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Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lag
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18
NEW ARTIFICIAL FUEL.
Produced by the Admfxture Of Whit
Powder with Coal Dust.

Produced by the Admfxture OF White
Powder with Coal Dust.
Additional tests of satisfactory
character have been made of q new
artificial fuel produced by the admix-
ture of a white dry powder with coal
dust In certain proportions. Pitch is
the combining medium almost uni
versally employed for utilizing coal
waste, but 1t involves certain practic-
al objections In storage and use
which, it is claimed, are overcome by
the new process. The composition of
the powder employed in this case is
not made known, but 1t Is said to con-
sist of two natural substances, both of
which are plentiful and inexpensive,
and do not give out noxious fumes in
combustion nor exert any deleterious
influences whatever upon the boiler
plates or fues. Tests show that, as
compared with anthracite coal, the
blocks made of this material are of de-
cided value when used In boiler fur
mace. That is, 1t was found that the
total horse power developed by the
boiler with the anthracite coal in its
natural condition was 1851, while with
blocks of the new material it was
506.8--this computing twenty pounds
of water per hour, according to the
rule, as equal to 1 indicated horse
power; reckoning, however, fifteen
pounds of water per hour as equal to /
indicated horse power, as is customary
with the best triple expansion en-
gines, the total horse power developed
with the bricks was 673, against A91
with the natural coal
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18
NEW PREPARED PAPER.
Why Its Inventor Has Been Refused q
German Patent.

Why Its Inventor Has Been Refused a
German Patent.
The Droguisten Zeitung is response
BILE for the statement that In Germany
a patent has been refused, and the
manufacture and sale have been pro-
hibited, Of a paper SO prepared that
any ink writing upon its surface could
be erased by the simple application of
moist sponge. The paper was made
of the ordinary ingredients, with the
addition Of asbestos and parchment
glue. The paper pulp, after rolling,
was immersed for short time from
six to thirty-hve seconds, according to
the thickness of the paper to be pre-
pared from it, in concentrated sui
phuric' acid at 90 degrees, diluted with
10 to Is per cent. of water. 1t was
then pressed between glass rollers,
passed successfully through water,
ammonia solution, and a second time
through water, strongly pressed be-
tween rollers and dried on felt
rollers, and, finally, on polished
and heated metal rollers. The
finished larticle is said to be pre-
cisely like ordinary paper. Itsssale
has been prohibited on account CT the
misuse to which 1t can be put.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18
Progress in Electricity,

A remarkable illustration Of the
progress of electrical appliances is
electrolytic painting. Hitherto, if cop
per or other metal were to be deposited
electrically, bath of solution was
needed. Now this is changed and a
technical journal says ships hull can
be plated as easily as a spoon or tea
pot. Instead of a bath, insoluble salts,
ground to a fine powder and mixed
with water, are used. This mixture is
painted on the metal to be plated by a
fine wire brush, to which one pole of a
dynamo conductor is attached, the
other pole being connected with a
plate. Not only pure metal. but all
sorts Of alloys can be used
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18
EXTINCT MONSTERS.
Bones of Wonderful Size Discovered In
South Australia.

BoneS of Wonderful Size Discovered In
South Australia.
The greatest discovery of fossil re-
mains ever made in any part of the
southern hemisphere has just taken
place in one of the most barren and
forbidding localities in the northeast
of South Australia. The animals,
whose remains are included in this
great discovery, are principally of the
extinct species, the diprotodon, a
species of marsupial closely allied to
the Australian kangaroo. In most re-
spects, however, the diprotodon, dur
ing its terrestrial existence. bore rath-
er resemblance to the hippopotamus
than to any form of life now existent
in the lands of the antipodes. Besides
the bones of these animals there have
been found Sc le remains of the gigan-
tic bird, dinornis, now extinct.
No fewer than eighty diprotodons
are represented by the bones already
uneerthed, and it Is evident from the
close proximity of the localities where
the chief collections have been made
that the struggle for existence must
have been particularly severe at the
time when so many creatures of the
same species were driven to take ref
uge in one spot.
The most probable theory in regard
to this great collection Of fossil re-
mains would, therefore, seem to be
that when the race was becoming near
ly extinct some great drought drove all
the animals of the surrounding terri.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18
German
Syrup

am a farmer at Edom, Texas. ]
have used German Syrup for six
years successfully for Sore Throat,
Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Pains in
Chest and Lungs and Splitting up OF
Blood. I have tried many kinds OF
Cough Syrups in my time, but let
me say to anyone wanting such a
Northumberland Syrupis the best.
We are subject to SO many sudden
changes from cold to hot, damp
weather here, but in families where
German Syrup is used there is little
trouble from colds. John F. Jones. 9
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

