10 make home on the pub
lie lands, he was met at the door by
the slave-master and his whip. When
they we're not allowed to carry slav
cry into the public lands in competi.
ton with free labor, they made war
to break the union of the States, from
which war has sprung oil of the
bonded Indebtedness of this Govern.
ment, all the greenbacks and all the
present banking system and many
9th er things that tie restless leaders
of the Democracy call evils and which
they are urging the people TO abolish
They are the fathers of the things
they now complain Of When they
were whipped into the Union Of
States, they became restless over the
management of everything. Theil
rsstiessness made them fight the
greenback in one campaign and in
another campaign advocate the green
back. Then they became the advo.
Gates of gold; then they dropped gold
and took up silver and they are still
talking silver. Their restless aeita
lion secured tie election Of Cleveland
and q cooperating Congress, and
that Congress passed a tariff law OF
such low degree that the business
Of he country dwindled down to g
ecking financial business for both
vernment and people. The Gov
lment and the people have been
lven to borrow money TO run o,
'nduct their affairs. That was the
asult IN a great measure of the
eveland- Wilson tariff law. Then
ue tho reaetion-The election oi
klnley.and a Republican Congress
not four months since the newly
ed Republican administration
'ken charge OF the affairs oi
pment, and noyo we hear the
led with thS Of restless
-atic leaderA hy don't thf
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She Knew.

Young Mrs. Torkins had read the
paragraph through twice. Then she
broke into u ripple of laughter.
"Whar are you laughing at?" in
quired her husband.
Something funny"
'How do you know it's funny?' was
the banterin2 rejoinder.
''Humph! can tell by looking at 1t.
It's about two men who meet on the
street. They stand there and say lot
of things and at last one of them says.
Well, the drinks are on me-. And that
shows that it's funny. ."-Washington
Star.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-09

THE National debt was decreased
S1,560,000 during the month of May.
How is that for beginning for the
Mckinley administration.
governor HASTINGS has signed
the bill requiring SmuiPs Hand book
to be kept in every school In the
State" as references book con
cerning statistics aud State Govern
ment affairs.
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In the RlAcEsmsth's Shop.

81 have seen some pretty hard knocks
in my time" began the anvil in ring
ing tones, when the bellows interrupted
him with: But think Of the trouble /
have. There isn't day that am not
hard pressed to raise the wind. Gin.
cinDati ENQUIRER.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-09
The word despot originally meant

Tho word despOt originally meaHt
master or lord At later period it be-
came an honorary title, bestowed by
the Greek emperors on certain govern
ors of provinces. Now the word con
veys the idea of tyranny, though, strict
" speaf ing, it merely means an abSo-
lutte !er.
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REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATEi

Mr. Ed,tor.-Please announce James n .
Nelson as a candidate for Representative
Delegate 10 the Republican S State c 'nven-
tion, subject to the rules that govern the
Republican party. REPUBLICANS.
Nifflintcwn, April 5th, 1897.
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Announcements

The following tcale Of prices for srnouce-
men's has been muIpaly agreed upon by
The undersigned and TO deviation from the
same will be made:-
Register and Recorder, s.; Shrritf. S5;
Representative Delegate, So; Chairman
County Committee, SS; Jury ComDiss-
ioner Sl.5O. All additional commupica
tons recommending candidates will be
charged 10 cents per Inc for esch insertion.
Money in all cases 10 be paid i advance.
WV. NJ. ALLISON.
Editor Juniatd Herald.
B.F. SCHWEIER,
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CAUTION.

TRESSPASS NOTICE.
The undersigned persons have associated
themselves together for the protection of
Willow Run Trout stream in Lack town.
ship, Junieta Co, Pa. All persons are
strickly forbidden net 10 trespass npnn the
land or stream of the said parties to fish
as the stream has been stocked with front
Persons violating this Hntice, will be pros
eclted according to law.
K. II. Patterson,
T. ~. Carn:her-. J. p.
Rot't A WocdsIde,
". D. Walls.
Frank Fawn,
Drsno Nawn.
apri! 23, 1895.
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Mr. Editor.-Please announce that am
a candidate for the office of Jury Comuiss-
ioner, subject to the rules that govern The
Republican party.
WILLIAM II. SRUBAKER.
Thompsontown, Pa, March 81.
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Mr.. Editor.-Please ann ounce that am
a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subIec,
TO the rules and usages of the Republican
party. Il. b. ZIMMERMAN.
Oakland, April II.
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SHERIEE

Mr.. Edifor:-Pieasc announce tha. am
a candidate fer the office of heriff, subj .ct
to the rules and usagas Of the Republican
party. HENRY ;. BROWN-
Cocoiamus, March, %, 1897.
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Margaret, queen Of Henry w. king
If France, confined in the Louvre, pur-
sued very warmly the studies Of elegant
literature and composed very skillful
apology for the irregularities Of her con-
duct
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COUNTY CHAIRMAN.

Mr. Ediior.-Please announce that l am
candidate for the office of Chairman of
the Republican Party, OF Juniata county.
subject to the ri es that govern the Repub-
lican party,
HARRY C, MCCLELLAN.
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A UDITOR'S NOTICE.

Assigned estate of Allen l.. Koppenhaffer.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed appointed an Auditor by thu Court
of Common Pleas Of Junia.a county, Pa,
to distribute the ba ance remaining in the
hands of F. ". N. Pennell, Esq. Assignee
of Alien L. Koppenhafirr, among the par
ties entitled thereto, will be at his office in
the borough of Miffiintown, Pa, on Wed
nesday. July 7th, 1897, at 10 O'Clock, A. N.
Of said day. to attend 10 the duties of his
appointment, when and where parties inter-
estcd must present their claims or be for
ever ceharred from coming in on said fund.
WnBtaPoRCE SCHwEYER,
J ne Sth, 1897. Auditor.
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Mr. Editor.-Pleasc announce that am
a candidate for the office OF Jur, Cemmss-
isner, subjsct to the r:'les that govern the
Republican party. SAMUEL AURAND.
Beale township.
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In 1878 Yesso, Japan, suffered from
. fro which destroyed 10, coo bouses
and left over 1000, Geo persofis home
less
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-09

Mr.. Editor. announce that 1 am
a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject
:, the ru'es that govern the Republic an
pa,ty. JAMES N. 6 RONINGER.
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The man who has not passionate To-
cal attachments can never become pa
triotic tn any broad or generous sense.
American Friend.