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The Vampire Bat,

South America also has its large bats,
of one of which everybody has heard-the
vampire. Much nonsense has been writ
ten about it, but there was some founda-
ton for the stories of its sucking the blood
of men and animals until it killed them.
In the interior CT South America nearly
everybody sleeps in hammock either out
of-doors or with the window open, and the
weather is so warm that little covering is
used. The vampire comes in on silent
wings, and finding toe exposed, gently
pricks it with its sharp tooth, and draws
the blood until he can swallow no more.
The sleeper rarely is awakened, and does
not know his loss until morning. He may
then feel weak from the flow of blood, but
| am not aware that man was ever known
to die from this cause. Horses are very
greatly troubled by them also. Mr.. Chas.
Watterton, an enthusiastic naturalist, now
dead, who spent several years in New
Guiana, has told us much about this ugly
bat, but could never induce one to taste
of his toe, although he would have been
very glad to be able to say that he had been
operated upon. For eleven months he
slept alone in the loft of deserted wood
cutters hut in the deep forest. There
the vampires came and went as they
wished. He saw them come in the moon
light on stealthy wings, and prick the ripe
bananas; lay in his hammock and watched
them bring almost to his bedside the green
wild fruit of the wild guava; floating down
the river on other moonlight nights he was
struck by the falling blossoms of the Ia
warri-nut tree which the vampires pulled
from the branches to get at the tender
seed vessel, or the insects that Turk in the
deep corollo. He lay night after night
with his bare foot exposed, but could never
get them to lance it, although his friends
and companions were all bled by this noe
turnal surgeon; and except that he once
caught one fastened to the shoulder of one
of his animals, he came away no wiser
than when he went of how the vampire
does his horrid work. The vampires
measure about twenty-six inches across the
wings; frequent old houses and holloW
trees, and repose in clusters, head down.
wards, from the branches of forest trees
Vide Apoke
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descriptive Artirles,
From the Ne.o York Observer.
THE WASHINGTON CAPITOL.
THE EXTERIOR.
BY MRS. LUCY f. SANFORD.


Washington is the centre of an amphi-
theatre. The Anacostia on the east, and
the Potomac on the West, unite and flow
southwark. On the opposite shore of each
is range of hills that lose themselves in
the hills of Virginia. A crescent-formed
height sweeps around north of the city;
about two-thirds around, it breaks to let
tiny stream pass, and then, rising ninety
feet, spreads out in broad plateau, on
which stands the Capitol. Eleven streets
and avenues, from $50 to 160 feet wide,
lead to it. 1t has 50 acres of ground, and
covers 81 acres. 1t cost, in round num-
bers, $12,000,000. It's the largest build
ing of the kind in the world, and when
finished will be, it is claimed, the finest.
1t consists of centre, with two wings and
connecting corridors. Length of all, 75l
feet. At present the accessories are su-
perior to the principal, which greatly mars
the effect, but the plan of the accomplish
ed architect, Mr.. Clark, changes this, and
in time will be carried out.
The centre-the original Capitol-is
free stone, painted white. When the ex
tensions became necessary, the question
arose, shall they match the centre or be as
perfect as possible ? Perfect was the an
swer, for it was to be built for an unlimit-
ed future, and in that future the centre
can be changed. The wings therefore are
of white marble, each with porticos on
three sides, and AZ marble Corinthian,
monolithic columns, each 80 feet high
above pedestal. All the grand old trees
that toned the painted centre have been
cut down, and the glare of white makes
one cry out for the goood time coming
when the soft tint of delicately veined
marble shall take its place, and that weari
some sky line Of 750 feet be broken by
grand central pediment, full of Scripture,
according TO the plans.
The west facade is broken by three
broad porticos. Those of the wings are
each reached by 46 marble steps, with
four landings and two buttresses. The
House extension is rude, but the Senate
pediment has group by Crawford The
Progress of Civilization in America. The
bronze door is 144 feet high and 8 feet
wide; in two leaves and six panels. The
panels have battles of Bunker Hill, Mon
mouth, Yorktown; Inauguration of Wash
ington, and Laying of Cornerstone of
Capitol, Sept. IS, 1898. This was Mr..
Crawford's last work, indeed it was finish
ed by pupil.
