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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-03
Donu.,. Skirt Dance.

Donna's Skirt Dance.
1ut on the wn cit father and mother,
Four.year-eid Donna, Kate, Joe, neigh
Dor Krumm,
and grandma, who asks, "Now. will wee
Donna give us
A dance while papa gaily sings 'tuRity
tumY"
Yes, oh, yes. gamma, DEAR" and up she
stands blushing.
Her lavender muslin 'twixt finger and
thumb,
;erious, watehful. patiently waiting.
Fer meme but papa must sing 'tumity
tuna.
Tumity tum" sets the tan slippers flying,
Around and around the waving locks
come,
fallen leaves rustic, and "Bravo"' is
shouted
To the musical beat Of tum, tum-tee-
tum.
sut dry. old stick, all doubled and
twisted
Lies right in her path, close-crouehing
and dumb.
er. quickest
Tee-tuAiity, tumty-ti teump tee-tum!
Chen; It springs! There's a whirl of locks,
lace and muslin,
Embroidery and shoes; there she's up,
rather glum,
But again circling smoothly and steadily
onward
To npns's ehaerful "Jai girlie tee
tumty tum.
roora, loora, tce-tum," SC 1t now must be
ended
With spirit and never n tear in her eyes:
That done, her lips Quiver while showing
her bruises
As she leans on papa, and, oh! how SHE
cries!
Detroit Free Press.
Awfn1ly COnceitcd.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-03
Hia (sucee.

'.T see." said the fortune teller, that
you are to be twice married, and
that
oh" exclaimed Bixby, clapping his
aands to the sides Of his head, 'this is
terrible! Terrible!
what Is terribler his friend asked.
- - sFsssie---r : ss'aa-sa~,ur fam
Ed. 'and
9nd that 1.
inst
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-03
e,asr WOMAN UP sxAauAx

M A. Hamiue1 Broke Up Ass
Home to Follow Her Husband.
Accompanied by her husband. an. MI. Mr.
M. A. Hammel d New "nAtco%'
Wash, was the first woman over tn'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-03
Match m makinG.

!, ss. NeigAbor-Was 1t kiss.
ing match heard last evening on your
piazza?
AlicAOh, no; only Jack trying to
strike a match between us.-New York
Herald.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-03

with the round ball
inside of it. This
ball is loose and
can be readily roll
ed about, but it is
too large to be tax
en- from its prison.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-03
Awfully COuceitcd,

Awfn1ly COnceitcd.
The Indianapolis Journal reports n
crap of dialogue between two boys.
some people would say that theirj
Ind logic were bothzr--s
site of their-ss~
Tomms
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
News End Notes.

The farmers national congress WIN
bold its next session at Parltersburl
w. Va, Oct. 8 to g.. The delegates are
appointed by the governors Of the states
The last census shows that there were
523, 21S, 60 acres in farms and that
957, GIG, $50 acres were improved. TX
1850 there were 53G, 0S1, S35 acres il
farms, 264, III, 042 acres Of which were
improved. Therefore there was an in
crease Of 81, 1876. 7S4 acres of the totaI
land in farms and SO, $40 713 acres i'm
proved.
It has been established that ii nj
case OF the apple crop spraying will pro
toct from 80 to - per cent Of the fruit
which would otherwise be wo,mv, and
that in actual marketing experience the
price has been enhanced from 81 TO
81. so per barrel, and this at d cost u
only ahout 10 cents per tree for labc5
and material,
Crop prospects, on the whole, and
taking the country at large, are not en-.
eouraglug. Late maturing crops were
badly damaged by drought over a wide
extent Of country
There are reports Of a very short up.
pie crop not only IN England Lut
throughout continental Europe Apples
are likely 20 DC scarce aaJ dear ais
year.
The dap2-tmsnt Of acncsi.a1e srg-es
chat .ae ar.-a- -gnti &c .u ll fie patetc
-.. .. t-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
Irtha1,, Ettnlo

