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Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-10
DEIAWARE DEIAWAT

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the heavy vote. was one OF the quieisst
and most orderly on record, and there
were hut few disturbances OF any con
seq Chief Of Police Dolan had
taken the precaution TO have all OF tho
polling places well guarded. aud force
Of n,eu was held in reserve at the cen
tral station, but the officers had very
little to tio, and the election as a rule
appeared to be looked upon as matter
Of course, and nearly everybody per-
formed their plain duty and nothing
else, which is decidedly craditable to
tha city of Wilmington.
In tho Third district OF the Twelfth
ward John Young, Republican in.
spactor, objected 10 one OF the yoters'
assistants serving, aud in consequence
OF controversy which enaned, the
polls we're not openod unit. about 2
O'clock.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-10
MIR. Grnssenr enccassfnl.

sJohn II. tGrosscpp of No. 2ll0 Market
street has recsireli word from Washing.
ton that his per centage in the exnmina-
tion contest for engineer at the new
Federal building in this city was 95
ana thar he was at the head of the list.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-10
lYeddinn InxirniInna.

Caroline v. Cutler of Coldstream,
Canada, has issued Invitations to the
marriage of her daughter Arletta, to
Charles Palmer OF Chester, Pa. at the
Friends Meeting House, Coldstream,
on fifth day, sixth month tJune) oath.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-10
want nioney for DreIrtnr.

Want Money for Dredging.
Tho Philadelphia City Councils are
making all effort to have the Penn
sglyania Legislature appropriate $500,
900 to clean out the Delaware river.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-10
OFFICIAL RETURNS OF THE ELECTION.
President OF


yesterday
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
The Use of ChOpsticks.

We are very apt to think that the use
Of chopsticks Is a heather custom and
should be left to the Chinese. But IL we
only knew it the despised little sticks
are Of great service In everyday work
and play, and the boys and girls can.
not do better than learn to handle
them.
The first thing in the use of chop
sticks Is to hold one of them very firm
ly in the right hand, just as an awk-
ward boy holds his pen, and to get the
trick Of holding 1t so it will not slip.
The other stick Is held In the left hand
and Is placed in the fingers as If 1t were
q pen held properly, so 1t will slide and
move with the motions Of the fingers.
A little practice with two pointed
sticks will soon give the necessary eX-
perience, 30 that any boy or gir! can
use the chopsticks nicely.
Now. when you have learned the use
Of the sticks, you will soon find now ser
viceable the knowledge will be to you.
Suppose you want to pick up some
think which is very hot or sticky or
dirty, and do not want it to come In con-
tact with your fingers. Why. yoE can
quickly make pair of chopsticks and
got what you want without am trouble.
Or If anything falls into a small crack
you can get 1t easily with the sticks.
And by and by. when you go ~ Japan,
you will be able to eat at the Japanese
tables without any trouble and pick up
the rice as If you were Japanese
New York Ledger.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
Poisonous Plants.

When we take INTO consideration the
poisonous qualities Of the vegeta bles
md plants with which We are surround
d. we are led to wonder how 1t is that
.hildren and needless persons go about
md escape with their lives. Little chill
iren especially who have the habit of
putting SO many things into their
mouths ought to be carefully watched.
1t will surprise macy persons to be
told that old potatoes which have
,prouted contain a definitely recognized
,oisOn known as sOlanine New pota-
oes. which are so eagerly sought after
.arly in the season. would be poisonous
eaten raw. The heat Of cooking de
trOys their toxic qualities. The root
# the common kidney bean Is a most
powerful narcotic. The jimsonweed is
dangerous to life. The bark Of the
.Ommon elder Is deadly poison, whicl.
act was never suspected until fve boys
,ear TarrytOwn. n. Y. chewed the
talks, supposing they were sassafras
they all died within a few hours. The
,uib of the narcissus is deadly poison
small bit chewed may cause death
lille TO chew the leaves is to put one
If in danger Of the most violent at
,cka of vomiting. Yew-berries arc
eadly; peach-pits and cherry kernels
ontain prussic acid, and any quantity
Il them eaten may prove fatal Wild
,arsnip has many Ills laid at its door
rlthough families claim thst they have
'ared the seeds Of the wild parsnip and
cultivated therefrom roots that wors
sed as food without any injurious er'
ects. It would be we'll for the Agri-
ultural Department to publish bulie-
IN containing the names and descrip.
ions Of injurious plants, and scatter
pies of it broadcast through the coun.
y. Who knows how many children
10 Of diseases induced by eating some
.miliar plant?eNew York Ledger.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
Bicycles are taxei in France.