On the south buttress of the central
portico is marble group, which cost Per-
sico FIVE years labor,-Columbu in armor,
copied accurately from some worn by him,
and now in Genoa. He holds globe alolt
in one hand, and on it America; half at
bis side, peering around to look up at him,
is beautiful Indian girl, with an express
sion of awe and alteration on her face, as
if he were to her god. On the opposite
buttress is group BY Greenough hun
ter who is seizing from behind an Indian,
to wrest from him the tomakawk with
which he was about to scalp mother, who
is elasping her babe On either side Of
the grand bronze door is niche. In one
is War Mars, mailed; in the other Peace:
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the eye-holes, with the assistance of a
little mucilage. The thread used is the
same as that used in the manufacture of
cotton cloth. The instruments that are
necessary can be procured at any taxider-
mist's store. In skinning the bird Indian
meal should be used literally, as it absorbs
blood and moisture; it also keeps the feath-
ers from sticking to the body, thereby ia
cilitating your labor. The same principle,
with notifications to meet tae difference
in species, will apply to all matters of this
kind.
OF course the dead bird has certain
value to the taxidermist, and this value is
hardly subject to the Quotations which
effect the ordinary game market. Farm
ers and sportsmen who shoot and trap
game for sale do not generally know that
almost any bird or animal which comes to
their hand is of value. Hawks are worth
twenty-five cents each and upwards; owls,
from fifty cts up, according to variety and
condition; eagles and large birds of equal
variety, much larger price, which cir
cumstances settle. But herons, gulls,
woodpeckers, blue jays, etc., etc., all have
market value and can be disposed of at
some price. 1t is just the same with ami
mails, the rarer varieties being most valua-
Bile. Of all that the amateur taxidermist
has to buy, the eyes are the most expen-
sive. But no matter what the variety of
optic he may desire, the well-appointed
taxidermist's store will surely supply it..
Eyes are kept in great profusion and of
just the form an color that any particular
style of animal or bird may require.
Their value varies greatly, chicadee's
little black beads costing buta cent, while
the great staring eyes of an owl are worth
twenty times as much. The cost Of a
mounted object varies with its size and
the peculiar difficulties which different va
rieties present A bird of the size of a
blue jay or under will bring $1.25, a
pigeon is held to be worth So, hawk So,
large owl 81 or S., and an eagle So or
SO. A gray squirrel, or an animal of
similar size, will command So, fox SIS, a
dog of ordinary build SO, but of domestic
animals it is only pets that usually are
honored with preserved skin.-Boston
Post.
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60 feet long, is gorgeous in its frescoes.
By comparing it with the neutral tints of
the frieze of the dome, and the delicate al
legorical figures and the Pompeiian tints
of the Naval Committee room, one takes
the scope of Mr. Brumidis genius. AT
the head of the broad marble stairs that
lead to the east gallery are three large new
and fine paintings: the Yosemite, the Vel
lowstone, and scene near the North Pole.
The private staircases leading from the
Senate floor to basement have the most
elaborate and elegant bronze vines, eagles,
deer and cupids. And the basement is
panelled in the style of the 18th century,
after the Vatican at Rome, but the centre
medallions have the heads of illustrious
Americans. The pilasters are after the
Loggia Of Raphael in the Vatican, with
the embellishments from American birds
and beasts. These are copied accurately
from the real in the Smithsonian. All
the Committee rooms are in the basement,
and appropriately frescoed. In the room
of Military Affairs the sword across the
shield is copy of Washingtons. All
these were drawn by Brumidi, and the
finest painted by him. In the lesser ones
he was assisted by Leslie and Castens.
Beneath this is the crypt, and from
s'This lowest deep
A lower deep still opens.-
a vault ten feet square, with low cruel
form arches; deep, dark, lonely, intended
for the tomb of Washington. The Capitol
would, indeed, be grand mausoleum, but
he needs none. Better far for him to lie
where the light of heaven and the eyes of
his countrymen may rest upon his sarco-
phagus.
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In Texas camels are raised as easily as
horses and cattle. The colts for the first
three or four days are rather tender, and
require close attention, but afterward they
are hardy enough. They feed on cactus
and brush, refusing all grasses. The fe-
males, with proper care, give colt every
year.
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Girls, whose opinion about such things
is always valuable, say there is too much
shirt collar3and too little men in the pres
ent fashions to suit their taste.
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"a lovely maiden in flowing, almost trans
parent robes, with an olive branch in one
hand and fruit in the other; both of finest
Carrara marble, by Persico, each nine feet
high, and cost $4,000. In the words of
Mr.. Clark, eff Peace were in the Vatican,
it would be the admiration of the world;
yet hundreds pass in and out without
glancing at it"
The grand bronze door of Rogers is 10
feet high, 9 feet wide, weighs 10000 lbs;
and cost S29,000 1t was modelled in
Rome and cast in Munich, 1860. 1t is a
marvel of beauty. 1t is in two leaves,
each leaf divided into eight panels, and
each panel is complete picture, in alto
rcziero, of scenes in the life of Columbus.
l. Before the Council of Salamanca; 3.
