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Oowernor col W. A. stone.
UouU Gov. Oen. J. P. 8. Qobln.
toe. Int. Affaire-Gun. J. W. Utta.
superior Judire W. W. Potter,
Congress nt Large Hon. O. A. Grow.
8. A. Davenport.
Congress Uon. T. M. Mabon.
Assembly Dr. A. M. 8mltH.
Associate Judgt Z.T.Oeraoerllng'.
CoUDty Burrpjror G. A. Botdort.
Thursday, Sept. 15, 1898.
COL.WTOSB
PLATFORM
22k2SU
"It will be mypiiriiosewhcn
j elected to so rouuuct myself as
A to win the resH.t't and good will
e of those, who have opposed me
as well Us those who have given
me their support. I shall be
the Governor of the whole peo
ple ot the State. Abuses have
$ undoubtedly grown up in the
3 Legislature which are neither
! the lault of one paity nor the
other, but rather thegrowth of
custom. Unnecessary investi
gations have Iwen authorized by
committees, resulting unneces
sary expense to the State. It
will be my care and purpose to
correct these and other evils in
so far as I have the power. It
will be my purpose whileGov
ernor of Pennsylvania, asithas
been my purpose in the public
positions that I have held, with
God's help to discharge my
whole duty. The people are
greater than the parties to which
they lielong. I utn only jealous
of their favor. I shall only at
tempt to win their approval and
my experience has taught me
that can best be done by nn hon
est, modest, daily discharge of
public duty."
LITERARY NOTE
"Ev'ry Month" For September
"Ev'ry Month" for Septemler
contains its usual valuable Depart
ment, "Men of the Month," under
which heading we find Major-Gen
eral Milesand Major-Genera 1 llrooke
of the I'orto llican Invading Army;
nismarck ; Surgeon-General Stem
larger, who has recently requested
an investigation into the charges of
metiicienry brought against the Med
ical Department of the Ann v ; Kx
President Dole, of Hawaii, who
sacrificed his position for thelienefit
of the jieople by urging annexation ;
and a pageot most valuable and in
teresting portraits of eminent Spani
ards lilanco, Captain-General of
.Cuba; Macias, Captain-tJcneral of
PortoKtco: Augustin, Captain-General
of the Philippine Islands ; Gen
eral Pando who failed to relieve
Santiago, and Captain Villamil, who
was lost with Uervera's fleet, prefer
revolting and picturesque, and eomt
up-to-date Fashion .Notes, make up
number in which every one may
find something of interest
The music of "Ev'ry Month"
seems to show continual improve
ment and yet does not lose its ftopu
character. "The Normandy Wed
ding Dance" a Ballet; "The Awak
ening of the Nightingales," Caprice
for piano, will delight instrument
alists, while lor tnose wno sing,
"Won't You Love Me as of Old."
a ballad by R. M. Stults,the author
of "The Sweetest Story Ever Told,"
will be quickly added to their re
pertoire. The musical select'ons of
"Ev'ry Month" occupy a distinct
field' one between the ordinary so
called popular music and thedifficult
classical offerings of the professional
periodicals afield cultivated by the
vast majority of those who sing and
play.
(Ev'ry Month, New York. lOct.)
THE HESSIAN FLY IK MEAT-
(Cccidomyia Destructor. Say.)
This insect, which is very abund
ant in Pennsylvania, is often known
as the "Hv" or the "wheat fly." It
is rcsjwnsible for a large amount of
loss each year, often destroying one
quarter of the crop and is particu
larly injurious in wet seasons.
LIFE HISTORY.
There are two broods of this in
sect each year. The winged fly
apiears in August and September,
and searches for the young winter
wheat to lay its eggs on, autl places
them on the leaf blades, anywhere
from one to thirty on a blade. In
four or five days theeggs hatch and
the young maggots crawl down the
blade, enter the sheath and pass
down to the joint. Here they
stay, sucking the juice from the
plant until about the end ot Novem
ber, when they turn down, and
harden. This is called the flax-seed
stage. In this condition they pass
the winter. In the spring, about
the middle or end of April, they
change to the full grown form, the
winged fly. These, at once, legin
to lay their eggs as before, and the
history as already given for the fall
brood is repeated ; the flies from this
brood, appearing in August and Sep
tcmlier to lay theeggson the winter
wheat. This, in brief, is the life
history of the Hessian fly.
TREATMENT.
From what has Int'ii given, it is
plain that there is no treatment of
the seed which will do any good,
nor is spraying of any possible use.
Treatment here must Ikj in oilier
lines.
