THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA,
Eound in Hawaii and Check
Canine Development.
OLD ANIMALS IMMUNE
Secretary Vredcnburjh of the Amer
ican Kennel Club Learned of the
Peat at Honolulu Nocturnal Msi
quito Lays the Ec.3 and it I Lapped
Up In VVat:r.
VIillo In Hawaii to r.ttend tie
tial bench show of Hie Hawaiian Ken
nel club, A. T. Yrcdenburgh learncl
of u worm that kills doR.-i. says U
N.-.V York Sun. Tl:,' dogs lap up thu
gfims, which aio believed to he tho
h.ivao of a iinctunuU mosquito. In tho
dr nkliiQ water. The developed worm
pc.ii'trato the neart and cause death
by clinking up thu blood pnsaaan. The
Hawaiian ni'.ue ia the "heart wonu."
It i t so prevalent t n it it la rare for a
iIom bred on the island to l.ve uniil
time years eld. Ijo;i'l that age a
Uo U n Ejrd"d as .-.lnr.r.ie I'nu.i the
0; av.d old do..s br.-r.v; U l.i i the
j M-:d Mi! he. vii'tm- or ihe
hear! worm.
A nii;hi ilyi-;; v,r,rv-- fc:i:v:h'ir,
to the inhabitants b r. r: !. ..t
in Jippearaiice to a frt::.i i.i At
lantic seaboard, is In il vi d to O po.-it
the Kg of th v r,n on the
that ihe ioi;s dri".k. The pe.-t i. i-.i':!
to ha.e bicu gMi:"'i' to ':'-" ' ; '
fen; .!;;;an t'!a;i v e-ivs i'.pr-i R -d
that country a! tack i-.i;;'..1 ami he.;- v.
a well as dm. bv.; in Hawnli the
live stock is free fr..ni its rav.--?-..
T!:e worm is supposed to hatch in t.h ?
strmach or intestines of the dos Pti 1
when in the nerm s-t.T.e. fo Rain c:i
irunot to the veins and by the b! ood
canals tJ the heart. Hero the wo ms
cluster and develop, with the final ef
fect of UilliiiK the animal by chokins
the main artery. Il is not determined
I believe, whether the worms then die
in their turn or pass: into anot.ier
per od of life ns mosquitoes.
Each worm is from two to to'
inches In length, white in color and
without apparent organs of any sort.
They are very thin, say about the
thickness of a small knitting needle,
and suggest hits of white knitting hilk.
They are found In clusters of eight or
ten in the heart of the dead dog,
grouped about the source of blood sup
ply as fish gather at the inlet to
pond. I inspected the worm Infested
hearts kept as specimens in the mu
r.eum of the local board of health. The
experts said that specimens of the
worm and similar txhibltg had been
sent for examination to the govern
ment scientists at Washington but
that a full Identification had not been
rpaio or any antidote suggested.
The presence of the worm Is made
known by a hacking cough, which Is
followed by a dulness of coat and eye,
wlta an Increasing debility to the end.
!n company with Dr. I. Charleton Fit.
geald, dn Irish veterinarian, I vlsiied
tho best kennels of pointers in Ha
wa'l. The owner, a prominent mer
chant, showed us a puppy he knew to
be infected and asked the doctor to
did its misery. The pointer had never
been outside of the kennel and evary
effort had been made to guard the
do,?'s drinking water from pollut'm,
which reveals how Insidious Is .he
approach of the pest. I saw the pu:)".).v
hilled by humane means and watered
the subsequent autopsy. In the valve
of the heart we discovered the dea lly
cluster of worms, i reclsely as I had
been told.
The Fur Trade.
The fur trade of Nrrth America has
always been largely conducted fin
the principal of barter, writes Luncan
MacArthur in the New England Mr;a
zin?. The traiisact.'nr.s with the In
dians are carried on in a very slmpl"
manner. When a hnimr brings In his
collection of furs to any trading p. st,.
which he usually does twice a year,
in October and March, he Is taken to
tho trading room, where the o.Jn.'a!
In charge carefully examines, clan!
flea and values each skin, and wlrn
the whole pack l.i pone 'over he hands
the Indian a number of tallies, or
small pieces of wood or metal. c""h
representing the value of a "mad?
beaver," and the whole representing
the value of the entire catch.
