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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10
ROSWELL CARTER WILLIAMS DEAD.

Roswell Carter Williams, senior member OF the
wholesale grocery firm ~ X. c. Williams & Co.,
No &c Hudson-st died at his home. No 175 New
yorl-ave BROOKLYN yesterday. He was born in
this city sixty-ninc years ago. His uncle. r. l..
Williams began wholesale grocery business at
Fulton and South SITS IN .Sll and after few
rnarpes i'm the early sixties Roswell Carter Williams
en- M. into the firm which then assumed Its pres
ont name Mr.. Williams was member OF the
NnsorIc order and served with the 7th Regiment
during the civil War He was a member OF the
LAFAYETTE Avenue Presbyterian Church. OF Brook
ivu and was n he member OF the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Animals, in which he
took n great interest. The funeral VII! be held
M the house tomorrow evening. the Rev. Or.
Theodore l. Cuyler officiating. assisted by the Rev.
pr r. r. Meredith. Burial will be In Greenwood
on Tuesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10
READY FOE VISITORS AT CAMP BLACK.

The list Regiment recruits put In another day OF
hard drilling yesterday, and when they ended last
eyenin- set to work brushing up their headquar-
tets 10 receive expected visitorg to-day. II Will
lie the first Sunday OF the men In camp, and they
have invited relatives and friends 10 come OH: and
them.
The three regiments 20 be furnished under the
second can are expected Mt the camp on Tuesday
or Wednesday. The Hampstead Water Company Is
finishing the work OF LAYING It's water mains and
erecting plunge bath fer the men. The horses
for the three batteries have not yet arrived n: the
camp, neither have uniforms nor eQuln' mt for the
troops.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10
A WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
WARNED THE OTHER INMATES OF A TENEMENT
HOUSE. BUT WAS HERSELF UNA
Ri,F TO ESCAPE


The explosion OF kerosene oil lamp last night
on the third floor Of the threestory tenement
No. 4os East Ninth-st.. set Are to the house. and
Mrs. Mary Gloor. ffty-three years old. who lived
with her son Peter was burned to DEATH Her
body was found after the fire had been put out, II
the hallway OF the hrst floor.
The son was out when the fire took place. Mrs..
burning in the kitchen i exploded setting nrs
Mrs Goor. who is feeble. was awakened by the
cracking OF the flames. and she screamed. warn
ing all the other inmates Of the house, who out
into the street. She evidently tried to get down.
stairs herself but the rap:dity with which the
woman was cut of BY the bisse at the nrst noer
smoke and then to have been burned to death. a
part OF a blanket was found near the body, showing
that she had wrapped herself In II as she ran cut
OF her room.
The firemen could not prevent the ire from q.
tending to the second and first floors. and theoo
were badly damaged. No other persons were hurt
The damage was about 5000: Mrs. Gloor's body was
son claimed It later IN the evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10
SENDING LETTERS TO SOLDIERS.
REGULAR POSTAL RATES GovERN And DiREc
TroSs SHOULD BE CLEAR AND CONCISE.

NEGULAN POsTAL RATES GOVLNN MD DINIC-
TONS SHOULD BE CLEAR AID CONCISE.
A letter has been received a, The Tribune ONCE
IN when the writer asks. How must address n
letter fo- member OF the list Regiment and how
much postage must pat orr
AZ TO the addrcs1 The Tribune publishes every
day. ana has published since the troops were M
to camp and 20 tl- front. directory by which one
may soc A. a glance where the troops o. Now-York.
New-Jcrscy and Connecticut are stationed. and bow
letters intended for them should hc addressed.
Lc;te;i FOR the 7lst Regiment should be addressed
20 Military Station No. /. cuba: via Tampa Fla"
To insure prompt delivery care should b" taken TO
mention rank. company and regiment An address
cannot be too explicit As 10 postage: II IS tie
same to Cuba as any point IN the United States
and when IA postal station has been established at
Manila the postal rates VIII be the to that
rOint
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10

