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went with him over the laboratory
ana together We examined IN" snakes
ANA witnessed some curious expert
ments. lie gave m" some interesting
information about the snakes, n
during the trip explained III. processes
ny which the enum j. extracted and
passed through the electric furnaces
before it is injected into the horses.
He said that il took a long time for
a horse to get enough Of the venom to
make its blood ut for the antitoXic
serum. \ horse must he young II
healthy. hut even hen IL can stand
but a small amount Of tn" poison AT
first. II gets additional doses every
day or So and the doses are gradually
Increased until at the end of "A year Of
such treatment the blood of the animal
contains enough Of the poison to he
used 10 max" the serum.
understand that the animals thrive
upon tn" poison ~ the injections go
ON they grow fat and their weight in
croascs, Il if they are stopped they
AZ once begin To pine away and lose
weight. \ horse which has been grad
ually loaded with THIS amount Of poi
son has. Dr Brazil says. at the end Of
the year enough venom in his blood to
Kill 1000 horses thar have not been
treated at all. y hors" loaded with
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This should make us p, nd.r. for un-
less We ran lind a normal outlet for
these establishments and keep them
busy We are certain To- face an eco
nomic crisis before long.
"In other words. We must seek
south America for a market. and find
ways Ia sell our ~ d. there in greater
quantities and wider varieties. and
be able to do this IT. III" face of he
most energetic competition. only
within the past week We have had
an lnkl!ng If what England intends
To do. The British Board If Trade
has announced that british mer-
chants will be- helped 10y Great Brit
aims diplomatic and commercial
representatives. cVtrN Nh.rr Ia absorb
TIA" foreign trade winch the war. and
especially Eugland's fleet. has denied
To- Germany and Austria. II doesn't
call fur higher mathematics Ia figure
out how this Will aiect commercial
relations in South America
"Now We shall see what Brita,n's
interest In South American railroads
VIII do { ward carrying out this pro-
posed campaign If trade absorption.
Remember, the figures already given
show in the cas-" uf ARGENTINA that
English capital represents quite =
per cent uf all capital invested in
the railroads -; that republic, Will.
approximately 20 per cent. Of the
mileage Is under British control. In
chic the lines are either operated
10y The G. V"rnmcut or 10y british IN
t"r"s's. Their" are SOMETHING like
H.. 600 MILES of lines IN Brazil. Hap
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IL offer in trade things which We can
produce in abundance. and Vet with
the exception of her hides and mod
crate quantities Of other things South
America has but "A modest market
here for the bulk III her grange and
ranch outputs. England. France. Ger
many. Belgium. &C., de- need South
Americas fuJdstur. and for that very
reason the southern continent has
been a ready return market FIR En-
ropes excess Of manufactured arti-
cles. Indeed, Europe and South
America We're brought in close COM
mercial touch by the force II reCiprn-
cal needs.
so far as We are concerned. IN
dit Ms are slowly changing. and our
dependence upon tn. fp"dstuns nf
South America is bound To come To
"A measurable degree. st OF U.s. don't
realize it. but OF recent Years the
relative Importance of our agricul-
ture and our manufactures has all
tered. The farm and the range are
no longer turning ont their former
surplus over NATIVE requirements. We
are not shipping abroad the puanti-
ties nf fupdstuffs that We once did.
ON the thcr hand. We haN. been null
tiplyirg our factories. Our steel mills,
our machine shops. our textile plants.
sc. and every month those -
Establishments are producing far more
than W. can uS" ourselves. 1t / No
secret that th. world war has set
coinE AGAIN wheels that were idle.
plants that wor. making hut a small
r-iurn upon m" capital invested
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.- . = " -,
''''T', -,
49, ' fa., .a.", ti,a f.
,., In ,ha p,o,.raI.r tu,,i-
~. ~ ,b, t.ni,.I S,,,.s h,t So far
,h,, b,. h..., ,dnir. .>n.rim,.tol and
.so,rc wnrk orIv and i, has moi
ut,.r n r.sulrs nf IL. nu.r,,inrs to
H., uo,uI. -, l,,,r
Tb. io.,i,u,, -, nut,r,,n has heen
IN ,,~,.,,tt,n ia, ,,oy.r wars and +,
has savcd ndr and. might say.
thousands of lives II has sent out
more than iG.Ouo tubes # the serum
from snaNcs and within the past
years only il has handled more than
1900 snakes, Extracting the poison
from their glands and putting II IN
the veins ~ the horses.
T"-day II mas numerous "' venom
Gus ''p'l''S '"e NV - any ~ "n'''
L. sure ueat', us Sn"NeS '''n' l'"nl
ga i"i'N I" '''""' ~, ""'n,,F -"
'"'H ''"'' :" '"' ' "''' - 50"
N'"' III ny Wv '"'
'''N''E Il '"', y"
'n""' ~ '''' - No.. ,rm
wa ~ NV. ,r,,'
anu '''H , T.,
""nH y"
''''''
,..ars o,n ,.,.,r. am
..,n,. ,ital ,,,,, ,n, hItos AZ $40,
i,,I. - .n,Lao In mic state olnn.
,rh, no,ur,tn, makes a su.clolt ,t
~a,,tln,,s for ,b,s. lines and also ol
.,ori,l ser,m IA mo used when the
Ljrd .c snake il not 'nown
,,, sho,,n tbrough tho institution
,ha d,roc,nr , man who has he.
come ramon. for his discoveries rclat-
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Storage bins for grain, prov
ince of Entire Rios, Argen-
tina.

