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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-22
At Dunmore. SUNDAY.
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At Duninofe. sunday RH.E.
Walnut st. Stars ..S 100000 q q
Cow Slip .............0 001 5000 2 .
Batteries-Carroll and Gibbons: Latron.
tain and Morrison. Umpire-A. puniran.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14
WOMEN OF NOTE.

The first woman who ever c,rcumnav1-
agted the globe shipped with the famous
Bougainville expedition In 1766. She
was.disguised as man, and.was known
as Charles Thomas Barr. She was
servant to Philibert de Oommercon, the
botanist of the expedition. Her true
name was never learned.
Mrs. Lillian r. Pardee, although a wife
and mother, has found time to distin-
guish herself in many ways. She has
the unique honor to be Secretary of the
Senate for the new State of Utah. She
is an ardent suffraglst, and was nomi-
mated for a seat in the Senate, but on the
decision of the Supreme Court Of the
State that it was illegal for women to
vote voluntarily withdrew her name. In
recommending her to her present post
the President of the Senate stated that
he did SO in the conviction that she was
EN- inently fitted for the place, her pre-
vious record as secretary Of the county
committee having been q brilliant and
satisfactory one.
Elmira women have organized novel
and exciting form of Lenten entertain
ment. They gather at one another s
houses after the dinner hour, and, seated
around the fire, tell blood ourdling ghost
stories The entertainment lasts until
midnight, and only when properly awe
struck do they seek their beds to dream
or to lie awake and shudder, according
as the horror makes them wakeful or
does not. Being Lenten functions, there
is no attempt at elaborate rejection.
Candies OF the most indigestible sorts
are served, and, with their help the
ghost stories can usually be trusted to
provide q nights entertainment.
Mrs. Althea Hultz, of Artimus, KY,
has built church through her own
efforts alone. A year.ago she made up
her mind that church was a need. She
asked help from the miners, but they
were too poor to a man. Nothing
daunted she set to work. She gather ed
berries, tramped across the mountains,
and sold them. She raised pig and calf
and donated them both. In every way
in her power she toiled for the good end.
Last fall she begged of the miners again,
but this time for work. She met with o
ready response. A tract Of land was be-
queathed. Lumber was given. The little
store of savings did the rest. The church
Is now under roof Little more has been
done, but it is a church which one day
will be complete, and Mrs. Holtz has her
reward.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14

ess Of Ossuna had been banished not only
from the court but even from the king
dom
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14
qunondo, viscsya, vitoria and human

qunondo, viscsya, vitoria and Numan-
ola.
The best Of the unarmored cruisers are
the Alfonso XIII, Lefanto, Reina Chris
tina, Alfonso XII, Reina Mercedes
Velasoo, Condo de venadito, Cristobol
Colon, Don Antonio Ulloa, Don Juan
de Austria, Infanta Isabel, Isabel H.,
Ensenad a, Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luzon,
Filifnas, Nueva Esfana, Galicia, Mar
quez de Moline, Martin Alonzo Pinzon,
Refdo, Temsrario, Vinoente Yanez Pin
zon and Dsstruotor.
There is no vessel In Spain's navy
that could win against the battle ship
Indiana, and the Maine or New York
could handle most of them. But their
feet of torpedo boats could do oonsidera-
BILE damage If an invasion of Spanish
waters were attempted by any OF Uncle
Sans vessels. That would be where tho
boosted guerilla warfare would come in
LITTLE KING ALFONSO.
One of the interesting personages of
the conflict should it take place is the
little boy King of Spain, Alfonso Kill,
who will be ten years old on May II next.
The little chap has never known what it
is to have father, because he was not
born until six months after the death Of
he late King Alfonso XII.
The boy King was sickly for some time
after his birth, and his life was often
despaired of. He has developed into q
strong healthy boy of late, and is fond
of outdoor sports. He rides and rowe, is
a clever bicyclist, and fences and does
gymnastic work every day. While at
Madrid, during the winter months, he
takes long walks and drives around the
hills of El Pardo and Its picturesque ave-
nues. The summer is passed at Miramar
which is finely situated in the beautiful
bay OK San Sebastian, where he enjoys
bathing in the SEA and the invigorating
breezes. During "a recent trip taken by
the royal family of Spain, in the cruiser
Isla de Luzon on the coast, near Biarritz,
the boy King fred off his first cannon
with sang froid and decision which will
no doubt make him the idol of the army
anu navy, IoF DoGn OF which professions
he manifests great enthusiasm.
THE QUEEN REGENT.
Queen Christina, his mother is a fine
woman, who has given up her life to
the care Of Spain's future ruler. Her
cousin, the Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria, also takes much interest in the
little boy king. The Queen Regents life
while her husband lived was not of the
happiest. Once she left Madrid with the
firm determination never to return. 1t
was couple of years before her hus-
bands death, and she had been SO exas-
perated by the flagranoy Of his infidelities
notably by his public liaison with the
late Duchess Of Ossuna, q Princess Solms
by birth and nnnhess of Croy by her
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14

