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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-05
M'KINLEY's BAcKER.
Thurston Says Mspderson's Candidacy IL
for Some Other Purpose.

Omaha, March 4.-Senator Thurston
to-day made public an appeal to Ne
braska republicans In favor of sending
a Mckinley delegation to st. Louis. 1t
contains 200 words and warns the vot-
ers that the candidacy OF Gen. Charles
Manderson OF Nebraska is designed 10
defeat Mckinley in the interest OF other
candidates, and not with the idea OF
Senator Manderson being elected. He
concludes: IF Mckinley Is defeated
and the Nebraska votes contribute 10
that defeat. those who participate in II
must accept full responsibility"
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san Francisco. March 4.-The steam
ship Australia arrived tO-nigh { from
Honolulu. MOrrJw and Underwood.
the two men charged with conspiracy
10 restore the queen 10 the throne.
were aQuitted.
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Seattle Goes Republican.

Seattle, Wash, March 4.-The city cleo
ton has resulted in an overwhelming ma
jority for the republican ticket. There
were three tickets the democratic-popu-
list. the peoples and the republicans.
Frank ID. Black. the republican nominee
for mayor. polled a majority of more than
l4OO
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-05
Florida for Morton.

Tallahassee. Fla, March 4.-The or
ganization Of the republican state con-
vention to-day indicates that the dele
gates to ST. Louis will be instructed
for Morton.
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RsD HOT LETTERS.
It 4. sid satro ia. nailed Letters That
Az re-

New York. March 4-The World to-
morrow morning viii say: c. p. Hunt
ington learned last night OF the seizure
by the postofice department of large
number OF letters mailed at san Fran
cisco TO United States representatives
and senator's at Washington upon the
envelopes OF which were printed the
words: 20. p. Huntington would not
steal a red hot stove" IL was stated in
a telegram that the letters had been
mailed by Mayor .Sutro OF san Fran
ciEcO
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Eor a.eKinl.y.

wynne. Ark. March 4.-The repub-
lican congressional convention for the
Fourth Arkansas district held here to-
day elected delegates to the st. Louis
convention and instructed for Me-
Kinley.
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suxprin the R,iehs,a<.

Berlin. March A-During the course Of a
debate on the sugar bill in the relchstAS
to-day Herr Staudy urged direct tax On
sugar and energetic action against the
United States. which he claimed did not
give fair treatment 10 German sugar.
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All for Alison.

Des Moines, Iowa. March 4-Fifty
county conventions In Iowa 20 select
delegates for the state convention,
which selects national delegates, have
declared for Allison. without a second
choice
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Little Rock, Ark. March 4.-Republi-
can conventions were held in the six
congressional districts OF Arkansas to-
day. Mckinley delegates were elected
without exception, thus giving the
Ohioan n solid Arkansas delegation in
the St. Louis convention.
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Remember that we re-
fund five cents for each
empty Pipestone Magne-
sia bottle. Be careful to
see that our trade mark
the red pipe and stone, is
on every bottle offered,
otherwise we cannot ac-
cept them
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-05

London. March 4-Prince Won Ho-
henlOhe, the chancellor OF the German
empire, has arrived in London.
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be found due them and prevent the trans
fer OF the claims TO agents and others for
consideration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
rom The
Shadow OF Death
two WOMEN AND ONE MAN.
Tho Stories Of tho Rescued Ones as
Told to Our Reporter.

