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LUCKY WONG wOON.
That Was What He Thought fo
Moment Yesterday.

That Was What He Thought for a
Moment Yesterday.
Wong Woon, convicted of stabbing
Yick zee. was sentenced to three months
in the County Jail by Judge Cook yester-
dav.
Woon thought he was getting off easy,
but Judge Cook ordered him to appear be :
fore a magistrate and answer to a charge
OF perjury. which was committed by him
while testifying in his own behalf during
the trial. The bond in the second case is
$1,000, and if convicted Woon will have to
serve term in the State Prison.
zee Kue, Lee Seek and Han Sing, wit
nesses for " Don, were also remanded to
custody in order that they might be ex-
amined on the accusation of perjury for
false swearing in this case. Their pervari-
cation while on the witness stand was so
clear that their testimony was altogether
disregaTded by the jury.
This action Is In consonance with the
course marked out by Judge Cook some
time ago, when he announced that he
would not allow any person to trifie with
justice in his court, and that he would is
sue warrants for every witness who com
mits perjury in his presence.
Musical instruments were first men
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Surrendered Themselves.

James F. Turner, real estate agent, and Liz
zie F. O'Donnell. his stenographer, who were
indicted by the Grand Jury Friday on a
charge OF perjury, surrendered themselves at
the City Prison last night. They were each
released on $4,000 bonds.
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MILLIONS SOON TO BE SPENT.


of Two Mont
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AbCnmA Para1ysIS
Brain, Nerve, Cancers Fumors, Blood, Male and
Female Maladies All persons afflicted with any
kind Of masdy whatsoever are invteo to call
once, 1877 Washington Street.
Office hours-9 A. n, to IL n, Ito 9P. n; Sup.
DAY. 10 4. y. to IL n
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Three thousand marriages are performed
every day all over the world.
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ADVANCES MADE on furniture and pianos, with
or without removal. ]. Noonan. 1017-1O23 Mission.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-09

The
treasury will
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Musical instruments were first men
| toned B. c. 1875.
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A Professional Nurse Cured.
SAN FRANCISCO, May l, 1897.

DR.. A. T. SANDEN, - > -
DEAR SIR: l was confined to bed seven m on this
with Scatlc Rheumatism previous to getting
ELECTRIC Belt and was sorry did get it long
before did, for it did for what
failed to do got relief from tey When nut
on could eei the glowing warmth passing all body
and would experience new life in 1 was also
troubled greatly with pain a professional
and when stopping rub patients the effort to
sraighten would the agony The Ret
would give relief in minutes. Nobody
suffered, grateful feel for wonderful
of relief telling all patients to try it and
shall always recommend it. Yours very truly,
MRS. j. ELDEN,
PnMeI stra
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Weak Men and Women

CHoULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS. THE
- great Mexican Remedy; gives Health ana
strength 70 The Sexual Organs.
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A Very Bad Case Cured.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nav 1. 1897

DIR. A. T. SANDEN, = 49,
DEAR SIR: Replying your inquiry of
how am progressing desire to that entirely
cured got Belt several months ago back
kidney and stomach trouble broken
and miserable Ny digestion assimilation were so bad
that after eating, applying
Belt felt getting gradually BETTER happy
to that consider myself fully eson
while the pains back gone entirely
am happy to give this final report thankful
for recovery that recommend vour
treatment at opportunity You liberty to make
of this testimonial If you desire so.
Yours gratefully,
s. FOSSUM
62 Sierra street, Potrero.
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TONG 20 CHY,

Successor to DIR. LAI
Pc TAI, graduate Of
Canton Medical Col
lege, after a very sue
cessful practice OF
many years in China,
has 10 ated in san
Francisco. The sur
prislng and marve Gus
cures effected by his
h CRIBS demonst, ate
their po.ence and his
skill. These herbs
cure over 400 diMeren:
d e as e 8, including
Bright's Disease, Ola
setes, Consumption,
r. ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
A Forgotten Author.

