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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-12-19

Although there are millions ant
millions Of porpoises along the Atlantic
coast the first scientific catch Of thi:
shrewd although clumsy fish. was made
at Cape May recently, and one Of then
is now on exhibition in Philadelphia
Heretofore all efforts to devise scheme
by which porpoises could be captured
at reasonable expense have failed, but
the enormous not which Mr.. Cook, oil
Cape May, has mounted and in which
the two captives were taken at Cape
May, is said to meet all the demands
of the vexed problem. The big net ID
in three parts and weighs 900 pounds.
The great fish are surrounded by two
enormous wings of the net, each 1900
feet long and "a feet deep, into a great
bag 120 feet long, 60 feet wide and "a
feet deep, which will hold six carloads
of pOrpoists. The manner Of fishing
with this net is to take the bag out to a
place near school OF porpoises and
place its mouth toward the tide. The
two wings are then fastened, one to
each side of the mouth of the bag, and
are. by means Of boats, made to inclose
circle 5000 feet in circumference, and
the ends are closed up. The porpoises
thus enclosed Will not jump over the
net, nor will they 60 twenty-four feet
below it. When school Of the big
fish are thus surrounded a steamboat
will be placed at the end Of the wings,
and, by pulling away from che anchor
ed bag net, will gradually force the fish
which always swim with the tide into
the big bag, and when that is filled its
mouth is closed up with strong ropes,
80 fitted that this is an easy matter, and
the game il caught. In this great net
there are 325 pounds of lead for sinkers.
1900 cedar floats and II 800 pounds of
small tarred rope, woven into meshes
eight inches square.
The D:ubber Of the porpoises can be
made INTO an oil much more valuable
than whale oil, and it is for this indus
try that the net has been invented and
will be utilized. An ordinary porpoise
will weigh 500 pounds, and contains
blubber enough to make about ten
pounds of oil, worth $3.50 a pound.
There is also valuable oil. especially
priced by wateh-makers, which can be
from the jaws of porpoises,
Ind which the company that has bought
he patent of the new net expects to
,e able to manufacture. 1t is credibly
eported that recently gentleman
succeeded in getting out two quarts Of
his oil on Long Island. He died sud-
lenly and at the sale of his effects th e |
Waltham Watch compan- paid $500
or one of the quarts, and the other |
vas sent to Europe. The owners of |
he net say they have demonstrated |
hat they can take poypoises in their |
ig bag by capturing the pair recently |
nd they will soon make big catch.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-12-19
building Towns Quickly.

Two gentlemen OF moderate fortune
bought several thousand acres of land
and mountain OF IRON some ten wears
ago in Alabams. They built a cbarco n
iron furnace and began to make a town
around 1t. They graded the streets, laid
out parks, made system of wa.er-
works. built stores, hotels and depots,
and called the place Admission. They
now have a city of more than 5000 in
habitanrs, growing inagically, full of huge
industries and worth several million dol
lars. Besides making q model city that
will become great city, they have en-
rlched and distinguished themselves.
A company OF capitalists, without much
capital. bought large tract of land
about sixty miles beyond Admission, Ala
bsma, and, laying it of into lots, called
1t Birmingham. THIS was about twelve
wears ago. Birmingham now has from
IL, 900 to Is 600 inhsbitants, the equip
meDt OF great city, and is doubling I'D
Its population and wealth every decade.
Its industries are enormous and Incress-
ing. The land conn my tnat established
the city had Its outlay more than re-
turned In cash dividends, and It has
barely begun to cell its vast property.
One stockholder, who has put $12, 900 in
the original venture end has had about
double that much returned in dividends,
estimates his stock TO be worth fully
$3.50, 600.
Some gentlemen interested 10 the Shea
andoah Valley railroad thought they
would try little town building. They
bought number Of farms at the point
where their road was to lntersect the Nor
folk anu Western, and started . city
which they called Roanose. Tnis was
abopt five years ago. Tne city now has
8, 600 inhabitants, shops, factories, leng
streets OF stores, water works, fine hotels,
and Is . marvel OF rapid growth. The
company has spent nearly 81, 000, ,000 10
reserving from the sale OF
lots only enough to make interest dIvld-
ends on their etock. They coaid close
out Whist pr )perty they now have for four
Ut five millions profit, but have no idea of
doing SO. as by selling gradually = they will
make much more. Inc profits on the CITY
OF Roanoke, which WAS considered q small
speculation al first, if cashed at oace,
would nearly pay tor the building OF the
Valley road.
These are some Of the examples Of town
building in the South A company OF
gentlemen inst in Atlanta lately for the
purpose of making a similar experiment.
Tney have purchased bold bluff on the
banks OF the Tennessee river, In Ala
bsma. at the head of navigation, and
propose TO establish city to be knowD
as Sheffield. They have one advantage
over the places noted above-s nsviga
ble stream, that leads from the fost OF
their city into the water ways of the
world. With the same abundance OF iron. |
cual and timber that have made the other |
new towns prosperous. they have rich
outlying agricultural country and noble |
navlgable river, at ,he ravlgabie head Of
which stands their new city. What per. |
csntsge OF advantage this will give the |
future will quickly decide. The Atlanta
Constitution lifts its hat to the new city |
Of Sht I'll I'D aud wishes 1t q brilliant and
prosperous career.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-12-19

