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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
The Value Given to Wire by Skilled
Labor,

huDOFI
In an address before an association
of ron and steel managers i'll England
some new statistics were brought up
on the remarkable achievements that
have been noted in the manufacture of
fine wire. The speaker said that he
bad been presented by a wire manu-
facturer with specimens of wire for
which $4.32 per pound, or more than
$1,000 per ton. was paid. This wire
was largely used in the construction of
pianos and other musical and mechani-
cal instruments. Accompanying these
was a sample, of pinion wire, which
had a market value of S2l.6O per
hound. or S43,2 200 per ton. A still more
| remarkable illustration of how a piece
of steel can he treated so as to be
come more costly han gold, is seen in
the manufacture of hair-springs. OF
these it takes 754 to weigh al ounce of
437lb grains, and 27.000.000 Of them to
go to the ton, which would cost $780,
600. Probably the limit of the value
that can be given to steel by skilled
labor is reached in the case of the
barbcd instruments used by dentists
for extracting nerves from teeth.
which is sold at the rate of some S.
100000 per ton.
Flying Machines That Can Fly.
Much attention has been drawn to the
reports of the late experiments with
Prof. Langley's flying machine. 1t is
believed that Mt last Prof. Langley has
made a flying machine that will really
fly, and this impression is confirmed by
the g~ratuitous testimony of Hiram
Maxim, whose name has for many
years been inseparable from the devei-
opment of aerial locomotion. He says
that Prof. Langley has been working
on the same line as himself. He adds:
SIN regard to the future of flying ml-
chimes, | would say that If machines
are to be made on the aeroplane syS-
TEN. small ones will be found to work
much better than large ones. Should
Prof. Langley increase the size Of his
machine sufficiently to carry one man
he will find the building material
which is steel and aluminium. is moi
relatively so strong for Il large machine
as for a small one, and Il large machine
in order to lift, has to be propelled a
a much higher speed than a small one.
This Is actually taking a leaf out of {
book of nature. The biggest birds can
not fly, and if the geological record i:
to be depended upon, never could.
A
81 am told that Phillips keeps a fas
borSap
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
WHAT Is OSTEOPATHY
fHE SCHOOL OF WHICH THE sCIEN-
TIFIC WORLD Is TALKING.

Remarkable Work Performed by tho
New Science : Some of the Most
Prominent business Men of Minne-
apolis Interview ed by the Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
What n Gable Has TO stana.

with the increase in tile use of high
tension, high potential currents; cables
are TO be made Of greater strength and
efficiency. THE copper core, which car
rps the electricity, is thickly covered
with rubber, impregnated jute, or 9TH
er insulating material, and for some
purposes, not only armored with heavy
twisted metal rods, but covered with
lead. In this way the cable, for very
heavy currents may be deliberately
brought up to a diameter Of two inches
or more. The increase II the capacity
of cables within the last few years has
been extraordinary When Mr.. Fer
rnnti. about six years ago. said he
could supply current from the Dept
ford London) central station at a
y ltage of 10000. he was laughed at
By many electricians. who claimed
that no insulation could be effective
enough to withste nd the commercial
use of such n current. Nowadays
such an Installation would be taken as
a matter Of course, and cables have to
stand a much more intense strain. AL
exander Siemens recently gave some
interesting details of n very complete
test to which a large electrical firm
had put a cable Of their manufacture.
They first put 1t under a pressure of
$4,000 volts; 'but l did not mind" he
said. They increased the voltage to
1000. and left 1t Oh for half an hour.
But still the cable held out. Then
they tried the bending test, and put on
10000 volts, and it stood 1t all right.
After that they stripped off the lead
covering and soaked it III water for
twenty-four hours, and again tried it
with $4,000 volts, with the same re-
suit. Then they put it in a hot room,
40 degrees FAHRENHEIT, and kept it
there for three weeks, after which
they Increased the temperature to u.
degrees for twenty-four hours; and
they finally tested it with 10000. but il
still held good, After such an ordeal
Mr.. Siemens maintained that there
need be no fear of the cable standing
in India OF anyWE here else,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
SHINGLES LAST A CENTURY.
Roofs OF Michigan White Cedar Resist
Climatic Rarages.