The oldest American man of letter.
B Theodore S. Fay. now living abroad
1t Berlin, at the age of 80. He is most
v forgotten, and his books are all out
Of print. Yet he was a man OF some
note In the literature Of his day. His
novels, Norman Leslie" and "llObO-
KEN" were In every circulating library.
and were widely read, fifty years and
more ago. He was contemporary Of
Irving. Willis. Bryant. IIallsrk. Perez
val and others Of tha, period. lie had
a position in the diplomats service,
being given the place of Minister to
Switzerland by President Van Buren,,
who was very kind toward literary
men. Irving was appointed Minister
to Japan by him, Hawthorne had his
position In the Boston custom house
during his administra ton. bancroft
was made collector Of the port Of Bos-
ton, and james X. SpauldlnS. who had
written at least one novel. was a lncm-
Der OF his Cabinet. 1t was noted as .
curious fact at that time that the Liter
ary men Of the country We're generally
Democrats. Mr.. Fay has never resided
at home since he lost his foreign mis-
sion. The charms of European life
were too much for hir.-BostOn Hen
Nd
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
victima OF 3ciana,A.

I've have so many in the family that
there's really no privacy for girl who
is just engaged"
What do you dor
well, We've been going up on tho
roof and sitting together on little set
tee with our backs to the big chimney,
But We can't sit there any more"
"Why nOt?"
"Well, n man came to George yester-
day and offered him a photograph.
George looked at 1t and almost fell OF
his chair. 1t was a picture Of us on the
roof. George had his arm around me,
and 1 had my arm around George.
How muchT said George. Ten dol
lars said the man The only one.
man" said George. Only one,' said
the man. George paid the ten. Now
he said, Just tell me how in the world
you managed to get that photograph ?
What do you think the wretch said?"
well, whatT'
He saad he was the man who sent
up balloons with cameras attachedv'-
Cleveland Plaindealer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11

do~. and The better to catch tAe %.
collie eye they were adorned with
large sign:
These Hats are going for n song.
Lon Jones. arch wag Of Squash
Grove, happened to pass that way
shortly afterward. He saw the sign.
and his pace Quickened.
Five minutes later he returned will.
half a dozen followers. Without en-
explanatory word they rushed up N
front Of the desk where the proprietor
was musing over his accounts. With-
out waiting for greetings. they began.
allegro and fortissimo, that venerable
relic of ,he primitive vaudeville stage;
He never came back.
He never came back,
His dear form they saw nevermoreI
But how happy they'll be
When his dear form they see.
When they meet on that beautiful shore.
No dialogue followed the completion
Of the chorus. The marauders rushed
to the window, seized hat apiece. and
rushed into the street.
The cause Of the atrOcity was remoS
ed from the window at once, but when
Squash Grove ceases TO talk about that
simple joke the present generation wiz
have passed away from the earth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
I,,fc Should Re Longer

1t was the naturalist Button who AZ
serted that human beings should live
to 14O years instead of merely 40. Buff
fon argued that all creatures Of the
animal kind live at least six or seven
times ns long as 1t requires them to OBJ
tain full development. Thus the horse
Is full grown at years and lives to IS
and 20. The OK is fully developed at
4 years and the dog at z. The former
lives to "a and % and the latter to IL
and IA. There is no doubt that in these
respects Button was right. and if his
theory We're borne out in the case Of
humankind the period of life should be
1t least 40 to 40 instead of 40.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
Charles Kean Capped 1t.

When Charles Kean was playing tho
part of Richard I'LL, his fearful
grimaces in character paralyzed all the
other actors with fright, much to his
amusement.
On one occasion a new man had to
take the part of the sentinel who
awoke Richard. When asked, WHO Is
there?' he had to say, "Ifs l, my
lord; the village cock hath twice pro-
claimed the hour of morn
But as Kean was making such fear
full grimaces and scOwltng at him, the
poor fellow forgot his part, and could
only stammer. "'Tis l, my lord, the
the village cock.
BY this time there was a decided tit
ter all over the house, and Kean said,
"Then why the mischief don't you
crow2" which, needless to say brought
down the house.-Hd-BitA
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
IOke in SHuaah Grove.

