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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-07-28

New Foe to American Tree.
Specimens of strange caterpillar
discovered this spring on pear trees IL
Cambridge. Mass. are pronounced by
Prof. Samuel Henshaw to be the god
TAIL Or .uprOctis chryscrrhea, hitherto
unknown as an inhabitant OF this
country, although It is found in En-
gland, and is abundant in Contra.
and Southern Europe" When numer
Gus, these caterpillars are very de-
structive, feeding on such trees and
plants as the apple, pear, plum, haw'
thorn, bramblc. elm, willow, beech
oak. hazelnut and hornbeam. At pres
ent the invaders in Massachusetts are
said to Re confined to LINKED area IL
Somcrville and Cambridge. The first
specimens seem to have made theii
appearance n year ago. and thus faI
they have confined themselves to pear
and apple trees. How they got across
the ocean nobody apparently knows Ii
is suggested that by vigorous measures
they may be stamped out.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-07-28

In the sand wastes of Southern Cal
ifornia two varieties of rattlesnakes
are found. The larger ones, called
tiger rattlers," sometimes attain n
length of four feet, but it is said that
they are sluggish, and far less danger
ous han a smaller variety named the
side winder" This name comes from
the snakes habit of moving sidewise,
rs we'll as advancing in the ordinary
manner. 1t is also called the horned
rattlesnake," on account of the horn
like protuberances over its eyes. Ii
seldom exceeds foot and half in
length, but its motions are very quick,
and it has the reputation of being
vicious
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-07-28
Natural Linhtning-Rods.

The tall LOmbardy poplar has rep
utation in some parts of Europe as a
kind of natural lightningrGd. lnvesti-
cations recently made by DIR. Hess in
Switzerland appear to confirm this
reputation of the tree. Its wood is an
unusual good conductor of electric
ity as compared with others, while its
greet height and lack of spreading
branches enable 1t to conduct light
ming stroke straight downward. In
order, however that poplar-tree may
serve to protect building, according
to Dr. Hess, its foliage should be al
lowed to grow as near the ground as
possible; it should be removed not less
than six or seven feet from the near
est wall. No metallic objects on the
building should be near the tree, and
its roots should penetrate a moist soil
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-07-28
nu,. s.orms that Fury Fore.ts.

Some Russian travellers in Tibet, de-
scribe the wonderful storms of dust
that occur in Kashgaria near the foot
of the Kuen-Lun Mountains. The dust
in the air is sometimes so dense that
complete darkness prevails. Occasion
ally rain falls during such a storm,
but the rain drops evaporate during
their descent, and the dust carried
with them falls in Jumps. Entire for
ests of poplar trees are buried in dust
hillocks forty feet high. These de-
posits of dust are afterward moved on
by the wind, but the trees that have
been buried die, even after their dis
interment
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-07-28
Mysterioua Glas. Balls.

The small island Of Billion, between
Sumatra and BorneO, has long beer
famous for its rich tin mines, which
are controlled by the Dutch Govern
ment. In describing the geology OF
Billion before the Royal Academy OF
Sciences in Amsterdam recently, ME-
Verbeek gave an account Of the mys
terious glass balls of Billitan." which
are found among some Of the tin ore
deposits. They are round, with groov'
ed surfaces. Similar balls are occa-
sionally found in Borneo and Java. rs
well as in Australia. Mr.. Verbeek
thinks they cannot be artificial, and
there are no volcanoes near enough tc
support the theory that they are vol
canic bombs Besides, he says. the
CLASSY rocks produced by the nearest
volcanoes are quite different in theft
nature from the material of the balls.
He suspected that the mysterious OBJ
jects were elected, ages ago, from the
volcanoes of the moon, and afterware
fell upon the earth.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30
TOO FAT TO SINK.
Behensky Rescued fter Being in Water an
Hour and a Half