1. SCORPION. 3. TARANTULA. 8. CENTIPEDE.
fore had time to drop 1t received a
painful wound from the fang of large
scorpion.
Another time, desiring to take an
afternoon siesta in my hammock, l
shook out the shawl spread over it, and
from the folds fell good sized female
scorpion. Having respread my shawl
turned over the pillow to beat It up,
when from under it there dropped over
"a baby scorpions. The young scor-
pions usually travel from point to
point on the mothers back, but while
she Is foraging around for food they
near by, as was this little colony. Over
20 young ones have been found with
one female.
The poison from these creatures Is
| applied in three different ways, though
the poison itself is much the same and
similar in action.
The fang of the scorpion is at the
very tip of its long, flexible tail, as the
abdomen appears to be, and with 1t the
creature can den1 itself quite as deadly
a blow as 1t can to any enemy. This it
will do, just as described In one of By
ron's poems, if it be surrounded with q
| circle of fire and assured of its inability
TO escape. This have tested quite a
score Of times, thus disproving claims
Of certain naturalists, who probably
never saw live scorpion, that Byron
Invented the story to suit his rhyme.
| The amount Of poison in the scorpion
will not, in my opinion, kill healthy
adult, although 1t will cause an amount
of pain for some hours that is most
difficult to bear with fortitude, as
can testify from personal experience
But large female scorpion certainly
can cause death to half-grown child
or to tiInid woman, or a man whose
blood is in bad or impure condition.
The tarantula, carries its poison at
the base OF the most savage-looking
fangs, that hang down from the lower
side of its head. Owing to their po-
sition, the term "bite" may be more
correctly applied to the tarantula than
TO either Of the others; 1t is, neverthe-
less, not bite, but sudden down
ward stroke Of the fangs into the OBJ
jeet attacked.
have never found anyone who knew
of q case where centipede wounded a
man without first having been stepped
on. rolleao on or in some like manner
hurt. Its poison Is much more d.
lutte fluid than that of the others and
Is exuded from the hollow feet.
A centipede that rolled on with nv
naked back in my sleep on the little
steamer that plies on the San Juan
river in Nicaragua left q thick red
ridge as wide as my thumb quite
across my back, but there were no
holes in my skin that friend with q
pocket lens could discover. Its poison
is much less serious In effect than that
| OF the other, not much worse than a
row of hornet stings would be; but, al.
though the least painful of these three
sometime bedfellcws, it is quite bad
! enough.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18
BUILDING AND SCIENCE
UGLY BEDFELLOWS.

Leaves from the Note Book Of an Old
Treveler The Habits OF Centipedes,
Scorpions and TarantuIas-Twenty-Fo
Babies and a Mother Scorpion In n
Shawl
During my life in tropical countries,
writes Eugene Murray Aaron in the
s.. Louis Republic, found that there
were three sorts of occasional bedfel-
lows that one could never be too care
full to see were not between the sheets
o. otherwise hidden in bed or hammock
before retiring.
These dangerous bedfellows were CEN
tipedes, scorpions and tarantulas, or
trap-door spiders. Of the three | al
ways had the greatest dread of the
scorpions, partly. perhaps, on account
of their greater bulk, but more,-
think, because of their villainous
temper.
So far as have observed, the taran-
tula will only visit a house or even
camp in search of flies or other food,
and he will usually quickly retreat if
his way is clear.
So, too, the centipedes as rule pre-
fer to hide under washboards or In
damp cellars and decaying timbers,
only coming out after food, such as
reaches and croton bugs.
"It is always the unexpected that Is
happening" sure enough, with scor-
pions. However carefully alert one
may be they are sure to turn up at the
most unlooked-for times-to be found
in coat-tail pocket, on the inside of Q
horses collar just as it is about to be
puS on the unsuspecting beast, or in
the bathtub, which only few mo-
ments before was carefully inspected.
Looking over pile of letters on my
Utudy table in Jamaica one afternoon,
E pile which had carefully sorted out
Just before lunch, heard a scratching
in one of the larger envelopes, and be-
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18
A SALARY OF So, 500.
Tho Substantial Result OF a Practical
Business Education.