It has seldom fallon 10 the !cy OF am
man 10 bcqu,ath 10 his country so costly
u legacy as Luther did IN lis Bible, ant
we can UNDERSIGNED even while we lamont
the euper.titiou- reverence which So sadly
frustrated the recent .t.aIupt at a r~eyiSioE
of this great version But Luther himsoB
was not trammeleG hy any such sentiment
tor his text. Hr doc, not s.rupla, for in.
stance, 10 substitute ii..- cad bpcchcs fot
popil.rs and .trcbiatAs I'm such passages "
Hosea ~. l3, and Isaiah vi. ~, not because
he had any reason t. suppose the prophets
alluded TO these trees, buI because German
people were moro familiar with them thar
with those mentioned IN the original.
The same motive probably accounts foI
his ark being made Ot pine wood aud Liz
tabernacle OF fir ana for the introduction
into the soWbtr luud~riyc Of dc,OlateC
Edom isaiah xExiv. ID OF he grotesqut
and very German Euhail i'm place OF tho-e
aim terrors, the hebrew LIllth and tie
Lamia OF the Nulgate - Macmilian's Mag
aLine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
How She Locke 7.

There are those who wear the mantle N
prosperity anu case after o. II. Of priyation
and hard wo.k and there are others 70
whose shoulders II l. not quickly adjusted
A western man who had been unsuc-
cessful in one venture after another at la3
made money i'm "a mine, and shortly aftoe
his wife aid daughter were seen riding IL
a handsome carriage bciIId a cuachmln.
a person past WHOM, tho pair were d.iyeu
noticed the look Of painlul SELF conscious
ness that ovcrsproad ,he features OF ths
miners wife as she sat bolt upright, look.
ing straight before her
CHOW, ma, came in clear tones from
the daughter whose keen face was sliVG
witt, enjoyment too strong To be conceaiGs
NOW, ma can't you loll back and ual
look AS il the water was bIlin overg'--
Youths Companion.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

den since 10 a. m. and made up on'
hour ot time-we come in sight once
more Of the blue waters. Now bluer.
colder, clearer than ever. lis Supe-
rlor's sparkling waves. Yes, there's
the great finland Ocean" Do you
see that little river-whOse brown but
limpld water flow so vexed TO the sea
lis one OF those short and vigorous
streams that characterize the northerl'
watershed. lis the Au Train, and the
drifting sands have shut its mouth
many times. but ever asserting, tht
stream, some two rods wide, pushes
and battles. and swirls around the sandy
point, coasts along the sandy beach.
and ripples out To sea Over the sable
bar which seeks to choke il back. The
chocolate stream colors SuperiOr's blue
for a little distance out and along, and
then loses its identity and Loyalty con-
tributes its mite TO the might Of the
cold blue sea.
It's now but a short ride TO beautiful
Marquette, which city we'll describe on
our return. Negaunee, Ishpcmiug,
Champion, Michigamme-cities of the
iron country-w will be passed Tor the
present,
AT L'Anse and Baraga We come
once more in sight of the delightful
waters of the lake, and AZ 1880 p. m.
the train lands US at Houghton in the
copper country. On time for the insti-
tute.
1t is the deliberate intent of We editor
20 continue this series of articles, so
that Michigan girls and boys may sup
PIGMENT their geography lessons of our
own state. Look for more to follow
then; and now, a word in closing num-
her one of the series. October is de-
llghtful in the upper peninsula. The
clear bright days and bracing air, the
ma ses of ozone everywhere accessible,
the dark lirs and the yellow poplars,
the green cedas and the crimson
maple. Oh, the denizens of lower
Michigan think they have handsome
colors on their autumn trees. They
can't hold a candle. The flaming Grim
son of the northern maple makes the
hillsides fairly blush a warmest well
come. Whittier hits it all right when
he SO sweetly sings:
- October's holocaust
Burned gold and crimson, oyer all the
hills,
The sacramento mystery of the woods"
Moderator,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