Behensky Rescued After Being in Water an
Hour and Half sxyys
New York, September 2O.-Anton
Behensky can thank his corpulency for
saving his life early yesterday morn
ing. He was in the water nearly an
hour and a half, and in that time
was swept from Stapleton, S. l., to the
Narrows by the swift ebb tide and the
heavy northerly wind.
Behensky was one of party of four
men who were crab fishing off the
long dock at Stapleton. After thew
set their pots they went to sleep.
His companions soon heard a great
splash and shouts for help, and saw
their companion f1oundering in the
water. They threw a rope, but if
was short. Behensky was swept
away by the fast ebbing tide.
The men shouted for help and VIM
Goold and Frank Stapleton rowed to
them in a yawl. When they heard of
the plight Of the luckless fisherman
they rowed off into the darkness aftor
him. They could not see anything Of
him, and they rowed on until near tbe
upper edge of the Narrows. Then
they heard Rehensky crying for helm
but it was fully fifteen minutes before
thy located him. The man was ut-
terly exhausted, though he was so far
that he washable to float with a mini
mum of exertion. He was draeeed
into the yawl and his rescuers rowed
him to Stapleton. When he cot there
he was unconscious, and it was two
hours before he recovered
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30
Do You
Know PianOS....
MilliSan, Wilkin & Go.
BEAUTIFUL 75c WALTZ, Csc. =

the story of the debut was fictitious,
and that the reason Miss Bressler
wanted a wig was because her parents
had shaved the hair off her head for
the purpose of compelling Lulu to re-
main at home at night. 1t was learn
ed also that the girl had been wearing
the wig every day since it was OBJ
tanned and going out IN spite OF the
orders of the parents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30
VERY IMPORTANT MATTERS
Engaging the Attention Of the City
Water Board.
A Practical illustration OF What
Filtration Of River Water Will
Do-Improvements on tho Island.
The Need Of a Large Storage Res
ervOir.

Members of the City Water Board
and others who have seen the data
are very much impressed with the
success Of the movement towards Sc
curing pure water for potable purposes
which has been made at Williamsburg,
Pa.
Williamsburg almost Immediately ad-
joins Pittsburg and its outlying towns,
and up to last December the water
for the town was pumped directly
from the Allegheny river. For the
first seven months in 1896 the district
Immediately around Williamsburg, and
using the river water just as it came
from the stream, had forty-four cases
of typhoid fever, while the four con-
tiguous wards of Pittsburg, also using
river water, had 12S additional cases.
In the fall of 1896 the Pennsylvania
Water Company, furnishing the water
for Williamsburg, put in filtering
crib in the bed of the river, and as a
result of this publication of the
water the Williamsburg district showed
but four cases of typhoid fever for
the first seven months of 1897, while
the four CONTIGUOUS wards of Pittsburg,
using the river water just as it was
pumped into the reservoir, had LOG
cases. The Williamsburg filter is
copied largely after the one used at
Lawrence, Mass, which has world
wide reputation, and the use of which
has reduced the cases of typhoid fever
in that town by eighty per cent. 1t is
natural sand filter, constructed in
the bed of the river, and shows re-
duction in free ammonia, albuminoid
ammonia and other deliterious mat
tiers of seventy per cent, while the
reduction in bacteria, etc, is ninety pei
cent. Mr.. H. +. Jones, of the City
Water Board, has secured samples OF
the water now in daily use by the
people of Williamsburg, and it is as
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30

clear as crystal, with absolutely no
sediment, even after standing unmo-
Tested for week.
The City Water Board has had esti-
mates prepared for. such a altering
plant in this city, but this has been
done merely as a matter of lnforma-
ton, and not with any expectation OF
soon engaging in the work OF con-
struction. The members of the Board,
however, are thoroughly convinced OF
the de6irability of such a plant, and
in due time will urge its erection.
There is much satisfaction in the
Board over the extension, the past
summer, of the fourteen-incn water
main on the Island. About three
thousand feet of the large pipe has
been put down, connecting with the
new line under the river laid last
year. and the end of the service has
now been carried to North York ana
Virginia streets. Next year it is the
intention Of carrying the line down
South York street to Ohio, east on
Ohio to South Broadway, and thence
down South Broadway. AS far as the
work has progressed the old four-lnch
lIc nave DOSu teihSh Ooe NAAN
six-inch hydrants put in their places,
which very materially increases the
fire protection on the Island. The
water supply over there is now very
much better than ever before.
The Board is also thoroughly i'm
pressed with the necessity for larger
storage capacity in this city, and will
in time advocate a reservoir with a
capacity of 50,000,O00 gallons. During
certain times the past summer the
daily consumption of water in this city
reached II 100000 gallons, or about
100000 more than ever before. and
this consumption will increase right
along. With a demand for 100000
gallons per day, the present reservoir
is emptied about three times each
twenty-four hours, which makes it
utterly impossible to keep any supply
of water on hand for an emergency,
: let alone the idea of allowing the
/; water to lose some of it's foreign sub
! stances by settling. This is most
! important matter, and will command
| public attention in the near future.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30
IDENTIFIED BY A PASS.

