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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-06-01

the saloons. It's awfully hard some
how to please the saloon men in these
days when the coils are Tightening
about them.
President Mckinley told Mrs. Stew
ems and Anna Gordon of the w. 9. =.
u. that whenever congress spoke
plainly on the canteen question, the
executive department would carry out
it's wishes. A new anti-canteen bill
is introduced in congress and forth
with the War Department uses its in
fuence to prevent it's passage. The
new bill is presented and the hopes OF
many enemies of the canteen are
raised again. But congress adjourns
until after election, before any action
is taken on the bill. ALL OF which IS
very good politics. But will the game
continue to work?
The funniest thing that has appear
ed in the papers for some time is the
rumor that President Mckinley, sore
because of the criticisms by the re-
Iligious and especially the Methodist
press of his canteen record, will with
draw from the church. To, suppose
that such as astute politician as Mr.
Mckinley has shown himself to be
would deliberately drive away the
Methodist millers from his hopper Is
as ridiculous as to imagine that he
would do anything to enrage the sa-
loon end of his constituency. He is
driving a double team and to date is
doing it very successfully.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-06-01
PITH OF THE PRESS.

California Voice: When we remem-
Der that in this flesh and blood world
God does nearly everything through
human agency, is it not downright
scepticism, if not outright blasphemy,
to pray for Gods kingdom to come,
and then vote for party that sup
ports the saloon?
Danville Oily Banner: There will
never be revival of Methodism nor
Christism in the church until the vot-
ing members of the church dissolve
partnership with the saloon, and they
can never dissolve partnership with
the saloon and remain in the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties.
New Voice: If to be Christian and
to speak with Christian courage an
honest mans honest thoughts about
this monstrous wrong, is to surrender
all hope of political advancement, then
such parties and such leaders cannot
lrightfully or reasonably ask for the
support of Christian men at the ballot
box.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-06-01
EDITORIAL.

The Prohibition party is guilty of
little cant and no can't.
Thanks to those who are so prompt
ly renewing their subscriptions.
Wherever practicable, arrange for a
ratification rally of the national and
state tickets on the Fourth of July.
We have more than hundred sig
natures to our "One-of-250' Agree
ment, found on the third page. We
can increase our already splendid cir
culation to $4,000, if you will help.
Every failure to enforce local no
license law argues the necessity of
state prohibition. The difficulty ex-
perienced in enforcing state prohibit
ton along the border of license states
is an argument for national prohibit
ton.
Who is expecting or even cherishing
a desperate hope that the Republican
Democratic or Peoples party will
place a prohibition plank in it's forth
coming national platform? It was not
always this way. What has hap
pened?
Have you noticed that the makers
and vendors of beer and whiskey are
advertising not only extensively but
also in the highest style of the print
ers' and engravers' art? Does thi:
suggest anything to you as to the duty
of using printers ink for the promo
ton Of our cause?
A liquor organ doesn't think Bill
Nye is funny. It would probably pu
Bob Burdette and Eli Perkins in tn
same category. And the reason il
each case would be the same, viz
that all three of this humorous tri
have riddled the fallacies which bacl
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-06-01
Prohibition a Broad Issue.

The breadth and general character of
the platform to be adopted at the
coming national Prohibition conven-
ton is not causing 1.-THE of the dis
cussion aroused on the same subject
tendency in the party toward plat
form of fewer planks than years ago,
when we took the lead of all parties
in the field in this respect if in no
other On the other hand, we believe
there is little probability that our plat
form will consist of only one plank,
as if '96. We personally favor a plat
form covering several of the more i'm
portant issues upon which the enemies
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-06-01
BRIEF AND BRAINY.

MY business is my politics.-A Prom
inent Chicago Saloonkeeper.
No party will ever do right If you
give it your vote when it does wrong
John B. Finch.
The worst thing put into drink is
the alcohol.-The eminent DR.. Janu-
airy, New York City.
The world demands one of two
things of Christianty-that it put its
homiletics into practice or yield up
the ghost.-Rev. w. r. Struble.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-06-01
TIT FOR TAT.