EDi ~ ny MRS. MARY 2. oLMsrrAD.
It mpera,.ce

T mpera-cs
Statistr' ( / The %llrcr>r porind il,t
closed il Chicago snow u decrease If
354 saloc1S.
The pc,p'" IT Now York spend at
least 500, 900 in Inc Raines law hotels
every Sunday.
Michieau hls passed a law fixing a
heavy peaally upon railroad companies
for %emplu,inA or Keeping in Their en-
ploy persons addicted TO The use of in
toxicants.
Bishop Fmk, of the Roman Catholic
/ diocese # ~Lruyenwor,h, Kas., has sent
a letters "a be- read in all his parishes
forbidding Catholics from attending n
contemplated large Irish.Amcncan p =
mic. which &, 70 be held OF. Sunday.
At the recent state convention OF Iowa
ProhibitCui,ts l. committee was APP
pointed To- dcvi,e plans for the erection
Of a monuUeat 10 lie memory of the
Rev. Mr.. Ha3dock, who vas murdered
in that ST Il p few years ago by ems
saries of The saloon clement.
Mayor } j. Scudder, of Neodesha,
Kan, has been arrested on a warrant
from the district our under that pro-
vision of the prohibitory law which re-
quires all county and city officials to
notify the county attorney Of any viola
ton of the wrohibio Dry liquor law COM
ing within Their knowledge.
Ten saloons IN Kqnsas City, Kas.,
were raidcd by the police on August
80, and $4,000 worth Of liquor was
seized up and put into the cutters.
Saloon furniture and fixtures filing ten
drays welc seized and carted to police
headquarters. Inc coniiscations were
under odd irjunctions. Similar action
will be tal.cn against seventy other
places.
Chilhowoe, = town IN Johnson county
Mo-, is undergoing a decided wave Of
reform. four gamblers caught in the
act and a druggist arrested for selling
whisky, were urraigned, and created "A
sensation by preferring charges against
other druggists and gamblers. The
most prominent people Of the town, in
Guiding the mayor. marshal and bank
president are involved, and they were
arrested.-Wine and Spirit News.
Governor Ellerbe, of South Carolina,
has given orders tor Withdrawing the
state consta hulary force from every vii
lage, town and city in the state. Only
a few constables will be retained in the
country districts, where there are no
local officials to enforce the d%ispensary
law. This action removes the chief
cause of friction in the enforcement OF
the state liquor law, and will save the
commonwealth $4,000 a year.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
DUTY and today are ours Greeley
An Irresistible bargain.

Mrs. Nevv.fo--I bought a lovely
bottle Of medicine TO-DAY, wa~ranted to
cure St. Vitus' dance. l only paid SO
cents for il.
Her Hubby--But neither IF Us has
that disease.
- E"cw. t1t it was marked down
from 5Jv,ajs. PHILADELPHIA Record.
Crap t-eaGors il Portugal, who treao
ont ,Ac ju-c, w.;h their bare feet, get
80 cents "a DAY, a nigh rate, as they
claim The juice Is apt 70 make the feet
sore.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION

If your frie' d. ar urighbors are suf-
feripg from &C Igl >. colds sore threat.
or any throat o. luug disease O%ucludlng
consumption tsk them if they have
ever used Ut IS cure. This famoue
German remedy is having a large sale
here and is PEI forming some wonderful
cnres Of thrOs ~ . 'ung diseases A.
S. Mcintyre vii g've You a sample
bottle free. w matter what other
medicines have failed to do. Try Otto's
Cure. Large sizes 2jc and soc. ;
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
ABSOLUTELY PURE CRAZE JUICE

Speer's Cnferuented Grape Juice Is
so perfectly Invested of all fermentlng
principles by electricity and fumigation
that it uncorked and haIf a bottle used
and corked mp again Immediately aud
placed up ide down il a cool place, 1t
will keep for months; but if allowed to
come in contact vita the air in a warm
temperature it will absorb the fcrment-
ing germs from the air aud wi not keep
good, but Will f,rment and become
slightly alcoholic. For sale by drug
gists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
The Lay OF = Bachelor.

