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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-03-15
The yellow silk spider of Ceylon IS
perhaps the largest of his species. His
average weight Is nine ounces.

In an article on Pekin DR.. Gold
Daum declares that a pawn-shop
where he can put up his ward
robe, seems to be an Indispensable
institution to the Chinese mer-
chant
-Untamed camels are not the dociIe
creatures they are taught to become
after months of breaking. In the wild
state they are extremely vicious. and
can kick harder, higher, swifter and
ortener than mule, and sometimes
seem to use all four feet at once
Professor Proctor asserts that 100
O0o,0O0 people lived and died in Ameri-
ca before Columbus discovery.
India has perhaps a greater va
riety Of plants than any other coun-
try in the world, having fifteen thou
sand native species, while the flora OF
the entire continent of Europe en-
braces only about ten thousand.
Remarkable success in treating
aneurisms by subcutaneous injections
of geiatine has been reported to the
Paris Academy Of Medicine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-03-15
Unabrid9ed.

Parke-Have you got a good list Of
names to select from for your new
babyI
Lane-You bet! My wife has kept q
record of all the servant girls We have
had during ths past month.-New York
World
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-03-15

Have you noticed that the persons
who make records by sleeping several
days and nights are always women2
A boy isn't given chance to puzzle
the scientists; every one in the family
takes a turn at calling q boy II he
doesn't get up on time.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-03-15
WOmanso Wit.

He-If I had known how sarcastic
you were I never would have married
you.
She-You had q chance to notice It.
Didn't say This Is so sudden" when
you proposed to me after a two-years'
courtship?-Cincinnad Enquirer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-03-15

He-But my dear, II she told II to
you in confidence you shouldn't tell me.
She (pouting)-Oh! well, II you don't
care to hear 1t. never mindHPuck-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-03-15
CTo be coatinued.l
Before Santiago.

A lieutenant, who was among the
wounded before Santiago. thus de
scribes the sensation Of being q target
for a rapid-fire gun: I'VE were going
forward under q scattering fire from
the front, and all at once. OF At the
right, . rapid-nring gun opened on US
There was NO smoke, 30 we couldn't
locate the battery exactly, but we could
see the bullets playing over the long
grass Ike spray from q hose. They
didn't have the range at hrst and the
shower Of bullets went swinging back
and forth. clipping Of the tops Of the
grass and coming nearer US with every
sweep. You can't imagine the sensa-
lions It gave % to watch that death
spray, driven by some invisible. relent-
less force, creeping on and on, reaching
out, and feeling for rs. There was
something unnatural about 1t, and W.
watched a. though We were fascinated
by it. didn't feel - II men had any.
thing to do with It. It was an imper.
sonal, deadly enemy that couldn't
fight and couldn't escape. There wasn't
a living enemy within sight At last
with one big sweep the shower reached
us. Men all around me dropped, and
then felt q sting in my side. and down
went. believe We were all thankful
when that gun found us. 1t relieved
the tension-but 4 ended my fighting.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-03-15
Nutrfeion in Ovsser..

A quart Of oysters contain, on the
average. about the same quantity of
uutritive substance as a quart Of milk
or Q pound Of very lean beef.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
ODDITIES IN UMBRELLAS.

Many curious umbrellas ere made. One
seen can be taken apart and put In ones
pocket. The stick is of wood about an
inch in diameter. The cover can be turn
ed inside out and folded into small bum
off. straighten out and may be placed in
the hollow of the stick, which is then a
presentable walking stick. says the Wo-
mans Home Companion. it is found very
convenient by its owner, who Is drum
mer
Another is still more ingenious. The
handle Is curved and when a spring Is
pressed a pipe fies out. The ribs are
slowed away in the center, and the owner
has walking stick, but in the center
there is also a rapier, which may be
drawn out.
Another neat invention is hollow stick
which contains a camp chair. Three steel
supports are pressed out at the top of the
stick, a triangular piece of canvas put on
and a seat is had which is at least as
comfortable as a bicycle saddle. All of
these strange umbrellas come from the
Old world.
The umbrella makers say that Europe
ans take much more pride in their UNI
-brellas than do people of this country.
Many little jokes are concealed in the
umbrella handles there. A handle may
present the appearance Of the head of
a monkey or a cat or some other ami
NAL, and a secret spring will cause the
little animal to open it's mouth and squirt
a drop of cologne on the beholder.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
UNIFORM ANTI-TRUsT Laws

