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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
In the CanNries.

A tourist in the Canary Islands says;
Il know nothing more cheerful to
the yagabond than the readiness OF
friendship among the common people
of the Canary Islands. Go where you
will abroad you may shake the hand
of the beggaT. loafer, peasant and cot.
tager. All have the same free and
hearty welcome for you. They seem
to delight In outlandish ACQUAINTANCE,
mud II -yuu uapppn 10 be woman ,ou
Instantly appeal to their better selves.
Here, as elsewhere, have kindly mem.
ories of people whose names / never
knew and who did not know mine.
remember driving by diligence with
a brave and heroic-looking young gen.
tleman, beautifully clad. He wore
long boots, radiant linen, velvet breech.
es, a short, smart jacket and a wide
brimmed hat
Men of breeding might go as far as
his native village to acquire his per
feet manners. Wondering who this
picturesque and operate young man
might be, l afterward questioned the
diligence driver IA rascal l had reason
to suspect of stealing my bag, with all
my things, and the wonderful bargains
in Orotava lace and embroidery l had
driven), and learned that he was a viii
lage butcher. So with all the trades
people here. l wanted to match some
stuff sold me by a woman of Orotava
down at Santa Cruz, and was informed
could apply to Don Pablo, or Don
Pedro. and then to Don Nicholas of the
Puerto. Surnames are suppressed
every one is still as well born as they
were on the peninsula in the days OF
Lope de Vega-and the German ambas
sador, asking for a servants credep.
tials, was presented with proof of his
descent from q Gothic king"-Good
Words.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
CHAPTER XVI.

GlaSGoW on Ouil, dreary, Orlzznng
day; Glasgow with east wind in full pre-
dominence. with pavement deep in mud.
with lamps lighted in the streets at four
O'clock in the afternoon. although the
month was April, and in the country, at
least. the daylight hours began to length
en- pleasantly. But the great city was
wrapped in gloom, and the cheerlessness
Of the day was reflected in the counte
nances of those unlucky persons whom
business tit could not have been pleasure)
obliged to be abroad.
A gentleman passing along Bath street,
however. did not seem to share in the
prevalent gloom. He was holding his
handsome dark head high; there was a
glow in his eye and in his face which
rendered him evidently Independent of
surrounding circumstances; he looked like
q man who had Just carried out lucky
coup, and had secured for himself some
thing that was worth winning With
that look Of high excitement on his face
1t was not likely that he would see even
an old acquaintance like Lady Valencia
Gilderoy-
But Lady Val was not to be discour-
aged. She uttered an exclamation, then
ran lightly down the steps of the hotel
where she was stopping with her maid,
pursued the unobservant gentleman, and
touched him on the arm.
What have done that you should cut
me, Jack 2" she said.
John Harrington stopped and stared
violently. All the glow went suddenly
out Of his face.
Il lave not very much time to spare, l
am sorry to say. Lady Val" Hanning-
ton was visibly embarrassed.
afarad of him and fhan iauuha1
again-she would not be repelled. ITS
the first time you were ever rude TO me.
Jack: It IS going te be the last. hope.
Come. you can't be 20 very busy IS not
to be able to give me ten minutes or So"
She ascended the steps before him, and
inducted her guest into a private sitting
room, away from the street and the occa-
sional spurts Of hustle in the entrance
hall; and in this room they found
bright fire. some osy-looking chairs and
a sofa.
Hannington's face had grown gloomy:
his impenetrable dark eyes were lighted
by neither mirth nor pleasure, and he
was pulling at his long black mustache
with what she perceived to be a rather
nervous hand. Moreover, he stood up
onSthe hearth-rug in a constrained and
formal attitude which astonished her
well as she knew John Harrington, there
was something In his demeanor which
perplexed her now.
Jack" she began, ST have Seighty
Communication to make to you. viii you
listenf"
''Foreverr'
He intended it only as idle compliment,
and as such Lady Val had always ac
cepted the hslf-jesting devotion that he
on this occasion her eyes fell, and her
face flushed as If she had taken it more
seriously than usual"
ITO be continued)
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
TREES ON A TOWER.
frees Growing on Courthouse ToWl
in the HoOsier State.