A bachelor old ard cranky was sitting
alone in his room. His toes with the govt
were aching, and his face was o'erspread
with gloom. No little ones shouts to dis
turb him-from noises the house was free.
In fact, from cellar TO attic twas as still
as still could be. No medical aid was lack
Ing. His servants answered his ring, TO
spectfuily heard his orders and supplied
him with everything. But still there was
something wanting, which he could not
c~ommand-the kindly words Of compass.
sion, the touch Of q gentle hand. And he
said as his brow grew darker and he rang
tr the hircling nurse, well. marriage
may be q failure, but this is u jolly sight
worse. -, LonGod STANDARD.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
Masters of the World.

Simple words, short maxims, homely
truths, old sayings, are the masters Of
the world. Great reformations. great
revolutions in society, great eNs in hu-
man progress and improvement, start
from good words, right words, sound
words, spoken in the fitting time, and
finding their way TO human hearts as
easily as the birds find their homes
d. March.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
Everybody Says So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing TO the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system. dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and bi' iousgess. Please buy and try n box
Of &. &. G to-day; 10, p, 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed TO cure by all druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
At a Disadvantages.

Penmnn-It's outrageous the way Kun
nifUs ridicules my writings.
Amicus-Turn about Is fair play. II rs
laughs at your writings, why don't you
get your revenge by laughing at bisf
Penman-That's just where he has tbs
advantage of me. He only writes hun4ds-
Gus stud, coLfound hunl-Boston T-as
sNl tpt.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

To try to cure constipation by taking
pills Is Ike gong T0dud IN "A circle.
You will never reach the point sought,
but only get back TO the starting wont.
A perfect ma urai laxative is BacCu's
Celery King, iue celebrated remedy for
all nerve. bpnd, stomach, liver and
kidney diseisrs u regulates the
bowels. a s. McIurvle Will give you
= sample pa akege free. Large S'zas
25c and soc. s
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

IL am an Old soldier OF he Rebellion.
A year ago | was in bed all winter with
chronic rheumatism. Three doctor fail
ed to give me relief. Two bottles of
Burdock Blood Bitters put me on my
feet. 1t is worth its weight in god "
w. b. Knapp, Litchfield, Hillsdale Co
Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

There IS a time for everything; and
the time to attend 10 a cold is when it
starts. Don't wait till YOU have CON
sumption hut drevent It by using one
Minute Cough Cure. the great remedy
for coughs. colds. Group. bronchitis and
all throat and lung troubles,
W. II. Kennels, s.. LOUIS; h Webb
Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
he Won.

"Your little brother is better, l hopeF''
eyes, but the wetting ho GOT gave him
. severe cold. Some more boys and he
were playing at who could walk nearest
the edge of the canal with their eyes shut
and he c .'-Phil,dolphia American.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

Il crave but One Minute said the
public speaker in a husky voice: and
then he took a dose of One Minute
Cough Cure, and proceeded with his
oratory. One Minute Cough Cure is
unequalled for throst and lung troubles.
w. IL. Kennels, st. Louis; b S Webb,
Alma,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

20 Garry on an Almost Helpless Fight
AT Last The Fight is over.
(Ftom Ne B1tile Crcet Mo0aD


cur Representative called at 26 El..le
Greek Avenue. the residence Of $. I. Rob.
bins and nan interview wi,hhim hragg
out jhe following facts Mir. Rohbius ..
0i ilS Wiies experience I'm 20 mtuuar ..6
carries conviction with his words o.
say I'm sorry my wife I5 not at home
this =. ~, but 100 one knows heftor tIan
how she has suffered during past r,.rs.
For twenty years She has been 7tii.,.j
with the various forms Of kidney COM
pl1lnt and an C.'lrgcmCut of the liver
she was often confined to her bed t0rmur.
than two weeks at q time suffering untold
agony. She has dOctored constantly. aal
} have paid out in doctors bills for urr
alone as much as 5000 90, aud then her zoe
lief was only such chat she would be able
Or bee around for % spell. Some time ago
she felt tine symptoms of another attack
coming on, such as q pain IN through the
kidneys and back. / hardly know whut
induced me % get "a box OF Doans Kidney
Pills, instead of sending for the family
physician; however, | got some and she
commenced their use. II was n surprise
20 us both 10 see their action; the attack
was warded Of. and she continued taking
them with marked improvement each day
of their use. She is better now than SHE
has been in years, the pain in the back and
others in the kidneys have entirely gone
Hardly a day goes by that we do not men
ton the great good Doan's Kidney Pills
have done her. | was always opposed 10
patent medicines, but confess that my
wifc's experience with Doan's Kidney
Pills has done much TO change my opin-
ions. If it were not for those pills she
would not have been able to be out this
afternoon.
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ers - price, 80 cents. Mailed by Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents
for the U. $. Remember the name, Doan's.
and take no other.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
A Little Bows Vain Regret

