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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01

A thrilling hunt for man-eatins
shsrk took place in the harbor of Key
West last week and came very near re-
sulting fatally for those engaged.
The shark was first seen swimming
in shallow waters, and three boys start
ed out in a rowboat to capture 1t. They
were armed only with a small harpoon.
They managed to get close to the shark
without attracting attention. and plant
ed the harpoon securely in its back.
The big fish plunged forward when 1t
felt the iron, and in a moment the boat
was spinning through the water like
an express train. Several attempts were
made to loosen the rope, but In vain.
Meanwhile they hesitated to cut the
rope, for fear they might lose the shark.
The boat was towed in this fashion
more than an hour. At times the shark
would turn so suddenly as to greatly
aniauger the boat, though keeping all
the time in comparatively shallow wat
er.
! The boys began to shout for help, and
l yacht was sent to them. Just as the
yacht came alongside the shark made
/ dive for the boat and tore a big hole
In the side. AS the boat filled the yacht
came up and took of the boys, and the
shark was killed with rife. 1t meas
ured 15 feet in length.-New York
World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01
! ~. ,a-n,.: rS2s 900 600

Totals .... "a, ,553 f5.SIS tt ,333 t3US
The order of Importance Of twenty
years ago has naturally not been main
tained. Austria-Hungary (the special
debts of each and the common debt or
BOTH has gone up from fifth to third;
Italy is still fourth, Russia is fifth In
stead Of seventh and Australasia Is
eighth instead Of sixteenth. Canada,
though it's Indebtedness has Increased
very materially, now ranks after Ar
gentina, with 74,OOO,OO0, and Is only
Just ahead Of Japan, with f6O,OOO,cOO.
Mexico, 1t may be well to observe,
would not show creditably. as the mere
figures indicate, If we went into de-
tails Of the way In which the reduction
of debt has been effected. Among the
minor countries whose debts are inter
esting are miscellaneous British pos
sessions, with f47,OO0.OOO; Roumania.
with n similar total; Greece, with Esq.,
OOO. 600; Sweden and Norway, f25, ,0OO,-
600; Uruguay, with f22, 2,0OO,O 900; Servia,
with f15,OOO,OO and Denmark, with
FIJI, 100000.
The obligations of the nations which
are not included in the above list
amount approximately to EASE. 900, 900,
which, added to the sum stated In the
table. brings the worlds total to f5.-
$50, ,OOO, 900. On this enormous amount
of money something like f220,0OO,O0O
is paid annually in the way Of interest.
Twenty years ago the estimated pay
ypapt In this direction was f20O 600 600
and the increase of over f1,O0O, 100000
is attributable to the growing cheap
ness of money, whereby all nations of
good credit may secure loans on far
more favorable terms than in 1876.
As may readily be imagined, France
pays out the largest sum annually In
interest. and the average runs to about
fl per head of tine population. against
12s. in Great Britain, los. in Italy. 15s-
In Austria Hungary. lbs. in Spain, Is.
Cd. in the United States and Is. 4d. in
Gcrmany.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01
SINGULAR STATEMENT.
from Mrs. Rank to Hrs. Pinkham

The following letter to Mrs. Pink
hcm from Mrs. NJ. RANK, No. 2,354
East Susquehanna Ave-, Philadelphia,
Pa, is n remarkable statement of re-
lief from utter discouragement. She
says:
81 never can find words with which
to thank you for what Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
for me.
"Some years ago had womb trouble
and doctored for a long time, not see
ing any improvement. At times 1
would feel well enough, and other
times was miserable. So it went on
until last October, 1 felt something
terrible creeping over me, knew not
what, but kept getting worse. 1 can
hardly explain my feelings at that
time. 1 was SO depressed in spirits
that did not wish to live, although
had everything to live for. Had hys-
terra, was very nervous; could not
sleep and was not ssfe to be left
alone.
Indeed, thought would lose my
mind. No one knows what endured.
81 continued this way until the last
of February, when l saw in a paper a
testimonial of a lady whose case was
similar to mine, and who had been
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. determined to try it,
and felt better after the first dose. l
continued taking it, and to-day am a
well woman, and can say from my
cine"
Mrs. Pinkham invites all suffering
women to write to her at Lynn, Mass,
for advice. All such letters are seen
and answered by women only.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01

