A BATTLE OP GIANTS.
Waatarn Pnlon t Attark tha 1111 Tata
phnna 'imnr.
Niw York, rVpt. 8 The World snji
the Western Union lYlevnph compnnj
and the Anierionii 1111 Telephone com
pany nre about'to engiiro lu a lel battlt
In which millions of rtolliir ami the a o 1
Dame of a former t'nileil Stnte Jii'le an
inrolTetl. By an agreement between th
two corporation the .telegraph compunj
waa to receive 'A) per '.nt. of the recelpti
of the telephone company for certain con
cession. In the Western Union tils
covered tbnt certain receipt were not sub
jected to the S) per cent, deduction and
began an action for an accounting, involv
ing 7,ouo,ouo or $s,nw,ooo.
The suit by the Western Union was be
fttn in the United State Circuit court foi
the district of Massachnetta, and Jud
Nelson appointed ex-Judira John Ixjwell
aa referee to hear the evidence. Judgt
Lowell made his report a few months ago.
Ha decided that the Western Union is not
entitled to the accounting asked for. Sine
that report was made the Wes'ru Union
experts have searched the rein's of the
Bell patents and the previous uvclions ol
Judge Lowell In Bell telephone cae.
Now the company will move to reopen
the case on the ground of newly discovered
evidence. Should the motion be disal
lowed they will move to set aside Judge
Lowell's report on the ground that a sur
prising number of his near relatives hold
large amounts of Americau Hell Telephone
stock, and largely increased their holding;
while the decision was pending, and that
Judge Lowell s father advanced $inO.OX tj
the men who controlled the stock while
the questiou of the value or worthlesue
of the stock was pending before his son.
The Wetern Union will make its first
motion in the United States court in Bos
ton some time this month.
Ex-Judge John Lowell is a cousin of the
late James Russell Lowell, and has th(
best blue blood of Boston in his veins. He
ia very eminent in his profession, and hat
written two volumes on bankruptcy which
have become standard authority.
Whit Tresldent Green Pays.
Xsw York, Sept. 8. Xorvin Green, pres
ident of the Western Union Telegraph
company, was aked for a statement in re
gard to t he published report that the com
pany would move to set aside an adverse
report of Master in Chancery John Lowell
in the suit against the Bell Telephone
company for ceriaiu moneys claimed to be
due the telegraph company. Dr. Green
uid that so far as he knew no such report
had been made by ex-Jndge LowelL
Should an adverse decision be filed, it
would be fought by the Western Union
with every weapon at its command. Bo
vond this he would say nothing.
IN ONLY TWENTY DAYS.
A Great Mall Reeord from Yokohama
to England.
Xew York, Sept. 9. A cablegram from
Queenstown announces the arrival there
Of the steamship City of Xew York at i
o'clock yesterday afternoon. She was five
days, twenty-two hours and fifty minutei
crossing the Atlantic, equaling the fastest
pnssage ever made from Xew York U
tieenetown.
The City of Xew York had on board the
famous record beating Japanese mail that
the Empress of India, the Canadian Pacific
Railroad company and the Xew York Cen
tral Railroad company brought from Yo
kohama to this city in fourteen days. The
letters contained In these mail bags were
read in England ten days before the naua.'
time for the arrival of the Japanese mail
Jnst twenty day from the time the let
ters left Yokohama they were in EDgland;
For aa Eight Hoar Day.
Newcastle, Sept. 9. The proceeding
of the Trades Union congress now in ses
sion here, and representing the interest!
of over 1,900,000 skilled and unskilled
workmen of Great Britain, are attracting
widespread attention.
A resolution in favor of an International
eight hour law was carried by a vote o(
32 to 163 amid great cheering.
The resolution declares that the British
government should endeavor to bring
about such a law in conjunction with all
foreign governments, and demands that
an international conference be convoked
for the purpose.
Sclig-ntan on the Birsch Faad.
Xew York, Sept. 9. Jesse Seligman,
toe of the trustees of the Baron Hindi
fund, said today: "Not one dollitr of the
Baron Hirsch fund has boon used to pau
perize labor or to bring ovt-r pennilesi
emigrant. It is largely used to educate
the children and to forward deserving
Hebrews to various parts of the country.
We have aided no paupers to come to thU
country. The money is used here for the
assistance of those who have already ar
rived." The Shrnandaah Church War.
Skesasdoah, Pa,, Sept. 9. The warring
factions of the Greek Catholic church her
have combined and resolved to oust Rev.
Andrukoviozo, the parish priest. The lat
ter has been suspended by the Archbishop
of Lemberg, Galicia, but refuses to sur
render until Le is paid tl.&UO which he
claims he Invested in the church property.
He has enlisted a corps of special police,
armed with Winchester rifles, and declarer
he will hold the church, come what may.