The position of book k-keeper for the whole
sale house of Evans, Fite, Porter Sc Co.,
Nashville, which / held for ten years, was
given me on account of the training which
had received at the hands of Mr.. r. w.
Jennings, the head of Jennings Business
College, Nashville, Tenn. lean say, without
hesitation, that he imparts his knowledge of
bookkeeping and general business usage
more readily and perfectly than any person
| ever saw, and / commend his school as
highly as words can express.
JAMES l.. COOPER.
Mr.. Cooper's salary as book-keeper the
second year with this firm was s., 500
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18
Brace Up Your System

With the agreeable tonic, Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters. We will foreshadow the results
for you. They are gam in vigor, flesh and
appetite; ability to digest thoroughly and
sleep soundly; quietude of the nerves; a
disappearance of bilious symptoms; regu-
larity of the bowels. Malaria, rheumatism
and kidney trouble are removed by this
grand restorative of health.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18


tory to seek for refuge in the only
place where water was to be found.
This theory appears all the more feast
BILE owing to the fact that certain
springs of nearly fresh water are found
near the lake, and these would obvi-
ously form the rallying point for
all sorts of animals during a great
drought
The skull Of the diprotodon meas
ures, in some specimens, over feet
long, and the length Of the animal,
when set up, will be fully 10 feet. The
bones of the tail are SO short that it is
probable the animal had, In life, no
perceptible tail, being, in this respect,
remarkably unlike most of the mar
supials now existent in Australia.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

ST WANT this tooth pulled. just can't
stand this any longer" ''But, my dear sir,
/ am not dentistn s'What in thunder are
yon?" II am an oculist. / attend to the
ewes, not the teeth" "Well, that's all
right. Go to work. This is an eye tooth
that's bothering me."-Texas Siftings.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

Mrs. PoRTLY PoMPUs-"What don, =,
young man do all the evenings 6s1s bs s.I ~
with you in the kitchen!" Br1dpeIo sPsndi oS
mum, and what did Mr.. Pompus IA yhsu hsure +
called on you before you were marr,essih TsS1 4
Texas Siftlngs. :
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

SHE-"It is rank injustice to say that a
woman is inferior to man in reasoning
power" He-''Why" She because. i
Detroit Tribune.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

The SAGE-"In choosing wife, youne
man, you must not look for beauty alone y
Tie Youth-"Of course not 1t is the other
kind Of a girl that one may expect TO fine
alone. e."-Indanapolis Journal.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

FIRST CITIzEN-"Why should the English
people be so anxious to capture the Amer
ica's cup. 1t cost only about two hundred
and fifty dollars in the first place" Second
spent since 1851 in trying to get i'm Y.
Tribune.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

A SORE Throat or Cough, if suffered to
progress, often results in an incurable
throat or lung trouble. "Bropn's Bronchial
TrocheSn give instant relief. Price 25 cts
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

BEECHAM's PILLS are wonderful medicine
for any bilious or nervous disorder, such as
sick headache, etc. Price. 25 cents box.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

"SEE here" said tie man who baa
ried a widow, "hasn't your hair 1t anna aat
gray rather suddenly since we wera 'uI9ed T..,l
"Oh," said she, that's from fright TFuI Tp
so scared when you proposed 10 mo t00s va.
you ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Journal -''' uOn' '
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

THE man who declares that he will forgive
but can never forget has never tried to mail
his wife's letters.-Elmira Gazette.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

]. c. SIMPSON, Marques, W VI
"halIs ~ 4 u.s. Catarrh Cure cured me Of 'Ss. ps,.
bad case OF catarrh." Druggists selli y!
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-18

ACTORS, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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Live Stock Market.