"A proposition to TaorganIzs forty
counties In We tern Kansas in tom
LARGE ones Is bsing agitated IN that
State
st. LOnis, Mo-. is the largest street
car manufacturing city in the world
Tho output last year was about 5000
cars.
Il ght requires eight minutes and
eighteen seconds to pass from the sun
to the earth when at Its means dis
tsnce.
"A Rnssi IN landowner at Batoum
during the big oil s'rIKe there had an
income Of about $50, 600 q dav from
his wells.
-SpaiL's agriculsuraiimpem ements are
the same as those used in the time OF
Caesar. This ia one reason to account
OF that country'd wretched con ditiop.
"A man in Kansas CITY make, him
self -qnAre with the world once O wear.
He burma his account books en- the
first of j .nuary, paws none of hi, debts
due and refuses to collect :hoss that ara
due him.
The highest village in Switzerland
Is Inf. in the valley of the Avera,
2, l33 metres above the sea. But on the
Italian side there. is the village OF
Rery. which lies twenty metres higher.
In tae opinion of Crispi, former
crime minister of Italy. Americs sns are
working to prepare a future for the
peoples of the o World whict is not
an agreeable one.
-Saliovlic acid. boric acid ,bOrax and
for maidehyde are some of the cheml.
Gala I'D led TO prevent milk from sour.
ing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05

auent rotting of the adjacent wood.
particularly If the pipes be painted.
The wood work of the kitchen II fully
as important as that of any Of the rest
of the house. Pine Is generally chos-
en-, and is as good as any other wood.
1t should be oiled and given several
coats Of hard varnish, or else painted
in yellow or buff.
The drain pipe and traps below
should clear the floor, So that one may
easily clean around them. The coping
from it should be Q high splash board,
whiie a quarter round beading should
cover the joint between the two. The
hot water boiler should not be jammed
tightly into the corner, but should
stand n few inches from the wall. This
| will permit 1t to he cleaned on all sides,
an important consideration II the boiler
be Of copper.
A very common mistake Is made in
in providing no place for the draining
of dishes; n sink Is never too large,
even for the smallest family, and if
space will permit, 1t Is well to put in
one that is a couple of sizes larger
than needed; at both ends should be
wide draining shelves. As to furnish
ing proper, this Is a very simple matter.
although many people seem to think,
that 1t Is sufhcient to tramp Into the
kitchen any delapidated and broken
down furniture from oth~1 parts Of the
house. There 10 really no excuse for
this course. as the cost Of excellent new
kitchen furniture is nearly nominal
There should be two plain deal tables,
a large one and a small one. the latter
just about the height Of the range or
stove. This will be found extremely
convenient in cooking. II drawn close
to the range, to hold utensils. The
chairs should be Of the kind that have
solid wooden seats, but there should
also be at least one comfortable rock
ing chair-anything that is In the ma
ture Of al ornament, and that has no
utilitarian use Is wholly out Of place
and should be banished from the
kitchen.
The design presented has a kitchen
arranged in accord with the question
| contained in this article. A descrip-
tion OF cut: A. movable table; B, boil
cr; c. closet; E. low table; F. counter
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
Indian Relics.

An interesting find was made last
Sunday by two young geologists from
Allegheny, near the old log g-house on
the Mcmahon place, just south of town.
The find consisted of three fiint hatch
cts, or tOmahawks, twenty-five arrow
tips, one large and one small clay NOR
tar supposed to have been used for the
grinding and mixing of maize) and a
number of small stone dishes.
These stone dishes were likely used
by the medicine man of the tribe for
mixing or probably were used
for mixing war paint, as they were all
stained with red substance that very
much resembied ochre. These young
men are the same that made the inter
esting discovery ut Dugan's run last
summer, and although they were not
looking for Indian relics, they value
their find ighly.--Beaver Falls Repub
licdn.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
VARIATIONS IN AcORNs,.
No Tw1 Seeds Nor Even Two Leaves
Exactly Alike.


