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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25

R3oTuni Rlrts-G,n"ng dry, per h., IN 10,
maud s. 50iJ %, siNaira' bark per ID, sa''''
sRsAairas oil per ID iJlilt, May apple root, per
ID W sc. yellow root golden seal, per 10. !aA
50c; blood root per H., 'abc: seneca snake root,
pcrlb.. free Of TOP. Jlaljc; West Virginia snake
root. per TO-. sjl8jc, puk root, per o., hno, 'lA
3jc elm bark. per h., &c; wild cherry bark
per b. Ease
Rup Prime new hand picked medium ;l6j;
prime new maud picked, navy, s. %
Nopl-Fino washed lie; 80 on for mn
washed; medium unwaShcd ljai5G medium
washed iGal7c.
Honsy In lhr comb nor ID, lSalir
RIJi--gOuutTy mixed salC per To-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25

| Chlcng1-AnOlhcrs short scare In wheat sent
| the market mp again aud December closed Win
! gain Of l'1c, May corn clu7cd 70 higher, May
oats 80 higher aud PROVISIONS made slight galns'
Flour firm.
WuElt-Csh No. SPRING N0'.a59Hc; No, .
spriug bSAipg No. . red % .uil',c; StptGm Dor
| 5Eta!y3 salgmci December J5'slOOlbJAc; May
| Gi' stGE ,Hbi'su.
CoRS'Ca,h 30 ,. ait,c; No. . yellow 3lt,ci
September - st1i .a3Is,c october aD sAJla31hci
| pceembuf u ms O!sl ~. May .S'sa2ytaA' ~,
| ONN cash 40. = 1910; No, white 2lttn!2ci
| No 3 white 2lallitc September lgal9' ,aigisci
October !s llsA aStci May sHta!la2O'sc'
| lNE-Nu, =, 3s'gC.
| HAHIEN-rNo ., nominal
lLAASLED-NO. !, 81 90.
| lIMuIlIY SEED-pTlIne ~ So
| Mrs. rguE--Cash per Dbl s. OJas 5O October
81 sIyn7 gIt,a7 17t ., January 81 3Iag gag ~
LAED fash per 100 lbs, 81 50; October q i5a
| 3 Uaaj ~, January s. Viaai 81 40 S!1
| SllOET RllN-ClSh sides s. Oial 10. October
81 giai n'ai 10; January 81 S1isai s7!gai ia;
dry sailed shoulder J'.uijaci short clear sides
WlG'Ey-DhiIllcrs flushed goods per gallon
| sl92
n0HrR-Firmi creamery oa2lci dairy ol!sl7c,
FGGs-Firm at liulJc
Now York-Flout, receipts al,OOo hlrrals OK
| ports ggJ1 barrels, market hTmur, Wheat re-
| Cclpu 9l,!OI bushels, exports $4,000 bushels;
| spot market tTngT opuOm closed l3salh g hlgh'
| cr. Closing; September avg; December Ul'yc
| Corn Fccclus iib l0I bushels: exports 1900
! bushels; spot market steady; option, closed l.c
| higher September closed nc 1],c, daiS, re-.
cvlptsyLoll bushels exports . 100 bushels spot
MR,At, quiet options uGll DEl aleauIrI tioh.'6
- higher. Closing. September NC December
~ Hides hrm' Leather lITin, btel H'taH{'
NGI meats hrm Lara active Guu s'eAaii west
Gtll Steam c.u'rl al " " FOta ArauE rSss
lLTmeti sA'e ahh renhyYgll3 lhalSlG No',t !"
~, ,o.ni n,%, ,I NJ To-
r,ir,i ler ,,, Ti MA, ,,'tr s,,iIyr
'I,', ,'"''i 'P Wv, Wv '''," ''H',,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25

Cligs-ENtra 1000 10 i.G0) lbs. 3iAaic. good,
9Jl 10 lONlb, 5yIlgi4c, good. so to 90 lbs.
D avg iair. 7oO 10 50 lbs, s.RSc common,
5Di to 10 lbs, 2a1l.c; bulls, lj4al'sc cows, ~
as.C.
dogs-Eytn, ~ to e 10, good, to &c com.
mon 81 to ic
Ar,p-EKitn o. ,liC; good, Gays. common ,
to e, lambs, q ,aJi4c
Frs,h Cojl,-t2SAiO, calves. ihjtc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25

