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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Schedule in Effect Nov. 10,
1899.
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a. M. Lewfstown rs a. m. Miniin o x
q. M. Port Royal 8 So a. m. Thomnson:
town 10 Il a. m. Millerstown 10 30 a
m. Newport II SO a. m. Duncannon IN |
"a a. m. MarysviIle II on a. m. Harris.
burg N q m. Philadeiphia o0 n m
Main Line Express leaves Pittsbur9
at 90 a. m. Altoona II 40 a m Tvrone
II Os D. m. Huntington i295 n m
Lewistovn I % n. m Miff1in 5o r m
Harrisburg 10 o. m. BaItirnore 6 IN n.
m. Washington 7 Is p. m. Philadelphia
8 q D. m.
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s.nH lnin % p. M. r0rt Royal 90 p. m.
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09

A brass plate In the Alabama capitol,
in Montgomery. marks the place where
Jefferson Davis stood when he took
the oath of Office rs president Of the
Southern Confederacy.
why He Doubted Her.
Belinda says her photograph was
taken when she wasn't looking. but
don't believe It."
"Why don't your
'She has her head on one side anc
her eyes rolled up."-Indianapolis
Journal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
LAST or THE SEASON.
LOW RATES 10 WASHINGTON AND BALT

MoRx, VA PKsnsYLvAxIA RAILROAD.
The last ten-day Pennsylvania
Railroad excursion Of the season
from Pittsburg and points in West
ern Pennsylvania to Washington will
be run ON May 10. Round-trip tick
cts will be sold at rates quoted below,
good going an special train indicated
or on train No. 4, lesving Pittsburg
at 8 80 P. H., and carrying through
sleeping cars to Warrington. Spec.
ial train Of through parlor cars and
coaches will be run on the following
schedule:
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
A QUEER OCCUPATION.
Gathering the Down Of Cattails In
the Jersey MeadOws.

CathertnR the Down Of Cattails In
the Jersey Meadows.
One OF the qucerest Industries has
grown up on the Hackensack meadows.
an otherwise apparently useless bog
upon which II Is unsafe for man or
beast to venture. In the summer GER
tain parts Of the meadows are covered
with dense growth Of cattails. They
grow particularly rank and large.
Sometimes the tail. or furry part. Is a
foot or more long and thick in proper
ton. The light. furry down is long
and soft. bearing a close resemblance
TO down when first taken from the
stalk
Certain people always more or less
quick to see the advantages OF a waste
product have begun gathering the seed
down from cattails nnd are making II
a considerable business. Just before
the Ice Is gone in the spring Is the
time selected. Provided with a large
sack In which to store the feathery
products. the gatherer goes about
among the tall flags. pulls off the down.
deposits II In his sack and takes II
home. 1t Is not particularly pleasant
piece Of work. because the little bits Of
down Ay all over one. getting In the
eyes. the nose. the mouth and ears. and
completely cover ones clothing. But
1t furnishes work. and men and women
do 1t.
IT Is taken from the sack, carefully
spread where II will dry thoroughly.
and II is then ready to be used in pill
lows or wherever else genuine animal
down is advisable. 1t doesn't last long.
because It's fibcrs lack elasticity. but
for a time the pillow will he as soft as
any.
Those who gather 1t make reasona-
b!y fair pay at 1t. though hardly enough
when the danger and the Gisagrccable
character of the work are considered
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
MARRIED.:

KEPHART-WALLs.-On the Sth
inst: at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Sarvis in Altoona by
Rev. VIM. Kephart, Miss Minnie
B. Walls of Peru Lack, Juniata
county and DR.. T. A. C. Kephart
of Altoona.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
GAS AND COAL OIL.

