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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-17
TWO AMERICAN EAGLES
Among tho Presents sent 10 Major Nc
1iIuIry Yesterday.

Among tho Presents sent 10 Major Nc
kinney Yesterday.
CANTON. O., Nov. l6.-Majur Nc
Klnley had q great many callers to-day
and was kept busy greeting them. His
mall 100, was quite heavy and an hour
or two was spent In answering CORES
poHdents.
During the morning the President
elect received Congressman Charle1 A.
Boutelle and had u long talk with him.
The major took some rest before lunch
time and was awnkcrd for them ut 1920.
9fr. Boutelle left for New York at 2:05,
accompanied by his daughter.
Mrs. Mckinley has greatly Improved
In health anu during the afternoon took
drive with Major Mckinley about the
city. Doth returned much refreshed by
the drive. Among the callers during the
day were Mc2srS. l.. D. CraHG1ll, Eor-
nclSville, y. Y; w. C. Elstncr, Of Gin
cinnati, and George ~. Dcardorn, OF
Canal Dover.
PresldGnt-elect Mckinley was the re-
ciplert or two handsome specimens OF
tho Black IlIil species OF the American
eagle to-day. They came IN n large
crate and were sent by tho admirers OF
Major Mckinley from Whitewool,
South Dakota. Placarded on the crate
bore the ingcr!ptiung Look out for
Mark when lie reaches out for anything.
the tail goes With the hide Thc birds
are. named MARK, and "IIannn" re-
apecitvtly. The eagles now adorn City
Park, having bann added to the collec-
ton Of pets In charge OF Superintendent
Rccl
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CANTON, OhSo, Nov. 1G-Unltcd
States Senator John Sherman. OF Ohio,
has just written Major Mckinley:
II nm rather late In expressing to
you my hearty consratulutlons for your
election rs President Of the United
States. but they arc not tho least Sin
core ana hearty The greatest bcncll-
ciusICs of TIE rSsult Of the election are
the people OF thS United States, for
they have escaped real danger In tho
hlIrchtcncd clcctTln OF Bryan and the
SoclalIstIC IDEAS hG represented, You
VIII enter upon your great Office with
the most hopeful promises Of success
and I confidently believe you VIII meet
and perform your important duties to
the satisfaction OF tho conservative
uhonia n[ the IInltnl Stntesn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-17
BRYAN'S CONCElT,
Talks About Himself Some, More-That
New York Speech which Helped to De-
feat ltim-Nvhy lie Delivered 1t.

KANSAS CITY, NO.. Nov. l6-Hon.
W. ]. Bryan passed through Kansas
CITY this forenoon cnroutc from his Ne
hraaka home to ST. Louis. From 81.
Louis he starts out on hunting "trip
through Southern Missouri, and will be
accompanied by g number NJ state OIL
cIals, Including Governor Stone. Mr..
Bryan spent the little time he had be-
tween trains In walking about the
streets, and was an object Of Interest
to every one whom he passed.
AR. Bryan refused e discuss the pos
siblc favorable action toward silver nf
PrcsIdcnt-clect Mckinley. He talked
freely, however. and in reply to numer-
Gus Inquiries put to him by reporters,
said, among other things:
"I an not ready to make my future
plans public do not intend to lose
my residence In LInooln. ! will lecture
some. l will engage In nothing that
could invalldate my position as the
head OF the silver forces"
In reply TO The question MS to his
present opinion OF the New York speech
episode, MI. Bryan said: 81 still believe
my Judgment was right. l was urged
by many leaders, when reached New
York, TO make 4 fiery, eXtempornncous
speech. But was not aiming for that
audience alone, l wanted 20 reach the
whole country with complete cxposi-
tInn OF our cause. We had to use the
press OF the enemy 10 reach the pGo-
pie. BY preparing manuscript
could give the speech 10 the
papers In advance and be sure It
reached the people In complete form.
! had other opportunities TO make the
sort OF speeches that our most enthusl-
nstlc suppnrtors wanted. l think I can
say that no paper or speaker was able
to attack anything except to make, for
thcmeelvcs- n summing UP OF the con-
clusIons OF that speech. Neither was
my one able to pick out any item In
my letter OF acceptance and put 4 hole
In 1t. l am thoroughly satisfied TINT
my New York speech was for the best
In the way l made It,"
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FREE ADVERTISEMENT
Tor n Forthcoming hook by Mr.. william
j. Urynn.


