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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-04-08

A sunshade has been devised for
soldiers in hot countries. 1t is made
of bamboo and paper, and has no appre-
ciable weight. 1t is fastened to the
shoulders and leayes the hands and
arms free. something Of the amekind
has, we belieYe, been patented in this
country.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-04-08

House newly RENTED aud refurnishod. Ev-
erything done to make guests comfor table.
Ratesm0derat" trOnage respectfully solici.
ted SLY
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
BIRDS AND SNAKES
Remarkable Occurrsncee Not Recorded
Works ON Natural Efistory.


Remarkable Occurrences Not Recorded 10
Works ON Natural History.
A SNAKE with twsive flint stones insidf
Of it was killed near yellow river, Georgia.
Some OF the stones We're as large as par
fridge eggs.
MRs. DAVID RUTH, Of Duffryn Mawr, Pa,
set hen on thirteen eggs Only twelve
of the eggs were hatched, but the hen left
the nest with fourteen young chicks.
A NAN walked into a drug store at De.
catur, Tex, and asked for an emetic, say
ing that he felt i'll. A dose Of ipecac was
given him and he threw up snake six
inches long.
Mr.. NICHOLSON, OF Eastman, Ga, lost d
goose which was killed by some wild
creature. He fastened the mangled body
of the bird to the treadle Of large trap,
and the next night caught a huge owl
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD child OF Aaron Knight,
of Cartersville, Ga, was found by its moth
er playing with live snake which it had
discovered in the yard. The snake APP
peared to enjoy the child's caresses and
did it no injury.
a TURKEY was Killed and eaten In War
rem County, Ga, recently which was the
sole survivor of flock attacked by Sher-
mans soldiers in 1854. She had nest in q
sequestered place, and thus escaped de-
struction at that time.
A NAN of Rondout, n Y, purchased
some green dye. intending to color Easter
eggs for his children. He placed the pack
age on bench in his back yard, and his
hens ate TIE dye. For three DAYS afterward
the hens laid green eggs.
Dick LYNDON, Of Newman, Ca, was at
tackled by huge water snake while fish
ing. 1t swan at him with its head reared
high above the water, but he kept it from
crawling on shore where he stood finging
clubs at it. The snake finally retreated
WOMAN of Americus, Ga, heard q pig
squealing near the edge of a pond. She
found that large turtle had seized the pig
and was trying to drag it into the water.
gentleman was called and the turtle was
captured. 1t weighed forty eight pounds.
"A LARGE hawk carried off a young chick.
EN- from the' 'poultry-yard OF Samuel Her
rick, of James Greek, Pa. Mr.. Herrick ap-
peared with his gun and killed the hawk as
it was flying away. Tho chicken ffuttered
to the ground and returned to its coop uu-
hurt.
MAJOR SIMMONS and A. T. Pattillo of
Gwinnett, Ga, saw what they thought was
very large moccasin snake ON the bank
OF pond. Simmons fired a shot ct the
snake and killed it. On examination he
found that there were four snakes in the
bunch and that he had killed them all.
A TRAVELLER in Arizona saw a large pois-
onous lizard and a rattiesnake rolling
about in death struggle. The lizard had
bull-dog-like grip on its enemy, while the
snake was constantly trying TO, bite and
crush the lizard. The struggle lasted for
falf an Hour and finally the snake relaxed
It's folds and lay dead. The traveller then
destroyed the lizard.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
TALKING WITH THE DEAD.
4 Queer Story That Is vouched For by q
Responsible Newspaper.
lPortiand ME Snecial