The Indian then proceeds to the
storeroom and selects such articles as
he requires blankets, capots, gr.as,
knives, tea, tobacco, etc. In payment
for which he hands hack his tall'-3s
unfl they are all gone and his pur
chasing powers are exhausted. He
then departs, another hunter takes his
pi i co and Is dealt with In a sin- jr
in.:nner, and so on until all the irs
h. the possession I the whole buni
of Indians have passed Into he
hands of the trader. Formerly It "-as
customary to give a good hunte- a
"dram" and Bom's Finall presents In
appreciation of r,U industry.
Meanlrg of a Term.
Virginia has four, d It necessary to
j-! -s i! law dec!arl::t; 'hat fo" a'l leil
pnrpoHtsu '.he v'"ds "railroad" ana
"railway" are to ou lonsldered syn
onymous. Too Much Attention.
"Americans pay too much uttentlon
to wealth."
"Yes," at.wered the rural million
aire, "especially the men who ass".:
property."
NEW YORK'S GREATEST SHOW
Where There It Standing Room Only
at a Goodly Premium.
A reat on tho New York Stock Ex
change sold fof 995,000, and $97,0')J
was bid f6r another. The man' who
bought the seat "Mrlll probably never
Occupy It its It haH no tangible ex
istence In fact. "
There are eleven hundred members
of the New York Stock Exchange and
tho seating cupac.ty on the floor of
the Exchange Is not over forty. Th-sn
seats consist of the small wooden
benches around the posts on the tlo.;r.
They are usually occupied by spe
cialists of the various stocks, so tn.it
unless the new member become.) a
specialist, which is not likfly, he vM
have paid $95,000 and $2,000 initia i r.i
tco for the privilege of standing u;i i.i
the llorir of tho Exchange every d.iy
from 10 a. ni. to 3 p. m.
This is the cost of the rare privil;
of entering this exclusive body vii--re
th' price of securities are ma
every day nnd which create the s'ail
crd of speculation and Invesiim nl. i:i
Aiii'Tican stocks and bonds tho v.-'imc
v.orld over.
While flie "Hear Itself Ib n mvfi.
it ionns n:i asset of the r.yyr.l t".'.'.r
ch.iracter. It Is as marketah!" a t c.
j' ' '1 rninent bond : It can be c::v. r ' 1
i:i o cash at a moment's notice; it h
:i ;io. s"s:--ion th:it a member crr;-t
l.e deprived of, although his m 'ir' :
I. privileges can be tt.en a. "
him for cause at any tirv 1
1 . beard of governors who eye .
uvrv the discipline of the great in :
n .ir.il.
i'i e t?rm "seat" ha com? drr.:i
t;f. , j.,y8 f i:,
i.'el.ers, wlien the members ::: :'
i : in tho hoard-room fnc!;:-; t
' .'man, through whom the t i
i dn;;e by moans of the r 1 :
; and by open bidding. The n'1
te still retained on the Gtocl: .V
;h:-;ge, but tho menibershl;)
j-own so large that the old r.r'ih-V,
( trading have become ohso'.rt !. ""
'fats were abolished about tr.y
yc?.rs ago.
A member of today must hp il- -'
n d active and constantly on 1:1? ;
!n order to follow ihe market.
i".:. hen from post to post, arror -to
th? orders he has to execute. n;i '
'ie l.pjps track of his market thr' .
he specialists who take their f. ; !
at the posts assigned to the vari .i ;
securities.
Stock Exchange memberships b
!t" to increase In value when a linn
was set on the membership. This v.r.s
originally 500, and It was reluc'an'lv
Increased from time to time until 1":.),
when a final limit was established p
1,100. In that year the niemberpMp
numbered 1,033. It was then dodd
to raise the limit to 1,100, and P- 't
permanently at that figure. In order
to do this forty-five seats were srld
and they brought $17,000 each. TM--pr'ce
represented an advance s!:ich
1871 of $14,250.
In the boom of 1882 seats sold
hk'h as $32,500, but in the panic T
1884 they sold as low as $18,000. r h
following year, however, a new Kgh
record was made at $34,000, and '.its
for many year3 was the record prlcv
When the panic of 1893 cams a inm
her of members were forced to ?ci
their seats, and the price fell as 1 iv
as 15,250.
The Exchange Is opened every bus--ne.
i day at 9:50, but no business evi
be transacted until 10 o'clock, vh:i
the ehn'rman, who occupies a ec-i'
Tien tho rostrum, announces the or-i
!ng. It Is the duty of the cha:rr t,
to open and close the Exchange, r v
-e-ve order, and make all annoiui"
i erts, g'.ich as deaths, Insolvcne'-
c. He also buys nnd sells Ft ?'
