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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-07

CII0ppINGof all kinds and all commits
ShVi hN" sion promptly executed with.
out charge. References, Send for cir
cular. MRS. NJ. S. SCULLY, 3S0S Chest.
nut Street, Philadelphia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-07
Special Low Rate Excursion over tho -
& q. to Columbus So 90.

Sunday, October 10, Fare for the
round trip, 81 90. Tickets good return
ing Sunday only Trains leave Wheel
ing 2.iO 1855 and 1910 n. M Returning,
leave Columbus ll:2O y, m.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-07

The New Woman and The Old Man, by
Col. George W. Balm. Full course tick
cts, 81 co. Single admission tickets, soc.
No extra charge for reserved seats.
Seats on sale Tuesday, october 8, at
Lukens' jewelry store.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-07
D. D. S. IN SESSION.
The Leading Dentist OF the State
Are Members.
SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THE So
cIETY WAS TAKEN To WHEEL.
ING PARK ON A SPECIAL CAR,
THE EVENING SESSION WAS
TAKEN UP WITH A PAPER ON
ANAEsTHETIcs BY DIR. C. E.
MASON,
The herald., 1897-10-31
A VICTIM OF WHITE DAMP

sage in safety, but the discovery of the
white damp alarmed them greatly.
The original explorer of them all had
gone on into the passage. 1t was quite
probable that, being in utter ignorance
of the white damp, he would not notice
the drowsiness until it had gained so
great hold upon him that he would be
unable to escape before he was forced
to yield to it. 1t was question whether
it would be possible for them to rescue
him, for they we'll knew that if they en-
tered the passage too far they might
also be overcome by the damp.
AT last they resolved to make the at
tempt, and after penetrating the mine
a quarter of a mile they found their
companion prone upon the floor of the
passage and apparently lifeless. With
great difficulty they carried him to the
mine proper and then up the shaft to
the surface, but all this time he re-
mained unconscious. Finally the old
miner who had discovered the white
damp remembered that he had been told
the remedy for persons suffering from
the effects thereof was to bury them up
to their neckS in earth.
A hole was soon dug and the unfor-
tunate miner with no more clothing on
than when he first entered the world
was placed in erect position therein and
earth loosely packed about him until
his collar bone was covered. There he
was permitted to remain for nearly four
hours. At the end of half an hour he
regalned consciousness and recognized
those about him. When removed from
the excavation at the end of four hours
| he had sufficiently recovered to relate
his experience to his companions. He
| had. he said, penetrated fully three
miles into the passage before the drow-
siness became so noticeable that he felt
it was unnatural He tried to throw If
Off, but to his horror it seemed like the
tentacle of gigantic octopus, slowly
closing in upon him.
! AS rapidly as possible he retraced his
| footsteps, running as much as he could
and the surface of the passage would
| permit, until at last he fell in stupor
The herald., 1897-10-31

He remembered lying on the ground fol
a moment, and then all thought left him
How long he had lain there when he was
found no one knows, but it was probably
not more than few moments. But the
strangest feature of the affair is yet to
be told.
The dreams of the miner We're some
thing far beyond that which are vouch-
safed to the user of either hasheesh or
opium. Visions of unspeakable beauty
came to him. He seemed to be in land
beside which Elysium was almost pur-
gatory. The world was peopled by be-
ings such as intoxicated one to look upon.
Life seemed too blissful for considera-
ton. 1t seemed to be all, and more,
than heaven has ever been imagined.
And then suddenly, he said, all the
devils in hadeS seemed to at once assault
him. So great was the torture that he
cried out, and then, opening his eyes, he
discovered that he was in the real world
once more, and that the tcrtures were
the fearful aching of bones and joints
that always follows such an experience
with white damp.
Subsequently the miner entirely re-
covered, but no one has since been found
desirous of continuing the exploration
of this passage of dreams and death
The herald., 1897-10-31

