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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12
Gen. Stark,s Lost Marc.

In an old hle of the Hartford Cour.
ant, Of date Oct. 7, 1777, is an advertise
ment sent to the paper by General Stark
Of Bennington fame, which shows that
military hero to have had an excellent
command Of language and much cause
for Indignation.
Twen,y Dollars Reward. Stole from
me the subscriber, from Walloomscock,
in the time Of action, the 18th of Au-
gust last a brown Mare, five years old,
had star In her forehead. Also doe
skin seated saddle, blue housing trim'd
with white and a curbed bride. 1t is
earnestly requested Of all committees
of safety and others In authority, to ex-
ert themselves to recover said thief and
mare, so that he may be brought to JUS
tice and the mare brought to me; and
the person, whoever he be, shall receive
the above reward for both, and for the
mare alone one half Of that sum.
How scandalOus, how disgraceful and
ignominious must 1t appear to all
friendly and generous souls to have
such sly. artful, designing villains enter
into the field in the time Of action in
order to pillage. pilfer and plunder from
their brethren when engaged in battle.
JOHN STARK, b. d. @.
Bennington, 11th Sept, 1777.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12

H. place don't seem just like Il did BE-
fore She went away,
1ts al 20 still and lonesome-not word
from her all day:
n old mare whinnies still when % tf
the stable door,
00G somehow, things seem di&eRenl
since she amt here no more.
NJ vines creep mp along the porch just
- she trained 'em to:
TAs flowers grow along the fence, jusl
~ they used to do:
Ths house Is left just as It was, bat still
1t seems. to-day.
~ II 1t wasn't just the place from which
abe went away.
3he sun still gets to peepin' in that win.
dow over there
Along lords breakfast time, and there's
her high-backed rockin' chair;
The creeks still fowin' where it flowed
the waters cool and clear
But still. somehow, 1t amt the place Il
was when she was here.
The hedge still fences in the lane, just
as it did when she
Would come, at dinner time, and call
across the fields to me-
But where that steeple peeps above the
hill she's sleepin' now.
And everything's got all turned round,
II seems to me. somehow.
This doesn't seem like home no more, and
often through the day
l get to thinkin' 'tisn't her. but me that's
gone away
That she's at home there on the hill,
a-callin' soft and low,
And that I'm goin' back. and glad it's
nearly time to 60.
Chicago Tmes-Herald.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12
Staked His All and Won,

The cOatless young man and his young
woman companion meandered into one
of the swell restaurants and sat down
mt table. The young man had met
the young woman when he had not ex-
pected to- That explained the absence
of his coat.
The waiter took their orders. Then
he went over to the proprietor. Then
the waiter returned.
Sorry, sab, but we can't serve shirt
waist gentlemen in the presence OBJ
ladies, sah."
The young man favored him With an
Icy stare. So did the young woman.
Then they started out but the young
man fell behind the young woman long
enough to press the fourth part Of a
dollar into the walters hand and whis-
per:
your kindness and that Of the pro-
prietor will never be forgotten. My
lady friend insinuated 80 strongly that
she was hungry that was actually
forced to ask her to dine. I have not
got money enough to pay for the SIM
plest kind of lunch. II you had served
as I would have had a 1T I st9ked my
all and won. God bless yourSlndian
apolis Sun
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12
rne serrow. OF Ne. Corem.

~
A story Is being told in London Of an
amusing passage at AIMS between Miss
Marie Corelli and tie schoolmistress
of a school Just across from the house
where the authoress lad taken up resi-
depce. Part Of the school exercises
consisted In the stusy Of music. and.
agreeable though this proved to the
school children. 1t InDved particularly
disasreeable to Miss corelli. She there
fore sent the following note to the
schoolmistress:
Miss Corelli presDts her compli-
ments tn Miss md begs that she
will be good enough o arrange SO that
there may be no singing class between
the hours Of 10 and 1. these being Miss
Corellrs working hours, when distrac-
tions are peculiarly dstasteful."
The following camein reply:
Miss presents her compliments
to Miss Corelli and bsgs to state that II
such a course were likely to prevent the
writing of such books as The Sorrows
of Satan she would rejoice In arrang.
ing a singing program for every day
from 8 to g"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12
YOUNG REFoRMERs IN CHINA.
lar HONE Lies In the New and Liberal
(SemerntiOn.

