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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
AhstaIncra the Best Men.

To test the influence of liquors on SOL
diers, experiments We're made with three
regiments from each of several brgades
in the British army at different times,
and in several instances where forced
marches and other hard work were re-
quired. In one every man was forbidden
to drink drop while the test lasted; in
the second, malt liquor only could be pur-
chased: in the third a sailors ration of
whisky was given to each man. The
whisky drinkers manifested more dash at
first but generally in about four days
those given malt liquor displayed less
dash at first but their endurance lasted
somewhat longer; while the abstainers
improved daily in alertness and staying
powers. As a result the war department
decided that in the Soudan campaign not
a single drop of stimulant should be al
lowed in camp. save for hospital use.
We're forbidden the accustomed spirits.
wines and malt liquors at their mess
tables, and AN order was issued that the
liquid refreshment of all kinds, includ-
ing even camp followers, must be limited
to tea, oatmeal water or lime juice and
Nile water. The wonderful freedom of
the Kitchener expedition from disease,
the desert under a burning sun and in a
most unhealthy climate, fully justified
the new rule. The truth is that the re-
quirement of abstinence from intoXicat- =
ing liquors for soldiers is only the appli-
cation to the army of a principle which is
coming to be generally accepted in indus
trial life, that men occupying RESPONSE
bic positions, like locomotive engineers.
motormen on trolley cars, and men In
charge of delicate machinery, must be
men who are never in danger of getting
drunk.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

piston rods just as they are driven
by steam in the ordinary locomo-
tive. For use in the city it is pro-
posed to compress the air at CEN
trail points, where power houses
will be erected, and to charge res
ervoirs with it. These reservoirs
will be placed in the vehicles which
are to be moved. and the air will be
fed from them to the machinery as it
Is required to drive the piston rods
and move the wheels.
1t was found difficult to construct
tanks sufficiently strong to contain the
air after it had been compressed. and
yet light enough to make them prac-
ticable. This difficulty, it is now said,
has been overcome.
From the steel TASKS the air is con-
Quoted through pipes to the motors,
but as the heat was forced out Of it
when 1t was compressed, it must be
restored when it expands. Otherwise
the absorption of heat from the sur
rounding atmosphere would be so
great as to cause an accumulation of
ice in the machinery. The reheating,
which also aids the expansion, is per-
1Ormed Dy not water, unueI pressure {
of from $50 to 250 pounds, in seam
less flask.
OF course, the air cannot be allowed
to enter the cylinders of the motors
ut its greatest pressure, and after
passing around the heater it goes into
a reducing valve, which reduces the
storage pressure to the working pres
sure of 800 pounds and equalizes the
flow. This valve is used also as a
throttle.
From the reducing valve the air
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
ConnectIcut's Famous Charter.

A copy of the famous charter that
was given to the colony of Connecti-
cut by King Charles in 1862, the orig
inal of which was concealed in the
historic charter oak, has been admit
ted as evidence in Cleveland, Ohio,
in pending case involving title to
property on the lake front, says the
New York Evening Post. This charter,
it will be remembered, granted to the
Connecticut colony the unexplored ter
ritory west of the western boundary
of Pennsylvania. and hence its perth
nency in the Cleveland case. That
pertinency was denied, however, by
attorneys for the railroads which are
parties to the suit. They insisted that
land then under the waters of Lake
Erie could not have been included in
the property attempted to be conveyed
and that 1t would be just as pertinent
to inquire into the French claims to
the disputed territory. One of the at
torneys sarcastically remarked that II
this line of procedure were to be fol-
lowed it might be necessary. later for
the court to determine the legitimacy
of the English sovereigns. But de-
spite all these objections Judge Ham
mond admitted King Charles charter.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

That versatile American citizen, Mr.
Richard Croker, of New York, has
just given forth prophecy that with
in dozen years there will not be a
horse in any of the large cities of this
continent. in my judgment" Mr..
Croker is quoted as saying, 1.-The days
of the horse as beast of burden,
moro particularly in large cities, are
numbered.
THE introduction of the cable and
electric car has practically driven the
horse off the street railroad track.
The perfecting of the autotruck and
the electric carriage will ultimately
make it unnecessary to use the horse
for transportation purpose, or even for
pleasure riding.
''It can be but short time before
the sight of horse attached to pub
lie conveyance will be almost a nov
city on the thoroughfares of New
York. He will be in the way if he is
there, and will be an invitation for
injury to himself and to those driving
or riding behind him. With the pass
ing of the horse we shall manifestly
have cleaner streets and the health of
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
MULE CHEWED FASTER.
Therefore He Was Swifter Traveller
Than the Other.


