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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-01

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NATIONAL VACCINE vTETIS

.S0NU AND SHB US.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
SOME ADVICE TO DRIVERS.

A driver gave his horse six quarts of
oats about two hours earlier than he
was usually fed. The harness was
being put on while the horse was feed
ing. The driver managed to get his
breakfast in the meantime. Shortly
everything was in readiness and the
horse was started on a long drive. The
driver urged the animal with the whip.
At the end of thirty miles the horse
began to ignore that instrument. He
went slower and slower; finally he fell
dead. Post-mortem examination
revealed the fact that the oats had not
been digested. The lining of the
stomach gave evidence of having been
in a high state of irritation. It was
plain that the horses previous &C.
emulation of nerve power had been
largely exhausted in defending the
terrible irritation set up by the sharp
points of the undigested oats. Had the
horse been permitted to stand, or lie
down for an hour after feeding he
would have prepared not only q re.
serve of material to sustain himself,
but the amount of nourishing material
accumulated would have helped him to
endure his exhaustive journey. Time
is required for the digestion Of food
before beginning a long muscular
strain. 1t must also seem clear that
when the effort at hard labor ends,
time should be given for rest before
taking food. Rider and Driver.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
An Island Missing.

The American ship Daniel Barnes,
Captain o. P. Arpe, arrived yesterday
from Caleta Buena, Chile, after a voy-
age Of ninety-one days. An interesting
and important report from Captain
Arpe is in regard to the total disap-
pearance of an island in the South
Pacific Ocean. On October 10. captain
Arpe says, he passed over the exact
spot where Podesta Island islaid down
on the chart. He had men aloft look
ing for land, and, although it was
daylight and perfectly clear, he says
that nothing could be lei of it. The
island was about forty feet high and
three-fourths of q mile in diameter.
1t is thought by the Captain and Off
cials at this port that some volcanic
disturbance on the mainland caused
the island to disappear. Baltimore
American.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
LrNoLEuM IN THE KITCHEN,

An authority on such matters econ
mends a thin quality of linoleum to be
used as q dado for the walls in a
kitchen. II should be glued close to
the wall, and may be finished at the
top with plain molding. It may then
be oiled or vanished, or left in its ma
tural condition, as one chooses. It is
in every way to be preferred to q dado
Of wood, which is liable to crack and
leave interstics in which insects may
lodge. The dado of linoleum is as
easily washed as a dado of thing and
is even more durable, while it is a good
deal cheaper.
In the natural wood color in which
this material comes it would make. a
very pretty dado for a wall painted
pale blue. As linoleum is nothing
more than the blown pulp of wood,
combined with oxidized linseed oil, it
can be readily seen that it can be
treated in any way that wood can be
treated, while it is exactly suited to
this purpose and the purpose of COW
ering kitchen floors. Adado is almost
a necessity in a kitchen, because a
plastered wall gets Clipped with con-
tinual wear. Linoleum offers just the
right material necessary for such pro-
lection. New York Commercial Ad-
yertiser.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
ABSOLUTELY PURE
A Man With Three Legs.

Of late years I have lost all trace Of
my old and oddly malformed friend,
George Leppert, whom I first met at
Tifin, Ohio, in 1884,. George was a
Bavarian by birth, and came to this
country twelve years ago, settling at
Baltimore, where he followed the trade
of a wood-carver. Should you happen
to meet him on the street you would
notice nothing peculiar either in his
gait or general makeup, unless it was
that the right leg of his trousers was
something near twice the size of the
left, and too full to wrinkle besides.
This lopslded appearance was caused
by a remarkable malformation, MI.
Leppert being the not over proud pos
SCISSOR of two right legs and one left
or, in other words, of three perfectly
formed lower limbs. I often remarked
that should nature, through some of
her odd freaks, choose to increase my
normal supply of legs by fifty per
cent. I would do my best to play the
$1OO-a-week fiddle in a dime museum
before the setting of the sun on the
day following the addition of the ex-
ira member to my anatomy.
He often told me that when he was
q small boy in his Bavsrian home he
had perfect use of all three of his legs,
but when I saw him last in l887--the
extra member was slightly paralyzed,
probably the result OF being bound to
its companion, an operation that was
necessary in order to get both into
one trousers leg. When I last heard
from him, in 1891, he was at the Belle
vue IN. " Hospital, undergoing
treatment for rheumatism. st. Louis
Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
The First Iron Bridge.

The first iron bridge ever erected
in the world, and which is in constant
use at the present time. SPANS q little
river to the County of Salop, on the
railroad leading from Shrewsbury to
Worcester, England. 1t was built in
the year ITS, is exactly ninety-six
feet in length; total amount of iron
used in construction, 378 tons.
Stephenson, the great engineer, in
writing concerning it, said: "When
we consider the fact that the casting
of iron was ct that time in its infancy,
we are convinced that unblushing
andacity alone could conceive and
carry into execution such an UNDER
taking. st. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
Poisoned Arrows.