Before Ferdinand and Isabella; 5. Land
ing at San Salvador; Z. Triumphal entry
into Barcelona; then 9Th in chains and 9th
dying. On the frame of each leaf are 16
statuettes of his patrons, and between the
panels are heads of his historians. Every
Sacial expression is wonderfully fine.
The dome rises from the centre of the
main building, and was built in 1856.
Its diameter is 1876 feet, the fifth in height
and fourth in diameter in the world. 1t
stands upon 40 large interior columns with
heavy arches, upon which rests the mosaic
pavement of the rotunda. As it leaves
the roof line of the building it is 124 feet
in diameter, and has 36 iron-futed col
umns 27 feet high. On the apex is a
lantern so feet high. 1t is lighted by
electricity, and only when one or both
Houses has night session In it is re-
fector, so the light can be seen all over
the city. Would there were more reaec-
tors below, SO that their lights might be
seen throughout the world On this stands
what seems graceful young lady, but she
is 49, feet high and weighs more than six
tons
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-24

CuIITIcAIEs or IHcoEroRATIoH.-Ssc
Rotary Of Sltis Brady yesterday issust
certificates Of Incorporation TO the FOL
lowing corporations:
LsGihGroid Manufacturing Company,
Of Fulton, Ohio county, for the puTposs
Of manufacturing and wedding le1thsroid
and paper, 70 expire on the 18th day Of
July, 1928. The sum Of $1,000 hAs bssn
subscribed TO the eSPitIl stock, and SO,
300 paid in, With The privilege Of incrsas.
ing said capital to 500, 900. The share
are 500 each, and are held As f0lloNS
Thompson Hanna, l49 SaAre,; Charles E
Dwight, 20 share; Thomas Hanna, %
share; Daniel Clemlns, Is share; Daniel
W. Hanna, / share; all Of Wheeling.
Pittsburgh Coal HBd Dock Company
for The purpose Of buying and leasing
land Tor coal purposes, mining and ship
ping coal, building and laying switches
and sidingI, erecting docks. screens, tip
pies, etc, for loading Of coal into bOGtS
and blTges in the Ohio river, erecting
building and fixtures for miners and EN-
ployes, laying outtoWn lots and selling the
came. The corporation will keep it, prin'
cipal Office At Wheeling Junction, Brooke
Co, and will expire July 10, 1888. Five
hundred dollars has been subscribed tC
the capital, and the entire amount paid
in, with the privilege OF increasing III,
same 10 $4,000. The capital 10 divided
into shares Of 500 each, and held by The
following parties Thomas FAWcett, OIL
Pittsburgh, l share; Samuel s. Brown, Of
Pittsburgh, l share; Henry B. Hays
Richard C.. Gray and Peter G. Hite, oil
Allegheny county, Penn, share each.
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additional MArkstS.l
baltimore Live Stock Market.
MAITLAND LIVE ETocK scILEs.
BALTtHoRH, AObdAy, July u, 1875

hALIthOAA1 A4ooaAy " Suly 49, 1910 ,
BEEF CArTLE-The market has beer
sluggish again thi, week, the supply con
sidenbly exceeding the demand, which
has been very SLOW. The quality was moi
As good Is was that Of the offerings last
week, the good grades being very scarce
and prices for them showed no change
quality being taken into consideration
There was = decline on the medium and
common grades Of IsAhc. We quote Al
s. 5Oa5 20 per 100 lbs.
MICH Cows-Reeeipts were quite full
this week, and sales very slow, such EAlei
a were made being At last weeks rates, Of
$25 10 To as 90 per head.
Prices this week for Beef Cattle ranged
as follows Best Betyes at 81 S7A5 40, tha
generally rated as first quality 81 50A4 IS
medium or good fair quality $ 25A4 %; or
binary thin steeT, Oxen aud Cows 81 so
3 co. general average Of market this week
=; extreme range Of prices 81 5OA5 20
Most OF the sales were from 81 90 to 81 II
per 100 lbs. OF the receipts $40 head can't
from Ohio, S65 from Virginia, S4l from
West Virginia, from Maryland, 90 from
Kentucky, 90 from Illinois, 81 from Penn
sylyania, and Il from TenuesSee-total re
ceipu for the week 2,279 head, against
$3.50 last week, and / 1903 head the same
time last year. OF the offerings $50 head
were taken by Baltimore butchers; 43 sold
10 Washington city dealers, $50 10 country
dealers, and S3s head 10 Eastern specull'
toFS- total sales for the week l,7S2 head,
against Z, O65 last week, and ,226 head the
same time last year. OF the offerings this
week ITO head we're shipped 10 Liverpool.
