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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-07
Pennsylvania Roads Employ 10000 Men.

The annual report of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs of the Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA
for 1884, is out. Under the head of steam rail
way labor, it states that "the railroads of
Pennsylvania employ about 70, 900 wa &c workers
whose working time is computed by the month.
In no other industry in the State is the average
wage worker assured as regular and as full
working time as that given to employees in the
service of railroad companies, and as the neces
sites of the business require the employment of
nearly every class of mechanics, a table of wages
paid to wage workers in the employ of railroad
companies will show, if the value of full working
time be taken into consideration, the highest
average wages paid to trainmen, mechanics.
and laborers" In conducting tranSpOr
tation there 2,319 clerks: 35
chief telegraph operators; 1856 telegraph
operators; 1928 passenger and freight agents;
50 depot masters; $50 general dispatchers and
train masters; $50 train dspatchers; 500 passenger
conductors; 1908 freight conductors; 647 passen-
ger brakemen, $3.50 freight brakemen; 1853
janitof; $40 watchmen; 500 baggage masters
545 switch tenders, and Z 801 of other descrip-
tons The number employed by departments
connected with maintenance Of way are classified
as follows: 1913 supervisors; 1871 track foremen;
II, 1868 trackmen, and 3, 538 of other descriptions
In connection with motive power, there were 48
master mechanics 80 general foremen; $50
foremen % road foremen of engines; 11,415
men i'll and about these shops and yards; 725
passenger enginemen; 7l9 passenger firemen;
1882 freight enginemen: 1892 freight iremen;
1872 distributing enginemen; 169 distributing
firemen; 4l5 yard enginemen; 425 yard firemen
and ], 094 employees of all other classes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-07
Time Makes All Tbirrs Rieb+

Is is a popular belief, says the Boston Record,
ard one which often carries comfort with it,
char time makes all things right; but with this as
wish other beliefsthere is always room for skep
ticsn. and somewhere the skeptic is pretty sure
to turn up and ask, But how much timer
Time with its auxiliary, the Quisley committee,
is doing its silent work and perhaps making all
things right for the Toledo Cincinnati & ST.
LOuis Railroad: but the number of skeptics
among its oondholders is daily increasing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-07
Trouble Ayerted.

The troubles between the conductors and
brakemen and the managers of the New York.
Pennsylvania e. Ohio railroad have been ami
eaoly adjusted, and the men resumed work
Division Superintendent Wood looked at the
matter in sensible way. considering the welfare
of the men as well as the interests of the road,
and set all the men 10 work again yesterday.
The Cleveland Leader says the Kindest feeling
0oW prevails between the men and the company,
and tho public will unite in heartily thanking
both parties for exhibiting this spirit of justice
and fairness by which a strike was averted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-07
Moving Smoothly.

President Depew said to a reporter that the
West Shore plan was going through nicely
There have been no protests received He was
not willing to enter into the details nor state
how large the subscriptions have been. but said
lhe returns thus far have been very satisfactory.
When asked if he had anything to say in regard
20 Or. HOstetters assertion that the proposed
transfer of the South Pennsylvania to the Penn
s!!vaDia would not take place, Mr.. Depew re-
oiled that the road would be sold and all the
plans would be carried out as arranged
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-07
THE WEEKLY INDIANA STATE JOURNAL

THE WEEKLY INDIANA STATE JOURNAL
Is the best Weekly in Indiana for the farmers
and country readers. All the best features of
the Daily and Sunday Journal are transferred
to its columns, and it has, specially prepared
by a competent editor, review of the news of
the week, and complete Farm and House
hold department.. The price of the Weekly is
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Special terms to
agents. For terms of subscription and adver-
Using for any of the issues of the Journal.
address JNO. C. NEW s. SON,
Publishers The Journal,
Corner Market and Pennsylvania streets, In
dianapolis, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-07
San Francisco Passenger Rates.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ct is announced that
the Southern Pacific company has arranged a
new schedule of thrdclass passengerrates, to take
effect the 7th inst: which increases the rates to
Eastern points The greatest difference is on
the fare to Chicago, which has been increased
from $53. 30 to $50. The least is the fare to De-
troit, which has been raised from $50. so to $50.
The company will shortly announce a reduction
in third class fares from the East.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-07
The New Western Pool.

