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The Press., 1896-06-04
The Story of
 Puritana.

Prof. Dixi Crosby, M. D., IL. D., who for thirty-two years was at tho head of Dartmouth Medical Cutcg of physicians, which for several gener- ations has furnished more distin- guished medical men than any other family in America. His father was Dr. Asa Crosby, of Dartmouth, who procured the charter of the State medical society, of which he was for thirty years 8 conspicuous member; one brother, Dr. Josiah, Crosby, in vented the invalid bed and the method of making extensions of fractured limbs by adhesive strips; another brother, Dr. Thos. R. Crosby, was chief surgeon in Columbian College Hospital during the war, and later professor of animal and vegetable physiology at Dartmouth College; while Dr. Dixi Crosby himself was the inventor and discOverer of various important improvements in medicine and surgery, including a new and unique mode of reducing metacarpO- phalangeal dislocation, opening of ab- scess at hip-joint, etc., etc.
 At the early age of twenty-four his extraordinary skill and success in over coming disease had already attracted the attention of medical men through out the world, and won for him the highest honors. His greatest achieve ment was the discovery of an original method for perfecting and compound ing in permanent form what has be- come known as his "prize formula" and which, under the name of Puri- tana, is legally protected.
 The foundation of this remarkable medical discovery consists of simple New England roots and herbs, and the original family recipe for it has de- scended to the long line of Crosby physicians from their Puritan ances- tors. Its peculiar vegetable compost tion rendered it necessary to brew it whenever needed in the early days of it's history, and after the scattering of the Puritan families to remote locali- ties, where the necessary ingredients were not to be found, many attempts were made to put it up in permanent form, all of which failed until Dr. Dixi Crosby discovered means and methods, the result of which is: Natures Cure compounded in the laboratory of Common Sense.
The Press., 1896-06-04
SOME TIME.
Lnst night, my da, ling, as you slept
 4 L l. 4 ] | 1. J

Lnst night my dal ling, as you slept thought heard you sigh, <#N And to your little crib crVpt, And watched :: x ,;.cU ti4trri y; And then l stopped and kissed your brOws For oh, love you so- %t You are too young to know it now, But some time you shall knowi Some time when, in 0 darkened place Where others come to weep, Your eyes shall look upon face Calm in eternal sleep; The voiceless lips, the wrinkled brow, The patient smile shall show You are too young to know it now, But some time you may kn0wl Look backward, then, into the years, ,ss And see me here tonight See, O my darling, how my tears Are falling as I write, And feel once more upon your brow The kiss of long ago You are too young to know it now, But some time you shall know.
 Eugene Field.
The Press., 1896-06-04
The Frog-A Natural History.

Born of a stone, he lives under a stone and will dig in it his grave.
 I visit him frequently, and, whenever l lift the stone, I fear to find him and fear that he may not be there. He is there Hidden in that dry refuge, clean, narrow, quite his own, he fills it, swol- len like miser's purse.
 If the rain makes him come out, he comes toward me. A few heavy jumps, and he stops on his thighs and looks at me with his reddened eyes. Though the unjust world treats him as leper, do not fear to sit by him and to place near his face my human face.
 Then I will overcome remnant of disgust and caress you with my hand, frogl
 One swallows in life things that make ones heart sicker.
 Still, yesterday, I lacked tact. 7
 My poor friend," said,"I do not wish to grieve you, but how ugly you are!''
 He opened his mouth, puerile and toothless, and replied, with a slight English accent:
 GGAro1 xo,, Don;. EoLo.
The Press., 1896-06-04
MAURICE HEALY.
A Funny Incident In Which He Figured
 In an Irish Court.