A few years ago the fishermen of
Preston, Lancashire, used to go fish
ing on Sunday, the same as on other
days. A clergyman of the town preach
ed against Sabbath desecration, and
prayed that they might catch no fish.
Aud they did not! But they found out
how to make his prayers of no avail.
The fishermen used to make a little
effigy Of the parson in rags, and put
the small guy up their chimneys.
While his reverence was slowly smok-
ed and consumed, the fish blt-lIke ev-
erything! The fishermen Of the Isle Of
Man always feel safe from storm and
disaster If they have a dead wren on
board. They have a tradition that at
one time an evil spirit haunted the her
ring pack and was always attended by
storms. The spirit assumed many
forms, and at last it took the shape Of
a wren and flew away. Since then If
they have a dead wren with them they
feel certain that all will be safe and
snug.
On the Norfolk coast they think that
fieas and fish come together. An old
fisherman near Cromer was heard to
say: Times is that you might look in
my flannel shirt and see scarce a flea.
and then there amt but few herrings;
but times there are when my shirts
alive with 'em, and then there's sartin
to be sight O. fish," Flannel-shirted
anglers, please note!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01


Although the culinary art has in the
asst twenty years made rapid strides,
still there Is a certain sameness about
dinner parties which, to the habitual
Iiner-out, comes but little short of dull
mouOtOny, says the London Sun. Now
and again, however, one comes across
hostess whose Imagination, or eccen.
tricity, Is the means of providing
meal for her guests upon lines other
than those upon which the ordinary
dinner is given. Such one was
lady who lived In the neighborhood OF
Kensington, and who every year gave
what she termed a memorial dinner
on. the anniversary of her husbands
death.
The room in which the dinner was
given was draped for the occasion In
mauve and black, no other colors being
visible. The tablecloth was likewise
of mauve silk, while the only floral dec
orations in use were violets. The lady
guests arrayed in either black or mauve
/ dressesI the footmen were dressed in
/ black plush breeches, mauve silk
stockings and black coats. On dinner
/ being announced the hostess took the
head of the table, but on either side OF
| her, seated upon two stools, sat two
black poodle dogs, excellently clipped
after the approved French fashion, and
! with mauve-colered ribbon bows on
| their heads. These two dogs had been
great pets of the iady's husband dur
ing his lifetime, and it was for this rea-
son that they were allowed seat
among the guests at the dinner-table.
The menu was remarkable for the alb
sence of any color in the viands, save
mauve. the rest being either black or
white Thus the soup was white, like
wise fish and entrees. AS regards
game, the lady got over the dinculty,
or mt least met 1t half way, by provid'
ing black-cock. The sweets were
maunve-colored or white, while at the
erd of the dinner black coffee was
served
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01
Juvenile Jokes.

Little Mamie was trying to write
with a dull lead pencil that her mother
had given her, but meeting with poor
success she exclaimed: "Oh, mamma.
the wood has slipped down over the
lead and the marks won't come out''
Eddie's father was a jeweler and
sometimes the little fellow got business
mixed up with Indian stories and Sun
day school lessons. One Sunday morn
ing he surprised his mother by asking:
.'Say, mamma, what tribe was 1t that
made gold plated calves-the Israelites
or the Choctaws"
Harry, aged 5. had been to Sunday
school, and upon his return home he
tried to tell his mamma about the les
son: "And you know, mamma" said he.
Lots wife was awful meddlesoine,
own business she got fresh and didn't
mind, so God put her in sack of salt
Dorothy had heard some one singing
that classical production, the Little
Alabama Coon" on the street. Present
iy she same to her mother and asked:
Mamma, what does swat meanT'
What do you think that 1t means r
We'll, l don't know, mamma; but i
s'pose that swat is colored for spank"
"Auntic" was writing to her son far
away. and wanted to tell him about
killing a turkey, but wasn't sure how
to spell the word. Bessie (the children
were in the Kitchen was mixed up also
opI .,uI5p't toll lpr but Preston who
can't talk plain, came to the rescue by
saying: "Auntie, just tell him we titled
q dobler,' and that will be all right"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01
THE HOECAKE.
Why Does the Wheat Bread Crowd Ont
the Cornf

