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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-16

BOSTON, Sept. I5.-There has been more life
in the wool market this week although prices
ruling lower. The following the quota
tons for leading descriptions: Ohio and Penn
sylvania aeeces-X and above. 1sal6lsc; Xxx and
above, 17GISc; No. 1 coTnbng, l9c; No. comb
ing. 1sc; Delaine, 1S11sc Michigan. Wisconsin.
etc-No. 1 Michigan. 1d15c: No. 1 Michigan
combing, lScA No. Michigan eombing. 1Sc No.
Illinois combine. 1Sc No. Illinois combing,
1Sc New York, New Hampshire and Vermont
14G141@c. No. New York. New HAMPSHIRE and
Vermont. lie; delaine Michigan, 17dlSc; I'M
wash medium. Kentucky and Indiana 14-blood
combing. 15gl6c: ASntueky and Indiana as-blood
l5c Missouri 2s-booA combing. 14a15c: braid
11G1ec; secured price, \25@2sc; spring fine III
months, 1oa11c; scourea price, 2sq29c. Terri
tory wools-Montana fine medium and fine 9110c;
secured price. Csc; staple, N3oc; Utah Wyoming.
etc. fine medium and fine, SG1oc; secured price.
27dl2Sc; staple. 29@3oc. California wools-North-
ern spring, 9q11c; secured price. 2Sd29c: middle
county spring. SG9c; secured price. 25m25lac.
Australian, secured basis combfpg superfine, 45G
47c; eombing good 40Q42c; coInbing average
3S140c
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-16
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Quiet and DuII-HOgs Active
and Hi.her-Sheep Dull.

INDIAN APOLIs, Sept. 15.-Cattle-Receipts,
300 shipments light. There were but few good
cattle on SALE The market was quiet and dull
q q shade lower nriceS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-16

6lAc; No. red. 61tzc: December. CSC; No. 3 red.
SIC. Corn-No. 2, pc. Oats-No white, 1886.
Rye-No. 2, S2lsc. Cloverseed $435. Receipts |
Wheat, 1920 bu; coin. 900 bu; oats 3l00 bu.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-16
Butter. Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-Butter-ReGeipts Il. So1
packages. Market steady; Western dairy, Sole
Western creamery, 11Gl6c. Elgins, 16cs factory.
T1ac. Cheese-Receipts, $500 packages. \ Market
quiet; large, 612GSc small, 612@9c; part Skins.
2K@4c; full skins, 11&@134c. Eggs-ReSeipts,
9,26l packages Market steady; State and Eenn-
sylvania, 1614Q17c: Western. 14@16c.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.-Butter quiet;
fancy Western creamery, 1612c. Eggs firm; fresh
Western, 15G151ac. Cheese in good demand and
higher; New York, full creams and small fancy.
9l4c.
CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-On the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market was weak; creamery,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-16

Hogs-Receipts 1900; shipments 1900 The
supply was fair. The market ruled active at
shade advance yesterday. packers and ship
pers buying, and all sold. The closing was
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
No Yaus, No War.

! A French governor Of the South Pa
cific colony Of New Caledonia, who wa,
also an admiral Of the navy, assumed
his authority (says an exchange) while
the natives were still cannibals. Ther(
had been rumors Of an insurrection, and
the admiral called before him q native
chief who was faithful to the French
cause and questioned him as to theii
truth. "You may be sure" said thu
native" ''that there will be NO war a
present, because the yams are not ye,
ripe" 'The yams, you sayT Yes
Our people never make war except
when when the yams are ripe" "WhJ
10 thatY Because baked yams 20 -
very well with the captivea."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11

No man can possibly improve in any
company for which he has not respect
enough to be under some degree of re-
straint.
Telegraph poles IN Switzerland are
preserved from rapid decay by being
charged with a creosote compound,
pressed by gravity into one end of the
wood.
1t has been discovered tha. disease
germs are killed by the blue and violet
rays of sunlight in few hours.
Mathematical calculations chow
that an iron ship weighs 81 per cent
less than a wooden Que, and will carry
lis tons of cargo for every 100 tons
carried by wooden ship Of the same
dimensions
-Egyptlans are very prolific. The
native births IN 1894 were 335, SAG.
while the deaths were only 1872, ,1O3;
he native population Of Egypt up to
he Second Cataract aud including tn e
ases, is about 5000, 900.
A proposition has been made re-
Gently by bicycle riders to several
agents and manufacturers of bicycles
that the manufacturers get together in
a convention and agree to reduce nu-
merous parts of their different ma
chimes TO standard proportions.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11

