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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-13
PART II.

The situation was so tremendous
that for an instant could not grasp
II. stood mOtlonless as II I had not
heard.
He sprang up and pushed me. In
''' Sr ES seas az he walled. "oh. God!
oh, God, Cut It on from the sea"
He was an atheist, but he called upon
God, Many times In that awful hour
he called upon God. II was not pro-
family; Il was the elemental cry OF
the human soul in It's despair. II Is
the cry that VIII be heard on the Day
OF Judgment! 1t is the cry Of the
The Day OF Judgment! 1t was upon
US. The last trump had sounded; the
earth was 10 be consumed and It's
oceans would be as oil in that mighty
eonnagratlon.
leAped down the ravine. Already
the upper waters Of the stream were
burned away. and Its bed was dry and
hot. Yet such speed did make In
that mad. desperate race, that almost
overlook the feeling torrent which
flowed and famed before me. Then
suddenly my strength gave way. my
limbs sank under me, and l fell ike o
stricken ANIMAL For some moments
1 lay shrouded in deadly fAintness,
incapable OF thought.
Then, with n wrench OF eftort sat
up. Eddy and weak. ! found myself
on the brink OF vast preeiplce-three
steps more would have ended all
where the torrent had dropped its
foaming waters throughR sheer descent
OF more than n hundred feet
But the torrent was gone. Only a
ilttle IRE still dripped from the verge,
and splaShed In liquid flashes upon the
rocks below. And the pale light. and
soaring heat no longer streamed down
from the mountain, though the red
crater than IN hour before had held the
xlimmerinG lake cast UP q lurid, Nol-
canIc glow against the sky.
Before me lay broad, dusky land
scape, slopIng toward the sea, buried In
mist and shadow. But through II ran
a flicker OF light, as the envenomed
steam sped on It's deadly mission
toward the deep. breaking at intervals
into cascades OF incandescent bright-
ness, and sending far down It's current
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AGAIN
ened fishes us they sped away on every
side, and the black, shiny shapes OF
nameless monsters struggling in the
scaldIng LIQUID.
o God Of rnercyi what would be the
end? The strain was madness: the sps-
pense was more than death. Was there
indeed God OF power to save-or only
this hIdeous demon OF science, which
man had evoked but might not dueA.
i lifted my eyes TO the black, unan-
swerinE heavens, and cried TO the void
10 God-it Thou art 6od-oh! east
me down for my sin, with this raging
fire Into the abyss OF hell; but save the
fair world created by Thy hand--its
teemtnE cities and the millions that are
sleeping-Thy children.
And NJ that moment seemed to see
all the peoples OF the earth buried In
slumber, the bride In the arms OF her
loved one, the mother beside her babe.
And saw, as In a vision, conhagra-
tion rnounting above the clouds. stream
ing far into the airiess space sweeping
on to the destruction OF mankind.
The channel OF the stream was now
empty; the last crimson drops OF fer
ment were drained into the deep. For
nm instant the surface darkened, ana
the ebullItion almost ceased. Then
with an earthquake shudder. blind
INK avalanche OF iiqtld incanaeseence.
the waters were lifted In o thousand
fountains;
7 las staring at the sky: ralndrops
were falling on my face; It was very
dark. Whether had been stunned by
a shock OF the explosion. or whether
human consciousness could no longer
endure the strain. / do not know. MY
head was resting upon something cold
and dead. knew too well what II was:
but at first I could not rise; my viii
was helpless. my body corpse-llke. ]
tried to think, but sensation lapsed
agnIn.
~ last reused and was able TO turn
a little. Slowly the power OF sight
came back to my glazed eyeballs. All
the land was in shadow; the sea was
dark and smooth. The virus Of fre was
quite burned out, the last spark extin-
auIshed In the Quencnng brine. The
(THB ENID
"a secret OF the Heart" detective
story by Howard Fielding, will begin
tomorrow.
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CONDENSED Tc.tlmony.