Two additional proposals for the regula-
ton Of the trusts by opera ton of law
have just been suggested. One is that
of the governor of Texas, who declares his
readiness as soon as the state legislature
adjourns to call a conference of the gov
errors and attorney generals of the sew
eral Southern states. The other is a pro-
posed law by congress, offered with the
approval Of the industrial commission
now in session, looking to the taxation
of the trusts on the principal adopted in
taxing state banks, on the basis of ten
per cent of their circulating medium.
F The Texas idea is a, good one If properly
carried out. 1t should not be confined,
however, to the Southern states. It should
be made general. A conference of all the
governors of all the states, or of the at
torney generals, or of both, for the pur-
pose of devising the most effective uni
form fern, system Of, laws, contains the germ
at least Of settlement of the difficulty.
The 4preposaI.of the Industrial commission
Is practically unworthy of consideration.
Attorney General Briggs was right when
within the Jurisdiction of congress and
can only be effectually treated through
the action of the several states
1t needs no further demonstration than
has been furnished by the progress of
the antitrust movement for the past few
months. that the hap-hazard method of
each state passing such legislation as may
occur to the existing legislature is likely
to prove worse than useless Our expert
ence is a fair criterion of the worthless
ness Of such course Our state law may
safely be regarded as not worth one-hun-
dredth part Of the good white paper that
has been wasted in printing 1t.
Most of the states will hold no legis-
lative sessions for two years to come. In
presidential election will be conducted will
be made UP. One of the great questions
before the country then will be the uues-
ton of trusts. Unless public sentiment
finds some such tangible expression in the
meantime indicated by an agreement
among the several states to secure a
given line Of legal enactment to regulate
them, their growth will go on unhindered.
The Texas plan. If it is ever carried out.
will give ample warning to the trust pro-
nloters as to the treatment which their
creations are sure to be subjected to when
legislation can be enacted. Public senti-
ment can be relied on to sustain any
reasonable and effective plan which may
be agreed on.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29

people in the city OF Manila; and the
skill, courage and judgment with which
they discharged their difficult duty has
received the fullest recognition from all
who have beheld it. Whether on the fir
ing line or on duty in the streets of the
Philippine capital. they have shown them
selves worthy Of the great state whose
contribution to The nations call for arms
they represent 1t is as Maj. Diggles
died that we would have those of our
boys who render up their lives bear tes-
timony to their devotion to the national
flag. In contemplating the death of .nls
heroic officer all thought of differences
of opinion or policy is laid aside, and
all true Minnesotans unite, in the pres
ence of the dead, in Offering up their
tribute of sorrow. admiration and love.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.