The best thing to do for the pro
tection of the wheat from the fly is:
1. Plant a small piece of wheat
early in August so that it may come
up early, and lie found by the flics
when looking for a place to lay their
eggs. This piece will, of course, lie
full of maggots later. About the
end of Scptemlier plow this under,
alid do not use theground for wheat
the next yea.1. By this method the flies
will lay their eggs in this c-.rly wheat
and as they die after egg laying,
few wilj 1h! left.
2. Do not plant the wheat (ex
cept the small piece just spoken of),
until aboutSeptcmber 2()th; by thai
time almost every fly will have died,
and there will lie none left to lay
To kill as many aspuakiUe, plant a
small piece early, as a trap for . the
fly to lay its eggs on, then plow it
under and thus kill the eggs - from
which, the spring brood comes.
To starve the fly do not plant un
til about September -20th, so (hat
the fly will die before it can find
any wheat to lay its eggs on.
i If both these methods are used
together, and if all who raise wheat
in any region will work together to
do this, but little trouble from the
pest should occur.
Many farmers in the State are fol
lowing this plan already, and with
good success. One writes : "I plant
a trap piece early, and my main
crop late, and am never trouble I
tlie fly, while some of the farmers in
this township sometimes lose one
quarter of their crop."
If results like this can be obtain-
ed in such an easy way it will cer
tainly pay to try these methods.
H. T. ilERNALP, State Zoologist.
D1KL.
Sept. 4, at Northumberland, Mrs.
lohn F. Dagle, aged 60 years.
Cause: Tumor. She is a sister to
Mrs. John S. Stetler and Morris
Erdley of this place.
Sept 1, in Union township, Elias
Wentzel, a native of Northumber
land county, of dropsy, aged 75 yrs.
Sept. 2, in Spring township Mi
chael Bover, a soldier of the civil
war, aged 83 years.
Sept. 5, at Milroy, Kcubcn Krea
mer, aged 34 years and 5 months.
Sept. 8, at Lnurclton, Mrs. Diehl,
a step-sister of Dr. J. T. Stroheckcr
of Bcavertown. Interment Sunday.
Sept. 9, at Adamsburg, Mrs.
James Drcese, daughter-in-law of
Ex-Sheriff Reuben Dreese.
ng. 25, in Monroe township,
Charles William, son of John and
Emma Walborn, aged 12 years, 11
months and 28 days.
Sept 2, in Jackson township,
Lizzie Delia, infant daugthcr of
Thomas J. and Sarah Leitzel, aged
2 years, 1 month and 29 days.
Sept 3, at Dry Valley X Roads,
Mark, infant of B. F. and Sadie
Dock, aged 5 months and 28 days.
Aug. 31, near Knousetown, Ma
mie, infant daughter of Agason and
Bertha Snieltz, aged 4 months and
19 days. Funeral was held on the
2nd inst, at Leininger's church.
Kcv. U. u. lvonug otiiciated.
Sept. 4. near Liverpool, Minnie
Alice, infant daughter of Levi and
Mary Goodling, aged 1 year and 20
days. Funeral was held on the 7th
inst., at Leininger's church. Rev.
(). G. Romis oiliciated.
Near New Berlin, Sept. 4, 1898,
Catherine Moyer, relict of Micheal
Mover, aged 77 yrs. 3 mos. 22 days.
In New Belin, Sept. 9, lS'J,
Giden Cornelius, aired 75 vrs. 3 mos.
12 days.
Sept. 7, at Fremont, Benjamin
tumfeld, born June 12, 1827, died
Sept. 7, 1898, aged 71 years, 2
months and 28 days.
Sept. 7, at Fremont, Catherine
Mcngel, Iwrn Oct. 19, 1829, died
Sept. 7, 1 898, aged G8 years, 8 months
and 17 days.
Sept 7, at Richfield, Jacob liar
ris, Iwrn Sept. 21, 1827, died Sept.
7, 1898, age 70 years, 11 months
and 20 days.
ing, as is rumored, death to surrend- their e8Ss w,,cn the wheat comes up.
er. In the Department of "lutenwi
ing Women" arc Mrs. John Addison
Porter, who leftthemost exclusive
set of Washington society to nurse
the wounded at Santiago; Dr. Anita
M'Gec, who selects the nurses for
the Army; Viola Allen, who will
appear shortly m Hall Caiue's
dramatized novel. "The Christinn
KatheriueGreyand EdnaMay, both
wcii-Miown actresses, and Jagua
runa, a sweet-faced, refined woman,
who has defeated the most expert
swordsmen of the world in fencing
and broadsword combats. These
illustrations are all nccompanied by
biographical notes, terse and interest
ing. A 'fl)lll.l;.n..4..!l...l! j .t 1 .
