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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18
LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT.
Qocent Disoovsries Iusurs This in thu
Near Future.

eocent Discoveries Insure This in the
Near Future.
A discovery In science does not long
remain undeveloped IL 1t has any merit
or practicability. In less than a month
from the time Professor Roentgen dis
covered the celebrated x rays Edison
and others had developed the discov-
cry and adapted it to practical surgery.
Since that time the evolution Of the
rays has brought them far beyond the
dreams of the discoyerer, and they
have become recognized force and
factor In sciences of many kinds. The
activity of our discoverers and investi-
gators in the realms Of science and the
rapidity with which their fellows take
up and develop their results, adapting
them to daily use, make even so great
a find as the rays IN old story i'll rev
days We calmly accept and make use
of the results of these researches as
matter of course, and are apt to put
too slight n value upon the labor which
makes this possible.
The latest development of the Roent-
gen discovery is the result OF some eX-
periments by Professor Ebert, OF
Halle, and they go to show that the
rays may yet be used to illuminate
houses. By impinSing cathode rays
upon q mica mantle painted with sui
phuric acid n very strong greenish
white light was produced. According
to a description, the lamp appears TO
permit a complete conversion of the
fntn lnh
rays which absorb so much electric
energy being in this case entirely ab-
sent, and the light being without heat.
Professor Ebert calculates that one
horse power would be sufficient to pro-
duce 100000 lamps of sixteen-candle
power each, while at present 1t only
produces thirteen and one-half lamps
Of that power. owing to the use or elec-
trio energy in the thermal rays
From this point to that of practically
applying the discovery to the lighting
of towns and houses by means of the
developed rays is but the matter of a
few years. The rapid application of
electricity to house lighting after Edi-
son had solved the incandescent prob
lem makes this certain. The new lie hit
will he ihfmeasurubfy cheaper by rea-
son of the saving of electrical energy
and absolutely safe because of the ab-
sence of heat. The example which the
glowworm has held out to man for CEN
turtles will now find its practical appli-
cation in the light without heat of Pro-
fessor Ebert. 1t remains only for the
chemist to perfect this discovery into
one of the greatest blessings -.h,c65 y Id
have befallen nan.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18
FIREPLACES or SNOW.
Winter Life in Northern Latituacs
Has So nAc Singular Features.

Winter Life In Northern Latitudcs
Has Some sinHulur Features.
At the first glance snow does not
look like very promising material for
fireplace, and yet l think l am not
mistaken inN saying that every winter
there are hundreds of Ares built in fire
places made of this ,substance, says n
writer In LiFpincott's Magazine. This
is less surprising when we stop to
think that in the part of America where
this is dore the temperature outdoors
during the winter months seldom rises
as high as slzero and frequently falls as
low as 4OiOr 30 degrees below.
About the end of January, or when
the sun again appears above the hori-
zOn, many familiesiat the tive Eskimo
villages near Point Barrow, in Alaska.
leave their winter houses and travel
inland dseventy-fivejor 100 miles to hunt
reindeer along thelupper waters of the
large rivers that flow into the Arctic
ocean east Of theiPoint Here they en-
camp in large. comfortable snow
houses, usually ding out in a solid snow
drift. Like all Eskimo winter houses,
these are entered by means Of long,
low tunnel, and opening out of one
side of this tunnel there is n fireplace
built of snow slabs.
/ never had a chance to go ont to the
rivers with the deer hunters, but one
winter there was a snow fireplace built
in the Cape Smyth village, near our
station.
A young man and his wife moved
down from Point Barrow after winter
had set in, and, rs there was no accom-
mediation for them in any of the per-
manent wooden houses, they built
themselves a small hut from blocks Of
snow and rooted it overiwith sailclOth.
l made them a visit onek AFTERNOON and
found the house pretty, cold and un-
comfortable in spite offthe large stone
lamp that was burning all the time.
The entrance tunnel was about ten feet
long; at the left hand as you entered,
and close tOfthe door, was the fireplace.
This was about two and n half feet
square and neatly built of slabs of
snow, with a smoke hole at the top
and n stick across at the proper height
to hang n pot on. Whenyt the first fire
is built in such fireplace, ,lthere is con-
siderable melting of the snow, but as
soon as the fire is allowed to go out
this freezes to herd glaze Of ice,
which afterward melts only a very lit
tie. These firepiaces are used only for
cooking, as the) Eskimos rely wholly on
the oil lamps/for warming the dwell.
ing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18