A Funny Incident In Which He Figured
 In an Irish Court.
 Tim Healy, the Irish M. F., has a brother who is very clever barrister. He has written book on the revision of the voting lists which is the standard authority with English jurists. In con- nection with that book funny incl dent transpired in one of the courts at Belfast.
 The home rulers of that city had wired to the London headquarters for an able lawyer to fight their battle, as they considered the local talent rather light for such heavy legal contest. They received reply granting their re- quest.
 The court opened, and the barrister for the Unionist party, 8 clever lawyer named Young, began an able and ex- haustive argument why the names of certain individuals should not be re- tained on the list. The home rulers were wringing their hands in despair, for the man from London had not appeared-at least no one had seen him.
 As Young continued, rendering quo tation after quotation in support of his assertions, the poor Nationalists became frantic. Suddenly there was Hull in the proceedings. A modest looking young man had arisen to his feet to ask a question. Nobody knew him.
 My lord, th-th-a-I would like th-th''-
 A roar of laughter resounded through the courtroom, and even the judge smiled. The crier shouted for silence, but the stuttering of the young man was so funny that it was some time ere it could be secured. Once more the stut- terer tried.
 My lord, just one question. From what b-b-book does the l-l-learned gen. tleman quote?'
 MT. Young at once replied, "Healy's book on revision"
 'I'm Healy," said the gentleman with the defect in speech.
 The judge saluted him courteously, the opposing lawyer shook hands with him, and the Nationalist policy, which had been outlined as defensive, became aggressive in the hands of Maurice Healy, whose stuttering had caused such merriment, with the result that the only home ruler who ever sat for the city of Belfast, or probably ever will, was returned at the following election Thomas Sexton. York Herald.
The Press., 1896-06-04

The mediocre Alabama, 8 single small and i'll armed ship, was the cause of most of this loss. There were no doubt other contributing factors, but the effect of her career is plainly marked in the sudden increase of trans fers during 1868, when she was at sea. After she had been sent to the bottom Yankee shippers recovered their breath. The trade, however, had departed, and the United States has never rcgained the position which it held in 1860 as @ shipping nation. Century,
 The blood is the source of health. To keep it pure, take Hoods Sarsaparilla- and only Hoods.
The Press., 1896-06-04
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. Itwas prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is com posed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such won- derful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testi- monials, free.
 F.J. CHENEY & CO.,, Props, Toledo, O,
 Sold by druggists, price 75c,
The Press., 1896-06-04

Grace leads the right way. If you choose the wrong, take it and perish. but restrain your tongue. Charge not, with lights sufficient and left free, your willful suicide on Gods decree. per. ..,
 There is time in every mans educa- tion when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance. Emerson.
The Press., 1896-06-04
The Weak Point.

The owner of a menagerie in Berlin, which included ''happy family" con- sisting of a lion, tiger, wolf and 8 sheep, was asked one day in confidence how long these animals had lived to- gether. About nine months," he re- piled, excepting the sheep, which has to be renewed occasionally. ''-London Elm
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''Tell that to the marines'' indicates the contempt which, even to the present day, professional sailors feel and ex- press for the slodiers who form a DOT tion of the complement on board man. Of-war
The Press., 1896-06-04
TWO MEETINes WIIA MILES.
One In PAsAdena, Cal, and the Other II
 LOs Angeles.

One In Pasadena, Cal, and the Other In
 Los Angeles.
 "One night in the office of the Hotel Raymond in Pasadena, Cal, |" said traveller, "I met General Nelson A. Miles. was introduced to him by Ma jor Ben c. Truman. The office was & big apartment with great fireplace On one side of it. There were largo rocking chairs scattered about for the comfort of guests who chose to sit there, and 1t was a room to which ladies did not hes itate to come if they had occasion to visit it.
 "On this night there was a fire in the great fireplace, perhaps as much for cheerfulness' sake as anything else, and the big room was decidedly a pleasant place. General Miles, Major Truman and myself sat there until 1 1 o'clock. The general talked freely and most in- terestingly. and to me it was a most enjoyable evening. I had always had the hearticst admiration for General and thought should always reme1n- Der that evening with qualification.
 1.-The next morning, while going out of the Hotel Nadeau ill Los Angeles, met gentleman who said Good morn ing. stepped and talked, but could not possibly recall him. Presently he said:
 "'You don't remember me.
 II said did not.
 "'My name is Miles, he said.
 Well, wished that the Hotel Ma deau had been getting in coal and that there had been a convenient coal hole open for me to slide into, but there wasn't, and did the best could under the circumstances, which I guess was poor enough, but the general was per fectly good humored about it, for which was profoundly thankful.
 Seeing the general ill a different light, or amid totally different surround ings and when had least expected to meet him, coupled perhaps with some degrec of natural absentmindncss on my part, had brought this discontinue upon me, and chagrin over this second en- counter with General Miles has always materially lesscncd my enjoyment of | the first. ''--NeW York Sun.
The Press., 1896-06-04
Tho Cost of Education.

