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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
Dust Baths.

Some birds use water only, some wa
:er and dust, while others prefer dust
md no water in their toilet. Birds are
lot only nice in the choice Of bath wa
er, but also very particular about the
luality of their toilet dust.
Wild ducks, though feeding by salt
water, prefer to bathe in fresh-water
POOLS. and will fly long distances in
and to running brooks and ponds.
where they preen and dress their feath-
RS in the early hours Of the morning.
;parrows bathe often. both In water
md in dust. They are not 80 particu-
ar about the quality of water as about
he quality of the dust. The city spar
ow must take a water bath where he
an get it. Road dust, the driest and
lnest possible. suits him best. Par
ridges prefer dry loan. They like to
cratch out the soil from under the
rass, and fill their feathers with cool
arth. Most birds ore fond O. ashes.
AXE a walk some early morning across
field where bonfires have burned, and
ee the numbers of winged creatures
hat rise suddenly from the ash heaps.
4 darting form, a small cloud of ashes,
nd the bathers disappear.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
In the Grs-t Nsrthwese.

Where in the woody west are the
sombreroed ruffians with pistols and
knives in their boots and cartridge
belts around their waists? Where are
the Alkali Ikes, Lariat Bills, ct al,
who fire at the decanters in barrooms
and at the silk hats of tenderfOot
strangers-the villainous desperadoes
whose lynching bees and other harrow
ing anecdotes make up considerable
of the stock in trade of our eastern
comic illustrators? l do not know.
For many years l have wandered
through the great northwest on horse
back, stage coach and in canoes, as
well as in the palatial Pullman Sleep
er of the great transcontinental lines.
and 1 have never discovered any of
the fierce, bewhiskered dime-novel
heroes. Fasteners have an erroneous
impression about the vast plains coun-
try that stretches eastward from the
1anks of the Rockies to the wheat
fields of the Dakotas. In reality, II
is region where crimes are far less
numerous in proportion to population
than they are in the densely settled
regions of the Eastern and Middle
States.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
saounrA,n TROUT 10 s,r.n..

When the mountain trout u bitin', in the
lazy days O. May,
Why. the spirit leaves the body. an goes
wanderin' away
DGayin' BY the fields o. clover, whar' the
golden sunshine seems
ofIenced waves o. song stiI hoverin' ON
the pastur's an the streams;
A you loll within the shndders nigh
some blossomin' wild rose,
Jest dreamin'.
Dreamin',
Dreamin',
Half awake an half adosei
An the glory O. creation is compressed In
one short day,
When the mountain trout il bitin' in the
lazy days O. May.
Now an then across the medders rings
the tingle O. the bells
Like the orchestry o. Nature somewhar'
hid among the dells;
Orioles wing up and over, an'-inhoatin'
from the hills
Comes the bluebird's hallalooyer in the
sOftcst thrills an trills
Tain't unnaterel fer feller, ef he's ever
loved Mt all,
To be thinkin',
Thinkin',
Thinkin',
or some one beyond recall,
An to wonder eff her spirit amt still
with you anyway,
When the mountain trout is bitin' in the
lazy days o. May.
New York Times.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
Ampue.ted Log Sensations.

A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Press writes: my right leg was taken
Off at the middle third Of the thigh
nearly thirty years ago. but since that
time the sensation Of the presence Of
toes. instep. heel, foot or knee Is stron-
ger than In the other leg. or stronger
than 1t was before amputation. To me
1t seems that when the leg is at rest,
normally. there is no consciousness Of
any sensation at all in 1t, whereas
there is always more or less sensation
in the stump. My leg was amputated
in such a position that II seems when
stand to be fiexed with the foot behind
me. have often tried to get 1t out
of the way of a closing door or Of per-
sons passing me on the street. To this
day I often fall by trying to put out
my foot on the floor when springing
quickly from sitting position. Year
by year, also, there Is q sensation Of
shortening, the foot seeming to come
nearer the body. II I make an effort
as II to extend the knee a sensation
Of heat occurs in the stump, although
the rest Of my body may BE- freezing"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27