fornia pioneers. Several years ago she acci.
IDENTIFY received an i.jury to her spine, which
resulted In creeping paralysis or palsy of
both hands and wrists, from which she has
been cured. Her case being remarkable
one on account Of her great age, Mrs. Lap.
peus' own stateine Mt Of her cure is given:
BRoOKFIELD, NEW YORK,
July 81, 1896.
My name n Nancy Lappeus, am nearly
seyenty-seven years old, and the widow Of
three years ago, at Eden, New York, since
which time ! have resided with my son,
Rev. Daniel p. Lappeus, u clergyman Of the
Baptist Church, and living now at this
place.
About five years ago was overtaken by
curious accident, through some boys who
were playing on the street with boxing
gloves at Eden, New York. By some means,
while going into the post Office, was struck
in the back by one Of the boys, the blow re-
sulting 80 seriously that for months I was
unable to lie down, but had to take my rest
In q chair, and suffered great pain from injury
to the spine. !! was gradually affected by
creeping. palsy in both hands, which would
become deadly white, beginning at the finger
touch Or feeling in the affected paris sus. :.
pended.
1.-THE physicians, when these attacks ap.
Peared, would order me to immerse my hands
In hot water, and this generally gave tenn.
Porary relief but the attacks became more
frequent, and l knew ifthey were not stayed,
! should entirely lose the use Of my hands,
II not my arms. The doctors said they could
leave any stone unturned that could afford
me possible relief.
AT this time learned through the news.
papers some Of the extraordinary cures that
had been effected in all manner Of diseases.
by DR.. Williams' Pink Pills, and with my
husbands full consent began to take them.
Improvement began in my condition almost
immediateiy, and in few months all symp.
toms Of the palsy left me, AID have never
efficacy Of Pink Pills, and always shall be so.
. NANCY LAPPEus."
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are prepared by. the DR.. Williams Med.
icine Co., of Schenectady, N. Y, firm
whose ability and reliability are unques.
toned. Pink Pills are not looked upon as a
having been used as such for years in general
practice, and their successful results in
curing various Affections made it imperative
that they be prepared in quantities to meet
the demand Of the public, and place them in
reach of all. They are an unfGiling specific
for such diseases as lOcomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, st. titus' dance, sciatica, neu.
ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after. after effects Of Ia grippe, pqlpitation Of the
heart, pale and sallow compilations, and the
tired feeling resulting from nervous prostys.
ton, all diseases resulting from vitiated liu.
mors in the blood, such as scrofiIla, chronic
erysipelas, etc. They are also a specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as suppress.
sions, irregularities, and all forms of weak.
ness ness. They build up the blood, and restore
N fryn nHI IxnI a., L..
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
LITERARY NOTES.

Richard lie Gallienne's Quest Of the
Golden Gtrl' Is out.
Sir Robert Peel has written a romance
Sprightly Menie Muriel Dove has new
book in press on "Some Whms of Fate"
S. Barring Gould's new historical ro-
nance concerns "Guavas the Timer"
lication fragment Of Greek novel which
he has found on a papyrus OF the first GEN.
tury in the Fayyum.
and Georgia" by Joel Chandler Harris,
are the titles Of two delightful illustrated
books to be published Immediately by d.
Appleton & Co. In q series called Stories
from American History"
Richard Harding Davis South Ameri-
can story. Soldiers Of Fortune" which
will begin its serial course In the next
serbnss his Snssst 1nSsn and most smni sn;5
America gave him a great deal of the ma
terial. which he has now for the first
time used In fiction. The story opens in
to an imaginary South American Repub-
lie, where all the subsequent action takes
place, the plot turning on r: ,oiutiOn IN
this South American state. The hero is a
young American civil engineer. while the
heroines of the romance are two New
York girls who are sisters.
Conan Doyls's new novel. Rodney
B. Appleton CO. The Prince and Bead
Brummel. the dandies of Brighton and
the heroes Of the prize-ring, reappear
in the pages Of this stirring and fascinat-
ing romance. Every one knows the sanity
and spirit Of DR.. Doyle's work. and here
he is at his best. He Is dealing with a
time which. despite its affectations. was
full of virility and picturesQuenes
Those were the palmy days Of the coach,
and the amateur whip was cOnstatly in
evidence. The road race described In this
romance will rank among the classics Of
it's kind. and there are other episodes
throughout the book which show that
the author of ''The White Company" has
here exce.led himself
''The Seven Seas Is the title Of Rud-
yard Kipling's new volume Of poems
which Is published by II. Appleton &
Co. Mr.. kipling's new volume Is one Of
special importance, In that 1t represents
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
From the Gazette, Port Jeryis, ". Y.