Some quaint yarns come from Ken
lucky. A Paducah policeman has
sprung a horse story, which may or
may not contain some valuable infor-
nation, on the Paducah Sun. 1t is
as follows: When l was a young
man." quoth Officer Fayette Jones,
from standpoint of years, l used to
trade mules occasionally. One day
had dispute with man had sold an
animal about its speed. We were un-
able to agree between ourselves, so we
called in an old codger who talked
with drawl and used almost as much
tobacco as he raised. We stated the
question to him, Which was the fas
ter of the mules?' He asked to be
taken to the stable, and stood there
watching the mules eat. He chawed
and looked, and looked and chawed.
We wondered what he could tell about
their speed simply by looking at them,
but finally he pointed out the mule 1
had sold and said, That air the fast
est of them mules How do you
know? we asked him in one breath.
Well he replied that yonder one
takes two chaws to t'other one, an
eff one mule chaws faster t'other it's
nat'ral that he's faster critter.' 1t
was philosophy that I've never forgot
ten, and now whenever l want to
know the relative speed of horses or
mules I judge 'em by the way they
chew"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
BREED DSILVER-GRAY FOXES.
Some Maine Mon Think They Can Get
Rich In IA Hurry.


Rich In Hurry.
Some citizens of Piscataquis county,
Maine, have fenced off a quarter sec
tion of upland near Bowerbank plan
tation, and will attempt to breed sill
yer gray foxes for the sake OF their
pelts. Until six years ago black and
gray foxes were looked upon as rare
freaks of the vulpine race. In 1892 Max
Levenseller an old fox hunter of Wal
doboro, Me-, announced that from one
to four pups in every litter borne by
red fox were silver grays, and the rea-
son why SO few gray foxes survived
was that the mother fox killed them
in infancy. This statement was doubt
ed by most people. To convince the
doubters Mr.. Levenseller caught sew
eral female foxes in March, 1898, and
proved his theory to be correct. Out
of thirty-one foxes born in his pens
in 1894, twelve were silver grays or
blacks. In 1895 the average was about
SO per cent of silver grays, and in 1896
it was nearly so per cent. Mr.. Leven-
seller soon learned that if the red pups
were taken away as soon as born the
mother at once became fond of the
gray ones, but she would not allow
gray one to survive so long as there
were red ones in the pen. Having
proved these facts to his own satisfac-
tlon Mr.. Levenseller leased wooded
island near Monhegan and stocked it
with silver gray foxes of his own rails
ing. He met with trouble the first year
because the unnatural silver gay
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

ton. British records show that only
once has the law-making power dealt
with the subject of costume. That was
in 1463, when King Edward ~. want
ed to regulate dress for all ranks on
the ground that: THE commons of the
realm, as well men as women, wear
excessive and inordinate apparel, to
the great displeasure of God, the en-
riching of strange realms, and the
destruction of this realm" All cy-
clists are interested in the matter, ana
will watch for the outcome of the
tfiSl
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
ANo1H zRusE ELECTRICITY
Can BE UtiiIzed rss Powerful Disinfe.t

A few years ago Riker's island. oppo-
site New York, which had for many
city, became so offensive under the heat
of the summer sun that its taint caused
rs ers Wheh passed 81 the Island and
ated beyond endurance the inhabitants
for miles around. Summary steps had m ito to
district from an epidemic of typhoid. and
the city authorities bethought themselves
had purified the drinking water of New
York. and is still used to keep the supply
some. rough electrolyzing plant was
put up at Riker's island, consisting OF
engine, dynamo and tanks. The tanks
We're filled with sea water and through
this current of electricity passed con-
stantly from electrodes placed within the
other disinfectant chemicals. and then the
liquid, transformed by the simple pro-
cess into one of the most effective puri,
fiers and microbe destroyerS known, was
drawn off for use. Conducted through
pipes to a jet it was thrown all over the
thirteen acres of its area was transform
ed from a seething mass of rottenness
eleyen feet thick to resort SOS SO saIu6rfoqS us
inspect it left behind them not scrap
of a very plentiful open air luncheon st
method of electrical sanitation is now
proposed for the publication of that vast
cesspool, Havana harbor 1t is believed
that with electrolyzing stations in opera
tion at various points along the water
front. from which the disinfecting fluid
for the streets and private vaults. of the
city could be supplied. the work of clean
sing Havana would be very much simpli-
fled and hastened. After flushing the
streets the fluid would drain off into the
harbor, where its purifying qualities
would still be active, as one part of the
electrolyzed sea water is sufficient to
purify 1000 parts of the worst Germ-laden
fuiI. 1t may take months or even years
Cuban capital safely habitable. but no
more scientific or promising means of
doing 1t than electrical sanitation could
be adopted.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
STUCK TO SEYMOUR
slip of the Tongue Caused an Actor
Much Regret.