He was six years old, just six that day,
And l saw he had something important 70 BY ,
AS he held in his hand a broken toy.
He looked in my face for an instant, and the
he said, with a sigh and "A downcast eye,
"lf l could live my life over again,
I think ! could be a better boy"
Edith NJ. Thomas IN st. Nicholas
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

Revolutions are not made; they come.
A revolution is as natural a growth as
an oak. 1t comes ont Of the past. It's
foundations ar laid far back.-Wendell
Phillips.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

No more a" ork Of convenience" OF
Sunday. Work { necessity or charity"
may still be performed. Under which
class does preaching Gomez Boston
Traveller.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

Vim, vigor and victory: these
are the characteristics of DeWitt's
Little Early Risers the famous little
pills for constipation, biliousness and
all stomach and liver troubles.
VIII Kennels, st. Louis; b. S. Webb,
Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
STATE NEWS.
The Latest Gossip Of the Peninsula

Calumet.-One of the most start
LING mining accidents that has ever
taken place here occurred Sunday after
noon, when a ~17-Near-Old boy named
Will GLEASON met a. terrible death in
the famous Red Jacket shaft of the
Calumet and lIecla mine, by falling
down the perpendicular shaft "A dis
lance OF oyer 5000 feet. The lad was
employed rs pump boy and was sta.
toned at the second pumps a distance
Of 2jO feet from the surface.
The skip IN passing tins place with
the men on the way up from work
struck something and the occupants
Immediately suspected what it was.
An investigation showed that the boy
who was evidently out in the shaft try
ing to get at the skip rope TO signal
the engineer TO stop whore he was,did
not know that the skip was 80 near
the surface, and when crossing the
timAcr~ was hit by it in passing and
sent hcadlOng down the shaft, never
stopping in his fearful fall until ne
reached "a cross section at q distance OF
$500 feet from the earth surface. where
the body was picked up. strange 10
say the remains were bat slightly
bruised.
This j., the same shaft where i0men
met their dcpti by falling down the
shaft just tour years ago. At that
time nothing but small pieces OF their
remains could De found, and what wa,
left OF 10 men was put in onc small
sack.
The corouct's Jury brought ma yer
dict i'm accordance with the fIcts and
completely eNonorated the company
rom all blame. as the boy had no
businc,, % leave his post in the pump
station unit he vas relieved half AN
hour after the accident happened.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

Truth is the most powerful thing In the
world, since even fiction itself must be
governed by it and ca:i only please by its
resemblance. -Shaftesbury
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

A countenance habitually under the
influence Of amiable feelings acquires 9
beauty Of the highest order from the fire.
quency with which such feelings stamp
their character upon it. Mrs. sc. Hala
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

Calumet.-Snow fell continuously
all day sunday and "A greater part OF
Sunday night and will.with the heavy
frost OF the past few days, do great
damage TO the crops.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

BE careful III lighting a gas stove to
see that all the burners are lit; other
= wire you Will suffer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

S~arsapariNa

Almost to the exclusion of all others. Try Is
Prepared only bye. |. Hood & Co, Lowell, Maa
49,, are the only pills to taks
Hoods Pills with Hoods SarsayarillL
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

avoid him who, for mere curiosity, asks
three questions running about a thing
that cannot interest him. -Layater
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

IAN Unc Of prevention is better than
a pound of cure DR.. Woods Norway
Pine syrup prevent consumption by
curing colds, and all similar lung trou-
bles.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
To Cure Constipation Forever.

TaFe CascHrets Candy Cathartie. 10c or 2sc.
v {. =, c. fail TO cure. druggists refund money.