The crowning event of the present the
atrical season, as we'll as the last and
greatest attraction of the season Of 1892
1899, will be the engagement of Mr.. Rich
ard Mansfield in "Cyrano &c Bergerac,
which commences at the Metropolitan OPP
era house tonight. In spite Of the in.-
portance of this engagement and notwith-
standing the fact that Americas great
est actor will appear in a play. that Is con-
sidered by competent judges equal to
Shakespearean drama, the advance sale OF
seats hardly justifes the expectations of
the managemenus2EThere are still plenty
of good seats left - for each of the
performances OF, this engagement. The
curtain will rise, promptly at 7:45 each
evening and the, final curtain will ring
down at 1:05; & IS important that the
audience should be in the rheater when
the play begins. as, the keynote of the
play is sounded in the first act, and to
miss this will mar the pleasure of the
entire performaHce.
Sporting Life'trwfn return to the Met
ropolitan opera house, the latter half Of
this week for a special engagement Of
four nights and ematinee; this will give
an opportunity to many who were unable
to gain admissiqn to, the theater during
the initial engagement to witness the pro-
duction of the greatest meIodrama ever
presented in this part of the country.
the sale of seats will open this morning.
The Nefll stock company will begin the
summer reason at the Metropolitan OPP
era house June 5. presenting for the open
ing week the political comedy. The SEN
ator,' in which Mr.. Crane scored the sue
cess Of his starring career. It will be pre-
scented by the full strength OF the COM
pany. and special scenery and accesso-
ries are In preparation to make the OPEN
Ing of the stock season an overwhelming
RucGeek - zh5-s s.,-sss
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
come practicable, on the other hand,

come practicable, on the other hand,
to limit it?
For nearly twenty years this political
humbug has been maintained by the Re
publican party of opposition to the prin-
ciple of spoils in political warfare, 1t has
pointed from time to time to this enact
ment in proof of it's sincerity; and yet,
during all that period, there has never
been known to exist an active ward
politician of that party who has not re-
ceived his reward in federal office for
political services when that party has
been in power, who had not been already
provided for through the state or local
machine.
There is a very simple explanation for
this latest civil service order. 1t Is an
obvious explanation. We are about to
enter on another presidential campaign,
and it is proposed to strengthen the
ranks of Republican spoilsmen by being
ready to place at their disposal a big
batch of offices which they could never
hope to reach through the medium of a
competitive examination
Thus has the party of moral ideas ever
gone on whipping the devil of reform
around the stump of the civil service
Ia w
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
OHIO FRACTIONAL FIGHT
TO THE REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION
MR.. M'KINLEY IS INTERESTED

Abandoned, but There VIII Be a
Fight Against Mr.. Hanna-SeveraI
Complicated Problems as to Rep
resentatfOn-Faction Arrayed.
CINCINNATI, o., May 2S.-The I'M
usual interest in the Republican state
convention at Columbus this week is due
to It's Indirect effect on President Nc
Kinley next year, as well as it's direct
effect on state factions and contending
candidates this year. In the earlier Skin
m1shfng there was talk of the possibility
of state administration that would
use its power to secure an anti-McKinley
delegation from Ohio to the Republican
national convention next year. Since all
but four of the eighty-eight counties
have selected delegates it is found that
about the only thing the delegates are
unanimous upon is the Endorsement of
the national administration. All the can
d1dates for other places on the state
ticket, Gs we'll as those for governor
have had strong resolutions adopted in
their counties for their delegates to in
dorse the national administration. Even
the Kurtz. Observation-Disclosures element
announces that it is not against McKin-
ley. but against Hanna and any candi-
dates favored by Hanna.
It is claimed by some that the result
Of the convention this week may deter
mine what kind of a Mckinley delegation
will be sent from Ohio to the Republican
national convention next year. 1t Is
conceded that much depends upon the
committee on credentials next Thursday
so far as both this year and next are
concerned. Cuyahoga county, the home
of Senator Hanna, has f1fty-eight dele
gates and leads the list of contests with
three different delegations. Hamilton
county the home of Senator Foraker,
has the largest delegation. eighty-four
votes. and it also has dissenting dele
cation, as well as the one headed by
George B. Cox While a big mass con-
vention will be held here tomorrow night
to protest against the manner In which
the Cox delegation was selected and to
select eighty-six contestants. yet no mem
beers of the committee will participate
in 1t, and 1t is thought that the Hamil-
ton contest, as well as some others, will
be disposed of on prfma facie evidence
of regularity.
Such will not be the case with the con-
testants from Adams, Cuyahoga, High
land and Preble counties, involving al
most 100 votes out of total of .813, and
possibly a balance of power. Some coun-
ties selected their delegates by mass
conventions, others by delegate conven-
lions, others by primaries, others by the
county committees, others by a sub-com-
mtttee and the complications that will
confront the convention may lead to
the adoption Of some uniform system for
the election of delegates for the state
convention.
The call of the state convention this
year was on home rule" plank, leav-
ing the method entirely with the county
+ committees. -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
MINIATURE SING SING,
Modelled in AIabaster, to Be Ex-
hibited at Paris.