of our goods. no matter what their
merit may he. II is "A waste OF time
10 arr Ne alb ut it: the resident Off
cIals want their home products. and
thus the European producer wins.
Not only that but other manufactu-
rers on the far side of the Atlantic
gain a foothold and favor. and the
American competitor has a hard and
an uphill + al To- travel.
"Of course. We are told that many
other things hamper our trade. such.
for instance. as want Of knowledge Of
the native tongue. "A lack of gracious
ness on the part Of our salcsmen;
goods II t packed to suit the South
American transit facilities; the need
of American banks. tn" grace Of long
credit, transportation in American
owned ships: direct mail routes. &C.
But important a. all these things
are in a way. still they are really
secondary by comparison. If we want
tu win South American trade to the
fullest measur" and gain native re-
gard and confidence as well We must
do jus, what our European rivals
Their. have done: Go down there and
invest u capital in the country
make South Americas development
and welfare. ours too.
In tn" past this idea has not been
generally attractive. We have been
al! absorbed in our domestic problems
and III" internal uphuilding of our
own resources and industries. Now,
however. this very zeal of self-alsOrp-
ton demands that We look abroad for
markets. and why no: seek Inc ucar-
o~t IN" Il where common .uudi-
t!uns and the kindred spir.' Of II young
and ambitions country cal for IN.
very things which our own life has
p~roduu.d"
True. South American railroads
have not generally Melted returns l.,
the Investors AZ larg. a. have been
those rcapcd here, and probably this
VIII he the "asc for some wears t.
come, but this is not the way to .unk
at the matter. Foreign capital. which
could get hut a very low return az
hunc. found the modest dividends Of
Suurl American railroads attractive
because t."N were higher. and thus
the british. French. German. Belgian
ana Dutch investors acquired their IN
tereSts, hat. AZ We know. the hard
headed business man of the british
Isles saw 70 IT that he dominated tn,
field.
q. "A year ago. possibly, Ne might
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In the city OF snakes. The attendant, in high boots, is holding
up a South American RATHER.

