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Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

though not so extensive, because the ap- breaches are easier to guard. The first line of defense will be Plum and Fishers islands and the other little islands reach ing across the entrance to the sound. A Yithering cross fire could be kept up by the batteries on these islands, and their long-range guns would commence opera ttons while the enemy was yet five miles away. The heavy mortar battery on DaVids island is nearly completed, and when the batteries are placed on Sands Point, opposite, there will be a second line of defense.
 The narrow passage between Willets Point and Ft. Schuyler will also be strongly fortified, forming the third line of defense. At Willets Point there has long been an embanl1ment 35 feet high, of concrete and sand, but there are no guns in position A battery of sixteen mortars, in groups of four, the same as at Sandy Hook will be placed there, be- sides two 10-inch guns and one S-ineh gun. The pattern of the mortar batteries at Sandy Hook will be followed here, as in all the other fortified places.
 The rifled mortars, which look like long-range guns sawed off, are regarded as the most powerful weapons known with which to fight warships. Deep down in a concrete-llned pit they are almost secure from the fire of an enemy, while they can be aimed as well as if high upon the land. A high-power long range Glt1e can only De placed ln Iull view of the enemy, or else raised and lowered by disappearing carriage This method is very costly, and consumes much yalua- ble time when the gun is in action. A mortar can be fired from it's pit as fast as it can be reloaded, with a minimum of danger to its crew and the mortar itself. . The high-power guns on Willet's Point will have a seven-mile range up the sound, past Stepping Stone Light and Execution Rock, and will come into ac- ton long before the mortars can be sue cessfully fired. There are also in the fort sixteen old S-inch cannons. which have been converted into breech-loading can mons, but they are almost worthless against modern ships. From Willet's Point to Ft. Schuyler a string of torpe- does will be stretched, with second line of mines behind 1t, SO that vessels break ing through the first will be unpleasantly surprised by the second.
 Each approach to New York city from the sea will tlrus have four lines of de- fense, any one of which would be suf- ficient to keep out a moderate-sized feet
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
LEMON ELIXIR.
A Pleasant Lemon Tonic.

"A Pleasant Lemon Tonic. For biliousness, Constipation, Malaria Colds and the Grip.
 For Indigestion, Sick and Nervous Headache.
 For sleeplessness, Nervousness and Heart Disease.
 For Fever Chills, Debility and Kidney Disease, take Lemon Elixir.
 Ladies, for natural and thorough or ganic regulation, take Lemon Elixir. Dr. -Mozley's Lemon Elixir is prepared from the fresh juice of lemons, com bined with other vegetable liver tonics, and will not fail you in any of the above named diseases. 50c and $1 bottles at druggists.
 Prepared only by Dr. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
ELEVEN GOOD IDEAS.

Thumb rings are very bad form. Empire fans are dainty Christmas gifts.
 Rain for the complexion is most bene- ficial.
 Clssy Fitzgerald is very fond of velvet costumes.
 Get out your grandmother's finery. It is essentially up to date now. Have your wheel painted to match your carriage. It is the correct thing in London.
 set of Brownies will be certain to de- light the small child for whom you are expected to buy gifts.
 The conversation bracelet is formed of rare coins that form an incentive for talk when all other topics are worn threadbare.
 The kleptomanac is apt to suffer more than at any other time during the year.
 The college snuggery is the latest rival of the cozy corner. It is fitted up in cush- ions in tones of ones favorite college, while pennants in the same hue are draped at the back.
 A swell girl at the Art club attra cted as much attention as any of the pictures in a trailing royal blue velvet gown and big Gainsborough hat loaded down with black plumes.
 Four-fold white and gold screens are dubbed Empire" and, of satin and very beautiful embroidery, are indeed some thing worth having" if ones domicile is suited for so much impressive, portable elegance.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
The Fifty-FolIrth.

Behold yon wonderful array Of sages, young and hoary! Lift up your voices and be gay; It's better than circus day To see this glittering display Of intellectual glory. The men who now behold the heights Each from his humble station, Forsake the play house with it's sights, It's spangled gauge and twinkling tights, To watch these mental calcium lights Shine out upon a nation. Though dull the sky and black the air. Toward fate we hold no malice; The burning thoughts which center there Must kindle soon splene!d glare, And cause posterity to stare At history's borealis.
 Washington Star.
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Memorandum Calendars for 1898 and everything else in the way of stationery for the office. Roberts & Son, 1909 Ed avenue. I2-22-6
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
At the Capitol.