Mrs. A. A. Pinney, Of Matamoras, Pike
County, Pennsylvania, until two years ugo
was the embodiment of sound health. Then
without any apparent cause she began to
Troop in health and spirits, and even her
mental faculties became impaired. Nervous
debility was the name given the disease by
the physician but it would not respond to
his treatment, and grew daily worse. The
physician was changed but his successor
could do nothing to aid her. her weight was
steadily decreasing, her complexion grew
dark and unhealthy, and all will power was
in state Of suspension.
On the fourth Of last July, Mrs. Pinney,
by the advice Of friend began to take DR..
Williams Pink Pills, and before the first
box was empty she was on the road to re-.
covery. BY the time she had finished the
six boxes she had bought, she was in restor.
ed health, and she declares that her health
is even better than it was in her girlhood.
The above information was obtained from
Mrs. Pinney by reporter and though the
lady has horror Of newspaper notoriety,
she consented to have her story told, in the
hope that it might be seen by others SINH.
larly afflicted to what she had been.
Farmer Harvey Vail, well.known and
respected citizen Of Greenville, was also
visited by the reporter, Us DR.. Williams
Pink Pills were said in his neighborhood to
have brought him from the verge Of the
grave to sound, bodily health. Mr.. Vil
said that heart disease and complication
of ailments, which the physicians could not
reach, had brought him so low that all labor
relief.
He was in this unhappy condition when
ne read OF q case of man who had been all
ing as he had been, that was cured by DIR.
Williams Pink Pills. and he determined to
give them q trial. The result was perfect
restoration to health, and now Mr.. Vail looks
as though he had never had a days illness
in his life. '''
Mrs. NJ. A. Quick was the third person
from whom the reporter sought information.
As space is valuable her own concise state.
ment is printed US given at her home. I9l
Pike Street, few days ago:
AS q cure for rheumatism certain md
quick ! can strongly recommend DR., vii.
liams' Pink Pills. The distress in which I
was for several weeks cannot be imagined.
After trying several other remedies which
failed was relieved through the use of Pink
Pills. / have no dread for a return Of rheu.
matlsm ILI SO long as can procure Pink Pills.
They are good and can recommend them
to anybody afflicted with rheumatism"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21

scholarship failed to comprise the very
thing he was engaged in 1t Is not true
that liberal education spoils a farmers
son for being a farmer. Ae Is spoiled, IL
at all. because his education is not lib-
eral. but partial: because his college cur
riculuni includes too little; because he has
not been taught how TO apply all the tri-
umphs Of echanics and met rology, and
chemistry, and electricity to the culture
Of the soil: yes. and to apply to the ca
reer of q farmer the mental discipline he
has acquired by the study Of philosophy.
and the classics.
II \ =
II Is easy to scoff at these things, as at
anything. but 1t Is idle and m,schievous.
The story Of the world 10 the best vindi-
cation Of the right Of the human mind to
freedom, to growth. to culture, to the at
tainment Of the highest possibilities. The
attempt was made to enslave men spirit
ually. 1t failed. ana the world IS the bet
ter. SPIRITUALLY, for the failure. The at
tempt was made to ensiave them politi-
cally. 1t has failed. and is falling and the
world Is for that reason the better Off.
politically. Equally sure woMd INTEL
lectual benencent tc OF failure, and
equally beneticent would such failure be
to the world. Not for nothing was man
endowed with mind superior to the blind
instinct OF the brute. Not uselessly is
that mind developed and enriched Our
education Is not a failure. 1t has Caly
Just begun its work for the welfare Of
the race.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
THE ROMAN ROADS.
Some Of Them Still in Use and Call
for No ReDairs.