Responsible Newspaper.
Portland (Me, Special
The Express vouches for the following
story, and promises to give names and
additional details in the near future:
"For many years there lived in this city
man whose name was q household word
with our citizens. He was a member of a
noble profession, and honored his ministry
as 1t deserved to he honored. He lived an
honcred, active, faithful, most devoted
Christia life, and he died a death that
was worthy the man. He was laid to rest
by his friends and family, and was fol-
lowed to the grave by many who had been
aided and assisted by the good man in life.
A stately monument marks his last resting
place, and his memory is still held in high
honor aud respect. Last week his son was
walking down Congress street one even.
ing, and, when almost opposite the First
Parish Church, he looked down the street
and noticed ahead familiar-look
figure. He was startled at the close re-
semblance to his departed father, and
quickened his walk. In front of the city
hall, where the electric light makes it as
bright as day, the man ahead stopped and
turned about. The two stood face to face,
and each knew the other. The heart of the
son almost stopped beating. He saw his
father-not ashadow, but as he was when
alive.
''Father:" he said.
"'Yes, don't be afraid was the reply O,
the parent, as he shook the hand of his
son and walked with him down the street.
"The two who had so strangely met
walked together for long time. We can
not to-day give the conversation, but not
the shadow of doubt existed in the mind
Of the son in regard to the one fact-his
companion was no other than his own
father, as of old. He was calm, confident,
rs of old, loving and interested in those
near and dear to him. What message the
father brought to the son from beyond the
confines of the grave we do not know, but
If there is to be confidence put in human
testimony, in testimony that would
lie accepted without hesitation in
court of law, then it must be
believed that a man who has for wears
'ested in his grave, or is so be-
lieved to have rested, has appeared and
been seen by those who knew him, for we
are told that to the testimony of his son is
to be added other evidence of an equally
strong character.
"lf the man who appeared in this city
last week was alive, needing three meals q
day like the rest of us, and interested in
human affairs, then there must be one OF
the best local sensations ever heard of. If
ON the other hand, spirit appeared, if the
soul of the departed resumed its discarded
body, or if, in the likeness of the temporal
body, the spiritual body was developed
then mighty boom has been given tc
spiritualism. We have only stated the
facts in the case,n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
A SMART BEAR.
He Reads a Trap Notice and Deliberately
Chews It ON


IScranton CPa.) TRUTH
Mr.. William Case, proprietor of the hotel
at Tobyhanna, recently set trap, and in
few days later few of his friends who
were surveying in the woods found the
trap with large bear in It. he was q
savage cuss and the men had no weapons
save small hatchet. They hewed down a
few saplings, which made pretty stout
clubs and with these and the hatchet they
dispatched the critta-. They then skinned
bruin and replaced him in the trap When
Case next visited his trap ho was aston
ished to find skirned be ar II it. He was
little mad at first, but the joke was ex-
planned to him and all was right
''Why, the Tobyhanna region is full of
bears" said the hunter. Mr. Cas-, has
frequently got on the trail of one cuss who
can stand on his hind legs and bite off a
sapling seven and one half feet high
But the funnie,t boar lrnow of 4, ono
in that neighborhood that can read En-
glish plainly. An old Pocono mountain
hunter named Bailey got on tho trail of u
very Willy bear and tried hard to capture
him. He used up about one hundred and
fifty pounds of good meat in setting his
trap but bruin would paw around until
he'd sprung the trap and then walk of.
Bailey discovered that when the bear
came to the trap he would walk around 10
several times before he would venture in.
He hit upon plan that he thought would
surely outwit his bearship. He set his trap
on the outside of the little shed of saplings
which covered the meat, thinking that in
shooting around the place Mr.. Boar would
put his foot in it, Fearing that some hum
ter would accidentally step into the trap
he wrote warning on the paper in which
he carried the meat to the woods and
tackled it to tree near by. 1t read: Look
out for the trap set outside In a day or
two he Vent TO the place to see the result
of his little strategy, and to his surprise
found the trap sprung and the meat gone.
He looked at the tres, and TO his utter dis
gust found where the bear had contemptu-
ously chewed off his warning notice, and
fragments of the paper were scattered over
| the ground
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
BREAST-PLATED VESTS.
The Slick Swindle That Was Carried On
Among Detroit Soldiers.
IDptroit Frcc prnaa