Her Hope Lies in the New ana Aaoere'
GeneratiOn.
"Some have q tendency to say tnat
the present troubles in China arose out
Of the missionary question. This Is an
extremely narrow view, ana II inoica.es
that the one who holds 1t knows notn-
ing back of what has occurred ourang
the past year. The present troubles
are the last efforts Of the old Conserva-
tiyes to preserve the conditions which
have existed in China for four thousand
years.
~I have a number Of friends among
the young scholars, first, second. third
and fourth graduates. They are young
men who have studied English, and
who have started English schools.
Their schools have been destroyed by
the Conservatives. and for the past two
years they have been out OF employ
menr. All Of them, SO far as l know,
are. still pursuing the same line OF
study, confident that conservatism is
q thing Of the past, that reform must
come. and when it does come they will
be ready for 1t. Such men are Of the
class Of Minister WI Ting-fang, Lo
Eepg-lo and Mr. Yu, Minister to France.
who called upon me few days before
he sailed for France. During our con-
versation I alluded to the attempt he
had made to entertain some foreigners
on New Years Day, and to serve them
with tea, coffee. wine and cakes.
.'The Conservatives Of the Tsungii
Yamen would not allow you to enter
tain the foreigners on New Years Day
as you wished" said.
"'No. he replied. but this thing will
not continue. The world Is rapidly
slipping out from under these old mems
feet. There are not any strong men
among the young Conservatives. They
are simply hangers-on. and when these
few old Conservatives die. China can
easily be reformed
"The wife Of Mr.. Yu Is a Eurasian
woman. His two daughters dress In
European clothing when they 60 call
ng in Pekin. They converse freely in
Japanese. Chinese. French and English.
,s do also his sons. On one occasion
;Ome of the old Conservatives went to
he Empress Dowager and said to her:
do you know that the man whom
ou have had as Minister to Japan, and
whom you are about to appoint as Min
ster to France has foreign wifeY
Has he any childrenY the old Dow
ager asked in return.
Yes, indeed. he has grown sons and
Then 1t ID late In the day to report
him to me. Why did you not report
him beforef We cannot separate a
man from his wife and family even
though she II . foreign devil" "'"-I.T T.
Headland, In Ainslee's.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12
HEALTH IN Old AGE.
low II May Best BE Cared For a,
pr~~Ar~>A

low II May Best He Cared For and
Preserved.
Many reasons there are why we look
lpOn the aged as having a slender hold
IpOn life, one that may be loosened by
slight shock Of Injury or disease
which. In the young or middle-aged,
would serve only as a stimulus to the
operative vital powers.
This Is a conservative belief, for II
warns us to shield our loved ones, who
ave fought the fight, from all infiu-
noes that might shorten their stay
With US. But we must not 20 too far
n our sOlicitude. for injury may be in
iicted and life shortened by coddling
he old. almost rs surely as by coddling
The young.
The vital processes In the aged are
slow. but they are still existent, and
they may be kept active by gentle oppo-
sition and stimulation, just as they may
5e increased in childhood and youth By
'ougher methods.
Reaction Is feeble, 1t Is true-and well
hat 1t Is. for the weakened arteries
would with difficulty support the rapid
)lood-stream and the bounding pulse
hat follow the cold plunge or the spin
IN the wheel Of the 20-year-old. But
reaction Is there. and 1t must be exer-
eised up to the limit Of safety.
One Of the dangerous places for the
Id man Is the chimney corner: Its
warmth and its restful quiet tempt him
inactivity, and we let him rust away
here because we know no better. But
We ought to know better. Fresh air
md exercise-in moderation, Of course
are as essential to the man or woman
If so or 80 as to the child Of 8 or Q.
Cool sponging once a day is also
.aluable means of maintaining the tone
of the body and Of overcoming the i'm
pulse to sit still and muse.
The old body needs to be warmly clad,
FOR 1t Is sensitive to cold and Is unable
10 manufacture its own heat In the
same measure as the younger and more
vigorous organism. But with proper
,lothing. warm but light. there are few
lays. even in winter, when the old man
)r woman ought not to walk a mile in
The open air and sit for two hours al
east, well wrapped up, in the sun by an
open window, or preferably In q shell
tered nook out-of doors.
This Is a rule we should persuade our
I'D folks to adopt. If they will follow
t, their days will be frightened, and
will not be ENTHUSIASTICALLY Com
1anion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12
VAUDEVILLE AT KEITH's.