4 fareign scientific Journal remarks
as a curious ply s'ol' gical fact, ihat al
though open-air life Is so favorable to
hea th, yet it has the apparent effect Of
stunting the growth In early youth.
Thus, white the children Of weli-to-do
parents, carefully housed and srdei,
are found to be taller for their age than
the children of the poor, they are not
SO strong in after years, the laborer's
children, for instance. who play in the
lonely country roads and fields all day,
whose parents lock their humble doors
when leaving for work in the morning,
SO that their ofspring may not gain en-
trance and do mischief, are almost in
varisbiy short Tor their age:she children
of working farmers exhibit the same pc.
cullarity. Alter sixteen or eighteen
after years of hesitation, as il Were-tae
lads shoot up aid become great, hulk
ing. broad fel lows. po ssessed of immense
strength. According to these statements
IL would seem that md o. l'e forces the
growth at the wrong period aud thus In.
lures it. Is it 80?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-12-19
The 6rsin-worker and Noise,

Bad noises, bad air, bad smells, bad
light, an inconyenient attitude, ugly
surroundings, little misfortunes that
have lately been endured, little mis-
fortunes that are soon to come, hunger
and thirst, Overeating and oyer-drinl1
ing, want Of sleep or too much Of it, q
tight boot, starehed collar. are all
inimical to thinking. l do not name
bodily ailments. The feeling Of heroisrn
which is created by the magnammity
Of overcoming great evils will some
times make thinking easy. 1t is not
the sorrows but the annOyances of life
which impede. Were | told that the
bank had broken in which my all was
Kept for me, could sit down and
write my love story with almost sub
limated visions of love; but TO discover
that had given a sovereign instead Of
sixpence to a cabman would render
great effort necessary before would
find fitting words for lover. These
little laceratiOns of the spirit, not the
deep wounds, make the difficulty. OF
all the nuisanees named noises are the
worst. l know hero who can write
his leading article for newspaper in q
club smOkirg-room, while all the chaff
Of all the Joneses and all the Smiths
is sounding in his ears; he is hero
l. y
barrel-Organ within hearing is heroic.
For myself l own that a brass band
altogether incapacitates pe. No
sooner does the first note of the open
ing burst reach my ears than L start
up, fling down my pen, and cast my
thoughts disregarded into the abyss OF
some chaos which is always there ready
to receive them.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-12-19
DAY By DAf,

as day by day the sun uprisss
Darkness flies and light apne,,s
80 day by day come new surnri.ss
Bringing hope and chasing f-srs
Ihe sun may hide his bearning rlsr,.
when We think he most sLoniJ Snoe' s,';,s
But ntither night nor dag are cbanca.
All Things move by laws divine
Marbles forth his pure deligbr
SO eve by eve faint murmurs 1;ra.
Round the sable skirts OF NisS,
And day by day their worshin cbo-rs
Bids us lift our soul. on biob. us
But, al We feel they stand beforo ~
And to God Oft seem mo e nigh US
o, day by day! ye have reyealea
Hidden hight where clouds o'srhr,,
q, oiest Today thou hast unseaI-,i
hols OF promises unsune.
All the future tells me plainly
how much nobler can b.:
And the PAST, too, shows me ys,nlx
What long have failed 10 sae
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-12-19
0ifls On f0ot.