CHICAGO. Nov. lG,--Wllllnm ]. Dry-
IN Is actively cnEnEcd In the prepara-
ton Of 4 worl; 10 be publIrhcd about
January /. This work will cmbody n
thorough discussion of blmetallIsm and
Its Importance ng an issue In the cam
palgn OF 1900. Mr.. Bryan has author
lied his publishers. the W. Il. Conkey
Company. OF this city, to state that one
half OF the royalties received from tho
sale Of the book will be used In alvanc-
Ing the cause OF blmctallsM during tho
next four years. The work will also
contain Mr. Dryan's vlows regarding the
results 0t the recent campaign, hts bio
Fraphy written by his wife, together
with special contributions from eminent
political leaders. Other special features
OF the work WIN be an interesting nc
count OF Mr., Brynn's trip and the enthu-
slastlc reception accorded him.
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B. & o. STOCKHOLDERS.
The Annual sfretlng-RoportH Show
Gratifying Increase OF Business.


Gratifying Increase OF Business.
BALTIMORE. Nd. Nov. 16.-'rhe- an!
nual meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Baltimore & Ohio railway was held
here to-day. Reverdy Johnson, OF Ball
tlmorc, acted as chairman. The annual
report OF President Cowen was read
and adopted and the following direc-
tors were elected:
From Baltimore, William T. Frick.
James I. McIIain, George c. Jenkins.
Alex. Shaw, George y. Won Lingen,
Maurice Gregg, William II. Blackford.
From New York, Louis Fitzgerald, Eu-,
gene DeIano, Edward r. Bacon, Will
lam 4. Read, Rowland Davis.
Mr.. McLnin succeeded Aubrey Pearle.
who remains as director In several OF.
the subordinate companies. Mr.. McLhln
represents the Johns Hopkins inter-,
csts.
The President and directors submit
ted the annual statement OF the affairs
OF the company .or the year ending
June 80, 1896 Tho only reference made;
to the recr!vcrshtp Is contained In a
single sentence, which says, that the
company. being unable 10 meet It's la
,blItiGs, on March !, 1896 passed Into
the hands OF John X. Cowen and Oscar
G. Murray, receivers, on that date. It
has been deemed proper TO continue tho
regular annual statement, and thcrc-8
fore this report covers the operations
, OF the entire fiscal year, both prior
and subsequent to the receivership."s Il
The total earnings for the year were
S93,9it.7Sl. m Increase over the previous
year OF $l.l"7,599. Net earnings, $780,,
$50. The operating expenses Increased
$l.7S2.3T6. the total being Sl7,5S3, ,420. Tho.
real tixud charges OF the property were
earned. Payments hnve been made to
retire bonded and other Indebtedness as
follows: d
Principal car trust bonds $3.50. 1000;
principal equipment trust bonds serles
H., 100000. whcelagc car trust pay
mcnts SiS3,7l7; payment TO the city ot
Baltimore for the purchase OF Its in-l
terrst In the Pittsburgh and Connells-
Vile railroad, $4,000; cash approprla-.
ton to sinking fund, S5S,o57: Somerset
and Cambria railroad traffic bonds,
$4,000, Tho total. SG94,SSI. "a,
The tonnage moved on the entire sys.E
tom during the year 1896, was 1851. 1927, \
tho largest In the history OF the. COM
nnny gH-sf e ~ af- lGss5 "a
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A FAIR COURT
l" T'nn,'sto May Hiring to light Demo-
,rntic r'rnu,IF

