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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-12

ROME, July l1.-Captain Gel, of the
BersaglIeri. has invented rife from
which eighty shots a minute may be FIR
ed without removing the weapon from
the shoulder. Tests of the new arm are
being made By the government.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-12
TIE RIVER.


YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES
Pittsburgh. .KANAWHA, 1 p. m.
SlBtersvlllC. . LEROY, Z n, m
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Clarlngton....LE LEROY, $3.50 p. IN.
StoubenyillC.. n. NJ. BAYNE, $3.50 y. m,
Matnmorns...JESSi BARTLET, II n. m
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
Pnrkcrsburg .ARGAND, II u. IN.
MntamOrus.nLE LEXINGTON II a. m.
ClhrlngtOn. LEROY. $3.50 H. m,
Steubcnyilo n. NJ. BANNE, 1880 y, m,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-12

LONDON. July 1.-THE condition Of
Madame Lillian Nordica, the prima
donna, shows a slight improvement
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-12
JAMES A. HENRY.

Real Estate Agent Collector, Notary
Public and Pension Attorney, No. lel:
Main street. ju25
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TUFTED COUCH, Spring Edges,,,,..,...
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25
LONGFELLOW'S WAYSIDE INV,
From The Springfield Republican.

Longfeow's famous Wayside Inn is becoming
a veritable Canterbury for literary pilgrims. The
old Howe tavern, known all over the world from
the Tales of a Waysde Inn" was reopened this
spring as a summer resort, and it has made the
town of Sudbury very popular place. Though
the season is still young, says writer i'm THE
Boston Herald" over thousand pilgrims have
| found their way to the hosiery The members
of the LongfellOw family have taken great in
terest in the reopening OF the old tavern, and
Mrs. Rich and Henry Dana and Mrs. Annie
Longfellow Thorpe have been among the first
guests
great transformation has taken place in the
inward appearance Of the tavern. The rooms
are now enriched by countless examples of an
tiaue furniture and china. paintings and brc-a-
brac worth several thousand dollars The host
of the tavern Edward r. Lemon. has been COL
Letting these articles for a number of years.
Among those Of historic interest are the Howe
coat of arms. alluded to in the Tales: mirror
owned by Squire Lyman Howe the landlord in
IongfelloW's time; a window pane written on
with a diamond by Major William Molineux, and
now carefully framed; bureau used by Squire
Howe a thimble of Miss Jerusha sister Of
Squire Lyman Howe; an engraving Of the land
ing of the British troops at Boston. the work of
Paul Revere: an original silhouette of General
George Washington, by Annesley; chair once
owned by John Adams: an engraving of the Bos-
ton massacre; a powder horn. canteen and bayo-
net used in the War Of the Revolution by Oba-
diah Perry, Of Sudbury: andirons of ancient pat
tern taken from the Walker garrison house. the
only remaining structure of its kind in the town:
an old jug used by General GansevoOrt. Of
Gansevoort, Saratoga County. n. Y; portrait
engraving of James Madison; an oil portrait Of
Thomas jefferson; portrait in oil of Bishop
Thomas Berkeley, the philosopher. and old
portrait of Captain Eleazer Giles, privateersman
Of Beverly.
In the old taproom or the main Office may be
seen thirteen chairs OF antique patterns. original
furnishings of Admiral Farraguts flagship Hart
ford a desk owned and used by Daniel Webster
i'm Hanover ~ H.; an engraving by Sharp, after
John Trumbul OF the sorte made by the garri-
son Of Gibraltar on the morning OF November -,
1871; an engraving by Sharp, after John Single
ton Copey, of the siege and relief of Gibraltar.
published in 1910; four lanterns two ancient
clocks and many other curiosties.
The new proprietor of the Wayside Inn has
named his different rooms in honor Of famous
characters These are the ones selected: WASH
ington Paul Revere. Longfellow. Ole Bull, Howe.
Parsons, Lafayette. Emerson, Thoreau and
Greene.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