sos .NO AsSSouss
From the New York Independent
The Roman road as built for eternity.
When the roadbed had been prepared
by excavation 1t was carefully rafilled.
regardless of expense. with layers Of
sand, stones and cement. The surface
was so sOlidly dressed that the wear
and .ear was reduced to a minimum.
Investigations with regard to the prep
aration Of the roadbeds were made years
ago by Bergier on Roman roads that
are still in use in France, and with the
following results: In one road the ex-
cavation down to hardpan was three
feet deep. This trench was filled up first
with a layer of sand and cement an
inch thick; then came foot layer Of
fiattish stones and cement; then a foot
layer Of small travelled stones and
cement. These last two layers were so
hard and firmly knit together that tools
could break Off fragments only with
great difficulty. The next layer con-
sisted Of foot of cement and sand, COW
cred with top-dressing Of gravel. In
another road In France the foot layer
OF cement and sand changed places with
the layer of cement and travelled stones.
a third road In France was examined
at point where 1t had been raised
twenty feet above the level of the sur
rounding country. and vertical sec
tion revealed structure Of five layers
First came the great fill of 16A feet; on
top Of this fill they placed first foot
layer Of tiattish stones and cement,
then mortar Of any kind. then a half
foot layer of firmly packed dirt, then
half-foot layer Of small gravel in
hard cement, and lastly, a half-foot
layer OF cement and large gravel.
Paved roads were exceptional. An
example Of paved road Is the Via An
pia, whose pavement consists of hard
kind of stone, such as Is used for mill
stones. The stones of this pavement
are carefully hewn and fitted together
so precisely that the road often appears
to be solid rock. and has proved TO be
so indestructible that after 1000 years
Of continuous use ii Is still a magniti-
cent road. Ordinarily, however, the
top dressing of the road consisted Of
gravel and hard cement. and when, in
the countless inscriptions such and such
a governor IL said to have restored a
given road. reference Is made to this
top dressing Of gravel and cement. The
width OF the military road was usuany
sixty feet: the raised center being
twenty feet wide, with side tracks each
OF the width of twenty feeet. In some
roads the raised center was paved,
while the side tracks were dressed with
gravel and cement.
The ylae privatae and the feeders of
the military roads were usually dirt
roads. They were much narrower than
the military roads; sometimes they had
a width Of only ten feet, and, indeed
the feeders Of the Via Appia were only
two feet wide. but paved The width
Of the Roman roads, all told. varied.
therefore, from to 12O feet.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

The first number of the Tatler contained
a most sympathetic and appreciative ie-
view by w. d. Howells Of James Whit
Offering % * Child World" "He has chos-
en-" Mr.. Howells informs us, FOR the We
hiclc of his poem that leisurely and COM
Portable decasyllabic rhyme which long
ago com1cally got itself called heroic
ing put into commission without being
much busted off. but with the cobwebs
and the strawy litter Of venerable dis
use still upon it, As 1t creaks gently
along under the poet, with a pleasant
clatter of loosened bolts and nuts. 1t stops
now and then and let's him break into
lyric. and then starts quietly ON again.
the world of childhood, the childhood Of
forty or fifty years ago, the childhood Of
that vanished west which lay between
the Ohio and the Mississippi, and was,
unless memory abuses my fondness. the
happiest land that ever there was under
the sun. There were no very rich nor
very poor In that region, which has since
but an equality of condition never
matched before or since, so that the pic
ture Of the peaceful, kindly life in one
village family. which Mr.. Riley gives; Is
and there, except when It was marred by
vice or tainted by guilt. In the large
towns 1t was not quite so simple but II
was still very simple; the towns were not
still nearly all of village growth and had
known the village life. 1t Is phase of
this life which Mr.. Riley translates into
rhyme with most conscientious liter
alty and a perfect courage. Allowing for
the fact that life ordinarily talks prose,
and not heroic couplets. or blank verse,
or even so much as hexameters. l do not
see how rhyme could possibly be truer
to It. As for the spirit of 1t, that is as
perfectly expressed In this poets gentle
art as unaffectedly and unambitiously as
! think we can ever hope to have II done;
Tor once, here seems something ultimate.
final. There Is no American poet
who has done so much as James Whit
comb Riley to divine the familiar Amer
lea OF most Americans. or to reveal the
heart of our common life in terms of such
universal import and appeal
II II II
Perhaps a quotation from this poet
would not be out of place:
The Chiid-heart is SO strange a little
thing
So mild-so timorousiy shy and small
When grown-up hearts throb, it goes
scampering
Behind the wall, nor dares peer out at
all
II is the veriest mouse
That hides In any house
% Wild little thing 10 any Child-heart!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21

in an admirable and conclusive manner
not only the verse Of the soldiers life, but
also the poetry Of patriotism of adven-
ture. and OF the sea, and of q modern
field, to be termed roughly the romance
OF applied science. which GSe author has
made his own In this lew book OF
verses the qualities which have distin-
guiShed Mr.. kipling's best expression in
tho verse are shown n a rtper and fuller
DEVELOPMENT than before
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
STRUCK IN THE BACK,
The Curious Accident Which Befsll an
Aged Lady.
From the Prcss, Utica, N, Y,