The Slick swindIe That Was Carried On
Among Detroit Soldiers.
detroit Free Press
Our regiment was one of the first to go 10
the front after Sumter was fired OH, and
we had scarcely got into camp at Wash:
ington, when tall, distinguished. looking
stranger, who claimed to have served
through the Crimean War es Lieutenant
Colonel of an English regiment, appeared
at the officers quarters. He had steel
breast.plate of his own invention, one
which had saved the lives of hundred Of
officers in the Crfmean and other cam
paigns. The steel plates were to be placed
in the vest, one on each side, and when
buttoned up no one could distinguish 10
from an ordinary vest. He furnished vest
and all for $780, and, 10 use his own Ian:
euage:
THAT is very small sum for prsserv.
fng mans life through the war. Statis-
tics show that nine men are hit IN the
chest where one is hit elsewhere. war
rant this vest TO safely turn eside even a
grapc-sbot, while bullets will rebound
from it like peas.'
None of US wanted to die, and we didn't
mean to If bullet-proof vests could be pro-
cured. There wasn't but one single officer
in the regiment who didn't give him an
order, and don't believe there were mors
than five out of the brigade. We got our
vests just before the advanccsoH Bull Run,
and we took hand IN that fight, feeling
real sorry for the enemy, who had no
| chance TO protect their precious fronts by
breast-pIates. We lost sixty men out Of
our regiment, and had an officer shot In
the shoulder. This to show you that we
were in the thick of it.
"Well, we kept congratulating our
selves over those vests until one day, two
or three weeks after Mcclellan had as
sumed command, had business call at
the captains tent. It was hot day, and
his coat and vest hung on the center pole.
He had been buying a new revolver, and
in exhibiting it to me 1t was accidentally
discharged. We heard a sound like a
bean striking tin pan, and both knew
that the bullet-pro0f vest had been hit.
Come to take it down we found that the
bullet had gone through both sides.
"H'm-I see!' growled the captain, as
be surveyed the holes. Let's take lit
| tie walk"
We passed out Of camp to thfcket,
and he hung his vest to a stump and began
blazing away. The six charges made q
collander Of 1t. Then hung up mine and
| 1t was done for in the same fashion. The
matter got nofsed arodnd, and in two days
ID was known that we had been sold out
for o cent. Not vest in the brigade
would stand a pistol-buIlet, let alone an
ounce tall from mtsLet, and that gam
der-shanked EngIisbnah was a Ifg bocdfs
| ahead.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
A MISERLY FAMILY.
Living In Affect Poverty With Plenty OF
Money at Their Command.
TCnlfor,l ~. S,,oot.t

81 SOhiIhanOs
IGuilford (vt> Special
Aseneth Weatherhead, about seventy
years old, died here recently, where she
has lived with her bachelor brother and
maiden sister on the old Weatherhead
farm since childhood. The trio had by the
most scrupulous economy and miserly dis
position carefully saved nearly three thou
sand dollars, which the brother and sister,
who died some years ago, willed to their
sister, If she survived them, otherwise to
their nephews and nieces. Aunt Aseneth's
VIII, which it cppears was made at the
time, and with practically the same
provisions of the others. gave to each of
her three surviving brothers five dollars,
one of whom has recently been compelled
by his poverty to call upon the town OF
Guilford for help. Since Aseneth's death
seventeen hank-boCks on different hank
have been discovered, representing depos
It's aggregating several thousand dolla, g.
The personal effects of the deceased, in
cludlng home made bedding, linen and a
great variety of articles, both useful and
unique, were sold at auction. Chests of
d-fashioned vests and pant patterns
and innumerable articles of tinware
were found in every nook and corner
of the old homestead, which had
been taken, some of them, many years ago
in barter for butter and eggs and other
Farm products. 1t is related that when
the brother Lewis died many promissory
notes, and even money, were found hid
away in the corners about the house. The
family were all considered reputable peo-
pie, though they were well known for
their parsinonious habits. Aunt Aseneth
was divorced from her husband number
of years ago. Guilford's overseer of the
the poor will look after the interests of the
INDECENT brother, now that Aseneth's
property is to be distribute I.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
IN The LONG AGO.
How BCaux and Bellies Paired After
Church for tho Walk Home.
r Rap0rter