SwINE-The receipts are light again this
week, and prices show an improvement Of
&c since our last report, but the market
has not been very active at the advance.
The quality Is scarcely a. good a. II was last
week, and at the close the market hardly
showed the firmness II did At the begin.
ming. We quote ut 6a674c, the very COM
monest selling at the former figure, most
sales being made at 8 HA6Nc per ID net. All
the offerings, with the exception Of about
600 head, were received since last Saturday
morning. Receipts this week 3,I3s head,
agAinst 5, 7?l last week, and /, 5l7 head same
time last year
SHRt p AND I.AMBs-Wilh a much light.
or ran and n greater scarcity ofgoOd Sheep,
the market Inns been fairly active, both for
Sheep tOr butchers use, as well as Lambs,
and for the latter also for the Eastern mar.
ketS We quote fat sheep at sax cents
per 10. gross, few selling At the inside fig.
ure Stork sheep OF 2<GSk cents per lb.
stock Ewes 81 25a975 per head, and stock
Wethers 3I,R3H cents per ID. Lambs 4l5lS
cents per ID. gross. Receipts this week
$50 head against 0,s5S last week, and 1870
head the same time last year.
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AN UNDESIRABLE TRUTH.-You deserve
to suffer, and II you lead Il miserable, I'M
satisfactory life In this beautiful world, It iS
entirely your own fAult,-your unreason.
able prejudice and skepticiEm, which has
killed thousands. Personal knowledge
and common sense reasoning will soon
show you that Green's August Flower will
cure you OF Liver Complaint, or Dyspepsia,
with all Its miserable effects, such ~ sick
headache, palpitation Of the heart, sour
stomach, habituAl coEtiveness, dizziness oil
the head, nervous prostrAtion, low spirits,
&c. It's sales now reach every town on
the Western Continent and not u Druggist
but will tell you Of itI wonderful cures.
You eau buy Sample Bottle for 10 cents.
Three doses will relieve. eod4W
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The HoT SPILL BRoKN.-The back
bone Of the hot spell seems TO be broken.
Il will be remembered thGtin this latitude
We rarely or never have more than one
really hot period 10 4 season. This year
the heat has been unusually prolonged
and intense, and the records Of expert.
ence indicate that since the cool breeLss
have inlerVeEed, the trouble is SubsiAn-
TALLY over. We may not unlikely
have more hot days this sum
nier, sometimes possibly two or three
in succession, but no such prolonged
boiling weeks rs we have lived through.
Meanwhile, let US hear from the corn.
The month Of July thus far has been
adapted exclusively to the requirements
Of the maize crop, while the best Of creA.
ton has suffered. Has the corn made
the most Of ih rare opPortunitie'i
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ITCHING PILEs.-The symptoms are
moisture, like peBpintion, intense itch
ing, increased by scratching, very distress
ing, particularly at night as II pin wOrm'
were crawling in and abOu. the reCtum
the private parts are sometimes affected
II allowed 10 continue, very serious result,
may follow. DR.. swnyne's Ali Healing
Ointmentis n pleasant sure cure.
HOME CURES We were great sufferer
from Itching Piles, the symptoms were a.
above described, the use Of sWayne's ONT
ment In n short time made perfect cure
J. W. CHRIST, Boot and Shoe House, 3i4
N. End st.
TIC. wKYMAS, Halter, 8. Eighth st.
Philadelphia.
Reader, II you are suffering from this
distressing Complaint, or letter, Itch, ScAld
Head, Ring Worm, Barbers' Itch, any
Cnsty, ScAly, Skin Eruption, use Swayne's
Ointment and be cured. Sent by mail TO
any address on receipt Of price, I'm cur.
rency or postage Stamps), 80 cents box,
three boxes 81 %. Address letters, DR..
swayne 4 Son, $50 N. Sixth Street, Phila'
delphla. No charge for advice. Sold by
leading druggists. Logan, List q Co.
eOdAW
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Tux YEAR OF LIGHT OvERcoGTs-
People with very good memories and in
clined to be WealherWise are sure to re-
member some notable year when farmers
did or could have plowed every month,
or when there was frost in every month
Of the twelve, and we beg those indivId.
ual. TO bear 10 mind that this is what they
may hereafter designate a. the year Of
light oyercoats. There hAs been no month
yet in which that article might not have
been worn. It was an exceedingly comfort.
able garment in the early days OF June,
and alter suffering in July from an in
tensity oicaloric which exhausted all the
adjectives in the dictionary, and made
the Thermometer an object Of suspicion
and dread, light overcoats were again in
demand by those ont late the past two
nights. This ia popularity supposed to
be the temperate zone, but the weather
has way Of jumping to extremes after a
very Incorporate fashion.