chRa. u. Hood, Broter nnd Mhnnfae-
iurcrB' Agent, Columbus, Ohio. certinca
that DR., Kings New Discovery has no
equal IA a copEa remedy. J. ID. Blown.
nron. ST. Jame1 hotel. Fort Wayne, Ind.
irEiInrs that he was cured OF cough
NJ tSO years standing. caused by La
Grippe. by DR.. Kings New Discovery,
II. u. Merrill, BaidwlnGvIllc, Macs, Sayn
TINT he hHn used and recommended y
and never knew II 10 fall and wonld
ynlLcr have IL than any doctor, because
II nIWaya rureA MrH. IIemInlng. ~
10 2Eth 81. Chicago, always keeps II NJ
baud nftI hnB no fear OF Group, bGcaunc
81 I,tbtnntIy relieves. Free Trial I3ots,
tt,yt ut Logan BrHR c8,'H DRUG Store. j
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}. ". PIERCE. Republic, H., says: ~
have used ono Minute Cough Cure in
my family and for mybelf with results
so entirely satisfactory that can hard
~ Ind words to express myself AS TO It's
merit. ! will never fall to recommend
It TO othera. on every occasion thnt pro-
aentB ITSELF, Logan u Co, Wheeling,
w Va, u, +. Peabody, Benwood. and
Bowie & Co.. Bridgeport, q. 8
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NEW YORK, March l2.--The sehoon-
er Kate Scranton owned and captain
ed By Charles Bates. OF Sag Harbor.
which went achOre about mile east
OF the Eaton Neck life saving station.
Long Island, yesterday afternoon. went
to pieces during the night. Two OF the
crew were drowned. Mate Oliver Christ
erman. a Norwegian. and George Up
Their, aged nifty, cOtored man.
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THE SICKLE OF FIRE
nY cIrAnL1.s IsEIsEY GAME.
Copyright, issO)
SYNOPSIS.


Prof McFSazy. distinguished scien-
list, has discovered new chemical
agent, iiydropyfeRcfi, which has extra
ordinary and terrible efficacy In de-
composing ind lnhuming water ltB
action is like that Of u destructive fer
mont, and the fire II uRqueachable I'M
IN the last drop OF liquid Is consumed.
The professor. with friend. the nara
tor, has experimental upon q mountain
lake. supposed TO have no outlet, In n
dcsolAte region near the Paclilc coast.
The waters OF the lake were consumed
with heat 10 terrible that the expert
mentors were driven 10 take refuge In
a cavern extending under the cliffs
some distance below. From this a tor
rent issued; II was in fact. the outlet
OF the lake. The Aery ferment has Mt
last worked through. and Is speeding
down with the swift. current toward
the sea. The professor, who has been
horribly burned In the cavern. now calls
upon his friend to cut OF the stream
-,por the world Is lost"
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SOOTHING, healing, cleansing. DC.
wIft's witch Hnzel Salvo Is the enemy
10 sores, wounds and plicB, which II
never falls to cure. Stops itching and
burning, Cures chnppod lips and cold
Sorcg In two or three hours. Logan q
20. wheeling, w. Va, r. II. Peabody,
Benwood. and Bowie a. Co. bridgeport
n
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NAM I,nhr 1. crttInE reer,,

TO sure and use that old md wcll.trled
remedy. MRS. WiNsLow'S sOoTI.
ING SYRUP for children tenthins' "
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
LAYS all palm, cures wind collie ana "
tho best remedy for diRrrhocn' wen
tNs-f1va rgnfa "A hnltle, mWtesW
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Nobody need have HcdraffiR, Get Dr..
Miles Palm Pills from drugglBts' "Ono
cent n dose"
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NEsBITT & DEVINE.
Tel. 60 tmrD Ira Market Street.
HOUSES AND LOTS FOR SALE

No. q fifteenth street. Z rooms, brick.
No 10 Sixteenth street, lot SoxiD teet.
! Nos 80 and ~ Seventeenth street.
No & Kentucky street. rooms.
Z storeroonls and dwellings renting fof
fil 20 per month. corner Market and
Twentieth streets paya Y per cent
No. 3 Kentucky street. lot Soxlto feet.
No. ~: Chapline street, large brick
building
No. g 18th street, rooms and stable
40. fpS 18th street, rooms and stable.
lot corner Main and Sixteenth street.
No. Ii llth street. Z rooms and bath.
No. 1905 ChAptine street, rooms.
No I'M Chapllne street. rooms.
Lot on Main St, between I'd and I'D Sts.
! lots on North Wabash street.
No. 81 South Broadway residence Of j.
Lot lsxi3o North York street.
Lot No. % Indiana ST, rooms, modern.
No, q N. Wabash ST., 6 rooms, cheap.
a fine lot In Pleasant Valley.
No. Is Vermont street, rooms; lot ssxloo
feet; 800.
A tine lot in WoodSdAie.
Tho Bloch property on North Main 81.
MONEY TO LOAN.
RiNEHART & TATuM,
Tho city Bunk Building.
r,.s..sa,.... sfa FnFn
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DESIRABLE PROPERTY ROR SlLR

