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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-04-06
Ned Buntline's Esoapade.

suppose that every man, woman
and child in the United States has read
at least one Of Ned Buntline's stories Of
adventure, trapper life or sea brigand-
age. He was a prolific writer, and for
many years his tales were immensely
popular A little while before the war,
when Ned was a resident Of Nashville,
he had trouble With the editor OF one
Of the Nashville papers ON account Of
the latter's wife. The two men met in
the street, the editor shot first and
missed; then Ned fred. The editor
dropped dead in his tracks and Ned
was arrested by a great crowd for a
lamp-post execution. The rope was
slow in coming, and he escaped. The
Nashville City Hotel was near by. He
dashed through 1t, Jumped of the roof
Of a shed in the rear, slid down the
precipice into the Cumberland River,
and Nashville knew him no more.
Revenge is the sweetest thing In the
world. Ned Buntline never was seen
in Nashville after his escape. He swan
100 miles down stream to Clarksville.
In Montgomery County; and when he
shook the water and dust Of Tennessee
off his feet the State Of the 'butter-
nuts" had lost all attraction for him.
But he squared accounts. He wrote a
great many stories, and the villain in
every one Is a Nashville man. Nash
Vile bushes to-day when she thinks
Of the vast number Of her citizens who
have been villainized by Ned Buntline
one Of her best people. whose name
was known all over the State-COl. Ed
ward z. G. Judson--New York Press.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-04-06

SNUFF Bottles Are In Largo Demand.
Running parallel with the boom In in
fant pa tent medicines, comes the report
Of a great demand for snuff bottles
This either represents economy on the
part of those who use tobacco or that
the American wcykmen are falling into
some disa agreeable practices. There is
no ono particular concern enjoying the
snuY-bottle boom. They all make the
same report. A snu6 bottle II square,
low bottle OF amber glass with q screw
top, holding from one-half pound up to
three pounds Of SNUFF. The half-pound
and the pound bottles are mostly in
USE Ten years ago SNUFF dipping" was
a general Southern practice among ne
groes and the whites In the mountains,
particularly the Georgia crackers and
the South Carolina malungeons. They
inhaled 1t and chewed 1t. The females
rubbed their teeth and gums with it
Nobody ever gave any reason for the
practice. except that 1t was q centa
gious custom. The snu6 trade Of the
South was 90 great that II made doz
en- snuffmakers milIionaires. The use
Of SNUFF II not now limited to the South,
but is becoming general, particularly
the inhaling Of SNUFF for medicinal use.
Those who dip" SNUFF are spreading
through Canada, and In the New Eng
land States the practice is becoming
very common. The snuff has the effect
Of q narcotic, and 1t ruins every tooth
In contact with 1t. 1t looks now as II
the next generation Of New England
operatives would be toothless lot, and
The habit 10 getting . feothold u the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-04-06
ADDRESS BY MOODY.
The Famous Evangelist Speaks in New
York on the Value of Bible Texts.

The Famous Evangelist Speaks in New
York on the Value of Bible Texts.
ct believe in my heart that the best thing
on this earth is the Gospel of the Son of
God. I said last night that the keynote of
this mission Is the saying Of Christ, The
Son Of Man is como to seek and to save that
which was lost Tonight will take ani
other text to follow it. And 1 want you to
remember that the object of the sermon is
to drive home the text. l would rather
have one text of the Bible than all the SER
mons in the world. There are enough Of
them preached In New York every week to
save the city ten times over. In John L.,
80, are the first words recorded by the
evangelist as having been spoken to him by
Jesus Christ. They are, What seek yer
1t may have been sixty years after John
heard those words that he wrote them
down, but they had made such an impress
sion on him that he remembered the time
and the place. With another who after
at Christ, and asked Him the question,
Where dwellest Thou?' Come and see,
answered the Saviour, and the two disci-
ples went and never left Him.
cit is very evident that these two men
found more In Christ than did good many
others OF their time. And do you know
that there are good many In New YORK
the same way. 1t Is recorded In the gos-
saviour left Him, and there are many who
follow Him to-day who say they
are disappointed. Whyf think
[ can tell you. When the crowds
followed Christ In the Holy Land they did
80 from various motives. Some OF them
wanted to see Him perform miracles. They
wanted to see the devils cast ont and the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-04-06
Some Tested Points in Diet.

