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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20
TRUE STORIES
Ahaui Bear aud ElNh-som- OF the Won
d-rs nTYriIow,tun- TnrE.

A"'"' "'Hr' M" FlNh->"'nr "t the Won
hrr' "rbrilowio"r pnrE.
y correspondent Of the New York
Post writing abori Yalrnpystapa parl,
,.i,,.. ,t,. s,u....,.... ,......,-.,.., -.
','''' cav ''''" .'- """"e'iu' S'"''V9
ABOUT near ana tiah.
Since dogs were suppressed In the
marx ,,urig,s rI,. nod o,,.t, ,,-,-
.,n.,. -. 49,. -. yrr,
''"'.' +" ''1 ur'T' 'oFo'es' squirrels
hIrds and other animals along the roads
and near tho stations. The most Intcr-
csting illustration nj the ranidity with
which wild animals can be- tomai when
firearms are hgnishcd Is Afforded by the
scanc tina. can be Witnessed al The
Fountain hotol everg evening. II is CHS
t0marv there Al 6 m 10 dunn The
kitchen garbage M a MAC. , buudrad
yards behind the hotel The be1ra soon
found Il out, and every evening" rom
half a dozen ia n dozen forro fhare
were slytccn) row come down from the
woods for their simmer Thsr, ,bo,. ar.
black hears a few clpDar,ors n.r, :
siOnally even n grizzlv-ouiotIv npprb
ing tho bones and fruit peoliprs while
dozen or two OF the hotel quests lool,
On ten wears away ono soon gs,s ,ssJ
to the scene, some mon roed the bonrs
APPLES ont of the hand and we o,,r.
selves ndapted orr habits 90 soon to
the situation that when we mot q hear
In the woods n fterward we maid M moro
attention 10 him tbat n be had hoo, =,
dog. In reality these bears are harm
less animals unless wantonIv nrovoknd
Colonel Young mas como IN mo con"tn.
sion that tho cnvo,es ought 10 bo hin
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

CHICAGO, Oct 19-The most nota-
Bile change in the wheat market to-
day was an advance of &c per bushel
in May, while December declined &c.
That represents the style of the days
operations OF the bull clique. They APP
peared to be sellers of December every
time 1t got up to 91hc, and buyers OF
May on all weak spots. At the close
May was only lac below December in
stead Of &c, as Il was Saturday. II was
heavy under continued liquidation by
small holders and closed lsd@c lower
oats declined 3sc. Provisions were weak
under renewed yellow fever reports,
and declined 5a15c.
Liverpool sent very dlscouragIng quo
tations at the opening of the wheat
market here, more especially for spot
wheat California was reported Y per
Genital lower; red winter. Cd lower and
No. l northern spring. Cd lower Fu-
lures were less radically weak showing
only 7saiad decline. a ls-ivate cable
gram said the market at Liverpool was
depressed by excessive supplies and lack
of demand. This weakness abroad was
enough TO cause an easy feeling at the
opening, December starting at g0%G
9O7sc, as compared with Yesterdays
closing price OF 9lN9llsc. An impress
sion prevailed that the death Of George
Pullman would cause the selling out or
some wheat which II was rumored he
was long OF" at the time OF his death.
This helped In the opening weakness,
and the subsequent slight decline. Trad
~ uii ii.ui mus NaS "Iu'SCtt" anu w.
eas,. Sn rV,,Su, %'u nus an. maui II
- -, " t,,, vi " ,st VI ,i,,''' u"al
,ha a,bs. ' ,IIn.,,,I,,u - p,, M W
w o''s, W ,''ileap"iIS nllu Du.ulll re-
gel i,,s, , showed Yea some tehueney towards
~" ','e nuln",' wl eaIS Iepo,t o.l
, tt''v e,uaE ",'Ws l't'y, "Eolnst l,+y'
i ,a m,.N anu l,o"' on s'lt toIrcslohu-
,nE uus list yea. AIianuc Ports exc
p o. o6o We,e elua' ~ "nea. ana nour 20
S ,D, "usneIs' a IeHeMdI OF WOuEht
l la,, vollpialhtS ron argentine
, 'sip'g W Start IItlle IhliS aoout an
"Vui i'T'u '',t opening ana peGemper'
which Hau neeh selling at 'O%c, ad-
SaneeI 20 'lhG, men prices slowly
SaBseu on asain' Inc nun CLIQUE IN
5uol MONTH: , Mh,ch nus neen steadily
uisposnp OF us hoiulhES lhtclF' was
seller OF December again to-day every
utnr tnat montn showed signs of HE
ana buyer or NAV Inc consequence
was a material lessening OF the spread
between thoso Two options, one bullish
factor wmon was apparently overlooked
was inc s'nall increase IN contract
STOCKS nor me week. only lSOOO bushels
being auaed TO inc aS8'Ooo bushels on
hhnu' Aiter the advance 10 9lhc, De-
Gemher cased on TO So'ac. Thls was fol,
lowed Nv ahother advance 10 'lAc, but
llneraI soliinE pounded prices down
again 10 'O%c' December closing at aO$
WHlo
Corn displayed more weakness than
az any time since the present decline
began, There was little covering by
shorts carlH In tho session. but Che ma
Jorlty OF the shorts ana There arc
plenty Of them, held nloof outside OF
that the market was almost without
support. Elevator selling was promi-
ncnt cnrly and was reinforced by com
mission house offerings later Weak
cables, liberal rccciptg-S3i clrs-nnd q
poor shipping demand all contributed
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