How Bcaux and Bellies Paired After
Church for tho Walk Home.
darlington N. J.) Reporter.l
We always sat or the rear benches at
church, and when the doxology had been
sung and the benediction had been pro-
nounced, we "slid out" This Is the Latin
for going outside and ranging ourselves IN
rows just beyond the door and on either
side of the walk leading from it. When
the girls came ont, one at a time, we
watched our chances and asked the mo-
mentous question:: "Can / see you home
to- night?' so low nobody but the girl
could hear it, and then walked of with
her as proudly as IL we had conquered a
nation-unless we got "the mitten," some-
times called ''the sack" for short.
A good-looking gill often sacked" as
many as n dozen of us before she got
through with the exercises of the even.
Ing. The less desirable girls came out
first, and, as all of us were bent on carry
ing off the prize beauty, were permitted
to depart for home unmolested. Some OF
them occas sionally looked out of the corn
ers of their eyes at us, as much as to say
"Molest me il you want to-" but we suf.
fsred them TO depart In peace. When the
belle of the evening came to the door there
was a general sigh outside, and thosG
earest her all rendered her their arms.
She would cast her eagle eye over the calf
pasture and pick out the one who helc
highest favor in her eyes and take his arm
and lean lovingly upon it, while the other
boys found themselves alone in the silent
darkness with no more girls to ask an
none to so home with or make them afraid.
Slowly and sadly we took up our weary
burdens and wandered toward home
striving to think of some charm thar
would enable US to overthrow our sue.
sessful rival.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
BETTER THAN A VOTE

His ardent vows she. trembling. heard,
Her cheeks with brightest bushes dyed.
And as her gianccs sought the swaru
She softly sighed.
That you arc difhdent and shy"
He said, "those downcsst looks denote:
You III not speak! then you and
Will take 4 vote.
II 70 an easy thing to do:
A ballot sweetest cast with me,
The question being, shall we two
United beI'
Again she let her lashes fall:
When she murmured with charming ar.
Jack, why need we vote at all,
Dear: can't we pairY'
Boston Courier
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
ILewlston Mr.l ! JournnI.1

Eli Sabourin, who is well known In
Maine as trustworthy hunter, says that
the fox-hound Lion, owned by L. NJ.
Thompson OF this city, is the best in Maine,
and knows more than some folks. In ad-
dition to killing one hundred and seventy.
five foxes last year, Lion did a remarkable
bit Of fine work. He was chasing fox
that finally began to circle around big
fiat rock. Around and around they went,
the fox doubling just as often as the dog
did until suddenly Lion jumped to the top
OF the rock and crouched down. AZ the
fox circled around and stood hesitating an
instant the hound dropped on him from
above and the chase was ended.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
A chicsen-snake in a rost-oak.

Ir. Hill, q tenant OF Mr.. j. II. L. Ben
ford. was cutting aud splitting rails and
cut down a alpost-Oak about two feet in
diameter, and cut of cut, split it open,
and to his surprise he found a chicken
snake about three feet in length right in
the center of the heart. The tree was
plumb sound where he cut it of at both
plnces, all but one little decayed spot in
the stump, but this had grown so near up
that low down. The tree had been dead
encI four years ago, and the snake must
have cot in before it died.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30

eighth OF an inch long, of an ashen gray
color much like the bark to which they
arc firmly attached. On lifting the full
grown scale, the last of August or the 1st
OF September, the louise will be found in
side, ut the smallest end covered by, but
not attached to, the scale), while in tho
larger end may be found fifty or more
white oval-shaped eggs (No. u. The
lousc sopD dies, but the eggs remain be-
meath the scale during the winter, until
about the 1st of June, when they begin to
hatch. The young scale insects are very
small fiat, white (No. p and furnished
with eyes. horns. six legs and a bcak or
sucker. They run about with great activ-
ity for two or three days, and then insert
their bcaks into the bark or SKIN of the
fruit, and become permanently fixed at
this point.
The female louise resembles fiat, fieshy
maggot, and is OF greensh color Nos g.
A.. The male louse appears in June or
July. 1t has light colored wings, and tho
general color of it's body is a pale ash or
brown, like the original scale protecting it,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
Drawing Bounty OH a rame Bear.

Ezra Stephens, of Bryant's Pond, Me-, is
the proprietor of n small Museum OF nat
ural curiosities. Among them was tame
bear. The bear sickened and was about
to die when Ezra shot him and promptly
presented the nose and cars to the town
treasurer and demanded the five dollars
bounty which the State pays for every
bear killed in Maine. The town treasurer
wrote to the State Treasurer, asking If
Ezra was entitled to the bounty. The
State Treasurer turned the question over
to the Attorney General, who hns just
decided for Ezra.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
lEstelllne ID. r.lpell.l