Most middle-aged persons remember
well when cornbread was served upon
nearly all tables In the South and Yves.
at least twice day. Sometimes 1t ap-
peared in the form of "hoecake or
"batter bread" and again In ''pones."
1t was par excellence the bread OF tie
negro, and every man who served In
the Confederate army was also full
graduate In the use Of 1t. Now the
larkies eschew it where wheat bread Is
to be obtained, and upon the tables OF
thousands of Southern and western
whites 1t never appears at all, while
others continue to use it only for din
uer.
Now, why is this? Surely corn meal
IS as 1t ever was. Those who sincerely,
but probably mistakenly. believe that
water ground" meal Is better than the
product of mills turned by steam can
always find a supply of that In most
cities, and 1t is common enough In the
country. There is no trouble about the
meal; but we doubt whether the art OF
cooking 1t has been preserved. The
ulSn-tOIeu cOlOTeu udIuSciS WIZ III e
turned out by our public schools are
not the adopts that our old Aunt Dinahs
and Aunt Peggys were. No self-re-
specting pan Of dough would be conjur-
ed into shape by such unskilled hands.
And then We may seriously doubt
whether cornbread can be cooked In a
stove as well as in an open fireplace.
The Indians laid their dough cakes
between layers of forest leaves, or up
on the hard ground, and cooked them
In the hot ashes. Hence 'ashcake," a
very luscious product, indeed, when one
has whetted his appetite for it by q
long days hunting.
The hoecake was so called because
It was originally baked upon a hoe
that ever-ready and useful instrument
Of agriculture, which Is to be found up
On every plantation. But later on, cook.
Ing utensils were manufactured which
took the place of the humble hoe. So,
too, shingles were used whereupon to
place the dough while 1t went through
the process of becoming a well-done
ashcake.-Richmond Dispatch.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01
.oeaIs OF the WORLD.
Total Approximates E5,S3O,OOO'OOp
Interest, f22O, 100000

ro@., Approximates E5,S3O,OOO,OOU
Interest, f22O,OOO,OOO
The debts of the world approximate
81. $50. .OOO. 900. 1t was estimated just
twenty years ago that the eighteen
largest national debts amounted In the
aggregate to f4,553, 100000. A sum Oh
f197 100000 was allowed for the nu-
merous minor borrowers; and TINS
brought the total Indebtedness to apout
"a, $50, ,OOO, 900, which means that tnere
has been an increase in the two oe-
cades of as much as f1,0SO,VcO,Vo.
There have been a few noteworthy de-
creases-thus, the debt Of Great BTU
ain has gone down from f7So, ,OOO,oOO IN
1876 to f645. .OOO. 600; that on the United
States from f44O, 100000 to f249,OOO,-
900. and that of Germany from t2OO,-
100000 to fS5, 900, 600. But the great
...ajority of the old borrowers have
cen true to human weakness, and have
increased their obligations; while
host Of smaller peoples have appeared
upon the scene. France, IN easy hrst
in regard to the aggregate, is also first
in regard to the increase, for whereas
Its debt in 1879 was the equivalent OF
f9OO, 600, 900, last year 1t was equal to
f1, ,2SO, ,OOO, ,OOO-a rise Of f3SO,O0O,Ooo.
Austria Hungary Is second to France In
this particular with an increase OF
f222, 400, 600; Russia is third with an
increase of f16O,OOO.OOO; and Italy
fourth with an increase of f124. 100000.
The fluctuations in the principal debts
in the periods under discussion are
shown in the following table, from
which the millions (OO0.O00J are omit
tnl
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01
FIGHTING BOB EVANS.
low He Disciplined American Blue
Jackets Who Had Deserted.

low He Disciplined American Blue
Jackets Who Had Deserted.
Fighting Bob" Evans Is something
# a disciplinarian, as the following in
,ident shows:
Once on the Mediterranean Station he
Sas temporarily in command Of his
hip when French gendarmes brought
iboard a large number Of American
sluejackets who had deserted. 1t was
he custom ON such occasions for each
,luejacket, as soon as he was released
N the deck Of the vessel, to turn and
hammer the countenance Of the gen.
iarme until he was pulled away. This
Eort of thing had n tendency to make
lhe gendarmes afraid to bring In de-
,erters, and Evans determined to stop
t. In the presence Of the gendarmeS
md their captives he announced his de-
dsion. The first bluejacket was re-
eased, and promptly knocked his gen
iarme fat. Evans picked up the gen
iarme's sword and struck down the
iailor. Exactly the same performance
vas gone through with as each OF the
ieNt six bluejackets was unshackled.
The eighth permitted his gendarme to
20 in peace. The seven men who had
>een cut down all escaped with their
ives. Evans said that they owed their
preservation to a merciful Lord, who
turned the edge of the French police
mans tin sword The seven injured
nen We're invited to make charge
against Evans, but they said they
iidn't want to. AS they put It them.
elves:
They guessed they had run up
tgainst something they didn't know
inything about"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01