Modelled in AIabaster, to Be EX-
hibited at Paris.
A model of Sing Sing prison has recent
ly- been made in alabaster by the in
mates of that institution. The plans were
drawn and the materials shaped entirely
by inmates, and the success has so far
surpassed their fontdest expectations that
the model will be exhibited at the Paris
exposition. The work was begun last No
vember, and is just completed. A maya
zine, entitled the Star of Hope pub
lished within the walls, describes this
marvel of ingenuity. All the property
of the state inclosed by the prison wall
and all its buildings will be reproduced
on a scale of one-sixteenth of an inch 10
the square foot.
Each and every building will be sho wn
just as it stands, completely furnished;
every wire and pipe underground will be
shown and marked if used for steam or
water; all the outside doors of the differ
ent buildings will lbe made so that they
may be opened.a will; also, the gates of
the prison will be opened from the guard
houses just as they are today. The
tower at the right of the warden's house
will be shown in detail. and a small cam
non will be placed in position to mark
the recent improvement made by the
present superintendent: also there will be
shown on the same scale 603,072 square
feet of property, along with the sixteen
state buildings, including the main cell
house that contains 1,20O cells, and which
is 4S2 feet long. One feature of the work
will be the construction of the main
prison building, the cells, of which there
are 1,200, standing in a solid mass of
stone work, with a guard wall of its own
height, all rooted over. This guard wall
contains the windows, and 1t will be
arranged that the outer guard wall can be
opened, In order that the 1,200 cells may
be seen in their completeness. All of the
buildings will be made of alabaster. This
Is arrived at after each first section is
modelled in claw, then in plaster of Paris,
which serves to make the glue molds
free, and finally in alabaster.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
BROOKLYN BRIDGE LEAP
Made by Howard Kretz, Who Came
Ashore without Injury.

NEW YORK. May 2S.-Howard Kretz.
young man about twenty-five years of
age, who says he is an artist in the Acad-
envy OF Design IN this city, made a start
ling and successful jump from the Brook
Ign bridge just before dusk this evening
and came out of the river uninjured.
Just before o'clock Kretz boarded a
trolley car bound for Brooklyn. 1t was
en- open one and of erred all tine advan-
tages which he was looking for. When
the trolley reached the highest point of
the span KretZ leaped from the car and
like fash vaulted over tho high railing.
He took time to steady himself for
a perpendicular drop and swung some
distance out from the structure before
nc assumed an upright position. The pas
sengers jumped from the car ard peeped
through the railing, while hundreds on
the promenade tried to get glimpse of
the falling figure. Kretz's body flashed
through the air almost in perpendicular
position. He struck the water feet first,
cleaving it like en- arrow. He diss ppeared
for some seconds and then shot up into
view again, only to disappear for the
second time. The waters had hardly clos
ed over him when he reappeIred and i'm
mediately struck out strongly for the New
York shore.
One of the deck hands on a freight
steamer line, which was coming down
the air and disappear in the water The
deck hand gave the alarm and the steam
er headed for the young man. who was
by this time swimming. A line Was
thrown to KretZ and he was hauled
aboard the freighter. When taken on the
Vulcan Kretz placed his hands on his
abdomen as If in Pain, but when the
beat reached her dock Kretz sprang from
the poat onto the v harf. He was at
ICE ken into cuSI OdU anH 6I1rviad 70
the Hudson street hospital. Not the
slightest injury was found on his person,
but he was suffering from shock He
was detained on the charge of attempting
suicide.
Kretz is about five feet eight inches
tall and weighs about 40 pounds. He
lives in this city. He said that he had
been reading book on theosophy and
that he wanted to demonstrate that a
man by exercising his will power could
d.. anything he wished without injury to
himself,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
PRESIDENT HADLEY.