Poisoned arrows have been in use
since time out of memory. VIZ have
it on the authority of both Strabo and
Aristotle that the ancient Gauis poi
soned both their arrows and the shafts
of their spears with a preparation Of
vegetable poison extracted from what
is now believed to have been a species
of hellebore. The S~cythians went o
step farther and used the venom Of
serpents intermixed with the virus of
putrid blood, the latter being one OF
the most active and incurable of the
poisons known ven to-day.
The natives of Japan, the Amos,
prepare their arrow poisons from a Sc
erection of the bamboo, and the same
may be said of the Aborigines of Bor-
neo, Java and New Guinea.
In Central and South America the
"Woorara" poison was the terror of
the early explorers, as well as of the
modern scientific expeditions. Analyses
of several specimens of arrows rubbed
with this poison prove it to be a mix
ture of rattlesnake venom, putrid
blood and juice from the plant or tree
which produces the ~strychnine Of
commerce.
Among the North American Indians
the Sioux, the Apaches, Comanches,
the Bannocks, the Shoshones and the
Blackfeet were the chief tribes which
used poisoned war implements. The
Sioux obtained their supply of venom
and virus by forcing large rattlesnakes
to strike their fangs repeatedly into
the liver or kidney of a deer OF buff
falo, and then allowing the meat to
putrefy. When a war party went out,
one of their number was made bearer
of this putrid, ve~nom-soaked mass,
and whenever a battle was imminent
each brave would take turns at jab-
bling his arrows into the poison.
Among the other tribes mentioned, al
though the process of obtaining the
poison supply was not always linden
tical with the above, the general mo-
dus operandi and results were very
similar. st. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
Modern Lifeboats.

There are many kinds Of lifeboats
MA many other devices for effecting
Communication by lines between .
sreck and the shore. The type OF
boat in most general use in our ser.
nee is distinctively known as a surf
mat. It is made of white cedar upon
svhite-oak frame. It is from twenty.
Ave to twenty-seven feet in length,
NTH its other dimensions proportion
ne. It is propelled by six oars, and
viii carry, besides the crew, from ten
NJ fifteen persons. The excellence Of
these boats is shown by the record
during the eighteen years they have
been used in the hands of the life-sav-
inc crews. They have been launched
in actual service 6730 times, and have
safely landed from wrecked vessels
6735 persons. They have capsized
but fourteen times, six of these acci-
dents being attended with loss Of life.
OF the boats crews, twenty-seven were
drowned, being one for every 240lives
saved.
A ssself-rightings lifeboat is largely
used in the English service, and in
our own to a limited extent by way OF
experiment. This boat is constructed
with air-chambers at the bow and
stern and several hundred pounds Of
iron in the keel. These cause the boat
to fright" itself when capsized by the
waves. It is of necessity heavy and
cumbersome, and the record for actual
service is on the whole favorable to
the smaller and lighter surfboats
adopted by our own Government. The
proportionate loss of life from capsiz-
ing is considerably less with the surf
boats. The self-righting boat is four
fold heavier than the other, weighing
about 1000 pounds. Boats are being
constantly improved and perfected,
one Of the latest devices being for
self bailing, by which water that may
be shipped or fills the boat as the
result of a capsize, is instantly <
PEELED. A boat combining successfully
the properties of self-righting and
self bailing would cen to be nearest
possible approach to the ideal. Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
NOTES ON WHEAT.

From field experiments carried on
at the Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, Purdue University, Indiana, re-
ported in Bulletin Is, extending over
ten years, it appears that none of the
varieties of wheat tried have any ten
dency to deteriorate or run out" pro
vided proper care is exercised. No
wheat proved to he "rust-proof," but
early wheats were generally less in
iured by rust than later kinds. Eight
pecks of seed per acre gave the best
returns at the station, the average
yield for zine years being 80. 35 bushels
per acre The best results came from
sowings made not later than Septem-
Der 20. The value Of crop rotation in
maintaining yields of grain has been
strongly emphasized, for a compari-
o of rotating crops with constant
grain cropping for seven years showed
an average gain of 81 bushels per
Gre in favor of the former! Another
important result obtained was that
wheat may be harvested at any time
from the dough stage to the dead-ripe
condition, without %appreciably affect
ing the weight or yield of the grain.
A comparison of the forms of nitrogen
rs fertilizers for wheat indicated that
sulphate of ammonia is better than
nitrate of soda or dried blood.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
REQUISITES FOR A HORSE STABLE.