Denver, September 2S-There seems
to be no doubt that Elmer E. Black
a Pennsylvania railroad engineer. and
his wife were victims of the railroad
wreck at New Castle, Colo, Septen,-
Der 3. A special dispatch from Pitts
burg, Pa. says that Supt. Pitcairn, of
the pennsylvania railroad, has identi-
he'd the burned and blackened portion
OF a Pennsylvania pass found in the
wreck. on which the name of Black
could be family deciphered. as the one
issued to Elmer E. Black. The re-
mains OF Mr.. and Mrs. Black were in
all probability among the ashes of
seven unidentified victims whose
bodies were almost entirely DESTROYED
by ire. They were on their weddins
trip.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30
ADJUSTMENTS.
Railways on Time" notwithstanding At
fractions at Both Houses.

fractions at Both Houses.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE.-To-night,
always on Time;' first half OF next
week 1.-The Prodigal Father"
OPERA HOUSE[Friday and Saturday,
Tim Murphy in "Old Innocence" and Sir
Henry Hypnotized'; Tuesday and
Wednesday, Creston Clarke
The enactment of the scenes and
incidents of daily life in the frontier
West without the abhorrent blood and
thunder features, is particularly no.
ticeable in the sensational melodrama,
always on Time" which opens at
the Grand Opera House tonight for a
half week. The cast is made up of
people who are peculiarly adapted to
| the parts in every particular. 1t is the
| first production of it's character which
| has been seen in Wheeling for about
| two years, and it differs from other
border dramas in that it is produced
| by competent actors and is devoid of
! exaggerated types of frontiersmen.
| Miss Adelaide Prince, who will be
seen at the Opera House next Tuesday
| and Wednesday evenings and Wednes-
| day matinee, with Mr. Creston Clarke,
in the romantic play, ''The Last of His
| Race" was for five years one of Mr..
| Augustin Days most prominent
actresses in New York and London.
Her achievements in the latter city
were really notable, and such emf
| nent critics of Henry Lae.9Iam Winter
! ClamarA+-- .-a..sss-rcp possessed to a re-
markable degree all the intellectual
and physical attributes that combine
to make great actresses. On Wednes-
] day evening Miss Prince will be seen
to much advantage in "The Lady of
| Lyons"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30
WHY SHE KEPT THE WIG
LuIo's Parents Had Her Head Sbaxed i,
Keep Her Home at Mich.

Lulu's Parents Had Her Head Shaved +,
Keep Her Home at Night.
Reading, Pa, September 29.-Lulu
Bressler and Susie Deem, young wo-
men of Reading, were arrested by Con-
stable Sharp yesterday on a charge ot
larceny as bailee preferred by Mrs. M
E. Boas, hairdresser.
Early last week, it is charged. Susie
Deem called upon Mrs. Roas and
hired wig to be used by her friend
Lulu, representing that the latter Voc
to make her debut on the stage of
the Grand Opera House in this civ
Fifty cents was paid for the use Of
the wig, with the understanding that
It was to be returned the next day.
When it was not returned, Mrs.
Boas made inquiries and found that
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30
DRUGGISTS.
.PIGESA

The careful housewife knows tn,
importance of good spices. Sht
knows how fiat canned fruits are II
the spices are weak. She realizes
how a sauce or condiment is robbed
of usual relish if the spices aren't
true to name. So do we. We have
heard few things about spices il
the years we have sold them. AND
some of the comments of disappoint,
ed ones, coupled with the satisfac.
ton our spices give, have made Us
even more careful about quality,
Cinnamon, ginger. cloves. mustard
mace, nutmegs, allspice, celery seed
currie powder, tumeric.
We buy these right; we keep then
right Chat is. so odor and taste ar
not LOST; we sell them right
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30

DEATH WARRANTS SIGNED.