College Youth-Here I've just re- ceived letter from my governor, say ing that my studies are costing him too much money. And yet study as little as possible. .-Exchanpe
The Press., 1896-06-04

Teacher (to class)-Why is procras- tination called the thief of time?
 Boy Cat foot of class)-Because 1t takes person so long to say it.-Har- lem Life.
The Press., 1896-06-04
CURES sGE37E
Mrs. MARTHA JANE PRINGLE, of ChdSe Jackson Co.,, ". VG., writes: Having been \ ePToof sI1fPoYar fOr many vnara with nearly

uldIly years WILL nearly every disease my sex is heir to, l can now say l am well and hearty. Have done more hard work in the past year, and with more ease, than I have done for twelve years.
 Before consulting you I was the most wretch ed among women, un- able to walk or sit up in bed, and now l owe my good health all to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, Golden Medical Discovery and Dn11ntaS inc d
The Press., 1896-06-04

Do not jump at conclusions; circum- stantial evidence has convicted many a man whom subsequent direct evidence had shown to be innocent
The Press., 1896-06-04

In nthe spring young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of De Witt's Little Early Risers, for they always cleanse the liver, purify the blood, and invigorate the sys- tenn. W.D. .IIeald, Stafford Springs; c. L. Philips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1896-06-04

twelve pounds while using the first bottle of Prescription
 I send you my picture together with my most heartfelt thanks. To any one suffering as I did who wants to know the particulars of my case and who will send a stamped en- velope with name and address ons will write particulars."
The Press., 1896-06-04

Young mothers dread the Summer months on account of the great mortality among children caused by bowel troubles Perfect safety may be assured those who keep on hand De Witt's Collie X Cholera cure, and administer it promptly. For cramps, bilious collie, dysontery and diar- rhma, it affords instant relief. w. D. lleald, StaffordSprings; c. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1896-06-04

The rain falls upon the just and unjust, but the industrious man derives most benefit.
The Press., 1896-06-04

CURE FOR lIEAnAcHE.-As a remedy for all forms of ll"Hdachc Electric Bitters has proved to be tn" very best. It effects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield to it's inhu- Cnce. We urge all who arc afflicted to procure bottle, and give this remedy Q fair trial. In ease of habitual cOnstipa- tiOn Electric Bittcrs cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine. Try it once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at k. K. Taft's Drug Store. 2
The Press., 1896-06-04

A newspaper published in an Oklahoma town, where the women recently carried the election, sent the following order to supply house: "Please send us one small cut of a hen. Women carried the elec- tion here, and suppose we will have to swing out a hen instead of a rooster."
The Press., 1896-06-04

Eczema is a frghtful at1liction, but like all other skin diseases it can be perma- nently cured by applications of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salvo. It never fails to cure Piles. w. b. Heald, Stafford Springs; G. L.Phillips, South Coventry.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-24
BIG IRE In PHILADELPHIA.
The rhsckcra building Badly Damaged