(IPnrroI "
Manor ELLIS. 18th Infantry.
Maio: cor; 2lst Infantry:
captain DUCHE. oath Infantry.
Captain J. +. PRATT, 18th Infantry.
Lieutenant LYONS. Path Infantry.
captain WILLIAM LASSlTER. 18Th infantry
Lieutenant SPENCER. 10th Infantry.
CaDtain FRENCH 23d Infantry.
lieutenant LEWIS, ed Infantry.
Lieutenant SIMMONS. SIN Infantry
lieutenant WOOD 9th Cavalry.
Ii.utcnant NARNUM. 10Th cavalry
Captain RIGELOW, 10th Cavairy
Lieutenant RIVERS. lst CaVal!y.
IicIteoant SEWELL, It'll Cavalry.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-12-21

Pains in the chest when a person has
a cold indicate a tendency toward pneu-
monia. A piece OF flannel dampened
with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
hound on to the chest over the seat of
pain will promptly relieve the pain and
prevent the threatened attack of pneu-
monia. Tt e sarle treatment will cure a
anne back in a lew hours. For sale by all
druggists and Commercial Of Loyelock.K
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-19
The Canning Industry.

The canning industry has made such
vast strides all over the world, and no
tably in America, that this method O.
preserving foods has formed the sub
ject of inquiry at the hands Of the
bacterlologist. As in Baltimore alone
1,250,0 900 bushels of oysters are annu
oily canned, and the United States is
responsible for 100000, 1000 cans of to.
matoes, and of other articles, such as
fish of various kinds, fruits, etc., in
similarly large numbers, it is remarka'
bile that Messrs. Prescott and Under
woods paper, "Micro-organisms and
sterilizing processes in the canning in
dustry,' published in the Technology
Quarterly, should be in the first con-
tribution to so important a subject.
These gentlemen have specially
studied the bacterial fora of canned
clans and Holsters which have broken
down, or, in other words been imper-
fectly preserved. In every case where
"spoiling" had occurred, bacteria were
present in large numbers, while in no
instance were any discoveredin sound
cans. Sometimes only O single va
riety, Or pure culture Of particular
microbe, was found in unsound cans,
but usually the latter containeda MKT
ure Of several species. Nine different
bacteria were selected and isolated for
subsequent study, both as regards
their microscopic and microscopic ap-
pearances; two of these were cocci, the
remainder bacilli forms. These bac'
terra were afterward inoculated into
the contents of sound cans, with the
result that the latter invariably de.
composed. Experiments were also
made to test the method of applying
heat to canned articles which would
most effectually destroy the chances Of
these micro organisms surviving and
spelling the contents. Their investi-
cations go to show that, given proper
control Of the temperature, it is posi-
bic to preserve clans and Holsters with
absolute certainty, and in more per-
feet condition than has hitherto been
possible.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-19
The Seat of Medicine.

The firstmedical college in this coun-
Try was that Of Kings College, New
York, founded IN Ito, and the earl
est famous physician was DR.. Samuel
Macauley. He was succeeded in pop
liar estimation by DR.. Samuel Bard,
who attended President Washington
during an illness in this city. He also
attended Fitz-Greene Halleck in his
childhood, which gave rise to the
motto that "Halleck ought to be .
poet, as he was cared for in his boy.
hood by a Bard"
David Hosack, who attended Alex.
snder Hamilton after his duel with
Burr, was another Of the famous med
cal lights at the beginning Of the CEN
Jury. He was the forerunner ofBergh
and Gerry in founding a humane 50.
,iety. DR.. Samuel Latham Mitchell
was described by the sexton who
buried him as "a man who knew
everything on earth or under it, or in
the depths Of ocean," He was, in
TACT, a learned man, and served at one
time as a Federal Senator. DR.. John
W. Francis was the friend and physi.
cian Of most Of the literary set.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-19
Why Ice is More Slippery Than GlGos.