second marriage-that she vowed never
to livegwith him again and sought refuge
at Vienna with her children.
What provoked her departure was the
fact that she discovered the King and the
Duchess Willing away June afternoon
in one of the kiosks of the gardens of the
palace of La Granja. The Duke of Sesto,
the diminutive and squeaky-voiced step
father of the present Duo de Morny, was
on guard at the entrance and attempted
to bar her progress. Her Hapsburg
blood, however, would brook no such
interference, and, intiicting q stinging
slap on the cheek of the Tilted fance of
Eugene de Montijo subsequently En-
press of she French), she passed by and
into he kiosk.
1t needed all the persuasive powers of
Emperor Francis Joseph, her cousin,
and of the AFchd uchess Elizabeth, her
mother, to induce her to return to Ma
drid, and this was not achieved until
three months had elapsed and the Ouch
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14
The Man Of Many Broken Banks
and Law Suits.
ZTMRFS CAREER AS A PRINCE OF
FINANCE.
All Went Well Until the Tide Turned
Then Zimri's Half Hundred Banks
Went Down Like Row of Bricks,

Presently the details Of tine rise and
fall OF Dwiggins will Re given to the
courts. In a general wsysthe facts have
been given, but not In concise form. In
the regular course of business certain &C
tions against Dwiggins have come to the
head OF the docket and q master in cham
cory will take the evidence. The inquiry
may be entered upon this week. Daniel
fraser, Of bowler, Benton County, Ind.
is attorney for the plaintiffs. He is en-.
deayoring to obtain Lfor conhefng Inuis
ana capitalists moneys and securities
which they intrusted TO Dwfggins, and
Of which he did net make judioious use
from the standpoint of the original
owners. In the course Of Dwiggins' opers
ations in Chicago and the wealthy farm
ing communities, he established the Coll
umbia Bank and founded the United
States Loan and Trust Company III cifls
city, besides organizing fifty banks 10
interior towns. Hs also gained control
of as many more country banks already
in existence, and thus controlled more
than 100 financial Institutions. After
the deluge he entered the loan ard bsok.
ers' business at Storm Lake, Iowa, where
he ia now to be found,
Dwiggins' anapcial methods We're
primitive but interesting. They are
worth passing remark for their very SIM
plioity, even if his deals did not merit
attention on account of their magnitude
The man, too, had some Of the qualif1ca-
tions of a great general. He did much
with little. With no banking experience
and little capacity for detail he blithely
began operations before which a seasoned
plunger would have hesitated and turned
back. With small working capital for
one bank, he organized fifty. There was
one fatal defect in his makeup. He
could not forecast the future. He was no
prophet. If real estate v alues and mar
ket prices of securities had continued to
double there is small question but tina
name Of Dwiggins would have bean pre-
served in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14

The Navy with Its One Battle ship-Four
Million Fighting TEen Against Eleven
Million Notwithstanding About
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14
FIFTY CENTS,

The DAILY PRESS is sent to any
aaaress by mail for 80 CENTS A
MONTH. 1t is delivered by carriers
In Portland and vicinity at the same
rate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14
THE PELAYO.