Roofs OF Michigan White Cedar Resist
Climatic Ravages.
There are said to be Michigan white
cedar shingles now doing good service
ON roofs in that state that have been in
full exposure and wear for over rs years.
1t is thus seen that climate affects the
durability OF shingles, and the faco that
white cedar is the natural product of
Michigan and red cedar of the Pacific
coast is held to be proof that the red
cedar is naturally adapted for use on the
Pacific const and the white for use IN
such sections as the middle and north
western states, etc. A peculiar objec-
tion is brought against the red cedar by
some-napely: that there exists in that
wood an acid which is, in the climate
of certain sections, SO acted upon by
water as to corrode rapidly the nails
with which the shingles are fastened
onto roofs, the rust extending to the
wood around the nails, and soon causing
a leaky roof-this action explaining the
holes so often to be seen around the
nails in red cedar roofs. Another point
offered for consideration in this connec-
ton is the fact, as stated, thata shingle
is ruined by kiln drying, and that no
kiln-dried lumber can be regarded as of
equal value for outside work to that
which is air-dried.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
A Gem From Speaker Reed.

Thomas B. Reed has said and written
many pungent paragraphs, but none
better than the following in his intro
duction to Protection and Prosper
ity;''
Somehow or other, times like these
are great educators. How very fine
used to be the sneer about lifting ones
self by the boot straps! How clear
used also to seem the demonstration
that taxes could create nothing! What
a fine, large mouth the consumer had
those days, and how puny and un
worthy seemed the hands of the pro-
ducer! Now the untitled mouth has
discovered who owns the hands This
book will show you that this has been
the history of nations. a hundred
times; nay, it has been the history of
our own nation half a score of times in
our short life. Like the Spanish
Grandee in the Cemetery we were we'll
and wanted to he better took med
icine, and here we are. Is it worth
while to undergo this death and resur-
rection again? We shall never do it if
we lay fast hold on the facts of the un-
iverse. There may be time come
when nations will be no more, when
the brotherhood of man may be es3ab-
lished, when communication may be
so rapid, when we shall be so equally
advanced in civilization, that nobody
cares where he lives or is buried; when
distance shall break no ties, and when
the universal language is spoken by
everybody without accent; in that
time we may lose nationality and be-
come citizens of the world. Then free
trade may reign. But such time will
not happen within the hundred years
which centre in that week when two
English speaking nations were ready
to clutch each other by the throat
about boundary, thousands of miles
away, and the German emperor was
ready to fight the kingdom of his
grandmother about some people in At
RIGA whose ancestors left the father
land SO long ago that history is not
quite sure that they did leave it.
Nationality is fact, brotherhood is a
hope. Perhaps if we live up to our
fact, that may be the best way to ar
rive at our hope.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
WHERE Is THE WRITERr
A Pathetic Letter, Found in the Chic
River, limiting Possible Tragedy.

A Pathetic Letter, Found In the Chic
River, Hinting Possible Tragedy.
Last evening George Richardson,
the diver, who recovered the body of
the drowned George Hecker, found a
sealed glass jar, containing a letter, in
the Ohio river, just below this city.
He brought the letter to Lieut.. Carter,
who showed the interesting document
to State journal man last night 1t
was enclosed in an envelope, in the
corner of which was printed: Hotel
Bovey, w. A. Boyey, proprietor, Dem
nison, Ohio"
On the back of the envelope was
written the names, brown Station,
Mcdonald, Little Washington and
Wheeling. The letter, which speaks
for itself, read as follows:
PARKERsBURG, Aug. 25 '96.
Towho ever finds this jar please no.
tify the public that have done away
with myself l can not stand these
hard times. Life is burden, no en-
ployment, sick and discouraged, all
owing to these Democratic times.
You may lind my body between Park
ersburg and Cincinnati. Man of feet
1O19 in, red beard, dress well. Please
notify Grover Cleveland, my relatives.
Yours, a Failure.
While the above may be the fabrica-
tion of some practical joker, it has
somehow the ring of truth in it, which
prompts the reader to incline to ac-
cept its statements as sincere, and as
of informing the world of tragedy of
kind growing familiar enough in late
rs.=Parkersburg Journal
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
AMERICAN PANTOMiME.
Clever Clowns Are Hard to Secure-Sone
Weli-Known Performers.