The fact that milk has become ex.
tremely popular with all classes of ply
,icians of late years is emphasized by
l recent writer in the North American
Review. Formerly a fever patient was
forbidden to take the article. while in
modern practice 1t Is about the only
'ood allowed, and a well-nigh exclus
We diet Of that liquid is said to be very
,fficacious in diabetes. At the German
spas, Carlsbad, Wiesbaden, ETC., a very
little bread is allowed, the diet being
mostly made up Of milk, eggs, grapes
and lean beef; a non-starch diet is the
.ule, bread, starchy vegetables and ce-
.eals being almost excluded. Rice Is
easily digested and an excellent food.
except that 1t abOunds in earth salts.
Fruits are not only digested in the first
stomach, but they have a large par Of
The nourishment already in condition
TO be absorbed and assImilated as soon
as eaten. The food elements in bread
md cereals have to undergo a process
If digestion in the stomach, and then
be passed on to the intestines for a still
further chemical change before being OF
use to the human system, showing the
advantage Of a diet Of lean meats and
fruits.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-04-06
A Test for Horseflesh.

"People are apt to jump at conclu
s!ons," said chemist, in speaking OF
the latest notable murder case. Chem
istry is a very nice science. but 1t Is
possible to make some sad blunders in
applying 1t to law and evidence. There
are certain things you can prove by 1t
if you are sure Of your premises and
certain other things that you cannot.
This thing Of trying to prove a good
deal by chemistry calls to mind the
beef-extract case that gave packer In
this city considerable uneasiness.
Somebody got hold Of his beef ex-
tract and claimed that 1t was made
from horsefiesh, and 1t was proved by
analysis-that is, to the satisfaction OF
the man that anaiyzed 1t. The ordi-
nary test for horseflesh, according to
the authorities, is glycogen. THIS Is
substance that, speaking in a general
way, is found in horsefiesh, but does
not exist in beef, and 1t was shown
that this particular extract contained
glycogen.
THE packer came to us In some dis
tress of mind for a way out Of the diffi-
Guilty. He said his extract was made
of nothing but beef, and he wanted US
to help him prove it. ani we did so to
his relief and to the satisfaction Of the
health officers. We demonstrated that.
while an ordinary piece Of beef did not
contain glycosen, 1t existed in the
heart, liver and blood Of cattle. and
some Of each of these might have en-.
-
tract. The result was that the chemist
who had arrived at such sw eeping CON
clusions from the first test had to back
down from his position. - Chicago
Times Herald.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-04-06
CHAPTER yXV.

On hearing this Margaret Dornham
was more frightened than ever. She rose
from her knees and stood before him.
IF l have done wrong, my lord" she
said, II beg Of you to pardon met was
all. as 1 thought, for the best. So the
child whom loved and cherished was a
grand lady after alp
do not let us lose a moment" he said.
Where is my daughterT
"She lives not far from here, but we
cannot walk-the distance is too .yreat,"
replied Margaret.
well, we are near to the town OF Lyn-
ton-it is not twenty minutes walk; we
will go to a hotel and get a carriage. IL
can hardly endure tbs suspense"
They reached the principal hotel at
LINTON, and Lord Mountdean called has
tily for a carriage. Not a moment was to
be lost-time pressed.
"You know tho way" he said to Mar
garet, Twill you direct the driverY'
He did not think to ask where his
daughter lived, il she was married or
single, what she was doing or anything
else; his one thought was that he had
found her, never to lose her again.
He sat with his face shaded by his hand
during the whole of the drive, thanking
heaven that he had found Madaline's
child. He never noticed the woods, the
hish-road bordered with trees, the car
riage drive with its avenue of chestnuts
he did not even recognize the picturesque,
quaint old Dover House that he had ad-
| mired 50 greatly some little time before.
He saw a large mansion, but 1t never oc-
Cured to him to ask whether his daugh-
ter was mistress or servant; he only
| knew that the carriage had stopped, and
that very shortly he should see his child.
Presently he found himself in large hall
CAV with flowers and covered with In
dian mating, and Margaret Dornham
was trembling before him.
my lord" she said, your daughter is
| i'll, and l am afraid the agitation may
prove too much for her. Tell me. wha,
shall l dor
! He collected his scattered thoughts.
| "Do you mean to tell me-" he asked
| that she has been kept in complete lg
norance of her history all these yearsf
.1;;he has been brought up in the belief
| thai she is my daughter" ssid Margare'
-.she knows nothing else"
"It was wickedly unjust" he SAID
scruelly unjust. Let me go to ner a
once"
| Pale. trembling, and frightened. Mar
raret led the way. 1t seemed to the ear
that his heart stopped beating. and a thicl
mist was spread before his eyes, that TN
surping of deep sea filed his ears. oh
heaven. could it be that after all thes'
wears he was really going to see Maoa
lines child, his own lost daughterT Yer!
| soon he found himself looking on a fai
face framed in golden hair, with darl
blue eyes, full of passion, poetry and sor
row, sweet crimson lips, sensitive ant
delicate, a face so lovely that Its pure
saint-like expression almost fngntene'
him. He looked at 1t IN passion Oh Won
Sa- and pr;ef. of love and longing; AM
tban he saw a shadow of fear gradually
darken the beautiful eyes.
"Madaline," he said gently; ana sn
looked at him in wonder; "Madalne' n
repeated. ,,;.d
"I-I-do not know you," DE repneo
surprised.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-04-06
GOLD PRODUCTION.
Tho Arxonaut Compares Californi
Nth Australia.