In Spain's navy there is only one battle
ship-the Pelayo. She took part in the
naval festivities at the opening of the
Kiel Canal, and was the object of much
inspection and criticism by the naval
officers gathered there. She is of 1900
tons, 5000 horse power, and 16 knots.
She has rather narrow but continuous
II 1-2-inoh water line belt, 4-inch pro-
GeoSive deck, and no less than 10 Ia inch
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14

es on her four barbettes. Two of the lat
ter carry each one e.60-inch gun and the
other two an 11-inch gun. They are all
we'll protected with hoods, and those in
the side barbettes have great range,
being we'll sponsored out while the hull
has considerable "tumble home"
There are no fewer than twelve AZ
inch guns and as many machine guns,
besides one 6s4-innh and six small rapid
fire guns. Thus the union of armor and
armament is striking, althou gh the sec
ondary battery Is said to DO inadequatsly
protected.
A doubt is suggested as to her fighting
abilities in a seaway, through the projec-
tion Of the lateral barbettes and the plao-
ing of the forward barbette too far in the
bow, which latter fact might even inter
fere with her safety in some conditions of
weather.
Besides the Pelayo, the best of the arm
orsd vessela in Spain's navy are the In
fanta, Maria Teresa, Almirante, OK
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14
LETTERS OF GOLD

in the list of millionaires. AS events
shaped themselves there became much
greater chance that his description
would be entered on the log book OF some
penal institution. This chance happily
has been avoided. Preliminary action
was taken on charges of larceny and en-
bezzlement, but the ffnanoier from Fow-
Ter, Ind, maintained that he had In every
respect conducted himself yirtuously
toward other peoples money, and the
contrary has not been legally established.
Dwlggins admits that possibly his views
were too rosy and his representations
had not sufficient basis IN probability,
but his motives were pure though his
judgment was at fault.
Zimri Dwiggfns-there is name to
arrest attention at once-canne to Chicago
rience in Benton County finance as head
Of country bank. His business partner
was MIR. Observation-Disclosures 81 Star
buck was the stlye of the association.
They were together in Fowler, Ind, and
as their business grew, started another
banking institution at Union City. Now
be it known a strange superstition dwells
In the mind OF the ordinary person. Few
men think they are capable Of taking
care of their surplus. Almost anyone can
start bank, and all that seems necessary
to gain deposits is a system of standing
desks, brass fences and judiciops expen-
diture IN the way Of gilt signs. The burn
II, :, Haeir a IF fha N, aiortkv Soe1v,S tn lio ~,
the direction of divesting themselves Of
the responsibility for theis own money.
Small inquiry is made into the business
experience or anteoedents of Fthe head of
the concern. Dwiggins g 6tarbuck pros
pered; theig dep osits grew and they ex-
tended their circle of influence.
Dwiggins ever had soul above
CROSSROADS LIMITATIONS.
No pent-up Posey County town--to par
aphrase familiar proposition-would
satisfy him. He desired wider fiaunt
for his financial fluke and his ambitions
turned toward Chicago. 1t was at the
time OF the preparation for the great
worlds fair, and the days were days of
excitement and extended well along into
the nights The governments was about
to coin 81, $780, 600 worth OF silver in the
special Colum bian money, all to the
glory of Chicago. The situation present.
cd many of the aspects Of good thing to
Dwiggins and he came to assist in push
ing. He organized the Columbia Ma
tional Bank with a capital stock of ST.
900, GOO and himself as president. The
Columbia was built upon an already ex-
isting enterprise of modest scope and was
MAIDS great BIZ the money of the farmers
Fand country merchants of Indiana. In
1891 the new concern invited deposits
In 1898 1T was closed by the bank exami-
ner This formality took place May 12
Within two weeks fully fifty other banks
in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio
also suspended. They were dependent
upon the Columbia.
When Dwiggins had the Columbia well
under way. he began the practical de-
velopment of plan which he had invent
ed in the hoosier solitudes. In some re-
spscts it would shave done credit to q
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14

Persons afflicted with chillblains, so
troublesome % many, will find pleasant
and 10 '',"nent ci1re in Salvation Oil.
25o.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-14
ALL SURROUNDING

~ tOW LIN
exactly represents the complete pro-
lection afforded by policy of Life
Insurance.
Life ends - income from labor
ceases family becomes dependent
IN all this distress there appears an
electric CLEAN of hope when the
Lie Insurance money is paid.
But II not insured-W What?
VIII you allow even a remote
chance for the problems of poverty
to face your fanni1ys
Arizona republican., 1896-02-27

permanent magnet would be in- creased at very low temperatures, and experiments with comparatively low temperatures had rather nega
 tived Faraday's suggestion, but Prof. Dewar has completely verified the opinion of the famous savant, having shown that a magnet at the extremely low temperature made possible by the liquid air had it's power increased by about fifty per cent. Very low temper
 ature was shown also to have remark able effect upon the color of many bodies. For example, the brilliant scarlet or vermillion and mercuric iodide is reduced under its influence to a pale orange, the original color return
 ing with the rise of the temperature.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-27
TO IMPROVE YOUR LOOKS.