Union Stock Yards, claremont,


BALTIMORE. Monday. oct. Is.
Swlne-Arrlvals this week li,05S head
The offerings on the market this week
are full and the demand moderate, val
ues being trlnc easier than those quo
ted last week. Good light far western
hogs sell at 81 70d4 so: those from other
points, llghtwelghts 81 SOH4 80, heavies
81 25d4 40, light pigs 50 5OU3 10 and
roughs 81 266f3 90 per 100 pounds gross.
Sheep and Lambs-Tradc Is active Tor
both sheep and lambs, the former being
unchanged, selling at 2d3%c and a Few
extra a shade higher; lambs An5c per
IL. being &c higher than last week.
Calves-Thc trade for veals Ia fair
and values NC higher, They sell at AZ
6Lc per ID. Roughs 81 O0qS 90 per head
and fair trade reported.
CHGCAGO-Cattle was barely steady
FOR the bulk; sales OF native cattle were
on a basis OF 81 OOai 80 for poor "a
pretty good dressed beef steers, and
81 GOd5 IS Tor shipping cattle: stock
ers and feeders were fairly animated
at 81 S5dl 80: calves active at SO 25d
O Is. Hons nctivc; snies largely AT 81 Sc
az 30: common packers, 81 Sjd3 co. and
the best light. 50 9Odi 90: pigs, 81 2jd
Q S. Sheep and lambs active; native
sheep. 81 OOd3 90 for the poorest to
81 2Oai 35 for choice; lambs, 50 75a5 Is;
great numbers OF westerns sold at 81 %
as 40. Receipts: Cattle, 5000 head;
hogs, 10000 head; sheep, 1900 head,
ClNCINNATI-Hogs active at 50 GOA
4 co.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, oct. l9.-Cattle
steady; prime. 81 Sia5 90: common. 81 81
az IS. bulls, stays and cows. s. GOA
. 60. Hogs steady; prime assorted me-
dlum Weights. 81 2Oai %; best Workers.
81 l6di 20; common to fair Workers and
pigs, 81 OOG4 10: heavy hogs. 81 Ojdi II;
roughs, 81 75G3 80. Sheep steady: choice
81 2Od4 3O common, 81 75G3 %; choice
limbs, 81 2Od5 30; common to good 81 Oh
a 2O veal calves, 50 OOd6 co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

NEW YORK, oct l0.-Thc situation
in dry woods is by no means mtistac-
,torv Store trading to-day was light
and showed little prospects OF improve
mcnt Mail orders were decidedly IT.
regular, particularly In cotton goods.
The situation In wooden goods was
maintained In monlar which SUR
passed the expectations Of traders gen
otalN. Print cloths have not sald az
heavily under che very easy market
prevailing ~ was expected At 2AC
spot extras can only be bought In
small quantities Futures were obtain.
able ut g7.iGC In smaller quantities.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