The ''brave" prohibitory ass who pre-
sides over the destines of Backbone is
braying through the lions skin again. In
would provide for the 900 employed
by the liquor traffic and 1,SOO,OOO people
who derive their support as families OF
the former directly from the manufacture
of liquor. And the ninny answers he
would set them raising grain, making
pianos, pictures and organs and goes on
with heap Of other similar puerile pro-
hibitory nonsense. He knows, il he knows
anything, that throwing upon the country
such a vast army Of unemployed and un-
supported would choke the avenues Of
labor, and result in wholesale reductions
Of It would be e; misfortune MIST to
them a farm, because the farms are pro-
ducing too much now to guarantee salts
factory prices, and by the closing of dis
would be left on. the market that prices
would SO depreciate that the farmer
would almost have to sell an acre Of his
grains to get salt for his porridge or a
Now, here's plain question for Editor
Wells: If he has SO many odd JOBS up
his sleeve, why don't he give few to his
prohib spongers who are going up and
why don't he himself, instead of begging
through the columns Of his paper for the
loan of horse and buggy for three
months, go to work making pianos and
OISduS, VI dI SOMC oCACl VI LIE JNOo LIZ
is so ready to give out and earn horse
and carriage for himself, and not be con-
tinually posing before the public in his
familiar roles of sycophant and beggar.-
Both Sides, state saloon organ.
The editor of Both Sides has missed
his calling. AS a professor of politi-
cal economy he would shine-for a
time. His theories of how to get on
in the world would be certain to at
tract attention in any circle of
thoughtful men. According to his
views, prosperity depends upon high
wages and high wages upon the num-
Der of persons out of a job. To keep
wages up to the proper notch, you
have only to employ large number of
men in doing nothing, or-what is far
worse from an economic standpoint
in making and selling that which adds
neither wealth nor health to the COM
mon stock but which decreases both
wealth and the power to acquire it.
Then, too, he has an eye to the COM
lOII VI IuC pOOI ldl ACl0"duu ClSO q
theory. Listen! We worlds, while we
proclaim it. It is coming now; here
| it is: Engage number of men and
; a vast amount of capital in taking out
of grain it's life-giving properties and
in putting the devil into it. AS re-
suit, prices will advance and-there
you are, with prosperity sticking out
of your vest pocket and running dowr
your beard to the skirts Of your gar.
ments.
j If the theory is southland who car
doubt TIT ought to be made to pro
duce still more benefcent results. I
the degree of prosperity which WI
now enjoy is largely due to the con
version of much of our grain int
liquors, the entire consumption Of ou
] grain supply would bring unexample'
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-06-01
THE NEW AND SPLENDID
prohibition Songs, f" Free.

To- the person or society sending us
two new subscriptions to Backbone
Cor one new subscription and one re-
newal) we will mail, free, a copy OF
Fillmore Bros splendid Prohibition
Song Book, just out, containing over
one hundred songs, large proportion
of them new. Songs for both male
and mixed choirs
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-06-01
Webster's Unabridged Free
TO SOME HUSTLER.

To the person sending us, before Dec
Is, 1900, the largest number of new
annual subscriptions to B a b e.
we will send, carriage prepaid, an up
to-date Webster's Unabridged Diction-
airy, with thumb index,
With each list of subscribers COM
petitors should say, Dictionary Con
test"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02
Nothing
I'm the
Wide
World

has suOb a record for abs
sOIWEely curing female Ills
and Kidney troubles az
mas LydIa E. PiHlElsaE1sHs
Vegetable Compound.
Medicines flaf are ADJ
WeTfEse6 10 cure every
thing cannot De specifics
for aDyEhEEgs
Lydia E. PIRkhaRJ's
Vegetable GOR9pOuBd will
not cure eVsEy Eti1G Of Ill
ness that may affIECfmeN,
women and children byf
proof Is monumental that
u will and @sSa OHIae all
the Ills PeOWiiartO women.
This Is a fact lEsdIspvt-
abEe ana can be verified
by more than a million
women
~ you are sNOlE dOn'f exc
pertinent, take the n1edE-
cine that has the record
of the largest number of
CuT9Ss
Lydia E. Pinkhaai Ned, Co.. Lynn, Mass.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