1t Ia said that In iadividual trees
scarcely two leaves can be found -ex-
actly alike What u true Of leaves u
true Of seeds, and. indeed. o. every
part OF . tree. 1t Is also true Of the
beha vior Of trees during their life ca
reer In acorns especially one may note
Il remarkable difference In their beha-
vior. Some species Of acorn will pre-
serve their vital power without much
difficulty for q couple Of years, while
others can rarely be found with life
after q few mont q. Some when put
into the earth will remain months be-
fore sprouting. while others will sprout
before they are fairly Ou. Of their cups
Oh the trees.
The acOrns Of the live oak Of the
South often sprout before they fall
the most remarkable Of all American
trees. The root pusi - out from the
acorn tr a distance Of many inches be-
fore 1t enters the ground, the root then
goes into the earth while the bud or
plumule ascends to form the incipient
tree trunk. The young tree Of the live
oak will frequently be :. distance Of six
inches from the acorn. In this respect
the behavior Of this species Of oak cor
responds nearly with what il almost
universal In mOnOcOtyledonOus seeds.
Another early sprouter 10 the COM
mon white oak. These have EOt been
known to sprOut on the tree but they
scarcely reach the ground before the
little radicile prepares to enter the
earth. 1t does not wait to get to the
$ race uf the earth before doing this.
On shelves or boxes where there Is
some number of them together the
whole will be a mass Of roots before a
few weeks after gathering. On the
other hand the nut Of the burr oak will
remain a long time before showing any
disposition to sprOut 1t is these vary
ing characteristics which make rules
for the transportation Of seeds difficult.
each kind has to he a method Of irs
own So far as the two oaks are con-
cerned. 1t has beer found better to
send young plants long distances than
the acorns them elves. - Meehan's
Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05

Mr.. BeIlefeld-I don't like Spifins
He has wheels in his head.
Mr.. Bloomfield-DOn't you think that
Is an expression to be condemned?
Mr.. Bellenield-Indeed l don't. !
know that Spifiins has wheels In his
head.
Mr.. Bloomfield-How do you know:
Mr.. Bellefield-By the spokes that
come out Of his mouth.-Pittsburg
ChrOnicle-Telegrap
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
tOH a MODEL kI1CnEN.
ONE Practical fugRessions Are Made
to Housewives.


Very little attention Is given to the
furnishing Of the kitchen, even In the
most particular households. II new
house is being built. the careful house
wife may charge the architect with
certain cOnveniences for the room. but
GENERALLY the matter Is left wholly to
his directions. and unless he IL q tyro
heis not apt to disappOint expectations.
Modern improvements In plumbing
md in ranges provide the most cOnvc-
nient Of permanent fixtures. 1t Is
scarcely necessary to warn one against
The old style Of shut In plumbing. that
left innumerable crevices and crannics
to give lOdgment to dirt and vermin.
The very best results are obtained from
the use of iron pipes instead Of lead.
and II this be used there Is much less
chance Of sweating. and the conse-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
III. Coatly Little Joke.

Finding a purse containing 80 cents
on the sidewalk in front Of Calais
(Maine) store, a woman picked it up
and took it to the stOrekeeper. He hung
1t in the window above a sign reading.
"Found-this purse, containing large
sum of money" When he came down
the next morning the purse was gone.
and there was a big hole in his plate
glass window.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
CHAPTER XII