New Vorlt=l', Iron 0ml southern sN on
n Ul Corppt chU NruacH price To- lcnD
steady hrULcu' ut.uU % 10 Thu uucii rlfnii
t,U.fIN "A mai I'D
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25
MEDICAL
=, !. !. TEiTs gEgT1 AN BEAM .lrATYErT

=. (: TE5Ts gEs7G Lga ssAlY 7GCATYzTZ
u sOi uGd0r positive writt0n guarantee, by
tl'ho-irad Agsa'S only u cure Weak Memory;
Lp-s OF Br;l and Nerve Power! Lost Manhood.
glieklass Night L0s5e-; Evil Dreams; lack u
I0gti1l'p, Nervousness; Lussitudo; all Drains;
L9ag % Power Of ths iiansratiyo Organs in other
tx causd b. oYet-Hsnrti0n, Youthful Errors, or
LAs'--i7e Use oi Tobacco. Opium nr Liquor
which leads y Misery, Consumption, insanity
400 B-AtU ~ mail, II box s!x for 81: WITH
WnNtn r1n-uniea 20 cure or r0fuHd money
sSmP., Pn1kas' containing h7e days, Treatment
WNh IN .gs'TuctiOUy o csHts, One sRInp!s
Wy t',1 20 och poson By mail.
AraArE sr palrmac- Solo Agents. l.ley
Sa.h a'l 1at r'5e9B ,Eseficf Block Wheel.
aug M. I'D. Ien6-nAW
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25

lof quarter oI n century DE- Kings
NV Discovery has BEEN tUlod, and tho
millions who have received benOll from
its u1o testify IN us wonderful curative
powers In oil di81nsc1 " Throat, Ghost
and Lungs A fomoly that hai gtOOl
tho lc't no long aud that hnq gy6n 80
nuiyOnnl satisfaction " no oxp0rl.
mont Each bDlllN ia positively guar.
anlool 10 eiyo frlnl, or tho money Will
bo refunded, II Ia admitted to bo tho
most follnblp for Cough9 and Colds
Trial bottles ifoo at Logan Drug Co'B
drugstore. lnrpoailo tJr, aud 400
IlEhDACfilru trdiugD minulraby ~ Mllw'
I'M nuIn mInm MIMI Il Am ~ D [ MIIInnl-I--
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25
wmoAlsALN rnloG..
weekly Review ot tho Local wholesale
Markets in an Lines.
)friCE ny THE lSrI1,IlgESCEg,
MuELlINu luhylly. sent. u,

Sugars, especially the standard grades are still
rising in price, Flour shows quite decline
since last week, Other lines show little change,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25

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mail beautiful souvenir OF the Cotton states
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25
RAILROADS.
2cnnsylvnrln Stations
VEE3Rn8VIVdRid Inns.


rirsrr OrptCrg At pF%NsT'.vASIA STATION %
NlrsH ST EUnr ~ EirvTStJi 81, NuEtLlkG,
Al Mrtuuv HouFE WHEFL,yG. ESp ~ rfF
pINNsILyAHtA STATION, fEtpuyfuETr
,,.,.-..,., % ,rrtsf. tsfFfn- fFta-r,rr UgIHrF."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25
WhCCIIN1 BTId0O \ TcFmlnal Ry.