"liiici-uiiiriuiiuoil lollif his
tory of Negro Minstrelsy is contaiu-
eu in an interwiew with Tony Pastor.
who was one ofthe earliest lllillutri.lu-
the article tracts the origin, develop
iiic-m, vim uecauence otiSegro Ann
-vi lo uuncneu witn rare
pnoiograpus ot the most famous of
the "old-timers" Georire Christv.
Dan and Jerry Bryant and many
others. A well-written article on
Wilhclmina, Queen of Holland, has
two portraits of the 'girl queen who
was crowned on the 6th of September.
Two short stories, au account of a
Peruvian Bull-fight bloodless, uu-'
There is a tendency in Pennsyl
vania, as well as elsewhere, for the
farmer each year to get his sowing
done a little earlier than the year
before. This is directly favorable
to the fly. Wheat sown as late as
September 20th, will make g.wth
enough so that it will not winter-kill,
and this method has been tried in
states farther north than Pennsyl
vania for many years with success.
3. Some kinds of wheat are less
attacked by the fly than others, llol 1
ing the field, with a heavy roller,
when the fields are smooth and free
from stones, about the first of Octo
ber, is of value in some cases. Let
ting sheep graze on the fields as soon
as two or three bl-ides from each
root apj)car, also helps, the sheep
eating the eggs of the fly, along with
the leaves. Croiw on lioor lam
usually suffer most ; hence the use
of fcrtizlers to enrich the soil, aids
in keeping down the insect.
4. When the fly is already in the
wheat, cutting a little higher than
usual and plowing the stubble under
at once, will kill the insects before
they have changed to the winged
stage. Burning the stubble is also
beneficial at this time.
SUMMARY.
The fir must bo killed or starved,
MARRIRD.
Sept. 10 at the Lutheran Parson
aire, Selinsgrove, by Rev. S. E.
Ochsenford, Clias. W. Hehn, of
Kantz, and Jennie S. Baily, of
Shamokin Dam.
WANTED SKVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
persons in thU state to manage our btial
nem in their own and nearby oountiai. it la
mainly offlra work conducted at home. Salary
straight (SUO a year and expentra di-flnlto,
bonallue, no more, no irm alary. Monthly 7.
Keferenoet. Knelnee self-ad U re Med ntmped
envelope, Herbert E. Hess, frest., lHipt. AJ,
Cbicago. e-lS-IAt.
Principal Kreata or tho W)k Brtafl
Ckroalolad.
" Wednesday, Ac. T.
Admiral Bchtejr and General Gordon
arrived at San Joaa de I'orto Rico to
participate In the peace commissi oa.
.Twenty leaden In the Philippine lal
anda held a meeting'- Two fiTored a
republic and IS annexaUon to this
country.
Private Kinney, of the First Mtsite
lppl volunteers, who assaulted his
colonel, rets five years' Imprisonment
and dishonorable discharge.
The transport Chester, carrjrlnf the
advance miard ot Miles' army from
Porto Rico, Including- the Fourth Penn
sylvania volunteers, arrived at New
York.
Thnradar, Sept. 8. .
, Agulnaldo has sent a committee of
three FlHpInos to Interview President
McKlnley.
No new legislation la needed to au
thorise payment of pensioners to sol
diers of the late war.
Major General Wilson, with 600 of
ficers and men, left Ponee, Porto Rico,
Thursday nlg-ht for New York.
General Wheeler's 17-year-old son
and Lieutenant ' Klrkpatrlek were
drowned while bathing- at Montauk
Point. LI.
General Miles issues a statement In
directly attacking- Secretary Alger's
opposition to hi A (Miles) In the con
duct of the war. '
Privates Greener and Coffey, of the
Fifteenth Pennsylvania volunteers,
were drowned In the Potomac near
Washington. Their boat upset.
Friday. Sept. 9.
General Polavleja's new party Is
growing in Spain, and he may succeed
fiagasta as premier. -
With the exception of a few details
to guard government property. Camp
Alger Is now deserted.
Six cases of yellow fever have de
veloped In Colonel Sargent's Fifth 'im
mune" regiment at Santiago.
Only 6,000 cavalrymen and 8,000 In
fantry (regulars) now remain at Camp
Wlkoff, Montauk Point, L I.
General Miles and staff arrived at
Washington from New York. The gen
eral was enthusiastically greeted.
Becretavy Alger made a visit of In
spection to Camp Meade, Mlddletown,
Pa., and was there Joined by General
Shafter. Alger left for his home In
Detroit and Shafter for Washington.
Saturday, Sept. 10.
Senator George Gray, of Delaware,
has consented to act as a peace com
missioner at Paris.