NV YoRK wednesda .Juiyia.-Reesipts OF beeyes
were 800 head including III for espori a. IRA
direct 20 slaughterers and 40 ears for lie market
whch IN addition TO The 70 cara uhsold Monday made
good natives cummon lover, Twelve ears unsoId
Poorest to best I've and fed Steers sold al
saIo@$4.no y 100 MS: LITTER" at 81 a!g. I 72l1:
Texans and Colorados a! SO 2O9Si bulls and dry cows
native sides Latest cable from London Iuotes Amer
can steers firm ~ iOIIsI:r v H. dressed weight and
american rstrgsraied beef STEADY az seant aSlc Il D.
siRipmsnts To- iaorrow. .sS bseEss and ~ sheep
and shade stronger Neais sold AT Sb9sI.2b "a 100
S2.Do9S3.I5. ~ ~
Receipts Of sheep and lambs were r. 2is head Sheen
&c n b. lower: lambs slow. but firm Sheen aold nj
sass4 ~ = 100 ms. lAmbs at s. 4ocSsi Gah
Receipts Of hogs were d.43I head, all cons Rned d.
ree'. Eorninay steady at sGes6.;O q loo be.
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| 100 tons as compared with the amount on
hand at the beginning OF the month.
h" Mn ssFn fss ol n ahS 81
| decrease of S37D.408 as compared with the
| same month oflast year.
| The Bureau OF Statistics Of the Treasury De-
paItment computes the value q the e5ports
and imports Of MERCHANDISE and Of gold and
months and for the year ending June 80 as
EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE.
~ Is Is
IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE.
Is ssI i%s sssSS
EXPORTS OF COIN AND BULLION.
June: sss2Is2o $50 5s2o Ss Dec. o54s
s1 Is sffsiS ssSSssss Inc Inc SS
IMPORTS OF coin AND BULLION
ss:; ;$.!tas Is Is j,
EXPORTS MDsE., COIN. AND BULLION.
sH s moo Dec Dec
Year.. sS0,s4i.Sio I.iI82stost Dec 1i6,4427a4
IMPORTS MDsE. COIN. AND BULLION.
IL: ::Sssss |$:
.d Tss S ss ss se By
i .ssIs: tinted Stats. iirs In.gfsnes co::::":iIo
OF shares Pennsylvania Coal .265f
Treasury balances compare with those Of
yesterday rs follows:
s sss ss con. an: .ss ssss
Legal tenders. including -.
Treasury notea........ 2O.op2.5S1 21,0A.2I3
ro,.l....-.......~.....slao 5os.4s slea iiai4s
Deposits in national banks. $12.O45.924.
against S12O25.5S7 Yesterday. In addition
to the foregoing the Treasury reports silver
bullion purchased un Ter the act OF July IA. 1890
SlsL71+.4is. and Treasury notes issued
against tho same. S147.U41. $50. OF which 81 A.
3#i.5ol are outstanding.
Money In London. X y cent. Rate OF dis
count 10 the. open m arket, for both short and
three months bills. 1,MlS cent Paris
advices quote 3 q cents Mt 90 francs. and ex-
change on London ut % francs 23,s centimes.
Messrs. Roswell G. Rolston. George Coppell.
NJ L. Scudder. Ernest Diehman. and W. How
ard Glider. representing holders o. the first |
mortgage bonds OF the Toledo. st Louis and |
Kansas City Railroad Company have prepared |
preliminary plan and agreement OF reorgan- |
iZation which Is now ready for examination |
and signatures at the Office OF tho Farmers |
Loan and Trust Company |
The Tennessee Coal. Iron. and Railroad |
Company announces that the coupons due |
Aug. on the bonds OF the Do Bardelehen Coal |
and Iron Company will be paid on that date at |
the Hanover National Bank. and the coupons |
due Aug. on the South Pittsburgh bonds OF |
the same company will be paid at tho Fourth
National Bank.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-20