RATHER, which Is especially VcnumouS.
II Is Of u much lighter color than our
rattlrsnaNc and !, is the only kind of
RATHER found In |liraall, whereas the
director tells mc that there are twelve
species Of rattlosnakcs in the United
States.
w" nest looked at the terrible
s.1rh'siS l~tnce"latus. the jirarara Of
TN" Indians, This Is deadly poisonous
and its bite will XIII man or animal
within "A few minutes, We SAW nu-
m"rous other poisonous snakes. but
they all belonged 10 three or four
families and can he controlled by ~
Seruns made for those families. In
addition To this there is another serum
Which IL mt,ir stronger tlIu tine orui-
nary serum for such cases where the
family of the snake is not known.
During my walk through the
laboratory l asked the doctor AS to
the hog and the RATHER. saying that ON
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bitten by n rattlcsnlk" the serum
used as an antidntc should be made
from the blood of a horse inoculated
with rattlesnakr poison only, and If
from "A coppcrheld he should have
copperhead poison serum as an anti
dote.
There are two great families of
snakes here in Brazil which are espe-
cia!ly trnubleSom" These are the
Crotalus and the l5%othrups. They are
found in the forests. the thickcts and
in other damp places. They are timid
ana ilee as soon rs disturbed by a
noise, but II II touches them or steps
upon them they bite and inject the
poison at the same time.
In going through the i~aiuialuri-s
DR.. Vital Brazil showed me hundreds
Of glass Jars, each of which contained
"A typical snake of Brazil put up in
alcohol. Some Of these Jars were q
! yard high and the snakes in them
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1.FNf l..-.- So .-, 49,. .l-. -y.f -,- MI
h,,,,r ,.,,,,., MA, ~, dtI ma, h.n."a
,b,, ,ha n,,,nnnn h,, u.n,L, .a, -
,,,,l..nal. ~. ..,t H., 49,,
r,ur1 +, -, ia ur,an
", Ian, -, y. ,,,,,..i , Co.
,h,.. I.,. No., 49,,
in which th.r,. w.,. .,'n. ,,,,I..n,ros
rb,. r,,,l.,,,L., Ia, ,h. n.n a,a ,hai,
lj,.s ,I,I ,,, . :, o., a. 49,,
,h, b,, ,,nt mas, ,,, g.,
r,, ,,,.,,,, :.
' H'','', ! 'SN'" was AZ L"
wv '"' W Nv "'''S''''' "hich many
."'i'' "'"'' va" :" pace" ON a
III SUI" " way mat II VIII
."" 81" P,'N"n "u' az 'ht olood or
"'"" WV - 'i'''"' me d''l"r
w ''"' '' wa" '~'''uI"'S'
w. '"' Wv '"'''H 'h"' me drlhh-
'"N ""'0"'' vas an "h'i""'' Tor
~ ''
pf. lraIl says that II is a mistake
10 nm that snakes are vicious or
NlhhlctlN" or that they Will attack
P'"pl" 81 their own accord. ON TN"
run away II possible. They only at
''N ''"-
h'''l'h curing my stay | SAW II Of
III" guards hftinS rattl"rs AMI other
N~'h"Ih""N snakes about IN the snake
CITY lie carried them ON an iron hook
l"f" ana th"r" and hit them ON the
't'N with IN" hook, without their
coming or att"mltinS t" strike him.
pr. l'ra2'l SaN> that 'hc poison of tho
SNAKE IN the glands lCcumllitos very
slowly. II takes the reptile about it-
''th DAYS l." Slor" ri'oiSh To- Ito dam
age, ana IN" Longer after that n" can
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~ nc,r. oi this city has recently
returned from South America.
""b"r" be mas "n ENGAGED In
!nvestiratins the opportunities there
or our bushes" enterprises. II" was
particularly Interested In whu' IL ltpud-
M as n field for American capital
offers in the way Of hr'nging TIE tw"
continents in CLOSER cummcYcial az
cord. lie Is satisfied 'h't such a
lnion OF Interests would he Of the
greatest aid to good feeling and the
ocst WHY tu widen tn markets Of
our manufactured products and to
Increase tn. demands for certain al
our natural riches. Sow. according
TO Mr.. LAWS. IS the time for the
Cnitcd States +" move +" this end.
The war IN Europe has cficctually
wrought Il change IN or favor in
South. America said Mr.. LAWS.
'Cnqucstiouabiy our Latin American
%neighhurs a~c luukiug tn ua now us
they have not looked fer u inns while.
They have learned to their SORROW what
~1ependenC" upon Europeans has cost
them. They rcH'i2' what II closer
union commercially with us might
mean II mutual concessions u CO.
operation could bring il about. II is
our part Ia meet them half way toward
such a contamination. aud now is the
time for us to manifest Il material evil
dence of that nature.
"Whon | say material | mean the
Investment of capital in South Amer
lea. ANY serious campaign for the
extension of our trade must eventu-
ally contemplate a considerable out
lay of this sort in Latin American
enterprise. and these projects must
be under the direction Of our own
manacers. As | see 1t, the railroads
of South America. particularly in
certain sections. offer Ia rs the most
attractive opening. and there are
many reasons why this should he
the case. especially AT this time.
There * nothing novel in this
suggestion: circumstances. however,
nave completely altered the outlook.
We can accomplish now at reason
able terms what would have been
well nigh r%roliihit.vc a year ago, and
! am satisfied tina the South Amcri-
cans Themselves would WELDON" us
to-day as they would not hay" lone
n t~welv.month back. History has a
persistent way 81 repeating Itself. and
the present situation * only another
proof of this axiom.
AS many of us remember. Just
three years ago the Farquhar-Pcarson
Interests sought 10 create an ambitious
system of railroad extension and do
m!nion IN South America. American
capital was to prevail and ultimately
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sd-.N' slsllNb' wv
I'VE cannot fail to grasp the
inG of these foreign outlays. Alien
capital has "A very close grip upon
the transportatiunal arteries Of the
country and. logically. Il controlling
hold upon every contributive exploit
,atiOn or dependent interest. In some
ways South America to-day is "A du-
p~lication of our own history during
the pioneer period of railroadins. and
We know how close and how lasting
were the relations between those lines
and the upspringinG communities and
the outlying regions 50 fed.
Argentina is 10y nature primarily
an agricultural country. and the rails
Ing If live stock has been its greatest
source of revenue. Al first the
ranges We're relatively near to the
coast or close To the rarana and
Uruguay especially the for
mcr. Naturally. in the curse Of time
the ranches ana the ranges spread
further and further inland over the
wide region of succulent grass, and
this in its turn called for tapping
railways Il facilitate the transfer Of
cattle and hides and. later, wheat to
the :, aboard at Bucnos .Ayres and La
Plata. All this has effected AN eco
nomic revolution. and intimate indeed
is the relation Of the railroads with
this outcome.
broadly speaking. th"r. are no
manufactured articles made in this
hcmispHor" south al the United
States. Latin America requires all
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Mechanical loading plant on
wharf at Bahia Blanca, Ar
gentina.