Devices for Making the Complexion Bet
 ter and Adding to Physical Beauty.
 Vanity furnishes the inspiration for many of the inventions of the patent office. One of these is mask of very thin rubber, designed to be worn on the face at night. It causes profuse precipitation, which washes impurities out of the skin and makes the complex ion clearer. Sun tan is quickly re- moved, so it is claimed.
 Another device for producing dim. ples, according to the Cincinnati Con- mercial Gazette, is woman's idea. It is wire mask, likewise to put on when going to bed. By an arrangement of screws, pencils of wood, very blunt, are made to press upon the cheeks and chin at the points where dimples are desired. Uncomfortable? Why, of course. But, as the French say, it is worth while to suffer for beauty's sake.
 False busts, hips and calves are made of rubber, to be blown out like bal looms, and in many other styles, while the young lady of build hopelessly skeletonesque may procure a complete stuffed jacket which fills out her form at every point to the extent requisite for counterfeiting desirable embon- point.
 If one is so unfortunate as to lack nose he can obtain false one of papier mache, artfully enameled to initiate the skin. One kind of imitation pro- boscis is attached to spectacle frame, so that the owner puts on his counter felt nasal organ in adjusting his glasses.
 Masculine vanity is concerned in the genesis of about eighty patents for various kinds of mustache guards. One such is gold plate with a spring, which may be fastened to any drink ing vessel at moments motive.
 Another is especially designed for beer glasses. A tube connecting with it goes down deep into the beer, so that the mustached thinker is able to avoid the foam.
 Other guards are destined to be worn like spectacles somewhat, with wires to pass to the back of the ears of the wearer, and hold them on. The shield for the mustache is of gold or silver, or of fine gold wire net.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-27
THE ITALIAN PEOPLE.
View of Their Present Condition and
 Prospects for the Future.

A View of Their Present Condition and
 Prospects for the Future.
 What are the prospects of the people? That depends in the present case large ly upon the people themselves. A peo- pie that are not united will never bear taxation patiently, because disunited people cannot be commercially pros porous, and, therefore, cannot afford to pay the taxes. The difference between north and south Italy, or between Pied mont and Sicily, are not, indeed, like those between Ireland and England, largely religious, but they are certain ly radical, and the gulf between the easygoing, but passionate, children of the two Sicilies and the hardy noun taineer and stalwart cultivator of the Piedmont plains is almost as wide as the chasm between the Teuton and the Celt. Victor Emanuel's favorite unifer of Italy was the army, but, says the Fortnightly Review, it has turned in the hands of his successor into a disin- tegrator. It was all very well to move the army up and down Italy when the eiA AAiy Weio d HUI O1 SOlllAOA ilUCId- tion from which so much was expected; but now the tyrants are gone there is no longer halo of romance about the army, nothing but army bills. The tyrant now is the tax collector.
 Undoubtedly the people have a griev- ance. The taxes have been not only cruelty but unjustly exacted. The col lectof has entered Sicilian cottages, backed by the police, and, seeing the pot-a-feu smoking, argued that those who could afford to eat could afford to pay supplement" or excess tax, and if it turned out there was no money, the officers of the law have been known to seize the dinner and throw it out the window, under the noses of the poor peasant and his hungry family. There was no redress for the subjects of Hum bert any more than for those of Bomba, when his police, under the brutal Manisalco at Palermo, dragged the wives and daughters of the Palermitans out of bed, stole their jewelry and ar rested their husbands and brothers on fictitious charges. People will always rise against misgovernment and oppres- sion, whether the government calls it. self republican, monarchial or any other.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-27
FOUR HUNDRED BELOW ZERO.
Curious Effect of Such Temperature on
 Iron and Colors.