The rhackcra building Badly Damaged.
Numr coo. Tenants safer losses.
PhueIC' C'H.a Pa. March 23.-Chest-
nut str..I Eest 0f Fifteenth. was vis-
ited 0y u.s destructive fire tonight,
which or Cd time threatened TO prove
as disastrous as the fire of February 3,
when the seveu-story Haseltine build
ing and Jhat of the Baptist Publication
Society were destroyed. The fire
broke out about D o'clock in the SIX
story building of the Thackera Manu-
featuring Company. manufacturers
and dealers in fancy gas fixtures and
clndelabra, at Nos. 1524-26 Chestnut
street., The firm employs about 200
hands. who were at work at the time.
The Gre originated in the front cellar
and was not discovered until lt had
eaten It's way through the first floor
An alarm was sounded. but before the
engines could arrive the entire front
p.r OF Ire building was Oh hIe.
Meanwhile a majority of the wOrkmen
made their escape. About dozen or
more. however. were hemmed in, and
. % b akal from the windows by
the iremeu.
The Thackera building runs from
Chestnut street to- Samson. a distance
of 236 feet and has a frantage of 40
feet. III is owned by VIM Weigst-
mand and is valued at 100000, fully
covered by insurance. The rear part
WAS but slightly damaged The loss
ON the building will amount TO about
S150.000.
The Thackera company's stock, ma
chiuerv aud patterns We're valued at
about $250000. These are a total loss,
bur are protected by an insurance of
about S150000 Hale q Johnson ar
chitects. occupied several rooms, and
met with small losses. Sharpless q
Watts manufacturers of tiles and
mosa'cs. I'm the Baker building. adjoin-
ing. lose about $4,000. principally by
water. I'm this same building are a
number of tenants who occupied the
Haseltine building at the time OF that
fire They. 7l0Dg with a number of 9th
ers. met with small losses.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-24
Republican Political Points.

New York, March 23.-J. Sloat Fas-
sett and Serene o. Payne were among
to-day's arrivals of prominent Repub-
licans who will participate in the State
convention tomorrow. Mr.. Fassett is
actively working up the presidential
candidacy of Governor Morton. Sen
ator Lexow will be chairman Of the
committee on credentials.
1t is said to-day by those who should
know that the platform viii deal only
with national affairs and that no
mention of State issues will be incor-
porated. The prediction is made that
the convention will declare unanimous
ly for Norton The Cataragus county
delegation, it is alleged, will offer no
Mckinley resolution.
Austin, Tex, March 23.-Through the
Republican State convention does not
meet here until tomorrow the city is
crowded with delegates. Ii seems the
fight is to be lively and bitter. All
anti-McKinley factions will combine TO
defeat Mckinley.
Lancaster, Pa, March 23-With
every district in except two small ones,
Lancaster county gives Quay for Presi-
dent 1929; Mckinley 1891. The en-
tire Quay county ticket is nominated,
including Representative Seifert, whom
it was thought yesterday was beaten
by DR.. Taylor, of Columbia.
Hollidaysburg, Pa, March 23.-The
unofficial vote for United States Sen
ator in Blair county, with eleven dis
tricts to hear FROM gives Wanamaker
4,432, Robinson 1919 The official vote
will be computed by the returns judges
here tonight.
ST. Paul, MINI, March 23.-The
Fourth District Republican convention
met here to-day and elected delegates
to the st. Louis convention. Resolu-
tions were adopted favoring Senator C.
K Davis for President. with Mckinley
as second choice.
Mankato, Mimi. Marca 23.-The Sec
ond Minnesota Republican District con-
ventiOn to-day elected delegates to St.
Louis, instructed for Mckinley
Hastings, Mimi. March 23.-The
Third district has elected Messrs. Hub
bard and Paine delegates to the St.
Louis convention. They are pledgd to
McKinly.
Aitken, Mimi, March %. Morrison
Nichols, of Duluth, and Thomas D.
Anderson, of Little Falls, were to-day
elected delegates to the St. Louis con-
vention from the Sixth Minnesota dis
trict. The resolutions declare for Sen
ator Davis as first choice for President,
with Mckinley second choice. c. r.
Hendrix was endorsed as delegate at
large
Crookston. Mimi, March 23.-The
Seventh district Republicans to-day
renominated Frank NJ Eddy for Con-
gress and elected C. J. Gunderson, of
Alexandria, and e. G. Valentine, OF
Wilkin, as delegates to St. Louis. They
are for Mckinley.
Miflintown, Pa, March 23.-The Re-
publican county convention platform
endorses Senator Quay for President.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-24