SUNDAY NptOnh'tll lbi
Leave whonlns Bul JiD.t.i,la IN, lam
sIll, II ", 800 p. n
Leave Peninsula sos p1t lltiijL m.,t,iN
sJ.ll, lA.N. 400 D. Ui
Leave Martins Furry=l3l' 1851 lllAla III.
Ig.U, H'i ma N.lA
AtuyC lot.Nlnnl function k3ll. ilO.1l. llllg
o. fu. I. .|.i. ll.lu.lHNp ..
lgBvt Terminal luUUNuH ssl1 iD.rl IN,
'i''iO tu. tINl. ilO' p.ll lS,nr m
IulyN utr.Iu HNuIf. |I.N. .l.li ID n. llIU
a 40. li.lh Ir|u INl1p no.
iOnyo punWHln i1'u. Hi,lll ma hllll, tliL
tllII ilH. ls.N ~ m.
Nuiyo W'r,Iny -lll1 D.g1 a. M, elljl
ViI A. q. n.IN U|Uiu n.
tDalB tDAlly o ttopt slllnE 1lindAy only
Allltalui vii! tnn on Eastern rImN
III lAUssll Superintendent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25
RAILROADS.

MBgS3an BALTIMORE & OHIO.
lS5l.2 .sSsgFSiA Departure aud arrival Of
HBi.s ,SS2,lSA trains at Wheeling East.
iS{,g n f'n,7Teg ern time. schedule In CT.
I1lS3 GgZgpa Efyl ss,sicCt May y. 1896.
(5sII " 5Ss4sesSSJ MAIN LINE EAST.
We gg'''gSsttR For Baltimore, Phlladal
WLS9slt llsSTT phia and New York l!:1i
SkyItS6&S/ 4. M, $40 p. IN, daily, and
ll:.1 An, except Monday.
Cumberland Express, 1870 a. m. daily.
Cumberland Accommodation, 100 a, IN, daily
except sunday,
Grafton Accommodation 9: 10 p. m, daily.
Moundvillo Accommodation, 200 and Sis
q. M aad j:j5 p ~. except sunday. aud lEO1
?. M, Saturday only
ARRIVE.
From New York, Philadelphia aud Baltimore,
$50 u. IN daily
Cumberland Express i25p. m, daily
CumheIand Accommodation, $50 p. M, ex'
Grafton Accommodation lO:lOa m. daily.
MouudviIlo Accommodation, 7:iO o. m. OK.
cept Sunday. 1910 4. m. daily, l.l0 and $40
p. m, except Sunday, and 7:iOp IN. Saturday
only.
For Columbus and Chicago, 725 and lol5 a m.
Columbus and Cincinnati Express iol5 a. m,
daily, lI!Op. m. daily, except saturday, aud
30 Il IN Sunday only
Sandusky Mail, lGlj 4, m, daily.
Newark Accommodation. O.; . m, daily.
- ClaInviilr Accommodation, lO:lj a. II. and
3;ij p. H. except sunday.
ARRIVE
Chicago Express lis a. IN. and 1910. los and
$50 p m, daily
Cincinnati Express go a, IN. and $50 p. M
daily
sandusky Mail $50 p M daily
New ark Accommodation 1910 p m, daily.
st. ClairsvilIc Accommodation, 1910 p, nj. and
$50 p m, daily, except sunday.
WHEELING 4 rlTTSBURGH DIVISION.
For Pittsburgh. 4.Ai and $50 a. IN. and j:S5 ..
m. daily aud 80 p. m. daily, except Sunday.
For Pittsburgh aud the east, i'0b IL N. and 5:b
Washington Accommodation, 800 p. m, ilh
except sunday
ARRIVE,
From Pittsburgh. 1910 n M. and $50 p. m,
daily. lI.31 p M, daily. except saturday. 1885
m. except Sunday. and 2.2i a m, sunday only
Washington Accommodation, S;lOR. m, daily,
-. sunday
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25
FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Features OF tho Money aud Stock
Markets.