the gold and from klondyke seems to
come all the excitement. A few tender
feet" going il blind, have stirred up the
nation. Out of the region of their dis
covery has come, II is estimated, $1,000,
0GO worth of gold during the present sum
mcr. Nearly all of that gold has found
its way into the United States.
1t is hard to tell where the Alaska gold
fields are located except that in n general
way the best Of them are along the Yukon.
There arc a few lode" mines near Ju-
mean and along the southeast coast of the
territory uhc most accessible part of it,.
but the one it Of low grade and mining is
made profitable only by the most careful
management.
In all the immense country over which
the placer mining extends it is estimated
that up to last year there We're 1000 min
crs. The districts in which most of them
worked wcre in n broad belt of gold pro-
ducing rock. through which quartz veins
carrying gold occur frequently. Through
the gold-bearng rocks the streams have
cut deep gullics and canyons, and in their
beds the gold which was contained in the
rock is con, cntrated. The mining of this
country consists, therefore. in washing
out the gravel of these beds.
To RcpCA thc GOLD Fields.
The best way to reach the Klondyke
district? One goes from Seattle by ocean
steamer west and n little north. and pass
cs through Dutch Harbor, at the ex-
treme end of the Southwest Alaskan pc
ninsula. From thcrc the steamer turn
north and continues on to St. Michael: I
Island. a little above the mouth of tllc
Yukon, in Behring Sea. At that point
psfs.rral n the rrSN cf
steamers to begin the long journey uT' the
Yukon, which winds northward and east
ward. and finally brings the traveller to
Dawson City, now the principal to''h IN
the district, although sixty five miles from
the Klondyc fields.
The cost of the trip from Chicago this
way, as prospecting miners usually travi,
is $251.5O. 1t is divided as follow
From Chicago to Seattle lsecond clasS
sol 30; from Seattle to Dawson CII
Ssd0.- IN fine the trip costs thirty daI'
four from Chicago to Seattle, sixtecT"na
Seattle to st. Mfchael's Island, r ten
m the Yukon to Dawson City he the fa st
boat. The distance in general =, S,nmros 10
2,250 miles from Chicago to So.,tt,e
1850 miles to st. Michael's Island an 4
500 miles up the Yukon to Dawson, a
total of about 6,0OO miles.
Another way, the mountain route" i.
shorter in miles, hut equally long in the
time it requires and great deal more
difficult. BY this route the traveller sails
more directly north to Juneau which is
500 miles from Seattle. and then goes by
lake and river and over the mountains
1000 miles to the new mining territory.
The cost OF the trip this way cannot be
InfnitnI, stated beyon5 Tuneau hecnusp
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18

kifteet, to eighteen inches in diameter,
sand eAchS trunk, as well as the upper
3bOle. is\psTfectly normal. nor does the
{!fork ;sho.w\any signs of a hattening.
HridSe, ortpneesided coalescence. Her ,e,
Hthe union mast have taken place wher
ithe trees swere snplings.
|. Is. this afmtnral graft" or did some
II Indian possibly slsethe saplings as part
of his wigwann support, and tie them
fso tightly as toAinduce n coalescence?
}The size Of the trees considering the
Islow rate iof growth of the blue ASH
,lseems to make them\ antedate the
white settlers in Ohio.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18

