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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-15

orirso nl,ed States supreme court has affirmed the
~. a - me court Of claims in the case of the
49," me Los Afhrs Silver Mining Company
a ~ me fepablic OF Mexico. holding that claim
49, m HIn@nst and unfounded. The claim was for
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-15

Elegant Holiday Dspis,
Rich Cat GLASSWARE; Famous Wedge
Food Ware. Artistic Lamps. Pretty Clocks
Cameo Ware.
CONE Just 10 LCOK
Ora. ir.-o-''-- 7ea &C..
500 Pike Street. .........SEATTLE
sos Second Avenue. SEATTLE
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-15

President Mckinley has sent to the senate an
answer to the Lodge resolution in regard to the
Galapagos islands. II Is short. and simply an
nounces that the state department has no infor-
nation respecting the report that Ecuador intends
to sell the islands to Great Britain for any other
European government, and that steps have been
taken By the government in Tie matter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
QUEER WEDDINGS IN JAPAN.

Odd Ceremony In the Land OF Flower
and sunshine.
A woman who lived many years 4,
Japan has an article in a late number
Of the London Graphic on Japanese 80.
cial customs. OF cOurtship and mar.
riage among the little brown people,
she says that both are very curious
ceremonies and that they still savo,
somewhat of barbarism. These cerc.
monies are described In an interesting
manner In her communication. "When
q young man." she informs us, "has
fixed his affections upon a maiden OF
suitable standing he declares his love
by fastening a branch Of a certain
shrub to the house Of the damsels
parents. If the branch be neglected
the suit Is rejected; II 1t be accepted
SO is the suitOr. At the time of the
marriage the bridegroom sends pres.
ents to his bride as costly as his means
will allow, which she immedia tely of.
fers to her parents In acknowledgment
Of their Kindness in infancy and Of the
pains bestowed upon her education.
The wedding takes place in the even.
Ing. The bride IL dressed in a iun:
white silk kimono and white veil and
she and her future husband sit fncins
each other ON the door. Two tables
are placed close by; on the one is a
kettle with two spouts. a bottle of sake
and cups: ON the other table a minia-
ture dr tree-signifying the strength
Of the bridegroom: a plum tree. signi-
flying the beauty Of the bride. and.
lastly. . stork standing on n tortoise.
representing long life and happiness.
desired by them both. At the marriage
feast each guest In turn drinks three
cups of the sake and the two-spoute,'
kettle, also containing sake. is put to
the mouths of the bride and bridesr o.r
alternately by two attendants, signify
ing that they are to share together
joys and sorrows. The bride keeps
her veil all her life and after death 1t
Is buried with her as her shroud. The
chief duty Of a japanese woman all
her life Is obedlence-whilst unmar
ried, to her parents: when married. T..
her husband and his PARENTS: whek
widowed, to her son."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30

"A lady at Green Haven, N. Y. Sc
cured a separation from her husband
on the ground Of extreme cruelty
Among other brutal acts he was in the
habit of sleeping with a hammer under
his pillow, and with this he frequently
threatened, during the night, to pound
ler into insensibility.
The highest active volcano In the
world is that of the smoking noun
tain. Popocatapetl. in Mexico. 1t is
17,784 feet above the sea. Its crater is
three miles in circumference, and 1t is
1000 feet deep.
Radiation takes place more rapidly
from the surface of plants than from
the air about them, so that on very
still nights the plants are sometimes
several degrees colder than the sur
rounding air.
Twenty-Five years ago the United
States supplied Is per cent. of the
worlds coal consumption; now they
supply 30 per cent.
Farm hands in Yucatan wear lin
en- garments Of spotless white. When
they become even slightly soiled they
hasten to change them. Work is plen-
tiful there. farm laborers are well
paid. and they can afford to be tidy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, Pl