Truth needs not champions, but
followers.
Not till the gloa ming comes. can We
zee the STAR.
Sympathy and severity seldom 90
hand In hand.
man may keep his month open
so wide he cannot see an argu-
ment.
The tender youth, leaning upon a
staff, always wants to inke somebody
to protect.
Not a few men are like the ameba-
they live on what sticks to them.
No mans creed is complete which
does not declare belief IN himself.
It takes only one to start n quarrel,
but 1t requires two to keep 1t up.
A close second to tho Golden Rulc
Is this: "Miad yo1r own business.
The successful man Is the man who
knows when to qoit.
1t is a terrible thing 10 see one
working who never smiles.
Sharp sayings are not always re-
fined.
The FIRE of hate usually flashes in
the pan.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
About Catsup.

Why catsup? Nearly every bottle
which comes fros a public manufac.
turer 10 emblazoned with that spelling.
Wrong. Ketchup Is the word. It is Q
corruption Of the japanese word kit
jap, which is . condiment somewhat
similar to soy. It Is q pick-me-up, .
stirrer Of the digestive organs, q ketch-
me-up, and hence its application to the
mingling Of tomatoes and spices whose
name it should bear.-Philadelph1s
Times.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
WEATHER WARNiN CS HELPFUL
advance Notices OF Cold Waves Have
Saved Millions Of Dollars.

Professor Moore. OF the Weather Bureau,
las made q special report to the Secretary
Il Agriculture In regard to the actual money
,alue OF cold wave warnings to the people OF
his country, with special reference TO the
old wave OF January 2 to 5. 1896.
That WAS a wave OF unusual severity,
preading over the entire country east OF the
Rocky Mountains, with the exception OF the
outhern portion of Florida. At every
Weather Bureau station throughout thii
region the cold wave flag was displayed
and warnings were distributed, at leas
iwenty-four hours before the cold wave 90
surred.
Reports received from 112 stations indt
sats that these warnings were directly in
nrumental in saving from destructioi
property exceeding IS, SOC, 900 in value. Thi
estimate takes no account of property savet
10 the result Of warnings distributed from
he Weather Bureau stations to thousand
II small towns ard cities from which II haI
een impossible to obtain reports.
The largest saving reported was by ownen
ind shippers Of perishable produce. WateI
pipes were protected In factories, residences
Ind public buildings, and the size of train
vas regulated by railroad officials. whil
iOrists and H~riculturists protected thet
aot-nouses. Reports OF direct b-neits wen
received from fuel dealers, owners of 10
harvesters, farmers and stock raisers, riva
men and business men generally. One q
the latter declares the Weather Bureau al
active partner In every mans business.
Another benefit widely reported, but mecca
sarily not expressed in figures. was the pro
lection 10 health and the increase in tn
comfort of the public generally on accoun
V these timely warnings.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
Too Sharp to Be Imposed Upon.

TOO Snarp 10 30 1hpO8cO OpOu.
A sharp-faced, hard-featured woman
who had business on the top floor Of q
sixteen-story building not far from tile
corner Of Dearborn and Van Buren,
streets the other morning, stepped to
the elevator and asked:
What does it cost to ride up In one
Of these thingsT
Nothing, ma'am," replied the boy in
side.
Then there's some trick about II, !"
was her firm rejoinder. II amt a fool.
II 1 do look like one. I've got lots Of
time I'll walk"
Five minutes later the elevator boy,
rs he passed the thirteenth floor on his
way up, saw the woman-tired, but de-
termined-still climbing the stairway
and heard her muttering to herself:
"I wouldn't have minded paying him
d nickel, but they can't take me in on
no confidence game."-Chicago Trib
ma
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11