=" ienn'''te May Hiring to 5iShtDcmo-
cratic FrnuGE.
NA"!IVlLL1r. Tenn, Nov. 1c.--Thc
Republican state executive committee
~ N hestion In this city to-day and Il
.hi"'rr o' prominent Republicans nre
u~' Present. While the meeting Is &c
.'"t one It Is understood that IT'S pur-
E.H - 10 discugg the beat methods for
yyNliy'.aE the frauds pr7ctIccd by the
1!'.nhe'6tic election officers In tho re-
,1ht election, 1t Ia claimed TINT II fair
- :. VIZ could be secured In i've West
hArt're counties 1t would rive the
STATE to the Republicans.
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BALLOTS TAMpgRED WITH.
Attempt 10 Count Out RepubiIcans who
Were EIeci.I,

"'cc.aI Dispatch to the Tntclllgenccr.
WESTON. W. Va. Nov. 1.-the
coE"iy court tg still In session. and to-
moro" VIII begin n recount on cIrcui,
!I4g", che delegate to legislature, county
GJ,''d, Prosecuting attorney and First
T,s.ilsl y, HSScss0r. The returng show the
....tGp!,ein county clerk, prosecuting at
."l"'j and aSSea5or elected, but an effort
" ... 10 = made to court them out.
,.., ,' ballots from several precincts bear
,G,.1fGec OF having been tlmperrd with.
~" IlrmocratIo election commissioner
I.."laf ;G2t the ballots which he returned
,sNH 'i!5 Precinct had been und0ne and
."hlpP6d after he turned them In, and
$50" ;hty reached the county court.
,"'fs VIII br come Interesting develop
h.1S later and some Democratic off,
''SiS inay find something to explain.
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CANTON, Oh@, Nov. 1G.--congrcss-
man Doutcllc. Of Maine, and his duuEh-
ter, are GucBtB ut tho Mckinley home
to-day. Congressman Boutclie In an In
icrvlew to-day saId It Ia too early 10
speculate on the probability Of an OK
IRA snasiCn OF Congress. ana that tho
work OF the short scSsion would to n
very great extent decide whether or
rot nn sxtra .Ecgslon Ia needed. Ec also
said tint hiE majority for coEGrssI Ia
50 oslargc that Ito Is groatIy pleased TO
serve his old-constitucnts without as
plring to any other oiiica
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a8ly ln&@llig@n@@P Reduced TO- 1O Gents Per Week.

waiting In tho senate chamber and tho
cheering reached his cara. He knew
he was elected. llis frlnds Immediately
ran over to where he was aud escorted
him TO the house. where his prescace
GRATED scene OF wild nthuSIasm.
Mr., Clay received thc active support
OF eS-Sccretary Noke Smith. Hon. i. q.
pubIEnon and Congressman Maddox
and Tate,
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'VEYLER NOTIFIED .I
=, spain That lie Must Do Some.
thing or Come Home.
lCuBAN CRISIS APPROACHING
r,,ess wcylcr Achieves Victory
Before Congress Meets.
GROVER CLEVELAND WILL ACT.

r.,li r,.,erve Writing the Cuban Clause
otlIl, Message Until tho Last Moment,
and Irtne In.urSrmts arc stili Holding
,,,, own viii I.ecommend that Their
r,,llrtrsnt Right, bs RecosniIed-Wili
Do ,hl. or Some Other Action unds,irA-
bic to spain.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-17
CLAY ELECTED
'"'''" States Senator From Grorgin-Got
tho IuuUuS SomIn,t,ou