"Never under any circumstances do
anyth ing to excite a cow while milking
her." sagely remarks an agricultural pa
per. Quite right, quite rfght--we never
do. 1t never really seemed to- be neces-
sary to do anything to excite COW while
we were milking her. When a COW be-
gins to kick with both fest hard enough to
knock the hoops of a tin pail and then
puts her tail up in the air and gees racing
around the edge of ten-acre field with
a cloud Of dust following her we oon't see
how any sane person could think for mo-
ment of shooting OF fire. works pr dcing
anythin1 else to sxcite her.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
OYSTER SHELL BARK LOUISE

Illustrations and Description OF This
Pest of the Orchard.
In many sections of the country
the apple scale or bark louise is
very common and injurious. especially in
orchards where the growth has been
stunted or weakened by damp soil or inn
perfect drainage. 1t is often called the
"oyster-shell bark louse," on account Of
the resemblance of the scale to an oyster
shell (No. y. "These scales are about an
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
In Need of Something Fresh.

Applicant-Do you want an assistant
editor?
Editor-in- -Ch:ef-What experience have
you had2
"Nonc whatever, SIR"
"Humphl 1t strikes me that you are cx-
ceedingly fresh"
That's just what induced me to apply.
There ought to be something fresh about
your paper, you know. ."-PhiLad deIp phis
(..H
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30

As the mature scab
is tough and not
ca silly penetrated,
this pest is m ost
readily d troyed
during the short time
between the Matching
out of the eggs and
the formation OF the
new scale. AT this
period a strong So
luton of soap in lye,
applied to tn Q
branches with n
brush is very effect
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30
Cesar.s Great strength.

Daughter-Wasn't Julius Cesar one Of
the strongest men that ever lived. pa?
Fsther-What makes you ask that ques
ti0n7
Daughter-I was just reading that he
threw a bridge over the Rhins.-N y.
IT.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30

ual. Were the bodies and larger limbs
OF the trees are injected, the scales may
be DESTROYED bv moistening the bark
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30

The figures in the above cuts are highly
mngnified: the natural lengths being APP
proximately represented bv the space be-
tween tie parallel lines ut the side of each
figure. l. form of the egg; =, larva, as IL
appears moving on the twigs; q. larva soon
after becoming fixed; 4, appearance when
the scale has formed; 5, form of louise.
black view after losing its feet: 6. form OF
full-grown femals louise; Z, fully formed
scale showing louise underneath. s, antcuna
of larva, showing joints; Q, section of limb,
showing the scales as they appear from Au-
gust TO June.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-30

WIN a. SotEIS 1OluIlOi, anu
then scraping with n blunt
knife, or rubbing the bark
with a coarse canvass. After
scraping apply q solution OF
soap and I've. Prof. A. j.
Cook, OF the Agricultural
College of Michigan, suggests
in such cases that crude car
bolic acid be added to the
soap. His plan is 10 heat to
the boiling point one quart
of soft soap 10 two gallons of
water, and while still hot
add a pint of crude carbolic
acid, and apply as before di-
rected.
This mixture of carbolic
acid and soap is of triple
value. 1t not only kills
the dreaded lice but keeps
off the borersl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-09-04
FROSTBURG, MD, SEPTEMBER 4, 1886

carefully guards the interest of the
masses, would have pointed it out.
Another argument against this
sophistry is seen in the Daily Meas.
The republican organ does not
editorially claim, maintain, or advo-
cate his denomination in fact, he
must be unworthy of even defence, as
the Times uses great many unbe-
coming, slang phrases, such as one
would not expect to see outside of
Brick Pomeroy's sheet. Still the Neeos
does not retort. So that those not
personally acquainted with Mr. Nc
Comas will take it for granted that all
the mean things the Times says, not
being contradicted, must be true.
Then we have the anomaly of the
Times, democratic paper, presenting
the name of George L. Wellington,
who claims to be republican, to the
people as candidate for Congress.
And his adherents claim that he is a
great and good man, with many hid
den virtues. But the Reoieac has not
said so, and the people must put no
confidence in such fallacious rumors.
We scorn to believe that the true
solution of the Reriep's silence on those
important issues is that its personal
friendship for Mr.. Wellington clouds
its Websterian brain, paralyzes its
utterance and swerves it from what it
knows should be its duty to the people
by pointing out at least what Mr..
McComas has done, and let them Judge
between the two. PHILo.