hs sins and sorrows OF the peopls!"
mo He kneels. He says. "Put on Nv
boulder. all the sorrow and ali
ne sins. And, conscious of my own sin
lers OF the Son Of God. say. "Oanst Thou
lear any more, o Christ3' He says. ''Yes,
nora" And gather up the sins Of all those
.ho serve at these affairs, the Officers of
ne church OF Jesus Christi gather
ip AL their sins and I put them
n n Chnsts shoulders, and I say. "Canst
men gather up all the sins Of q hundred
seopis IN this house and I put them on the
houideD OF Christ, and say, "Canst Thou
.ear more9" He says, "Yea, more" AndI
sather up all the sins Of this assembly and
,ud "d fnem on the shoulders Of the Son Of God,
70 says, more" But He Ia departing, Clear
No way for Him, the Son Of God. Open the
toor and let Him pass out. He Ia carving
'ur sins and bearing them away. We shall
ever Soc them again, He throws them
lown Into the abysm, and you hear the long
he Lord hath laid the iniquity of MS all"
Hiil Won let Him take your sins to-day? or.
10 you say. II will take charge OF them INV.
elf. Will light my own battles, will risk
Nern1ty on my own ACCOUNT" I know NOT
he line.
A clergyman said In his pulpit one Sab.
Sath, "Bsforo next Saturday night one o,
his audience will have passed out of hfe."
gentleman said to another seated next to
llm; II don't believe It. mean to watch.
md II It doesn't come true by next Saturday
hgnt shall tell that clergyman his false.
Perhaps it will be yourself" "Oh, no."
ne other replied. II shall live to be an old
man,. That night he breathed his last. To-
Jay the saviour calls. All may come. God
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
Aluminium Diamonds.

It 10 well known to jewellers that
aluminium will mark glass or paste"
diamond, but not the true gem, pro-
vided the surface is wet. This fact
has now been applied in the production
of a mechanical tester, which consists
Of a small disk Of aluminium rapidly
revolved by an electric motor. The
stone to be tested is wetted and held
against the edge of the disk by means
Of q spring clamp. When metallic
marks are found on the stone after this
treatment 1t is rejected as false.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11

phuf. being thus transformed from q
substance soft and flexible to one that
ls hard and brittle. This idea was LONG
ago applied to wood by saturating the
latter with a solution of rubber and
then applying the sulphur. Nowadays
the rubber Is not used. the wood being
subjected to the action Of hot air undey
pressure in q closed chamber.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
Vulcanizinr Wood.

Wood is artificially colored by using
he vacuum to withdraw its fluid juices.
he place Of which is filed with solu-
ions containing pigments. Ia This
manner Ordinary pine may % beaurl.
ully stained an6 made to serve a. Q
ubsitute for rare and costly wood.
lumber is seasoned o6hand by ex-
the air from It and then foro.
ng dry air through the pores to carry
IL the moisture. Wood II hardened
br all sorts Of purposes, from bridge
making to wagon making. BY q process
allied "vulcanizing." Rubber, Of csurse,
! yVlce9izsa bZ tEeeti2R s Xtt1 MI
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11

Near Shoji, In Japan, there is a Won
ferful cavern containing immense
Quantities Of Ice which never melts
tway. In one place in the cavern huge
cicles. depending from the roof. have
ormed upon the floor beneath them,
through the slow dripping water. a
eore Of great hollow cylinders, some
II which are five feet in height. look
ng like inverted crystal bells. When
:hese are carefully struck they give
.Onglik notes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
THIS BIRD HAS HORNS.
Rare Species Of the Feathered Tribe
Found in South America.

kOuuo In 6Ou6n "A meF1CAs
The rarest species Of bird now extant
and one which Is almost extinct, has its
home In the jungles of South America,
This pathological curiosity Is known
to science as the paiamedra cornuda,
and to the common people as the horn.
ed screamer." As rara avis nothing
could excel the cornuda unless 1t would
be the accidental discovery Of a living
moa or an epinoris. But few Of the
bird books even let you know that such
a horned paradox ever existed, let
alone telling you that living specimens
Of the queer creature are still occasion.
ally met with. The only one now in
captivity In North America, II the writ.
or has not been misinformed, is that
belonging to the aviary Of the Philadel.
ptda geological gardens, and which
arrived In this country about three
years ago. The creature is about the
size Of . full-grown turkey hen, and Of
q blacksh brown color. One Of its dis.
ringuishing peculiarities is ruffie Of
black and white which surrounds the
head. Tho horney appendage which
caused the early South American e1.
plorers to write 30 many chapters on
the wonderful rhinocerous bird Of the
Jungle" 10 about four inches In length,
and grows straight up out Of the heavi.
est and broadest portion of the head.
But the above Is not the only natural
offensive and defensive weapon with
which the horned screamer has been
provided On each wing, at the eel
bow" joint, he has q three-inch spur.
and Just back Of that another an inch
In length. He Is said to be a match for
any ten game cocks.-St. Louis Repub
lie.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
When Solid Iron Floats.

