Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-04-19

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nired gih at J. g. Isenberg's residence,
made every preparation to take the coal
OIL route. The fire In the furnace was
supposed to be out and the girl put in
some shavings, kindling and coal, sat-
nrating all with coal oil, the gas gener-
ating in the furnace having no place to
escape exploded tearing pipes and fur
mace apart.
The British claim to be a Christian
nation, and they are building lls new
war vessels, and are drilling all school
boys from l3 to IS years old, in military
tactics, and are raising an army Of
aO,OOO men in Canada, to protect
themselves, they say, from the Chris
tian Americans on this side of the
Canada line. Reader, how do Won like
that picture?
Miss Caroline Larh died in the
tMethodist hospital, in Philadelphia.
last Friday, April l4th. 1t was some
weeks ago that she was taken to that
institution for treatment of spine all
ment. Her funeral took place from the
Presbyterian church in this place on
Sunday afternoon. Interment in the
Presbyterian cemetery. She was aged
81 years and days.
Juniata county people turned out to
Bloomfield, Perry county, court in
numbers as may be learned from the
Bloomfield Advocate: Ex-Congress-
man l.. f. Atkinson, j. Frank Patter-
son, ESD, T. V. Irwin, Esq, and Ex-
Sheriff Samuel Lapp, Of Miffiintown,
and William e. Pomeroy, of Port Royal,
are among the Juniata people i'm at
tendance ut court here this week.
Bryan is resting by the Sc. at At.
lantic City from the iabors of his ons
dollar dinner, aud Croker is resting
in New York from his $40 dinner.
and holding off at arms length the
men who want to pIy into his pri-
vate business affairs and find out
where he made money enough to
run tsn dollar a plate dinners. Bot
Croker did not tel'.
Bloomfield Democrat, April 12th.-1
Charles Rice, formerly of near Kistler,
this county, is in Jail i'm Chambersbhrg,
charged with passing counterfeit mon
ey. The dies and molds for making
the ''queer" were found in his posses
sion. When arrested he gave the name
of Z. +. Delaney. He served term
in the county Jail here few years ago
for rObbing w. NJ. ID. Sheafier's store,
at Kistler
Two of Mr.. George Letters children,
in Spruce Hill township, were riding a |
horse that belonged to their father,
from field to the barn, on the llth |
inst. The horse began trotting and |
that jOstled one of the little boys off. |
He fell in such u way to the ground |
and crushed the child's skull. 1t was
a sad bereavement that awakened the |
keenest sympathy of every one who
learned of it,
DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
A Cinnamon in Philadelphia last
Saturday bent on suicide, jumped in
to the Delawar. river. The water
Was ice cod AMI the chill drove the
desire for suicide out of his head.
aud he called for help. "How did
you get into the river was asked him.
"Ms jump in, me sick, me want to
die. HAh, zee" said tho man who
helped him out, but if y.u wanted to
die to drown, why didn't you drown
Him. water too cold" was the ans
wer.
1t is between 10000 and IL 600 miles
from Philadelphia to Manila, Philip
pine Islands. But every day word is
received in Philadelphia from Manila,
by telegram. To particularize the dis
tance it is 3,l77 miles from Philadel-
phia to San Francisco; it is :, ,OS9 miles
from San Francisco to Honolulu /; it is
A. ,96l miles from. Honolulu to Hong
Kong, China it is e2Omiles from Hong
Kong, China, to Manila, making dis
tance Of 10, ,S47 miles from Philadelphia
to Manila by the way mentioned
Perry county Freeman.-A roof on
the house of John Stambaugh's farm,
made of shaved yellow pine shingles,
lasted 81 years. 1t was put OIL in 1912,
but it will soon Ike replaced by a new
one.
w. w. BiIlOw, of Buffalo township, |
raised sugar beets having the highest
average of sugar and the highest coef-
ficient Of purity in the juice. His best
kind would yield 261 pounds of sugar |
to the ton.
Governor Stone, by proclamation |
recommends the keeping of the first
day of May as holiday, to be known |
as Dewey Day. The human family |
seem to be going round and round in |
treadmill way in everything, even i'll
holidays, just as they did of old. There
are many old time holidays founded on |
achievements of men in religion, the war |
and politics, and in these times the |
American people have started in to do
as the ancients did. Have holidays |
based upon certain achievements of
men in State service.
The Philadelphia North American, Of
the 18th says Yesterday, Mrs. John
X. Hershey, of Leaman Place, Lancas-
ter county, in her efforts to save the
life of boy, was crippled for life.
The accident occurred at the station
when lad stepped from the SeashOre
Express i'm front of the rapidly APP
nrnaching Fast Line WestbOund. Mrs.