Five Firemen Burned.
Xew Yor.K, Sept. 9. The immense five
story storage warehouse of R. C. Layton,
at 63 and 64 South street, was gutted by
Sre. Five firemen were bunted, two oi
them seriously. At least fifty business
houses had goods on storage in the build
ing, and among the contents were chem
icals, drugs, jute, teas, spices, shellac and
a variety of general merchant!. The lost
is estimated by R. C. Layton iR fiaO.OOO.
Counterfeiters In Maw-ark.
Newark, X. J., Sept. 9. The police of
Xewark captured three Italians who had
posaed mau y counterfeit coins last night,
l'hey were Michael Tiuzzo, of 70 Mulberry
street, aud Dominick Patzello, of 17 Worth
street, Xew York, and Frank Zerosso, who
refused to give his resideuce. Iu Zerosso's
possession were found seven counterfeit
dollars.
Fz-Senator I'latt's TVIf III.
Rochester, X. Y.. Sept. 9 Ex-Senator
Thomas C. Piatt, who it here to attend the
P-tpublican state convention, has received
a cablegram informing him of the serious
illness of his wife in Usteud, Belgium.
Hon. W. L Scott Falling.
Pittsburg, Sept . A special dispatch
to The Times from Newport says: Ex-Congressman
William L. Scott Is in a very
critical condition. There is no doubt
that Mr. Scott is failing rapidly. .
' ' In Honor of the rar.
- Paris, Sept. 9. A general rehearsal of
"Lohengrin" was held last night. It wli
probaUly be produaoel on, Friday 1. honor
vf .rite cv.ar. -'
CAPTIVE BALLOONS.
THE IMPORTANCE THEY MAY HAVE
IN NAVAL WARFARE.
Interesting Experiments Made bjr the
r'renrh Authorities Observations
That Were Made at a Height of 1,000
Feel.
A recent dispatch from London state
that German military aeronauts have,
gone to the island of Heligoland to ex
periment with captive balloons, with ft
view to making, use of them for naval
purpose.
The idea of employing; balloons for
purposes of reconnoissance at sea origi
nated with the French nary. The suc
cessful trials on land of captive balloons
for army use led to the experiment being
tried of utilizing; them for service on
board ship, and the French naval author!
tios instituted a series of practical experi
ments In with Cis object in riew.
The first captive balloon with which
experiments were made was of the or
dinary spherical shape, and was made of
Chinese pongee silk, covered with several
coats of waterproof lacquer. This bal
loon was manufactured at Chalais Men-tlt-n.
just outside of Faris, at the works
of the Central Aeronautic establishment,
where the war balloons are made. It
was inflated with hydrogen gaa and held
captive by means of silk rope about 1,500
feet in length. In order to accustom the.
sailors to handte so large an object in thy
narrow and confined space offered by a
ship, a platform was erected in the park
of the manufacturing grounds of the
shape and form of a ship's deck, with
mai-t aud rigging complete, and on this
dtt-k the men were exercised.
Everything being in readiness, the bal
l.xm and fittings were placed on board the
punnery ship L'Iniplacable and then in
Hated. The ascent from the ship at an
chor on a calm day was successful in
every war. The officers who went up
reported that they had no difficulty in
making out with the aid of telescopes
not only the movements of all the ves
sels visible to their extended horizon, but
that they could even discern their nation
alities and the courses they were steering.
All the information obtainable from their
lofty station the officers transmitted to
L'Iniplacable by means of a telephone,
the wires of which were stopped up along
side of the rope that held the balloon
captive.
The practicability of perfectly com
municating between a captive balloon
and a ship at anchor being thoroughly
established, the French governmnent
proceeded to try the efficiency of such a
mode of obtaining information from a
ship under way. To accomplish this the
balloon and apparatus were placed on
board another ship, L'Indomptable, se
lected because she had very little rigging
to interfere with the balloon on deck.
The vessel then steamed out from ths
roads at a moderate rate of speed. The day
was clear and calm. Long after the "big
black hull of the armored ship had sunk
below the horizon of those watching
within the harbor the balloon remained
plainly visible, and to the observers in
the balloon the harbor and the shipping
movement remained in sight for a long
time.
Further trials were continued on board
the flag ship Formidable, and are thus
described: "Several officers of the ship
made ascents and ascertained that in
clear weather all the details of the coat
from Marseille to the extreme point of
the Inlands of Hyeres were plainly risi
ble, and that no building nor ship for 20
to 85 miles round could escape the notice
of an observer in a balloon. " These ob
servers also reported that they could see
vertically downward toward the bottom
of the sea to a depth of nearly 100 feet,
the water from their height appearing
transparent.