grows such crops as beets. carrots. potatoes ana
turnips as they can be utilized on the farm IN
stead Of entailing cost of transportation TO mar
ket. While these crops contain a large amount Oh
solid matter in proportion to the yield per acre
their chief value Is in the water as the water Is
a valuable aid to digestion and contains the nu-
tritious matter in solution to large extent
hence the water is not useless substance when
adds weight only. but Is desirable in the form
in which It exists in the plant as the SOLD por-
tons; but while the solid portions cost the FARMER
sometimes the water does not and that Is an I'M
portant consideration which must not be over
looked. The water In plants cannot be suppied
artifcaly Every one knows that there Is on
ference between green apples and apples when
have been dried and cooked in water. ii Is the
same with vegetables and roots We can nry
them and render them juicy again by COOKING
them in water. but we cannot regain the con-
diton in which the water existed in the plant be
fore drying or cooperating it. 1t Is more valu-
able than that which is supplied.
Beets and carrots contain 500 pounds OF water
per ton A crop of twenty tons OF beets per acre
denotes that the farmer mas taken from that acre
as n crop thirty-six thousand pounds or water,
and such a yield OF beets is not large one com
pared with results frequently obtained. Turnlps,
one Of the staple crops Of the farm, contain but
little less water than beets or carrots and pota-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

Der of 1.-The Nineteenth Century" The discov-
cry that an animal could be rendered capable Of
resisting the venom Of a serpent's bite. II small
doses be injected into It's tissues at proper inter-
walls, had been previously made. The honor OF
it must be shared by Kaufman. Sewall and
Karthack But no practical use could be made
Of the knowledge Obviously, 1t Is out OF the
question to vaccinate everybody over and over
again in densely populated region like India
Consequently, when DR.. Calmette first turned his
attention to the problem. he sought for some
counter poison which should avail when en-
ployed but once.
There we're two lines of experiment under
taken for the treatment OF snake bite These
were tried in the preliminary stage of similar
investigations for the cure of tetanus and diph-
theria also. One plan was to inject into the
victims veins a solution OF a certain chemical,
like chloride of gold or hypochlorde Of calcium
or of sodium. Partial success was obtained in
this way. but the results were not entirely salts
factory. The other plan was to render some ami
NAL proof against the poison by repeated inocu-
latOns and then take the Serious part Of its blood
for the treatment of human patients.
DIR. Calmette was connected with the Pasteur
Institute which had been established in Saigon.
the capital OF French Cochin China, at the time
of his earlier researches but the later ones, with
serum, were conducted at the parent institution
in Paris. Two other Frenchmen were expert
menting at the same time. independently c.
Physalix and G. Bertrand; and all three OF them
reported to the SocletG de Bologie February 10,
1891, that they had secured encouraging results.
Since that time DR.. Calmette has worked out
his method more fully. But serum cannot at
ways be obtained on short notice in every vii
Iage He therefore recommends that chemicals
be resorted to In emergencies
Among the tests which DR.. Calmette reported
in 1895 was the following: Attenuated cobra
poison heated to a temperature OF 212 degrees
Fahrenheit was injected into a rabbit IN exces-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25
AN HONEST BUT SHREWD YANKEE.
From The Washington Times.

From The Washington Times.
There Is a funny case Of International honesty
down in Arizona just the line between that
Territory and Mexico. A Yankee farmer lives
there one Amasa Barrow by name, and II Is
his business to raise chickens. Chicken feed IS
cheap in Mexico, and chickens bring fine prices
in Arizona but to raise fowls in Mexico and
bring them across the boundary. or to buy the
feed and bring it across, would involve the pay
rnent of a considerable duty. which would eat
the profits about as fast as the hens could eat
the corn. AS for smuggling that was not to be
thought Of.
Amasa is a Yankee, and is so honest that his
ncighbors say he wouldn't take advantage Of a
man in a horse trade But he is also full of
Yankee ingenuity. and after deep cogtation he
built long. slim hencoOp. one-half OF 1t in Ari-
IONA ard the other in Mexico On the line there
is a gate over the line there are barns con-
tanning feed. AT feeding time the gate is opened
ard the chicken fancier Shoes his flock into Mex
leo where they eat their meal. Then he Shoes
them back to the protection OF the American
flag where they digest this Mexican grain, lay
their eggs and carry on their family affairs Mr.
Barrow saves about 30 per cent on grain. and
makes about that much on his chickens. and II
there is any smuggling done 1t Is done by the
innocent and irresponsible biddes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