pGfcel and found II contained my certih-
cate. and Mr.. LIE Mesurief has II IN that
book, and IL am the happiest woman on
the face Of the EARTH" says Della, a. she
bursts Into food Of tears. and hides her
face once more on the arms Of her son.
And you are not married to him.
thenr demands Mrs. Hephzibah.
Married. Married to whomT
To the parson there"
Good gracious! my dear friend! What.
He II q married man already"
Then Mr.. Le MesurIer relates how be
became reunited to his wife.
well. every one seems to be IN luck to
day." says Mrs. Bond; myself as much
a. any," she adds, with a squeeze Of the
little lawyers hand.
Am to be the only unlucky one left
out, madamr says the baron in Q low
voice. as he takes q seat on the other side
Of Della.
II hope not, baron, I trust your future
win be As bright as that Of any Of Us"
TT ID In your power to make it so, De
lia."
"Whati have you not yet forgotten the
old folly r she says with happy smile.
Angus gets hold Of his mothers hand
and places 1t in that of his friend.
"Win It make you happy II leave Il
there. my precious boyT'
very happy, dearest mother"
Then It shall be just as Gustave
wishes"
"Gustave will never give It up again.
the baron answers, AZ he raises her hand
to his lips.
20. ny merciful Fntherr' sishs Della
reverently, a. she sits between her future
husband and her son, II thank Thee, Who
hast accepted an atonement for my lie.' ;
The end.)
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30

grow large enough to support such .
home. He has just redeemed his prom
iss by giving the association a plot d
ground at Nlnety-second street and
Lexington avenue, and instructing hif
architects to erect a building thereon
the ground and house to cost @160. 900
He originated the plan which led t.
the birth Of the Montefiore home. He
gave a few years ago $25.OOO for 9
country sanitarium in connection with
the home at Bedford Station. on Har-
lem Railroad. He has also given $5,-
600 as the nucleus Of a fund In mem
ory Of the late Michael HeilbrOn. $10,-
900 to the Hebrew Loan Society. and a
large sum to Barnard College. The Of.
fer Of his gifts to Harvard for the Sem
itic Department was made June 27.
The next day President Eliot said iD
effect the university would accept the
conditions imposed. These were that
about seventy other persons who have
contributed to the fund for Semitic
hall and museum release their contrt
buttons for that purpose to a fund foI
the purchase Of material for the muse
um. In addition, Mr.. Schin POUNDS .
number OF Semitic scholarships In the
university. his total proposed sifti
footing up. as stated, to 500. 900. The
time when the gifts become available
is uncertain until the corporation has
acted upon them.-Chicago Times-H Her
aid,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
EARLY DAY DAMP MEETINGS



Aroused Kseaest Intsrsst Led hy
Min1sters.
clifford Howard. In the Ladies'
Home Journal. writes that the first
camp meeting In America was held on
the banks Of the Muddy river. in Ken
tusky. In August, 1790. and was con-
ducted by the McGee brothers. two elo-
Quent evangelists. "It lasted for little
moro than q week." he states. "and the
aovelty Of 1t and the success which at
tended II were 30 marked that there
eoso an immediate demand for q con-
dnuance Of this form Of worship. Ac-
eordinsly. the meeting was speedily
followed by q large number-of camp
meetings throughout the West. So
great was the interest they excited that
in some Instances q single meeting was
attended BY 1000 or 5000 persons. re-
sulting in the complete desertiOn Of
the neighboring towns and settlements
for the time being. This first camp
meeting marked the beginning Of n re-
vival Of religion which assumed sucL
proportions and wrought such wide
spread good that it has passed into his
tory a. the Great Revival 1t was
the reaction following the period of
doubt and unbelief. and swept through
the country in a glorious wave Of tri-
umph. The earlier camp meetings
were not held under the auspices of
any particular denomination. People
Of all churches. and all phases of belief
attended them and took an interest in
their management. Baptist, Preshy-
terian, Methodist and other ministers
conducted the services. DenOmina-
nonal differences were cast aside. All
churches were merged into one In the
tide Of revivalism. But after the first
excitement reused by the Great Re
vivar died away. this particular form
sf worship became a Methodist insti-
tuition. Other denominations gradu'
ally abandoned 1t and left 1t to the
Methodists, who have maintained 1t to
this day. and continue to find in 1t a
source Of good and a no less worthy
mems Of salvation than on the occa-
zion Of its establishment 100 years
ago."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
H:s Text In "Rob,n.on Cru.oe.