I have just taken the last of two bottles of Dr. H. Mozley's Lemon Elixir for nervous headache, Indigestion, with diseased liver and kidneys. The Elixir cured me. I found it the greatest medi- cine I ever used. J. H. MENNICH, Attorney 1925 F Street, Washington,
 D. C.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

Memorandum Calendars for 1896 and everything else in the way of stationery for the office. Roberts & Son, 1909 2d avenue, I2-22-8t
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
I,amon Hot Drops.

Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore throat, Bronchitis, Memarrhage and all throat and lung diseases. Ele- gant, reliable.
 25 cents at druggists Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

"No words of mine can quite express The anger in this breast of mine; Voca bularies shrink and fade, While from my eyes start tears of brine. The hour is late-Ive much to do That should be done while moonbeams
 dance Away! away must be off Across yon snowy roofs expanse- But, bless your heart, l cannot move; I've struck a measly icicle- Zip rip! the tires gone and Have ruined my new bicyclen
 George V. Hobart.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
A Bank President.

MT. w. T. Nelson, president of the Second National bank of Jackson, Tenn, says For indigestion and nervous trouble I would rather give up the use of any remedy I ever tried than Kings Royal Germetuer. AS a nerve tranquil izer and restorative it is all that can be desired. It is not narcotic in any sense, but produces the happiest effects upon the disordered nervous system. I con slider it an invaluable remedy, and have for years been recommending it to my friends" New package, large bottle, 10S doses $1 For sale by druggists.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

By a recent ministerial order in Russia those Jews living in the interior who have been members of a first-class guild for five years are permitted to retain a permanent domicile in the places of their present habitation, and this privilege will descend to their children.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

Memorandum Calendars for 1896 and everything else in the way of stationery for the office. Roberts & Son, 1909 Ed avenue. I2-22-of
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.-Marcus AntoniuS
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Kitty?' reused an idea in his head
The McGhcohans of Galway had noble
blood in their veins, and never desert
ed female in distress.
The firemen were busy saving Sulli-
vans stock. They did not heed the un-
couth figure, with bloody face and
torn clothes, Keeling through the bach
door and up the narrow stairs
Through sitting smoke and in waite,
and flame he CROPPED his way. while
Sullivan was out on the street kneel
ing beside his wife, sprinkling her face
and chafing her wrists.
She opened her eyes and gasped:
kitty" Sullivan had thought that OF
course the child was saved with its
mother, but now the fear struck him
that this was not so. He ran from one
to another of the bystanders, frantic in
his search, but no one had seen the
little girl. AS in desperation he turned
to the burning rookery, window
crashed out, and burst of flame lighted
his road TO the little stairway. He
sprang toward it and nearly overturned
staggering, ragged, blackened anc
begrimed man carrying in his arms &
bundle of bedclothes, from out o.
which voice called to Jimmy:
''Papa!'
| He threw both arms round the pair
and two soiled and bruised faces me-
| in an Irish embrace.
"Mowreechy,' he cried, ICED bliss
ycr'-Lippincott's Magazine.
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Refreshlpe seer.