The home of the practical joker Is
the country town, where any addition
to the common fund of conversational
material is as welcome as a rain after
q dry SPELL In some towns It is Deem
ed a merry Jest to steal another mans
bicycle, put 1t up" for 81 or 50 with
some one who is in the joke, and invite
the victim to ..elp spend the money.
The amusement derived from this pro-
ceeding lasts undiminished for several
weeks.
Squash Groves general store laid in
. supply of straw hats. An attractive
''uns" on them was placed In the win
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
CHAPTER v.

Instead of enjoying the dreamless slum-
ber to which his days work fully entitled
him, Armathw waite had not been asleep
more than a quarter of an hour when he
was half-awakened by certain dull sounds
In his ears which he heard at first drows-
lily, as if they had been part of disturb
Ing dream But the sounds continued
until his dulled faculties apprehended that
he was listening to a wOmans sighs. Ihls
became gradually clearer to him until,
convinced that he was awake, he sat up
and held his breath, on the alert for the
least sound
"Ghosts-wind in treesr he murnured
to himself; and as the sound continued at
intervals 1t would speedily have luiled
him to sleep if the sighs had not given
place to words which seemed to be wbis-
pered straight into his ears.
"Who is it p he heard distinctly. Then,
after a pause: Come in" He was half
ssleep now, he was sure; and the weak
but clear little whisper that buzzed on
into his stupid ears was one of those odd
dreams of partial consciousness which ii
touch of fever consequent upon over
fatigue and excitement sometimes brings.
The tiny whisper went Oh; he heard II
quite clearly, though it bore him at first
no great meaning.
what is it? Why have you GOMEZ
You frightened mel!
Then different voice, thin, attenuated,
but louder, said, Enlightened you, did q
Well, Jou mSy be sure ! shan't stop topg
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
Man. speech to Brutes.

The story Of the farmer in the Ara
bian Nights who could understand
The language of the animals and fowls
in his barn-yard probably had its orr
gin in the ancient myth which asserted
that In primitive times men and beasts
were able to converse together. In
truth, as everybody knows. there are
certain sounds, or words, which horses,
dogs and other animals can be taught
to understand; and. on the other hand,
some OF the sounds uttered by dOmes-
tic animals have meaning which man
can understand OF course all this is
quite different thing from language.
and yet 1t has certain scientific In
terest Recently DIR. II. @. Bolton has
discussed the language used in talk
Ing to domestic animals" He shows
how we unconsciously attempt to low
er our language by Authorizations, etc,
to the comprehension of brutes, very
much as when we talk to young chill
dren. curious fact is that the pecu-
liar click" and ''chirp" used to start
and to hasten the movements of horses
are employed in very widely separated
parts of the world, but sometimes in
a reversed sense. In India, for in
stance, those sounds are used to stop
instead of to start horses
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11

The great squirrcl-dIessinG centre Is
WciSSenialS, Germany, where some eS-
tablishmeutS prepare half a million skins
annuall'
Asparagus is the Oldest known plant
used for food.
Tea is gathered from the plant four
times year.
Most Young collectors, and, in fact,
older persons Of experience, are often
surprised TO hear that garnets come In
other colorS than rcd.
Residents of jefferson street, Topeka,
Ran, have been victims Of a trained or
perverted dog which stole their news
I.apeTS and took them 10 its master.
-Mischievous boys distributed lighted
cigarettes among the monkeys al the Paris
Zoo the other day, and the animals pulled
away until the keeper interN ened.
An Auburn IN. y, man has had his
gun made with a square nuzZle which he
claims will shoot with greater accuracy
pattern.
The postmaster General OF Great Brit
ain has issued a notice to the effect that
hanceforth mourning postal cards bOr-
dered with black, front and back, will be
admissible.
The Bank Of England employs about
100 men, and has a salary list, including
pensions, of about S500,000 per annuri.
-About 1000 species of insects. on an
average, have been dis overed during
each year of the present century.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
THE CANADIAN ThiSTLEa