Harrisburg, Pa, September 2S.-
Governor Hastings signed death war
rants to-day for the executions Of
George Douglass, Allegheny, Novem
Der 80: Herman P. Schultz, Pike, De-
cember Z, and Philip HILL Allegheny,
December s.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30
SOME CuANcrc

Paris, September 2S.-M. Jules Cam
bon. Governor General of Algeria If
is announced, will succeed M. Jules
Patenotre as Ambassador at Washing
ton. and NJ. Patenotre will 20 to
Madrid.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30

occasion he will present a double bill
comprising "Old Innocence" one OF
Wheelings greatest comedy successes
last season, and the latest character
novelty, "Sir Henry Hypnotized," in
which Mr.. Murphy portrays many ia
nous characters, including his original
and popular creation of Maverick
Brander in "a Texas Steer by spe-
cial arrangement with Charles H.
Hoyt.
What is without doubt one of the
best farce comedies ever seen in
Wheeling is the "Prodigal Father .
1t is appropriately so called, and I'M
like most so-called farce comedies,
this one has a plot of the most inter.
esting kind. The lines are full of
rich comedy and the whole play is
repletc with the newest and best spe-
cialties. The company is made up of
the best artists procurable and during
the performance not a single moment
elapses without a hearty laugh. At
the Grand Opera House the first half of
next week with matinee Wednesday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30

The annual engagement of Tim
Murphy and his sterling comedy or
ganization, which includes vivacious
Dorothy Sherrod, is announced for
next Friday and Saturday, October LIST
and I'd, at the Opera House, on which
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-07
NOTE AND COMMENT.

French experts are advocating the
substitution of the electric chair as
used in New York state for the guillo-
tine.
The introduction of Japanese girls
Is announced as the final solution OF
the American servant girl problem
Japanese girls in Japan may be ideal,
but wait until they have been in Amer
lea while.
Every part of the empire will well
come back the wandering child" said
Mr.. Dobell, the Canadian, to the Brit
ish empire league, and he referred to
the United States. So we can go back
TO the old lady any time
Bismarck never had any use for a
cabinet When he had decided how
to act, he once explained, he didn't
want to waste his time and strength
trying TO persuade other men to agree
with him And that is one reason why
the emperor of Germany today has no
imperial cabinet.
Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowells sug-
gestion that all Migrants shall be sent
to Biackwells island to the warehouses
has been accepted by the New York
police commissioners, and the police
will urge this course upon the city
magistrates. The special vagrancy
commission are apparently in favor of
this action.
The 10 superstition is fatal 10 the
suggestion of the Scientific American
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-07
LONG TRAIN OF AILMENTS
RHEuMATlSM, NEURALGIA AND
NERVOUS PROSTRATlON
Husband end Wife Restored to Health
by Heol,s sarsa pariIla.

Husband end Wife Restored to Health
by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
impure blood Is often the cause of a
long train of ailments. The blood is
the vital fluid upon which all the or.
gans depend for nourislment When
this nourishment fails to Ne supplied
properly the whole system feels the
effect Read this letter:
Several years ago | was taken With
the grip, and was sick all winter. !
had nervous prostration and long
train of ailments that follow closely
with that terrible malady. Last winter
1t seized me again. Ii went TO my lungs
and ] had congestion of the lungs and
kidney and liver trouble, When | felt
Its approach
Quickly Resorted to Hoods
Sarsaparilla and a glorious result
followed. was on my feet the
first winter for seven years. The symp-
toms of the disease left me, and the
ailments connected with it. For sew
eral years my husband was a sufferer
with rheumatism and neuralgia. He
was all run down and in very bad
way. He took many kinds of medicine
without any permanent benefit until
he began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This medicine cured the pains of rheu-
matism and neuralgia and he said he
felt like new man. If all those who
are suffering from nervous troubles or
rheumatism would give Hoods Sarsa-
parilla n trial they would find that il
speaks for itself" Mrs. F.fC. Pratt,
Wheaton. Illinois
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-07
PATCHES AND DARNS.