In record of observations on the MI
. croscop!c lffc of Arctic regions, D.,
Levin states that the cir from numer-
ous localities showed only few moulds
In water from the sea surface bacteria
are aiways found, but In very small
perhaps 1000 to the quart
while water from glaciers, snow
streams, fee and melted sgOw also gave
evidence OF bacteria, but of very few.
In water from the deep sea these organ
isns were more abundant than on the
surface. With the exception Of sin
gle species OF bacterium found in one
hear and Two seals, the intestinal con-
teatsort the white bear, seal, shark, elder
duck and other Arctic ve:tebrates were.
absolutely sterile. but 1ac:erin were al
most invariably present in the lower
marine animals. These observations on
germ-free intcstine7 are Of especial i'm
po-tance and interest, as they eoatir:n
the idea - Pasteur and Q few others
that bacteria are not essential to di-
gestion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

Experiments have been made by Prof.
NIosso at Genoa, 10 test the food value
OF sugar in cases OF exhaustion fron
hunger. His results confirm tho theory
that sugar Is assgmilated by the cN-
hpustcd system more. rapidly than
bread. and showed rapiG rise IN tom
peraturc within ten or fifteen minutes
after a small quantity Of sugar was
eaten by a long-festing animal, the eff
feet reaching n maximum in,one to two
hours. Sugar restored life 10 dogs suf-
fcr!ag from loss Of vital heat, when al
bumcn could not save them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

In the epldermls OF man and NAM
mails. Prof l.. Ranvicr has recognized
seven distinct layers, which are de-
scribed to the Royal Microscopical So
clety as stratum germ!nhtivun, fila
mentnsum, granulosum, intermcdiunl.
lucIdum, corneum and disJiuitun. In tha
order Of their development. Two limits
are well defined. each layer having dis
tinct physical characters and chemical
reactions. Theae layers are not
formed by special elements. however,
and n cell originating in stratum germ
inatIvum becomes changed. and passes
into stratum iilamcatosum, and so on
through the series.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

Nearly half q century ago the rum
bling Of ordinary white tin into powdcry
grey tin was noticed as IN eject of in
teusely cold weather. fhe phenome-
non hes baen lately investigated by E.
Cohen ard c. van Eiik. WHO lind that
not only does cold produce this result.
but that ho: weather tends TO change
the grey tin to white tin. the transition
point being about seventy degrees Fab
renheit. Either change becomes per.
ccpuble nearer the transition Eolnt IL
chloride of tin and ammonium be pres
cnt,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

The mixing Of solid metals is one Of
the marvcls Of modern physics .\fler
keeping cylinder Of gold and one Or
lead together for four yeats, at about
c. degrees Fahrenheit, Sir W. Roberts
Austen finds that the gold has slowly
but surely, made It's way into, or niS"d
WITH the lead.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02
Two Fast Trains Daily to Portland
Oregon.

via Chicago. Union Pacific and North
Western line. "Thc overland Limited,
leaves at $50 p. M, equipped win
Pullman sleeping cars, tourist cars
free reclining chair cars. butfet library
cars. All meals In dining cars 'Paciiie
Express leaves at lO'ao p. M WIN
st,ntinr CONTINENT. No change Of cnrs.
FnsIast fine, U'nequulod service The
hrst az everything Al agents sell tick
o,a vim chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way or address A. .. Tull1ut, 500
smithnrIl street, Pittsburgh, ia,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

Nv abdominal massage VI, Bat"lli
claim TO have restored animals to IT.
after the heart had been SIM for u
quarter Of an hour
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

THE United states excel In cham
payne. Cooks Imperial Extra Dry
takes the lead.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

O - "a. y Ca
p,,-,n, ~! ig..-s tadB Bought
IelN tNo ~ s-.-1ss-s--ssa.@
Of LsEG<tI'H /szzs&a2/
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

