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

oometuhA8 t4at W III xutereot tne yu-
venile Ne.bers OF Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright 6ayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children.
The Old Tin Sheep.
"Creakw said the old tin sheep on wheels:
I'm growing old, and down my back
I'm very sure there's a dreadful crack.
There's nobody knows" said the old tin
sheep. It'll he's old how an old toy
feeis."
Il used to trundle about the floor;
But that was when I was young and
new;
It's something that now could not do.
No; l shall quietly rest myself ON this
shelf behind the door.
'Creakr' said the sheep; what's gone
amiss?
Some one il taking me out, know.
They're pulling my string. and away 1
Stop! oh. stsp-' cried the old tin sheep;
Il never can 60 like this!'
y
But Tommy pulled the sheep around:
About the nursery it went so fast
The floor beneath seemed flying past,
While creakety- -creakety -creak! the
wheels went round with a doleful
sound.
Then Tommy left II there on its side;
The wheels moved slowly and stopped
with a creak,
And the wax doll heard 1t family speak,
There's nobody knows what he can do"
said the sheep, It'll he has tried"
st. Nicholas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
THE CANTILEvER BICYCLE.
cir. NickalI Pedersen, q Dane, Claim
lte lust the Thing,

The accompanying illustration is
from a photograph of the Cantilever
bicycle, one of the latest novelties in
cycle construction. and its inventor,
Mr.. Nickall Petersen. One of the fea-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11

spsrrows choose Queer Homea.
The English sparrows in Washington
Park are playing great tricks on the
keepers Of the electric arc lamps. You.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
HUMOROUS.

q ~'ts' A FLY YOUTH.
Daughter-''Why, mother, what are
you crying for?'
Mothcr-"Oh, over that ineN"rablc.
laundering boy that | sent to the drug
store for sticking plaster
Daughtcr-'And what did he return
WITH"
Mother (sobbine)-"Fly paper. -
Judge.
PLEA IN MITIGATION.
"All the evidence goes to show that you
were scorchinc," declared the court.
"Anything to say for yourSelf?'
'les, your honor; that woman with a
rolIin' pin in her hand, ridin' after mo
as hard as she could peg, was my wife.
Detroit Free Press.
Help, help cried the drowning man,
:" am drowning
the reporter ON the shore, whipping ont
sensation and III give you a send of
in next Sundays paper"
But it was too late; the man had
gone down for the third time.-Ilarl er
BaZar.
LOCATING HIM.
Farmer Honk-"lou are from Boston,
amt ye?'
Summer Boarder-"Yes, sir"
Farmer Honk-''Wa'al, now, do you
live right in the Hub on out in one OF the
hubbuhS?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11

A whale of fifty tons weight exerts 145
horse power in swimming twelve miles an
hour.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
4 DELICATE PROPOSAL

She-''I hate my namc-it's so hard to
write in the sand -
iIe-"Do YOU think YOU could write
mine more y?''-Judgc.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11
TRUMPET CALLS

Ra,,s Horn SQUADS q WarnisG Note
to the Unredeemed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-11

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WINNING THEIR SPURS.
GOOD STORIES ABOUT REWARDS AND DECORATIONS
BRAVE
..X..