Sunlight is good for everything but
feathers
Away with heavy haDgings, either
above or below the bed.
Beware of dusty, musty carpet,
says Good Housekeeping; better sweet
ness and bare floor.
Do not fail to provide some means for
ventilation during the night.
Keep the head cool while sleeping,
but do not by draught Of cold air
falling upon it.
II folding bed must be used, con
trive some way to keep it aired and
wholesome.
Let the pillow be high enough to
bring the head in natural position;
no more no less
Thoroughly air the sleepinx room
every day; air the beds and bedding a.
often as possible.
Adark, out-of-the-way, unwholesome
corner is no more fitted for slceping
room than for perlor.
A feather bed which has done service
for . generation or two Is hardly do.
sirshls thing upon which 70 slesR--
pstre.t Free Pres2
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wrong. and that Sullivan was rejeacsag
in his larse from virtue. 10 maintain
his dignity he considered it necessary
to impress Sullivan with the fact that
the McGhoeghans were people to be
respected, SO he says:
"Me names Mowreechv."
That's another fool idee yer wife's
made We swally. Morris was good
enough for We when We was a bye, but
when We got married yer wife must go
changin' yer name. But yer Morris
for all that"
"Me names Mowreechy, and if We
go fer to call me out av it, or say me
wife's name ag'in, I'll bate We wild that
mug"
Sullivan leered at him derisively.
Eyer names Morris McGheoghan,
and yer wife's fannel-mouthed chaw
like yerseh."
The impact of beer glass over Sulli-
vans left eye caused him to measure
his length upon the floor. The shock
reused him, however, and in a moment
the two were fighting like cats. The
crash of overturned tables and chairs
and of breaking glass would have caught
the attention of the patrol had that in
dividual not been DOING in the next
block 1t would have awakened Mrs.
Sullivan had she not been at that par
ticular time half asphyxiated in her
sleep by smoking handicapped
which had fallen over the lamp left
burning for her husband.
|. The fire had smouldered for half an
hour and the room was filed with
smoke, when a spark fell on the table
and ignited a bit of paper. In an in
slant the room was in blaze. A burn
ing curtain caught the eye of late
traveller, who turned in an alarm. The
hook bladder truck dashed up to
the place, and fireman snatched the
stupefied woman out of a burning bed,
but he did not notice the adjacent al
cove where little four-year-old Kitty
Sullivan lay dreaming.
When Maurice McGheoghan was
showed away from his Antagonist he
thought Jimmy's friends, had cone to
take part in the scrimmage. But the
firemen's uniform and Sullivaps de-
spairing cry of: "My God! where's
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FOR suN-suRNED CHEEKS.


What May Re Done tn Lesson Their Un-
becoming Color.
It is little hard to dress up" in the
evening. when nothing seems to suit
the sun-burned face and hands SO well
as the negligee outing costume we
wear daily, which, by the way, should
be navy blue or dark green; but sup
pose we have a secret talk together,
my blue-eyed maids, before it is time
to appear at the tea table, and see il
things can not be bettered little?
First, let me tell you, before you go
on a water excursion. to thoroughly
battle both face, neck and hands with
any pure cold cream. an excellent
preparation for warding off and re-
moving sunburn. that can be bought
at any druggists. Then when you enter
our room all heated and tired on
your arrival home, first take sponge
bath, and after it fill a deep basin with
lukewarm water, and into it boldly
plunge your face. holding your breath
and closing your eyes. Keep it there
as long as possible without breathing,
then come to the surface" take deep
breath and try it again. repeating the
process a number of times. Gently
dab your face dry with soft towel,
afterward sponging it lightly with
alcohol, and sit, or, what is better, lie
down and rest half an hour or longer.
At the end of that time you will find
your color will have perceptibly
diminished. and little baby powder
deity applied will remove the shiny
appearance and tone down the over
redness effectively. On retiring fol
the night battle the face. neck and
arms again, and apply the cold cream
as before directed. -Jenness Miller
Monthly.
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THE TWO wERs FIGHTING LIKE CATS.

THE TWO wERs FIGHTING LIKE CATS.
business to do SO, but even his speech
grew thick and he spilled his stock as
he served the two or three late Gus
toners that came in before he and Nc
(iheorhan were left to themselves
Long after the usual time of closing,
Sullivan's wife. who lived over the sa-
loon, looked timidly in through the
back door and asked Jimmy when he
was coming home.
cit to --- out o here wild We. and
mind yer own business" was his an
swer. That's the way ] talk till my
wife, Morris he said. You'd be bet
Their of If you'd give yer own taste
ay the same when she's deludherin We
wild her hifalutin idees.
McGheoghan recalled the time when
he had known Mrs. Sullivan as pretty
Kitty Lafferty; and the barkeepers
manner Jared the pleasant recoliec'
ton: he did not like to see his Old
fame treated like that. He did not
relish free advice, either; and when
suliIyan spoke slightingly Of Mrs. Nc
Ghoeehan It rolled him. Things were
rather hazy Just them but the notion
erspt into his head that be was dong
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LITTLE DANES AND MEN.