Ice has the property-peculiar to
bodies which expand Oh freezing-of
liquifying under pressure and solidi-
tying again when the pressure has
been removed. Consequently the
weight Of any body moving upon a
sheet of ice causes the formation of a
thin layer of water, which separates it
from the ice, and thus, by reducing
the friction to a minimum, enables it
to move smoothly over the surface
l. e., make the ice more slippery"
On glass, on the contrary. this liquid
medium is wanting, SO that tho two
solid and unyieldins bodies come
Tito actual physical contact, causing a
friction, which, in spite of the smooth
ness Of the glass, considerably re-
tards the motion of the body. If two
smooth sheets OF glass be taken and q
few drops OF water sprinkled over the
one and the other placed about it, q
thin layer of water will be formed,
and until this layer has been pressed
out the upper glass will move on the
other as smoothly as if OH ice. rais
peculiar property of ice is due to the
effect OF pressure in lowering the
freezing point Of water, so that when
ever ice is subjected to great pressure
it partially melts.-Brooklyn Times.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-19
Another Scource in India,

The fresh outbreak of the bubonic
plague in India shows the disease in
far more virulent and deadly form
than when it first made its appearance
in Bombay. So infectious has it be-
come that merely touching the body
Of dead victim may mean death. A
case is recorded where the burial of
one corpse spread infection that could
be traced to thirty men who subse-
quently died Of the disease. There
seems to be no cure for the disease
after it has once established itself in u
victim, and no effective prevention ex-
-cept that Of widespread destruction Of
infected districts.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-19
Some Kentucky Superstitions.

It would astonish you to know the
number Of persons in this State 'twho
are not superstitions but who do be-
lieve in signs. While returning
from Western Kentucky last week I
sat talking with a party Of seven men
in the smoking compartment Of a
Pullman car, when one Of them pulled
from his pocket a graveyard rabbits
FOOT which, he said, had always
brought him good luck. Another Of
the men exhibited the feather Of an
old gray goose which had been given
him by a colored charm seller in tho
Purchase. The owner said he knew
tho thing was a mere trifle, but he
wouldn't part with it for any amount
Of money. A third member Of the
party had an old steel pen which had
been used by the Governor Of a South
ern State in writing the pardon Of q
condemned man. This non-believer
in "strange signs" said he priced the
charm higher than anything he pos
,essed, as he had succeeded ever since
he got it. The sleeping. car conductor
carried in his pistol pocket an Irish
potato, shrivelled to one-third its
former size, which ''never failed on a
rheumatism case" A fifth man had
this to say: ''Fellows, I'm no believer
in those meaningless emblems, but I
can't help feeling badly if I fail to see
The new moon over my right shoulder. :"
The only two members of the party
who had not spoken left the car, smil-
.ng at the 'vapid follies" they, too,
we're doubtless believers in if they had
only expressed themselves. Louis
7ille Post.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-19
Condolences In q Senator's Life.

T was told curious story the other
day about the late Senator Kenna Of
West Virginia, whose statue is to be
placed in the Capitol in q few days,
writes W. Z. Curtis. When he first
came to Congress Mrs. Kearon, who
lived in the same boarding house, per.
suaded him to buy ticket in a rattle
at church fair for o cooking stove
and a complete kitchen outfit. His
ticket turned out to be the lucky one
and he sent the goods to his home in
West Virginia. While he was arrang.
ing for their shipment at the railway
station he was introduced to the young
lady who afterward became his wife,
aud jocularly invited her to become
his cook. She replied that she would
be very glad to do so. The next win.
ter Mrs. Kearon sold Mr.. Kenna a
ticket i'll another fair given by the same
church. This time the prize was q
plain gold ring, and again he was sue
cessful. He put the ring carefully
away until it was needed at his we'd
ding o few months later, and it so hap
pened that his bride was the first per.
son to use the cook stove. Mrs. Ke4na
is now postmistress at Charleston, W.
Va, and the legislature Of that StatS
has decided that its representative in
the gallery of statues Of statesmen al
the Capitol shall be the man who won
his wedding ring and his kitchen fur.
niture at a raft1e,-Chicago Record. /.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-19
WALKED OFF WITH THE BEES
How u Farmer Unwillingly Helped 10
Shoe q Tramp.