tIc tHucuS Nomination.
"FhA%TA, Ga, Nov 1G.--A!cxandcr
",."hena C!ay.of Cobb county chairman
w I'VE Demo:ratla Gtatc cainmitteo. and
,rt'i'HcSdrat OF the c.atc sanuic. wa1
"FflIsd Tor United States rrnatOr 10
loan u. G6Tlon, by the Demo-
'''IG leHis!ntuTc IN calcuI this after
n the nomination was made on tho
,.., ,",ity,tist ballot Mt 3:I5 y. NJ. Tho vote
]; Gerard .. - - = 80"
,, A soon as tho voto was announced
'1"u'shon!um rclgned. Mr. Clay was
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For Western Pennsylvania, fair; dccid.i
cdly colder by "Wednesday; brisk TO high,
somthcrly winds Tuesday, shifting 10
nurthwcRtcrly Tuesday night. n ~ ~
For West Virginia, fair southerly winds.
For Ohio, fair; colder Tuesday and do
cdcdly colder Wednesdays: brisk South..
crly Winds, becoming northwesterly. a. 1
Local Temperature.
Tho temperature yesterday as observed
by c. Schnepr, druggist, corner Four-
,pcnth and Market, streets. was ~ fol-.
lows: SI%'
: n, m..........," s2Ia p. M. ....,.S *. 4,
. u. m.............. NIIfip. m! ...... fS
L n........ .....".5 Sweat there Clear. HI N
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tWAsllINGTON, Nov. 1G.-Thc prcsl-
dent las appointed William II. Forman
cS-conGressman from Illinois, to bc
|. commissioner of informal revOnuG to
succeed JoSnnh s. Miller, resIEned.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27
Flow e Treat 65Verfed Hens.

When flock of hens will not range
over the fields in fair days, but sit UNI
der trees or bushes, making 60 effort to
exercise or seek food, it indicates that
they are overfed and too fat and will
not produce eggs. The best treatment
Is to give no food for week, SO as to
compel them to exercise and reduce
their flesh. It is useless to attempt
to secure many eggs from very fat
hens, as they are then out of condition
for laying.-Rochester Post Express.
Loss In O0@er Ensilage.
One thing which causes the loss with
clover ensilage is that clover is rather
heterogeneous plant, and often heats in
the silo to high degree, which causes
the passing off of large amount of
moisture, and so produces the process
of fire-fanging, much the same as oc-
ours in pile of horse manure; at least
that has been my experience in ensilo-
ing it. If sufficient water be used upon
1t, the heat is reduced and the ensilage
Is preserved. It will be necessary for
the person filling the silo to watch pref
ty carefully, and If the temperature
rises above 1875 degrees, to keep water
well poured on the surface. | do not
think that any injurious results will
arise from the application Of water.
We have added water very freely to our
corn ensilage here, and have received no
results other than beneficial ones.-In-
diana Experiment Station.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27
Road Building Is q Science.

Our communities should awaken to
The fact that road construction is a
science; that good roads cannot be
nuilt on the haphazard guess of an in
experienced individual; that the mere
placing and compacting of broken stone
On roadway is only matter OF labor
snd workmanship; that workmanship
will be of no avail, however thorough
It may be, if the design has not been
carefully adapted to the conditions to
be met and to the ends sought; that an
excess of strength can be readily Sc
cured by an unreasonable expenditure
IF money, but that the requisite
strength and the best results at the
minimum of cost are to be obtained
only by the application Of well-defned
rules.-N. Y. independent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27