Tho Argonaut Compares California
with Australia.
A correspondent writes to the San
Francisco Argonaut that a gentleman
who has mined in Australia remarked
In conversation with him that Austria
liza has produced sixteen times as much
gold as California has, and he asks
whether this Is true. The statement
Is, of course, absolutely unfounded in
fact. California produced from the
date of the discovery Of gold to the end
of 1895, $1,265,217. .217; the produce of
1896 increased this amount to 81, ,2S2,-
39S, 100. The worlds production of
gold from the discovery Of America to
the end Of 1898 was So, 7S1, ,O21 100. and,
adding the estimate for 1896 Of Mr..
Preston, director Of the mint. the total
Is $S,0S6, ,O21. 100. The production of
the whole world, therefore, is less than
one half of what this gentleman claims
for Australia alone.
1t is q fact, however, that Australia
has produced more gold than Califor-
mia. To the end Of 1894 Australia pro-
duced S1,77S, 127 900 as against 81, ,24s,-
S72,9OO. The product In 1895 was $4s,-
5SG, 900 and for 1896 it is estimated at
SAG, go, 900. making the total to the first
of this year $1,s67, ,96s, 300 against ST.
2S2, ,39S, 7SO. an excess Of 1855, ,565, 120.
The comparison Is hardly fair. however,
between California alone, with an area
Of 15s,36O square miles, and all the
gold producing colonies Of Australasia,
including Victoria, New South Wales,
South Australia, Queensland, Western
Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand,
with an aggregate area Of 1904, 7OS
square miles. A comparison would be
more proper with all the gold-produc-
Ing States Of this country, which, dur
ing the period under consideration, hsd
an output Of 81, OBS. .41O, 900. or $17O, ,446,-
100 in excess Of Australia
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-04-06
piRp.soNoA
10 Hear Then Truly Requires aA Ear
Particularly AttuAed.

70 Hear Then Truly Requires aA Ear
Particularly Attuned.
John burroughs writes for the Cen
tury an article on the 'Songs Of Amer
lean Birds" Mr.. Burroughs says: 1
suspect 1t requires q special gift OF
grace to enable one to / the bird.
songs; some new power must be added
to the ear, or some obstruction remov-
ed. There are not only scales upon our
eyes so that We do not seei there are
scales upon our ears SO that we do not
hear. A city woman who had spent
much of her time in the country once
asked . well-known ornithelogist to
take her where she could hear the blue
bird. What, never heard the blue
birdw said he. II have net," said the
woman. Then you will never hear 1t"
said the bird-lover. That is, never hear
1t with that inward ear that gives beau
ty and meaning to the note. He could
probably have taken her in Q few min
utes where she could have heard the
call or warble of the bluehird; but 1t
would have fallen upon unrespensivs
ears-upon ears that were not sensitiz-
ed by love for the birds or associations
with them.
Bird-songs are not music, properly
speaking, but only suggestions Of mu
sic. A great many people whose atten
ton would be quickly arrssted by the
same volume Of sound made by a musi-
cal instrument or by any artificial
means never hear them at all The
sound Of q boys penny whistle there
in the grove or the meadow would sep
nrate itself more from the background
of nature, and be a greater challenge
to the ear, than is the strain of the
thrush or the song Of the sparrow.
There Is something elusive, indefinite,
neutral, about bird-songs that makes
them strike obliquely, as 1t were, upon
the ear; and we are very apt to miss
them. They are part Of nature, and
nature lies about US, entirely occupied
with her swn affairs, and quite regard
less of our presence. Hence 1t is with
bird-songs as 1t is with SO many ether
things In nature-they are what we
make them; the ear that hears them
must be half creative.
am always disturbed when persons
not especially observant Of birds ask
me to take them where they can hear
some particular bird the song Of which
they have become interested in through
description of 1t in some book. AS
listen with them feel like apologizing
Tor the bird; 1t has a bad cold, or has
Just heard some depressing news: II
will not let itself out. The song seems
10 casual and minor when you make q
dead set at 1t. 1 have taken persons
to hear the hermit-thrush, and have
fancied that they were all the time say
ing to themselves, "1s that allT But
when one hears the bird In his walk
when the mind Is attuned to simple
things and IL open and receptive, wher
expectation IL not aroused and the sons
comes as q surprise out Of the dusky
silence Of the woods, one feels that i
| merits all the fine things that can b'
| vaid Of It
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-04-06
POKER in THE KLoNpME..
One Game in Which the Winner Scoop
ed in $24O, eco in Geld Dust.