":!!-r the rule" that is, whe:i
r-.hey Is unnhle to niahe gr.nd '
I'.v-r'ei, stocks are bought or - 1
f'r 1:1a account by the chahn
thf-a a-e five hours of trading.
" -hann clones jT'Tiptly at 3. o
etri lie made ai'fr that hour
f f J.'O is Inposed on a nirm'-"
makes any tranpnr'tlon In s'o
hc.rli. lirte l or qvotcvl 'n the
" !:". r''.- 1 1; -it hour or IWor 1"
t "'. i'l tho n.c!:a.'i:re or p.'.lMn'.y "et-
.' v food as the Fcund of the chilr
r. -': gavel is heir-l at the opc-v
u 1 ! I of vclcei Is raised. Tiie o ;e:v
l:r !i Ufeially active, as ord!-; !"":
f.-'Mf ovornUht. To the r.nloo'i:.-: h.
t'e" g;llery everything Is ni);isre-i''v
pi.'.: a and eonfiis'on. Here l:i busln-'-.h
he would srt.v, without any syf r.
Tf l.n did not K'io.v he was in the
Exchange, he might r.uppose that by
aee'dent he had entered a l-ipi"
n:-ylum. Ho sees men rush wildly In'o
n group, with violent gestures aid
raised vo'ces, push and striigl n-.d
shout, all apparently to no purpose.
But now and then he will observe
some one to leave the group pn
quietly make a memorandum on a pid.
' Cold From Sympathy.
Coldness of feet and limbs Is al
n o't Invariably an cvida.icn of Indl
g'iFfon. The coldness la duo not to
tho weaki-ees of the heart, or feet -t.
na-s of circulation, as Is gneraiV
supposed, but to the contraction of
the small arteries, preventing blood
from .entering tho parts. There Is
generally an irritation of the abdomi
nal sympathetic nerve centres which
control the circulation of the lr.ver
extremities. This difficulty Is not to
be removed by exercise or or by a iy
special application to the llnihs, r,ui
by removal of the cijubcb of lrrltai'.:i.
This may be a prolapsed stomach, or
chron'c Indigestion. Hot and eVd
footbaths are valuable. These ac'
not simply on the feet and limbs, but
by reflex action affect beneficially the
abdominal sympathetic centres, which
are In a diseased condition.
Willi: IB! HI
Engineering Feats Planned for
Western Australia.
WHAT WATER SELLS FOR
The Gold Mining Region of Coolgardie
, Supplied With Water at a Cost of
$14,000,000 The Syetem to be Re
peated to Irrigate Other Walcrl :i
Regions.
It is expected that the next lev
years will witness the development of
the most remarkably system of water
carrying In western Australia that has
ever been seen. The plan Is to r.. ;i : i.,
j again and again, the succes.-dul i.-.i.;i-
neerlng work that Is now s'.ppl; n
thj great gold mining region f C; i
gardle, far out In the desert ff fie
In.orior, with plenty of water bro.i ;.it
from the coast uiouiiicins, yj," i.;.ie.
away.
This western Australia desert con
tains perhaps the largest w i.tei ly.-, re
eions in the world. W'i.en Uavid V.
Cainegie made his rtocond J )t:ia y
across It, several years v he trav
elled 800 miles without Il.i lin:; any
thing that Ktiggested a purinar.eat
source of water.
1'or many days ho saw nothing hut.
prickly Bpinlfex covt!ring the n:.ij
rlt'ges, which were forty to uT;y feet
in height and extended east and west
parallel with one another, lie write
tl at he crossed more than eighty of
the sand ridges in eight hours' tr:; tl.
Under repellant sands lie the groat
gtdd resources of western Au.dr -lla
that are now supplying more of the
medal every year than all the rcrf cf
th ' commonwealth. When the rrsh
of miners to this great thlr.it rey'on
began, the eager ser.rch ar.d tho fra i
tic strife for water was uonnii-.ies
tragical.
"ihe government sought for undrr
ground sources of supply, but mi.;;
of this water was found to lie so 'im
pregnated with salts that it wan unfit
for use. Engineers finally devised a
plan of water delivery from the west
ern coast mountains, about twenty
miles to the south of Perth, which In
volved the largest pumping scheme
that has yet been carried into opera
tion In any part of the world.