Clever Clowns Are Hard to Secure-Sone
Weli-Known Performers.
A comparison between English aud
American pantnnime win result favor.
ably in many particulars for the Amer
ican, because novelty 10 ssklly lacking
in the former, says an exchange. The
English clown makes fsappearance on
the stage with Here we are again
with certainty that only equals the
coming d death and rent day. Hump
ty-Duntpty, Columbine, the policeman
and aH other funny people are as stere-
otyped as three meals day, and our
cousins across ttewater look upon them
with openeyed astonishment year
after year, with a stoicism that borders
on the rrfMulpua If the same tactics
were followed b2purveyorsof that claes'
of entertainment here, how long would
it lastP With the American Unsuitable
thirst for novelty we should say but a
very short time.
Pantomtmists like the famous Gri-
maldi and Ravcl families do not flourish
now, and the pantrmime must combine
great spectacular features and in
genious devices rs well as comedy ele-
ments. Pantomime has never been sue
cessfully engrafted on American soil;
otherwise it would be an institution in
every large city in the land. But when
ever 1T was we'll done it always paid
well. Years ago the Ravels came to
New York and became the craze of the
town. Francois, the father of the fam
lily, could set the house Inv a roar by
walking across the stage. and poor
George Fox, who was the best panto-
mimist the United States ever pro-
duced, was good successor to Francois
Ravel.-Chicago News.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
Early Morning Fire.

Two barns, one belonging to Villa m
Kennedy, I'll Third street, and the
other to Henry Wenzel, 7O9 Third street,
caught fire this morning about $3.50
o'clock, and an alarm was turned in
from Box 4S. :"
How the fire started nobody knows,
but it is thought to be incendiary. The
Wenzel barn caught first, and the Ken
nedy barn, which stood almost against
it, easily caught the blaze. The frame
of the Wenzel barn withstood the fire
and did not collapse. but the Kennedy
barn was totally destroyed. Wenzel's
barn did not contain much, we under
stand, but Kennedy's was full of hay.
There was no stock in either. Kennedy
carried small insurance.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
RESTORATION OF OIL WELLS
An Electric Heater Designed TO Cause the
Ron Flow.

Renewed Flow.
The general theory concerning the
exhaustion of so many oil wells is that
the oil, in passing through the stone,
las clogged the porous stones with par
affine in such quantities that the fur.
ther flow is stopped and the well ceases
to produce. In many cnses, says the
Age of Steel, the supply in the earth has
not given out, but only ceases to flow
when the exit is stopped. The stone
through which the oil passes is of a very
porous nature, and, as the liquid is in
a crude state, the thick matter becomes
as dregs, settling in the rock near the
edges of the bot tom of the well. Tor
pedoes have been used to shatter the
stone at the bottom of the well, thus
breaking up the clogged matter,but this
method is is'expensive. A. new me tlIod
consists in lowering peculiarly-con.
electric heater into the we'll.
The machine, which is eight feet long
and resembles an irHi, cartridge, is
placed in the bottom of the well and the
current regulated so that the heater
receives justenough to produce an enor-
nous heat without melting the metal
BY this peculiar construction of the
carbon-packed chambers the intense
heat is radiatetl about into the rock in
all directions. Thus the paradfine and
other refuse are softened and melted
up so that they run, and when the we'll
is started fresh flow takes place, just
as strong as it did when the we'll was
Just sunk
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
Your Boy.wont Live a Month.

So Mr.. Gilman Brown, of "a Mill St,
South Gardner. Mass, was told by the
doctors. His son had Lung trouble,
following Typhoid Malaria, and be
spent three hundred and seyenty-fye
dollars with doctors, who finally gave
him up, saying; "Your boy wont live a
month" He tried DIR. Kings New
Discovery and few bottles restored
him to health and enabled him to go
to work perfectly we'll man. He says
he owes his present good health to the
use of DIR. Kings New Discovery, and
knows it to be the best in the world
for Lung trouble. Trial Bottles Free
at w. II. Styer's Drug Store
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
The Republican Party stands
for honest money and the chance
to earn it by honest toll.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.