1t is now stated, says a San Francisco
paper. that the pool which is to be known
as the Colorado and California Railroad AS
petition between Eastern and Western roads for
Colorado business. For some time it has been
known that Chicago, and other Eastern cities,
could not compete in the Colorado markets with
the merchants of this city in certain lines of
merchandise and staples, owing to the advan-
tageous terms granted by the Central Pacific to
Ogden, and the rivalry between the Union Pa
cifc and the Denver and Rio Grande. and it's
Western connection. for the business. This has
resulted in rate cutting and large loss of bust
ness to the lines included in the Colorado Utah
Association, and also to the AtchisOn, Topeka
and Santa Fe and the Burlington and
Missouri, west Of Omaha. The principal traffic
affected was that or sugar and fruits. On sugar
this city had a practical monopoly. and the
Hawaiian product crowded out all others The
Eastern roads grew quite FESTIVE under this
state of affairs, and their discomfort reached
that point whore they demanded either an equal
ization of the rates on the same basis as those
made from the Missouri river westward, or else
the dissolution of the old Colorado railroad pool.
The agreement, as prepared by the representa-
tveS OF the roads at the recent conference, slip
ulates that all business between Colorado and
California common points, east and west shall
be embraced in the pool, and that it shall cover
all revenue between Ogden, Demng and Albu
querque on the west and Colorado on the east.
The following roads are admitted to membership
IN the association: Union Pacific Atchson, To-
peka 81 Santa Fe, Denver q Rio Grande. Denver
d Rio Grande Western, and Central and South
ern Pacific, should the two last named choose to
become parties to the agreement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-07

SCRoFULA, salt rheum, all humors, bois,
pimples, and diseases of the blood general debil-
ity, dyspepsia, bilionsness sick headache kidney
and liver complaints. catarrh and rheumatism,
are cured by Hoods Sarsaparills. Take it now.
One hundred doses, 81
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-07
The Decline Spoken Favorably of Across
the Water.

Dir Henry Tyler has reached England, and in
ar interview with reporter of the London FL
nNneial News he spoke quite hopefully regarding
the peace negotiations now in progress. Among
oiher things, he spoke very kindly of the Bee
lice interests. He stated that he had consulted
President J. I'll. Deyereux in relation to the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-07
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL

Is a twelve-page paper and lis sold in every
town and city Of the State of Indiana and sur
rounding territory. The price of the paper is
FIVE CENTS. The columns of the SUN
DAY JOURNAL are full of the best litera-
ture of the day, from the leading writer's of
the world. All of. the best writer's Of Indiana
contribute to it's columns. We have also ar
ranged for the Sunday Journal for series of
original stories from the pens Of the most
noted writer's in the world. We have already
printed stories written by "Ouida," William
Black, Mrs. Oliphant and Joseph Hatton, and
are now printing one entitled CUT BY THE
COUNTY" by Miss M. E. Braddon. This
feature will continue in the SUNDAY JOUR
NAL throughout the year 1885.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-26
Rat,lesnakc Island.