frees Growing ON Courthouse Tower
in the Hoosier State.
On the courthouse tower in Greens.
burg, Ind, there Is a grove Of trees
growing from the apex Of the tower.
high above all other vegetation. and
without apparent cause for existence.
This is the only thing of the kind in
the world, except in England, where
there is a single yew tree growing
from q parish church tower, which
has to be constantly watched and
nOurished to prevent its expiring. The
existence of the trees on the Greens
burg tower is very puzzling, owing to
the fact that there is none Of their
species within several miles and their
place of hatitation is entirely devoid
of soil. The building was erected
about thirty five years ago. 1t stands
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10

through berrie . veins. ne uasneo for
ward. hardly knowing what he did. He
had a glimpse of a dimly-lighted room:
of Molly in her hat and cloak, holding
by q mans arms. Of Ralph Kingscott's
furious look. The light was suddenly
blown out; there came q cry. a scuffle;
the sound of a loud report as the re-
volver was wrencbed out of his hand and
freddy whom he could not tell. A
heavy blow was planted well between his
eyes! there was a moment of bewildering
pain, Of flickering lights, confusing noises,
quivering nerves. and then came the
b.ackness and silence of complete ucon-
scivuspess
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
CHAPTER XIV.

The evening was dull. Mr.. Moncris6
scarcely spoke, and the rest Of the fam
Ilv followed his example. Stella at last
went to the piano and. began playing the
soft. melancholy airs which she knew
chat her husband loved, as her father had
done before But in the very midst of his
fayorite melody Alan got up and walked
ont of the room. Stella went on playing,
but her eyes filed with tears, and the
heart seemed to have gone out of her
music
Alan and his brother-in-law went into
the smoking room together. Alan threw
himself into low easy chair, crossed his
arms. and fell at once into a deep reverie.
Kingscott selected a fine cigar with great
care. and lighted it in peculiarly DELHI
crate manner before speaking. Then he
said, quietly:
Don't you want to hear what Han
nington said to me"
mo" said Moncrieff, with an impa.
dent movement of his head.
your wife"
81 would rather not hear anything
against my wife"
Kiuescott raised his eyebrows and
shrugced his shoulders. my dear Alan,
would not say anything against your
wife for the world. l have the very
greatest admiration and respect for her.
What on earth makes you think that /
meant to say anything to her discredit?'
II don't know; / beg your pardon,
Ralph"
.sIt seems" says Kingscott, csrelessly,
that she and Harrington were engaged
before she left Dundee"
A sort of start ran through Aians
whole frame, but he did not look up.
.'She has that curious sort of shame
and dislike to the subject which many
women show on the subject of their first
loves" Ralph went on, in the tone of
dispassionate Judge, land she seemed to
fancy that Jack Harrington had Kept
her letters, and that she might get them
hack In a personal interview"
att was a planned thing, then-this
neetingT
"Oh, yes"
"She wrote to him, perhaps, to meet
kar thereT
Il could rot say, really. There are
always plenty of opportunities for
woman, if she wants secret interviews
especially when Il woman has as mucn
freedom as you accord your WIFE"
YES" groaued Alan, uncoverlng his
face, which had grown white as death.
Il have never been hard on her, have 1,
Ralph? You used to think me hard on
poor Marie; but Stella-Stelia-never. !
was never harsh OF unkind to Stella, l
sm sure" There was a strange tone OF
rsarsxSed anguish in bis voice
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
A Gigantic Pear-Trec.

A famous pear tree, which had lived
nearly six centuries. near Toulon, wal
destroyed recently by a violent wind
storm. The trunk was nearly twelve
baud. the proprietor of the ground or
which the tree stood, after correspond
ing with nearly all the botanical So
cieties in Europe, could learn OF Ne
pear tree equal In size and age to THU
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
Musjc for the Deaf.

At meeting Of the Royal Society IN
December Prof. Mckendrick descrio
ed a method by which it was possible
to stimulate electrically the sensory
nerves of the skin so that some of the
elements Of music rhythm and intensl
ty-might be perceived and even enjoy
ed by those who had become deaf"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
L'mitr of the Univerae.

Prof. Simon NewcOmb, in q recent
paper. discussed the question OF stellar
distances. He said the stars of small
magnitude were evidently not as re-
mote from the earth as their faintness
would indicate. and this fact seemed to
warrant the inference that the visible
universe has a definite limit in space
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
rran.mi..ion of Electric Power.