BRYAN ahd his followers say that
silver will bring higher prices for pro-
ducts. Why? How does he know this?
Will the crops be smaller, and hence
the supply less? This is all that can
raise the prices of the agriculturist's
output. Nothing more, nothing less.
The rise and fall of these things de-
pends entirely upon how much one has
and how badly another man wants it,
and it affects not the value, no matter
what the medium of exchange,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
THAT the sheep industry in Ohio has

THAT the sheep industry in Ohio has
fallen off tremendously under the Will
son German free wool schedule is
shown by the Auditor of States last
report In Ohio the number of sheep
in 1895 was 3,Oo4,6S5 while in 1896
there are but 2,293,6S In Washing
ton county alone the drop from '95 10
'O6 is Ia, 104 there being in '95 so, $40,
and in '96 3s, 472.
Give us back Republiconism and its
policy of protection to Americas
flocks. Ohio has been the greatest
wool state and the depreciation in this
one item is tremendous drawback to
her resources.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
THE POLITICIAN.

If the Republican managers had no
other sources of information, they
would know from the tone Of
the speeches made by Bryan
and his followers that the popocrats
were on the run. They have already
begun to explain their defeat by all
sorts of ridiculous charges about capi-
talists compelling their employees to
support Mckinley and Hobart. But
the Republican managers know from
other sources-direct reports from the
states-that Bryan is already licked,
and that if the election were to be
held this week Mckinley and Hobart
would be easy winners. The Bryan
managers know this too, and that is
one reason why they are struggling so
hard on the stump and through the
literature they are distributing to
arouse class prejudice in favor of
Bryan. Rut they are barking up the
wrong tree. The average American
voter knows thing or two and hay
ing once made up his mind by bring
ing his common sense to bear upon the
questions at issue he will not allow
that decision to be upset by his preju-
dice.
The more desperate Bryan's chances
get the larger grows the demands of
the Populists- Tom Watson compelled
the popocratic managers to set aside
their original programme and agree
that Bryan and himself should be noti-
fed of their nomination, and he has
now started out to compel them to
take Sewall off the ticket and pat him
on. Watson has not minced matters
He has told the popocratic managers
that they could choose between put
ting him on the regular Bryan ticket
and the certainty of losing several of
the southern states, and if they do not
decide by the time that Bryan comes
east again, next week, it is said that
Watson, who is also coming east, in
tends to compel Bryan to publicly
choose between himself and Sewall as
his running mate. The popocrats say
tkat Sewall will not be taken off the
ticket, but they are reported to be
bringing all sorts of pressure upon him
to take himself off the ticket, so that
the Populists may be satisfied by put
ting Watson on.
A fair specimen of the misrepresenta-
tion which is the most prominent fea-
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
IN sovrnwEsr FIELDS.
The New Tyler County Strike Made Nine
~ Barrels in Twelve Hours