From the Press, Utica, NJ
Mrs. Nancy Lappeus. the widow of the
late MI. John Lappeus, Of Eden, Erie County.
New York and now residing with her SON
Rev. Daniel P. Lappeus, the pastor Of the
Baptist Church Of Brookfield, New York, is
an 0ld lady nearly seventy.seven years of age.
well known in the locality where She now
resides, and in Erie County, her husband hay.
ng been one Of the forty.niners," or Cali.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-04
SENT FROM RALEIGH
Paragraphs Concerning the Current News
and Gossip Of the TarheeI State.
FARMERS INTERESTED IN INSTITUTES
The Stnte Commissioner Is Gratined
at the Attendance Upon Those
He Has Recently sIcid.-A Freight
Train Wrcckcd-Probnbly Texas
Fever In Charlotte.

Raleigh n. c., Sept. 3.-(SpcciaD-
Work began to-day OH the extension OF
the male wing of the insane asylum
here. The cost will approximate s25. 900
1t is stated that the fight is not yet
over In regard to the Superintendcncy
of the Institution for the Blind. No
more than this mere fact can be learned
Mr.. Patterson. State Commissioner of
Agriculture. has returned from the
mountains. where he conducted Farm
ers' Institutes in nine counties. He says
he was gratified at the attendance OF
farmers and by their interest. and that
at the earliest possible moment this
wear more institutes will he held In the
Piedmont section. just as soon us the
faculty of the Agricultural and Me
chanical College are able to aid him.
Regarding the crops, Mr.. Patterson
saws their condition varies greatly In
some places corn is nearly failure
while here in Wake that crop is an aver
age one.
The Republican State Committee
thinks. or says 1t thinks. very little OF
the Populist strength in the State. But
II is hard indeed to reconcile this with
the committees earnest efforts to has
ten fusion with Populists; in other
words. to get the Populis,s to hurry up
and agree to State fusion. a Republic
can Committeeman said to-day that his
people We're absolutely foolish to have
dillv-dallied with n hand full of Popu-
lists for two or three weeks. when they
could have put on the pressure and
closed the whole matter in Il week He
added that he knew Butler would now
agree to State fusion. but that made no
difference. as the Populists We're now
divided. and the Republicans had the
Greater part of them "corralled." He
then went on to say that the I'opulists
dared not show their strength: that he
would wager his reputation as n pOliti-
clan that they have not $4,000 actual
and Dockerv are kept on their ticket
and in the field they will not get $4,000
votes November 3.
IT is feared that another case of the
dreaded Texas fever" has appeared
among cattle at Charlotte This disease
is propaCated by ticks.
Last night a freight train was badly
wrecked on the North Carolina railway
between Selma and Wilson's Mills The
train broke ana the rear part tclc-
seemed the front portion. Ten box cars
were smashed. No one was hurt.
The serious illness of Rev. DR.. John A
Preston of Charlotte at Lexington, Va.
gives his friends in North Carolina
much concern
A carp weighing twenty-five pounds
was taken with Il hook in Mirror Lake"
at the penitentiary yesterday. Carp
were first placed in the lake in 1881.
Two convicts from Johnston county
wers. brought to the penitentiary to-day,
and these arrived from Roanoke.
Some very fine peas, Weighing pound
each were sent to the Agricultural De-
partment to-day. They grew on Roa-
noke Island. in 300 yards of the old
Raleigh fort"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-04
ELIZABETH CITY.

Elizabeth City. y. c.. Sept. 3.-(Spc-
ciaiD-Fire started in the kitchen at the
residence of Mayor c. c. Pool this morn
ing, which was soon extingulshed
Miss Bertha Commander Is visiting
the family OF her uncle. Mr.. Thomas
Commanded. on Ehr!nghaus street.
Mrs. NJ. c. Poyner, Of Moyock, y. c..
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Askew. on
West Church street
Mr. Constant Fearing and Miss Laura
Belanga were quietly married at the
residence of The bride, at Coinjock. n.
c.. yesterday.
The friends and relatives were shocked
TO hear of the serious illness OF Rev.
DR. Solomon Pool. at South Mills. yes
terday who was stricken with paralysis
while in ;he pulpit.
Services were held at the Baptist
Church tonight. conducted by the pas
tor. Rev DR. G. S. Blackwell He has
been Ill In Norfolk for some time.