ITanemi0RtOn OF Electric fOWcrs
The worldwide renown Of Niagara
Falls has lent peculiar distinction to
the great electric power plant recently
installed there, but the American Ma
chinist says that ''in so far as the Nj
agara plant is long-distance one the
work done up to date has been sur.
passed in several instances, both in the
distance covered and the amount OF
power transmitted" Many of the
greatest electric power plants are
among the Rocky Mountains and Oh
the Pacific coast. At Fresno. Cal, a
reservoir on the brow Of a nearby
mountain supplies the heaviest head OF
water yet used for such a purpose
AGO feet, and the power is distributed
over a distance of thirty-five miles. In
some of the Western installations the
water, after serving it's purpose in
generati ting electric power, Is utilized
for irrigating land.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
OLDEST hOOSlER.

Nat strauRhn, Of English, Ind, 1s
los Years Old.
One of the oldest men in the country
9 Nathaniel Straughn, who lives in
English, Ind. Mr.. Straughn u now
nearly 1O5 years old, having reached
the century mark on May 8, 1892.
Uncle Nattie." as he is affectionate-
y called by the residents Of Enghsh.
was born in Franklin County, Ken
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
Animal. Initat;up Ptauf..

Not long ago Prof. verrill exhibited
to the members Of the National Acad
emy Of Sciences In New York SOM,
beautiful examples of mollusks, dwell
Ing in the Sargasso Sea, that Imita te
not only the seaweed among which
they live, but even the parasitic
grOwths found upon the weeds
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10

u do not wish you to answerShnless II
is uite agreeable TO yourself" said Alan,
M !. t,ne that more thaReever showed
him to be displeased. Il prefer to ask
no questions. =,
Il will tell you everything time,
said his young wife, tremulously, but
not just now. Alan, please do not ask II
some other time
She was hardly prepared for the excia-
nation that followed. There Is some
thing to tell then! Some secret? Heaven
helm usl l thought | had done with Sc
crets now. but it seems that all women
are alike"
Have patience with me, Alan" she
said, softly. Il think-I hope-I am not
concealing anything from you for my
own good simply. | want to do right,
and to tell you everything; but give me
little tine-I have a reason for not tell
Ing you to-day
81 believe that you mean well. Stella >
The words fell coldly upon her ear. Il
think that you want, as you say, to dc
right. But it is possible that your judg-
ment may be at fault"
Alan waited for her to speak-waited
more anxiously than she knew; but when
no word issued from her lips he folded
himself all the more closely in his cloak
of reserve and pride, and the two walked
on In =ilence-broken only by Alan when
he swung open for his wife the heavy
gate that led into the grounds OF Torres
muir.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
Raboon Soldiers.

Man is not the only animal who car.
ries ON his warfare by means Of Or
ganized bands, and calls In the forces
of nature to assist him. The German
naturalist and traveller, Brehm, wit.
messed in Central Africa AGhts that
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
Seeing RiRht.Side Up,

The lenses Of the eye produce on the
retina an inverted image of objects
looked at, and the question is often
asked, why do things appear right
side up when their images are wrong
side up?" 1t occurred to Mr.. Stratton
Of the University of California, to try
the effect of preventing the inversion
of images on the retina. This was ac-
complished by means Of an optical in
strument which excluded from the
eyes all light except that which passed
through the instrument itself. The in.
strument was adjusted to the eyes at
8 O'Clock one afternoon, and was not
removed Except at night, when the
eyes were bandaged) until noon the
next day. At first, to the person whose
eyes were thus treated, everything
seemed topsyturvy and illusory, and
the mind instinctively tried to imagine
objects to be in the position in which
they ordinarily appear. After a time
however, the feeling Of the unreality OF
what was seen passed away, and the
person experimental on even began tc
imagine everything that lay outside his
field of vision to be arranged in the
same way as what he saw. This goee
to show that habit and experience
counteract the effect of the inversion OF
Images In the eyes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
Queens Make Poor Monarchs.