has given II commercial competitors
"A great advantage. \ tahu!ar state
mcnt Of the condition II affairs will
make this clear. For example. let us
take tn" Argentine Republic. where
the richest field now exists for rail
road enterprise. Strange AZ ii may
seem. there Is only one road there
owned 10y native capital apart from
the lines controlled 10y the Argentine
Government. The rest are mostly held
10y foreign corporations. as The fol-
lowing figures will show:
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poison viii furnish SERUM for "A year
or more, and If given occasional doses
II poison the lmmunizttiun Will last
Il long time.
1t l. a curious thing that the poison
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WEI! only when il comes from the fam
lily Of snakes from which the bite has
ONE. In other words, If on. has been
were Of all sizes ana ,olnrs. some
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-24
MONMOUTH

Cyrus Scribner, who has been pass
ing the summer at the home OF c. L.
Thompson. returned Tuesday TO his
home in Worcester Mass. He was &C
companied by {. L. Thompson.
AT the home Of the brides mother,
Of her only daughter Miss Ethelyn
Potter Of Monmouth and Harland Bar
rett Of Waterville. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. c. L. BanEhart, US
groom was Herbert Coffin of Lewiston
bridesmaid. Miss Doris True The
bride wore cream lansdown with pearl
trimmings and lace and carried a bou-
pret Of white chrysanthemurls- Brides
maid Wore pink chiffon over white and
carried pink and white chrysanthe-
NUNS The bridal party stood under an
arch Of evergreen with wedding bell
in the center, The bride was given away
by II. J. Blake of New Gloucester. a
relative The wedding march was play
ed by Mrs. c. l.. Banghart. The par
Tors were decorated in green and white.
The bride received presents of china.
linen, cut glass and silver. M and Mrs
Bassett left on the evening train for d
short trip to Boston. They will pass
Thanksgiving with Mr.. Bassetts pa
rents in keene. \. H. They will make
their home in Waterville.
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OFFICIAL
REPORTS
RUSSIAN

Petrograd. Nov. 23.-Via London. NOV
o4-The following official communication
was issued today:
In the Dvina district, north oil Lake
Sventen. we captured 2 FIRST line enemy
trench.
Southwest Of Dvinsk the enemy as
sumed the offensive along the river and
about the lakes, but under our ire ne
suffered heavy losses and was forced &c
retreat 10 his old position
'.On the rest Of the front from the Gun
Of Riga to the Prlpe1 river, the sltua'
ton is unchanged.
ION the left bank Of the Midole alyf
river our troops attacked the enemy
west of the village CT kozllnitchl.
portion OF the enemy forces fed. the
remainder were bayonetted. We captured
two officers and i. men, machine gun
and a quantity of rifles and ammunition
In Galicia. on the east bank OF the
Stripa, the enemys offensive against the
village of khmielevka, west OF Iren-
boula. was broken by our fire.
IN the Caucasus the situation is un-
changed.
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PITTSTON