was on duty again when the army marched
to Charlottesville four months later, and
! commanded the corps skirmsh line at the
time when the confederates were making
their most determined assaults. So delighted
was Hancock at the splendid behavior of the
skirmishers that he sent a stan officer TO
compliment their leader. Tell Colonel
Miles he is worth his weight in gold" said
he. corps leader next in rank to Hooker,
the general-in-chlef, on witnessing this brill
liant feat at arms executed by the beardless
boy colonel, exclaimed: 81 expect to be
under command of that young man some
day." After miraculously escaping injury
through nearly four hours of constant ex-
posure. the heroic Miles was shot through
the body and carried from the field NOR
tally wounded, as II was supposed. For
| tunate 1t was that he young, for
youthfulness and vlgor go together In
spite OF that desperate hurt he was in the
saddle at Gettysburg. two months later, in
command Of a brigade. But another year
was to elapse before the citizen soldier
would get the star which West Point men
received without even so much as having
led battalion in action.
Colonel Miles commanded a brigade in
the wilderness. fighting under Hancock, and
also led 1t in Barlow's brilliant charge upon
the Bloody Angle at Spottsyivana. For
his gallantry in the last named battle, he
was promoted to brigadier general of volun-
teers. That was after two years of fighting
with the Second corps. a corps always
doomed to the fiercest slaughter. He was
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of course, a favorite with Hancock, and in
the last great battle led by the old hero,
the two Joined personal fortunes in a des-
perate attempt to save the day and seemed
to court death together. At times their
followers in a charge against the enemy S
superior forces, when they wanted to re-
cover captured gun or save an exposed
battery, did not exceed good company in
strength, but wherever they rode with the
corps flag flying, the bullets rained like
hail.
Hancock at last succumbed to his many
wounds, then followed another decoration
for Miles. 1t was only by a brevet yet 1t
authorized Governor Andrews rejected CEN
turion to put on the twin-starred epaulet
OF major general, although he was still
youthful, still beardless and less than 25
years of age. In the end the stone cast
out by the builder became the head of the
corner, for Miles led Hancock's corps
d'armee on its last campaign, through
Petersburg to Appomattox. That was the
corps which first under Bull" Sumner and
then under THE Superb" had won a title
peerless among soldiers, namely: THE Old
Guard" OF the Army of the Potomac.
GEORGE l.. KILMER.
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and acted as his private secretary. Since her
return TO Kansas she has assisted him in
managing his paper
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hitler, who live near
La Grange, Ind. have just completed eighty
seven years OF married life, and both bid fair
to live few years longer. Mr.. Hitler is now
1O7 years old and his wife 1O5. and the little
frame cottage they occupy has been their
home for nearly eighty-fve years.
| A Georgia paper says: "A girl in this
place says her mother has promised to give
her $1,000 II she will get married and keep
quiet about the whole affair until 1t is over.
The young woman herself offers TO give $500
OF the amount to the man who will take her.
Step up, boys; she's all right, and pretty az
peach"
In England the proportion Of widows who
take a second husband Is smaller than that
OF widowers who take second wise. BY the
report OF the register general for the year
1895 it appears that only geyenty-six widows
to the 1000 accepted another offer of mar
riage, while as many as 1O9 widowers TO the
1000 were twice married.
The engagement OF Mill Lillian Gary, eld-
est daughter OF Postmaster General Gary, to
Robert Taylor OF New York. formerly OF
Catonsyille, Nd. is announced. Miss Gary
has spent most OF the time In Washington
since her fathers appointment to the cabi-
net and has taken her mothers place to Q
large extent in entertaining.
Just for a joke FIR. Frank Linbarger, at
Asbury Park in 1895, had a friend introduce
him to Miss Mae Sanford OF Red Bank N. j.,
as DR.. Lee. Acquaintance ripened into love.
Miss Sanford had $4,000 in her own name.
The doctor was afraid of "queering" his suit
II he told OF the deception, so he kept right
on and married her under the name OF Lee.
Now he asks the circuit court OF Union
county. New Jersey. to change his name
from Linbarger TO Lee.
1.-THE most subtle and deceltful hope which
ever existed, and one which wrecks the hap
piness Of many a young girls life." writes
Evangelist Dwight L. Moody in the Ladies'
Home Journal, lis the common delusion that
a woman can best reform a man by marrying
him. II is a mystery to me how people can
be so blinded to the hundreds OF cases In
every community where totterlng homes have
fallen and innocent lives have been wrecked
because some young girl has persisted In
marrying a scoundrel In the hope OF saving
him. / have never known such union, and
| have seen hundreds OF them. result In any
thing but sadness and disaster. Let no young
girl think that she may be able TO accom-
plish what loving mother or sympathetic
sisters have been unable to do. Before there
is any contract of marriage there should be
convincing proof that there has been real
and thorough regeneration"
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over the head Of one and left II with one Of
the smaller boys to hold while they chased
the other birds. The captive was securely
roped, but this did not prevent 1t from fly
Ing, and all at once II began to run and ny
along the ground, and moment later was
ten feet up in the air, taking the coil OF
rope.
The boy, fearing II would escape, began
to haul In, but the bird had obtained so
much headway that II was some thirty feet
up In the air and as soon as the slack of
the long reata was exhausted began to drag
the boy along Just as would big kite, the
strong wind aiding. At first II was a walk,
then a run, and the herders hearing shouts,
turned to see what appeared to be large
kite dragging the boy along the mesa and
evidently on the point Of lifting him Into
the air. Whether this would have been
wholly accomplished was doubtful, but the
herders came on the run and soon picked up
the cord of the living kite, and from the
pommel OF the Mexican saddle hauled 1t In
like an ordinary kite. but not until the
plucky boy had been lifted from his feet more
than once, by the powerful bird.
In France living kite has been seen in
which a man formed part 1t was in the
course of series OF experiments to deter
mine the effect of wind upon a soaring ma
chine. A gigantic kite had been made on the
face OF which a man Stood his feet wide
apart and resting upon braces for the pur-
pose, Wnlle with MS nands ne claspeu Two
straps. The kite was twenty feet high and
made of cloth. The first attempt to fly it
was made on an exposed section of the coast,
where the wind blew in over lake. large
parachute was attached to the frame OF the
kite. to which the man was supposed to
cling in case of fall. Everything being
ready, the kite was braced against the wind,
the man took his place and fifty men ran
against the wind with the rope, many more
holding the tail. The wind caught the
enormous surface and amid loud cheers from
the spectators the man rose ten feet from
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attract notice. Howard selected Miles for
his personal stan and after he himself had
been deprived OF the use OF his sword arm
on the field of Fair Oaks, he set the Yankee
ooy mans work. leading battalons whose
commanders had fallen in action In this
way he came under the eye OF Colonel Fran
els l.. Barlow. another born soldier and the
upshot OF the meeting was that Governor
MORGAN commissioned Miles lieutenant colonel
York.
GENERAL NILES ENFORCED PATIENCE.
In the finst battle after Miles appointment
IA terrible fight at the Bloody Lane. An
uetani-Barlow was desperately wounded.
Hhat placed Miles at the head OF a regi-
ment, the unit in the army. As colonel OF
she Sixty-hrst Miles showed himself a wor-
WY successor of the fighting Barlow. In
the charge upon the stone wall al Freder-
aeksburg his place was In the reserve line
OF Haneock's division. The brigade lost
pore than half its members killed and
wounded. II was Howard's former command
and was led against the stone wall first
by Caldwell. then by Cross, then by Nc
Keen and after all had been shot down, by
Miles. who with 1t gained the farthest
point reached by the assailants. When the
charge commenced, there were 116 commits
stoned officers OF ali ranks on duty in Cald-
wells line. but In less than twenty min
utes sixty-two OF them lay among the killed
ehu mounueu' le', even mere wrote Gen-
sral Francis A. Walker. in his story of the
Second corps battles. among these forlorn
conditions, one heart there is as fresh, as
buoyant as that OF q child at play. A ball
strikes Miles In the throat; but. with his
hand against the wound and the blood
streaming out through his nngers. daKhes
back to his chief. who. close at hand. Is
watching with a breaking heart the ami
bilation OF his splendid corps. and entreats
bermisslon 20 lead q new charge"
Niles wound MAS severe one. but be
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HOW A BOY SUCCEEDED.
He Was willing md Faithful and
Came Out All RIGHT.