Tho works were completed only a
few years ago and they are attracting
all the more attention because the
population that is paying $14,000,900
for them Is still quite small.
The amount of rainfall In the basla
of the Helena river, which flows
through the Canning Hills south of
Perth, is about 30 Inches a year. It
was found that by impounding thi
river a supply if 5.000,000 gallons a
day would be available for transpor
tatton into the Interior.
The problem was to transport this
waier a distance of 350 miles, for it
was proposed to extend the aqueduct
to the Kalgoorlie diggings, east of
Co'lgardle, and this has been done.
Mundaring, the pluce where the Hele
na river was dammed, Is only about
300 feet above the sea, but the sur
face of the desert to which the wavr
was to he carried is about 1,050 ahovo
sea level, so the water was not only
to be transported as far as from Ne-y
York city to Lake Erie, but to be lif-cd
during the process about 1.300 feet.
There are eight pumping stations, a
little more than forty miles apart,
and the water is koit moving r.p the
long but very gentle Iiclino. li
finally reaches a reservoir nrny
mlies west of Coolgrtrdie, and frntu
this point gravitation takes it to the
43.000 Inhabitants of the Coolgar.lie
mining camps und to the Kolgoorit
region beyond.
This water Is sold out there in tho
desert nt a comparatively email price
considering that Interest must bo paij
on tho money borrowed to devtlnn
the works. It sells for about 75
cents a thousand gallons, and It ft
pli"s not only, those distant mi-iin,;
camps, but also some twenty or thi ty
settlements on the way to them -ni
small pipes carry water to 8toe';-in
or villages miles away from the rruia
line.
Ip to this time the consumers have
been able to obtain all the water de
sired of the very best quality and at
all times of tho year. Stockmen along
the route who had supplied their ani
mals from scanty wells that mUht
run dry at any time have lost this fear
for the pipe line Is an un Tailing aourco
of good fresh water at all times.
There has been no Interruption of
the flow on account of accident to the
pumps, because extrax pumps are In
stalled at every station for use In case
of need.
It Is to give the widest possible ap
plication to this great Idea whose
practicability has been so thornugnly
demonstrated that the people of west
ern Australia are now turning thalr
attention. The rivers do not come
from far In the Interior, for the ra'n
fall Is too small to have much surface
flow.
But nearer the coast the preclr'ta
tlon la quite large, and engineers rre
now working on planB for saving all
of this water that can be collected r.nd
sending It out through pipes far Into
the Interior, not only to supply m'ma,
but also to give life to many thou
sands of acres of farm und grazing
lands, so that tho agricultural and
grazing Industries may be far more
widely extended over the country than
was formerly thought possible.
CONSTRUCTING A BALLOON.
Doctor Julian Thomas Gives an Inter
ting Account.
It may Interest the render to hear
something about the construction of
a big modern bolloon and Its equip
ment, says Dr. Thomas In Appleton's
Magazine. It Is made of what Is
known as balloon cloth, which some
times Is of silk and Is sewn In sin ill
sections of about a yard square, so
that if one of the sections sho.il.l
burst the whole balloon would i:ot
collapse and destroy the aeronaut.
At the top of the bag Is the vaivo
to let the gas out w hen one w ishes to
descend. A rope for opening It rur.i
from this valve through the center of
the balloon to tho operator In the
basket. The balloon Is filled thr:v.:.;h
the neck, and this is left always op-n,
so that when the gas expands fro:;i
the hent of tho sun fir the lesser
pressure eif high altitudes, the f is
may escape and not burst the n
ve'ope. As sewn ps fie balloon Is r.pwn to
gether It Is blown full of air and giver
tluee coats of varnish. Kerb ort
nn:st be allowed to dry thoroughly
before the next Is rpplb .1. or e' :e
they would never become pcrfec ly
dry and the ba.loon would be II' iv
to he destroyed at any minute fn : i
spent aner. us eoi.i bust ion.
Th's spontaneous combustion is ?,'t
a 1 ursting tnto flame, but a kin i of
nxpcedlngly quick dry rot. 1 nr -if
have lost three balloons through it.
Onee, In my factory we were leel.' :a
nt a beauty when some one Htff'.-d
the air and remarked: "Tho::iv'i
balloon Is gone," and so it prove t t
be. Five minutes saw It deVr r e i
rot ton so that you could pehe y: :r
finger through It.