About nine miles below Columbia, S.
c., Is an extensive, rich and thoroughly
cultivated farm, known as Green Hill.
of which MIR. John @. Seegers, one Of
our wealthy and most progressive citi-
Gems, is the proprietor. In the midst
of Green Hill Is an island, called Rattle
snake Island. The name is given to 1t
bees use of the millions of rattlesnakes
which are bred in the midst OF its I'M
penetrable vegetable growth. Many
thousands of these horrid, venomous
reptiles are killed every summer, but
the number never decreases. On the
contrary. from summer to summer they
seem to be ever increasing. Fortunately
for the laborers and the live stock, these
deadly reptiles never leave the Island
alive. From the spring of the year to the
season when rattlesnakes go into winter
quarters, the water which surrounds
The island deters them from leaving
their abode, where they sustain them
selves on birds, insects and other
snakes, but all day long in the summer
the island banks are lined with them.
The negroes on the farm carry on a
large traffic IN the sale Of rattlesnake
oil, which is applied externally for the
cure of rheumatism. The negroes ap-
proach the island III batteaus, and upon
nearing the banks the snakes coil up,
in striking attitude, and spring their
rattles, one after another. until the air
Is filed with their terrible notes of
warning. The negroes go armed with
ree-pronged. long-handled forks, the
sharp prongs of which they drive into a
snakes head. and when death ensues
the repulsive but lifeless reptile is
pulled into the boat by means of the
fork. The snakes are then put through
culinary process tie secrets of which
are known only to the medicine men
among the negroes, by which small
quantity of valuable oil is extracted
from each snake. This oil is sold at a
high price. and it is claimed to be an
irfaIlible remedy for relief of all rheu-
matte pans. In the swamp lands the
exposed condition of the negro laborers
renders them easily subject TO rheuma-
tism, but it is remarkabl7 fact that
not negro on the Seegers place, where
this oil is prepared and sold, has ever
been known to suffer from rheumatic
pains for longer time than from the
moment of attack until the application
of the oil to the locality of the pain.
The darkies frequently turn an honest
penny" by the sale of rattles and of
young snakes, from which they have
removed the poisonous fangs. This
traffic in rsttlesnske oil Is rapidly in
cressing, and is becoming popular
among the white sufferers from rheu-
mat;sm, and to establish q monopoly in
the base of supplies the negroes are
negotiating with the proprietor for the
purchase of Rattlesnake Island,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-26
s.r,body,s Aif.srsks.

sYes. sab, said Uncle Zach, 'T'st
watched it forty years an its as sez
De fust of May an Christmas day of de-
same year alters comes on de same weeh
day."
Further conversation proved Uncle
Zach q most incredulous person.
CHANGING to mention DR.. Carver's feat
of breaking glass balls with rfe, ne
said
"I heard bout dat shootin' and
knowed right off 1t wasn't squar'; dat
was Yankee trick, boss, sho's your
born."
"What was the trickp'
''Dar wuz loadstone put into de glass
balls, an likewise onto de bullets; so
when de bullet fly odten de gun. 1t an
de ball jesd dra Sed tergeder, which, in
course, brokes de glass-dsts de trickr'
Later, Uncle Zach observed a rope
running along the side of the car.
"Boss, what's dat line fur2"
$40 apply the brake in case of ac-
cident," Then we had further to ex-
plain how the force OF The brake was
obtained. to which Uncle Zach re.
sponded:
"Look here boss, you sholy don't
'spect me to b'leeve dat foolishness?
Why, de biggest harricane whatever
bIowed couldn't stop dis train, runnin'
forty mile hour. An you think 1
gwine to b'leeve little pipe full OF
wind under de kyars can do it? No.
sah-ree T.
There are great many Uncle Zachs
who Judge everything sim ply y ap-
pearances. The air-brake does not
seem to be very powerful thing, but
power and efficiency are not necessarily
equivalent to igness and pretense.
Philip Beers. Esq, who resides at
the United States Hotel, New York city
and is engaged in raising subscriptions
for the New York World Bartholdi
pedestal fund, was once upbraided by
a distinguished relative who was ply
sician, for commencing in such enthus-
iastic terms. remedy that cured him
of BrighI's disease eight years ago. He
said: ''Sir, has tine medical profession
with all Its power and experience of
thousands of years, anything that can
cure this terrible disorder No, no,
that is true, there is no mistake about
it but that Warmers, safe cure fs
really wonderfully effective prepara-
ton. That remedy is an "air-brake'
that every man eau apply and this fact
explains why it has saved so many hun
dreds of thousands of lives.-COpy-
rigtted. Used by permission Of Ameri-
can Rural Home.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-26
The Tornado.