uougc and lot on South broadway
atraet, & rooms; lot 7QzieD.
' House and lot on Zane street, rooms;
House aud lot on North Huron Rtront,
rooms: at a bargain:
Uoiiso and lot on Virginia street, with
ali modern convenfenceH. TO rooms. fargo
70 ,orc and dwelling on North Huron
stSSSt lot poEl2O. ~ bhrEnln;
uuiilinR lot near TWcnty-ninth street;
NJ IN snld NJ once; price fIb.
Nancy 10 Loan on Real Estate hccurlty.
noLF 60 IAN E,
mrS No. % Fourteenth street.
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"a Secret OF the Heart" a detective
story by Howard Fielding, will begin
tomorrow.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-11-25
The China Tree.

Another valuable insecticide is fur
nished by the leaves and berries of
the China tree, which is not appreci-
ated in Florida as it is in the states
of the middle south. Colonel f. G.. +.
Borgess., a pioneer of DeSoto county,
gives the following testimony:
mot every kind of fruit trees will
grow and bear fruit successfully in
South Florida. The same is true Of
the grape, and none grow here to
bear fruit, but the scuppernOng
grows and fruits well. The same of
flowers and shade trees. The writer
has planted the catalpa. The trees
are now five years old, and nothing
but scrubs. Chinaberry trees, or
Pride of India, planted at the same
time, are six inches in diameter and
twenty feet in height. They are now
budding and will soon be covered
with blossoms, which have delight
full smell. If they were evergreen,
they would be far ahead of any tree
that grows If the leaves or berries
are put among corn, peas, or any
seeds, not a weevil will be found in
them from one season to another.
Owing to their rapid growth, they
are excellent to plant where you
wish to have a fence. For posts,
within a few years you will have a
rabbit-proof live fence. The berries
will terminate as quickly as will
corn, if they are soaked until they
swell, and planted when the ground
is wet. They grow we'll on any land.
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Australian Oranges for England.

Another competitor for the orange
markets of the world has come to the
front According to an Australian
exchange the government of New
South Wales has decided TO send an
experiment shipment of fruit to Eng
land, with a view of opening up
market in London for the surplus
products of the colony. This ship
ment will be confined exclusively to
oranges, for which there is a large
demand in England during the
months of August, September and
October The quantity to be sent
will be 5000 cases, selected from as
many orangeries as possible. All
fruit accepted by the government eX-
pert for the purpose Of shipment will
be purchased by the government,
thus relieving growers from any risk
Of failure. Only choice fruit will be
selected and the minutest attention
will be bestowed on gathering, pack
ing, grading and on preserving dur
ing the voyage.
The date at which these oranges
are marketed prevents them from
competing with California or Jamai-
ca fruit. They will, however, come
into competition with the earlier
Florida crop when Florida has
crop again.-Fruit Trade Journal.
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Tobacco in Manatee County.