ana split the stump one and a half or
two inches; have a we6ge-pointed
spike and drive it in the middle so as to
hold the split apart wide enough to in
sert the CRAFTS. The gratis should be
the thickness of an ordinary lead pencil,
although smaller wood sometimes
answers as well; cut two gratis of the
eyes if ordinary wood, and if short
jointed take three eyes to graft Cut
the graft one-half inch below the lower
bud and one-half inch above the upper
one.
Cut wedge from the lower eye
down to nice edge with the side next
the eye q little the thickest. This is
SO that it will be pressed highest where
the saps meet, as it is a little difficult
to run the line of the sap exact land
this must be looked toy. 1t is well to
have the graft lean a little out at the
top, in which case the line will be
crossed and the connection sure; insert
the CRAFTS, two in a stock, that is an
inch in diameter, if less one graft will
do. Press down to the eye, then pull
out your wedge and the CRAFTS will be
held firm enough without tying But
if small vines it is best to tiei them.
If the stump is twisted and crooked.
so that it cannot be split straight, use
the saw and saw out wedged piece so
that the gratis will fit tight and tie
we'll; fill in the earth now and press
firmly around the CRAFTS (but be care
full not to move them), up to the top
bud, and cover over this little grass
or sand dust If you have it. This is
to prevent the sun from drying out the
bud before there is connection be-
tween the graft and stock. When
growing time comes, the suckers that
may come from the old stock must be
carefully removed, or they will rob the
graft. When the graft begins to grow
they must have stakes to tie to. have
often had CRAFTS to grow ten to twenty
feet the first season and bear big
crop the next.-Colman's Rural World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27
ABOUT FEEDING CALVES.
Important Points Which Are Overlooked
by Many Dairymen.

Important Points Which Are Overlooked
by Many Dairymen.
Certainly no one will deny that it Is
wrong to fatten a dairy heifer," says
writer in Country Gentleman. "Is it
not wrong to starve them? The ma
jority of farmers are not willing to
overfeed their calves, because it is ex-
pensive; but if they see an article say
ing calves must be kept thin, and fed
on coarse fodder to develop the diges-
tive organs, surely they will have an
excuse for raising thin, weak calves and
COWS having impaired constitutions.
Do not think it is to be understood that
highly concentrated ration, strong in
fat, is recommended, as that is as wrong
as the short ration. 1t would seem, if
the young calf is required to consume
large quantities of coarse food to get
the necessary quantity of nutriment,
some of the organs will be overtaxeu
and others will be undeveloped. Re-
garding a calf having large stomach,
or, what is vulgarly termed a pot
belly it will almost invariably be
found to have small, poorly developed
chest and heart girth. In reference
to this last your correspondent surely
has, in judging, overlooked this vitality
important point.
"Al animals are in the natural state
smaller than those which have been
domesticated, and the tendency is to
grow smaller in the hands of breeders;
therefore, it seems logical to try and
keep size, health and constitution, but
always having production in view. An
example might be made by taking two
heifers from the same class of dams,
10th physically equal at birth; one
to be fed on a heterogeneous, properly
balanced ration, to grow fast, produce
bone and muscle to be fully developed
and able TO produce strong calf when
two years old; the other fed on coarse,
non-nutritive fodder, to be always
weak and understood, that when two
years of age would be of yearling
size. Now the question is, which will
prove the better dairy and breeding
animal to reproduce her species, and
also prove of value in the dairy? Does
any herd improve where the young
stock are neglected? Most breeders
have bred for an object, production
sacrificing size and constitution; thu
result being that soon their goal, pro-
duction, is also lost Go slow, and
breed for all points; in the future they
will be required more than at present"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27

thick, fleshy, underground roots which
are usually three or five in number,
though single specimens are also found.
The roots of spotted cowbane will
affect man, cattle and horses, and for
this reason they should be grubbed out
from the farm as soon as recognized.
The symptoms of poisoning by cowbane
are: Pain in the bowels, vomiting, fol-
lowed by violent commissions, dilation
of the pupils, frothing at the mouth,
and death. Cowbane is generally mis-
taken for wild parsnips, but the two
are really quite different, though be-
longing to the same family. The genu-
inc wild parsnip is a biennial, of tall,
stout habit, with deeply grooved stem,
and bears large clusters of yellow flow
ers. 1t is also of an acrid, poisonous
nature, which is not entirely destroyed
by cooking. Like the cowbane, it
should be dug out wherever found
N " World
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27
wAsrEEuL pAlRYMEN.
Two Ways of Doing the Same Thing De-
scribed and Illustrated.

