Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-31
MlFFLINTOWN, PA.
B. F. SCHWElER,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

whip the Beers.
Texas was swept by a freezing
: blizzard on Sunday.
II the Bosr war lasts year it will
effect markets of all kinds.
CoNGREs, refused to seat Mormon
Roberts by a vote Of 268 to SO.
INDIA is in the market to buv sill.
yer. Americans can furnish her all she
wants.
SoUTHERN JERSEY farmers are or
ganizing to keep mp the prices Of
farm products.
The news is distressing of how
people have been frozen and starved
in the Klondyke country where they
went to seek gold.
CANDIDATE Bryan at Harrisburg
last week began to sling mud at the
republicans. He said "the republi.
can party is more corrupt in this
state than in any other state in the
Union"
FRoM the way local leaders from
the several counties of the state
hocked to Harrisburg to shake hands
with candidate Bryan, they are ready
for Is to or any other number to l
for the crumbs Of Office when Bryan
comes to their expectant Presidency.
WHEN Bryan denounces the trusts,
it must be like denouncing sin in q
general way. for sin and the trusts
are in this alike, that they are not
confined to any party, but are prac.
ticed by all denominations and par
ties. So crack away Mr.. Bryan, YOU
ii hnd as many democrats and prob
ably more democrats among the
trusts than republicans.
. SENATOR MONEY of Mississippi and
Senator Morgan of Alabama have
been talking in such q way in the
Senate that campaign review of the
causes Of the late civil war may re
suit. They charged that the late
civil war was caused by northern
politicians for the purpose of putting
the slaves on an equality with the
whites of the south, which proves
that some southern Senators to- day
are not smarter than the Southern
Senators, who brought on rebellion
to perpetuate human slavery. OF
course the northern people while |
they would rather not reopen the |
question will not shirk from it. So
let the debate 60 on.
GENERAL WARREN's command of
General Buller's army for the relief
Of Ladysmith was defeated by the
Beers on the 23rd inst. Warren had
rushed his command to the top of a
mountain called Spion Kop. a place
which would have given the British
q fine opportunity to shell the Beers
from their strongholds in the noun.
tain range, but Warren could not
hold the place. The Beers had
many pieces Of artillery directed to
the place. The British were driven
out. They lost heavily. 1t is report
ed that 1,5OO Of the British we're
killed. They hed from the place,
retreated across the Tugela river.
The Beers are correspondingly hap
py. y.-L-.--.- -.
THE portion OF Phila., occupied by
Chinese has opium dens, and q great
cry is going up against the Chinese,
but it remained for last week to reveal
that many Americans patronize the
the opium dens, and Amer leans
have opened opium dens in ,
their houses for any and all who will ,
pay for the privilege of an opium
smoke. 1t was the death of q young
woman, who was enticed into one of I
the dens that lead to a knowledge of
the wide spread of the opium habit.
A Ayoung man took her in and she smok
ed to stupe6cation end death. There
ISN'T much use of extending q finger at
the Chinaman for his questionable
habits when Americans are so weak as
to adopt the same habits. Who knows
that before the American nation is
half as old as the Chinese nation
they may have picked up all of the
Chinaman's vices.
A MAN comes along with handful
of little pieces of soap with ten.dol-
lar note wrapped in one or two
pieces. and shows it to you with
the edge of the ten dollar bill reveal I
ed, he shuffles the cakes of soap and
offers to take You in and give you a
cake for two dollar bill. Good you
say, grand speculation, $40 for two.
You invest, receive your cake of sosp
and 60 to q side place to realize on
your ten dollars, open the wrapper .
and fird . cake Of soap, but no
$40. So with many of the enterpris- ,
ing corporations and so called trusts. .
They show bonds and make promises
OF even larger returns Of 10 for 2 and {
you buy the bonds and when you
come to realize you have the bonds
that in many instances have lees in.
trihsic value than cakes of soap. You y.
may arrest and punish the soap Jug ,
gler under the law, but how are YOU
to get even with the trick of the 6
bond and stock juggler and then ,
what are you going to do with your ,
self. You were ready to take his 10 I
for 2 and you are mad because you I
couldn't.
TIE State Forestry Commission 80 i
far have have purchased 10000 acres I
OF forest land. Tie most of the lands g
purchased are on the head waters of I
the Delaware. The object it is said
is OF two fold purpose. First to I
have growing forest to draw rain q
from the clouds. Second when the :
rain does come to keep it from run