w. X. Trimble, of Braidentown,
was a welcome caller at the Times
office this morning, and brought en-
couraging information of the inaug-
uration of a valuable new industry
in our sister county of Manatee-thc
inauguration of the Manatee Tobacco
company, limited, to grow cigar to-
bacco from Cuban seed.
The company was organized as the
result of the efforts of Mr.. Trimble,
but who had hearty assistance from
the board of trade Mr.. Trimble owns
a nursery near TT. Meade, and when
the Cuban Tobacco Growers COM
pany, limited, was organized there
he became deeply interested in the
subject of the culture of fine cigar
tobacco. AS the company's opera
tons progressed he became convinc
ed that the claims of the experienced
Cuban growers will be realized and
that there is big money in the bust
ness. During the summer he went
to the Manatee river section with the
view of locating there, and after care
full investigation decided that there is
a great deal of land in that section
excellently adapted to tobacco farm
ing. He took up the matter with the
board of trade and leading business
men and succeeded in arousing
hearty interest. Becoming acquaint-
ed with j. w. Teasley, of this city,
who has had much experience in to-
bacco culture in Kentucky and Vir-
ginia, and has demonstrated on a
small scale here in Tampa that he
can grow and cure the Cuban cigar
tobacco as we'll as the Cuban experts,
the two gentlemen made an inspec-
ton of the lands in thevicinity of the
towns of Manatee and Braidentown
with the view of selecting that best
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adapted to the business. Mr.. Teasley
announced that there was a large
area of light hammock as fine as any
in the world for the culture of tobac-
co, and Mr.. Trimble then proceeded
to organize a company to carry out
his plans.
The company was organized Us
above stated, under the name of the
Manatee Tobacco Growers company,
limited, with the following officers
Dr.. L. r.. Warren, president; Josiah
Gates, vice-president; o. L. Stuart,
treasurer; w. X. Trimble, secretary:
L. C. Randall, III. w. Fuller and j. H.
Gillespie, directors. The capital
stock was fixed at 15,O00-15O shares
at $500 each. A constitution and by
laws we're adopted and application
has been made to the secretary of
state for letters patent.
The object of the company is COM
prehensively explained by section five
of the constitution, as follows: 'This
association is organized for the pur-
pose of acquiring lands, by lease or
purchase, upon which to grow tobac-
co, or other crops; also of acquiring
buildings, sheds, barns, and machin
cry, either by erection, purchase or
To
die and manufacture the said tObac-
co and other crops; and for such 9TH
er purposes as are authorized by law
and to the best interests of the asso-
ciatiOn."
The company has engaged Mr..
Teasley to superintend the planting
and curing of the tobacco, and the
first crop will be planted on a tract
of twenty acres about a mile south
east of the town of Manatee. The
company has also secured sixty acres
! in addition to this, which will be
utilized as rapidly as pasible.
The offices of the company will be
established in DR.. Warren's fine new
business block in Bradentown. The
purpose of MIR. Trimble's visit to
Tampa today is to secure seed, in the
furtherance of which the Times was
clad to be of service He will return
to BradentOWn tomorrow or Mon
day.-Tampa Times.
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time the fertilizers have a chance to
pass into that liquid state which is
necessary before they can be absorb
ed by the growing CROP. M. Shell
ton in Farm Field and Fireside.
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Why Fertilize S Fail.

with fertilizers that the faith of
many farmers has been shaken in
them. The mere fact that the put
ting on of SO many pounds of plant
food does not double or treble the
yield of the crop should not be taken
5 as an Indication that fertilizers do
not pay. Various influences have to
be considered, and often one of them
may be powerful enough to avert
success. The most common of these
are: First. A poor physical condi-
ton of the soil. Second. Applying
fertilizers which are not properly
balanced in plant food ingredients.
Third. Applying fertilizers too late.
Every farmer ought to know that
a crop will only do it's best when the
plant food ingredients are presented
to it under the most favorable cir
cumstancs. Fertilizers put into the
soil must pass into liquid condition
before they can be absorbed by the
plants; if however by neglect of cul-
tivation the soil is in poor condition
hard and lumpy-it offers resist
ance to the growth of the roots and
they can neither absorb nor retain
moisture necessary to plant growth
and quite naturally fertilizers cannot
show their desired effect.
Plants are like animals in the mat
ter of feeding; if they do not get
their food in the right shape or in
the necessary quantities it is only
natural that they will not reach a
full development. The three essen
tial ingredients which are usually
fed to plants in the shape of CONNER
cial fertilizers are phosphOric acid
nitrogen and potash. These ought tC
be combined in such proportions as
to fully satisfy the demands of the
growing crop. Some plants though
require more of one of the ingredi-
ents than they do of the other. A
brand of fertilizer for instance which
would give good results upon wheat
would not be suitable for potatoes
because the feeding capacity of these
two crops is not the same. Nitrogen
affects the growth of foliage, while
phosphoric acid and potash assist in
the development of grain and fruit.
Fruit fertilizers therefore should
contain large quantities of phosphor-
ic acid and potash. A little thought
and experience and experimenting
however, would be of more service to
the individual farmer than any adj
vice that can be given in an article.
Probably more failures occur
through late application of fertilizers
than any other cause. If fertilizers
are applied at planting time and a
dry season follows the chances are
Is to that failure will result. A
plant needs good start and in or
der to get this the fertilizers ought
to be we'll disseminated throughout
the soil and in such condition as to
be readily available to the young
crop. Numerous instances occurred
during the past season where fertili-
zers were drilled in at planting. time
and at the harvest they remained in
the soil in a dry condition. Of course
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-15
Poorhouse object Lesson"