BosTON-The wool market here con-
Ilnues quiet, although there is no sign
Of weakness In It's tone, Territory woods
continue 10 lead IN sales Following
are the quotations for leading descrip-
lions: Ohio and Pennsylvania leeces,
Y and above. 9id25c; NX and NN and
above, 2Sq?9c; delaine, 29GSOc; No, l
combIRg, ESQ 29c; No. . comblRs, 2S929c,
NEW YoRK-Wool quiet.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

NEW YORK. oct lS.-Archblshop
C'rrlEnn refused to be seen with refer
'hce 10 the statement that all the paro-
thlal schools would bc turned ovor TO
Va, board Of eduontion, provided hpt
ono hour be devoted to the teaching Of
Wv, we lrhcH Of the faith to the Roman
,,Alhollc children, From another source
" va learned that the archbishop had
neuIol The EIOfR nhEnlmInlY
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

send your address to n. u. Bucklcn
% company, Chicago, aud get free
ample box OF Dr Kings New Life
illle' A trial viii convince you Of
ln'lf morl In These pills are easy in
nguoh and are particularly effective In
W. cure Of Constipation aud Sick
meaaacho. For Malaria and Liver
mgublon thoy have been proved lnvnl.
u.hD,A They arc guaranteed Ia bo por.
NV" tren from every dcloioflouB sui.
THnn'' ANA 10 bn purely vegetable
Rm.t 90 not weaken by their action.
Wv. ny ewing ionu 10 tho stomach and
p.N'A gfraily lnylpofnto the HvHlom
r Wt ''nf Size 2io per box. Sold BY 10.
''N Drug Company
pnhUIAb0lA cured by Dr. Mllna' pam
'"Ue 'oHe cont a tDnnh ~ nil tirupniptp.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

the market Dealings In Pullman were
on a very large scale and over range
of 7N points. In estimating the slgniii-
canoe 0f this movement II Is 70 be con-
eldered that the stock jumped yesterday
$50 points on small TRANSACTION suclr as
often affects an investment stock The
close tonight is only y a point below the
price ruling before yesterdays sale. All
the news of the day continued favorable
railroad earnings continuing to show I'M
provement Louisville was a notable
exception with decrease in earnings OF
81 700 for the second week in October
due 70 continue interruption by yellow
fever quarantine. The adjustment OF
passenger rates by some Of the western
lines removed a recent cause OF appre-
hensiOn. London continued 10 be a good
buyer In the New York market, and In
fact offered the principal support during
the early trading. The exchange market
showed distinctiveiy firmer tendency,
though the only announcement OF gold
from Europe was Of the withdrawal for
shipment to the United States Of 5000
pounds In gold from the Bank OF Eng
land. Gold, however. Is In transit from
Australia to San Francisco. The local
side banks continued to take large
amount OF commercial paper IN this
market. Outside of the cases above
noted special strength was shown by
Louisville on London buying by the Ice
stocks, Missouri Pacific, oregon Naviga-
ton, the Pittsburgh Cincinnati, Chicago
4; 81. Louis stucks. st. Joe & Grand Is
land first preferred and Leather prefer
red, A feature OF the bond market was
the sale Of two blocks of ljS,0OO and lO0,-
900 respectively Of Union Pacific colater-
al skies al unchanged prices. Dealings
In bonds were not on large scale, but
prices generally showed improvement,
Total sales 81 ,G5O,OO
U. S, AS regular advanced &c bid and
the SIS declined &c.
The total sales of stocks to-day were
2Sl, 300 shares
Evening Posts London financial ca
blegram:
The stock markets were dun to-day ex-
cept Americans. which were. better on
the New York lead, but transactions
were few.
The Paris bnurse was better after dull
ness and the Berlin market was quiet.
BONDS AND STOCK QUOTATIONS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