Quartz crystal cannot be uyel Ike
glasa on account Of the high temper
allure required to melt 1t. Lenses are
made from It by grinding, and in -Cecnt
years fine silica fibcrs for physical ap-
paratus have been drawn out while the
material was sortencd by the oXyhydn-
gpu tame. The late success in max
ing thermometer and Geissler tubes has
been reached after long experiment
The apiinterinE OF the silica when heat
cd has been overcome by dropping rcd
hot pieces into water, aud with the
opaque, ncn-splintering material thus
produced, Messrs. W. A, Shenstpnc aud
II. G, I.arell have been able to build up
rods Of small size by successfully add
Ing fragments to q minute spot in the
silica kept fused by the oNy-gus blow
pipe. Tubes arc formed by binding
several OF these little rods about plat
mum wire, then causing the rods to ad-
here by manipulation In the blow-plpe
fame. and finally withdrawing the wire,
The tubes can be drawn ont or enlarged
by methods similar to those OF glasa-
blowing, and Il "a believed that small
TASKS could he made Il their value
would Justify the expense.
THE width Of fash Of lightning has
been measured by George Rumker, OF
tho Hamburg Conservatory. photo
graph was secured last August as light
ming struck tower a third OF a mile
n"ay and from the distance Of the tow
or and the local distance of the cam
era objective & was possible to cnlculat'
the breadth OF the discharge shown In
the picture. II has been determined
that the dash was oncG fth Of an inch
wide. Rami1cations shown In the pho
tograph an each side oc tho main dis
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

n REATEsT FACILITIES For TIE
II Prompt Completion % orders ~ Wv
,tclligrnccr Job Printing oiliee
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Persia is Civilizations Cradle-Iop-
of-the-Werld Flowers = Instabili-
ty of Tin = Arctic Microbes = The
Cuticle's Growth in Layers - Body
Heat From Sugar - auartz-WOrk-
ing = Lightning's Breadth-chem-
ically Coated Eggs,
The relics obtained by the French
Scientific Commission In Its two years
Of excavations on the sites Of ancient
Persian cities seem 10 belong to civil
lzatlon much older than that OF chal-
dea. Under the ancient city of susa
were found tablets bearing pictorial
cunelforln characters. and these are
held by NJ. Jacques de Morgan, the lead
err Of the expedition, to prove conclu-
sively that the Chaldeans were not the
inventors OF pinted language. but that
it dates from much earlier time. In
the latest historical city, about twenty
feet below the surface, were brick build
lugs, without any trace of metal or
writing The earliest settlement WIS
thirty feet lower, and contained rude
pottery and flint implements While IN
the second OF the prehistoric settle
ments We're an immense number OF the
Hint teeth of sick!es, Indicating an aB-
riculturaI and grain growing popula-
ton. The sici;les were nodded after
the lower Jaw OF the OK. as in ancient
Egypt, but all pottery below the his
toric strata was handmade, showing
no ucquaiatan'o with the wheel used IN
pre-dynastic Egypt.
The highest ONT at which Towering
plants have been found, according 70 a
recent paper to the London Linnean
Society, was in Tibet, at 1890 feet.
Nine species were recorded az 1890 feet
or higher. The plants were mostly OF
the order conpositae, and deep roofing.
perennial herbs, having rosette OF
leaves, with the flowers closely nes;,ei
in the center, are characteristic Of these
attitudes. In the Bolivian Andes. Sir
Martin Conway found two species o.
towering plants at 1900 feet, and -
above li,cCO feet, the latter betonSlnS
TO thirty-four genera md twenty-Pne
natural orders.
Nearly half a century ago the rum
bling Of ordinary white tin into powdcry
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

even c1nccr. 10 tic resa!t ~ 2 ucslyct'h %
Yccp ZIG blood rnre, aud . WI Elecp
...... rira- %. III the irritating inquiries I
60. ,srs, 1aialri. lisiiggrug discascs.
g. s.. crr.- holl5 and carnuEcies cn'
srl reF;nsatr''r Is reinforcing, ruziyiag
= Dc bly9I ~ 'iiniuy the fyStcm Of all aect
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

who live in Newtontown that amt
seen in quite a spell. After the hlylng
is done ! suess RI come au1 see th1n.
Their name is Springer. Their mother
was a Wilkins.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1900-10-06
ANOTHER FRANKFORT BOY
GETS THERE.

We are more than glad to learn
that our handsome young friend,
Mr.. Ed. p. Bryan, jr~ has been
promoted TO Live Stock Agent of
the l.. q n. Railroad at St. Louis,
Mo-, with a handsome salary at
tached.
Mr.. Bryan is the son of Col. Ed.
p. Bryan, ST., now of New York
City, and is another illustration of
the fact that Frankfort boys always
get to the front when they strike
out from the old town.
He has been on visit to his aunt,
Mrs. J. Alex. Grant, in this city,
and his host of friends rejoice in
his success.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1900-10-06
FRANKFORT. OCT. 4, 1900.
HON. JOHN w. YERKES'
SPEECH.