hhIA'NAt
NEW YoHK, Sept. ?i--Moncy on call easy atlH
az per cent last loan . per cent closed at ia
per cont Prime mercantile paper t'la5 per cent
sterling exchange dull aud steady atSi s)ai Sy'I
silver certificates G7a57i.c
Tho chief factor In the stock market today
was the revival vi god export rlmuT. which
In the present speculative temper Inlgtuly
uKcrtcd Adeprrsang effect. Thc street So CONF
10 tho conclusion that VI least temporary halt
had been reached In tho outward movement Of
gold, aud this sentiment has hrea encouraged
by the pupr'cl siead5, iuunEh moderate iu'
crease Zoo the supply VI cotton ana other bill.
Members oil the late government bond Enli.
cato however, still declare that further gold
shipments rt the moment are Improbable
Tho market was cqua. ~ husinv.S 10 mat Of
the previous lRy, tie dealings being fairly well
distributed rHcgfhHgrg aud iuIu,tiE, BaAtrN
Nrrn ngRiu ConspCuous. and leading MISC
reached ptonintncc, Leather stocks were
helped by the reported ttmrr tendency Of the
market iur dry hides, which hHl recently boon
dun and rather depressed.
rhcmarkct opened active and frm with slight
gains IN some VI the leading shares lho lt. N
promptly made % denomination against ihr IN
u.ifilI Htrna aud soon extended tlcit nttcns
lions to the rUalrrs and Ruingcp The down.
ward trend ni pfiCot was interrupted iOf hut
brief period around midday The declines nt
the lowest figures are sugar 2I- Tobacco ~,
Lead !. the granger, lhl3s the rJhlcN lh3't per
cent. the last Jersey Central The leather
snare, displayed marked strength In the early
dealings advancing 4 aud ~, per cont fcspcc'
tiyeiv There were affected, however. By the
weak ness In the general lit IN tho late dealings
hni lost Gulls per cent Of tho respective lon
pfOvcmcnls Inc speculation LETT on weak In
inno with pfCc5 generally a. the lowest Of the
dnr
Bonds were weak on moderate volume Of
tfHiiuf, the sales were y $4,000.
lhH total sales Of stocks to-day were 21'Sj
share.
Government bonds strong.
Hf.fp huuUa lWVIfIEN.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25
OHIO RIVER RAILROAD co.


ON mud after Monday. June ~ 1895 Pas.
songcr Train, viii run as follows: 'DAilE
ipaily Except sunday. Central time.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25

1NVERY DESCRIPTION ON
II BOOK, job, Newspaper and poq-
tor PrlntlnW done NJ Reasonable lMlr, VI the
lSnlilnrNyIn ION rRiSfiSU OuluE Modern
Rul Rapid Presses New Type and Duslguh
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25

From Pittsburgh, 1910 a. m. and p. m.
daily lI31 p m, daily. except saturday. 1895 p,
m. except SUNDAY, and 22i a. N, sunday only
cNrNut sunday.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-26
ton that has used other than sound

ton that has used other than sound money.
 Sound money is not necessarily gold money or silver money, or any sort of pa- per money. It may be any one or two or all three of these Sound money IS simply money that can be made univer- sally acceptable at it's face value, or acceptable at that rate to the full ex- tent to which it is offered.
 Our gold coinage is sound money for the reason that all the world is willing to accept 1t at it's face value, because the gold in the eagle is worth S10 all the world over.
 Our silver coinage is sound money be- cause its total amount is so restricted that the government can give gold in exchange for every dollar of it that is likely to be presented. It is sound money because the country has stead lastly refused to permit the free and unlimited coinage of silver. If such coin age were to be decreed at the next ses- sion of congress our entire silver coin age would cease to be sound money, and at the same time our entire paper cur rency except the gold. certificates would also cease to be sound money. All our dollars now have a purchasing power of 100 cents each, because each of them is easily exchangeable for a gold dollar of that value. With free and unlimited coinage such exchange would become impossible and all the silver and paper dollars would sink in purchasing power to the bullion value of the silver dollar. ? It is true that they would retain a sdebt-paying power of 100 cents each, so far as debts already existing within our own borders are concerned. But that would benefit a very few persons for very brief time.
 The sound money crusade is simply an endeavor to keep all our dollars at par, to see to it that the wage-earner shall be able to buy dollars worth with each dollar that he earns. It has no concern to eXa1t one metal or to discredit an other. It's sole purpose is to prevent depreciation in our money standard, which, if it were permitted, would bring disaster on the country and especially tmpoverish those who are already poor, as Secretary Carlisle clearly shows in his very able speech at Memphis yester- day. There is no fad or fancy in it. It is not in the interest of any class or section, but of the entire country and of all the people. It's aim is to keep all American money worth it's face and ac- ceptable everywhere at it's face, so that no man, rich or poor, shall be required to give dollar for less than a dollars worth of goods.
 This is the whole gospel of sound money.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-26
secretarv Carlisle,s speech.