H:s Toxt In 'sRobinson Crusoo."
A humorous incident happened In
Cleveland several years ago. A certain
pastor. widely known and greatly be
owed. was not n careful as he might
have been in the preparation Of his
sermons. He was hampered but little
by his manuscripts, and had a why of
wandering far from the written screed.
However. he had the good sense to sub
NIT his texts. and usually his manu-
script sermons. to his highly intelli-
gent wife. He usually did this Satur-
lay night, but on one occasion the lady
happened to be away from home all
he evening. So on Sunday morning
,he asked him for the chosen text
He gave 1t very gibly.
Book. chapter and verseT she
lueried.
The pastor hung his head.
1.-The fact Is. my dear. was in such
4 hurry that I couldn't quite turn to 1t.
out I've built up a most Interesting
sermon around It."
"And you couldn't find itr'
mo. my dear"
"Well, 1t isn't very much to be Won
iered at" sais his helpmeet dryly.
That text Of yours is from Robinson
Crusos.'"
Nor gasped She shocked pastor.
What will l dor
"Give me the P'ble," said the wife.
And ii wasn't put few moments be-
'ore she had picked out a text that
lifted the sermon almost as well as the
Crusoe quotation.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
American Fingers success.

Miss Lspise Homer. the new Ameri-
can soprano. who has proved such an
acquisition to the Covent Garden com.
pany, has already scored successes as
Lola in "Cavalleria." as Amneris ir
Aida" and other parts. She is a charm
ing singer. with a clear. full voice. and
Is slight and pretty in person. Miss
Homer is a native Of Pittsburg, Pa.
and since her marriage has lived In
Boston, where her husband Is well
known as a musician and composer
Three years ago they went to Paris
that she might pursue her vocal stud
les under Mines. Juliani and Koenlg
She also studied dramatic diction w
der Paul Lherie. Her debut was made
ut vichy in 1893. and, after singing at
Aix-les- Bains, she was engaged for
the chief contralto parts at Anglers. an
important operate center, where she
created quite a furore as the Queen In
Hamlet" as Leonora In La Favor
ita," and as Amneris. Among her other
favorite roles are Dalila, Ortrud and
Herodias. Next winter Miss Homer
Is engaged for the Theatre de Ia Mon
male In Brussels for several principa
roles
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
DISTRIBUTES GREAT WEALTH


Jacob II. fchi6, Who Has Given o40O,-
900 60 Harvard.
The charities Of Jacob II. Schi6. OF
New York, who has given $4OO. 600 te
Harvard. are very large. His firsi
large gift was made about twenty
years ago. when he gave 81. 200 for
building for the Hebrew Free Schools
Association. He established nurses
settlement on the East Side, q non
sectarian charity. The initiatory cost
$50. 600. and It costs $7,5OO to maintain
It. A handsome stone fountain In Rut.
gers Square, bearing the simple inscrip
tion, Presented to the City Of New
York-1S95." was for time an anony.
nous gift from Mr.. Schiff, which cost
$4,000. In 1928, when the Russian
Hebrews were hocking to New York
City, he gave SIC. 900 to erect temporary
shelters for them. Two years ago he
presented to the Young Mems Hebrew
Association $3O. 600 house. He prom
ised them a larger. handsomer build
ing as soon as the membership shoult
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30