In the exercises described the behavior
of the balloon was all that could be de
sired. Going at the speed of 10 knots,
with quite strong winds, the Formidable)
found no difficulty in towing the balloon
with nearly 200 feet of line. To finally
demonstrate this fact the balloon was
made fast to a torpedo boat that towed
it with perfect ease with 200 feet of ropo
for two hours, in which time 21 miles
were made.
This is as far as captive balloon experi
ments on board ship hare been carried.
There are many uses for balloons at sea if
they can be cheaply and easily made and
handled, and the Germans Intend thor
oughly to go into the matter.
A Prettr Fellow's Attire.
A century and a half ago the dress of
a pretty fellow was a matter of constant
study and care. Embroidered coats,
laced waistcoats with gold worked but
ton holes, and black relvet breeches,
were his delight For the last mentioned
garments black velvet was for years the
extremely fashionable material. In de
scribing a beau a satirical writer of tho
time says, "In black rel ret breeches let
him put all his riches;" and another
6atire of the same time puts the un
answerable question, "Without black
relvet breeches, what Is man?" Fine
Mechlin lace to adorn the shirt bosom
and wrists, red heeled shoes with bril
liant buckles, and gold clocked stockings
rolled up over the knees, were also essen
tial parts of the costume of the pretty
f oUowg. Perukes with very long queues
were the fashionable wear. They were
hiavily scented and powdered :
"Mix with powder pnlvll.
And then let it moulder away un his .boulder."
Not only the peruke, but the whole attire
was heavily scented. Musk, orange
flower water, and civet shed their fra
grance on the air. In the fob of the
laced waistcoat was a gold watch. Tho
macaroni of a latter day was accustomed
to carry two watches, which seldom
agreed "one to tell him," as Walpolo
said, "what o'clock it was, and tho other
what it was not. " A sword and a suuff
box were necessary parts of our beau's
equipment. A hilt adorned with rich
filigree work, and an elegant sword knot
with gold taaseU, set off the weapon that
no pretty fellow was erer man enough to
draw.
There is a grate futuro for the nutmeg.
'New Orleans Picayune,
DEADLIER THA DEATH VALLEY.
A California Pool That Gives Oft a Gas
Fatal to All Life.
"Talk about Denth Valley," said Oavin
McXab to a San Francisco Chronicle re
porter, "I know a spot in this State
where no living thing can exist fire
seconds, and the place is within 30 feet of
a traveled country road. "
Tell us about it, " said the gentlemen
clustered around the speaker.
"Well," said Mr. McXab, "I will, but
if I did not know there was a superabun
dance of proof concerning the story I am
about to relate to you I would hesitate to
tell it. Along the foot of the Mendolcino
Mountains, in the county by that name,
runs a much traveled road, which leads
from the town of Holland to Ukiah,
The road is on a bench, or shelf, alvo a
Taller crested by the Russian River,
which, like nearly all California streams,
is constantly changing its channel, and
hence It is sometime"" within a hundred
yards of the road at the nearest point and
again a half mile away. When the an
nual overflows occur it spreads orer the
whole ralley, and is a mile or more wide.
I mention this in order that you may
understand the nature of the ralley. It
is a dry rirer bed, all sand and gravel,
with here and there a bunch of scrubby
willows.
"Ina clump of these stunted troes, at a
point about three miles from Hopeland
and about 30 feet from the rood I have
mentioned, there bubbles a spring of tho
clearest sparkling water you ever saw.
The only thing ieculiarly noticeable
about the spring from a distance is the
loud hissing sound it makes as it gushes
up out of the gravelly soil. It sounds
more like boiling water, with occasional
jets of steam escaping, than it does like
the ordinary purling of a stream.
"Approach it and you will be startled
to see lying around the spring the skele
tons of hundreds of birds, scores of small
animals, such as coons, foxes, and the
like, and nearly always there will be a
body or two of birds or animals in a more
or less advanced state of decomiositioti
near the edge of the spriug. If a man is
wise he will be content with an inspec
tion of the unattractive spot from a dis
tance, more especially if there happens
to be the carcass of a steer lying beVide
it with the nose an inch or two from the
water. The fact is, gentlemen, that
there rises constantly from the spring a
gas so noxious and so deadly that one
whiff of it is sufficient to extinguish life.
"The terrible character of the spring,"
continued Mr. McXab, "is well known to
all who reside in the neighborhood, and
they tell some horrible stories concern
ing it. One day the little 6 year old
daughter of a farmer living near the
spring wandered away from home. Her
absence was not noticed for an hour or
two, and then the parents went in search
of their child. They found her lying
dead beside the spring with a Ifttlo dead
bird clutched in her hand. She had evi
dently seen the bird lying beside the
spring, and, being attracted by the
bright colors of its plumage, had tried to
pick it up, and in so doing had inhaled
the gas rising from the water and died
with the bird.