tor faiia 50 icW ID p;aecs sl1s 10 ene VIII
recognize It, that Il koea dq~.n TO- 10 d..
rrees rnd lower. During all this kind pi
winter NJ In the Yukon region little can
be done hut sit about fire "a 4 vain en-.
deayor tn keep warm. for darkness exist.
most Of the time, and the life seems like
that Of q man uncomfortably seated a,
The bottom Of O well.
rSrr:>~ ttn S,'-ln'c- -~-~~- - '--- =,
sometimes even a little BIT hot, but moi
for long. In that time, too. there is al
most continual day, for that end of the
earth tif it may be SO calledD Is the one
that Is pointed directly at the sun.
But as the summer brings warmth and
daylight II also brings mosquitoes. And
such mosquitoes! Creatures that buzz
and bite in such a way as to make the
dreaded Jersey variety seem by compari
son like the silvery, angelic, sweetly, hum
ming fancies Of a peaceful dream. The
travellers who return from the Yukon re
gion tell stories Of how brave and strong
men, coura geous enough to undertake the
perils journey to that country involves
actually break down and sob in utter dcs
peration and despair under the torments
of these terrible pests. The ice and the
magnificent distances" of the country are
not the only drawbacks to its ell Dlora-
ton or to journeying to the gold fields: the
mosquitoes must ever be remembered.
Or course. in the southern part Of Alas.
kn, where Juneau and Sitka are situated,
the winters are not so rigorous. There
the weather is comparatively mild, and In
summer is said to be delightful. But
juneau and Sitka are infinitesimal as com.
pared with the whole country, and they
are not an index to what is furnished far
ther up and farther inland.
Industries of Alaska.
When travellers were asked as late as
two OF three years ago what were the
principal pursuits in Alaska they replied,
of course, that fishing and hunting fur.
nished occupation for the greater part Of
the population. What else was to be ex.
pected from a population made up in the
main of Eskmos and Indians2 In the
Sitka district there are magnificent for
ests and numbering is an industry, but IL
the barren, icy north the occupation OF
the Indian was to shoot and trap the
bear, the fox, the otter and the other ami.
mails whose fur would bring n price In
the markets of the world, to catch the
seals and spear the whale and catch the
other fish or game that could be turned
into money. Salmon canning il the great
industry of the Kadiak district, and has
been for years.
OF late, however, the other industries Of
Alaska have sunk almost out of sight bs
cause of the new gold furry. Mining, q,
course, is the industry of the white man
Virgin gold might have lain in plain sigh!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18
Ready for Business.

The Western Union for many Sears
had a contract with the Bell Company
by which the Western Union agreed 10
sta. out of the telephone field. Ina'
co!Hract expired last fall. In anficipa-
ton of it's expiration, the Western
Union for ten or twelve years has peen
stringlng copper wires for metallic car
cult telephones. and now 1t has nine-
teen thousand stations connected O
these copper-wlre circuits. The .ben
Company has only about eleven nun'
dred long-distance stations. Inc
western Union can put its long -oa-
tance telephone system in working Or
der by simply attaching receivers Ane
transmitters to the wires 1t uses SoE
transmitting messages
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18
DawaOu CitY.

Dawson City, the center of the new
mining region, although sixty-fve miles
distant from the Kiondyke, is said to be
typical mining town-minus the guns
The British Government cnforces its laws
L. Dawson, and those laws prohibit the
use OF firearms, SO few men carry guns
The laws of the camp are enforced by
mounted police, whose captain is n civil
officer. Though there are said to be 5000
people i'm Dawson, few houses have been
built. for the principal reason that lumber
is 800 per 900 feet. The general fear
is, of course, that there will be great suf-
ferinG there this winter. and it will he in
creased. it is expected, by the rush OF
unprepaied prospectors who sailed for the
new fields Immediately on learning what
luck had befallen those who have but
recently returned.
To give an accurate idea of the cost of
living in Dawson City. the price list of a
general store there is herewith given:
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18
FACTS ABOUT ALASKA.