The poor we have always with us un.
der democratic administration. The
eleventh annual report Of the bureau
Of labor statistics of Connecticut shows
that SS66,7S7 were distributed for the
relief Of the poor in that state in 1896
and s994,615 in 1894, an increase OF
$12S,000. AS the average cost of relief
was $50 per individual there were 2,2St
more paupers in Connecticut in 1894
than in 1892. This is a good "ooject
lesson" for state that, in 1892, voted
to increase its number of pa';rers.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-15
That Comfortable Surplus"

Outlook for the Treasury-Belie
Entertained that the Deficit Will Soor
Disappear.
These headlines appeared in TIT
Journal Of Commerce and Commercial
Bulletin of Jan. IA, 1896. 1t does seen
a pity that such an able and usefu
paper should be continuously laborin9
to invent excuses for the false economic
policy our free-trade administration
This W not necessary under protec
ton. And the excuses are so lame ant
the "beliefs' so visionary that they
deceive nobody, not even the treasury
officials who inspire them.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-15
APPEAL 10 CONGRESS.
Farmers Want Increased Protection For
Their Hay.


Farmers are appealing to congress for
increased protection for their hay. Thou
sands of petitions have been in circula-
ton III the country in the past few
weeks, signed by hundreds of thousands
of farmers, asking congress to increase
the duty OH hay because Of the enormous
increase i'll the importations of hay,
mostly from Canada, since the repeal of
the Mckinley law. The rate Of duty ON
hay under the Mckinley tariff was 81
per ton. In the year following the enact
ment of that law the importations Of
hay dropped from 1875, 900 tons to 60
900 tons. The Wilson law reduced the
duty to 50 per ton and the result has
been an enormous increase in the impor-
tations of hay.
The amount of hay brought into the
country since the enactment Of the Will
son law has been more than double what
1t was in the corresponding length of
time under the Mckinley law. The Off
cial figures for the first / z months of the
Wilson law show total importation of
373, $50 tons of hay, against 14O, OS3
tons i'll the last / Z months of the McKin-
ley law. This is an increase of 233, 773
tons. 1t will thus be seen that the i'm
portations undsr, the new law by reason
OF the reduction in the tariff rates have
increased more than $50 per cent, and
that nearly So, 000,O 900, which would
otherwise have gone to the farmers Of
the United States, have left the country
Tor the benefit of foreign farmers.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-15
Barley Value In Sugar.

Barley growers will recollect that OF
Jan. 1, 1892, the market price of No.
Milwaukee barley was 57h cents ;
bushel Granulated sugar was quoted
at 4 cents pound the same day; there
fore a BUS Of barley was worth 141!
pounds of sugar. Four years later, Jan
1, 1896, barley was worth 1921 cents
and sugar cents. The farmers bushe
of barley could be exchanged for onl.
6R pounds of sugar. The effect Of ,
free-trade policy, instead of McKinleJ
protection, has been loss of pounds
OF sugar on every bushel Of barley.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-15
Revenue Is Necessary,

What we want and must have are
adequate tariff laws giving protection
to our labor interests and industries
while affording revenue not only tc
support the government, but to reduce
and ultimately extinguish the public
debt. When we once more tread this
path confidence will be. restored al
home and abroad. Business will re.
vive and prosperity will returr.-Geo
w. Ray, M. c., of New York.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-15
Growers Great Record.

Grover Cleveland will go into history
as the president who doubled the ma.
tfonal war debt in four years. II the
interest on this loan were added to the
principal the national debt left by the
Harrison administration would be al
most doubled. There is a great deal
more English style about keeping UP
the national debt than the American
people like.-The Republican, Bing-
hampton, N. Y.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-15
Free Wool and Carpets.

We hear very little about the carpet
trade nowadays from the New Yorl
Times. That free-trade sheet used tt
be continually explaining what "goot
thing" it was for our carpet manu-
facturers to sell carpets in England
Since the English manufacturers have
been selling more of their carpets II
the American market, under our fret
wool policy, the Times has been very
silent. The good thing is over on
the other side now. But why not tell
us about it?
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-15

wiped out with the exception OF pal
try s6.000.000 Note that our exports
were practically the same in each year,
but the wiping out has been done by an
increase of S125, OOO, 900 in our 1895 i'm
ports.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-15

Itisa revolution, and no Republican
cantever hope to see his party again;in
power for a long term OF years.-N. Y.
Times, Nov. 10, 1892.
Not so very long, neighbor. There
have been other revolutions" since
1892. Another one is predicted for 1896.