Portland, Oregon, claims to have
the fastest stern wheel steamboat in
the world. The Hassalo, recently
completed for the Columbia river trade
has made spurts of 26 2-3 miles an
hour.
In 1850 it was estimated that the
consumption of pure alcohol in France
equaled 11s liters per head of the popu-
lation. In 1896 it had increased to
4.19 liters, apart from the use of wines
beers and cider.
The coarsest human hair is the
red. and blonde hair is the finest. The
thickness of human hair varies from
the 25oth to the 600th part of an inch.
Irish railways have been moving
towards consolidation.
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Holmes' comet. which was discov.
cred in 1892, and which aroused great
interest because Of an unexplained
retreating into space. was redisccv.
cred coming sunward once more, by
Mr.. Perrine, Of the Lick Observatory,
on June II. Its period Of revolution is
about seven years.
The new satellite Of Saturn, recently
with the aid Of photography. has been
named Phoebe. Owing to it's small
Nize. probably not exceeding 200 miles
in diameter, and Its great distance from
the planet, about 7.1S7.OO0 miles,
Phoebe bears no resemblance to such q
satellite as our moon. Seen from Sat
Urn. 1t would appear only as star. and
4 faint star at that. probably just no
ticeable to the naked eye.
Wide currency having been given to
the statemen: that liquid air promises
to do the work Of coal at next to no
cost. because an experimenter claims
to have produced ten gallons Of liquid
air by the use Of three gallons in an
engine" President Henry Morton, OF
the Stevens Institute. has pointed out
the fallacy Of the claim. He shows
that 1t really takes twelve times as
much power to make a gallon of liquid
air as that gallon could develop in an
Ideally perfect engine.
The waves of the Indian Ocean In a
strong west wind are three hundred to
four hundred feet long and sixty feet
high and have q speed Of thirty three
miles an hour. Such a wave weighs
SG4 tons to the foot. II d ship six hun.
ired feet long lies in the trough Of the
,ea a wave sixty feet high hurif
against 1t 21S,4 400 tons, more than nine
;een times Its own weight. This
weight does not fall upon the ship at
sea, because its buoyancy enables 1t to
rise. but II it drifts upon the lee shore
the power of q succession Of 218, 400
ton blows will tear to pieces any ship
man has the cunning or the power to
build.
Mr.. Darwin once wrote q book, which
many readers pronounce as interesting
as a novel, on earthworms and the
wonderful way In which they plow up
turn over and invigorate the soil. In
4 recent address. DR.. L. o. Howard, of
Washington, showed that many species
Of insects are also important agents
In soil making. They are found be-
meath the ground" he says, ''in incred-
ible numbers. and they penetrate to a
surprising depth. The minute insects
Of the family Pudoridae-which an
wingless-have been found swarminl
literally by the million at q depth o.
six to eight feet IN a stiR clay subsoil.'
Among the means Of protecting fruit
trees against frost, practiced In Call
fornia. is the production Of fog By
generator in the form Of . wagon, In
vented by George 3. DitxleF. ThA
wagon carries a shset-iron tank. tAa
spoer part ee which - aIlsd WITH W.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30

straw. or si-lilar material, kept mois
BY the automatic injection Of waite,
from q cask. while near the bottom II
q crate upon which tar IL burned. 9
blast. operated by a revolving fan
serving to maintain the combustion
All the heat Ii compelled to pass
through the wet straw before reaching
the air. and in consequence the wagor
Is buried In dense fog. and az It pas
es between the rows Of low trees T.
envelOps them In a mist so thick tha,
the driver Is frequently compelled Il
lead the horses.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
Hot Water Wells.

The wells In parts Of Arizona have
,ecently become producers OF hot
water. and apprehension Is felt by
many Of the residents Of the regions
Effected that they are about to become
participants in a grand volcanic drama.
n some Of the wells the temperature
water Of the well rose twenty degrees
n a single night. 1t few the phe-
,omenon disappeared soon after its
appearance. In a majority Of the
.ases, however. the wells fairly steam
:rof their newly acquired heat. The
irsk, known of this curious state Of
Affairs was a report that the wells at
Maricopa, on the Southern Pacific rail-
.oad. thirty miles south of Phoenix, had
suddenly become hot. says the Omaha
See.
1t was four days thereafter that the
phenomenon first was noticed dozen
miles west Of that city. A test at one
we'll showed a temperature of nearly
one hundred degrees. No difference is
noted in wells in the immediate vicin
lty Of Phoenix.
follows the general direction of the
Sierra Estrella mountains. volcanic
chain lying Immediately south Of the
ella River. Thence 1t appears to con
hnue on In the direction of the Harqua
Hala mountains, near which are num-
Der Of large and modern volcanic cones
and hills of drifted volcanic ash. Fur
her to the east the lava flows are SO
yeologically modern as to have over
whelmed In n number Of places the
,liff dwellinRs Of the ancients.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
Mexico's Copyright Law.

