Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11

iHE present Congress has 10 con-
tested cases on file.
The gold men have the upper hand
Of the silver men in Mexico, and arc
shavipg them by the gold standard.
CHAIRMAN GIVEN of the gold Demo
cratic State Committee, says the gold
Standard Democrats will not follow
The Garman silver Democrats, carry
ipg the Bryan Chicago banner.
half tie reports OF the richness
Of -ewly found gold field, in Alaska
and British America are true gold will
cl apen and that may induce the bond
b.ld,rs to demand something snarcer
ta1n gold RS pay. How will diamonds
SUI; them.
The pension roll at the beginning
o.. the wear numbered 9S3, ,52S, that
RUS II close to a million. II they
ned the Pennsylvania mi litia that
served short or long term on the
rall the million mark would be
reached, bu5 from this on the roll will
be decreased rapidly by the grim
rsistless soldier death During the
past year 3i,96O pensioners died.
GAEvAy, the silver mems chairmen
aud Given, the gold mems chairman
OF the democratic state committee,
each carry chip on their hat for
the other to knock off Ii they can
dodge fight they'll DO il, but as
Guman says, he'll not go to Given,
and Given says, he'll not go to Gar
urn, what are they going to dc
about it. Given helped to defeat
the Garman party last year.
LAST fall the gold democrats
would not support Bryan, and this
year their state chairman declares
that they viii not support state
ticket on Il silver platform, The sill
~r democrats are studying whether
-Iev shall drop the silver question or
drop the gold members. In addition
to the coin question is the question
of endorsing Editor Swallow for
State Treasurer. 4 number Of them
want Swallow placed 90 their ticket
for state treasurer.
By 9 series olrelay stations ? or 10
miles apart, the North Poe can be
reached easily. BY provisioning and
making comfortable each station as
bull. there woulI be little danger,
to the men engaged in such an ex-
peditior. How many men and how
much money would be required to
make such an expedition, SUCCESS is
another question, but that is the way
to get to the North Pole.
JOAQUIN MILLER. is bound for the
AIaskin gold field, to write for cer-
tain newspapers. He's the man to
show up the rainbow with a pot ci
gold at the end. under 10 to 40 feet
of ice and snow from October to Mav
Glorious rainbow, glorious pot Ct
gold. The hapyicst gold rainbow
chaser ever known in this town we!
a man named Bowers, who, when he
got drunk went to his cellar and dug
for gold. Ga which occasion he filed
all the crooks and cans and tab
within reach with clay dug from tn,
cellar. He immagined the clay wal
gold Gold, gold, glorious rainbow
gold.
DAVID ELLSWORTH BATES Of Chicago
was caught last week when he mar
ried his eighth wife. The wives are
all living and none Of them have beer
divorced. The facility with whicl
people may lead double lives in cite.
Is revealed in his case by the fac
that he was married il a church from
which the sound of his weddins
march was heard in the home Of ons
of his wives, and she lid not know
that it was the sound of music t.
which her rake Of a Lus5apl va,
marching to the alter to be married
to another woman. II the law wouli
permit, il would be good thing t.
hand him over to the eight women
who he has SO Systematically ane
cruelty deceived They would Civ,
him preparatory roasting for tn,
roasting days TO come.