YOU can't cure consumption but you
can avoid II and cure eyrey other form
Of throat or lung trouble by the use OF
One Minute Cough Cure. Charles II.
Goethe. Market and Twelfth streets;
Chatham Sinclair, Forty-sixth and Ja-
cob streets A, f. Scheele, No, COZ Main
street; Exley Bros, Penn and Zane
streets; Bowie & Co. Bridgeport.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

The Ohio River Railroad will sell ex-
cursion tickets to Nashville for the
Tennessee Centennial and Industrial
Exposition at rate OF $3.50 for the
round trip from Wheeling, tickets llmi-
ted TO eleven days. Information as 10
time OF trains will be furnished by John
Baltic, City Ticket Agent, Twelfth and
Market streets, and ]. G Tomlinson.
Ticket Agent, Union Station.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

SC lower at "a ssi:, and December ribs,
ledlei.c lower 81 81 ara
Estimated receipts for Wednesday
Wheat, 10 cars; corn, $40 cars oats,
30 oars; hogs, $1,000 head
The leading futures ranged as fofiows'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

OIL CITY-CcdIt balances. C5c. Ger.
tncnlos, uo bids Shipments. lli,i2O
barrola runs, ils.Sa2 barrels
NEW YORK Petroleum. rcnnsylvn.
MIA crude, no markets nomlnnly nj Soc
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

THE soothing mng-healing virtues OF
the newly cut pine are all embodied in
DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup, the
sovereign remedy for coughs and colds,
and lung troubles OF all sorts, 2
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

spelter. 81 Is bid and 81 Is asked Lead
Exchange. 50 s9iz bid and 50 eIis
asked. Brokers steady at s. IS
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20
RAILROADS.
BALIlAORB 4 0AIO.

= 9kNTffxftAN/ YORK, lZ.1D anu lOsb0 n.
Cumberland Accommodation. 100 a, m.
daily except Sunday.
Grafton Accommodation, 500 p. m. daily.
ARRIVE.
From New York. Philadelphia and Bal
timorc, $50 a. m. daily I'm,
Washington Express. l1;a p ~; Nualy.
Cumberland Accommodation S'So ~ Ire
e1 SSpfto 9 Accommodation, 1910 a. m.
daily. ,,,, o,,,r, rryrernN-
For. Columbus and Chicago. 1885 a. m and
&c: ctoREam MI Sane and Cincinnati Express, 1880
n. m. daily, and 1870 .. m. daily except
Saturday, and 2:40 u. M, Sunday only.
ST. Clairsville, Accommodation. $3.50 H. m
and 3:Z5 y. m, daily, except Sunday
Cam6ridge Accommodation. 7;s5 a m.
except Sunday ,-
Chicago Express. l:l5 Il. m. and il:5o a.
&C Cambridge Accommodation. 7:so p. M.
eH cinclnnati Express. sos a. m. and Sos p.
M, daily.
ST. ClRirsYIlle Accommodation, lli5O a
m. and 7:N p. m, daily, except sunday.
WHEEEtNa & PITTSBURGH DIV.
For Pittsburgh. 5:lO and 7:lO a m. and
sac p; m, daily. and i:l5 p. M daily ex-
'S FOR Pittsburgh and the East. $40 q, m.
and 5:l0 p, M, daily
ARRIVE.
From Pittsburgh. 1888 a. M. $50 p. m.
daily, 1850 D. M, daily except Saturday,
i2:i5 p. M. except Sunday. and $50 a, m.
Sunday only. -
General Manager, Baltimore, Nd.
D. Il. MARTIN,
Passenger Traffic Manager. Baltimore. Nd.
]. T. LANE
TIP, A. Wheeling. w. Va
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20
WHEELING & Elm GROVE RAILROAD.

tDAly, except Sunday
Sunday church trains will loRva Elm
Grove at p.lS n, m and Wheeling at i2J7
D. m. II. 10. WEiSGFRBDR,
General Manager
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03
HanDNIV-BTeHeN Fire Insurance G