New York Herald: The educational effects of the sound money convention at Memphis, attended as it was by dele gates from the remotest corner of every southern state will be tremendous It was truly representative gathering, and the spirit by which it was pervaded is illustrated by single fact noted in our special dispatches this morning. The mayor of one town in Mississippi was requested to appoint the five delegates from that place, and named and sent to Memphis three men who were known to favor the free coinage of silver As he remarked to our special correspond ent, They are the fellows whom we want to have along. so that they may hear and learn the truth"
 MT. Carlisle impressed upon his hear CTS the fact that in no part of the coun- try would the destructive constituents of a free silver resolution prove more injurious to the people than in the un- developed and progressive south. Warned by the results of the foolish suggestions for the revision of the bank ing system which he made to congress last December, the secretary in his speech wisely leaves that question for future discussion and settlement and de- clares that our first and highest duty is to preserve the present standard of value and keep all the money of every kind now in the hands of the people equal III puICLdSlHS pOWeT HIS con- cluding words, deprecating any discus sion of the subject on sectional lines are an echo of the patriotic spirit breathed by the whole convention.
 From the statements made to our cor respondents by the various delegations it is evident that in the south at least the wild craze for free silver as pan acea for poverty and all it's attendant evils is already beginning to die out. and wide circulation of MT. Carlisle's address and the ringing resolutions adopted last night by more. than 600 earnest and representative men from that section will go far to give it the fiDiShiner stroke
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-26
INSURANCE NEWS AND NOTES


 At the thirty-third annual meeting of \ the shareholders of the London and Lan- cashire Fire, held at Liverpool recently. the chairman reported that the total un- sdefwriting profit of the past year amounted to s326,2S0, of which between $12Q,00O and $125000 was clear profit in Ethe United States business alone. The enet premiums of 1891 were reported at [.$4,231 ,065, against $4.340, ,690 in the preced- Ping year, and net fire losses at $2.447, ,565.
 
 The nominating committee of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters has reported the following candidates for officers of the board and chairmen of
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-26
PRESS OPINIONS.
Metropolitan Newspapers on the Great Mem
 phs Convention.
The sound-Money Convention.

Louisville Courier Journal: The con vention which met in Memphis yester- day was in many respects remarkaple body.
 It was essentially and solely a gather ing in the interest of principle. It was not in any sense an instrument for the furtherance of personal ambition. It was not an aggregation of politicians, for politicians in pursuit of ofnce- It was the sonorous protest of the south against the efforts of the oftice-seekers and silver miners to plunge the people into a frenzy of error for sinister and selfish ends; the spontaneous response of the bone and sinew of the south to the threat of a Mexicanized currency; the vigorous repudiation by the man. hood of the south of the aS- sumption that it can be blinded and maddened into tearing down above its own head the temple of national honor and financial integrity. It was great assemblage of the substance, the energy, the vitality, the thought, the tntelli- gence and the patriotism of the south, rising above faction. above section,, above party, inspired by that fidelity to justice, that reetitude of purpose and that zeal for the common fame and com mon veal that has been the foundation and conservator, and is still the guar antor, of our republic
 Every man who leftt his home to take part in that demonstrations who testi- ned 1n person Ills ueNOtlO1l u lliC CduoC of financial sanity and honesty; who swelled the demand for, and the as- surance of, the defense of that cause; who lent his voice in acclaim to the res onant resolutions invoking and prom ising its protection; who dndled into en- thusiasm and rose to cheers beneath the calm, unimpassioned words of wisdom and truth measured from the lips of the secretary of the treasury-every such man is not only in himself a guardian and evangel of that cause, power for resisting the wrong, for obstructing demagogy for dissipating delusion, for eradicating error, for enlghtening igno- rance, but he is the representative of many other men all over the south who commissioned him to speak for them, and who will this morning read the pro- ceedings of the Memphis gathering with a thrill of approbation for the sturdy stand there taken, and with a redoubling of determination to "enlist for the war" in this fight against wrong and ruin.
 There is no doubt as to the outcome of it. It is just as sure that the flag lifted up at Memphis yesterday will pre- vail against folly, fanaticism, dishonor and disaster as that the heart of man is right when once his mind is clear; just as sure as that there is a God who rides the storms of the elements and of peo- pies, and who holds the destinies of na- tions in the hollow of His hand.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-26