A patch neatly put on is by no means
a bad-looking affair, and yet | would
say, do not nee a patch when darn
can be made to take its place. There
are two kinds of darns, and care must
be exercised as to which is better in
a given case. If the break is caused
by some imperfection in the wool,
leaving the warp uninjured, neat
darn may be made by taking up the
threads, over and under; and 1t will
be strong enough without placing a
strip beneath. If, however, the tear
is Jagged it should be darned to a
patch and the cloth carefully cut away
all around the darn. In many cases,
this is a better way to mend a rent
than to patch 1t; in fact, may declare
myself unreservedly in favor of darn
ing over patching. In patching, so far
as possible attach the patch to some
seam. Sometimes you may be able to
join almost every side of the patch to
something. This not only makes your
work strong, but also much heater in
appearance. In patching holes be-
tween tucks, let each side OF the patch
come under tuck, and The mending
will be well-nigh invisible. In few
cases, as among gathers, a rent may
be sewed up. Do not fail then to taper
your seams to a very slender one be-
yond the slit, and by all means over
cast it.-Demorest's Magazine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-07
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only ono
way TO cure deafness, and that II by constitu.
tional remedies. Deafness is cansed by an Ia.
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of the
Enstachian Tube. When this tube gets infam.
med you have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when il il entir,ly closed deafness
is the result, and unless the inflammation can he
taken ont and this tube rest red 10 its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases ont Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which IL nothing hut an nflamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give Que Hundred Dollars for any case
OF Deafness fcauscd by catarrhl that cannot be
cured by Halls Catnrrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free. T. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, ..
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the be4-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-07
CHICAGO AND EASTERN I'LL
NOlS RAILROAD.
Preferred Route to southern cities.

New Orleans and Florida Special: A solid
Vestibuled train, with Pullman buffet Sleep
Ing car, running through to New Orleans;
dining car attached. LEAVES Dearborn
Station Chicago, daily 1t l0;40 a, M. raach-
ing Atlauta and birmingham the following
morning, Gulf oastrcsorts, Townsville, in
the afternoon, New Orleans 6;l0 m Jack
'onyllle $50 p m. Only one night out
Chicago aud Nashville Limlted A solid
yestibuied train, Pullman sleeping ear run.
ming through 10 Nashville, Tcnu.; leaves
Dearhorn Station, Chicago, daily at p, m,
At Memphis direct connection is made with
through sleeping cars for Tampa, jackson.
VILE Gulf Coast points, New Orleans and
intermediate cities
Through sleeping car tickets sold TO all
points, For further Information address
e. W, Humphrey, Nor Pass. Agent, 1856
East Sixth street, 81 Paul, Mimi; Chicago
.icket office, 49, Clark street; Or q. L. Stone,
General Passenger aud Ticket Agent Chi.
:ago,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-07
AProminent Business College.

Our leaders attention is called 10 the card
OF the Northwestern Business College Of
Madison, Wisconsin, IN another column o:
this paper. No other city in the state offers
such nducement TO the student rs Maaison
by way OF those great aud wholesome in.
fuences which contribute largely To the iso
gress OF studies. Here he has free access 10
the halls Of legislation to witness the dclib-
erations upon state affairs by members OF
the legislature; also free lectures III The state
university and the free use Of libraries ant
many other advantages which can only bc
had at state capitals aud ccntcrs uf learning
The Northwestern Business College sees that
Its students are afforded these opportunities
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-07
Catarrh and Throat Specific.

There is perhaps no other remedy
before the public that has given such
universal satisfaction in the relief and
permanent cure of catarrh and throat
troubles as the renowned Cutters In
haler, so simple in its application and
yet SO efficacious in its results. For
over twenty years this remedy has been
in use until its popularity has made it
a household necessity for the ailments
named. The remedy is put up by the
well. known firm of W. II. Smith 4 Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y, who send it by mail or
application, or it can be purchased of
all druggists.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-07
Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound

VIII cure the worst forms of female
complaints, all ovarian troubles, in
flammation and liberation, falling and
displacements of the womb, and conse-
quent spinal weakness, and is pecu-
liarly adapted to the change of life.
Every time it viii cure Backache.
1t has cured more cases of ieueor-
fhea by removing the cause, than any
f femedy the world has ever known; it
Is almost infallible in such cases. 1t
dissolves and expels tumors from the
uterus in an early stage of develop
nent, and checks any tendency to cam
cerous humors. Lydia E. Pinkham's
River Pills work in unison with the
compound. and are a sure cure for
constipation AID sick headache. Mrs
Pinkham's Sanative Wash is of great
value for local application.