t bonds eTsIs, , The Is closed
Denver and Rlo Grande con sol IS. Edison Eiee:
triS 1s Kansas S. and Texas IDS Ee "a
Pae p d Wabash &c. oa
TTh h q, and Ohio and Reading issues.
IS: Chssapeake and Ohio eonsoi IS. y. to o. !:
sa'if :! SSisss1 aSS Asrss Pas:
SO tSs Kansas "a . nS'9 %sx s'st ai
Central general IS; \. to loSA Oregon Inn:
comes; s e and MssssS sss: +: per 'ef
n Erie I'd consols. / y cent. to is. and Texas
Pacific lists. ! u cent. to 6S
In bank stocks: 10 shares Of Bank OF America
sold At 200 and 45 shares Of Western National
,, Bar silver in London. SD The offers to
45to 0nness; ne amou9t pIrchased was
So7lO5. Exports to Europe tomorrow. 500
Money on call s@e p cent. closing at tho
orally made at cent. but only for orr short hort
psri9ds The market aM for paper Is
able are reported at i0Sl2 y cent. ''' '''e'''
There was pronounced weakness in sterling
exchange day. with sharp decline In rates.
This condition was the result of limited de-
consequence Of liberal purchases OF securities
ter supply Of grain acoeptances and offerings
Of cotton futuTes Continental exchange was
sterling. s4.s3 for long bills and s4.s5 for de- 10.
mand. Actual rates are: Long bills. SASH.
ga. fSis2,.; eight .drsstts; sts5'sMns4.si. and
quoted quote at 5ssl Sb2gsS Tor long f and ire
,"o. zoe. tor sight; reichsmarts. o. pS9iI Tor
long and 94..a96 for short; guiIders. 81 II 10
G39t for long and 39}a@30 1916 for short.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston
3oa ~ cents discount for cash :checks. 12laal 10
ing. y premium. Savannah-Buylng. i dis
count: selling. par to "a premium. New Or
ieansrBank. pdr: commercial. loo discount.
san FranciseoHsight ia: telegraphie. 30.
count.
The illinois Central Railroad Company has
declared semi-annual dividend OF 2h 4
cent payahl" Sept ]. The company reports
gross enrniEnEs for the year ending June 30
compared with the prsSieas fiscal year re S
net earnings. after deductnR operating ex-
OF $3.50. S54.
The Lake Erie md Western Railroad Com
pany has declared q quarterly dividend OF IL
v cent. payable Aug. 10.
menus Tor June. as compared with the figures
te,el output OF 4:ii5,GS3 tons, an increase Of
Zear ~ t"ns' making The total output for the
l.o4J 70 tons MS compared with the corro-
spending period OF last year. The stock of
coal co on iand at tidewater shipping points June
oo' 1905 was soSSo4 tons, decrease OF Ga
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/, PHILADELPHIA CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
.s.a sy;,':y: 81" s s:sas 80 q q

WEDNESDAY. July 10
The tone OF the stock market to day was In
the main decidedly better than yesterday.
London was again an important factor par
dculariy at the opening. Before business was
resumed on the Stock Exchange here adyices
had bsen received from London which cleared
up the doubts and uncertainties that exerted
Q distinct influence upon prices the dav
before The firm reported In difficulties
on Tuesday announced to the London
btock Exchange to-day that II had assn m ed
the disastrous speculations OF one of its
Junior partners and compelled him to
retire from the concern. The firm also statsd
that 1t Is perfectly solvent and requires no as
sistance whatever. Coincident with this reas-
suring development orders from tho Cont
nent TO buy large amount OF American
stocks were received in the London market.
THESE two circumstances. according to cable
sdvices. alarmed the bears and Gauss cd exten-
sive covering OF shorts. SO that when the New
York Stock Exchange opened this morning
tho London market for American shares was
to y cent above the final prices recorded
hare last night
The market began at once to respond to the
improvement In conditions at London: but an
accumulation OF selling orders overnight. the
liquidation OF large speculative account In
Chicago Gas. General Electric, and Dlstilling
and Cattle Feeding. and renewed onslaughts
by the bears. carried the prices OF many stocks
To the lowest figures yet touched This was
true Of General Electric. Chicago Gas. North
west. Rock Island. and Missouri Pacific. This
decline gave both the bears and foreign ar
bityage houses an opportunity which they
hastened to improve. Tier purchases were
sufficiently large TO bring about a rally before
midday In the majority OF the active stocks.
The action Of the market after that Indicated
very plainly that all Of the more aggressive
operators on the short side are not working In