Hon. John W. Yerkes, Republi-
can candidate for Governor, came
here on Wednesday morning, and
was met at the train by a large
delegation of .our citizens, who es-
corted him to the Capital Hotel,
where he received still larger
crowd of ladies and gentlemen who
called TO pay their respects.
Att o'clock p. m. Mr.. Yerkes was
escorted TO the Capital Opera House,
where a crowd that filled the build
ing from pit to dome greeted him
with prolonged applause, the crowd
standing and cheering for several
minutes.
Col. l.. p. TarltOn called the
meeting to order and made a short
speech, introducing Judge w. G..
Bullitt, who in turn made a brief
address introducing Mr.. Yerkes.
Mr.. Yerkes made brilliant, pow
erful, eloquent and conciliatory
speech, which was greeted with
great enthusiasm and frequent
cheering.
The meeting was a great success,
and the Republicans and Brown
Democrats were filed with en-
thusiasm and encouragement.
The Opera House had been beau
tifully decorated by a committee of
the most charming ladies of our
city, and was a veritable bower of
and loveliness.
There were some three hundred
ladies who graced the occasion by
their presence.
Mr.. Yerkes was surprised and
gratified at the demonstration, and
so expressed himself.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1900-10-06
A PAINTER OF THE INDIAN.

Charles H. Stephens, whose
painting decorates the cover of the
October Ladies Home Journal, is
a close artist-student of the Indian
and Indian life, and is regarded as
very high authority on all that
pertains TO the picturesque side of
the Red Man. He was formerly an
instructor in the Philadelphia Art
School, where his most apt pupil in
illustration was Miss Alice Barber,
who subsequently became his wife,
and whose drawings, signed Alice
Barber Stephens are the admira-
ton Of all lovers of black and
white art.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1900-10-06
HIS LIFE WAS SAVED.

Mr.. J. e. Lilly, a prominent citi-
zen of Hannibal, Mo-, lately had a
wonderful deliyerance from a
frightful death. In telling of it he
says: Il was taken with Typhoid
Fever that ran into Pneumonia.
My lungs became hardened. / was
so weak l could not even sit up i'm
bed. Nothing helped me. / ex-
pected soon to die of consumption,
when / heard of DIR. Kings New
Discovery. One bottle gave great
relief. / continued to use it, and
now am well and strong / can't say
too much in it's praise" This mar
velous medicine is the surest and
quickest cure i'm the world for all
Throat and Lung Trouble. Regu-
lar size 90 cents and $1.0O. Trial
bottle free at j. w. Gayle's Drug
Store; every bottle guaranteed.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1900-10-06

yesterday afternoon and last ever
ing laughing or applauding nearly
all the time. Those Who have seen
the comedy before laughed as heart
lily as those who saw it for the first
time, for A Midnight Bell" can
be enjoyed over and over again,
Miss Alice Roseland as the minis
ter's sister, Dot Bradbury, acted
and looked the part eXcellently.
Little Lille Lawson played the
banjo and sang several songs, all Of
which were highly enjoyed by the
Lyceum audience ClevelandWorld,
Sept. 4, 1900.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1900-10-06
Does it Pay to Buy Cheap.

A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, but you want some
thing that will relieve and cu!e the
more severe and dangerous results of
throat and lung troubles. What shall
you do? Go to warmer and more
regular climate? Yes, if possible; if
not possible for you, then i'm either
case take the ONLY remedy that has
been introduced in all civilized cOun-
tries with success in severe throat and
lung troubles, "Boschee's German
Syrup" 1t not only heals ana slim
,ulates the tissues to destroy the germ
disease, but allays Inflammation,
causes easy eXpectoration, gives a
good nights rest, and cures the
patient. Try one bottle. Recon-
mended many years by all druggists
in the world. For sale by S. b.
Holmes. Ally
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1900-10-06
"a MIDNIHGT BELL. y

Charles Hoytnever wrote a better
comedy than "A Midnight Bell, "
and this is saying much for the
BELL" Unlike most of the pieces
from his pen, this play has pathos
as well as comedy, and the one
tends to make the other stand out
more prominently. "A Midnight
Bell is being acted at the Lyceum
this week by good company, the
members of which present the
characters, scenes and incidents as
the author intended that they
should be presented-in an amusing
fashion. They kept the audience