The new copyright law Of Mexico
makes no distinction between thi
rights of native and foreign authors
All that is necessary Is that the work
be published in Mexico. 1t will cost q
foreign author $50 to copyright his book
in that republic. A copyright holds TO-
zen years.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
The Ouorn's DOuhlo.

The Queens double is an elder.
woman who acts as pew-Opener at 8
church in North London, and so exac
Is the resemblance that 1t makes a!
new members Of the congregation ex
claim. Strangely she is the exact agt
Of the Queen, and became q widow IL
the same year that the Prince Censor
died.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30

three inches In length and over IN inch
wide.
The bugs come from Africa in the
hold of sailing vessel unloading in
Philadelphia. Now thousands of these
of New Jersey, and where they strike
every claw draws blood to the skin,
and leaves It congested. In what ap-
pears to be red bruises an inch long.
rhis strangling bug is a much more
dangerous insect than the kissing bug
and Is much more to be feared.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
BAD THING IN BUGS.

rhis Insect Has a Fondncss for the
Throats OF Ills Victims.
He rs the latest Importation. and has
come all the way from Africa to strike
terror to his victims. The neck is the
chosen spot and those who have fel;
the Insects claws called him the
strangling bug from the sensation they
experienced. In appearance he resem-
bles the electric light bug. so common
IN the West, but he ~ much larger
and quite ferocIous. The bug is quite
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
Goal in South Africa.

Coal mining is making great strides
in South Africa. Last year the output
In the Witwatersrand district amount
ed to 1,5S8.OOO tons. There Is consider.
able coal development going on in othe.
eastern districts Of Cape Colony and in
NATAL Record.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30

Two youngsters, respectively 8 and Z,
went to Sunday school recently and
heard their new teacher relate the
flight into Egypt for the first time. The
story made a profound impression on
their infant minds. and the next day
the pair were playing" It in the nur-
sery. with an overturned chair for the
ass Come along, Mary!' cried the
e-year- r-old to his small sister. Hurry
up: the ass b all ready" II can't, yet;
Jesus isn't ready. Tell Joseph to wait
till I ind Jesus hat" Then mamma
sailed In and suggested the children
should amuse themselves by playing
something less realistic and more sec.
mar
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
Many Bells Used by Farmers.

The farmers really use more bells
than any other class Of people or any
trade or Industry. A single foundry
In New Jersey casts annually 2S.OOO
bells for the farmers and about 1000
for schools, churches engine-houses.
etc. 1t is estimated by a foundryman
that at least $4,000 are sold every year
In the country to tillers Of the soil anC
hrooHnra
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
Choap Tea.

Tea Is very cheap in China. In one
province of the empire tea Is sold a,
2b cents a pound.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30

A story - . married man isn't reaI,
interesting unless his wsSs caught hin.
q T.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
Transmitting Sound by Tubes.

Transmitting Sound by Tubes.
An interesting series Of experiments
in transmitting sound through tubing
is reported from Germany. The pip
ing conveying compressed air into the
workings Of a coal mine was employ.
ed. The greatest length to which a
sound could be conveyed in a straight
pipe without branches was found to
be 1,5OO to 100 feet. For distances
up to 2,66O feet the best kind Of pipe
was that with a diameter Of about
twenty inches; beyond that distance
larger pipes were more effective. In
distances up to $50 feet diameter O.
night inches Is needed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30

+. The average man spends lot Of tim.
searching for what he hopes he won,
dnd.
Tho good may die young, but the hao
ueariy always ouo1ivO their usefuineoa
Every time . doctor collects q fee hs
49, - II Mgetein gains.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30

Russia Is going to abolish the diff
culties Of navigation of the mouth Of
the Volga by cutting a canal directly
from the river to the Caspian sea.