For energy, enthusiasm and excel
| lence in entertainment, Keith's has no
superior as a play house. It Is really
| pleasure to visit Keith's in that the
bills offered each week are such that
delight and in a majority Of instances,
educate.
We use the word educate for II Is
the only one to use in stating that
the sketches seen at this house each
week really Instruct and teach q les-
son in one act as what we often see.
In other play houses, In three or four
acts.
Conciseness in everything, but art
and attainment in that brevity withaI
is what made Keith's theatres rise
to the front rank in high class vaude-
vile circles.
When a public theatre holds n
thronged audience in the gallery that
never makes the slightest outbreak IN
the way Of comment Of any descrin-
tion. save that of enthusiasm in an
plause. that theatre can be criticaiIv
said to be refined and frst-class in ev-
cry department Of theatrical etiouifte.
And 1t is a salient feature of Keifh's
that the best people in Philadelnhis
visit and patronize this pretty piav-
house during the twelve months OF fi,e
year-Philadelphia Item.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12

cangh3 her besath. osd - aAvaAeo1
slowly. st1llins her throbbdng hoax< by
. miracle ef win power. . power such
~ = only given TO womankind--
TITS . lovely evening. Mr.. Alden, imft
TIP she said, quietly.
Nellie little Nel1ier' nd Jim, IN
such . transport that Il II lucky he
couldn't see the sudden color leap to
Neltie's cheeks. II beg pardon, Miss
Burton forgot for q momenk~
There IL nothing to forgive"
"Ah! Where IL your aun4-and Mr..
-Applebyr asked Jim, stupidly.
II left them on the porch. settling The
date Of their wedding day."-Boston
Globe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12

RsoDso ~ uavo Deab6e9 zhs1R ~
Ae.anse - 1ofe9aes unaavores.
Il dare say every great inven1isa. -
fore It u nnally hit upon," rsnarhed :
New ORLEANS lawyer to Tnnes-Deno-
crat nan, 'shas beea within . hand's
reach of aeesns of nsn who were m
aware how near thsy Stood 20 fortuna.
There = ne<h1ng more singular b fact
than The way people can skats around
some huge idea without seeing Il
II had an experience Of that kind
once myself. It occurred to me that .
revolving bookcase would b . handy
thing for once use. and had one built
to order. It proved Q success, and On
several occasions thought vageuly Of
having the device patented, but dis
missed the scheme n not worth while
Nearly two years afterward more In
telligent gentleman up in New England
did what wouldn't do. and to-day he
is rolling in riches- have been obliged
to buy one Of his cases since, and I new
er hated to give up money 20 badly In
my life. Several other instances In the
same line have come under my personal
observation.
II have q friend, for instance, who
stumbled upon the principle Of the Bell
telephone longVbefore the war. he was
at college at the time, and he and
fellow student actually went % Tar a.
to construct an experimental line. over
half a mile long. They had It in sue
cessful operation for several weeks.
when 1t was discovered and destroyed
by a cantankerous professor. and thus
vanished what might have been one
Of the biggest fortunes In the world.
The incident had almost faded from my
friends mind when Prof. Bell launched
his invention on the public.
Another gentleman. who was for
merly client of mine. anticipated the
pneumatic tire years before somebody
else patented 1t. He is fond Of horses,
and away back in the 7O's he had light
road cart made that was almost The
exact counterpart Of the modern pneu-
matte sulky. The big. clumsy-looking
tires excited great merriment among
his friends. They dubbed them 'sausase
wheels and he has told me more than
once that that foolish Joke was the
thing that caused him to abandon the
experiment. Pneumatic tires have since
made half dozen big syndicates rich.
"Still another acquaintance figured
out the exact mechanism Of the self
binding reaper nearly ten years before
the machine was covered by patents.
Not being a farmer. he failed to appre-
ciate the importance Of the thing. 1t |
Impressed him as being chimerical, and !
he pigeon-holed his drawings to gather |
dust until he awakened to the fact that |
he had fortune by the throat, only to i
let go again. His commen>e on the incl
dent wouldn't sound well at q prayer
meeting"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12