He Was willing md Faithful and
Came Out All Right.
Boys sometimes think they cannot afford
to be manly and faithful to the little things
A story is told of boy of the right stamp
and what came of his faithfulness.
A few years ago large drug firm in New
York City advertised for a boy. Next day
the store was thronged with applicants
among them a queer-lo0king little fellow
accompanied by a woman, who proved to be
his aunt, in lieu Of faithless parents, by
whom he had been abandoned. Looking al
this waif, the advertiser said: Cant take
him; places all full Besides. he is too
small"
Il know he is small" said the woman
but he Is willing and faithful"
There was twinkle in the boys eyes
which made the merchant think again. A
partner In the firm volunteered to remark
that he "did not see what they wanted with
such boy; he wasn't bigger than a pint Of
cider" But, after consultation, the boy was
set 10 work.
A few days later a call was made on the
boys In the store for some one to stay all
night. The prompt response of the little
fellow contrasted well with the reluctance
OF the others. In the middle OF the night
the merchant looked In to see II all was
right In the store, and presently discovered
this youthful protege scisoring labels.
What are you doing?" said he. II did
not tell you to work nights"
Il know you did not tell me so, but /
thought might as well be doing some
thing" In the morning the cashier got or
ders to double the boys wages. for he is
willing"
Only few weeks elapsed before a show
OF wild beasts passed through the streets /,
and, very naturally, all hands In the store
rushed to witness the spectacle. A thief
saw his opportunity and entered at the rear
door TO seize something, but In twink
ling found himself firmly clutched by the
diminutiye clerk aforesaid. and. after a
struggle, was captured, Not only was
robbery prevented, but valuable articles
taken from other stores were recovered
When asked why he stayed behind to watch
when all Others quit their work he replied:
You told me never to leave the store when
others were absent. aud I thought I'd
stay"
Orders were Immediately given once more,
Double that boys wages; he Is willing
aud faithful"
Today that boy is a member OF the firm.
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| into bricks, which are dried by exposure
to sun rays. In this form it has been used
on railways, but the great objection has
| been its bulk. which for equal evaporative
| effect is from eight to eighteen times that
| OF coal. On railways in Bavaria and Old
enberg the tenders which carried il were
as large as freight cars. Yet II always
! proved most effective within its limits, for
| the lighter and more spongy varieties Of
| peat. when air dried are very nflammable,
| being capable OF ignition at a temperature
OF 200 centigrade
HOW 1T FORMS IN NATURE.
The natural formation OF peat is an in
tert sting process. Two things are required,
moisture and moss. The moss grows on
the edges of stagnant pools. Gradually as
II decays the dry matter spreads itself over
the surface, and becoming in measure in
terlaced soon forms a sort OF natural pom
toon, on which may rest all manner OF de-
cayng and decayed vegetable matter. This,
with the years, becomes thick and gradually
sinks with the addition OF other layers TO
the bottom. The pool may fill up, or the
process may temporarily stop and a layer
OF sand or other matter be deposited on the
decayed moss. After while changes of
temperature and climate may bring 1t back
to its original conditions and another layer
be laid down. This accounts for the fact
that peat Is often found In strata with other
natural substances intervening. IT. how
ever, she decomposition and deposition pro-
cess is continuous, the peat becomes solid,
wet. spongy mass. Physical changes may
carry away the original stagnant pool, but
the partly dried out peat remains Again
the process goes on. even until the present
day, and persons treading upon 1t may
know that 1t is in process OF formation and
that there is water beneath their feet Many
such green" bogs are to be found in Ire
land. and lives have been lost through the
temerity OF imprudent persons who have
sunk through the insecure upper coating OF
vegetable matter In the course OF time IL
might entirely dry. according to its posi-
tion, and under certain conditions OF heat
and pressure turn to coal. II is this latter
process that electricity will hasten. We. or
rather the human race, will not have to wait
centuries for coal to form. The formation
will be hastened and a wealth OF available
fuel manufactured for the benefit OF hu-
mankind. 1t but remains now for some
genius to contrive process for decomposing
waste vegetable matter Could this properly
be done and the product afterward treated
electrically 1t would not only solve the prob
lem OF the fuel OF the future, but 1t would
open up a new avenue for the disposal of
garbage and contribute vastly TO the clean
illness of cities. THEODORE WATERS.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
CONNUBIALITIEs.