An oily OOZe, salt hcks and
burning gas are considered coal oil
and gas blossoms when all other
conditions are favorable. The oily
OOze, salt icks and inflamable gas,
are present in Licking creek val
ley, Juniata county, and hence
there are people who are of the
firm belief that the valley is des-
tined to become oil and gas pro-
ducing territory: The salt licks
were known to the first settlers
and they utilized them in various
ways. The traditions of the val
ley recount how the first settlers
made platforms in the branches of
trees near the salt licks. On moon
light nights they would seat them
selves comfortably on the platform
aud await the coming of deer to
the lick. 1t was much easier to
shoot deer that way than to weary
themselves roaming the woods to
get shot at the wary game. AS
to gas that was well-known in
those days. The appearance of
Jack and his Lantern, was staple
talk in every pioneers family; aud
to this day Jack and his lantern
puts in his appearance sometimes
-ignis fatuus- foolish fire"
Such light appeared to a young
man who was driving in a buggy
from Port Royal to Mifflintown not
long since. The light glided along
in front of the horse. The young
man quickly gave the lines to his
companion, leaped from the bug
gy and gave chase to the light.
The light was floating about two
feet above the road-bed going in
the direction of LeOnard's mill.
AS there is many slip between
the cup and the lip SO there was in
this case. Just as the young man
came to the light and was ready to
grasp it in his hands it lapsed in
to darkness. The bubble had
burst. That was gas bubble that
had escaped from the low land
along Licking creek. What sets
gas bubbles aflame all human re-
search has failed to discover. The
gas bubble that the young man
tried to capture was gliding along
in the valley that geOlogically cor
responds with the geological condi-
tiOns surrounding ZOOk's mill dam
in the same valley, a mile and a
half higher on the stream. The
geological location of Licking creek
valley is above the wonderfully
productive oil and gas field of Fin
dley, Ohio. The Findley oil and
gas field of Ohio, has for it's basis
the Trenton limestone. The Tren-
ton limestone lies approximately
under Licking creek valley two
thousand feet, that is, Zook's dam
is two thousand feet above the
Trenton lime stone. Between ZOok IS
dam and the Trenton limestone
are the Medina sand rocks that
now are valuable for making brick
The great brick factory at Mt.
Union makes its brick of Medina
sandstone taken out of Jack g
mountain. The factory men call
the Medina rock Canister.
Who will say that the Med
ina sand rocks hold oili If the
Medina sand rocks hold Olive
do not say they hold oil - but il
they do, they would not be so hard
to reach as the limestone. The
Medina lies approximately under
ZOok's dam six hundred feet. The
Medina belongs to the upper Silur.
ian period. The Trenton limestone
geOlogically belongs to the lower
Silurian period. Coal oil and gas
have been found in higher geologi
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
uonSn 111IY. ~ - =,

Uonfn U11x, Al l0ukA.
|Htwenty- e5ekt huDdred nfIee 1kom
|Sess4le, N oesan. thirty-tnree huns
|dred and eiehtesn miles overland.
Il ssid TO BE- the richest gold field
discovered up to this time. The first
steamer will leave Seattle on or
about Nay 10, 1900. For full par
ticulars. maps, &C.. address Geo. h.
Heafford, General Passenger Agent,
Chicago. Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Rail-
way. Chicago, III.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
Benny's Status.

"Papa." said Benny Bloobumper. "I
saw two bad boys Tipping cents. and
after awhile they went away. and
when they had gone found penny"
"Did you play yourself. BennyT'
asked Mr.. Bloobumper.
'NO. papa"
"Then you were an in-a-cent bystand-
er."-Harper's Bazar.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
LEGAL.
II ETTING FOR BRIDGE
LIZ REpATR2-

Sealed proposals will be received at
the Office of the Commissioners of Jun
iata county until Saturday, May 18th,
1900 at O'Clock p M, for repairs to the
county bridge at Perry Nipples in
Greenwood township, Juniata county.
Plans and specifications can be seen at
any time at the Office Of said Commis-
Attest: &c. HoRNINe.
JOHN r. JENKINS, Pres.
Clerk.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09

Subscribe for the SENTINEL AND
REPUBLICAN, paper that contains
choice reading matter, full Of inform
tion that does the reader good, and
IN addition to that all local news that
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
M.ARRL.AGE LICENSE:

Samuel p. Sausman of Delaware
township and Ada Page of same
township.
Charles v. Campbell of Water
loo, Juniata Co., Pa. and Jennie
Beckenbaugh Of fDoylesburg, Frank
lin Co., Pa.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09

Great Cures proved by thousandE
Of testimonials show that Hoods Ser.
saparilla possesses power t. purify,
vitalixe and enrich the blood.
Hoods Pills ere the only pflb q
be taken With Hoed's Sarsapa: flla.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
III. P: DERR.

PRACTICAL DENTIST.
Graduate Of the Philadelphis Dental
College. OAiss at old established To-
cation, Bridge Street, opposite Court
House, JMiAlintowp, Pa.
70 Grown and Bridge work;
Painless Extraction.
All work guaranteed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
Aa's Sarcasm.