toes are sold at good prices some years, although
there is about fifteen hundred pounds OF wafer
in every ton. The proportion of water IN iruirs
is much greater. especially with grapes, straw
berries and Cherries in fact water In frult prnsS
a higher price than is obtained for any materiai.
as a box Of strawberries. selling at zen Co.'S
would allow less than cent for the SOLO llla', ~,
secure this crop OF water. however. the farmer
will be compelled to care and Judgment. IL
comes from the clouds. 1t is true, but there ais
periods when the plants cannot store H. henCe
the fruit and vegetables do not grow TO perfection
and the farmer will lose a portion or his crop Oh
water, while his land will have given up more
than the proportonatc supply OF nincrai iiiatte'.
Tho moisture must be conserved as marketable
substance 1t must not be stolen away by weeds
or allowed to flow away because the surface SOL
is hard baked and impervious. Loosen ,he SOIL
oi,n,v n creator opportunitics to absorb tho vau
able water then close the pores OF The SOIL win
the cultivator and thus seal and retain Tor use
a supply OF water when periods OF urouth occur.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25
A SERUM FOR SNAKE BITE.
CALMETTE's SYSTEM OF INCUBATION
A SUCCESS.

RECENT REPORTS SHOW THAT THE COBRA AND
THE ASP MAY DE FOOLED.
II Is evident that St Patrick never visited
India. There Is excellent authority Tor saying
that venomous serpents are so abundant IN that
country that no less than 10000 cases OF snake
bite prove fatal there every year. Other parts
OF Asia are similarly afflicted, though perhaps
not to the same extent; and although eighteeh
centuries have elapsed since the lovelorn Geo
patra applied the asp to her dusky BOSOM II Is
not rash to surmise that Northern Africa too'
still suffers from snakes.
The extraordinary fatality Just referred 10 I'M
parts interest to the experiments which Dr. Cal
mette has been conducting within the last SIX
wears for the cure of snake bite by incubation.
Prince Krapotkin discusses the matter In re-
view OF Recent Sciences" in the current num-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25
FARMERS SELL LOTS or WATER.
ON The Phila1elphia Record.

From The Phllacelpnla ltecoTu
More water is sold 10y farmers than any other
substance and it brings a higher price in proper
ton to cost than any material known. Water Is
sold in so many fori,,s, however. that its value
varies daily. A crop Of green clover contains
600 pounds Of water per ton and when ton OF
dry clover hay is h1uled to market two hundred
pounds Of the load consists Of water. Every
hundred pounds Of milk sold Contains about
eighty-sevcn pounds of water and the mixed
stable manure which is spread on tho fields is
moro than half water. No matter how dry
or well cured the hay and fodder crops may be-
frop, The farmers point OF view, there will DE
water to haul that is contained in the plant.
ton Of cured corn fodder contains %" pounds
or wafer and even salt hay, which Is usually
anparcDtly as dry aG If passed through kun.
contains over one hundred pounds OF water per
TON The farmer sells this water, and the more
wafer he can sell the larger his proit, as all
nitrogenous and mineral matter taken from the
coil Nv the plants is direct loss unless the price
al which the crop is sold is sufficiently large to
reimburse the farmer for his loss OF plant food.
ne well as afford him profit
Tho greatest profit from the use OF wafer as an
ingredient Of farm products Is when the farmer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