Queens have not as a rule been a
success as monarchs. The darkest
page In English history is. perhaps,
that which covers the reign Of Mary
I. Semiramis, Cleopatra and Catherine
IL. were anything but a blessing to
their countries. Isabella OF CASTLE,
with her blind and pitiless bigotry
wrought good half share of the ruin
Of Spain Victoria is a noble exception
to the rule.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
How Fast Can Ducks FLY

While measuring the height and We
iocity of clouds recently, Messrs. Clay
ton and FERGUSON, of the Blue Hill
Observatory, observed a flight of ducks
passing across their base-line in the
Neponset River valley. With theii
theodolites they succeeded in measur
ing the height of the ducks above
ground, 95S feet, and subsequent obser.
vations ena bled them to calculate the
velocity of flight of the birds, which
was about 47.S miles per hour.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10

There are days in every mans life
when he feels he owes himself drink,
md no unpaid debt ca hSre un-
saSineSs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10
Animal Ware.

twenty-five years ago the mongoose
the great enemy of snakes in India,
was imported into Jamaica to destroy
the rats which were devaaoRting the
sugar-cane and other crops of the isl.
and. Having exterminated the rats
the mongoos next attacked poultry and
all kinds Of game, as well as snakes,
lizards and turtles, and finally even
began to feed upon sugar-cane, banan-
as. pineapples, etc. But at length, ac.
cording to the account recently pub
lished by Prof. Duerden, of Jamaica,
the tables were turned against the In.
yader. What its larger foes could not
accomplish seems to have been done
by ticks and other small insects. The
natural enemies of these pests having
been driven OF by the mongoos the
ticks multiplied enormously, until
even human beings suffered from theil
attacks. The little pests then fastened
upon the monRoos- which within the
past few years has notably diminished
in numbers. And now, a. the mongooa
gradually disappears, the snakes, birds
and lizards are beginning to return
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10

The old-fashioned copr
vas q little more than an inch.
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VOL. Ill
1 .iIArTE NIN-lConltInued)

4 Ii@l- Ii = AlN N--iCoDtlnuSuD
d minute or TWO no me mh.r of the
iirt.@ group said word. Then h" gen
HeIneH Saluted each other very formally,
AID Atr MoBcrieff turned grayely 10 his
wife. Are YOU coming home now Z: he
Inquired And as Stella neTvOusly an
swered What she was coming, he offered
Der his Nsrm-a very extrs ordinary PRO
seeding y his part, at such an hour and
In such a'Vlace; but desis!ned, no doubt
'hs HanniA Atgton thought to himselp TO
show that Stella was his property, aad
thai Il was S...s intention 10 take care of
her. The husband and wIfe walked away
together, leaving Kingscott swt Hau-
nington face to face.
Stella did not venture to speak for some
time. lie walked fast and did not seem TO
notice that she could hardly keep up with
him.
oh, Alan, don't be angry with me:
The words seemed wrung from her. haii
against her will.
Il do not know that l have anything to
be angry about. Stella" said her hds-
band
Il don't think you have, Alan"
Except" continued Moncrieh, IN his
most freezing tones. except that you ap-
pear 10 have relations with MIR. John
Hannington-a man whom l particularly
disiike-conSerning which you keep me
in entire ignorance"
mo, inde4d. Alan; at least-ohy it Is
very difficult TO answer you when ySu put
II in tnatSSway," said Stella, the hF tears
r kfuD NJ y
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-10

1 mount, l fly.
o death, where
Oh, people of God, II
fool and prepare for re.
your soul stands on
and there are vast Or
sapphired domes abdsE
hy2 Will you swoop
you fly downward
Everything on the t
aspire. Holy Spi
the New Coveoai
.-e wing, flying al
the wing, flying IL
wings,
Live so near to Chi
dead people standing
will not soliIoquize,
appointment lie was [
was TO departure. W.
to die, What al av
standing there my
vivid on your still fl
pain, something ii
1t was a happy ex
oppressive quarantin
lis, the Noting OF tn,
and the ascent
bright, shining nc
say, as they stand
humility and your
happiness in death.
the feet, with iva
with twain he cid 2
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piece,
The record-union., 1897-05-10