Means RecOmm nded fer the Des'ruc.
tiOn of These I eats Of Farmers.
The Canadian thistle is one Of tn.
most troublesome of farmers foes. Its
worst feature is that ordinary culiva-
tiOn instead Of destroying 1t, only
makes 1t multiply the faster and it is
prOpagated both from the root and by
seeds. The plant u usually In bloom
from June to September. Moving at
this time Ia a check, but not an
eradicator: care should be taken. how
ever, to burn the plants mown, else
they will ripen Oh the ground. The
deep plowing, which will nearly al
ways destroy the thistle in shallow,
dry soils. but In light, rich, moist soils
this usually fails.
Wherever a dense sod can be formeA
seeding will be found the easiest means
Of destruction, though not SO rapid rs
plowing, hoeing, sailing or burning,
where these means are available. ON
rich bottom lands or in land filed with
stumps, u grass sod will be found the
best destroyer. If the land Is not rich
enough to form good sod manure it.
The application of kerosene or strong
tArine to the roots, after cutting off the
tops three or four inches below the
crown with a spade, is effective and
practicable in small patches.
In stony ground the scythe, salt. and
sheep will be found good destroying
agents. If the thistles are In the fence
rows, move the fence and plow. One
object ee sa;aaAH nd * sss>A sssfltsz'
rs ~ eSsds 10y eermlinats and be
Destroyed at once and not lie dormant
In the ground, coming up q few at a
time to reseed the field. Flowing and
stirring the soil when infested with
Canada thistles, unless thoroughly
done. only multiplies them. SO do not
permit any leaves or underground
stems to remain, but burn the plants
immediately after cutting Ine.2- The
cultivation need not he deep. If all the
thistles are kept cut of three inches
below the surface, the underground
portions Will soon die of exhaustion.-
Farm News
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
Tho Unspeakable Turk. -

The word "Moslem," which has come
into common use to designate a fol-
lower of MOhammed, is q contraction
Of Mussulman. which. in turn, Is said
by competent authorities to have origi-
nally signifed "men resigned to God I"
Ottoman. or Othman, was a favorite
name with the early Mohammedan
caliphs, and subsequently applied to
their followers. The phrase 'unspeak-
ab.e Turk" was used by Mr.. Carlyle
in a letter read at a meeting held in
st. James Hall, London, 1876. In which
he said: THE unspeakable Turk should
be Immediately struck out Of the Ques-
ton and the country be left to honest
European guidance"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
a NEW REPUBLIC.
Pouth American Stites Have Fermsd
q Federation.

louth American Stites Have Ferned
a Federation.
Quietly and unostentatioaslY the
ireater republic of Central America
has become an accomplished fact. The
arst step was taken a year or moro
ago, when Salvador, Honduras. and
Nicaragua united in a confederation
for mutual defense. Now Costa Rica
and Guatemala have Joined and the
new republic is complete. 1t would
have been still better had the confed-
Grafton been established half a century
ago and thereby developed the re-
sources Of the five countries as they
should have been and also prevented
D score Of miserable civil wars and
revolutions brought about by ambi-
tious and corrupt military adventur-
ers. They naturally should be under
one authority SO far as their national
policy is concerned, and now that this
has been accomplished there is little
doubt 1t will tend toward conditions Of
peace and order in domestic affairs.
The new republic will possess con-
siderable strength Its population will
be little over three millions, Of which
Guatemala has nearly one-half. The
area will be 1885, .S25 square miles, d.
vided as follows: Guatemala, 63, 400;
Costa Rica, 23,OOO; Salvador, 1928:
Honduras, $4,000; and Nicaragua, 49,-
200. As compared with South Ameri-
can State Chile has 233, 40 square
miles of area, Peru 463, ,T47, and the
Argentine Republic 1.77S.195. though
the population Of the latter is only
about 817,O00 larger than that of the
new republic. COmp~ed with I'LL
nOis, its area is about three times as
large. while its population is about a
million and n half less. The Central
American population Is largely made
up of native Indians and mixed races,
but the Europeans and those of Euro
pean descent are steadily increasing.
The arrangement of the new fedora
tion is both wise and sensible The in
dividual States retain complete auton-
omy and absolute control of their do
nestle affairs. Outside relations, trea-
ties, commercial and industrial rela-
tiOns with other nations are managed
by a sort of congress which meets in
the various capitals ut stated times
and which is regularly elected. Repre-
sentation to foreign governments also
proceeds from the authority of this
body. In n word, the relations of the
greater republic to the outside world
are practically managed as ours are.
and the rights of the States to control
their own affairs remain untouched.
Undoubtedly one of the impelling mo-
tives to this union was the fact or the
fear that Mexico had it's covetous eyes
on those States adjoining her own
southern boundary, which has had the
effect to expedite this fusion Of the
tNye 6tntas-z~ 22h~S~ni01 VIII give the
repufiIc an army OF about 175,OO0
men, Regulars and militia, which will
be sufficient for all ordinary purposes
of defense. As to the commercial and
Industrial resources of the new re-
public, they should be greatly devel-
Cped under the new management. II
1t have no other result than to put an
end to the interminable revolutions and
civil wars in that section it will be .
blessing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
. Naming the Baby.