sIve doses. The animal. after time. was aoie
80 ,v,,hstond an amount sufficient to kill eighty
rabbits. Another class Of tests showed the cura-
two nower OF serum. injected after rabbit was
In a dying condition from previous in''u'~-
tons with cobra poison.
Donkcys being much larger than rabbits, "e'o
better suited to the production OF serum ana
were selected for that purpose. the tasA =,
manufacturing snake bite serum In this manner
was undertaken by the Pasteur Institute al Lille.
Subsequently Dr. Camette was invited TO repeat
his experiments in London before speciai coii-
mission of the Royal Colleges OF Physicians anu
Surgeons
Until bona 6de human patients were sup
tected to the new treatment, though, absolute
confidence could not be placed In It's SUCCESS
In twelve cases which have been reciteo' lne
remedy worked in a gratifying manner Two u
them may be described in Prince krapotKihs
words:
last year in January lot OF living copras-
all hungry Of course which renders their bites
still worse-was received at Saigon, ana the
box was opened in the laboratory. one OF the
young aids was bitten by one OF these terrioie
snakes, in the hand. The hand and forearm
were at once parayzed Gin consequence anu
serum could be injected only an hour AFTER 'he
bite. Nevertheless, the young man. after pass
Ing a very bad evening. recovered during the
night. Two days later he resumed his work IN
the laboratory.
1.-THE most striking cure made at Cairo
in October last. A girl, thirteen years old. was
bitten in the forearm by snake at Gizeh
while she picking cotton. 1t was then be-
tween and o'clock in the afternoon, and only
at o'clock she was brought to the hospital in
a desperate condition. When the DOCTORS Pro-
fessor Keatinge and Dr. Ruffer examined her
at 1880 o'clock. she was in state OF full COL
lapse The pulse was hardly felt at all: the
pupils Of the eyes showed no reaction Twenty
cubic centimetres of serum were injected under
the skin in the abdominal region. At ii o'clock
an amelicration in the state Of the poor girl be-
came evident. and another ten cubic centimetres
Of serum were injected. All next day the girl
remained drowsy. but recovery set in and she
saved"
Repeatedly patient was restored after bite
and after treatment with serum. but there was
some uncertainty to the species to which the
snake belonged. No special claim is made for
the remedy in such cases. But. so far as is
known, no failure has attended the use OF
serum where the patient was bitten by
pent known to be venomous. That is the most
conclusive fact in this chapter of history. AS
yet only partial success has attended the use
Of the Yersin serum for the bubOnc plague.
More encouraging accounts have been received
in regard to Haffkines systems Of incubation
for that pest and for cholera. KOch's
lymph is about to have a trial, the results Of
which it would not be safe to predict The
serum method Of treating tetanus and rabies
stands on a somewhat more favorable basis. per-
haps. But up to date the only equal of the
dphtheretic serum, in point Of efficacy, would
appear to be that discovered by DR.. Calmette.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
Indiana Obituary.