A Washington special to the New York World announces the possibility of a boom for Justice Harlan for the Repub- lican nomination for the Presidency. It is recognized that the sentiments he ex- pressed in his opinion dissenting from the courts decision on the income tax have attracted much attention from pol iticians. who say his expressed views have placed him in line with public sen- timent. The special reports this opin- ion to be growing in the South and West, and says that in these sections there is a great body of citizens dissat- isned with both parties whom both par ties are trying to attract. They have been greatly impressed by the judge s recent utterances as to the necessity for shifting some of the burden of taxation so 1t will bear upon wealth. It is pointed out that Justice Harlan is @ Southern man with Union war record. He com- manded a Kentucky regiment during the rebellion. He was the Republican leader of the party in the State with Benjamin F. Bristow. for whom he held his dele gation in the Hayes convention. He af- forwards swung the delegation to Hayes, who appointed him to the Supreme Court bench. His views on silver are not known. His friends assert that the chances for securing the delegations of several of the Southern and Western States for him are more than good.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-26
Carlisle,s Memnbis sneecb


 St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The speech or Secretary Carlisle at Memphis yester- day IS an improvement upon the one he delivered at Covington, in the sense that 1t pursues a more practical line of dis cussion and is better adapted to the purpose of popular instruction. His idea is that the government should go entirely out of the banking business, and afford the people an opportunity fupon their means and credit" He wisely refrains from outlining any definite plan | in this relation, and contents himself with saying that the matter will con- tilue to be discussed until a plan is formulated which, if not perfect will at least be preferable to the existing sys- ! tenn. But as the case now stands, the thing of most importance is to preserve the present standard of value, maintain the parity of the two metals and keep all kkfnds of money equal in purchasing power. The free coinage policy is cal F culated to defeat all these objects, to l interrupt the course Of business and undermine the foundations of industrial and commercial prosperity. It implies the repetition of an attempt that has been made by nearly every civilized na-. tion in the world and that has failed in | every one of them. The arguments in Tits support are all refuted by the records | of experience. We have nothing to gain, but much to lose, by departing in such a radical way from the teachings of history and the rules of financial pru- dence and safety; and MT. Carlisle's speech presents in a temperate sraight- forward and conclusive manner the req sons why intelligent and patriotic cit izenS cannot afford to favor an experi- ment of that kind.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-26
IMPORTANT TO NAVAL CoNsTRUC-
 TON

Secretary Herbert thinks he has found new material, made from the pith of corn stalks, which will displace cocoa cellulose In the construction of war yes sels. Heretofore in United States war vessles cocoa cellulose made abroad has been packed between the exterior and in- terior hulls near the water line to pre- vent sinking in case of perforation by shots. While projectiles may pass through this substance. they leave no holes in it through which water may flow into the interior Many disadvant- ages attend it's use, however, the most important being it's weight, cost and de- terioration. Actual tests of the new ma terial have been made with extraordi- nary results A quantity of it was packed in a box with a density of about inches per cubic foot and subjected 10 considerable water pressure. This box was fired at with a six-pound gun, mak- ing in one portion a single hole, and in another portion five shots were grouped in circle of about inches radius. A pressure of water, varying from to feet, was maintained on one side of the shot hole, and after three hours no water had come through on the other side Of the box, it's thickness being feet. At this time an examination was made. and it was found that the water had penetrated in the case of the single shot hole to the depth of Il inches from the orifice and in the case of the group or five holes to the depth of F inches. These results were so remarkable that the contractor recommended that the department should make further tests. Secretary Herbert has therefore ap- pointed board, consisting of three na- val constructors, to thoroughly test the new material.