robe, which she teek away In tle0'
stone bag. 1 resolved never again to
play the knight erraAt In such q fash
lon to strange damsels in distTesa
would you like to see how the mem
bers of the swell mob enjey them
selvesg' asked Ten Poole one evening
some two months after my adventure
with the blue-eyed orphan. There Is
ball and supper to-nisht to raass funds
for the defense Of that seoundrel Bat
son. who nearly killed one OF our men
whom caught committing burglary, as
you will remember"
The janitor at the door demurred al
hrst. and mildly declared that we had
no right Of entrance, the AFFAIR going
OIL upstairs being quite private one'
but Tom Poole declared that II any fur-
ther delay took place in opening the
door he would raid the place. That
threat was effectual, for possibly some
of the gayly dressed men and women
had property in their possession fol
which they would have found 1t diff.
cult to account.
do you see any one you recognizeT'
he whispered.
NO" l replied, puzzled.
"The lady whose figure You admired
at st. Pancras," he went on; "see, there
she is, with her face turned to the girl
behind her.
| | looked in the direction indicated
| and was more puzzled than ever. The
| girl possessed the splendid form of the
yelled lady we had seen at st. Pan
cras. and her hair was Of the reddy
| gold that was so much affected some
| time ago by the ladies': In all other re
| spects she was exactly like Miss Evelyr
/ Dalrymple, the glorious blue eyes, es
! pecially.
But Evelyn's hair was dark brown
| when | took her home with me to Mrs
] Gribble's, hence my bewilderment. Blu,
as the girl turned in our direction, and
1 had a clear view of her face, my
I doubts vanished. Sarah Gribble had
/ been right; the orphan was fraud.
Rather more than year afterward
/ happened TO be at the central station
/ Manchester, seeing chum off to Soutf
/ Wales by the 1890 express. The trair
had Just gone when a cab dashed up
and lady alighted. 1t needed only 6
/ glance to satisfy me that Evelyn Dal
rymple had again turned up, and evi
dently in her old character, for on the
cal were two trunks and large port
/ manteau.
Before she could fix upon train tina
would enable her TO get away with he
booty. l had hurriedly told railway
constable what l knew of the lady, ant
she was arrested.
At the sessions a string of conviction
were proved against her, and the ap
pcaIing glances of her beautiful blu
eyes were powerless to induce the re
cOrder to give her another chance"
You are a dangerous woman, an'
society must be rid of you for a consid
cradle period. Ten years penal servi
tude."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01
WGrnwing Upv in Innnn.

In st. Nicholas there Is paper on
"The Little japanese at Home" by
Ida Tigner Hodnett. Miss Hodnett
says, in describing the growing up"
of boy:
When he is three years old, he begins
to wear the obi, girdle, three inches
wide, which confines the kimono, q
loose sort Of garment, and the main
part Of the japanese national dress, for
both children and grown people. The
putting on of the obi Is the occasion of
another family feast; and very i'm.
portant garment 1t Is. for 1t corresponds
to pockets in an American boys first
trousers. The front part of the kimono,
above the obi, is also used as pocket;
and the long, wide sleeves, sewed up
at the lower end, make two very big
ones.
When fifteen years old, the boy be
comes of age, and third family fes
tival occurs. Another name Is given
him, and his hair is allowed to grow
all over the head, like a mans. Pre-
vious to this time the head is shaved so
as to allow the hair to grow only in
varying up to the age Of ten. when the
crown only is shaved At this festival
celebrating his majority the manner Of
friends and relatives changes toward
him, and while the day before he was
still addressed as a child, now he Is ad-
dressed In the ceremonious forms re-
quired by japanese etiquette. The title
f,
his name, even by those nearest and
dearest. These titles, san, sama, al
ways follow the name, and are never
nrefxed as with our Mr." For exam
| pie, a boy whose name Is KiyOshi will
be called Kiyoshi-san. In his responses
to the kind speeches made to him, the
boy shows that he understands the
new honors that have come upon him,
anr that he Is now ready to apply him
self to the serious business Of life.
1t used to be great thing to be born
4 samurai (sah-moor-rD boy baby in
Japan. The samurai were soldiers and
scholars, and were entirely apart from
and above the ordinary people. They
could not engage in any business, nor
could they marry into another class.
This has all been changed since the
Japanese revolution Of 1SG7-6S. The
people are now divided into two large
classes-the heimin (ha-meen), or COM
mOners, the shizoku (shee-zo-koo), or
gentry-and all have equal rights under
the law. The average boys success in
life depends upon his own abilities. and
the use he makes of the teaching he
may have.
The first thing the samurai baby
needed after he was put in his nurses
arms was q sword. Rather q queer
thing for a baby to have, but then this
baby was a samurai! No matter If the
tiny hand could not grasp the handle,
his nurse carried 1t for him; and when
The obj became . psxt Of his dress, the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01