MARTINSvILLE, Ind, Dec. 3o.-Mrs.
Amanda NJ. Hammans who died yesterday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Josie
Rosengarten, was buried here this after
noon. Mrs. Hammans was born near Cleve-
land Dec u, 1926, and came to Johnson
county when but thirteen years old. She
was married to George Lake, near Morgan
town, three years later. Mr.. Lake died in
1863, and she then married her late husband,
John Hammans in 1850 They resided IN
and near this city the remainder of their
lives, her husband having died six years
ago. Mrs. Hammans was related to General
George II. Thomas.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Dec. 30.-Philip S.
Wheeler died at his home, in this city, this
afternoon from an affection of the brain,
after an illness of a week. He was sixty
seven years old and has lived in this county
all his life. His wife died about a month
ago. He was member of the Masonic
lodge
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Dec. 80. Albert
Phillips, aged sixty-seven, a well-known
resident of this city, died this morning from
a fall he received a few days ago The re-
mains will be taken to Redkey Friday for
burial.
MARION, Ind, Dec. SO.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith died yesterday at her home in Wash
ington township She was in her eighty
seventh year. and had lived in this county
since lS4S
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
ILLINOIS INSURANCE LAW.
superintendent Van Cleave Makes "a
Ruling of Importance.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. 30-The ques-
ton of the operation of underwriters
agencies and the issuance of the so-called
underwriters policies under the laws of the
State by fire insurance companies, has been
presented to the state insurance depart
ment, and Superintendent Van Cleave was
requested by the representatives of a large
number of companies to make a ruling
thereon. In a lengthy opinion, issued to-
night, in which the law and Supreme Court
decisions are quoted voluminously, the SUI
perntendent says from his information of
the facts and the law his conclusions are
as follows:
'First--That insurance companies may
combine and issue Il joint policy, provided
such combinations and the issuing of such
policies do not constitute partnership con-
tracts.
"Second-The combinations in which the
premium receipts constitute a common fund,
from which losses and expenses of the bust
ness are paid and the net profits shared
among the companies composing the COM
bination, constitute partnerships of such
corporations and companies, and are in
violation of law
"Thrd-That the use by adoption or other
wise by a single company by several
companies of a different name from the
corporate name of said company COM
panies in procuring and carrying on BUSH
ness, is in violation of law, and must be
discontinued.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
win Not Heed the Challenge.

CHICAGO, Dec. 30.--"We shall pay no at
tention to it, said Martin Julian to-day
when asked what he and Fitzsimmons
would do in regard to Corbetts formal
challenge of the champion. Fitzsimmons
himself refused to discuss the subject, in
accordance with his new plan of operations,
which is to let Julian do all the talking.
I'VE have told Corbett what he can do"
continue Julian. Bob did not want to re-
enter the ring at all but at last 1 per-
suaded him to promise to fight again on
certain conditions. These were, as / ex-
plicitly stated, that he would consider
fighting only two men-Corbett and Mccoy
and that he should fight them only after
Corbett had defeated Maher and Mccoy
had defeated man named by me. have
named Choynski for Mccoy to fight. Now,
Corbett may wear himself out thinking
about betting $4,000 that he can whip Fitz-
simmons"
Concerning Mccoy and Choynski Julian
said Il am going to hold Mccoy to his
promise that he would give ChoynSki the
next show at him. He cannot get out of
it by saying ChoynsM must come down to
1853 pounds for he knows Joe cannot do
that" Julian admitted that if Mccoy in
sisted he wanted to fight no man outside
of the middle-weight limit he (Julian) might
consent to name a middle weight. But"
he said lit will not be Walcott nor will
it be Tommy Ryan"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bound over.

w. c. McCurdy and Arthur Dickson, two
of the proprietors of the louisville creamery,
now in charge of the federal authorities for
manufacturing oleomargarine without a
government license, were bound over to the
grand jury yesterday by Commissioner Van
Buren, and released under bond of 81, coo each.
third member of the firm, d. NJ. Hearen.
has disappeared. The evidence in the hands
of the revenue officials goes to show that
the creamery plant was leased by the de-
PENDANTS last August and that the govern
ment claim for cents on every pound OF
the butterine turned out will be considerable.
as the capacity of the plant was about 500
pounds a day The owners Of the plant will
have TO bear the brunt of the offense as the
plant will be sold TO meet this claim of the
government as well as the license charge Of
$500 demanded of manufacturers.
Judge Henry collector of the Seventh rev.
enue district. of Terre Haute who is in
charge of the plant. yesterday stated that
the neutral and olio oils OF which the con-
traband material was made is of the finest
quality and perfectly healthful. Revenue
Officer John Il. McGinnis yesterday seized
600 pounds of the oleomargarine belonging
to the factory which was discovered in cold
storage In this city. The penalty for the
manufacture of oleomargarine without IL
cense is one OF the heaviest on the salute
books