"Another time, " said the narrator of this
strange story, "a squaw who was sup
posed to bp recovering from a spree wan
dered down by the spring. She probably
started to the lire; to get a drink, when
she discovered the spring and knelt be
side it, dying in that position. The
strangest thing about it is that, well
known as is the deadly character of the
spring, there is absolutely no warning
posted, no fence around it, nor protection
against it of any kind other than a few
limbs of trees and bushes thrown orer
the place by farmers to keep their stock
away from it, and the last time I saw the
place even the brush had been scattered
until the spring was uncovered. A ven
turesome man once held his breath aud
nostrils and leaned orer the spring to
hear the noise it made, which he des
cribed as something terrible.
"The water is thought to be compara
tively wholesome, but nothing is known
positively about it, as it has nerer been
uuulyzed. There can be no doubt, how
ever, that the spring is certain and in
stant death to every living thing that
approaches it. "
The Bride Must Be Fat.
A Tunison girl has no chance of mar
riage unless she tips the scales at 200
pounds, aud to that end she commences
to fatten when she is 15 years old. She
takes aperients and eats a great deal of
sweet stuff and lead a sedentary life to.
hasten the process. Up to 15 she is rery
handsome, but at 20 what an immense
unwieldy mass of fat she becomes.
She waddles or undulates along the
street. Her costume is rery picturesque,
especially if she be of the richer class.
They ore clothed in fine silks of re
splendent hues of bright yellow or green,
and wear a sort of conical shaped head
dress, from which depends a loose white
drapery. Turkish trousers and dainty
slippers, the heel of which barely reaches
the middle of the foot, complete the
costume. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Flarapple Ciira for Diphtheria.
One of my children was down with
diphtheria and was in a critical condition.
An old man who heard of tho case asked
if we had tried pineapple juice. We tried
it, and the child got well. I hare known
it tried in hundreds of cases. I hare told
my friends about it whenever I heard of
a case and nerer knew it to fail. You
get a ripe pineapple, squeeze out the juice,
and let the patient swallow it. The juice
is of so corrosive a nature tliat it will cut
out diptheritic mucus, and if you will
take the fruit before it is ripe and gire
the juice to a person whose throat is well
it makes the raucous membrane of his
throat sore. Chicago Tribune.
The largest ressel on record in the old
times was one built by Ptolemy Philopa
ter, king of Egypt. She is said to hare
been 430 feet long, 66 feet brood, 73 feet
Ugh from the keel to the top of the
prow,' and 80 feet to the top of the poop.
She had four .helms of 60 feet, and her
largest oars were 56. feet long. She had
4,000 rowers.
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The best valve for Money is to buy your
Clothing, Hats, Shirts, Neckwear, Trunks and
Valises of
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DEALERS IN
Cigars, Tctacco. Candiss, Fruits and Huts
SOLE AGENTS FOR
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"Ps2tit-2- Goojds .a. Specialty,
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F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco
Sole agents for tae following brands of Cigars:
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IF YOU ARE
CARPET,
or OIL
YOU WILL FIND
W. m. BMOWEE'S
2nd Door above
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
"25ps Chichcstcr s English,
The Best Furni
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The Largest
Stock,
Largest Variety,
Absolute Relia
bility, Best-value Prices
Owing to delays beyond our
control, a portion of the exten
sive improvements contemplat
ed must be postponed, and our
retail trade will not be interfer
ed with. You can get a better
idea of our inducements by see
ing stock and prices.
VCOKHIS & MTJERAY.
we . Wilkes-Barre.
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AND
Hat House in Columbia
IN NEED OF
lflATTIKG,
CLOTH,
A NICE LINE AT
Court House.
Reo Cross Diamond Brand
Bsrau's B&rrsiEc:ks.
A few choice cockerels for
sale about Oct. first, at l.oo
and 1.50 a piece. One choice
one, early hatched, price $2.50
if taken soon.
W. 1$. GERMAN.
MUlvllle, Pa.
AXLE
GREASE
BEST IX THE VARI.n.
ItsWMrinaqualUlraiire nnsurpaaMd, act calls
outlasting' two boxes of ut othir brnnrt. Not
affacud by haat. trti CT'tUktilXUE,
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and Montour Counties.
THOMAS GORREY.
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Plans and Estimates on all
kinds of buildings. Repairing
and carpenter work promptly
attended to.
Dealer ia E:ils:;':
Inside Hardwood finishes a
specialty.
Persons oflimited means who
desire to build can pay part and
secure balance by mortgages.
twlBtbvirvvrn UKtl,iiM,Bfrr thy U.l wIIIiIm feral
r"ilow..ii wfaUt, ymm nm vara Hut atraet.
mvMfx fur star muItm Wf.fs.ftil tUttr. l-r 1 aod quttk.f
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