When Colonel Pabst and Miss Lemp EN-
bark on the sea OF matrimony 1t IL safe to
say they will take schooner.
New York woman who has applied for
a divorce gives as one OF her reasons the
charge that her husband OF late has kissed
her in 'cold, matter-of-fact manner"
A girl In New York has gone mad because
her fortune read in teacup told her that
she could never get married. Don't believe
in tea grounds, girls. Pin your faith to
some young man.
Miss Nellie PETER. a daughter OF ex-senator
PETER OF Kansas, Is TO be married TO ]. s.
MeIlhenny OF Washington at Topeka on June
o. She has been OF great assistance 10 her
father In his political career. She was clerk
OF his committee while he was In the senate,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
ELECTRIC CONVERTER

been looked upon as a boon TO certain
classes which have made use of them. But
this usefulness is dimmed In the light OF the
newer disco, cry. The west OF Scotland also
possesses large tracts OF peat land. SO does
the table ls nd OF Bavaria, the north German
plain and parts OF the valley OF the Somme,
Disc, and a few other rivers In northern
France. 1t is found extensively in northern
Europe, particularly in those parts OF the
continent bordering on the German ocean
and the Baltic sea. 1t Is found in Canada.
Labrador and Newfoundland. Generally
speaking. II is not found in America south of
the latitude OF New York. nor north OF the
forty fifth parallel Of south latitude. This is
because IL needs a climate sufficiently moist
10 foster the growth and hasten the decom-
position OF certain classes OF plants. Peat
is also found in the orkneys, the Hebrides
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

the surface and there remained. held by the
men at the tail. Slowly the latter released
the rope and gradually the kite rose, prov
ing beyond question that man could ascend
in this fashion. 1t was such a hazardous
and uncertain experiment that higher
height was not attempted. In these few and
simple experiments it was demonstrated that
under certain conditions a man might be
able to govern his motions in the air, after
the fashion Of soaring bird, and the sue
cessful flying machine will be one that, to n
certain extent, initiates the movements of
the soaring animals or a kite, where the
force of gravity seems to be represented by
the string.
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A Veteran.