~ Barrels In Twelve Hours
PIrTsBuRe, Sept. 11.--(SpeciaD Many
inquiries relative to the production OF
the Spragg & Co. well, on the Maybe
farm at Conway, Tyler county, w. Va
are heard each day. The we'll is re-
mote from any previous development
and with no nearby telegraph offices,
very little of an authentic nature can
be received from the we'll. The very
latest information is telegram re-
ceived today. in which it was stated
that the we'll had produced 90 barrels
in the last 12 hours ending at a. m.
This shows slight decline over the
guage of the previous day, when the
we'll was credited with 70 barrels an
hour. Several Pittsburg parties, at is
said, hold leases close up to theI new
strike and will begin operations at
once. So far as known none of the
larger companies have secured any ter
ritory in that locality and have left an
open field for the small fry. The own
ers of the new we'll have only limited
acreage under lease.
The pools discovered in Tyler county
in the past two or more years bave
been disappointments. 1t is to be
hoped that this Conway strike will not
follow the example set by the Kyle and
Bullman pools; both gave promise of
developing into large fields, but when
the work of extending their proba BILE
dimensions began it was soon discoy
cred that few acres ofgood producing
territory was all that comprised either
pool and the decline in production was
even more maj ked than the rise.
If the Gordon sand we'll on the Hearne
farm, in Wetzel county, is good pro-
ducer, since an effort has been made
to put it to pumping, no word to that
effect has been received by the owners
in Pittsburg. Despite the good show
ing made when the we'll was first
drilled in, the impression is now that
it is small affair and it will require
some very strong argument, backed up
by actual guages, to change the pre-
vailing impression.
Aside from the Mayfeld we'll, the
Big Injun we'll on the Barker farm, the
Price well in Monroe county and the
Berea grit well on the Hendershot farm,
in Wood county, are all somewhat in
teresting, and the development of con-
tiguous territory in their respective
localities promises rather active field
work for the lower southwest during
the fall and early winter months.
Out on Sancho creek, Tyler county,
the Carter Oil company has not given
up all hope of finding something sub
stantial. This company has completed
its No. 3 on the E. c. Freeland farm,
and will have paying producer
A number of Marietta gentlemen own
leases on over thousand acres in close
proximity to the big Lubbock well in
the Cairo field and unless all signs fail
it will net them handsome sum,
The Cow Run well of the Tunnel Oil
Company on Perdew is very stroag
gasser and makes good showing. 1t
will be drilled in todny
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
Queer Church sbire.

One Of the most eccentric church
spires is that of the parish church (All
Saints) of Chesterfield, with it's curious
spire, 22s feet high, and GA feet off the
perpendicular. Whichever way the OBJ
server looks at this curious spire IL ap-
pears to bulge out in that direction.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14

ture OF the campaign that is being con-
Quoted in behalf of Bryan, reputation
and anarchy was the statement of Sena-
tor Faulkner, chairman of the Demo
cratic Congressional committee, that
the republicans had sent an enormous
quantity of literature into Arkansas.
The republicans sent no literature at
all into that state, except to few hun
dred individuals who made specific re-
quests for it, because they did not feel
able to waste good material in State
where the election machinery could be
so manipulated as to turn out any de-
sired democratic majority. In fact, the
demand for literature has been so great
that the republican committee has had
to cut down the quantity asked for in
all States that are regarded as surely
republican in order to, supply the de-
,mand III states chat are regarded as
|doubtful1 The Knowledge that the
figufestin thekalieged big democratic
majority in Arkansas represents the
crooked work of dishonest election Off
cials rather than the honest votes de-
prives them of any significance.
1t can be stated upon the best author
ity that at a conference held in New
York city last week between Senator
Hill and number of prominent Tam
many Hall democrats the opinion of
every man present was that Bryan
hadn't the slightest chance to carry
New York, and that their only chance
was to make fight on Black, the re-
publican candidate for Governor, upon
purely State issues, if that be possible.
Still Mr.. Bryan and Senator Stewart
are talking wildly about New York be-
ing carried for silver.
1t is not now considered probable
that the gold democrats will put up
electors in Maryland. They had con-
ference this week in Baltimore and
while the matter was not definitely
settled. the sentiment of those present
was strongly in favor of the gold demo
Gratis of the state casting their votes
directly for Mckinley and Hobart.
Senator Jones appeal for popular
subscriptions to the popocratic cam
paign fund having utterly failed, Sena-
tor Butler, chairman of the populist
National committee, and credited with
being the controlling spirit at the popo-
cratic headquarter in Washington, this
week issued an appeal to the populists
for contributions of 81 and upwards.
The few populists who have become
known to Washington are not the sort
of mem who contribute m0ey to po-
litical campaigns.
The popocrats have about stopped
claiming Wisconsin, now that the ex-
tent of the democratic revolt against
Bryan and free silver in that state is
becoming known. Chairman Babcock,
of the Republican Congressional COM
mittee, is from Wisconsin, and he has
said from the first that it would give
Mckinley and Hobart an immense ma
jority.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
BuckIen,s Arm ca saIve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by W. Fl. Styer.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
An Emblem of Love.

The acacia has for a long time been
regarded in the east as the emblem of
concealed love. The notion is purely
fanciful, for there is nothing about the
plant to suggest the idea.