Mr.. Snarley-I never was one that
wanted to get something for nothing.
Mrs. Snarley-Well, that is about
what happened when you married me.
-PucG
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09

:. ATT: Hay.e. EcnuedyS
& xsgssEe EseU7CdV
s'f:tS AL ssDHcT. STOMACH
- -. = itfEE ThlcnLLS.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09

Blood and Norves arc very Gloss,
" related. Keep the blood rich, pure
and healthy. with Hoods Sarsaparilla
and you will have no nervousness.
Hoods Pills are besi after-dinner
pills, aid digestion, prevent const:rs.iop
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09

DIR. HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC MANUAL
or DISEASES MAILED FREE.
small bottles Of pleasant pellets. fit the vest
PocEeE sold By druggists, or sent prepaid upoo
~ o.ps os price, y cents, except Nos q. and y
oane company, Ill William St., New York.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09

DR.D.M.cRAWYoRD, On. DARWH M.CRAWHoRD
TN. D. n. CRAWFORD L SON,
have formed partnership for the pract'ce
Of Medicine and their collateral branchee.
Once at old stand, corner Of Third and Or.
anes streets, Mimintown, Pa. One or both
Of them will be found ct their office at all
tunes, unless otherwise professionally on
gagged.
April Ist. 1895.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09

NREAT SALES prove the greaa
~ merit Of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Sarsaparilla sells because Il
sccomplishes GREAT CURES.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09


their offerings in light, blue and
red flame to flicker and wave as a
mystic wand from demon land.
A drill hole deep enough to strike
the Trenton limestone would solve
the problem. Away back from
time out of date, from the time
when the white man came tothe In
dians' tent in Licking creek valley,
certain appearances of soil and wa
ter peculiar to themselves attracted
attention. Forty years ago the
present looks mill property be-
lOnged to miller named Daniel
Specie. Mr.. Specie had two
handsome and intelligent daugh-
ters. The one married Franklin
RhOrer from whom j. Fl. Simons
bought the harness making busi-
ness. The other daughter mar
ried Joseph Ewing a lawyer and
real estate dealer. When the
Specie estate became the property
of the children, the sons-in- law
became imbued with the belief
that Licking creek would become a
veritable oil creek, but they sold
the property without realizing
their expectations. An effort was
not made to test the territory for
oil, and as for gas, the invisible
stuff was not known or talked of
at that time. If ROhrer and Ew-
ing could now see the manifesto
tions as reported from looks dam,
they could 60 further and immag-
inc what may be a real sight, a
line of derricks along Licking
creek spouting oil and flaming gas
F.; jets.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
The Model
Clothing Store.
H0LL0BAuGH & SON

have owed into PENNELL BUILDING No l2O Main s,a
Patterson P and when state that have the CoLps
Central Pennsylvana have been
compelled with many reason thu
occupied for 10 small
besides the adapted for modern
clothing table,
and p,enty Of and light We have
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09
SPRING LINE OF CLOTHING
rs, CAPS, SHOES, SHIRTS TIES and
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS

ready for Inspection aud canddy Of
the attractive date lines be found Cosrs
Of day must the he will be left We been
tho business for 10 long enough be old
to know that the latest the goods that sells
date We handle the Douglas Sboe the best world
for the money The Sweet Orr Ovea The Rcket Hat all
the latest blocks Our line Of Worsed goods the finest
Shirts Ties ell other Gents Furnishing
Houses We will take pleasure in showing through
know will lose nothing looking and money BY
purchasing It trouble show goods when
have them to show
Thanking patrons for their patronage the asking
continuance tie future which will endavor mend
dealing We respectfully,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-29

Cloquct river, and one day began TO have
all sorts Of trouble with my compass
Ordinarily 1t WAS "A very tractablc ard
reliable instrument, but here for some
reason it acted strangely, or, rather re-
fused to act Mt all, and could hardly vet
any sense out of it. / kept going ahead,
however, and for ten miles my trouble
continued Then it was over, and never
was quite so glad Of anything as when
that compass began 20 work again and
did not have to lny my course by tho sun.
~ knew before | finished what the mat
ter was, but what did that iron under the
ground that swerved my needle out OF its
course mean to meY Nothing That. all
was a plain, everyday chump. What I
was after was timber, and tho timber all
along there was not Of sufficient quality TO
justify my giving the land second
thought and l didn't. Think Of IT, men
and brethren, sighed tho colonel again,
"thcrc | was walking over and standing
on millions and millions Of dollars, and |
could have had oil Of it I wanted for the
nero having sense enough to take It up,
and didn't have the sense. "--Washing-
ton Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-29
MEDICAL md SnrricnI Eces