DURCHASED In 1867 from Rus
sia for 81. 900, 600; purchase ncgoti-
ated by William ii. Seward.
Area In square miles. 531 400.
} Population census Of $500. 80; 32a;
EsquimauX and IL, 1875 Indians.
} Estimated present population. 40.
600.
Principal cities. sltka (the capitaD.
juneau, Wrangel, Circle City.
Principal rivers, the Yukon (more
than 1000 miles long. the Kuskok-
win, the Colviile and the Copper.
Principal mountains, Mount Logan.
so ntGF MaSns @SHo Wrs3Gs Sss, soHt s g. fss4 sa'
Governor Of the territory, James d.
Brady; residence at Sltka.
Principal products besides gold. furs.
fish and lumber.
Principal occupat tiOns of the people
hunting and fishing.
Gold first discovered In 1879
Estimated product of gold to date.
$50. 900, 600
KIondyke In English is Deer River
The river Is so designated on the
maps.
KIondyke gold fields partly in Amer.
lean and partly In British territory.
and the product Is disposed Of in the
United statcs-
Scene Of the present excitement Is
} along the Upper Yukon and its tribu-
taries.
Distance from Chicago to the KIon-
dyke gold fields, via the Yukon, Is
about 0.G0O miles; via Chilkoot Pass.
about 1000 miles.
r1me to make the trip by either
route. thirty days.
Cost OF the trip, about $500.
Travel possible only In June. July
and August
Climate In winter severe in the ex-
treme. winter beginning In Septem-
ber.
During June and July continuous
daylight; during December and Janu-
airy continuous night.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18
TWIN ASH Trees.

'S.hey Joined Together Fifteen Feet
Above ttc Ground.
1 A remarkable twin tree growth is
shown in the accompanying cut repro
lduced from the Scientific American.
THE original photograph was taken by
Prof. William Werthner, Of the Day
ton high school. The tree stands near
Waynesville, o. 1t is a very symmet-
rical coalescence,of two blue ash trees,
five feet apart at'thc ground and at fif-
teen feet above Joining to form a per-
feet trunk that extends to n height of
some seventy feet. Each tree is from
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18

in the rocks to a limitless extent and in
all probability the Indians REd the Is
kimos would never hs-zs touched it. Food
and furs are the. standard of value with
them. tohi fills no Eskimo stomachs and
keeps 10 Eskimo body warm.
Working Placer Mines.
The Klondyke mines are placers-th.
most easily worked mines of any, and
requiring the least expenditure The
methods Of washing ont placer gold are
known as '.sluicing" and ''panning" The
former is employed where the yield is of
ordinary value, while nll old-timers pre-
fer the latter in rich ground.
IN sluicins the dirt is shoveled into the
sluicc box. through which water is rapid
iy running. The box is of varving inr~th,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18

;thave In former years received more
than one exemplary lesson for the i'm
lproyement Of their manners. In 1850
leSir Neville Chamberlain was sent to
i{punish them. and passed almost right
Through WaZiristan. 1t was in 1879
that they again became troublesome,
land this led to General Kennedy being
Ssent among them with retributive
IsfOrce Sir William Lockhart had to
tbc sent to Waziristan only three years
lingo with an expedition. and at the end
he made arrangements that were ex-
i pccted to preserve law and order In the
lslocality. From these previous expert
,ences it seems likely that these natives
will probably receive severe punish
,nent for their most recent outbreak.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18

Ever since spinning was a type of woman
ly industry, from age to age it has been
expected that beautiful apparel should
clothe women. To keep dainty belongings
in good order it is necessary to have them
properly laundcred. This is especially true
In the laundering of pretty summer gowns,
which is now quite a fine art. To do the
work properly. I'LL a tub two-thirds full of
warm water, dissolve the fourth of cake
of Ivory Soap (Which viii not fade the most
delicate colors), add it to the water; wash
the articles through it, rinse first in clear
and then in blue water; wiring, dip in thin
starch. shake out and hang on the line in
the shade. When dry. sprinkle and iron
Gowns thus laundered will retain their
freshness the entire season.
ELIZA n PaGEFr
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18
Theraia a CInss Of Peanle

n Who are injured by the of coffee. Re-
1ceutly there has been placed in all the grocery
1stores n new preparation called Grain-O. made
ySot pure grains. that takes the place of cofee.
IIThe most delicate stomach receives it without
l1stress. and b.it few can ted It from coffee. 1t
SdOes not cost oneluarfer IA much
tSChiidren may drink it with great benefit Is cts
knnd 25 cts. per package Try 1t. Ask for
VGraiu-O
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Try Aliens FO0t-Ease,