The undersigned having been appoints4
agents u the above company are preparse
to insure risks against fire On Stone ara
Brick Buildings and on Merchan5
disc stored therein on the most favorzo8
terms. For PARTICULARS apply AZ the casal
of r. y SCHAEFER & CO., Agnt& j.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03
ARCHITECT HERE.
Designer of Duluth Lyceum Now
in Honolulu

in Honolulu
Here is coincidence The Adver-
tiser mentioned that E. 2. Williams,
brother-in-law of DR.. H. W. Howard.
had purchased the Duluth Lyceum
building, worth half a million dollars.
Mr.. Williams was here a year ago.
Now reporter has met right here in
Honolulu the architect of the building
mentioned. Mr.. o. G. Traphagen, who
has just located in the Bulletin build
ing on Merchant street, is the gentle
man. He has drawings of the Lyceum
here with him and they disclose a
most attractive and well proportional
building. The Lyceum is one OF less
than half a dozen really fire-proof thea
trical buildings on the American con-
tinent. 1t is structure rivalling in
every way the most notable buildings
in the United States. The fact that
it was designed by Mr.. Traphagen is
something to introduce him and rec
ommend him to Honolulu.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03
Cyclist Wants Damages.

A couple of weeks ago there was a
bad road collision at the corner of Ala
kea and Merchant. The participants
were Mr.. Rowell, the Superintendent of
public Works, who was mounted on a
horse and ]. B. Cornell, a wheelman
They met in turning the corner and
a mixture was the result. It was
thought that there was nothing serious
to the outcome, but now Mr.. Council
has instituted suit. He asks for dam
ages amounting in all to $4,000 and has
placed the case in the hands of Attor-
ney Creighton.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03
Fancy Swiss,
Organdies
Muslin Dress
Goods

From 10 cents to 80 cents
per yard. Never sold here
before at less than * per
cent. above this.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03
A Bad Marine.

A naval courtmartial has just been
held aboard the American flagship in
this port with a marine from the Gun
boat Bennington as defendant. The
man slipped overheard while on duty.
Among the other charges against him
are that he sent rife and belt and
bayonet to the bottom of the bay.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03

which work up nitre or nitrogen from
the soil and air. Nitre or nitrogen is
what the boy looked for at the end
of the rainbow. Nice graziers worship
some form of small clover all over the
world.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03
;ener. Issurasee compaHy for Sea. River 60
Land Transport Of Dresdea.

Having established an agency at Horm
lulu and the Hawaiian Islands the undeFi
signed General Agents are authorized Il
take risks against the dangers Of the -
az the most reasonable rates and On N
most favorable terms.
F. A. SCHAEFER 4 CO.,
Agents FL : he Hawaiian lslsndN
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03

Battle and soak the hands on
retiring in strong, hot, creamy
lather of CUTICURA SOAP.
Dry them thoroughly, anoint
freely with CUTICURA, great
est of emollients and skin cures
Wear, during the night, old,
loose gloves, with the finger
ends cut off and air holes cut il
palms (see illustration).
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03
New Goods
Warm
Weather!

While in San Francisco we
made extensive purchases of
new goods suitable for warm
weather and we secured
them at low prices. Some of
these lines have already ar
rived and we are offering
them at prices which should
win your patronage to us if
we have not already had it.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03
EQuipOISe NQIS|S!

The only garment which
keeps the form perfect and
the health as nature ordain
ed. These waists are now
worn by many of the best
dressed ladies of Honolulu.
Marseilles spreads, new
design, from $2.So to $I2.
New Innings for organdies
just received.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-03
GeTnUl LI1Ti hTRe IH3ITGlss a.
OF BERLIN.
Fortune General Insurance G0ng0H
OF BERLIN.