From the San Francisco Argonaut:
Seymour, the actor, was locally known
as "Chouse," because on one occasion,
when playing "Othello" at the Liner
lex theater he, in the well-knowu pas
sage, Excellent wretch! Perdition
catch my soul, but l do love thee, and
when l love thee not, chaos is come
again" pronounced the word "chaos"
as If written "chouse." Seymour hated
the nickname, and it is recorded of
him when one night he was playing
"Othello" in the dying scene voice
from the house roared out, That's
- good Chouse" Then the audience
witnessed a singular spectacle. Othello
sat bolt upright, shook his fist in the
direction of the disturber, and in
voice of rage, invited him, If he were
a man, to come down and have his
head punched. There being no answer
to his challenge, the hapless Moor
solemnly turned over and proceeded
to die, an obligato of filters from the
entire house.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
Because She Wore ,Em.

Mrs. NJ. T. Sprague, landlady of a
hotel in Ockham, England, has been
indicted on charges preferred by Wis
countess Harberton, who was turned
away from the defendants hotel be-
cause she was clad in rational attire,
as they call bloomers in England. The
trial will take place in April in Kings
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

can make money by fencing off waste
land and following Mr.. Levenseller's
plan. They have purchased three pairs
Of silver gray and one pair of black
foxes, and when the land has been
properly inclosed the animals will be
turned loose.-New York Dispatch.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

1910, while in 1894 the French de-
feated the Austrians at the same place.
1t was at Bouvines, in 1914, that
'trumpets sounded the signal for the
victorious French charge, the first au-
thentic instance of command given
by a trumpet call.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
EInll nIMsic.

The first use of field music of which
we have absolutely authentic informa-
tion was at the battle of Bouvines,
that village of French Flanders where
the French have won three victories
Philip Augustus defeating Otto ~ Of
Germany there in 1214, Philip OF
Valois defeating the English there in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

mothers insisted
on preferring red
pups to those of
their own color.
Since then he has
kent his breeding
foxes in pens and
removed the red
pups as soon as
they were born. By
breeding silv e +
gray foxes exclu-
sively and killing
off the red ones at
birth, ne hopes to
be able to get a
race that will show
no traces of red
after a few genera
tions, as every
year shows a larger
percentage of grays
in the litters. AS
a good silver gray
pelt will bring from
SIS to S125 in the
market, while the
best red ones can
be had for Sl.50 the
Piscatapuis county
L-1s1- ,L1u
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

The note that 1 wrote her 1 hid in her
book.
Now who would have thought it?
Twas q library book, which went back to
its nook
Some other girl got It.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
nu ClIrtor.,. Laugh stin Free.

The blizzard did not linger at Darien
long enough to freeze Bill Clifton's
famous laugh. He will bring it to
Atlanta with him next fall.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
Feminine FIeaslntry.

Mrs. Haskins-Is that Mrs. Galey's
husband with her? Mrs. Sedley-Cer-
tainly not! Can't you see that man is
trying to keep step with her?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

A traveller sometimes fails to get his
trunk checked when going away, but
If he fails to get his grip checked he
may go away never to return.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

our citizens ought
to improve might
lily in co n S e.
quence."
T h e autotruck
which Mr.. Croker's
scheme contem-
plates, differs from
the prevailing style
of motor vehicles.
Its motive power
will be compressed
air. 1t has been
capitalized at S10,-
600, 900. 1t will be
seen that its pro-
prietors expect it
to do a rushing
business in order
to earn a fair re-
turn upon so large
an investment.
All systems en-
ploying compress
ed air have the
same general basis.
Air just as we
breathe it is COM
pressed by power
full machinery and
directed through
cylinders TO drive
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