The destructive nature Of the tornado
is wholly due to its compression within
limited area. A storm, If spread out
over a large stretch OF ground, is COM
paratively harmless, but upon beng
contracted to tine limits of few rods,
as Is frequently the case, atTains, by the
very fact of the compression, a rotary
motion and great destructiveness. The
forward or progressive motion OF tor
nadO is rarely more than twenty miles
an hour, while the rotary motion is
never lees than eighty and has been
known to reach two hundred and fifty.
This is determined by the laws of
dynamics, as shown by the effects.
Horses and wagons are carried away,
Sometimes for miles, houses unroofed
or totally wrecked and many lives lost.
In the suddenness of the approach of
tbs dreadful visitation resides the ele-
ment OF danger. The track of the tor
nalo being comparatively narrow few
minutes warning would suffice to ren-
der escape easy. No such warning Is
possible. The elemental forces which
give rise to tornado give no warning
Of Its approach. Iu an instant the ter
J1ble visitor Is here, the next instant
gone, leaving death and destruction in
its path. The storm recently was very
disastrous to property, and has made
many homeless wanderers. Now, II
ever. is the time when the hand OF
charity can be opened to advantage and
the sufferers wants relieved.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-26
Coal.

There are ew countries III the
world-eXcept, perhaps, Eastern Aus
tralia-wheTe coal is 50 extensively de-
Yeloped as In BoTneO. Thick seams crop
out in innumerable places on the coast
and on the banks OF the rivers. At
some Of the streams of North B0rneo
he has seen water worn and rounded
fragments of coal forming the entire
shingle bed of the channel. In some
places, again there are outcTOps with
seams of good coal twenty-six feet
thick. The coal formation is the one
prevailing rock of the coast. 1t forms
the principal OutcrOp about Sarawak.
AT Labuan, also, no other rock can be
seen. Lining the banks of the Bruni
river he saw only picturesque hills of
very old carbOniferous shale. All the
grand scenery of the entrance to the
port of Gaya is made up of escarpment
of coal rocks, and at Kirdat it is the
same. In Eastern Australia and in
Tasmania beds of coal of very different
age lie close together, and the same is
the case in BorneO.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-26
yarA Canoe. O.h.ese

A bark canoe is only one mans ioaa
he turns it upside down, anu VIZ "G,@,
with IL on his head. A man toin"s 5
across a portage in this attltuue :
somewhat grotesque sight, suggs Tt .
Uoonstrous new kind OF snail. lno
canoe viii 90 over shadows where any
fhinp else would stick, ana as Iof naf
diness an expert canoeman WILL ANUS
turn II around with one TWIST Oh tne
piddle. Repairs are frequen. put i; SUI
ple. consisting mainly in the Tree aPpll.
cation to damaged places OF resinou'
gnrn kent in store for that purpose.
Speed is a secondary consiuel a.,on a,,
YOU cannot go fast padding up, anu Ju'
cannot help going fast coming uomn. -
we came down reach in half an hout
that we had taken half day to WORK
nm Often towing and polling nave "
i've resorted to to make way against
heavy current. Padding, though
more wasteful application OF muscuial
work than rowing, is less iaIig u.ns
when the pace is not forced, ana altei
a little practlce becomes a very delecta'
ble exercise. The traveller embarked Oh
canoe voyage has to carry most eLiinsS s1
with him. Along the river thers ate
only scattered farm houses, ana Tue
only certain and comfortable way Oh Sc
curinp shelter for the night Is 10 canp
ont. The tents and other necessarie'
form the cargo of the canoes.
IL is astonishing how much stun can
be slowed away in canoe that loohH
quite small-another merit OF the sdS'
age birch-bark vessel as compared VIII
European boats. Every nlght W.
choose our camping ground. pitch oul
tents, and make our camp nre, tnlS lao'
IS of great Importance, not Only roi
warmth and Brightness, but for driving
away insects, the only drawback IN
life otherwise perfect. When people
play at camping out in England they
make a fire a foot or two across over
which they hang a kettle on thie'
sticks.
In Canada, you make tire OF log
five or six feet long, or maybe whoit
roots of pine cedar, which will burn al
night. The trouble of choppiDg th'
wood up small would be greater IhdI
that Of burning it as it is, and It's eos'
is nothing. In many places, lhueeu
the best fuel Is drift wood which couie
in no way be made otherwise useIuL
Even III summer nights the .hre Is !
welcome companion, and after a day
work at padding hot tea is the best o
drinks whatever the temperature may
be-not that other drink would be easy
to get if one wanted it, but no such
want is felt.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-26