One Game In Which the Winner Scoop
ed in &24O, ,00O in Geld Dust.
A recently returned prospector, who
was one Of the first to reach the KlOn-
dixie when the initial rush began, tells
Of a poker game which took place in
Dawson City, the metropolis Of the
newly discovered Eldorade, in which
the players bet two-quart jars and kero-
Sene cana Of gold dust. There were q
large number of miners In tbs place at
the time, waiting to be taken down to
st. Michaels by boat, and all had dust.
Three Of the crowd started a game one
soon Joined in.
'Money-that Is, coined mcney-is
scarce in that region, 50 dust and mug
gets were used" said the prespector
In telling of the game. "At the start OF
the game white sheets Of note paper
were spread on the table, and when a
man would ante he would put In a
pinch Of dust. The matter Of a few
doilars' difference caused by this care
less method did not cut any ice with
the players. The play was even. No
one could win more than ten or fifteen
ounces Mt the outside, SO no one was
satisfied. Finally the break came.
Sandy Mcleod, who had gone into the
country as sergeant Of mounted police,
was one Of the players. He was dealt
a hand that seemed to suit him. The
man to his right seemed to be pretty
we'll fixed also, and bet a handful OF
coarse gold. Sandy reached into his
sack, drew cut a handful, laid 1t along
side the other, then turned to his pack,
and. lifting out two-quart jar Of gold.
said: I raise you that
1.-The next man was Joe Hollings-
head, a Texan, the discoverer of the
Bonanza Creep camp. Joe saw the bet
and raised it another jar. The next
man was a Swede, and he passed out.
The last man, the dealer, hesitated
long. but finally tossed his cards IN the
center also. The opener saw the raise
and lifted it another jar. Then he lay
back complacently. Sandy hesitated
not a second. but reached for his out
fit again and produced a can of dust,
with the jar to see the other raise, re
marking. Raise you a can
I'm the deal the first man took two
cards, Sandy took two also, and Joe
took but one. The first man had failed
to fill. He dropped out. Sandy had
no more oil cans of gold, but he had TIVE
Jars full, and Joe had an equal amount
Which one of the boys bet l do moi
recollect, but, anyway, both had theil
Jars on the table at about the same
time, and a showdown was dema nded
Sandy had three aces. a queen and
jack, and Joe had four kings and al
ace.
How much gold was on the table a
the time? Well, can't give the exac
amount, but I should calculate tina
there was in the neighborhoOd Of S24O-
600 worth"
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sNHVRHfD6N