toms, and no woman should allow
herself to reach such q perfection of
misery when there is absolutely no
need Of It. The subject of our Dor.
trait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams OF
Englishtown, Nj, has been entirely
cured of such illness and misery bv
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and the guiding advice of Mrs.
Pinkham Of Lynn, Mass.
No other medicine has such a record
for absolute cures, and no other medi-
cine is "just as good" Women who
want a cure should insist upon getting
Lydia E. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound when they ask for it at a store.
Anyway, write a letter to Mrs Pink
ham at Lynn, Mass, and tell her all
your troubles. Her advice is free.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12
Beetle.s Exa Gamers.

Thousands Of years before the in
ventive genius Of men discovered the
multifold mysteries Of photography and
worked out the problem of the lens the
little beetle was carrying round with
him a snap camera of the most unique
and interesting character. This camera
was provided with at least 100 photo
graphic lens, each perfect and In ma
lures finest working fettle.
All know that the beetle has the curl
Gus projecting eye very similar to the
sort one sometimes sees in man him
elf. The eye Is large and round, or
almost so. 1t can hardly be called a
perfect sphere. for it Is slightly convex
IN shape. Such insects have eyes called
compound. formed not Of one lens, but
Of several hundreds, set side by side.
like cells in a hOneycomb.
DR.. Allen. of England, the famous sci
enlist as well as ply sician, took the
eOrnea Of the eye of a beetle and en-
ployed 1t In place Of the usual photo
graphic lens Of the camera used for
making photographs of microscopic OBJ
jects. A silhouette Of q head was
pasted on pice Of ground glass and a
lamp placed behind 1t. A Photographic
dry plate was exposed to the light com
Ing through the beetles eye from the
silhouette and developed in the usual
manner.
The resulting multigraph was circular
and contained several hundred imag 8
OF the proile-One. indeed, for each
facet OF the eye. 1t seems reasonably
clear that Insects form their judg-
ments Of distance from such multiple
images. depending upon the power Of
each facet to refract light rays. The
nearer the object the greater would be
the area covered by the images on the
retina.-Cinclnnati Enquirer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12

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q new oogma-tnet o. = sanse c
mental Ice sheet Tor NORM
The recent hveeuseuons q
Of the Canadian geoaogscA
prove that the scientasts evosveo ee1
glacial theory out Of VIVID magma
ton. 1t has been found tn4t In LOT
ern Alaska there 10 NO evidence tne1
that part Of the country ever was COW
cred by q gaacier-in face, Conclusive
evidence exists that IT was not. AT tne
mouth OF the Mckenzie River u psenV
Of evide0ce Of glacial action. ana also
that the glacier which left its recoros
came from the south. On the western
shores Of Hudson Bay are marks OF
glacier which came from the west ana
on the eastern shores OF one wnicn
came from the east East OF the Cana
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12