Muriel has rushed into the room and
sprung between them-she scarcely knows
how-in her horror at the scene that is
before her of Miles, white as death, his
very likeness changed with raging pas
sion, his blue eyes giittering with a lurid
light, and Sylvester, with livid face.
struggling to escape from the grip of
Miles hand on his shoulder whilst the
stout new riding whip in Miles hand
swishes through the air and falls again
and again ere Muriel can clutch at the de
scending hand, and Sylvester writhes and
kicks, and curses horribly.
Whatever he has doner' shouts Miles
hOarsely, holding Muriel off and pointing
at hk step-brother, with the whip still
In his hand. He has slandered and Will
fed you! He has ridiculed you. and made
light of your name amongst his low bred
set, the Suttons, of Baltimore! And
heard it this evening-my sisters name
and affairs made the town talk through
that malicious scoundrel's tongue! Let me
20, Muriel! IN thrash him within an inch
- of his iife!'
And he 1ings of her OBTAINING hold
with fierce, sudden movement, and leaps
af Sylvester again, clutches him in spite
Of the boys frantic struggles and shouts,
and another merciless stroke comes down,
not on Sylvester's arm, but on Muriel 5,
as she tries to shield him.
And then q sudden hush falls on tn.
room, for Miles is lying in an easy chair,
in q curious helpless looking position; his
handkerchief is pressed to his face with
both hands, and on the handkerchief is n
great stain of wet blood. Muriel, seized
with q strange sinking of deadly fear,
runs to her brother
''Alilesl Why, Miles, darling brothert
she cries, and then tries to pull away tht
handkerchief with a shrek.
1t il six O'Clock the next morning ere
Muriel ventures to leave her brother 6
bedside, where she has watched through
the night. The doctor has just gone, as
suring her there is no immediate dan
GER" and Hannah has taken her place.
Nuriel creeps away sick, and faint, and
cold. with backward fearful glances At
soor Miles wan, sharpened features as he
les in a deep sleep of exhaustion, after
the terrible attack of hemorrhage which
she fierce excitement of the night before
had brought on him. -.
I'm done for this time, Clarke" he
says, with a feeble smile, addressing the
loctor; you'll never pull me through
SSain, old fellow"
Il can't say anything decisive yet for
. few days, old fellow" the doctor an
swers gently. You might pull through
dis time, Niles. but you've gone down
HI since last summer, old man, thers's
- dsnyinS"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05

1hG boxuC vsBoS
Such scientific authorities In England
rs Lord Lister and Professor Frank
land speak with approval Of Dr.. Yer
sins antitOxin for the plague. They
are convinced that he has discovered
the true virus Of the disease. and that
his method Of prevention and cure BY
vaccination Ii effective.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
Spiral Arrow Heads.

Several chalcedony arrow-heads are
reported to have been found In New
Jersey which are SO peculiar Ia form
that, II they are genuine relics Of In
dian times. they seem to Indicate that
the red men may have sought. In some
cases. to give their arrows a twisting
motion, like that Of rif1e-ball The
arrOw-heads In question are cut in q
spiral shape. and one Of them makes q
fifth of turn in Its length Of two and
a half inches. Dropped point down In
water, it Is said, it will perform . COM
plete revolution in a space Of about
thirty inches.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
The Plays of Amin q la.

A German professor. Karl Groos, has
written a book on the plays" Of ami
mails. in which he undertakes to show
that the desire to indulge In play IS q
true instinct among the lower crea-
lures As in man, the tendency to play
is stronger In young animals. Professor
Groos divides animal sports Into q
number of classes. Among them are:
Play-hunting," In which the prey Is
sometimes such as the animal natural.
Is chases. and sometimes n "make-be-
lieve;" "play-fghting," "building-play."
nursing play" pays Of imitation. !"
and others.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
Hi.,ory ON a Watch Face.

Almost the last work Of the Relgian
astronomer. Houzeau recently deceas-
ed. was an article In which. while ar8u-
ing In favor Of q decimal division Of
time. he pointed out the origin Of the
double set of twelve hours represented
on our watch and clock faces. The an
cient Inhabitants Of MesOpOta mia
chose the number twelve as an arith-
metical base because 1t has four divis-
Ors. viz. while ten has only two divis-
ors. viz, two and five. They counted
twelve hours in the day and twelve In
the night. measuring shs- day by the
progress Of the SUE, AID the night by
the progress o: .ne stars across the
sky. This sySteE.. prevailing over all
others, has come down to us. and %
our watches Dear on their faces a sou.
venir II those ancient days when the
sun seryed fu- clOck-hand half of the
time. and the stars the other half.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
Making Railroads sm oother.

The fact that within the past fifteen
gears two-thirds of the unevenDess in
railroad tracks has been done away with
on certain lines was discussed at re-
cent meeting of the New York Acad-
emy of Sciences. The improvement has
been brought about principally through
new designs and methods Of manufac.
ture of rails. track Indicator" car
travelling twenty or thirty miles an
hour. sums up the inequalities, the
ups and downs" in the rails for each
mile traversed. Formerly the total
inequality" per mile amounted to six
or seven feet. even for the best roads
now it has been reduced to only eigh
teen or twenty inches, and this rem,
nant is said to be due to dents in the
rails. 1t was pointed out that the i'm
provement, which may be carried far
ther, brings with 1t heavier locon:S
tives and cars. longer trains and higher
Sr,enA
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
Ont Of the RunoinC.