Experiments lately made in England
ihow that If ball of solid iron is low
sred into mass of liquid iron by
heans of metal fork, the ball at first
tnks TO the bottom with the fork. But
n a few seconds 1t leaves the prongs
md rises to the surface, where it con-
inues 10 float until it melts. The ris-
ng is explained by the expansion Of the
BAL, due to heating, whereby 1t be-
comes, bulk for bulk, less dense than
she molten metal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
eoIcT AGAINST DEATH DANCES.
0sags Indians Ordered to Cease the Gu
tom by Their Chief.

Usage Indians Ordered to Cease the Cus
tom by Their Chief.
Chief Debolt, the head medicine man q
the Usage tribe Of Indians and the activ
politician. has issued, from Pawhuska, Okli
homa, an imperative order discontinuin
death dances in the Nation. When an Osaa
dies, according to a long-established custom
all his relatives go absolutely nnked unit
T. death dance, which occurs thirty day
g the fatality. This custom Of goin
d has plsyei havoc with them. maxim
them subject to colds that invariably ende
In consumption. Seven per cent. Of tn
adults OF the tribe are now in the last stage
OF consumption. and 1t is this alarming fac
that called forth the edict. The tmportauc
OF the measure Is so great that death dance
will be treason against the Nation.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
Labrador's Fine Berries.

A writer In Outing describes the
mcLleberr.es. raspberries, teaberries.
lueberries and bake-apple berries Of
hilly Labrador as unrivaled in flavor.
The bake-apple berry Is peculiar to
labrador, although 1t is occasionally
bund in Newfoundland and Canada.
is leaf resembles that Of a geranium,
Ind the berry. only one Of which grows
III each plant. j., shaped like u large
iewberry. When ripening. its color
;hanges from crimson to gold.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
BOAR KILLS A BOA CONSTRUCTOR
Ravsnoas Snake Escapes From Its Gag
Only to Meet Death.

Only to Meet Death.
In an animal store In New York City, kep
BY Donald Burns, two boa CONSTRUCTOR
furious with hunger after a fast of severt
weeks. escaped from their cage. One crel
through the bars and into a cage occupie
by two Texas wild boars. The animal
from the South did not wait to be attacked
but jumped and began stamping on the rel
tle. The boa enwrapped each OF the boai
and endeavored to crush their lives out, bu
he little animals were too strong and quic
70 permit this. One of them seized the bi
make by the neck and almost broke th
bones that answer for its spine. The snak
succeeded in tearing itself loose, only to b
again seized by the neck, and this time tn
peccary succeeded in crushing the !if. out
Its adversary. Both the boars We're badi
hurt, and one will probably die. The othe
boa constructor crawled to the cage occupis
BY fine young leopard, but fight brtwee
the two was prevented by Burns and one O
hts assistants, who succeeded In withdraw
ing the reptile from the cage
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
Bicycles in War.

The recent bicycle trip Of Lieutenant
Wise from Sackett's Harbor. on Lake
Ontario. TO New York City Ia regarded
Is practical demonstration Of the
great value of the wheel for conveying
dispatches in war. Lieutenant Wise
'ode an 1sHa-pound wheel. and carried
load equivalent to the heavy march,
ng order equipment Of the United States
lrlny for distance of about 400 miles
Wer ordinary roads, part of which lie
Ii mountainous country. He per-
.ormed the trip In 81 hours, but six
iours were lost in repairin: a broken
sushins.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
A stupendous Work.

The suspension bridge over the Hud'
son river at New York city will un.
doubtedly be built. The structure will
be one Of the most important, size, cost
and engineering difficulties considered,
in the world. 1t will require more than
$4,000 tons Of structural steel, and g..
600 tons Of wire. The total cost will
exceed $22,O00.00O. The span will b
thres-dfths Of a mile; and the bridge
IL to be strong enough to support, with.
out danger Of breaking down, the equiv,
alent Of n loaded freight train tive
miles long.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
CHAPTER XXXVII.