We all must remember when
We were little danes and men:
When each sorrow tugged away with all its
might
At our little hearts and eyes,
Till the air was full Of signs.
And the brightest day was turned to darkest
night
How we weep,
How we'd creep
To our little beds to sleep,
With wet iashes on flushed faces: even then,
Not soul would ever know
Halt our agony; and so
We should sympathize With littlo danes and
men.
We must all remember when
We were little DANES and men.
When we meet the little ones from day to day;
kind word is just as cheap.
And IL sinks to depths as deep
As the harsh one you were sending down their
way.
II you knew
How a few
Gracious acts and words from you
Were planted in their souls; to blossom when
Golden days OF childhood seem
To be shadows Of a dream,
You would love and cherish little danes and
men
N E. Magazine
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ky with Jimmy Sullivan, and he used
10 drop into Jimmy's every evening,
lust to wash the dust from his t'roat, y
as he phrased it. The washing process
had developed into such proportions
that McGheoghan's wife said he might
as well ''dhrown himself and be done
wild it." Then she applied what she
called the '.wather cure" and Nc
Gheoghan reformed. Mrs. McGheo-
CHAN had such faith in the reforma-
tion that she had taken the baby and
gone for three days to her cousins, the
OFlannigans, in Saucclito; and the
only admonition she had given her
husband was the parting injunction:
mind yer eye, now, Maurice"
McGheoghan had not been particu-
larly proud of his descent from the Nc
wife continually dinned it into him that
they were "a fine ould family" and
that he ought not to disgrace them by
associating with people beneath him.
1t was bad enough to be poor, she said,
without mixing with the common herd.
AS distinguishing mark. she always
gave an Italian pronunciation to her
husbands name, Maurice, and insisted
upon his doing the same. Mrs. Nc
Gheoghan had learned Italian in her
youth among the fishermen of North
Beach. Maurice did not take his
wife's discipline kindly, and it was
only his love for her that made him
endure it. Out of her sight he liked to
be one of the boys, and in sly ridicule
of her aristocratic pretensions spoke OF
himself as a ''humin illevator"-he
elevated bricks by the hodful up a
ladder.
When McGheoghan pushed quietly
through the screen doors, slipped I'M
obtrusively past the crowd at the bar,
sat down at the last table, and began
looking at the prints in the Irish News,
Jimmy Sullivan knew something was
in the wind; for had not the O'Rourkes
told his wife that Mrs. McGheoghan
had forbidden her husband to have
anything to do with that "low-down
shaloon-keeper, Jimmy Sullivan"
.What1l yez have, me bye?" called
Jimmy, as the last man drew one of the
three towels hanging before the bar
across his dripping mustache and
swung himself out into the street.
Faith, but it's long time since
I've had the good luck to grip yer fist,
man. Here's the crane O the sason till
ye.",
II the thought of his wife came to
the hod-carrier az all, it probably
brought a suggestion to make hay
while the sun shone, for he and Jimmy
filed and emptied glass after glass
while they smoked black cigars and
chatted over the "ould times" when
they were single. Sullivan kept the
clearer head, for it was part OF his
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Church work.