The first comment an English traveller
makes upon American women as class
is that they are not ssstrong and healthy
looking as English girls. This is main-
ly due to the indoor life our young
girls lead Throughout the year. OF
course there are exceptions, but with
the majority of young women walking
and riding regularly every day is out of
the question, habit, custom, and the con-
venience of horse ears have made walking
a dead practice. True, the English
climate Is less severe /; but still there
are few days in the year when the
weather is either too bitterly cold or too
intensely hot to admit of comfortable,
brisk walk of few miles. The narrow
shOuldered, fiat .chested, and shapeless
looking girls, with pinched, colorless
faces, would fill out by the best exercise
the human frame can enjoy. A vigor-
Gus youth brings'about a hale and hearty
age; and with women physical health
is by far more to the advantage of the
race than q figure squeezed into shape
by tortuous corsets and lacing,
Mothers and fathers should insist up.
on outdoor exercise. The muscles de
mand it quite as much as the stomach
food or the lu gs pure air. A young
girl confined for hours in a room heated
by poisonous blasts from the internal
machine known as a furnace. should be
sent out regularly to walk with free
untrammele step. We say untram-
meled, having in mind thcfe ridiculous
dresses which were so fashionable four
years ago, and which bound woman's
limbs 80 there could he no free move
ment.
We hear on all sides of nervous pros
trati0n, What is this new disease -? 1t
is simply the result Of bad education.
1t is the direct outgrowth of the folly Of
parents who have had their daughters
educated at the expense of their health.
Young girls are made to study and to
spend hours over a piano, to get accom-
plished, and their muscles grow soft and
useless. At 20, il it we're not for the
corset, they could not sit up half the
day /; the back needs artificial support.
Half of the reputable physicians In any
city will confirm this statement, and al
50 Will agree with us when We say that
nine girls out Of ten are prematurely
permitted to wear the corset to the de-
triment Of the muscles of the back.
Young girls loll about, sink into seats
with soft backs, and in midsummer,
should 1t grow cold, elamor for a fire
and aock about it. The result of it all |
is that girl on her marriage becomes
a useless doll, without any strength to |
sit up, much less to show of those tre-
mendous accomplishments of which we |
hear 50 much, and which 80 few hus- |
bands ever experience the pleasure of,
after the knot has been firmly tied. |
Girls, fer. their own sweet sakes, had |
better enjoy good health and mothers
should see that their daughters take
plenty Of exercise. We hear of Ameri-
can girls walking In Switzerland ; sup
ps0 shey souneaes 10 walk ct bossa.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-12-19

FrRsr THEATERGoER-"The critics oI
Montreal say that Mrs. Langtry's act
ing has improved"
Second Theatergoer-"I am not sur
prised.
First 7. G.-"You really expected 1t.
then?"
Second T. G-"Yes; when things
are at the worst tbV aast tnpsovs. "
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-12-19

A seaO are-Droonlx l,4uld is being
introduced. It is base silicatc OF alu-
nina. and It is said to bs far better tnsn
tungstate OF sola. because the cy ante
d 'es not scale of or sv1porate. while
the soda rsQuDss Esappheatioa every
weak.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-12-19

The rev green Is o cross between
myitle and bottle green, aod N s0s
light It looks Ike sags.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-12-19

A SUBURBAN gardsnef says lawns may
te cured of ants by blowing Persian
powder into the hoiss the ants make y
shs ground,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-12
Jonah's Adventure BeIittIed.