A Burmese baby, when fortnight
old, Ii named. On the auspicious day.
which the astrologer has selected, there
Is feast to which relatives and friends
have been invited. The baby's head Is
washed for the first time. and his name
Is chosen. An English lady, residing
In Burma, describes the process Of Sc
lecting the name:
The limits Of the choice are deter
mined by the day Of the week upon
which he was born. Burmese custom
divides the letters of the alphabet
among the days Of the week, and a
child born on Monday must receive a
name initiated by one Of the letters be
longing to that day.
Ka, kha, ga, CHA, nga, Taninln
Sa, hsa, "a, zha, nya. Ainea.
Ia, tha, da, dha, ma, Sanay,
is the beginning Of a Jingle which every
Burmese child learns, as you and l
learned Thirty days hath September.
April, June and November"
A child born on Taninla (Monday)
must have a name beginning with k,
q or II. And when he is old enough to
go to the pagOdas, the nature of the
Offering he carries, or rather its shape,
Is determined by the day of his birth.
Each day of the week Is under the
protection, or subject TO the fury, of
some animal The tiger rules Monday,
and a Burman born on Monday will
offer to Gautama candle shaped like
a tiger, and fashioned of scarlet or of
yellow wax. Tuesday belongs to the
king of beasts. Wednesday Is the tusk-
I'D elephants, Thursday is sacred to
the rat, and Friday to the guinea pig.
The dragon dominates Saturday, and
Sunday Is dedicated to another fabu
lous creature, half bird. half beast
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11

AKentucky strawberrygrOwerrep
a clear profit this season of $7296O on
seven acres of ground. Numbers Of
women and children who would have
earned money in no other way made 81
or 50 a day picking berries. Another
grower of Strawberries reports his
profit to have been 1857 so on two acres
Of ground.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
New Uses for Glass.

Attention was recently called to the
proposed use of glass brick in building.
It Is now said that the Government Of
Switzerland has approved the Use Of
glass for making weights to be en-
ployed with balancescales. A peculiar
ly tough kind Of glass is to he selected
for this purpose. From England comes
the suggestion that glass would be a
better and more lasting material than
stone for making monuments which
are exposed to the wearing action Of
the weather
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
Cub,'s Great Forests.

According to n recent consular reA
port, Cuba, although its entire area In
only about equal to that Of the State
of Pennsylvania, contains 18,OOO,OOO
acres of primeval forests, where tho
woodman's AK has never been heard.
In these forests, which cover nearly
half the entire surface Of the island,
are found among other timber, mnhoS-
any. cedar, redwood, logwood, ebony.
lignum- vitae. and a tree with extreme
ly durable wood called cniguaran.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
s,u1u,ar kFeet, of Cold,

A bar of lead cooled to point about
BOO degrees Fahrenheit below zero. ac-
cording to the experiments of Monsieur
Pictet, gives opt. when struck, pure
musical tone. Soiidi:ied mercury, At
the sa me temperature. is also resonant.
while n coil of magnesium wire vi
brates like a steel spring.