If sheet of gold leaf is held up
against the light 1t appears to be viv-
Id green color; this means that the
light liz transmitted through tile leaf.
When 1t is considered that this leaf Is q
piece o, solid metal, better idea of the
extreme tenuIty Of thickness of the leaf
can be comprhended than by any CON-
parison by figures /; nothing made by
the hand of man equals it in thinness
The extreme thinness IS produced by
patient hammering, the hammers weigh.
ing fiom seven 10 twenty pounds, the
lighter hammers being first used. When
the true method of this beating is up-
derstood. the wonder expressed some
times that gold leaf beating should not
be relegated to machinery ceases the
art belongs TO the highest department
of human skill and iudgment. Appren.
tices have served term, and have been
compelled to abandon the business, be.
cause they could never acquire the re.
guisite skill and Judgment combined
necessary to become successful work.
men.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-26
Farthing of 1891.

Among the numerous presents re-
ceived by the Emperor William on the
occasion of his last birthday was a sim
pie farthlng of the year 1877, that being
the year in which he was born. IniS
curious present had been sent by a
gamin living in one of the villages near
Brunswick, who also wrote letter con-
graduating the Emperor in the best
language he could command ON having
reached so great an age. The other
day, to his intense astOnishment. this
lucky youth received an acknOwledg-
ment from the Emperor in the shape or
an autograph letter thanking hun for
his present. and 20 mark piece, bear
ing the date 1885.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-26

1t is not the acreage you SOW, but the
crop produced which tells.
sis TRAVELLING good for the health p
asks an exchange. We suppose so.
Look how much better Emo feels than il
he had stayed In New York as Mr.. Fish
did.
n UalIa6Ie practical fact receives ad-
ditionsl support from experiments on
the influence of sunshine upon the vi
tality of the germs of microbes as con-
Quoted by NJ. E. Duclaux. He cultiva-
ted Tyrothrir Scdber in milk and Leibig S
extract and found that the light of the
sun is $50 times more destructive than
ats heat, TINS fully confirming Its hygi-
enie properties.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-26

AZ the suggestion of Dr.. Thresh, says
the Chemical Ne,0s, a novel process
has been devised for treating the sew
age, of Buxton, England. The precipi-
tant brought into play is simply a mIn-
eral water derived from the lower coal
formations about two miles above Bux-
ton. 1t contains IL grains Of IRON per
gallon III state OF ferrous carbonate
held i'll solution by carbonic acid. On
exposure to the air the carbouic acid
escapes and the iron, taking up more
oxygen, subsidies in the state of ferrie
hydroxide III combination with a con-
siderable part OF the organic impurities
suspended and dissolved. The results
according to ANALYSIS are very satisfac-
tory. The sewage before treatment
contains free ammonia ll.74 parts per
million and slbuminoid ammonia !. 60
parts. The figures, after the treatment,
are reduced to 100 parts of free ammo
MIA per million, and 0.30 parts of alou-
minoid ammonia per million. The sew
age is decidedly weak then, and may
run off with Impunity into the streams.
Additional proof is thus afforded of the
efficiency of mineral salts In precipitat-
ing organic impurities. Similar appli-
cations of mineral charged waters may
be made elsewhere.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-26

The suggestion having been made
that The Sfgnition of petroleum tanks
may sometimes be caused by sparks
from the rain of thunder clouds, some
interesting results obtained with an old
piece OF apparatus have been called to
mind. In these experiments an cleo
trometer showed that the drops of Oc-
casional showers are almost always
more or less charged with electricity,
and that it is only totally absent during
foggy, moist days. and long storms.
The strongest charges were obtained
during thunder storms but the all
even has given Indications occasionally
OF an electrical charge without any fall
of rain.