Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-07-18

The drought gave the fields the ap
pearance of having been striokeI
with drought.
BH1AN enlisted as . Spanish wa1
soldier aud if he did not get to Gu
ba or Manila it was because bis regi
ment was not needed. Now to gel
Office he is denounciug the results o.
the war.
LAST Thursday President McKin
ley was notified by the notifcas ior
committee of his re nomination fol
the Presidency. The notification
took place st Canton, Ohio Sepa'
tor Lodge delivered tie notification
speech. The President accepted the
nomination in q speech that was
pleasing to all. Governor Roosevelt
was notified OF his nomination on the
same day at bis country home al
Sycamore, York State. Senator
Wolcott made the notification speech.
United States District Attorney
James NJ Beck used to be q demo
crat He is now q republic IN. In a
letter to the Philadelphia Times he
saye: Il have not left the democl a!ic
party for their is none TO leave. II
died an unnatural death in Chicago
in 1896, slain by a Populist orator
from Nebraska, aided by an Altgeld
and Croker, and while the Populist
party to day uses the name Demo
cratic" it has nothing in common
with the democratic party of Jeffer
son, jackson and Cleveland. I am
no longer democrat; | am q repub
lican.
If We were livirg in an age of
Greek and Roman mythology il stead
of Christian Revelation people would
believe that the demon of accidents
had been tapping his ugly wings ov-
er this town and vicinity and ever
and anon comes down to make a VIC
tim of some citizen ard thus enlarge
the list of miehaps in the human fam.
lily. There have been so many acci
dents recently that it is a subject of
general talk. There was the acci-
dent to Tro1ell and Etchells and
Karl and the bridge accident with it's
forty. eight victims, the accident to
Ben Renninger, the accident to Mord
Hover, to Geo. Hover, the accident
to Jerome Sieber, the accident TO
Charles Mayer, Jr.
The crop failure in North Dakota
is reported ss being total failure
There are many sympathetic friends
in Juniata county. They feel deeply
for the Juniata county colonists, who
left comfortable homes in Tuscarora
valley with the hope of preparing the
way for more comfortable old age
and with the hope of bettering the
financial condition of their families.
Last winter in the northwest was a
mild one comparatively speaking.
Mild winters are followed by poor
crops A cold winter there freezes
the ground eight to ten feet deep.
The thawiug OF tho ground keeps the
soil moist till harvest time and that
moisture makes good crops. When
the ground is frosted only to the
depth of Is to 80 inches there is not
moisture enough to develope crop.
EVERY county in the Senatorial
district, comprising the counties OF
Juniats, Miffiin and Perry, is pre-
senting . candidate for the Republi
can District nomination. Senator
William Hertzler is the nominee in
Juniata and by old time usage Is en-
titled to the district nomination.
Ever since the present district has
been in existence a Senator has been
nominated the second time. Mr.
Smiley of Perry was twice nominal
ed Mr.. Woods of Mifflin was twice
nominated and when the district con
ference meets it would do itself jus.
tica by adbering to the rule of pre-
ceding conferences. In addition to
the claims of that rule in favor of Mr..
Hertzler lie has been a substantial
Senator. To set aside the presidents
of the district conference, might
prove to be lesson in politics too
dearly paid for,