Ms Eucene Heath is visiting al the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey Hunt,
Mrs Ada Libby passed Sunday with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. :. j Troop.
Jesse Mansir had the misfortune
Tuesday to sprain the ligaments Of his
foot while hauling wood for Mr.. Hub
bard
Mrs Eugene Fossett visited her
daughter Mrs. Marks in Randolph,
Sunday.
The Riverside Club meeting this
week viii be with Mrs. Charles Col
burn.
Nellie Emerson Of Boston is visit
ms his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim EN-
erson.
Thomas Beckwith and son Moody
venI last week up river TO work in the
woods for the winter.
Mrs. j. A. Marson has gone to Az
custa to pass the winter with her
daughter. Mrs. J. A. Folsom.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wodell were in
Boston last week, called by the seri-
Gus illness of Mr.. Wodelrs father.
Mrs. Roger Lapham on Friday en-
teTtained her mother and grandmother
from North Pittston. Miss Beatrice
Clark went home with them 10 pa SIS
her vacation
Miss Werner Troop of Augusta visit
ed her parents over Sunday.
J. II. Cults Of Randolph was calling
on relatives here Friday.
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FRENCH

Paris Nov 23.-The following Off
cial communication was issued by the
French war Office tonight:
The day was calm on the Whole
front. the fog retarding the artillery
action Our batteries quickly silenced
the enemy artillery. which attempted
to destroy our trenches in the region
Of Rockhncourt, our positions between
the Aisne and the Areonne. as well
as in the region of lie Petre wood.
Several mines We're exploded with
out infantry action, in the Argonne 10
the north Of Houyette and in the Ma
lancourt wood
The Belgian official report reads;
There has been slight activity on
the part Of the enemy artillery. Some
projectiles were thrown on our ad-
vanced positions and against several
points along the front. Our artillery
dispersed numerous groups Of enemy
pioneers. and sheled the adverse posi-
lions"
Army of the East. After the en-
casement of Nov. - and 20 on the
left bank Of the Cerna. the day Of Nov
ernber 81 passed without fighting in
that region, as also in the sector Of
StrumltSa
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-24
WINTHROP CENTER

Herbert Healey of East Winthrop
has purchased the farm known TO the
residents of winthrop as the old
George Bearce place, and will soon
make his home there.
Lester kiIbreth has sold his farm
20 Herbert Healey of East Winthrop
and will soon move with his family TO
Hebron. where he will reside for the
future.
Kenneth Higgins. who has been
working at the y. M. c. A. State farm
for the past five weeks, has returned TO
his home in Monmouth.
viii Adams returned to his mail
route Monday morning, after his an
nuaI vacation. Frank Webb. of Win
throp has been driving Route q dur
ing his absence.
Mrs George Hamblen and Miss Ed
ma Hamblen passed Tuesday in Gar
diner.
Mr.. and Mrs. jeff Dudley and fam
ily have moved into the house they re-
Gently purchased OF Eugene Bailey
and will occupy it as permanent
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Symes are the happy
parents of daughter which was born
to them Sunday night at the home of
Mrs. Symes father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. ". II. Titus.
Quite a number from this vicinity
went to hear Rear Admiral Peary
speak last Saturday evening in An
gusta
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WASHINGTON

Mrs Minnie Savage LOST her barn
III the gale last Friday night and Will
be about TOTAL loss as ii was badly
shattered when i, blew down. There
was lot of farm ma chinery in il that
was badly injured The barn was
built in 1871 and with a little repair
Ing would have been in good condi-
ton.
The many friends of DR.. S. B. Over
lock Of Pomfret, Conn. formerly Of
This place, will be sorry 10 learn he is
again IN the Elliot hospital in Bos-
ton for another operation. This will
be the fourth time the doctor has been
operated upon since the first Of last
May. when he was operated upon for
appendicitis
The Washington Dramatic Club will
present the popular drama, Mrs.
Tunbs of Shanty Town" al the
Washington Grange hall Friday eve
nins, Dec. 10. Music by Overlock's Or
chcstra.
Two new telephones will soon be
installed on line eight One al Mr.
". l. Lesener's new house and the
number Will be S-26, and the other
viii be at Rev. J. B. Howard's, whose
number will he SIS. Mr.. Staples num-
Der was SIS, but he had his changed
u line five and his numbers now are
residence 5-41, and his office 5-4.
The schools at Razorville and the
Branch will begin next Monday, Nov.
20. John I. Howard will be the
teacher al Razorville and Mrs. Leola
RoH'eH Of Moth Searsmont al the
Branch.