not benefited by telling lies.
A man without principle never be-
comes a martyr.
Loss of first love is the first mark Of
apostasy.
Prayer meeting talk is not sure cri-
terion of piety.
Prejudice is the chain of error hold
Ing its deluded devotee fast.
Camp meeting religion is too often
scamp meeting religion.
Preaching for oratorical fame Is not
the kind Of preaching God blesses.
Daniel was in training for his lions
den experience. a good many years.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01

Saw a TrGin for the First Time.
4 country boy who was brought up
n a remote region of Scotland had oc-
.asion to accompany his father to q
riliaGe near which a branch line Of rail.
way passes. The morning after his ar
..iyal. when sauntering In the garden
b. hind the house in which they were
.avi:7" y. he heheld with wondering eyes
irain go by. For n moment he re-
-alned staring at 1t with astonishment
nd then running into the house, he
aid: "Fayther, fayther, come DOT
here's n blacksmiddy shop ran of wi
row of houses, and it's ava doom by
he back o the town."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01
RAILROAD THROUGH THE FARM.

There's that black abomernation, that
big locomotive there,
It's smeke-tal like pirut Gag, a-waviH'
through the air;
An I must set twelve times a day, an
never raise nay arm,
An see thet gret black monster 90 n
snortin' through my farra.
My fathers farua, nay Eraadsir's farm
/ come of Pilgrim stock
NY great-great-great-gr great -grandsir's e
farm way back to Plymouth Rock;
Way back in the sixteen hundreds 1t was
in our family name,
An no man dared to trespass till that
tootin' railroad came.
sez, "You can't go through this farm.
you hear it fiat an plain"
An then they blabbed about the right Of
'eminunt domain"
"Who's Eminunt Domain" sez /; Il
want you folks to see
Thet on this farm there amt no man so
eminunt ez me-"
An wen their gangs begun TO dig 1 went
out with a gun,
An they rushed me off to prison till their
wretched work wuZ done.
'If can't purtect my farm" sez l, wy,
then, it's my idee
You'd better shet off calm this the coun-
Try Of the free
There, there, We hear it toot agin an
break the peaceful calm,
l tell We, you black monster, you've nc
business on my farm!
An men ride by in stoEepipe hats, an
women loll in silk,
An lookin' in my barnyard, say, "SeC
thet old codgcr milkr'
Git off my farm, You stuck-up doods, whc
set in there an grin,
I own this farm, railroad an all, an
win fence it in,
Ding-ding, toot-toot, you black OF fend
you'll find Wen you come back,
An OF rail fence, without no bars, bull
straight across the track.
An then you stuck-up doods inside, yor
Pullman upper crust.
VIII know this codgcrIl hold his farm az
let the railroad bust.
You'll find this railroad all fenced in
'twon't do no good to talk
II you want to git to Boston, wy jest taxi
yer laigs an walk.
Sam Walter Foss.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01

THAT was six months ago and there has
been no return OF the disease. The cure was
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that no other medicine could have pro-
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cannot help but feel that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People are the most re-
markable medicine on the market"
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they restore the strength and health in the
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physician proves unavailing.
These pills are sold In boxes at so cents a
box or six boxes for $3.50, and may be had
of all druggists, or direct by mail from DR..
Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady. N. Y.