Sometimes tho balloon Is ;o e.7fvt
ed in only a fe-.v s"ctions, nail : 1:1
tnay make an a:consieii thinking hi',
ba'ioon is all rlnht. Protected by ti e
fine netting which env( lop; s the 1 :
lorn Itself he may even get up to
pone height before discovering !:!s
dangrr. In former times there were
many fatal accidents from this caure.
When n balloon is packed talcii::
or some other powder is sprlnl.l'd
over the folds to keep them frc.m ad
hering to each other. If this Is ne
glected the balloon will he ruined,
especially in hot weather.
As I said, a fine netting covers th
balloon proper, both to strengthen it
and to carry the weight of the baatcei
and Its contents. All the stran 's of
the netting come together in the c .-i-centratlng
ring, Just above the bns'-et
In which the aeronaut stands. The
anchor and guide rope, as well 83 the
barket, are fastened to this concen
trating ring.
All modern balloons, besides te
valve, have a rip cord, fastened to a
long patch sewn In the envelope, by
means of which the balloon can be cit
opn and brought to the earth Inst'nt
ly. This Is never used except In cases
of extreme emergency and when fie
basket is within ten or fifteen loot
of the ground.
The first cost of ballooning is
smaller than that of atitoniobiling "nit
each ascension costs about $300. The
delights of the sport are so intense
that In the reaction after thev are
over the earth seems tame nnd not
worth while. y
One has almost to become accllnnt.
ed to descending from the high r'tl
tudes; for n week after an nscns'on
I have no appetite and am depress'.
Incidentally I should not recomit' nd
bal'onlng to a person of weal: liea:-t
or nerves.
When one leaves the earth the 'n
presslons come so fast that one cn
hnrdly differentiate them. Thev rr..
duce a kaloldascopic effect. p.ie
must stop and concentrate his m'-id
on certain special sensations, or e'?r
on returning to earth ho will ft vl f rtt
he has no sensation in particular to
tell about.
There Is the impression of the
crowd of people shouting nnd vvu
their hands, lie fore you roe'.'-' ;:
they have vanished ns indlvH.:-'".
The earth sinks from you; Ihe hr--:
become tiny boxes, the streets l't'-s
and large rivers appear bro'ihs that
you could easily jump nereis.
The lakes are pools and me.rr.hlr. i 1
seems solid.
Forests become smooth Ilk? pa ;t'iie
land. Railroad trains are liho rr:i vj
Ing worms nnd all the earth roe-int
eventually cease. At one or two thou
sand feet you ps8 the dust lin'1. vh ce
Is as clearly marked as ihe line be
tween water and air.
As high ns two thousand feet th"
are still frequently seen butter.Tes,
mosquitoes and other Insects. Re
markably beautiful effects of cror.ls
are seen from the bull ion. They cft?n
seem like snow banks, and their ec. ea
are always blulah like water and ever
giv) the aeronaut the scnr.ation eif ap
proaching the ocean.
AVhen In the clouds you can see
only the basket and its occupants:
and suddenly pass out of them to find
thet you are driving straight Into
a mountain peak,' as we (111 once, if
you stay In the fog there Is uoth'ng
to warn you of such dangor except
the roaring of the wind in the tree
tops, and a quick canting out of bal
lart may be necessary to save you
from balloon wreck on the cragJ.
Masterpiece of Peter Paikoo.
On a postcard of the usual she
shown at the Bucharlst Exhibition Is
written the Bulgarian constitution In
full, the opening speechos of various
European parliaments end two poem?
by Rudyard Kipling 12,000 word3 In
all. The calllgraphlst, Peter Paikoo
of Sofia, spent nlno hours .a day dur
ing three months to accomplish the
leat. ,
miiSsSawl fn) H (cftTTfn, In, II n
t A I V I
AYcgcfable PrcpnMtionfbr As
similating BicFoodandUcguIa
ling mcStouwchs andBowds of
Fromotea Digcfltion.Chpcrfur
nessanciIfcst.Contalns nelihtT
Opium. Morplime nor Mineral.
ioT Narcotic.
uttyx afoMit&iNvzinrciaR
ISaniJa Send'
Mx.SmM
slnurSrrd.
i)iflrm norm
ApcrTerl Hmedy rorConsliVi
Tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea
Worns .Convulsions ,1 Vwrish
ncss and Loss OF SLEEP.
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