Shoe Tramp.
AS 7 sat on the veranda with the
farmer after supper I asked him If ne
was not greatly bothered with tramps'
and his reply was:
"Wall, a good many Of 'em comes
along and want bite to eat, and some
of 'em are pretty sassy, but on ly one
man of 'em ever served me q real mean
trick"
"Poison your dog?' I queried.
1T was meaner than that. We was
eatiu' dinner one day in the spring
when o hive of bees started to swarm,
I'd bin expectin' it and watching ,em,
and had a new hive ready. When
bees swarm they will light on most
anything handy-a limb, a bush, or
even the pump. Just as the bees be-
gan to pour out of the hive and circle
around along comes tramp up the
path to ask for suthin' to eat. The
queen bee settled down on his old
hat, and the hull swarm followed her.
In two minits that tramp's head and
shoulders was covered with bees, and
+ yells to him for PHYS sake not to
try to fight EN- off or he'd be stunS to
death"
"He must have been terror -strick-
en-. I said
"Not bit of it, sir. He was as
cool as q cowcumber, and when I told
him he'd hev to stand in smudge till
the bees was killed off he jest laughed.
When they'd all settled down on him
and I was goin' to start smudge, be
SEE:
"'Oid man, what dye consider this
swarm O. bees with in cold cash?'
"'About 49, seq I.
car we willin' to give three?' SEE
lie.
"'What fur?' SEE I.
'Bekase you'll either pay me s. or
I'll walk off with the bizness and sell
out to somebody elsev"
''And you had to pay him off,"
asked.
"That's where the meanness comes
in, replied the farmer. ''Them bee:
was my property, and I wasn't buy'n
what was my own. He offered to taxi
So, but couldn't see how he could gi
away with 'em and refused to come
down. Then he starts off. Ireckonet
the bees would git angry and stin@
him to death, but nuthin' happened
He jest walked out into the road an(
down the hill, and he carried then
bees seven miles and sold 'em fur
new pair O shoes"
"And he wasn't stung?"
"Not once, sir; the bees seemed t.
like the smell O. him, and he padded
along the road as grand as you please.
Washington Times.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-19
POPULAR SCIENCE.

In the hospital at Brisbane, Aus.
tralia. the use Of the Brand method OF
treating 1902 typhoid patients has re:
duced the mortality from 1913 to rs
per cent.
According to Nilsson, the zoologist,
the weight Of the Greenland whale il
100 tons, or 224, 900 pounds, or equal
to that of eighty elephants OF
440 bears.
The skeleton of mastodon, in
good state of preservation, was dug up
near Corunna, Ind. 1t was found
about six feet below the surface. One
Of the tusks measures seven feet elgh,
inches in length.
A fibrous preparation Of steel, made
in the same manner as the so-called
mineral WOOL" by passing IN all
blast through molten steel, is coming
into use for cleaning, polishing, etc.,
instead Of sandpaper.
A new electric propeller for pleasure
boats sails ahead of the boat but is
ligidly connected to it, the accumula'
ton cells and switch-gear being on the
boat itself. The vibration is less than
in ordinary stern propelled launches,
but there is probably much loss OF
efficiency.
Floating fish-canning factories ore
proposed in Sweden. The factory
would be sea.going vessel with full
equipment for canning, and would be
anchored near the fishing fleet. The
factory could follow the migrations OF
the fish, the canning Of the fish while
really fresh being an important result.
Among equine dwarfs the smallest
is claimed to be pony reared by
Marchese Carcano, horse fancier OF
Lombardy. It is said to stand only
six hands, or twenty-four inches, high,
while the Shetlands are seldom under
eight hands. The owner has theory
that small horses will return greater
amount of work than large horses for
the same expense in feeding.
A Breslau surgeon, Professor Miku.
licz, wears gloves Of fine thread in
performing operations, and declares
that this not only causes no incon'
venience or difficulty, but makes il
easier to hold the tissues. The pur'
pose Of the gloves is to reduce the
chances of introducing troublesome
germs. Several changes of gloves are
necessary in long operations, and each
pair is made thoroughly aseptio in
steam, while the hands are washed
and disinfected in tho usual way. A
further recommendation is the use Of
4 respirator Of fine muslin as q safe
guard against mouth bacteria.
An artificial black marble is being
made OF Catania, Italy, and is said tc
be much cheaper than genuine mar
bic, from which it is not easily dis
tinguished. It is made byimpregnat
ing white sandstone with mixture o.
equal parts of volcanic asphalt ant
,oal-tar pitch. The sandstone blocks
cut into the desired shapes, are sup
ported on gratings in large square
iron tank, into which the molten mix
ture is admitted from on adjoining
boiler, the liquid being kept boiling
in the tank for thirty six hours. Ate:
cooling, the stones are polished lik'
other marble. It is claimed that tn
new material will resist acids, otn1os
pheric action, heat and cold, and doe!
not favor the development Of germs.
The sun., 1898-01-24
TAKE THEM IN Time