The selection CT Prof. Hadley as presi-
received by the intelligent reading public
with much approval Prof. Hadley is one
of the really distinguished educators OF
the country whose discussion of subjects
OF great current interest and Importance
has won for him much of popular ad-
mfration and respect. He is one Of the
men engaged in our higher institutions Of
learning to whom the country can look
for safe direction in dealing with the
problems of bis own time. His study Of
the railroad question has thrown more
light on the economic aspects of the great
problem of transportation than has been
derived from half the political discussions
of our time
The appearance In our public life Of
men of trained intellectual skill and
scholarship is unhappily becoming rarer
every day. Their places are being taken
by those whom acquired wealth or per-
sonal vanity has induced to concern
craftsmanship Of our time is of much
lower order than that of any period Of
our history antecedent to twenty-five
years ago. Ours is not an age Of that
self-sacrificing patriotism. which induces
men of learning and ability to engage
themselves in public life, and the work
is accordingly being done by men of low
er caliber The opportunities of honor
able advancement for fnen of genuine
ability are too many and too inviting. in
private life to admit of men of the 4lrst
rank engaging actively In the public
service, except in the purely ornamental
positions, such as cabinet officers, for
eign ministers and the like.
The country then must depend on men
of known learning and research on ques-
tions of social, political and economic
concern in private station in great meas
ure for guidance. Prof. 3Iadley Is es-
sentially one OF the men upon whom such
reliance can be placed. His type of citi-
zenship is a high one, and the men who
are prepared fer the serious work of life
under the direction of such a man. as
well as the institution of which he is the
responsible head, must represent in great
measure the influence for disintarest ed
and valuable public service for which he
himself stands. Being a scholar as we'll
as man of affairs, his appointment will
believe that there is less store set today
on intellectual pursuits and more on mere
material success than there ought to be.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
THE TRIBUTE OF ALL.

The first commissioned officer Of the
Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers who
made the sacrifice ofhis life as his pledge
of patriotism received. his death wound
fighting at the head of his comrades in
arms. The true soldier who braves death
prays that, if it comes, it will come as IT
came to Maj. Diggles. When the death
roll is called of those who gave their lives
at the call Of their country. the friends
of the dead heroes viii account him hap
piest VINO died with his face to the en-
envy. Minnesota has offered freely from
the best products of her citizenship. Her
sons have done manifold duty in sustain.
ment of the authority of the United
States. 1t has been their privilege to-
guard the lives and homes of peaceful
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
A SAD AFFAIR.

There is little but regret to express
columns this morning record as having
happened on the Burlington. Cedar Rap
ids & Northern railroad in Iowa. The
results are indeed shocking enough. 1t is,
we suppose. an Inevitable Incident to the
advanced conditions attending our daily
travel that such awful events must befall
from time 10 time. Often, as i'll this case,
they seem unavoidable; but oftener still
they are the penalty we pay for human
shortsightedness or neglect.
1t is at least comforting reflection
that succur so prompt AMI complete as
that offered in this case should be forth
coming, and that men in their deep en-
tremity show such qualities Of devotion
and often of heroism as such occasions
evoke. There is no thought of time or dis
lance or labor when it becomes a duty
to relieve suffering and to save life. Then
we are all at our best What srander
sight of human heroism can be witnessed
than is evinced in the case of him who
in this wreck asked that hls arm might
be sawed off to secure his release from
suffering end possible death, and Of the
man who voluntarily discharges such
soul-trying duty?
We who read such touching details as
this unhappy case offers can do no more
than to express our heartfelt sorrow, and
extend to the families and friends of
those whose lives have been lost, and to
those who themselves have suffered in
jury, our most earnest sympathy in their
affection