When the church comes to be looked
upon by its members as very respect
able place, for respectable people, and
no one else, it is recreant to duty and
does not represent Christ, who came
to seek and save the lost. We hear, it
is said, that the Gospel has not done
all we might expect in any one coun-
try, city or village. reply: The
Gospel has never yet been accepted,
lived and practiced by all the inhabi-
tants of any land, city or village. II
it had, it would have made paradise.
Rev. William Wilkinson, Minneapo-
lis, Mimi
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HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Almond Frosting: Almond frostfng
makes delicious addition to loaf Of
white cake. Be4t-the whites of two
eggs to a stiff frcth. stir in half >
pound of powdcEaxl~a gar and aquarter
of pound of almonds. blanched and
powdered to paste Flavor with
orange flower water, and. fyou choose,
few drops of almond extract. Boston
Budget.
Almond Blanc Mango Trench rec
ipe): Blanch and pound ten ounces OF
sweet and half an ounce of bitter al
monds, add four ounces of powdered
sugar and work to paste. pour over .
pint and half of boiling water. cover
and set aside for an hour. Strain and
mix with two ounces of dissolved gela-
tine, then pour in a mold and set on
ice. When firm turn out, and serve
with whipped cream favored with q
few drops of extract of almond. Farm
and Fireside.
Potato Salad: Slice some cold
boiled potatoes, toss them lightly in
oil and vinegar and dish sprinkled with
finely-choppcd shallot or chives. Fill
leted red herring kippers. or kippered
or smoked salmon can all he added to
this salad. Slice some cold new pota-
toes, and arrange them with quartercd
hard-boiled eggs, sliced beetroot and
stoned olives. Prepare sauce by we'll
mixing one part vinegar to two of best
oil, pepper, salt and minced parsley,
chives and capers; pour this all over
the salad and serve. Household News.
breakfast Dish: Procure an OK
cheek, cleanse it we'll in sailed cold
water, and then let it soak. Place it
in a stewpan. cover with cold water,
bring to the boil. and skim thoroughly.
Add sufficient whole black pepper.
salt, allspice and blade of mace to
season it. Simmer very gently Tor
three and half or four hours. according
to the size of the check. Line a creased
basin with slices of hard-boiled egg.
Cut the meat into small pieces, and fill
the basin two-thirds full with it.
| Strain some of the liquor carefully
through cloth, dissolve little gela
tine in it. flavor with tarragon or plair
vinegar. .and pour into the basin sc
as to fill It up. Next day turn out and
serve with a good garnish. Cut it int
thin slices when helping. Leeds Mer
curry.
Preserved Gooseberries (green)'
Top and stem the gooseberries. wash
in cold water and drain. To every
pound of gooseberries allow one and
one-quarter pounds of sugar and on,
and one-half pints water. Throw tn.
goosebcrrics into q porcelain-lines
kettle, cover with boiling water ane
stand aside a few moments to scald
Put the sugar and water in anothe
kettle to boil. As soon sas it boil
skim and stand aside to cool. Whel
the gooscberries feel tender take then
out carefully with a perforated skim
mer and slide them carefully into
pan of cold water. Let stand fe,
minutes. then lift them again wit
the skinner and put them CAREFUL.
into the strip. Stand over gentl
FIRE and let simmer slowly for abou
twenty minutes or until they are quit
clear. If the gooseberries seem likel
to break take them out carefully an
allow the strip to boil few minute
longer. When done put carefully II
to jars or tumblers and stand aside
cool. When cold tie up and put awal
Mrs. Rorcr, in Orange Judd Farmer
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Willie Garvin always was good
fellow; and in due course of time he
got married, IS all good fellows should.
He acquired his growth long ago; not
SO with his family. Whenever he
makes his census returns he changes
the figures. Up to year ago he had
accumulated ''onc little, two little,
three little Garvins,' three beautiful,
blooming sons Each time, without
exception, it was . boy Being y
school teacher. and not Wishing to get
rusty in his addition, multiplication,
ETC., he occasionally adds one to his
list. The last addition came recently.
A friend ut once telegraphcd: Cab
him Lazarus on Scriptursl authority
the Lord said, Lazarus, come fourth. :
The answer went bsck: Suggestion
good, but combination won't work.
The fourth boy is : girl. Boston
Rud0et
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The Church In Danger.

The church has gone over into the
world. The world has entered the
pew. Wealth. not piety, controls far
too many of our churches The modern
church is too ready to sanction any
form of worldliness that is not too
open and fragrant q breach Of al rea-
sonableness. Christianity must first
save itself before it can hope to rave
America - Rev 3. h. E3tswilliam.
Baptist, Pittsburgh, PA
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Great men often produce their
ends by means beyond the grasp OF
vulgar intellect, and even by methods
Numerically opposite to those which
the multitude would pursue. But. to
effect this, bespeaks rs profound .
knowledge Of mind as that philoso-
pher eyinccd Of matter. who trst pro-
ducsd ies BY the ssssv ot Aesh-"
cVltoe