The masses will have what
they want, cost what it may.
High-priced medicines have had
their day and the poor and af-
Aicted may now enjoy the bene-
fits of carefully prepared, pure
remedies at practically nominal
prices. The physicians con-
nected with Louisiana Specific
Laboratory have prepared num-
Der of standard cures which are
offered to the public at the lowest
prices convenient with pure
preparations.
These standard cures cannot
be b .ueht of druggists. By send
ing your orders direct to the
Louisiana Specific Laboratory,
Lake ChH,,ts, Louisiana, you
are sure TO receive pure, fresh
drugs properly compounded and
carefully packed.
In ordering the following
standard cures please give the
number of the remedy needed.
If taken in time one supply will
effect a permanent cure.
The sun., 1898-01-24

ware State Hospital for the Insane, at
Farnhurst, out Of respect for the memory
OF Thomas B. Smith.
A number of the young friends Of
Preston Herring, of No. l4l2 Van Buren,
street, spent very pleasant evening at
his home, on Friday. They Wrtook OF
rcfrcshments after enjoying Il game of
cuchrc.
The funeral Of Nappy Walsh, who died
in phila 1elphia, took place on Saturday
from the residence Of his brother Ed
ward J. Hayes, No. 1900 Poplar street.
High mass was celebrated at st. Patrck's
Church.
All the arc lights on Delaware avcrne
from Tatnall and on Washington from
the avenue to the bridge were ont on
Saturday night owing to break in a
circuit OF the Wilmington City Electric
Company.
During the absence OF W. o. Merrick,
who is attending the funeral OF his sister
at Cambridge, Thomas ID. Wise, OF New
Castle, has been manipulating the mys-
tic keys at the Delaware railroad office
in this city.
A grand Hebrew ball will be given on
February 9th. 1t is expected to be Il
grand affair The building committee
requests all those having tickets for sale
to call at 5iSa SIMPLY street, every night
until the affair comes off.
Miss Blanche Weldin, soprano; Miss
Virgie Jones. contralto; II. B. Ayers,
tenor and Leonard f. Wales, Jr., bass;
comprising the Rodney street Pres by
terian Church quartet, sang yesterday
afternoon, at Y. NJ. {. A. hail.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
of Harry T. Voshell. fireman on the
Delaware road, to Miss Tince Morris, of
No. $50 Fast Fourth street, OF this city.
The ceremonies will take place on .)anu-
ary %, at the home OF the bride-elcct
Rev. +. b. Short, pastor of the l:p-
worth NJ. Il. Church, is conducting a
series of successful revival services.
Many people are tlocking nightly t"
hear him, and are held spell-bound l,y
his eloquence, and many are being kd
to repentance through his instrumental
ity.
Mr.. Guthrics, of No. COP King, street,
is supplying the authorities at Washing.
ton with pictures drawn by himself OF
the several nassacre>, OF which he was
an eve witness, and is now the only vet
cran living who was in the late war and
who saw those massacrcs. lie is now
pcnsoned for being the recipient OF
many wounds and his highly com
mcndcd bravery.
The sun., 1898-01-24
TAKE THEM IN 9lMR|