Four hundred and twenty-four de- grees Fahrenheit below zeroi Just what this means it is almost impossible to imagine, and yet, says Cassier's Mag azine, it is one of the temperatures which have been reached and used in laboratory research, and has been made the subject of some highly interesting experiments and explanations by Prof.
 Dewar before the British Royal institu- tion Four hundred degrees below zero is not an everyday temperature, nor can it be reached by more every day means than the expansion of liquid air, which latter Prof. Dewar has sue ceeded in producing in comparatively large quantities, and in storing by novel and ingenious methods, to be ssed as required in the study of matter at abnormally low tempera- ture, exactly as spirit lamp or Bun sen burner is used in studying the prop critics of different bodies at the higher temperatures The tensile strength of iron at four hundred degrees below zero is just twice what it is at sixty degrees above. It will take a strain of sixty instead of thirty tons to the square inch, and equally curious results have come out as to the elongation of metals under these conditions. It was an idea of Faraday that the magnetism in a
Arizona republican., 1896-02-27

But, notwithstanding they are now in the city itself, there are few lots for sale vet at prices corresponding with the "Sound Money Doctrine of President Cleveland and his cuckoos, which means that kind of dollar which will buy two dollars worth of property. These lots are near the new cleo tric car line. which is now in operation. The lots are in the city and their occupants do not need to ride into town, but the presence of electric street cars is popular and adds market value to the property. Inside of five years this will be business property. Buy lot now for residence and when business crowds you out the rents will SUD- port you in house outside in some addition where you can keep horse and drive into town and collect your rents. Terms, ssh
 } in one year, in two years at 10 per cent interest.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-01-25
1.-THE PIONEER"
The Snow Hill Building & Loan Association,
or Snow Ill., Nd.
Incorporated under the Laws OF Nd, May 1S9l
Fifth Year. Assets. S2J.OOO.

W. +. DICKFRsoN. Observation-Disclosures. President
MARION 4. HARGIs, ......... D.. Vice President.
W. u. CORDDRY. JR.................. Secretary.
l. I. MATTHEWS. .................... Treasurer.
si2.0o dollars year paid in monthly INSTALL
mcnts OF si.O0 ON the First Friday in each
month will amount TO s200.N1 IN ten wears.
\ mortgage OF one thousand dollars caucell-
ed in ten years 10y the payment Of five dollars
month.
Only legal interest Of per cent charged aud
paid monthly.
Members can't lose their profits in the assoc
citation by becoming borrowers. hut stand on
the same footing as the investor or non-bor-
rowing members.
No Partially shown in disposinr of money
on loans. but every member given FAIR and
OPEN chance.
Withdrawing members paid in full with in
terest less their share of expenses which are
small, owing To the latest and mos approved
methods being employed ia curlreiiug the
business.
No entrance fees. No large office rents. No
fayoritism. We ~ fer 10 our rrcorl.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-01-25
Efficacy of Prayer.

What Ii confirmation would come II all
who had answers To prayers would speak
out; II all merchants in tight places he
cause Of hard times would tell how. in re-
Spouse 10 duplication, they got the money
drought would tell how, in answer To-
prayer. the rain came just in time To save
the crop; If all parents who prayed for
wandering son 10 come home would tell
how, not long after, they heard the hoy
hand on the latch az the front door.
Samuel Ilick. an English Methodist
preacher, solicited aid for West India mis-
slons from rich miscr and failed Then
the minister dropped ON his knees, and tho
miser said, Il will give thee guinea If
thou wilt give over" But the minister
continued to pray. until the miscr said,
al will give thee guineas If thou wilt
give over" Then the money was taken
Ia the missionary meeting. oh. the
power ~ prayer Mclanchthun. utterly dis
couragcd, was passing along place where
children We're heard praying, and he came
back, saving: Brethren, take courage,
The children are praying for US" Moth
ing ran stand before prayer. An infldcl
came into Bible class to ask pulling
questions Many of the neiRhbors came
In TO hear the discussion Tho infidcl
arose and said 10 the leader 81 the Bible
class. Il hear you allow questions asked"
"Oh. yes. said the leader. hut NJ the
start let Us kuccl down and ask God To
guide Us oh. no. said the inGdcl,
Il did not come TO urayl l came 10 dis
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-01-25
Scratching
and Swearing

only .icTcase IL i;rIta-
ion and heat - blood. Wat
* sh.n nccIi J.; = cooling. heal
~ application tat b,iags COM
io:t % bo> J :ad mind, I'd which
.; the sI:ac inc has strength
enough 10 penetrate 4 clogged skin
ana TO dissolve the scales OF
Eczema and Dandruif.