"shall we have our usna1 quaxroar
she asked. when We had psrched our4
selves upon big stils at the foot q
I the hill
mo-" 1 replied; "I don't want to
quarrel, please"
Don't your she said. brightly
Aren't you afraid we shall be dullY
Not In the least; but II you are
"Oh, no. We can talk about-let me
| see"
The usual thingsf" l suggested. She
looked swiftly at me. and gave a little
start 1 took hold Of her arm. 81
thought you were falling explained.
Perhaps it would be safer II held
you She didn't seem to mind, SO
gathered her arm comfortably in mine.
Il can't imagine you talking usual
things you know, she said. with an
uncertain little laugh.
Everybody says usual things in the
moonlight" l explained. ''See. 1t ID
just rising over the hill"
We sat a few minutes in silence,
watching the yellow rim appearing, and
the pale light streaming down the fields,
dotted here and there with tall trees.
1T is very, very beautiful" she said
sc-tly. 1t makes one feel good. l am
SO glad you didn't want to quarrel to-
night.'
Or any other night have been 60
ing to tell you so for a long time" She
laughed.
How strange, Do you know, have
been wanting to say the same thing to
your,
1T was right that the overture should
come from me-" She started and
glanced at me again. The moonlight
lighted mp her pretty, thoughtful face
and glinted in her golden hair. 1.-The
prettiest effect of the moonrise is in
visible to YOU" told her
Il think she said. smilingly, .its
incest effect is that it has made two
quarrelsome people" She hesitated
for the word.
Good friends?" She nodded. "One
of them is very glad"
80" she said almost inaudibly, 'fs
the other
do you know, little Vera, dreadfulIy
as we quarreled. l liked you all the
time. Cnly I thought that you disliked
me so much"
She would certainly have fallen off if
had not had the presence of mind to
put my arm around her waist
"Oh, no. she cried, quickly. Indeed
l didn't
That" l said, was the odd thing
about it,
She gave such n jump at the quota
ton that she would certainly have fall
en- off the seat-if l had not had the
presence of mind to put my arm around
her waist.-.Iail and Express.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27

Rorty 0peci0o Are KnoWn, and Ioo10o-
anass Four.Pounders Are Lar8oot.
Forty species Of frogs are known 10
the world, according to the frog man
of the Smithsonian Institution, who
has given the matter laborious atten-
tion. Less than quarter Of . century
ago only q few people ate frogs. but
now they are generally eaten The
Governments frog man will not &C.
knowledge that Canada produces nnef
frogs than the United States. He com
tends that the marshes hack Of the Po-
tomac. the Louisiana swamps ana the
swamps and marshes Of New York ana
Illinois. are to be found the finest and
most succulent frogs In the known
world. 1t In admitted, however. that
the Canadians understand the art Of
preparing frogs legs for market In q
manner superior to Americans. and
that this fact has brought the Canada
frogs prominently before. the lovers Of
good things to eat. He. believes that
frog farming IL certain to be one Of
the most profitable Industries Of many
parts Of the United States, and that
already many men are engaged In II.
OF the forty species Of frogs known
the largest Is the gigantic believer Of
the Louisiana swamps. which grows to
four pounds weight and Is one Of the
most choice for table use. Next come
the Potomac and the IllIhois and New
York frogs-all large and Of superior
flavor. There is not a State in the
Union in which fine eating frogs can
not be found in abundance.
1t Is asserted that the pickings on the
body of a frog are just as good as the
meat on the legs. hut in the days be-
fore the deluge frogs grew to such size
that the legs furnishing sufficient meat
to satisfy all demands without eating
the body. and apparently the custom
has been kept up. Geological shafps
have dug up petrifactions and fossils
to prove that in those days frogs grew
to be as large as a man. The present
day frog man gives little Consideration
and reverence to such stories.
A frogs leg Is one mass Of muscle,
and there should be little wonder that
he is a jumper. The frog 10 astonish-
ingly like the man in some physical
respects. and therefore useful for some
experiments. On the other hand. ex-
periments show that a frog deprived
Of his brains will live and eat and pur-
sue existence in a sort Of automatic
manner,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
MADE RICH ev sALTeo MINE.