The loftiest active volcano is Coto.
paxi. 1t Is $3.50 feet high. and its last
great eruption was in 1855.
The sea round any desert island rare
ly visited by man, and distant from
any mainland, always teens with hsh.
In Arabia excavation by the wind
forms pits over two hundred feet deep,
down to the hard stratum on which
the sand lies.
The earth derives ninety mine per
cent. Of its energy from the sun. Ne
teodc showers give rise to the greater
cent. The stars also feebly help.
An English medical paper queerly re-
marks (of one Of many like fungi that
the most wonderful vegetable in the
world Is the truffle, because it has nei-
ther roots, stem, flowers, leaves nor
seeds.
An oak tree was cut down at Baraboo,
Wis, recently, the trunk Of which had
nearly 400 rings, which, according to
the generally accepted rule that a new
ring is formed each year. would indi-
cate that the tree started on its earth
ly career after Columbus first sighted
the New World. The tree was six feet
In diameter at the base.
At recent meeting of the Entomo.
logical Society Of Washington some
specimens Of ehrysopa, a species OF
golden-eyed fly, which had been collect
ed in the White Mountains, were exhib-
ited as curiosities, because each car
ried on its back one or more minute
cecidomyiid hdes. The opinion was ex
pressed that this was a true case of a
smaller species Of insect using larger
species for the purpose Of locomotion
from place to place.
There was recently exhibited in En-
gland a diving apparatus. used fol
pearl-fishing in the Australian colonies
with which a pract1ced diver made 8
descent to a depth Of 1S9 feet, remain
ing under water fifty minutes withou
any discomfort. This depth, 1t is said
was never before attained in Grea
Britain. The diving apparatus weigh!
seven-anda-half hundredweght. tn,
| arms and the lower half consisting o
series Of spiral springs.
A New Haven man is the owner o
an interesting historical document, thu
deed for forty acres Of land In Port
land. which was conveyed in 1913 t.
the Rev. Moses Bartless, for consider
alton Of f1OO. The paper is intact. saw,
where it has been folded. At the con
fusion are affixed twenty seals Of twen
ty Indians. The seals are Of red wax
md coin was evidently used II
stamping the seals, as slight traces o
a crown can be found in several o
| them.
| Lord Rayleigh in a recent lectur
said that experiments had shown that
vibration Of sound having an amplitud
Of less than one twelve-millionth of
centimeter could still affect the sens
of hearing. Such a vibration would b
so short that II would have to be en-
larged one hundred times before tn
most powerful microscope could ren
der it visible, supposing that 1t wer
susceptible to being seen at all. OIL
people, he said, do not hear high note
which are audible to young person:
and there is reason to believe that ba
bies hear notes which are inaudible t
their elders.
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never thought of that! She came to me
IN my dead child's place-it was to me az
though my own child had come back
again. You could not tell how l loved
her. Her little head lay on my breast
her little fingers caressed me. her little
voice murmured sweet words to me. She
was my own child loved her 30, sirr'
and the poor woman's voice was broken
with sObs. IAN the world was hard and
cruel and cold to me-the child never
was; all the world disappointed me-the
child never did. My heart and soul clung
to her. And then. sir, when she was able
to run about, a pretty, graceful, loving
child. the very joy of my heart and SUM-
shine of my life, the doctor died, and
was left alone with her."
She paused for some few minutes, her
whole frame shaken with sobs. The earl,
bending down, spoke kindly to her.
Il am quite sure" he said, that If
you erred it has been through love for
my child. Tell me all-have no fear"
Il was in the house, sir" she continued,
when the poor doctor was carried home
dead-in his sitting room with my-with
/ little Madaline-and when saw the con-
fusion that followed upon his death /
thought of the papers in the oaken box,
and, without saying a word to any one,
l took 1t and hid it under my shawl"
But tell me-" said the earl, kindly,
why did you do that?"
81 can hardly remember now," she re
plied-'it is SO long since. I think my
chief motive was dread lest my darling
should be taken from me. l thought that
il strangers opened the box and found
out who she was, they would take her
away from me and l should never see her
again. knew that the box held all the
papers relating to her, SO / took it delib-
erately."
Then, of course" said the earl, you
know her history?"
NO" she replied. quickly; Il have new
er opened the box"
Never opened itr' he exclaimed, won
deringly.
mo, sir-I have never even touched it;
it is wrapped in my old shawl just as !
brought it away"
"But why have you never opened itT'
he asked, still wondering.
because, sir, did not wish to know
who the little child really was, lest, in
discovering that, should discover some
thing also which would compel me to give
her up"
Lord Mountdean looked at her in as
tonishment. How woman-like she was
How full of contradictions! What
strength and weakness, what honor and
dishonor, what love and sel6shness did
not her conduct reveal!
"And my daughter, You say, h living,
but not well? Where n sher'
Il will take you to her, sir" was the
reply-"at once, II you will CO."
"I will not lose a minute" said the
earl, hastily. 1T Is time, Mrs. Dorm
ham, that you knew my name, and my
daughters also. I am the Earl of Mount,
dean, and she is Lady Madaline Charlie
wood"