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"KHow all men by these presents,
that what we have said, and what we nov
say, and what we shall continue to say
until We see leSs suffering 10 our midst
regarding the wonderful properties Of
"Lawsons Curative" il the truth and
nothing but the truth. Every day brings
fresh evidence OF iA virtues. We hear
OF persons cured OF Rheumatism, Of Neu'
ralgia, Of Nervous and Sick Headaches, oi
Ague in the face, lameneSs or pains ia
the back and side, Dyspepsia, Acidity oil
Stomach, Toothache, EATAche; in fact
scarcely pain or ache exists which will
not be relieved by free uSe Of the Cara.
tive. Having such confidence in the
pain-destroying merits Of this prepAra-
ton, we consider it duty to our readers
to urge 4 trial Of it. 1t Ia now for sale
by all druggists in the State, and II Is
your fault II you suffer longer.
Large" new 60-cent EiEs, and nearly
three times more for 81 90. cod
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River 8 feet 6 inches and falling
Weather bright and cool.
The W. P. Thompson, from Cincinnati
arrived at 5 A. N. and concluded TO try
10 make Pittsburgh.
The Science, taking the place Of the
Courier, departed for PArkersburg At 10!
O'Clock.
OF the local packets the Phaslon and
the Telegram continue in their respective
trades.
The steubenville packet Della has gone
to the Island docks for repairs, the o'Neal
taking her place.
TheSalt Valley, from Pittsburgh for
Cincinnati, passed down Al noon.
The Andes got Of for Cincinnati At 4
TN.
The Mlllie RAgOn will be the packet
for PArkerIburg At lOl o'clock.
The W. P. Thompson, from Pittsburgh
for Cincinnati, will pass down tonight.
tBy TSIsErIph.l
PTrBUB0H, July 93.-River 2 feet
and stationary. Weather clear and pleas
ant.
MExPHs, July 23.-Arived-City
Yieksburgr viekIburg. DspaEtsd-Cons
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Niilr, oneinhad, ciiy q yisksburF, s.
LouiE Gol1lsIL. Nee OglsGnt. HTSl
falling.
EvsEIrr11E Jaly SI.-D0vH-JEne'
Guithsr, Silver Gio0A UP-ArkAnsE,
Belle, Mary Hoostoh. WsAIAer clear
Esd pleasant River 6 iSSt s ihehss and
LoUpIrl1E, July sI-watAsr slsGI
End pleasant RiVSr iAlhng vita 5 let 3
inekss IN The canal
NV OuELNS JAY 23-ArriTCd-
John WiisOo, ouLeAiiI river; Danube,
Red River. DsplEisd-JOhh W. Cannon,
viek.burg. Weather clear; thsrnOne-
cIIEO, Jaly S.-Arriysd-ChlIlis
NsDonGld, Nsu OrIsEnA River Is isst
. inehss and falling. Weather clear ADD
pleasant
CncIxSGTI, July 23-Rirsr 9 lset 5
inches add tIiling. DSPGris4-BrAns;,
ford, Evansville. Weather clear AID
PlslsanL
NASHVILLE, TENx, July S5.-Riysr
lAilinE With q inches on the shoAls. Ds-
pArisd-COlihA, Cairo.
sHRETuOEr, July 23-No arrivals or
departures, raining all day, river isll four
inehel.
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MAH Bsvsr is, bat always 70 b blsst.
So thoushi . leading citizen Of EVanS.
VilLe, Ind, Esd The reader may b equally
fortunate By addressing u. A. DAuPhin,
P. o. Boz coz, New OtlsLna. Bat bear
this pathetic history:
he usisr,ignsd osrti6es that be bed
for collection for account Of y. W.
Ruarrs Of Vierling 4 RunEes, Wholesale
DruEEis.s, Evansville, Indiana, Oos-tsnth
Ticket No. S3,SS5, ClAIs +, in The Lou.
iaiana State LoitGry, which drew the Sec.
ord Capital Prize Of Fifty ThOasAnd
DoliAn 90 Tuesday, Jups llLh, ISIS,
having cost The sun Of One Dollar, and
that the amount EAs promptly paid in 4
check 90 the Louisiana National Bank
on presentation Of The tiGksl al the OhcS
Of the Company.
". BANIsTER, Runner,
State National Bank, New Orleans,
June l9th, 1878. WAS