Two widows Get Wealthy After Bein0
Imposed Upon by Sharpen
A good story is going the rounds
about how two prospectors had salted
4 mine in the Galena district In order to
rob a couple OF rich widows. which re-
suited in the Aforesaid widows beoom-
Ing much wealthier.
The prospectors had spent their last
cent in digging q hole in the ground 70
the extent Of sixty feet without striking
anything but yellow clay. But one Of
them knew of two rich widows who
were just spelling to have their money
sunk in a mine. Accordingly they spent
two nights in sailing their mine. They
hadn't sufficient money to buy some
paying dirt, but they stole this from .
ncighboring mine and hauled q lot Of
It over to dump into their mine When
several tons Of this paying dirt had
accumulated In the bottom Of their
mine the widows were sent for, and
while one was talking about the In
creasing value of the district the other
was dumping out all kinds Of lead and
zinc ore before their astonished eyes.
The widows bought q half interest In
that hole in the ground for 1850. The
next day there was no more ore In the
shaft and the fellows declared they
would dig no longer. Then the widows
bought the other half interest at q tota
cost Of $1,000, and the men hiked ou
for Missouri. laughing In their sleeve
But the women. blindly believing tina
there must be more ore. continued wit
the digging. and at a depth Of ten add.
honal feet struck the richest vein Of til.
whole belt, realizing $75. 900 In less tha
one years time.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
A oirl,. Acco.pli.hne,t.. A

Some one has suggested twelve things
that every girl can learn before she is
II. Not every one can learn to play or
sing or paint well enough to give pleas
ure to her friends, but the following
''accomplishments' are within every
b0dy's reach:
Shut the door, and shut II softly.
Keep your own room in tasteful or
der.
Have an hour for rising, and rise.
Learn to make bread as well as cake.
Never let q button stay OF twenty
four hours.
Always know where your things are.
Never let a day pass without doing
something to make somebody comfort
able.
Never come to breakfast without a
collar.
Never 60 about with your shoes un-
buttoned.
Speak clearly enough for everybody
to understand.
Never ndget or hum 70 ~ 10 disturb
others.
Never fuss or fret.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
Ohinese Honor to an Am..,,..

Chinese AoaOr to an American.
The United States legation 1t Pskin,
China, has sent to the Essex institute
OF Massachusetts, an attested CODY of
the imperial e1ict making q demisod
OF General Frederick Townsend Ward
OF Salem. who was killed In the Ger.
vice Of China General Ward was ths
creator Of the Chinese army, aftes-
ward commanded by Chinese" Cor.
don. The document referred to IL an.
thenticated with the seals Of the Chi.
nese and American governments and II
believed to be the only COPY in the orig
lnal Chinese to be found In this coun.
try. as the State Department at Wash-
lngton has only an English translation
thereof.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
COuldu't Fool Her.

Speaking of kindergartens for colored
children calls to mind the experience
Of 'befo de wah" matron, who was
teaching one of the little darkies on
her plantation how to spell.
The primer she used was a pictorial
one, and over each word was its ac-
:ompanying picture. and Polly glibly
spelled Ok, OK, and box. box, etc. But
The teacher thought that she was max
ng right rapid progress, SO she put her
hand over the picture and said:
Polly, what does Ok spell?"
OK" answered Polly, nimbly
How do you know that it spells OK,
9olly?"
seed his TAIL" replied the apt Polly
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
THE NEEDLE

ooAe q the History Of This Useful
Implement.
The Roman proverb corresponding
with our ITO hit the nail on the head
was ITO touch the question with the
point Of the needle" q proverb which
indicates not only how highly needle
work was esteemed by the ancients.
but that with the point Of the needle
we touch q fundamental industry, and
one which rises often to an art. "A
seam was the first effort to overcome
Q difficulty" This seam, which appears
80 commonplace. was the prOgenitor Of
constructive industry. the first civilizer
Of the race. Where that first seam was
made. or by whose hands first fash
ioned, who can tell? The needle used
was, no doubt, an eyeless bodkin, such
as the Kafiirs use to-day, and the AMI
NAL or vegetable fibre, which was the
thread. was drawn with difficulty
through the skins that were Joined to
form a garment Muscle was required
for the sewing Of those days. The In
taken a long step. or. more strictly, a
long stitch, forward In the seam which
joins SO many chapters in the history
Of the race.
The first needle with an eye Of which
we have any knowledge is found In the
Neolithic caveman's grave. 1t is made
Of bone and neatly fashioned. Later
came the needles Of hammered bronze
and iron. and in Pompeii have been dis
covered even surgeons needles. This
venerable implement Of industry has
shown but small variations In form. Its
long. slim body, Its pointed foot, its
Cyclops eye In the middle Of its head,
are practically the same, whether made
Of bone and found In caveman's grave
Or Of bronze or gold In Scandinavia or
Of steel to-day.
In these days, when needles may be
had at 5 cents q paper. each paper con-
tanning two dozen, 1t Is hard to realize
the value placed long ago on one, or
how much the pOssess0r Of that one
needle was envied. The value Of this
possession is emphatically set forth by
the performance. In 1895. at Christ's
College. Cambridge. Of a comedy called
"Gammer Gurton's Needle" !" the hero of
which was the Gammer's lost needle.
Time and machinery have changed all
that, however, and. with more than co.
1000 needles made weekly In the
Redditch district England, to say moth
ing of those turned out each day in
other countries, even the poorest wOm-
an can have her own needle.-New York
Evening Post.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27