There are situated at Sand Coluee
number of mines which We're worked by
the earlier delivers in the earth and then
abandoned. This was before the days of
the mining machinery that is now in use
and so beds of ore that were then con-
sidered practically worthless owing to
inability to handle them are now of great
value.
1t often happens that prospectorS traV-
cling through these shafts will discover
O frst-class lead, and, in fact, many a
miner has turned up handsome fortune
in that fashion. Down in one of the
coal mines there is very long passage
which, up to a short time ago, had not
been Of recent years investigated No
one knew anything about it, and the
bravest of the inspectors rather hesitat-
ed to explore it, because of the curious
sounds which came out of it. Very re-
Gently one of the miners, big, broad
shouldered, fearless chap, declared that
he had never yet seen anything under
ground that a careful man need be
afraid Of, and announced his intention
of exploring the long and mysterious
passage.
Equipping himself with lights and i'm
plements, he started in early one morn
ing, several Of his mates accompanying
him perhaps a quarter of a mile into the
mysterious passage The footing was
firm and fairly smooth all the way and
to as far as the lights could penetrate
ahead there was nothing out of the ordi-
nary to encounter in sight. The ven
turesome explorer was positive, from
the general appearance of things, that it
was worth while to continue his journey,
and SO he told his companions that he
would go ahead for awhile, and for them
to meet him at the mouth OF the passage
in two or three hours
This they agreed to do and then sep
arateu. AS they We're retracing their
steps and before they got fairly 10 the
current of fresh air that all the time
puffed into the passage, they began to
feel drowsy, and it was noticed that
smoke from the pipe of one Of the men
sought the walls OF the passage, where
The herald., 1897-10-31
SUGAR rs INVIGORATING
Consumption of Small Quantity Will
Revive Tired Muscles

Experiments of an interesting nature
have lately been made at the instigation
Of the Prussian war office to endeavor
to decide the question as to whether the
consumption of small quantities of SUI
gar renders the tired muscles capable OF
renewed exertion. In order to obtain q
practical result, the person who was
made the subject of the experiment
was kept totally ignorant of the object
of the experimenters. On one day a
sweet liquor was administered, contai4
ing thirty grams of sugar; on the next
day a similar liquid, containing a suf1i-
cient amount of saccharine to render it
indistinguishable from the other as re-
The herald., 1897-10-31
The Remarkable Experience of Prospector in an
Abandoned Montana Mine
RAORDINARY EFFECT OF WHITE DAMP ON THE SYSTEM
EXPERIENCES VISIONARY DELIGHTS FAR NOR
KEEN THAN FOLLOW THE USE OF
Deputy Inspector sory-Rued While Still Alive, the
Wayt Be
in Earth

it clung with an undulating movement
like a spray of weeds under running
water. Closer examination of the
walls revealed the fact that they seemed
to be sparkling with what looked like
dew, but which one of the old-timers in
the party declared with eXclamations of
horror to be that rarity known as white
damp
This should not be confounded with
fire damp, as the two are as different as
darkness and daylight. 1t is the re-
suit of bad ventilation and rarely in
deed has a man been known to remain
within it's influence for any great length
Of time and escape with his life. The
miners reached the mouth of the pas
The herald., 1897-10-31

BUTTE, Mont, Oct. 27.-(Special Cor
respondence to The Herald) There has
come to Butte, through Deputy Mine In
spector Frank Hunter the story of one
of the most remarkable experiences that
ever fell to the lot of miner. 1t hap
pened in one of the abandoned mines of
Sand Coulee. 1t draws attention to a
new terror of the mines-that is, new to
most people-whch is called white
damp.
The following circumstances are told
largely as dictated by Mr.. Hunter HIM
self, and they reveal facts that form as
unusual an experience as was ever re-
lated by the most imaginative novelist.
The herald., 1897-10-31
ORIGIN OF THE CAKEWALK
It Resembles Several Of the French
Dances

The cake walk proper had it's origin
among the French negroes Of Louisiana
more than cetnury ago. There is lit
tie doubt that it is an offshoot of some of
the old French country dances. 1t resem-
bles several of them in form. From New
Orleans it spread over the entire south
and thence north. 1t was found of con-
venience to the plantation negro. They
were not welded by license, and it was
seldom that the services of a preacher
were called in. At cake walk man
might legitmately show his preference
for woman and thus publicly claim her
for a wife. In effect the cake walk was
not different from the old Scotch mar
riage, which required only public ac-
acknowledgement from the contracting par
ties. So this festival became in some
sense a Wooing, an acceptance or rejec-
tion and a ceremony. This explains its
popularity with the blacks, outside of
it's beauties. with the accompaniment of
| music, which is competent at all times
to command negro support. Cake walk
ing has improved. as do most things that
are constantly practiced. 1t has lost its
old significance in the south. Negroes
now get married, when they marry at all,
in white folks fashion. 1t has become,
however, pantomime dance. Properly
performed it is beautiful one. The
cake is not much of prize, though the
negro has sweet tooth.-New Orleans
| Times-Democrat.
The herald., 1897-10-31
There are various ways Of arriving at