Some attention was recently directed IN
an American medical journal to the pro-
fcssional fees paid to physicians in the
United States and the curious fact vas
pointed out that fee of $500 WAS ~ to
exceptionally nctted. In the land where
miliounireS abound MS well az men of
large wealth this certainly seems tur-
prising thing
a surgeon not long ago operated SIC
cessfully for Appendicitis in San Francis
co, and his millionaire patient voluntarily
handed him "A draft for $4,000. This
fee must eclipse any record We have in
this country
If anything. however. there are signs
everywhere that "0perat'yn stock is
falling market. That is 10 say, the fecs
Tor 'pcrations are not what they used to
be. .Iany causes. no doubt. arc contrib.
uting to this doleful state Of affairs. hut
perhaps the most active Of all is the m
crcaSing number OF those in whose hands
the public find that their surgical neeis
can be placed.-London Medical Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-29
HORSES THAT DRINK GRASS.
Substitute FOR water Found In the
Hawaiian Islands.

1T is q surprising statement to make
and yet one that is literally true and so
commonplace that no one there thinks
anything about it--that there are hun
drcdS of horses and THOUSANDS Of cattle
in the Hawaiian Islands which never
take n drink of water throughout the
whole course Of their lives
On ali the islands the upper attitudes
of TN" mountains are given m to cattle
ranges. The cattle run wild from the
time they are born until they are rounded
up to be sent to the slaughter house. En-
ccpt during possibly two or three months
oil the rainy season. there arc no streams
or pools Of water in any part where the
cattle range.
But everywhere there grows n rccum-
bent, j"intcd grass known by the native
name of MAMMA. This is both food and
drink. Horses and cattle grazing on it
neither require water nor drink it when
offered.
Our first experience with this fact was
on trip to lIaleakala. A party were
mounted on horses which had lust been
brought in from the range. The journey
they made was ii miles, in which dis
lance they ascend about 5000 feet.
The party started in the afternoon and
about sunset halted for supper They
thought it strange that the horses should
leave Il feed Of grain to nibble the scanty
grass which grew near by. but were will
ing to trust their instinct in the matter
However, before starting they insisted
that they be given water. The native
guide dcmurrcd to this. saying they
didn' need it, but with the good naturcd
complaisance Of his race yielded to re-
quests and led detour of about a mile,
which brought the party to a ranch
house, where there was a WELL but, to
the utter amazemcnt and stupcication Of
the travellers, the horses would not drink.
They took it as another case OF in
stinct and assumed that the water for
some reason was not good and SO re-
Trained from drinking it themselves. 1t
was not until the return, the second day,
to Kawaapae that the travellers learned
the secret of the wonderful MAMMA
grass.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-29
The Gates AIar.

In her autobiography Elizabeth Stuart
phelps has this to say about one of the
most popular Of her publications.: "'The
Gates Ajar' WAS written without hope or
expectation Of any especial success, and
when the happy storm broke | WAS in
truth the most astonishod girl in North
America. have been told that the Amer
loan circulation Of the book which mas re-
manned below 100, 900, WAS outrun by that
in Great Britain. TRANSACTIONS, of course,
were manifold. More applications to re-
publish my books have reached me from
Germany than from any other country.
There was Gates Ajar tippet for sale in
the country groceries. There was Gates
Ajar collar-paper, l fear-loading the
city counters. CHASTITY rumors reached me
of Gates Ajar cigar Music, of course,
took her turn at the book, and popular
pieces were warblcd under its title One
Of these, think, is sung in Sunday schools
to this day. Then there was and still ex-
lists the Gates jar funeral piece.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-29
A COAT WHICH GREW.
The story of Clever Prisoners
Plan For Escupc.

Green Casey, a convict 1T San Qucu-
tin. has won the admiration of all his
fellow conyicts at the prison for the nov
el contrivauce he invented in order
to make his escape from the prison walls
some time ago, and through Sheriff Lang
don of Santa Clara county the story has
leaked out.
Casey was a kind of trusty around the
prison grounds, and while working in one
of the grounds in the vicinity of the prS-
on he took it into his head that he would
like TO escape and was beginning to tax
his mind as to the most advantageous
way to suit his purpose. As he was
strolling around on the green grass which
grows in abundance around the prison an
idea struck him that if he could initiate
the grass by some means he could clpde
the watchful sentries and make good his
escape.
Through the aid of his convict friends
he procured some pieces Of burlap and
with the aid of some rope made them into
a long coat that would cover him COM
pletely when lying on the grass. He
then secured some wheat from the prison
stable and sowed it on the first layer Of
his coat. He cast it down careessly Mt
one end Of the prison grounds and water
ed it daily In few weeks the grass