gets that 1t has . truth on its track.
Deeds furnish the best answer Z
doubt.
The truly spiritual man IL Away
practical.
A feeble faith is better than
mighty feeling.
You may oppress truth. but you can
not suppress 1t.
Love, rather than legislation. rules II
the kingdom of God.
The gospel is the heart Of God seek
ing the heart Of man.
God has not cast the world adrift: II
has wandered away.
It II always easier to forget bad hab
its than to forego them.
No song, or sermon, or sacrament ii
Acceptable without service.
Men need q Bible conscience more
than a Bible commentary.
The importation Of Righteousness II
better than its imputation.
1t Is the Christian and not the critic
who comes to know Christ
Crooked men cannot expect to agree
with the straight truths Of the Bible.
The damp fogs Of doubt are found
only where the sun Of love does not
shine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
STAR DISTANCES
Are So Enormous a. to Be Practically
Inconceivable.

Are So Enormous a. to Be Practically
Inconceivable.
The stars are suns and they look like
mere shining points Of light because
they are 30 far away. The nearest is
70 far that a cannon-shot fred in Ad-
ANS time from the Garden Of Eden,
and flying continually with undimin-
shed speed, would even now hardly
have started on Its journey. 1t would
be az II q train bound for another town
had just pulled well out Of the station
On a summer evening you may see
Arcturus high up in the south or south
west In June or July. and further
down in the west In August or Septem-
Der. You will know 1t by its red color.
That star has been flying straight
ahead ever since astronomers began to
observe 1t, at such q speed that 1t
would run from New York to Chicago
In a small fraction Of a minute. You
would have to be spry to rise from
your chair. put on your hat and over
coat and gloves, 60 out on the street
while It was crossing the Atlantic
Ocean from New York to Liverpool
And yet II you should watch that star
all your life. and live as long as
Methuselah, you would noe be able to
see that 1t moved at all. The journey it
would make In a thousand years would
be as nothing alongside its distance.
Many. perhaps most, Of the stars are
really much larger and brighter than
the sun. Canopus, as 1t appears to us,
Is the second brightest star in the heav-
ems. 1t never rises in our northern lati-
tudes; to see it well you would have to
60 at least as far south as the gulf
States. Although 1t shines to Us only
as q very bright star, 1t is really thou
sands of times as bright as the sun. II
our earth should fly as near to 1t as 1t
is to the sun, the whole sky would
seem to be ablaze, and everything COM
bustble on the earth's surface-forests.
houses, and fences-wOuld be burned
by the fervent heat as IL thrown into a
hot fire. But the distance Of Canopus
is immeasurably great, SO that astrono-
mers have not been able to learn any
thing certain about 1t. The most in
conclusion from this is that
Canopus, although 1t Is only a star in
the sky, is really thousands Of times
brighter than the sun.-Professor ST.
mon Newcomb in the Youths Compan-
lon
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
Correct, with an Addition.