conclusions as to the amount of time
necessary for realizing any physical
sensation or mental impression. If the
skin be touched repeatedly with light
blows from small hammer a person
may, according to Professor Richei.
distinguish the fact that the blows are
separate and not continuous pressur:
when they follow one another as fire.
quently as 1000 a second.
The smallest intervals of sound can
be much better distinguished with one
ear than with both. Thus the separate
ness Of the clicks Of revolving toothed
The herald., 1897-10-31

wheel was noted by one observer when
they did not exceed sixty to the second,
but using both ears he could not dis
tinguish them when they occurred
often than fifteen times second.
The sharp sound of the electric spark
of an inductive coil was distinguished
with one ear when the rate was as high
as 500 to the second. Sight is much less
keen than hearing in distinguishing diff
ferences. If disc half white and half
black be revolved, it will appear gray
when it's revolutions exceed twenty-four
per second.
1t has been found that we can hear far
The herald., 1897-10-31
LENGTH OF A THOUGHT
Surprising Results of Experiments
Made by Noted Scientist

How long does it take a man to think?
Professor Richet, at the recent meetin';
of the British association gave the re-
suits of his Investigations into this sub
ject. He found that by mentally rum
ming up the notes of the musical scale
for one or more octaves and then divid-
ing the total time by the number OF
notes thought of, the time taken for each
note was one-eleventh Of a second.
The herald., 1897-10-31

garded taste. After a very large amount
of muscular work had been performed
it was found that the better results
could be obtained on the days when the
sugar was given than on the days
when saccharine was given. The blood
had become very poor in sugar in con-
sequence of the severe muscular effort,
and the administration of a compara-
lively small quantity of sugar had d re-
markably invigorating effect. - New
York Medical Record.
The herald., 1897-10-31

more rapidly than we can count, so that
if a clock-clicking movement runs faster
than ten to the second we can count four
clicks, while with twenty to the second
we can only count two of them.-Boston
Globe.
The herald., 1897-10-31
Consider the Poor Mother

Consider the Poor Mother
Mrs. Bigg-Bennie disturbed me 10
that I couldn't take my nap this after
noon.
Mr.. Biggs-Pretty noisy, was he?
Mrs. Biggs-No; he was so quiet that
just knew he was sick.-Judge.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-09

But lie is So Radically Spanish as to be
Doubted.

st. Louis. Mo. Sept S.-Compte Henri
de Penalosa. who has been visiting
friends in st. Louis for few DAYS.
said that the rumor OF an understand
ing between Spain and other European
nations looking to a check upon Amer
lean Interference with Cuba was con-
rrmed by information which came to
him from high authority. He has been
introduced I'm st. Louis as a member of
an old st. Louis family, whose sympa-
thies are with the Carlists. but whose
connection with high politics in Spain
Keeps them posted on most of the i'm
Fortant diplomatic movements. He
said:
Some time last September,when the
cuban question was so much agitated
in the United States even to the point
nf furnishing plauks TO the declarations
or presidential convictions, Scncr Can
oNas del CASTILLO, then premier OF
Stain, received assurancca from the
English and French governments,
through their representatives, In Ma
drid, that they would not permit any
action on the part Of the United States
other than very perfunctory recognl-
ton of the belligerancy of the insurg-
ents. on August 5tn, before leaving
Paris, learned from Trustworthy
sources that this assurance had been
renewed. Gen. AzcHrraga, the new
premier, has received the French and
English ambassadors, who have once
more assured Spain Of the sympathy
OF their governments and OF their will
ingness to give her their diplomatic
help"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-09
STIRRING IN HAWAII.
NEGRO LABOR IN HAWAII OPPOSED.


