Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-17
B. F. SCHWEIER,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

CONGRESSMAN MAHoN is a candidate
for re.ele ection.
JOHANNESBURG in South Africa is
where the gold ia and the Beers hold
the place.
KIMBERLY in south Africa is where
the diamonds are aud the British
hold the place
The withdrawal of troops from
Canada 10 fight the Beers has made
the Indian restless.
THIS Wednesday Qusy's case comes
up in the United States S mate His
is not the only case for admission re
fore the senate.
SIXTEEN to one and opposition to
the Filipino war sre to be issues for
the next Presidential campaign by
the democrats if Organism is to pre-.
vail.
If Quay is not given a seat in the
United States Senate upon the ap-
pointment of Governor Stone, will
Q1ay become a candidate before the
people in the respective districts of
the State! is question asked every
day and as often az asked remains IN
answered.
DIAMONDS hive increased in price
since the opening of the British and
Boer war. But that only effects the
pocket book of those who want dia.
monds. The majority of people do
not want diamonds and the question
OF high or low price is Of no import
ance to them.
We hear a great deal these days of
the integrity and capability of the
revolutionary fathers of 1776 all of
which may be true, hut shadow of
doubt is cast over it all by the recit.
al of the plain truth that they never
redeemed their promises to pay that
they made in continental money.
AMERICANS owning passenger ships
can make money by the transporta.
ton of Americans for the Paris Ex-
position for the Boer war will engage
all the ships of the British to furnish
taoops and supplies for the war in
South Africa. The fare across the
ocean will not be as low as if the
British could take a hand in the
transportation of passengers.
TIE unexpected fighting ability of
the Beers is e great surprise and has
laid off some seven or eight of high
rank officers with nervous
They all thought the Boer would not
prove himself more of a fighter than
the Egyptian and the Inhabitants of
India From present appearance, if
all things were equal the British
could not be match for the Boer
But the British have almost unlimit-
ed resources to draw from and il tie
gold mines of johannesburg and the
diamond mines of Kimberly have in
fuence enough to keep the British
up to the fighting point they can win
by and by.
fscs,iGy- has Daas
ing-nembers of the 10th Pennsylva
MIA volunteer regiment since their
return from the Filipino var. Eight
of the members have met death in a
violent form. One was killed by the
explosion of gun. The other sew
en- were killed by getting in one way
or another under the wheels of run
ming cars. The latest one to be thus
killed was Charles Jones of Company
+. of Mt. Pleasant. Westmoreland
county. BE had called at the home
OF his fiance last Sunday evening and
she accompanied him to the railroad
station He turned to say farewell,
stepped on the track in time to be
struck by a shifting engine and kill.
ed instantly.
II anyone is looking for the millen-
ial dawn they will have to wait till
the people grow better. In the last
80 years the Christian nations have
averaged war every six years. With
such a state of affairs going on in
the world there DOESN'T seem to be
room for so fine a state of society as
the millenial dawn. The old woman
who pulled man out of the ditch in
to which he had fallen while walking
botherIng bis head about the millen
ial dawn, said to him: "How much
more sensible you would be if you
would bother yourself about some
thing that you have Knowledge of
than about things you cannot posi-
bly, find out. If the millenial dawn
is to come it will come it will come
at the right time without your both
ering." The old lady was the wiser
of the two.