The above Insurance Companies have
established General Agency here, and tn
undersigned, General Agents, are author'
lied to take risks against the dangers q
the seas at the most reasonable RATES al
on the most favorable terms.
IA SCHAEFER 4 CO. GsnI. Aga
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-01
Size of the Universe.

or all the open-air problems of nature
which appeal alike to the scientific and
unscientitie, none is more impressive
than that suggested by the grandeur of
a starlight night. What are the stars,
how distant are they, how far beyond
our vision do they reach into space?
IL an address recently given by Prof.
Simon Newcomb he traced the attempts
made to measure the distance of the
stars from the earth, and added the
striking observation that 'evidence Is
accommodating which points 10 the
probability that the successive orders of
smaller and smaller stars, which our
continually-inereasing telescope power
brings into view, gre not situa ted at
greater and greater distances, but that
We actually see the boundary of our
universe This remarkable statement
has begun to attract attention, and it
would be interesting 10 know what the
evidence is to which Prof. Newcomb
refers. We were only just beginning,
after centuries of medieval superstition,
to get over the idea that the earth was
the centre of the universe, and that the
stars were specially created for its edi-
fication.
The more general belief nowadays is
that space extends infinitely in all di-
rections-there is no reason why We
should understand what "infinitely"
means-and that everywhere there are
worlds. Prof. Newcomb himself, in
the succeeding passage TO the above,
gives some idea of the vastness Ofstellar
space. Lying on the deck of steamer
he says, and gazing up at the constella-
ton Lyra, he has often tried to calcu-
late out how many millions of years it
would take his ship to get there, forget
ting all the time that the earth was
travelling in that very direction at a
speed compared to which steamship
is extremely slow.
InrOugn every year. every nouTi
every minute of human history since
the first appearance Of man on the
earth, from the era of the builders OF
the Pyramids, through the times OF
Cesar and Hannibal, not merely Our
earth, but the sun and the whole solaI
system with it, have been speeding
their way toward the star Lyra on 8
journey of which We know neither the
beginning nor the end. During every
clock beat it moves on this journey by
an amount which We cannot specify
more exactly than to say that it is prob
ably between five and nine miles pei
second. When shall we ge
there? Probably in less than million
years. Perhaps in half million.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-01
Mlci Yet to Do.

On vast plain the 3j0,000,OOO sub
jects of Queen Victoria are assembled
before her throne, and O1 a table near
the throne are the five sacred books of
the East-the Bible, the Nedas, the
Koran, the Tripitakas, and the Zend
Avesta. Rising from her throne the
Queen says: Let all those who be-
lieve in the divine inspiration OF the
Nedas take their sacred books and pass
out and away" and 2)0, 100000 90 out
while but 1j0,O00,O00 remain. Sadly
the Christian queen again speaks:
LET those who believe in the Koran
now leave" Her grief increases As
60000, 900 more 90 out, aud again there
is an exodus of those who believe in
the Tripitaka, the sacred book of the
BuddhiSts, and in the Zend Avesta. the
Parsee Bible-l0, 10000 more. OIt of
$4,000, 900 only $1,000, 600 remain who
accept the scriptures of the Old and New
Testament as their Bible; and only a
part of these are heart believers in God ;
book. This parable shows that the
disciples of Jesus still have much To do
before it can be said that the glad It'd
ings have adequately been made known
TO every creature.-The Advance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-01
The Toad a Valuable Friend.

The Massachusetts experiment sta
ton, which examined with a micro
scope the contents of the stOmachs of :
toads in April, 30 in May, 50 in June, -
in July, 10 in August and in Septem-
ber-i+9 in all-found that - per cent
OF the toad's food consist Of harmful
insects and IL per cent was Of such
beneficial insects as bees, spiders, lady
bugs, etc.
The stomach that doesn't finch at
yellow jackets, wasps, blisters, beetles
and click beetles, or pinch bugs, would
seem to be prepared for anything in
the insect line, and it doubtless is.
The quantity of food that toad's
stomach can accommodate is remarka-
ble. In one were found ~ myriapOds,
in another % army worms, in another
o. gypsy moth eateTpillars, III another
. ants, d cut woF'nS, . myriapods, 6
sow-bugs, Oae weevil and one wire
worm beetle.
In twentyfOur hours the toad con-
sumes enough food 10 iii its stomach
four times. Feeding at the rate above
mentioned, a single toad will in three
months deyour over 1000 insects. If
every ten of these would have done lc
damage, the toad has saved $40.
Evidently the toad Is valuable
friend to the farmer, gardener and
fruit-grOwer, and can be made especial
~ useful in the greenhouse, garden
and berry patch.