Watts-l suppose when one takes Ad
ANS conduct in that fruit deal into con
liberation that he can hardly 5e called
4 gentleman.
Potts-He could not have been q gen
tleman anyway. How could a man b.
4 gentleman without any ancestors?-
indianapolis Journal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
-N6yIfRElY

Elsie-Yes, dear, my husband is q
doctor, and a lovely fellow, but he u
awfully absent-minded.
Ada-Indeed!
Elsie-Only fancy. During the mar
riage ceremony. when he gave me the
ring, he felt my pulse and asked me to
put out my tongue.
Ada-Well. he won't Il ~ latter
egaiu.rIt3-8StR
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05

According to the result Of many
measurements made at the AnthropO-
logical Laboratory In London, the right
arm In human beings Is. In a majority
of cases. longer than the left arm,
while. on the contrary, the left leg 10
longer than the right leg. Sometimes,
however. the relative proportions are
exactly reversed. but very seldom does
perfect equality exist between the two
sides. The tendency of the right arm
to exceed the left arm in strength Is
somewhat greater in men than In WON
en-, while equality Of strength In the
two arms occurs almost twice rs fre
quently with women as with men.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05
ParIs' Executioner.

Deibler, the Monsieur de Paris" has
resumed his post as executioner, II re-
ports are to be credited. Formerly
France had a head cutter for every
department, but Of late years. unit
his recent resignation, Deibler allet
the office for the entire country, hav
ing 400 executions - his credit HI
used to be something Of q dandy, bu
more recently avoids publicity - muo'
- possible ~.--
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-05

The doctor goes out then, and Muriel
somes In nOiselessly, spirit-like. with her
slender, dark-robed figure. her white face
and great wistful eyes. and sits down by
the bedside, and lays her soft. warm
cheek to her brothers cold. clammy
brow.
sob from those pale lips answers her.
Heaven be merciful to me. q sinnerr'
MOOT Miles O'Hara says. with heartfelt
.ervor. ''Oh, Murrie! I wish Eric was
here! Eric IL a good man ! heard him
pray once for dying soldier. Aye! pray
better than | ever heard a parson pray!
wish he was here now. He's coming In
4 week-coming back-isn't her That
was the bargain. wasn't It? My head
8 so confused, send for him, he said"
and then the weakened brain loses hold
IF the tangled thread Of thought alto
Eether.
And Muriel, kneeling down by the bed.
side to pray for the soul Of her dying
brother, thinks wildly, in an agony OF
lonely longing, how her cruel words. her
false words, have banished Miles faith
full friend, insulted him, driven him away
forever, and left both Miles and her alone
and friendless in this. their extremity.
Two weary days go by. and then there
comes letter of a few courteous lines,
written from Eric to Miles, referring to
Muriel merely as his late hostess. and tell
| ing of his arrival In London, where he
purposes to Stay for few days, he says
She reads the letter TO Miles, who does
| aot seem to notice anything odd In its
| style or tenor, and she creeps away out of
the room. trembling with nervous uncer-
tainty and suspense. Late that same
| evening, however, as Muriel sits by his
pillow as usual. Miles says. sorrowfully:
I'VE miss Eric, don't we, Murielf'
"Yes." Muriel answers. family: you
miss him, l suppose, Miles, dear, very
much"
Another and another day passes away
ave days now. and the end Of the week is
here. Miles is going-going. visibly with
each sun rising and setting. At last, on
the eighth day after Eric has gone, as the
afternoon is closing in with still, gray,
hazy atmosphere sunless and lifeless,
Miles speaks suddenly, addressing his Sis
ter:
Have you written to Eric, Muriel?"
written to EricT' she falters. mo.
aot yet"
Miles stirs restlessly and sighs.
Il can't think how II il you don't care
for him, Muriel," he says. wearily. He
Is man any woman might be proud Of"
Muriel answers never Q word. II don't
zUS3.f6 % 6hy violence to your feelings.
= &a, "Ae says gently and desp0ndingly:
s''h1 at all events. must see Eric before
I die. l must try and write to him. II you
won't"
He does not notice Muriel slipping on,
If the room a few minutes after. but he
h4r hnr