POT6Gdnd Or6gODjdn.
AS Will be remembered bY our readers
the carcass Of a whale came ashore
nearly three weeks ago on the beach
south of the entrance to ShOalwater Bav,
A great many sOiOurners at the shore
visited 1t, and many were the theories as
to what caused the death of the monster
BY the arrival of the Umatilla Yesterday
solution of the problem has been found
Capt. Worth states that three days before
the whale came ashore the UmatilIa was
of Gray's Harbor on the way to the
Sound, A pilot boat coming near. he
hailed to know if they had late paDer ON
board, The boat ranged alongside and
threw copy of the OFeg0nidn on board
the Umatilla. Giving the officer on duty
directions in regard to the course. etc.
Capt. Worth went to his cabin. and. after
glancing through the shipping intelligence
was perusing with much interest the
local columns, when he felt a violent
shock, followed by something striking the
ship a tremendous blow on the side for
ward. He rushed on deck and asked
what was the matter and was informed
that a whale had broken water tnst in
front of the ship and had been struck bv
the bow, whereupOn he kicked back.
striking the ship with his tail, and max
ing everything on board rattle. The huge
monster disappeared, leaving the surface
Of the ocean tinged with blood. Three
days after the dead carcass f1oated ashore
In this connection it is proper to state
that gentleman WHO came up from the
shore yesterday says The whale is now
nearly covered with sand and is rapidly
decaying. One of the party who visited
it few days ago climbed up on the car.
cass, and while delivering an animated
speech suddenly dropped into the interior
of the monster. He scrambled ont soak-
ed with decaying blubber, and said he
would rather make an entrance as Jonab
dld and take chances on being digested
than to repeat his experience,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-12

UdW IN the cincinnati Enquirer.
"Can you tell me-" | asked, ''where
Nanderbilts money, l mean the o4dman's
money, is now invested?"
he mas $45,OOO, 900 in government bonds
left. He has $50, ,000 900 in Lake Shore and
New York Central, probably more of if I'm
Lake Shore. He has $10,0O0.000 in North
western stock and bonds. He has stock
in the Red Line and other freight COM
panles, lie has something in Michigan
Central. L estimate his wealth at from
$15O,OOO,OOO to 5000, 900.
"Here is the report of the Central up to
one year ago: 1t had only 1900 stock
holders in 1880. Two years later it had
',0OO. That shows that Vanderbilt had
sOld MS long line OF stocks. whatever he
may say, and that larger public had cot
mold OF them. Again, the funded debt of
the New York Central ten years ago
was only 27,OOO,000; last year it was
Y4S,OOO,0OO. Here you can read i'm
the official report the figures. Again.
the fixed charges on the New
York Central, by which | mean inter
est on the bonds, were only $4,000, 600 a
year, and last year they We're $500. 900.
which that road has to earn before anv-
body can get dividend on his stock. At
the same time, as you can see bv follow
ing my finger, the net earnings of the New
York Central RailrOnd are not as large
by S2,OOO,O0O as they were nine years ago.
They reached the highest point in 1880
They were just the same in 1882 that they
were in 1873"
said l, ''Why do you turn so particular
ly to the Central stockY'
Because it has led all the properties
in the United States, certainly in this
stock market, for years past 1t has been
paying eight per cent. dividends. 1t is
nf hn "
market. 1t has paid over 81, ,00O, 600 a year
in dividends in eleven years, making S77,-
100000. When it tumbles thirty per cent.
1t is for reasons which are general to the
whole stock list"
"Have Nanderbilts sons no influence
to fight this stock back to where it was?,
'They have lost money trying to stem
the tide i'll the stock market, Every one
of Nanderbilts strong supporters who
mas stood IN the way OF this current of IL
quotation has been hurt badly. Mr.. Van
derbilts oldest son, Cornelius. is a very
worthy man. lie attends the PRAYER
meetings in the New York Central Depot
every Sunday afternoon, and he started
that branch of the Christian Association
which meets there. William X. Wander
hllt, the next son, is the President of
the Nickei-Plate Road and in the eX-
ecutiye Board of the Central. but he
knows enough to see that the smaller for
tunes of himself and family could be
swept away on the bull side of things at
present, The fact is, that as great as the
increase OF our country is in population
and production, it has not grown as fast
as competition. The increase is being
perpetually discounted by new carving
corporations. Next year the entire wav
business of the New York Central will be
divided up by an active Young rival. -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-12
LlDDELL SUBSTANTIATED
CLARENCE HITE'S DEATH -RED
CONFESSION REVIVED. g.