Honolulu, Aug. 80. via Victoria, b
c.. Sept. S.-The annexatlonists are
very much worried oyer an alleged
| discovery of an attempt on the part
Of the anti-annexationists to influence
Senators Morgan and quay, who are
expected to arrive here soon on n
tour of investigation. They say that
Senators White of California and
Thurston of Nebraska, who will lead
the fight against annexation in Con-
gress this winter. will also visit Ha-
wall and attend the mass meeting Of
natives which, 1t is alleged by the
anneXatlonists, has been called for the
purpose of convincing the senators
that the natives bitterly oppose annex
alton. II is stated that Senator,
White and Thurston win superintend
the drafting of monster petition to
Congress, in which the Hawaiianc Will
assert that the government was torn
from them through the action OF the
American minister. Stevens. II Is also
alleged that the mass meeting Will be
conducted entirely by HUWaiians and
VIII be made as dramatic AS possible
The idea IL to work ON the sympathics
of Senator Morgan and to persuade
him If possible that the natives have
been robbed Of lands and power by
handful OF rich and powerful whites
backed by treachorous American
minister. 1t is believed that the eX-
queen may arrive on the same steamer
as the senators, and she will address
the people Mt the mass meetings.
The second card Of the anti-anneNa-
tionists Will be played upon the arri-
val here late in September Of Senators
Pettigrew Of South Dakota. Lee Man
tie Of Montana, and Frank Cannon of
Utah. They are now In Japan and
China, studying the silver question.
Before they sailed by one of the En-
press liners from Victoria, Il. c. they
secured return passages by the Pa
ellie mall steamer Doric, due here
September GATH and announced their
intention Of remaining over n week in
this city TO study the annexation
question.
The United States ship Marion left
for Mare island on the 9th.
The Supreme court has decided that
the income tax i.4 passed by the
last session of the Hawaiian legsla-
ture is unconstitutional.
Alvin II. Hawkins. a Young Amerl-
can from Gainesville, Tex, died in this
city yesterday from blood poisoning.
The deceased was nephew of the
governor of Texas.
President Dole has issued a procla-
Hutl"i Cdllihb tle sellutr u meet III
special session on September Sth, in
stead of the 18th, as previously an
nounCed in an Associated Press dis
patch. After the annexation treaty is
ratified the senate win adjourn until
the regular session.
An attempt to bring negro laborers
TO this country has failed. The mat
ter was referred to some southern
senators for an opinion. a telegram
brought here on the 18th by steamer
knocks the scheme In the head. The
southerners, including Senator Nor
gan, object to any attempt to take
their labor from them. ....-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-09
INJUNCTION APPLIED.
1t is Used by Postonlce Clerk Against
Official Transfer.

Washington, Sept. S.--Acting Post
master General Heath had u confer
ence today with the attorney general
as to the course TO he pursued by the
officers of the postoiilce department in
cases where the old postmasters refuse
to vaCate for new ones, or where clerks
decline to accept transfer or removal
ON the ground that they are protected
by civil service regulations. The at
torney general advised him that the
proper course In such cases was to re-
fer the matter with the papers to the
United States district attorneys and
their deputies
The conference was the result Of an
inquiry Of Postmaster Gordon of Chi
Cago, who asked for Instructions in the
case of Superintendent Carr of station
d of that city, who refused to accept
transfer to a clerkship in the general
office and secured n restraining order
from Judge jenkins. Mr.. Gordon
asked permission to turn the papers
over to the district attorney.
Postofiice officials say there Will be
no change in their conduct until de-
Cided against by the courts They hold
that their octs OF removal or transfer
are purely executive; that in making
such changes they represent the Prcsi-
dent and that the President has a per-
feet riSht to construe the civil service
rules, which are of his own creating,
as he may see fit.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-09
BRIEF TElEGRAMS.