'Well. the rigors of winter are over"
"Yes. and spring is here. I've already
changed one shirt waist pattern for my
wife five times"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
THE AUTOTRUCK.

outfits, and show a balance in favor
of the carriers of s2,6429s, or saving
OF AZ per cent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

Falsehood is cowardice.-Ballou.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
floods SaJabaa1M
a sIE sIEEl:lls,sgIz1zD

Hoods PMS cure liver ils, the non-irritattng an.
the only cathsrtc take with Hoods sarsaparlLl..
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-05
AN ACCUSED JEWEL.
MILLIONS OF SPANIARDS RE-
LIEVE 1T THE CAUSE OF
THEIR NATIONAL DIS
ASTERS

OWN. E. Curtis, in Chicago Record )
near a romantic story from Madrid,
winch, If true. will account for the de-
teat OF Cervera's fleet, the destination
OF the Spanish armada in the ph,,,n-
pines. the capture of Santiago the loss
or cuba, Porto Rico and the East In
van coiohies OF Spain and all the other
mlsfortunes which that nation has emf.
iereu, ana re-establish the ancient the
Dry that the opal is the unluckv lowe,
Nhen Alfonso XII was in exile in
fari'i, according to this yarn. ba he
came acquainted with the Countess do
Sastisilone. who had the reputation M
DelhS the most beautiful woman IN
france. and promised that if he was
ever restored to the throne she should
onaie IL with MIN. In 1875. after the dis
soiution OF the republic, he was caIlod
TO reign, but he had no sooner mst Tho
pretty Mercedes Montpensier grand
eAushter or Louis Philippe, than he
forgot all about his VOWS and tho
charms of the French countess and Vac
quickly married. But the countess did
-nnl -lnrGetahnlt- him AIitfl.-molice|r,
ner heart and deep desire for revenge
she obtained from some dealer in CO
pernatural. merchandise one of tha
,host brilliant opals ever known. which
hau brought misfortune upon every
person VINO possessed It, She had II
LEVY mounted in diamonds and sent n
DIS wedding-present to the bride.
hafa everypody knows. Mercedes died
in tho ne ne END or the honeymoon, and
80 nc distfibutfon of her effects the
npai went TO her grandmother, who i'm
,,, ,eu'slteiy TOOK the smallpox and lived
o o a rev weeks. A sister of ouee,,
~. inherited the ring and sneed.
ny succumhed to It's fatal influence.
or many years the baleful Jewel Inv
IN the treasury OF the house of Nfont
pensier. but in the winter of 1Soa-5 tha
luke Oh Montpensicr sent II 70 az
queen giving her an account NJ its
s t, and begging her to have n
ieat.oseo: instead of obeying his in.
junction Christina took it to tho rora1
chapei and with a golden chain him
IL ABOUT the neck of the virgin tha,
presldes at that altar '"A'
Up TO that hour her reign had haor
unusually peaceful and prosperons b,,,
all at once conditions chaneed -
trouble began to brew In everH ,,,t u.,s
vi the spanish domain. RevolutIons
1roke out in Cuba and the Philinnins
Islands. crops failed. financial nanIrs
ens"ei. conspiracies were discovered
ana everything that could ini,ra and
aiihoH the government seemed to come
III Cuick succession. The EXPLANATION
OIL all this is that the Virgin NIarv va e
ohsnded ny the Gift of the accurso1
OPAL and millions OF people in Snnir
heiieve that their national disasters q ~
due to that fact.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-05
Left by tho Cora

a number OF Lambert's Point people
VINO spent the day at Ocean View yes
terday were left by the Main and
Church street electric cars on the cor
ner OF Main and Bank streets at 1920
O'Clock last night with transfers to
their homes. but there was no car at
.i point to convey them to their des-
Lambert's Point at 1915. Several ladies'
were In the crowd. They say that the
late hour at which they reached the
city was due to the fact that the train
from Ocean View was two hours get
lng TO Norfolk. They had to hire hacks
to take them home.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-05