No. Name of Cure. Price.
Headaches lOc
2 Fevers, Congestion, InAam-
nation. I2c
: Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis. 12c
4 Dyspepsia, H rtburn,
Stomach Pains. 1oc
5 Diseases Of the heart. 25c
6 Hoarseness from colds,
singing, speaking. loc
7 Constipation, chronic or
acute. 1Oc
8 Rheumatism or Rheu-
matte Pain. 12c
Q Catarrh, cold in the head,
etc. 15c
10 Co.ic. 1Oc
II General Debility. 16c
IL Nerve Diseases, requiring
Tonics and Stilnulants. 1Sc
13 Worms, fever caused by
them. I2c
"a Neuralgia, Neuralgia
pains. 1oc
IS Malaria. 12c
16 Diarrhoea-Dysentery. 1oc
II Female complaints fully
state your case). SOC
IS Male complaints fully state
your case). SOC
10 Scrofula, Blotches or Pim-
pies. 12c
20 Kidney Diseases. 1oc
21 Sore Or Weak Eyes. 1oc
~ Dropsy. 16c
e liberated or Sore Throat. 12c
"a Piles, Blind, Bleeding or
Itching. 22c
IS Group 9TUse this and
call in doctor instantly. zoe
26 Gonorrhoea, tn r e ed ay
cure. soc
II Eczema. 16c
IS Tonsilitis. 2sc
29 La Grippe, Influenza. 19c
80 Hay Fever. 16c
take THEM IN Time
Address all orders and commune
cations to the
LOUISIANA SPECIFIC LABORATORY,
Lake CHARLES, Louisiana.
The sun., 1898-01-24

THE Hon. F.. L. Archer, OF Spartan
burg. announces himself as candidate
for the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of south Carolina. "My platform,
he writes, "shall be the same as | prac-
ticed in managing my personal AFFAIRS :;
Economy, industry. education ard tenn
pcrancc.' Evidently Mr. Archer is
pleased by the contemplation OF his own
virtues. and wants to be Governor for
the mere purpose of allowing the whole
State to have the benefit OF them. A
noble and modest spirit not absolutely
unknown in Buffalo and Princeton.
The sun., 1898-01-24

MISS IDA SHARP. of Camden County,
n. j., says that when in trance the
other day she was transported to heaven.
While she was there the Saviour put a
wreath on her head. On the other hand,
Mrs. Jessie Schofeld, Of Evansville, Ind,
has seen Satan while in state of trance.
She tells her friends that the disreputable
person is covered with scales like a fish,
and that, contrary tothe general belief,
he habituallv swims in the sea.
The sun., 1898-01-24

A NEWSPAPER woman in Washington
called on Mrs. John Sherman the other
day to get some information, but found
that she was not at home. "Nell. hasn
she a secretary VIII" can tell me about
il o. said e newspaper woman. "'c'-
tainly, madam answered the man ser
want 'rhis way. please" And leading
the way along the lai he threw open !;
door and uslercd her into the presence
Of tie Secretary Of state. The Secretary
laughed heartily when the unirk-wittr'i
ncwsI aptr woman explained the sllU-
alton. and acted as his wifts private
secretary long enough t" give the intor-
nation Lat was desired.
The sun., 1898-01-24
|. COL. f. 7. COOPER.
2. THOMAS S. CLARK.
3. AMOS COLE.
4. WILLIAM N. DICKSON.
Coop morning!

THE Wilmington City Railway Com
pany are contemplating an extension OF
their line by running a line OF cars to
Hazell Dell Park. 1t is too bad that the
people who will journey to the park
next Summer cannot have a guarantee
of an accommodating service.