A horse stable should have thorough
drainage first. then a solid, non-ab-
sorbent floor; next, the stalls should
be roomy, and the feeding troughs
should be made 80 that food cannot be
wasted. The best floor is one made of
cement concrete, of onepart of cement,
two of sand, and five of coarse gravel,
laid three inches thick, and when we'll
dried and hard, saturated with hot gas
TOR. This makes the floor water and
vermin proof, and very durable, with
sufficient elasticity to prevent injury
to the feet of the animals. The stalls
should be six feet wide, the floor slop-
ing one iach to a shallow gutter in the
rear, from which the liquid mass may
flow away into q drain. The feeding
trough should have q deep grain box,
ii grain is fed, or if cut feed is used.
the whole trough may be the full
length of the width of the stall. Afew
bars fastened across the top Of the
feed box will be useful to prevent the
horse from throwing out the feed, as
some will do. If long hay is fed, this
should be given in a rack above the
feed trough, but on account Of the
great waste in feeding long hay and
whole grain, the hay should be cut
and the grain, finely ground, be mixed
with il. This avoids the loss by waste.
which is often one-half of the food.
It is desirable to have drain from
the stable to a manure pit at q dis
lance, where the liquid may be alb
sorbed by the coarse litter. The
width Of q horse stable should be not
less than twelve feet, to afford space to
move about in easily. The loose
boxes, made nine feet sqnare, are the
most desirable for safety and con-
v~enience, and these may open into q
passage five feet wide. A feeding pas
sage should be made in front of the
stalls.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
CLEANING GLOVES.

Gloves that are but slightly soiled
may be easily cleaned by the exercise
OF . little patience and care. The best
way to do this is to place tne glove
upon the hand, wet a piece of clean
flannel with benzine, and wipe the
stained part very lightly and care.
fully. As soon as the flannel shows
any discoloration, take a new portion.
Do not rub the glove at all, or the
color may be ruined, but wipe it
gently from the tips of the fingers
toward the wrist. The smell of the
cleaning agenSwill be gone as soon as
the glove is dry.-New York Observer.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
.Grass and CIoxer Seed.

b the world is Salzer, La Crosse, Wis. Over
10 hardy varieties. with lowest pricesl
Special low freight to New York. Pa. and tbs
East.
fF Yer WILL o THIS o N SEND IT with
14c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse. Wis, you will receive eleven packages
grass and clover sorts and his mammoth farm
seed catalogue; full Of good things for the far
Iner. the gardener ard the citizen. A
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
Gotham,s Smallest House.

The smallest brick house in New
York has been open for business. It
is nine feet high, fifteen feet eight
inches deep, and was built on property
III East Houston street last week leased
from tho Astor estate. The front is
four feet, four inches in width by
actual measurement, and there is q
glass show window in the store
about ten inches in width reaching
half way down the front.-Washing-
ton Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

Il is estimated that of the 224, O00,-
600 pounds of butter annually i'm
ported into Great Britain, between
o~ne-fourth and one-lalf is largely
adulterated with oleomargerine. In
addition to this adulterated butter
about 12O, OOO, 900 pounds Of margar-
inc are openly imported, besides what
is made in Great Britain.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
WASTE OF GOOD FODDER.

An enormous quantity of corn fodder
is grown each year, but not one-third
of it's feeding value is procured.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of
stalks are allowed to stand in the
fields until December or January until
the grain is huoked, and then the
cattle are turned in the field to get
what they can. Usually they find
only blades whipped off by the wind
and blown away, and the stalks bent
and the upper part-the best portion
ruined, and even the husks weather
beaten so as to be of little value.
Such feed as remains is of poor quality.
The greater part of it is rotting on
the ground. There is hardly a better
or cheaper stock feed than corn fodder,
yet most farmers treat it as though it
had little OF no value farmers Guide.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
FARM FENCES.

The growing scarcity of timber in
some parts Of the country, and it's en-
tire absence in others, make the fence
question q more serious one year by
year. Only in the newly settled
heavy-timbered land do we now .
rails split for fences. Wire in some
form is almost universally used for
this purpose. The woven wire fenc-
ing which is made in various widths
answers every purpose of a fence, but
it is too expensive for general use.
Wire and picket fencing does very
we'll, but it is liable to be broken by
anruly animals, and nee . rent j.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
FARM n GARDEN.
CARROT Cruz.

An English gardener reports that he
efectually destroyed the carrot grub,
after it had become so abundant as to
cause the tops of carrots to wilt, by
watering them with a liquid made by
putting a bushel of lime and q bushel
Of SCOT into 100 gallons of water. This
was we'll stirred up and allowed to
stand over night, then the next morn
ing the clear water was used freely in
the common rose-nozzled waterproof.
New York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
Remarkable Little Magnets.