Pat called as usual one morning at
the Cow and Pail for his threepenny-
worth Of whisky, when the following
conversation ensued between the land.
lady and himself:
Pat-This be good whisky, mum.
Lady-Yes. Pat. Can you guess the
age Of It?
Pat-NO, mum.
Landlady-Well, it's thirty years old"
Pat (eyeing the threepennyworth)-
Dim a-thinkin' 1t be moighty small for
its age, mum.-London Spare Moments.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12

1t came out in the reports of the re.
cent Methodist conference that only
two Of the fifteen cilcial journals of
the church, published in different sec.
tions of the country under the common
name Of the Christian Advocate, had
been conducted at q profit. The net
loss on the others-S1OS,OOO In fou,
years-had been borne out of the prof.
its of the publishing business known
as the Book COncenn
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12
DO YOU FEEL LIKE 1H,sp
PEN Picture for Woman

II am 20 nervous, there is not :.
we'll inch In my whole body. iam - :
weak 1t my stomach and have ia:
gestion horribly, and palpitation" "ui -.
the heart, and am losing Aesh. Th;.
headache and backache nearly kiiis
me, and yesterday 1 nearly had Rv.,a. .
les; there IL weight in the lowey S.r n.a.
Of my bowels bearing down ali ~.
time. and pains in my groins and md
thighs; I cannot sleep, walk. or % al.
and believe am diseased all ovsr,
NO ono ever suffered as do"
This IL . description of thoussnds .,
cases which come to Mrs. Pinkbsr,a
attention daily. An infiamed and -,
cerated condition Of the neck of Tho
womb can produce all of these svmrs
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12

i
Barefooted boys and hens form {
curious partnership In the making Of {
pair Of fine gloves. Thousands Of doz'
ems Of hens eggs are used In curing thu
hides. and thousands Of boys are EN-
plOyed to work the skins In clear water
by treading ON them for several hours,
says the Philadelphia Record.
When q woman buys q pair OF kid
gloves she speaks Of her purchase a.
kids" II the clerk who sold her the
kid" gloves knew the secrets Of the
glOve-making business he might sur
prise his fair customer by telling her
that those beautiful, soft, smO0th-fit-
ting kid" gloves came from the stom-
ach and shoulders of the 3-weeks-old
colt, whose neck was slit on the plains
Of Russia, and whose tender hide was
shipped. with huge bundles Of other
colts hides, to France, where they were
made up into kid gloves; or he might.
with equal regard to the truth, tell her
that those gloves In the other compart-
ment once darted from tree to tree in
South America on the back Of the ring
tailed monkey.
And II he made the rounds Of the
store and could distinguish one skin
from another he could point out kid"
gloves made from the skins Of KAN
garoOs from Australia, lambs or sheep
from Ohio or Spain or England. calves
from India, muskrats from anywhere.
musk oxen from China and other parts
Of Asia, rats, cats and Newfoundland
puppies. But the Russian colt, the four
footed baby from the plains where the
Cossacks live, the colt from the steppes
Of Siberia, where horses are raised by
the thousand. supplies the skins which
furnish the bulk Of the dainty cover.
'ngs for my lady's hands.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12
Richest II Minerals.

The soil Of Peru contains the larxes,
number of minerals Of any known
country. At Piurn. in the north. ne.
troleum and sulpfrr; silver, lead CON
per and coal in th' great mining basin
Of Cerro de Pasco In central Peru, ana
phosphate. quicksilver. auriferons
grounds and borsx at Arequipa. In the
south. At the present time the numho,
Of mines being worked IL 2.50O am.
ploying 10000 wIrkmen,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-12

Since Willie Goes to School.
Since Willie goes to school. the days
Are always full Of peace.
And In a hundred little ways
The cares Of life decrease;
The halls are Uttered up no more
With blocks and tops and traps:
No marbles lie upon the floor,
But are we happier than beforeH
All. well perhaps
Since Willie goes to school, the cat
Lies dozing In her nookS