With the morning came . letter from
Nrs. Knox, full Of yelled reproaches at
he disappointment she had experienced,
ind openly expressing discomfort with the
ife she was leading now at home alone
Jenny determined to visit her home,
and told Mrs. Dene of her intention. Dur
ing the forenoon she started.
aCome again, Jenny" Mrs. Dene said,
wistfully, as she pressed her lips to the
girls fresh face ut parting.
Indeed, indeed, / WILL" was the eager
eeply. and waiting to say no more than
"sood-by," lest she should betray how
Ioath she was to leave, Jane went quickly
from her presence and the house.
She met no one ON her homeward way:
and even when she entered their own
drawins-room she found 1t empty. But
iust as she had concluded that every one
was out Mrs. Knox's voice In an adjoin-
ing room undeceived her.
Fortunately Mrs. Knox was too much
taken up with her grievances to notics
hsx. danGhARa annaaIaAH4- Hh4R- th1Z
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
Ancient CarvinRs.

In a recent lecture Prof. F. W. Put.
iam described some Of the curious and
exceedingly ingenious carvings made
IN human bodies by the mysterious
Hound Builders Of the Ohio valley.
Surprising skill was exhibited in the
combination Of lines forming the heads
Ind faces Of men and animals intermin-
fled, In a most Intricate manner. with
iymbolical designs. In one case the
Ines picturing a human head were
made to form parts Of two other heads,
Dne above and one below; and upon re-
Tersing the figure. more heads were
aiscernible In 1t.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11

Fidelity and Affection Of q Horse.
In the Memoirs of General Count
De Segur." an aide-de-camp Of Napo-
leon, recently published, the following
affecting incident is related:
l have said that during the nocturnal
attack Of the Ukra, on Dec. %, was
unhOrsed. My animal had been wound.
ed by bullet in his chest from which
the blood WAS strea ming; and as he
could no longer carry me, had been
forced to leave him, loading his equip
ment on my shoulders. When l had
reached our first outpost about 800
PAGES off, l sat down to rest before
the fire, in some grief at the loss of my
mount. when plaintlve sound and an
unexpected contact caused me to turn
my head. 1t was the poor beast which
had revived, and had dragged itself in
the wake Of my footsteps; In spite of
the distance and the darkness, 1t had
succeeded in finding me, and, recognize
ing ME by the light Of the campfire,
had come up groaning to lay its head
on my shoulder. My eyes filled with
tears at this last proof Of attachment,
and 1 was gently strokinG 1t, when,
exhausted from the blood 1t had lost,
and its efforts to follow me, in the
midst Of the men, who were as sur.
prised and touched as myself, 1t fell
down, struggled for a moment and eH
pired
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
WOODEN INDIANS STANDARD
No Other Device Can Take Their Place
a. Cigar Store Signs,

No Other Device Can Take Their Place
a. Cigar Store Signs.
A Central street carver Of wooden
statues that do duty as cigar store
signs said to a World reporter: "All ef.
forts to supplant the good old Indian
signs have been failures. There have
been repeated attempts to popularize
Eurks, girls Of the period. baseball play.
ers, jockeys, jack tars, soldiers, Captain
Jinkses, negroes, bicyclists. HunkidO-
ris. Punches, Columbias, Uncle Sans,
and Indian maidens with short skirts,
but the old-fashioned red, blue and yell
low Indian, with feather headdress,
and with toma hawk in one hand and
a bunch of cigars or q hank Of To-
baccO in the other. has more than held
his own. This business has been con-
Quoted in this place for more than forty
years, ard I and my father before me
have turned out an average Of 200 cigar
store signs each year. Out OF the total
of 5000 l venture to say that 6,0O0 were
of Indian warriors, LOCO We're what We
call 'Hiawathas,' or Indian femal. fig.
ures, while the remaining 1,OO0 covered
all other varieties.
The wooden figure business Is Lot
what 1t used to be, however, and there
are not half-dOzen people engaged In
1t in the United States. The decline Is
mainly on account Of the falling away
Of the shipbuilding business. In the
good old days OF American bottoms
there was steady demand for figure
heads to place on the bows of ships.
They have gone out of fashion Of lac
years. But few wooden images are
made nowadays for churches. Iron
and composition plaster have driven
wood out of that branch of the bust.
ness. The Indian Is still with us. and
he will stay, because he Is cheap aud
durable."-New York World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11
The Longest Of Tunnels.

At present the longest tunnel in the
world Il that which carries the St GOtt.
hard Railway through the mountain Of
The Same name In Switzerland. Its
ength Is about nine and one-quarter
niles; but 1t Is to be exceeded in length
BY the Simplon tunnel, also in the Alps,
The contract for the construction Of
which has recently been made. This
will be Q double tunnel, twelve and
'ne-quarter miles long. North-bound
rains will run through one Of the twin
tunnels, and south-bound trains
through the other.