Two Ways of Doing the Same Thing De-
scribed and Illustrated.
This article is respectfully dedicated
to the dairymen of the country, re-
marking by the way that the illustrao
ton of Peter Tumbledown's barn is a
little exaggerated, but not beyond a
condition all are liable to reach who
pursue his method. Rain from the
caves is conveying his manure down
into the nearest ravine. This will save
him the labor of carting it to the fields.
just now the poor man is having hard
time. There is depression in the
barnyard where he has to walk when
coming to the barn or returning from
it. 1t is filled with a black solution OIL
COW manure. He has to drain it away
or wade through it. The latter would
be the easier way and he would con-
tinue to do so were it not for the fear
of his patient wife, Nancy, who has
said so many times: snow, Peter, just
look at your nasty bootsI" This part
of the picture is not overdrawn- The
Peters" are very numerous. The rents
in his barn covering furnish plenty OF
fresh air and sunshine for his cows, and.
"them book fellers" say these are
necessary to prevent tuberculosis. But
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27
The country Butter buyer.

We refer to the country grocer who
buys for goods the butter made by his
customers. He is frequently at the
mercy of the poorest butter makers in
his township. They can't sell their
butter to private customers or to the
commission houses; hence it turns up
at the grocery. The grocer pays ten
or twelve cents a pound for it. and
that is frequently more than it is worth,
as the same butter if sent to city
would be graded as grease" Does the
grocer tell the farmer his butter is not
good? Far from it; he can't afford to
lose a customer. Often he gives the
butter a word or two of praise, which
convinces the farmer that his wife is
not to be beaten as butter maker. 1t
would never do for the groceryman to
set himself up as judge over the but
ter of his PATRONS Farmers Review.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27

to the field and spread. This is the
most sensible way. When the coun-
try was new the soil filled with
sweet native grasses and the butter
made had delicious flavor. By the
lax system of dairying the soil gradual
ly became depleted of fertility, the
tame grasses slowly went out and
weeds and coarse grasses came in. The
butter made now is not of as good quail
ty as formerly. A few of the best
dairymen, observing whence they were
drifting by this system of depletion.
changed their methods, fed more grain.
especially cottonseed meal. carefully
husbanded and applied all the solid
manure made, and now the tame
grasses are driving out the weeds and
other wild growth. This is farming on
right lines. 1t must be understood
that most dairy lands are not tillable.
The dairymen might go further now
and utilize the liquid manure, which
is almost wholly neglected.-Galen Will
son. in N. Y. Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27

cred salt box similar to the one shown
in the illustration. The box is IA inches
long, 9 inches wide, s inches high at the
back and inches in front. The box
is firmly nailed to the fence board or to
post or side of building, as most
convenient. The cover is hinged, and
has bevel-shaped piece (E) nailed at
the top to prevent splitting, also to
cause the cover to fall back into posi-
ton. The front end of the box (A) is
cut away, exposing the salt, and in try
ing to get it the cover is raised. Cat
tie readily learn to raise the cover
when they are salt hungry. The stake
placed under the box in front holds it
firmly in position, and the whole makes
a cheap and convenient arrangement,
as from weeks to several weeks sup
ply of salt can be placed in the box at
once,-Farmers' Review.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27
Convicts as Road Builders.

need better roads. Why we have
Rng been blind to the economy of
roads is a question that passes
fstanding, for we usually are not
'oPle that are penny wise and
Il foolish" In South Carolina the
'm OF working and building roads
pnvict labor is giving eminent sat-
Flon and in other states the same
s taking root. 1t has many things
commend it, principally that it
us what we much need without
Fering with the labor of honest
|as IS the case under the abomin-
contract system" The sight of
'aln gang" at work on the public
rays is not an edifying one, per-
out 1T is certainly better than
y bread out of honest mems
ems mouths in order to keep the
us at work.-Farm News.