Chicago Tribune: "Are you an old sol
daer9" exclaimed the tender-hearted matron,
regarding with affectionate solieitude the
battered old pilgrim 10 whom she had given
In succession plate OF beans, half dozen
doughnuts and a cup of coffee.
"yes'm," answered Tuffold Knutt still
eating rapidly.
what army?"
salvation army. ma'sm," said Mr Knutt,
swallowing the remaining drops OF his eof-
fee and backing hastily out OF the kitchen.
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Among the Ola Families.

Chicago Tribune: "our market man" OBJ
served Mrs. Mcswat, as she poured the tea,
''is decided character. In his way He
prides himself on his pedigree and has docu-
ments to show that his ancestors come over
in the MayHower"
II don't doubt IT, Lobelia." replied Mr.. Nc
Swat. saving away energeIically on the fowl
before him. Il believe mis- ancestors came
over in the Maynoyer. and | believe they
brought this old hen with themP'
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A LIVING KITE.
An Interesting Experiment in Behalf
of Flying Machine.

M IHteftstfhE EAptFIMeht IA BchuIl
of a Flying Machine.
On the broad mesa Of San Felipe the wind
on summer afternoons. blows what old sail
ors would term half gale OF wind. II
rises suddenly at noon. when the heat Is
often almost unendurable, and comes In, re-
among the pines and ancient cakes that
abound In groups on the broad mesa.
One day the herders OF a ranch near the
coast found several large condors gorged
with food. and succeeded In throwing a reata
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

and other islands. 1t is found on the sea-
shore in Denmark, and it has been dredged
up, far out in the North sea and even in
the English channel. There is scarcely a
valley in France which does not contain it.
and to return to America again, that found
In the United States comes from a plant re-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

The minister's little boy went with his
mother to the communion service. In the
old fashioned way the four deacons passed
around the elements and came back to the
table, as each finished his particular aisle,
In an entirely irregular order AS they were
passing the cup the mother noticed the
unusual earnestness OF the little fellow, and
turned her attention to him. He noticed her
anxiety. and said In a stage whisper. I'm only
looking to see who beats!
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

"oh, Mamma" murmured Flossie in a
frightened tone as her dear little sister
leaned forward and grasped her fathers
cigar. which she attempted to put In her
mouth, wouldn't 1t be dreadful II Flosie
turned out to be q new woman?"ft
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
PRATTLE OF THE YoUNGsTER.

A teacher in geography, the very smallest
class. had just asked what mountain was
Up rose little lass. "Why-why-, and here
the maiden stopped and twisted her curly
hair. "oh. know! mountains a piece of
ground pulled up into the air."
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II say. pop" said Willie. docs history
repeat itself?"
80 the wise men say. my son."
DO wise men know what they are talk
Ing about?"
"Oh-yes-I guess So"
well, say, pop-when Napoleon and We'll
lington fight that battle Of Waterloo again,
take me to see II, will your"
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LITTLE FEET.
Philadelphia Times

Philadelphia Times
Two little feet so small that both may nes-
tie
In one caressing hand:
Two tender feet upon the untried border
OF life's mysterious land;
Those rose-white feet along the doubtful
future
Must bear a womans load;
Alas! Since woman has the heaviest burden
And walks the hardest road.
Love, for while, will make the path before
them
All dainty, smooth and fair:
VIII cut away the brambles, letting on.y
The roses blossom there;
But when the mothers watchful eyes are
shrouded
Away from sight of men,
And these dear little feet are left without
her guiding,
Who shall direct them then?
Will they go stumbling blndly in the dark
ness
OF sorrows fearful shades;
or hnd the upland slopes OF peace and
beauty,
Whose sunlight never fades?
Oh, who may read the future? For this
sweetheart small
We want all blessings sweet
And pray that he who feeds the crying
ravens
VIII guide the baby's feet.