London, Sept. Sat the Crystal
palace the bicycle Stocks. with a nv
ing start, covered a mile in 1:322-5
beating the record for that distance
London, Sept. Sin "A 5OO-ynrd
swimming race for the championshir
of the world at Dorcaster today
Mutual champion OF England defeated
Caville, the Australian champion. In
the record breaking time OF minutes
ga seconds.
Boston, Mass, Sept. SKINNY
Michael today signed articles for an
international 20-mile match race at
Charles river park on September 18th.
The other contestants are Lesna and
purse OF $4,000; 5000 tothe first man.
Syracuse, N. Y, Sept. s.-Early this
afternoon Kid Mccoy and Dan Cree
don signed articles, drawn IN bv
sam Austin OF New York, calling for
tight between the two men. The
$1,000 each posted by Mccoy and
Creedon with Al Smith is to be for
feited II either man refuses to accept
the largest purse offered within Ave
weeks.
New York. Sept. S.-A dispatch to
the World from London says: Mas
cagni, the brilliant composer Of the
"l'Via NuNdAtlla iNustlc.tno. has
attempted to commit suicide at DO
logna. Italy, by taking poison. The
attempt is said to have failed. Mas
eagnis mind is unhinged, It is assert
ed. and he must be placed under
contIel.
Columbus, o.. Sept, S.-Quite n
number OF delegates to the state con-
Vention of the National Democratic
party arrived in the city this after
noon, and about nfty were present at
the preliminary conference held to-
day. At this conference II was de-
cided that a ticket shall be placed in
the field, there being only one dissent
Ing vote. The conference committee
on resolutions was In session until
late hour,and their deliberations were
carefully guarded.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-09
ROBBED OF 100000.
Strange Story of Travelling Mexican
Grandle.

St Louis, Sept. S.-A special to the
Republic from Laredo. Texas, says:
Don Pedro Trueha, the owner of n
officials here. arrived in the city today
distance from NaneEas, In the state of
san Luis Potosi. The contents of the
valise, according to his statement, are
worth nearly $500 900. One thousand
Of 1t is in currency and gold; $1,000 in
iewclry. among which are beautiful
diamonds $4,000 in guaranteed notes,
and the balance In coupon bonds
He says that when he arrived at his
r'ltion he handed the valise to one
" hom he believed to be his servant TO
carry TO his carriage. 1t was night.
When he arrived home he missed tho
valise and took the next train to San
Luis POtosi. The governor issued n
proclamation offering reward. Seven
or eight persons have been arrested in
that state who are suspected of being
connected with the disappearance OF
the vnlise. II is believed by customs
officers that the supposed servant was
n confederate Of some one ON the train.
because when the Vallse arrived here,
a man was sitting near II, but dis
claimed 1t. It was finally taken from
the train by a customs officer to the
peared and was found by an officer In
the possession Of hackman, who said
that It had been given to him by an
American to bring up to the city. The
matter has been referred TO the secre-
tary Of the treasury by the collector of
this district and his answer is expect
ed tomorrow.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-09

Report that the British Government VIII
Finish the Work.

New York. Sept. s-A dispatch to
the World from Colon says: 1t is an
nounced here today that a concession
to complete the Panama canal has
been given to England.
New York, Sept. S--A dispatch to
the World from washington says:
The Worlds special cable advlces
from Colon to the effect that the fran
chise heretofore held by a French
company for the construction of shin
canal across the Isthmus of Panama
has been transferred to the govern
ment OF Great Britain has created n
sensation here. officials and those
closely interested in the Nicarauguan
canal project frankly admit that II
this transfer has really been done it
Will eftcctually prevent the United
states from controlling the proposed
great inter-oceanic waterway and
render the bzullding of the Nlcaraguan
canal useless. At the same time IL
is not generally believed here that tho
concession held by the French COM
pany has been transferred to the gov.
eminent of Great Britain. 1t is con
sidrred possible that an English COM
pany has purchased the rights of the
French company and may continue the
work now in progress, but that the
British government has assumed con.
troll of the project is not credited.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-09
rn,or Internntlonnl nImetnllIs,h.

Birmingham. Sept. Sat meeting
held this evening or over $50 delegates
TO the Trades Union congress, now in
session. q resolution was adopted de-
claring that the best interests of labor
press for an international settlement
OF the monetary question by means of
the restoration to par Of exchange be-
tween gold and silver moneyso as to
provide common standard of values
throughout the world This meeting
of representative trade unlonists earn
oGtly urges the government to carry
out its pledges TO Parliament on the
subject in n hearty, liberal spirit in
tho present negotiations for an inter-
national agreement"