Dubois, Pa. March 2S.-A terrific eX-
plosion Of gas occurred at the Berwlnd-
White shaft in the eastern limits OF
this city to-day. and fifteen miners
were killed. The mine IS a new cne
which the company has been opening
up and working crews in shifts to push
the headings out in various directions
for big work later on. Eiga.eent men
went on at Z o'clock this morning, four
teen going into the north heading and
four into the south heading.
At about 10 o'clock the four men
We're sensible of a shock ard a few min
uJes later the mine boss came to them
and told them something had happened
and that they should get out as soon
as they could. When the party, con-
sisting of five. reached the foot of the
shaft they were nearly overcome by
gas and were hurriedly taken UP in .he
cage.
Assistance was Immediately sum
moned and practical miners from the
Bell, Lewis K Yates Company mines
volunteered their services. AS the
work of rescue proceeded, it was found
that the shock in the north heading
was so terrific that some of the bodies
were mutilated almost beyond recosni-
ton.
1t is not believed there are more than
three more if any still in the mine The
first two bodies found were badly multi
ated. but the balance had evidently
been suffocated by the foul gas. The
names Of the dead recovered are:
George Harvey. married, no children;
Henry Harvey. married, two children;
Harry Smith. married, two children;
James Graham, Sr., married, large fam
lily; James Graham, Jr, single; Lindsey
H. Bradley, married; John Monroe,
married. two children; Jesse Postleth-
waite, married, three children; George
Postlethwaite married large family
Andrew Nowak. married.
The following are still in the mine
and supposed TO be dead: David Bell,
married; Reuben Noble, married; Geo.
Ainsley, married.
There was another explosion at
Adrian mines. located eight miles south
of here. caused by fire damp. Two men
were killed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-24
WELL PLEASED.
Members of the River and HarbOrS
Committee Return to Washington.
Probabilities that the Ohio Will
Be Dealt With Generously,

Special to the Register.
Washington. March 23.-The mem
bers of the River and Harbors Com
miuee returned here this morning from
their expedition TO Pittsburg. Wheel
ing and Parkersburg in the best of con-
diion. All expressed themselves in
enthusiastic terms concerning the eX-
perienCes of their journey, the recep-
riols accorded them at the different
cities and the valuable information
cleaned as 90 the needs of river i'm
provemeuts and the methods by which
it is attained. The members of the
committee woIld not say just what
they proposed to do i'm the river and
harb0r bin for the Ohio river. but there
can be no doubt they are disposed TO
deal generously with it.
Capt. DOyener. VINO Is especially
pleased with the outcome Of the trip.
feels confident that the Ohio river i'm
proyement project viii be accorded
treatment I'm the bin which will satisfy
AN reasonable people and commit the
government 20 the permanent improve
menC of Jhe river on a broad scale,
which will eventually be of incalcula-
BILE benefit 90 West Virginia and all the
O,her States of the Ohio valley.
Sheriff Franzheim came on 90 Wash
ingt0n with the members of the com
mi-Jee and will remain here until to-
morrow
TIC is understood that the river and
harbor bin viii authorize and direct
the Secretary OF War TO begin at once
@ general survey of the Ohio river with
view TO a grand system of improve
ment which will give a constant depth
OF water sufficient for practically un-
interrupted navigation. -Four new
movable dams will also be authorized
between Davis Island dam and the
mouth of the Beaver river. For each
of these am appropriation OF $4,000
win De made 90 begin work. but they
viii be put under the continuous con-
tract system. the Secretary of War be-
ing directed to make contracts at once
covering their entire construction.
There VIII also. it is expected. be a pro-
vision I'm the bin directing the survey
t0 De made of the MOnongahela river
I'm West Virginia with view to its
Improvement by a series of locks AID
dams So as to- give free navigation to
Fairmont