On the excursion given by Secretary
langley to the members Of the National
Academy of Science down the Poto-
mac, Bernard Green Of the library Of
congress is credited with having told
the best story of the afternoon. Mr..
Green happened to be crossing the
ocean a few years ago, on the Fourth Of
July. which national holiday was cele-
brated with great enthusiasm by the
Americans on board.
II say" asked one Of the English
men, what is this the anniversary of
anyway Isn't it to celebrate the bat
tie Of Bull Run or something of the
kindY'
NO" promptly spoke up an Ameri-
can, mot Bull Run-John Bull Rum
New York Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27

II
Anusang 1nssosAse ef - -. ~. !.
1veAe - xse - ~ 49,.
In the Noetn, - ss.Es<- -
nsn to . reportef' ~. ~ ~.
into the tent ~ crawiAne = :. ~. -
vas 70 conaneo 70 tne ss' = 4 4 8 ss:s.<' =:
In tho South the enuEe -. S..<;2s
don comes 20 tne erouno - ~ ~
around DAY ana Mene -
opportunity 70 ger IN .e.e....' J.
crawl under the canvas ses = t....
10 b the easiess way. Aen - s1css'
tramp around and arouno me ss
Ing for an unguefoeo poanI
put extra canvasmsn on w. -
We 20 to the Soutn Witn QUIZ s"ow. e
nave Witnessed mofe e"e" "..'
and exciting incident growing GUY 9.
this desire OF the negro 20 get l"'o -.
circus without Duyine = tcA
60 literally circus-mao "nen sne INV
comes to town, ana tney won 10 tap
Of work until 1t leaves. One reason WY
they don't step mp 70 tne ticAe' ".son
and hand out tnear com u tn.e IVY
never have any. There may De otnes
further into the subject
Il was with OLD Aoam 1o.ep oen o..o
fall when he took MS snow 70 tne oou."
for IN extended season Two now can'
vssmen nearly prec'Pi'.e" 1~. Ao'
~ at Lexington NY lucy n.u -.
hired for the specia! purpose ol Heepls
negroes from cra"nnk unueI 'Ae .e-
and they saw an opportunity " "~.e :
little money for tnemseives On .ne sue
They were apie 70 "oIH cus 1
scheme through tne tact tnae 'ney ~e1e
favoraDiy stationeu ior IL ~ - '.
the outsioe NJ tne co""ecoo"
the main tent ana ene me,se' .n'
the otner on tns i"saos' "'',A1 '.'' So--
nection-
Among tne VAST ciO"o oi ne61oes
hanging about Sne snow was = Arse
eumbef VINO mao come 70 to"n eApect
ing 70 GET In tor ~ OF % cen's' Ane "ue
1ioe canvAsman gave oot q"et up
tnst II any one nAu ny c":lse - ni'
pocAeo, Dy SiVine IL " 1"e 1As"' peis0"
no eouio get into tne sno" n CUT fases'
rney DeSan 10 crown arouno nAin' 'e"-
aerlng vafed amoun's oi money, i.o"
cent up 70 40. heNccepteo ~ 'en'
1ers- ne told tnem tnat ne "ouio nave
TO put enem IN one ut d 'l"e. ne oio.
ine insioe man was waitins 10.
Enem. Just ID SOON ~ oiacA neao
Would appear unaef tne canvas ns
#ouio graD IT, orae tne resi- Oh .ne PEI.
ION owning IL insioe ana snove MI" oo'
II the other SIDE OF the narrow connec-
ION. from mere II was u Iong way
lrOun0 10 the man VINO got tne money.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27

Buried with $500 In His Pookss
1t Is not often that q man In buried
with $500 in his pockets. His relative,
generally look to that. But such q case
mas actually happened.
A few days ago Don Sabine rrutillo
oieo and was buried In Dolores ON Mon,
day last. After the funeral the niece
OF the deceased informed tho relative.
OF the dead man that he had at the
Time or his death the sum Of $500 in on.
OF mis- pockets; for he was buried in his
ordinary clothes. She had seen hin
pay the doctor, a short time before hi,
death, some money and put the m.
mainder, 400. in bis breast pocket A.
e enc mad thought e leoking for the
money. and ~ the young isdy w.s
proetfate with grief At the death of her
uncle and % did not remember anv.
ming about the matter until after the
iunefaL the money was buried with
the corpse.-Two Republics.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-27
Pat Ont No Poison.

It IL said there 10 law on the statute
books which provides that anybody
who shall expose any poisonous sub
stance with the intention Of taking the
life Of any domestic animal, said ami
NAL being the property Of another,
shall be sentenced to the penitentiary
Tor not less than cne year or more than
four years, or pay a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or both. The law applies not
only to dogs and cats. but to horses
cattle. chickens and even guinea pigs.
Nor is It any excuse to plead that the
poison was put in ones own back yard
and II the domestic pets Of a neighbor
had not been trespassing they would
not have rotten It