Revenue Bureau, or the data will be
printed free on the stamp by the bu-
reau
The law requires that the proof of the
spirits, the registered distillery num-
ber, the State and district in which the
distillery is located, the real name OF
the bona fide distiller, the year and dis
tilling season, whether spring or fall,
The date of bottling may be stated as
either spring or fall, and the proof of
the spirits may be omitted in making
orders for stamps.
The case stamps will be in four de-
and four-tenths gal
of fifth of a gallon each, with strip
stamp for each bottle; three gallons
for cases containing twelve bottles of
one quart each, with strip stamp for
each bottle; three gallons for cases
containing twenty four bottles of
one pint each, with strip stamp
for each bottle, and three gallons for
cases containing forty eight bottles of
one-half pint each with a strip stamp
for each bottle. Case stamps have a
cash value Of 10 cents.
This regulation will enable persons
who drink case goods to know whether
they are getting pure or adulterated
liquor. 1t will insure the particular
drinkers from being imposed upon, but
it may injure the caSeg goods trade in
favor of barrel goods
The record-union., 1897-05-10
RESIDENTS COMPLAIN.
They Don't Want Ball Games i'm Front
of Their Doors.

There was game of baseball at
Fifteenth and p streets yesterday. in
the vacant public square. which drew
several hundred spectators. 1t is i'm
possible to conduct a ball game with
out more or less excitement and noise
and this does not look well nor sound
we'll in the vicinity of residences. espe-
cially as the language indulged in by
outsiders is not always fit for ears po-
lite.
During yesterdays game some young
sters opened a game of craps on the
cement sidewalk, and this made mat
ters worse. At the close of the ball
game some parties engaged in trying
to solve the "seVen-eleven" problem on
the sidewalk got into a fight. and for a
time there was slugging, yelling and
cursing loud enough to be heard
block away
Residents Of that vicinity called at
this office last evening to complain of
these practices They say they do
not want TO interfere with the Juvenile
ball players. but they feel that the time
has come when they must protest
against ball games between adults on
the public square at Fifteenth and p
streets. Such games attract men and
youths, some of whom do not know
how to behave, and the residents about
the square say they DO not want their
wives and children to be forced to list
en- 10 the kind Of language that excited
men often indulge in.
The record-union., 1897-05-10
TRANs-MIssIssIPPI CONGRESS.
Its Officers Are Asking for Repre-
sentation From California.

The State Board of Agriculture has
been requested to send delegates to
the Trans Mississippi Commercial Con-
gress, which meets at Salt Lake City
on July 14th
The objects of the Congress are to
secure such national legislation as is
calculated to promote the business in
terests and development of the re-
sources of the States and Territories ly-
ing west of the Mississippi River; to
increase reciprocal trade among them !;
to discuss such questions as are nat
urally suggested by its objects; to cul-
tivate acquaintance, fraternal feeling
and hearty cooperation among the
various commercial bodies represented.
1t is the desire of the committee to
confine discussion to those subjects
which are of common interest to the
section of country represented, and to
exclude all subjects which are local or
political.
While any question german to the
objects Of the Congress may be intro
duced by any delegate, the following
are suggested by the Executive Com
mittee:
The Trans Mississippi International
Exposition, the Nicaragua Canal, the
Hawaiian question, irrigation, the ces-
sion of arid lands to the State, immi-
grafton to the Western States. re-
striction of immigration, japanese
competition, the disposition Of public
lands. restoration of the homestead
policy, admission Of Territories to
Statehood, agricultural interests. the
culture of ramie, beet sugar industry.
export of breadstuffs to China and
Japan, preservation of forests, nation
al bankrupt law. construction and i'm
provement Of waterways and deep har-
bors, rail and water communication
with the seabOard, prevention of dam
age by floods in the Mississippi and
other rivers, our trade with Mexico.
The Governor of each State and Ter
ritory may appoint ten delegates; the
Mayor of each city one delegate. and
an additional delegate for every 5000
inhabitants. provided, however. that no
city shall have more than ten dele
gates; each county, one delegate
through its executive officer; every
business organization, one delegate
and an additional delegate for every
fifty members, provided. however. that
no such organization shall be entitled
to more than ten delegates. The Gov
ernors Of States or Territories. mem
bers of the United States Congress and
ex-Presidents of this Congress are ex-
officio delegates with all privileges of
delegates excepting those of voting and
election to office