powdcs. to be shaken into tho shoes. AT this
season your feet feel swo Hen and hot, land get
tired eafily. II you have smarting, feet OF
tight sisoes, try Aliens Foot Ease, It COILS
the etand smskes walking easy. Cntes and
PREVENT swollen and sweating feet, blisters
and caHous spots. Relieves corns and bunions
o. all rnin and gives rest and comfort Try 1t
to-day. Sold by all drug.1 1sts and shoe stores
for . cents. Trial package FREE. Address.
ALLEN s.. OLMsTED, LeROys NY.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18

All the doctors in the new Hospital iof
Women in London arc women. IheN "I1
five surgeons among them. and out Q,
ninety ma jor operations there is a recof"
of bat two deaths
Near Vanceburg, KY, is an apple tree
that has been bearing fruit for 90 years.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18
Exler;AI

Of the world are turned toward
our frozen acquisition in the north
for within its borders has been dis
covered an Eldorndo. The word klon-
dyke. literally translated meaning Deer
River, Is on every tongue and is known rs
the designation for gold-bearing district
greater in area and richer in character
than any the world has ever known, with
the possible exception of California.
klondyEe is the new open sesame to
Aladdin $ cave; it supplants pixies Peak
or bust in the gold d-seeker's vernlcu!ar
The DAYS of 81" may become as cele-
hrat"d phrase as the days of 10, for
the same fever that seized upon the people
aud dotted the Western prairies with en-
igrunt trains bound for the Pacific coast
is clainnI; victims by the thousands. all
eager to brave the perils of the arctic cir
Gle and wrCst a fortune from the frozeD
zone.
The reported gold discoveries of the
present day in Alaska and the reported
gold discoveries of - in California afford
many PARALLELS. To the average man the
treasures Of the coast State were seem
insly as inHC ccssiblc as are the riches Of
the Yukon and ITS tributaries. One WAS
more than 900 miles across Il tIackrs5
desert and over snowbound mountain
passes, hcset by savages, whose deadly
attacks marked the trail with bleaching
bones across the Western States: the
other is nearly 1000 miles by water.
through n rigorous climate. or almost
4 900 miles 10y land and water, with noun
tain passes to scale as dangerous as those
Of the Swiss Alps.
The Alaska and California gold fields
are like nlso in being placer mines. Placer
mining is commonly called poor mans
mining for the reason that it is done
without machinery, while the implements
required in the work nre few and of small
cost y placer miner can get along very
well with Il pick, shovel and gold pan.
IL the dirt is not rich he can accomplish
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NERVOUS PROSTRATION.
A New Jersey Woman Expresses
Her Gratitude to Mrs. Pink
ham for Relief

"Will you kindly allow me-" writes
Miss Mary e. Saidt to Mrs. Pinkham,
"the pleasure of expressing my graft
tude for the wonderful relief l have
experienced by taking your Compound?
I suffered for n long time with nervous
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"Man's.Inhumanity.to Man

makes countlessI millions mourn" We know
OF no better illustration of tho above quotas
t on, than whete q man allows his wife to
wash a washbonrd. when no can purchase
her n Rocker Washer, which operates SO
easily, that It virtssally does away with al the
hartiships Of washday.. Ses advertisement in
another column.
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ELIZA II. PARKET.

You cannot speak of living when the
temperature night and day is 100. 1t is
but mere existence. And such is life in
the valley of Peshawar, at the northwest
corner of India, in the months of July and
August.
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The wAz,ala
A Wild and Wariike Tribe OF the Britt
ieh Indian Frontier.

"A few weeks ago a strong body Of
Wazs1s beat back a column of British
troops and native auxiliaries, on the
Afghan frontier Of India. The Waziris
are a tribe on the borders of that from
tier, and are one Of the widest and
most war-like tribes on the frontier.
Their character has long been estab-
lished for murder and robbery. They