The Fifteenth Pennsylvania regiment
arrived at Camp Meade from Sheridan
Point, near Washington.
Colonel Roosevelt, of the Rough
Riders, haa been named for governor
of New York by the City dub.
At a meeting held In Poughkeepele,
N. Y.. to' aid slok soldiers at Camp
Wlkoff, Captain Evans erltidaed the
government's neglect of Its heroes.
Captain General Marias, of Porto
Rico, In response to our peaoe com
mlsslonera' demand, notified them that
Spain's commissioners were ready for
business.
Monday, Sept. 19.
Admiral Cervera and 1700 Spanish
prisoners sailed from Portsmouth, N.
H., for Santander, Spain.
The auxiliary cruiser Dixie arrived at
Baltimore with members of the Mary
land naval reserves from Porto Rtoo.
Of the Spanish prisoners recently
sent from Guantanamo, Cuba, It Is be
lieved that half will die en route to
Spain.
The Eighteenth Pennsylvania regi
ment arrived at Pittsburg from Camp
Meade, and received an enthusiastic
greeting.
Captain Hlfudnson, of the Massachu
setts, has been made a commodore, and
Assistant Naval Constructor Richmond
P. Hobson a full naval constructor.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
The famous Ocean House, at New
port, was totally destroyed by fire.
Brigadier General Mlsner, U. B. A.,
retired, died suddenly in Washington
Thursday, aged 63.
The International yacht races of next
year will take place oft New York har
bor, beginning Oot 8.
Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain,
British colonial secretary, arrived at
New York Wednesday.
General Casshis M. Clay, of Ken
tucky, has been divorced from his
child wife, Dora Richardson Clay.
The Ladies of the Q. A. R., In con
vention at Cincinnati, elected Mrs.
Agnes Wtnslow, of Chicago, president.
George Eckert, John Price and Frank
Buckatew were killed by bensol gas
at the Carr Chemical works In Stock
ton, N. J.
i ht; for possession of a hall be-
rival Republican sllverites In
JMorado Springs, Colo., C. 8. Harris
M ktUcd.
United States Senator Kennev, of
Bt aware, has been again Indicted for
with Boggs in wrecking the
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REAL ESTATE !
BT virtue of an order tiwuert out of the Or.
pbttu's Court of Snyder County, ra., Uie undor-
miriiea aanummraiora ot m-Diainin reamer
will tell on tracts Nor. 1 and I, one-bait mUe
north-east of - Kreamer on
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 80. 1894,
the following Real Estate to wit :
Tract No. l. One farm or tract of land of One
Hundred and Four Acres (UU) more or loss,
Hltuate In Mlddlecreek towimnlp, RcrrtHr Co.,
Pa., bounded on tbe north by land of II. K. Aur
and, on the east by Frauk How. on the south by
Henry Bauer, sn the went by Mathlaa Huuber
mad and Henry Bauer,
Tract No. i. Alao another farm or tract ot
land containing Korty-nve Acres (4.ty more or
lew in miuuievrtmK wwusnip, snffaer CO., Pa.
bounded on the north by land of Honrv K- Kn.
dor, Frank Mumer and John Kreamur. on the
wen oy jonn Kreamer, on tne east by H K.
Aurand, on the south by land ot Mathlaa Dau
barman and Benjamin Kn-amer (deotased).
Tract No. t one of woodland of about t acres
HTtuals in Mlddlecreek township, Snyder Co.
Pa., bounded on the north by lllglei Hummel,
on the eat by Robert Knlley, on Ui south bj
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14 Hnnc nians baa been dismissed
from power.
New Westminster, B. C, was flams
swept on Sunday. The whole business
portion was destroyed and the people
are suffering.
Exploding- alcohol In Miner's liquor
warehouse. New York, killed William
Witt, Rudolph Bchoendorff and a man
known as "Paul."
It Is learned that a fortntfht ago an
Italian anarchist attempted to assas
sinate Wllhelmlna, the young; queen of
Holland. The bullet wounded a toOy
attendant .
Jerome, Aril., was completely as
stroyed by fire Sunday. There are
seven known dead, IS missing- and I7M,
004 worth of property destroyed. -
Middle-of-the-road Populists, In con
vention at Cincinnati, nominated
Wharton Barker of Philadelphia and
Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota for
president and vice president In 1800.
Manuel Estrada Cabrera has been
elected president of Guatemala, He
was vice president under Barrios, and
succeeded to the ' presidency when
Barrios was assassinated.
Two spans of a bridge of the New
Tork and Ottawa railroad over the Bt
Lawrence river, near St. Regis In
diss village, collapsed with 17 work
men, of whom It wer killed.
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