Frank James Implicated in Both the
Winston and Blue Cut Train Robbie
ries-Charles Ford also in the Murder
Gus WOrk-The Circumstances of the
AvowaI.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 12-In conse-
quence OF the recent publication of Dick
LlddelPs statement regarding the history
oil the James gang, Police Commissioner
Craig of this city has given out a confes.
sion of Clarence Hite, which was made IN
the officers at Jefferson City and which is
published to-day. Clarence Hife. the
younges member Of the band. was can.
tured in Kentucky soon after Liddelrs
surrender. Being confronted by the evil
dence of his completely with the Winston
ana Blue Cut train rObberies he pleaded
guilty in the Davies county Criminal
Court and was sentenced to y wears in
the penltentiary. This confession was
made before Gov. Crittenden, Commits
sioner Craig, and Sheriff Timberlake. of
Clay county. Soon after Hite was in-
carcerated in the penitentary and before
the death of Jesse James last February
Hlte was pardOned on account of failinG
health and died a few days after. he
made statement just before his death to
a reporter, which was published at the
time and which corresponds substantially
with that published to-day as given to the
officers. This account OF the movements
OF the gang during Hite's connection with
1t, corresponds in all essential particulars
with Liddelfs story, and corroborates i'm
detali LlddelFs testimony at Gallatin inn
plicatng Frank James in the Winston
robbery. 1t also accounts for Franks
participation in the Blue Cut robbery. as
told by Liddell, and for which James is
yet TO be tried. Charles Ford took part i'm
the Blue Cut robbery, and is expected to
testify, as also will Liddell when that case
* hoard
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-12
A Dog That Takes Up Collection.

The Scotch cOlley dog Help, which col
iects funds in almost every part of the
kingdom for the orphan fund of the Anal
gamated Society of Railway Servants
has lust returned to his headquarters as
the chief office Of the society, CITY Road
from trip to France, where he has been
SettlhS money for the orphans of railway
men. Introduced by Mr.. Rageett chief.
officer of the steamship Brittany. to the
vice Consul at DieDpe, the Railway Doc
OF England" received in short time 1913
francs; on his journey back to England
Help got lis. 9d. and 26 francs while AT
NeWhayen, and on board the steamer he
collected So Is. nd. The general Secretarv
ol the society, Mr.. +. Hartford, has now
on hand numerous invitations to the ami
NAL, distributed over the leading railway
systems. Help, trained by Mr.. John
Clinpson, guard of the night boat train
on the London, Brighton and South Coast
Railway, is expected to be the medium Of
collecting some hundreds of pounds for
the orphan fund during the present year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-12
CROATIA'S REVOLT.
Austrias Representatives Told that it
will be COmpIeteIy Suppressed.

AuStrias Representatives Told that it
will be Completely Suppressed
VIENNA, Sept. 11.-COunt Kalnoky.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, has sent a
dispatch to all the representatives of Aus
tria abroad, informing them of the precise
status of the insurrectionary movement
in Croatia, and announcing the determina-
ton of the government to use extreme
measures to suppress the rebellious move
ment forthwith.
AGRANI, Sept. 1.-THE Mayor has issued
proclamation forbidding the assembling
of groups of persons tor any purpose, and
prohibiting the people from walking
abroad after dark. Herr Tisza, the Hun
garian Prime Minister, has summoned
the principal nOtables to Agram, including
the former ban, to consult upon the situa-
tlon and to devise means for the suppress
sion of the disorder.
LONDON, Sept. IA dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from Paris
states that riots have occurred in the
northern frontier OF Croatia, where the
peasantry are rising and are insulting
the priests.
The peasants living between Glineis and
Petrina are in full rebellion. The move
ment is directed chiefly against the land
owners. A strong military force has been
dispatched to the scene Of the dis
turbance. No particulars have yet been
received