A magnet which the great Sir Isaac
Newton wore as a set in his finger ring
is said to have been capable of raising
TAG grains, or about $50 times its own
weight of three grains, and to have
been much admired in consequences OF
it's phenomenal power. One which
formerly belonged to Sir John Leslie,
and which is now in the Royal So
eiety's collection at Edinburgh, has
still great powers. 1t weighs but lit
tie more than Newton's curiosity
even 81 grains yet it is capable of
supporting 1860 grains, and is. there
fore, the strongest magnet of its size
in the world.-St. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
HOW TO MEND CRocKERY.

A valued correspondent says: Be-
fore being allowed to get dirty or
greasy tie al the broken pieces in
their places micely with any kind of
string that suits, then put in an iron
or tin dish that "a be put on the fire,
pour in as much milk as will cover the
fractures well, put on the fire and boil
for say ten minutes, and the whole op-
GRAFTON is complete. Don't undo the
wrapping until the dish is completely
cold, and if yours hold as ours do, you
will call it q success. Scientific Amer
can.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
Ancient Preservation Of the Dead.

Herodotus gives q good description
If the manner in which the early Ethi-
opians preserved their dead. Having
thoroughly dried the corpse, they
plastered it over with a paste made Of
gypsum and then painted the face and
exposed parts so as to make them look
as natural as possible. Dead bodies
served in this manner remained intact
Tor hundreds of years.--Detroit Freeze
?ress.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

In thirty-six State prisons in this
country solitary confinement is used
as a punishment, and in twenty the
prisoner is handcuffed to the wall.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
An Important difference.

TO make it apparent to thousands, who think
themselves Ill, rnat they are not affected with
any disease, but that the system simply needs
cleansing. Is to bring comfort home to their
hearts, as q ccstive condition IL easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

Beware OF Ointments for Catarrh hat
Contain Mcrcurv.
as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold othe good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure manufactured by f. j. Cheney & o.,
Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
1t is taken internally, and is made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney d Co. Testimonials free.
~ Sold by Druggists, price 76c. per bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

Many persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns Iron Bit
moves excess Of bile. and cures malaria. A
splendid tonic for women and children.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

A pious-looking man snatched q lit
tie woman's pooketbook in q New
York cable car She jumped off the
car after him and chased him until her
cries brought the police. The thief
~as arrested and the plucky woman is
again carrying her pocketbook.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

THE appraisement OF the Stanford estate
mas been fled. The total valuation Of San
Francisco property is 81. 68S. 319.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

Ladies needing a tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Ritters. IL is pleasant to take. cures Malaria
fndicestion. Bfuousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

Iyonnasee Petatoes-Boil, peel and
slice six potstoes. Brown an onion
and put in potatoes; season, and when
golden brown sprinkle over them a
tablespoonful of chopped parsley.
A combination of onion and parsley
slways.naeans lyonnaise.
Mustard Relish-One teaspoonful
-four; one teaspoonful mustard; a
little salt; two teaspoonfuls sugar;
dissolve all with q little vinegar, then
put into . half pint Of vinegar and
bring to q boil; stir constantly.
Splendid for cold meats.
Graham Tea Cake-One cupful Of
sugar, .one-half cupful Of sour cream
TN the cup with milky, m egg, one
half of q teaspoonful of soda; Graham
-four enough to thioken so that it will
drop from the spoon. May be baked
in q loaf OF cup cake tins.
Vanities-One unbeaten egg mixed
qnite hard (about the consistency of
pastry with -four and q little salt
added. RoiI quite thin, q into
small shapes as desired, and fry in
deep lard for q minute. While hot
sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Filling for Lemon Pie-Take the
thick white rind of and the seeds out
ofa lemon and chop fine. Crate the
rind. One apple chopped fine, one
egg and one cup Of sugar, butter the
size Of q walnut, one-half cup of
water and one teaspoonful of corn
This is q particularly good
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

The depression in Canada is greater than
for thirty years.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

FARMERS are establishing colonies in
Texas.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

Beecbam's Pills cure Indigestion and consti-
patton. Beecham's-no others. % cts. q box.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

Ii AT )icted with sore ey es use DR.. La C Tn mp
sonsEye water Druggists sell at PIC per bit e
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

PRAIRIE fires are doing much damage in
Oklahoma.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

Venezuela has 2, 100, ooO people. and
one Protestant missionary.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09

No SAFER REMEDY can be had for Coughs
and Colds, or any trouble of the Throat. than
.'Brnun's Bronchial Iroches." Price % cents.
Sn11 ny,Ju in hOreS.