which did not reach her station until
next morning and she was all night in
the cars and suffered much from this
and her exposure. When plaintiff got
on the train she gave her ticket to the
conductor and told him she had a con-
Veyance In waiting and desired to be
put off the cars at Cove Island. There
was judgment for plaintiff in the
lower court for $1,000 and the company
appealed.
The court says:
1t Is too plain to require comment
that an exception to the petition cannot
De sustained on the ground that the al
legation that there was no one to meet
her at the station could not bind ethe
appellant. because there was no allie
cation that appellant knew that there
would be no one there to meet her when
she arrived on a different day from
the time she would have arrived had
appellant complied with It's contract of
carriage. Appellant was fully charged
with notice that the family OF appel
lee. by reason of it's negligence. could
not have any knowledge Of when ap-
peilee would arrive, and would not
perforce, meet her; and appellant was
charged with the knowledge that the
weather was severe, and appellee was
thinly clad, and would suffer by req
son OF not having her friends to meet
her
The question in this case is: Ought
the appellant to have foreseen that, as
the result of keeping a midle-age
woman up all night in cars Into which
cold air was admitted at times. and
VINO was compelled on a cold night to
change cars and leave the train Mt n
very early hour in the morning. her
health might be seriously affected? we
DeleVe 1t ought. We believe there was
an unbroken connection between the
acts or appellant and the sickness. and
mat the jury were justified in respond
ing 10 the admirable charge of the
court which presented every issue in
Clear terms. that the acts of appellant
ne, .ne direct and proximate cause of
the serious sickness of appellee
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-05

r. s. Young of Bethlehem.sPa ,s ~
terested in the Merworth Caskef Com.
pany, which will manufacture metallic
coffns in that city.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-05
THE NEWSPAPER

'from the Union minneapolis. A1inn)
a little boy was required to write an
essay the other day. The Newspaner"
WAS the subject and here is the re-
SUIT: don't know how newspapers
came 20 be IN the world don't think
God does. For he hain't GOT no.hi,,,
to say bout them. and editors ;s nn,
IN the Bible. / think the editors is ona
OF the missing links you hear about
and stayed in the brush till after thn
lood, then came out and wrote tbe
thing up. and has been here ever since
don't think he ever dies: 1 never saw,
a dead un and never heard of one get
ing icked: Our paper is mighty
pDo[ uh' me editor goes 'thout under
cIothe5 an winter. don't wear no socks
and pa hasn't paid his subscrlnt;on i m
five years. '''' al
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-05
DAKOTA INDIANS DANCING.
TROUBLE BREEDERS LED BY OLD
SOWOW1C

IiOObLlI BREEDERS LED BY OLD
SOWOW1C.
Price. Utah. July 3.-Thc White River
uncompaghrc and uintah Utes are
Dancing at the White Rocks Agency.
They are about 1000 strong. and the
band OF which Old SowOwic is the lead
err numbers fully 1000. They are camp
ed III bunch about u mile from tho
agency. Among them are some $50
followers of Old Sowowic, who SAYS he
VIII lead them back to their lands in
Colorado when the dance is finished and
the Green river has gone down.
This year the dance is known as the
harvest dance. Indian Agent Myton
having forbidden the sun dance. hut
1t is nothing more or less than tho old
ehost dance. There has been consider
able uneasiness on the two reservations
ana in the Ashley Valley country. over
the declaration of Old Sowowic, and
this has been increased bv the fact
that one troop OF the Ninth Cavalry has
lately been withdrawn from Fort
Duchesne and sent to Fort Douglas.
leaving but one troop. or 1oS men al
Fort Duchesne.
AT the time the transfer was made.
indian Agent Myton and the settlers
near the reservation made vigorous
protest but this was ignored by the
war Department. Captain Guilfovle in
command at Fort Duchesne. Went IN
Denver two weeks ago, expecting to
be absent month. but he returned in
zen days. There are ut the dance near
~ All the Indians from the Dakota rcs-
erVation, who are trouble breeders. Tho
dance began on Thursday night and
VIII continue for three DAYS without
the Indians taking food. rest or water.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-05
Any y dealer Lex licensed to sell Liquors any

Any dealer licensed to sell Liquors any
"here can supply your want for
G; Q. Taylor WHISTLES
No dealer anywhere can give Won
under any other brand. at any price
w hiskey that is any more PURE or tina
Is any more TT for medicinal use.
ture. c. o. Taylor WHISTLES cannot Sn
bought IN bi'k from any dealer at any
price; We supply it in sealed bottles.
wn:ch bear on face and neck labels of
We bottle it principally for medical
practitioners prescriptions. and when we
sell = TO the trade we warrant 1t Pure
CHESTER II. GRAVES & SONS.
For sale ct White Bros. Norfolk, Va.
Browns Hotel. Portsmouth. Va.