Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-09-05
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I've gone back to my first love, the
sreat Celebrated Compendium of Uni
.ersal Knowledge bound In calf and
sold at a price within reach of ALL y
i;aid the book agent to a Detroit Free
Press reporter. "The other day the
head member Of the Grm that l am
proud to represent called me into his
private office and showed me book on
dogs. telling how to take care Of them.
what to feed, what to do for the III .in.e.
how to tell q mastifr from q pug. how
to handle a mad dOg-in fact. Ii was
a regular dog encyclopaedia, bound in
cloth. and sold at popular price.
THE moment I set eyes on that book
l saw great possibilities In 1t. knew
from bitter experience that nearly
every one kept a dog. and NO matter
what kind Of cross-eyed purp It
might be the owner couldn't be con
vinced that his particular dog wasn't
the finest dog on earth. made up
nay mind that there was q fortune In
the sale Of that book, and secured the
exclusive right to this city before |
left the office Cautionlng the head
member of the firm to keep the presses
going. so theie would be no possible
chance for a shortage. started out
TO place the great work before the pub
lie. The first house I struck my hopes
received q sudden chill.
Il was no sooner In the yard thar
I big dog came tearing around the cor
ner Of the house and made for me.
There was only one thing to do, and
did 1t. l made for a tree that was
uear and managed to get out Of the
way before the beast arrived. As he
showed no desire to leave. 1 yelled for
help. A man came to the door. and
after calmly looking the situation over
asked what I wanted.
"'I am selling a work on dogs l said
rather weakly from my position in the
tree. 1T tells how to cure the mango
what to feed. what to-
We'll said he. cutting In, explain
it to Tige, and If he cares about 1t I'll
buy it. With that he went inside and
shut the door.
For two mortal hours that misera BILE
cur sat under the tree and licked bis
chops. Then the owner came to the
Ioor again and said II was time that
rige had his dinner. and that l could
anish explaining the book to him after
he got through. If he hadn't called
that dog away Just as he did Tfge
would have had his dinner right under
the tree, and the firm would have been
short one book agent. As far as Lam
every cussed dog In this
.ity may die Of mango. In fact, hope
they will"
Danger in Wells.
A service has been done to women
generally by DR.. G. A. Wood, Of Chi
ago, In tests made by him with sys-
.ematic care to determine the danger,
any. In the wearing Of wells. For this
purpose he selected a dozen typical
pecimens Of the article and applied
he ordinary tests Of ability to read
while wearing them, and these tests
showed that every description Of veil
lffects more or less the ability to see
distinctly, both In the distance and near
It hand, the most Objectionable being
he dotted sort. Other things being
dual, vision Is interfered with In direct
proportion to the number Of meshes per
square inch, and the texture Of the ma
.erial also plays an important part In
The matter Thus, when the sides of
the mesh are single compact threads
he eye Is much less embarrassed than
when the double threads are used, the
east Objectionable veil, on the whole.
being that which Is without dots.
sprays or other figures, but with large
md regular meshes made with single
md compact threads. DIR. Wood peril
lently remarks that while eye troubles
10 not necessarily result from wearing
seils-for the healthy eye is as able as
any other part Of the body to resist
legitimate strain-weak eyes are in
ured by them-New York Tribune.
Philippines' Only Railway.
The Philippine Islands can boast Of
,ut one railway. running from the city
IF Manila to Dagupin. a distance of
20 miles. This railway, however. Is
irst-class, 30 far as it goes. 1t has Il
single track Of steel rails, is very well
,uilt and the bridges along the route
ire of iron or stone Of excellent con
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