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The age-herald., 1897-09-08
The Lona Eiaht.

The advantages of Birmingham for she manufacture of armor plate shrould of course be made plain both to the naval board and 10 the secretary of the navy; for official reccmme ndations have great weight; but our activities should so fur ther-they should place the undoubted facts of the case before every member of congress. Especially should every southern member be kept we'll informed, so that he will be ready to battle for the southern Gron fields. This mears or eani2a tion on our part-s propaganda, if you please, of an industrial mature.
 It is not so much struggle for a shop that will enp1oy'a a given number of men as it Is to obtain am dndorsenlent by the general government of the ores of the south for the purposes of steel making. 1t is not properly Blrming- hams fight; but the contention of the southern iron field for recognition-a recognition that the north has long en- joyed, but that has never in any of the works of either army or navy been con- ceded to the south. If armor plate can be made from southern iron at lower figures than it can be made elsewhere we cannot believe that secttonalism will go SC far as to say that the cotton belt shall not have @ single government shop. There is, it is true, a. navy yard at Nor folk, but from Norfolk to the Rio Grande ta-.1. 1&I oar,f belonging to the government.
 There will surely be splrit of fairness shown in tlhig matter; but congress meets in December, and in the interven- ing r'hree months we should not only gather facts, but we should present them conoise1y and plainly, so that every member will before he goes again to Washington understand our advantages as well as Representative Underwood himself does. Much correspondence and no little printing will become needful, and these things cannot be attended to without organized effort
 We urge the selection at once of a committee that will take hold of the WOfk dTu VIII aculVely prosecute II ulrtll the question ts decided by congress dur ing the coming long session. If the committee charged with the duty of pre- senting our case to the naval board will consent ito continue the work, the fight is half won. If more men are needed, so that sufficient number of sub-com- nittees can be selsc:ed-one, perhaps, for each southern state--let additional mem- bers be appointed. We should keep in mind the fact that dt is not a light job. Practically, it is Birmingham against Chicago. It is a piece of business of far-reaching importance to this section of i.he country. We need not doubt The action of southern members if we do our part. We believe indeed, that the support of every fair-minded member from the north can be secured if we make plain the economies and values locked up in our mineral wealth.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

clusions adverse to the proposition that they are indisp snsable to our commsr- eial prosperity and our national de- fense.
 The article makes 1t plain that the Americans have made Hawaii what 1t is w1ih their brains, money, enterprise and labor. We nsed the islands from a commercial and a defensive point of view. Their inhabitants desire to come under our flag, ard if we do rlot aecede to thsir wishes, they will be seized by some foreign country. The Alabama senator makes out good case for the annexationists.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
"AIuch Ado About NothIng., :,

From the Boston Herald.
 What could have induced the prince of Walss to advise Sarah Bernhardt to act Hamlet? And why was Sarah weak enough tot take the suggestion seriously and to set about studying the part with the intention of performing It? The character is not at all in her way, and will lend itself to none of the distinctive qualities of her style, includ- ing hysteria. French Hamlets have never been successes outside of France. aMa 1t Is an open question if it be pos slble for the French nature to sympa- thlzs with the spirit of Ghe part; to feel It's color and to sound it's depth. It is hard to imagine a French woman In the character, especially the Bernhardt, who is nothing if not intensely dramatic even melodramalic-and Hamlet pre- sented from such a standpoint will be something fearfully and wonderfully strange. However, evrybody wbll go D see her play it-and that, after all, may be the inducenlent that decided her to undertake the perilous task There have been epicene Hamlets on the Eng llsh-speaking stage, it is true; but ths, best of them, Charlotte Cushman, was euriously interesting raiher than satis- flying. But a Gallic epicene Hamlet just imagine it if you can!
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
The Bachelor Crop.

"A woman writer in the North Ameri- can Review has by comprehensive ar- ticle started up a wide discussion of tne question, ''Why More Men Do Not Marry" She passes in review the worfdhness of fashionable life; the club life and sports and gambling propensi- ties that enable many men to sauander money without help from the other sex: daie butterfly lives of many society girls: the progress of women in the world of business
 There is really no occasion for such an elaborate analysis of the social situation. "Hard times" was the bottom of the trouble of the last seven years. Young men have mot changed. They are Romeos stTil, all of them. But love has an economic side in this age and condi- tfon of the world. Love implies a con- tract to feed, clothe and shelter that in the seven years now happily drawing to a close has been raIullsr heavy in many cases-too heavy to be lightly entered into, so heavy, indeed, that avoidance has seemed the better policy. This dis- inclination has doubtless besn largely selfish and over-calculating. There has mot been enough of the spirit of sacrifice, and so we see bachelors where bachelors were rare before.
 The evil has in tact become 50 great
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
Senator Morgan on Hawaii.

In a recent magazine article Senator estarg facts in regard to Hawaii. He describes the country as consisting of grsat ranges of mountains broken into nine islands. The tropical climate is cooled by unfailing trade winds and the snowy mountain summits, until there is no enervalting heaIt and no excessive moisture. There Is no disease of a ma larial type. and the people are healthy and vigorous.
 The islands produce in great abund- ance coffee, bread fruit, yams, bananas all the citron fruits, wheat, oats, rye, Irish potatoes, Indian corn, and all varieties of garden stuff and grasses for pasturage. Many Amerfcans have sas- tied in Hawaii and thousands more will forced to expatiate themselves. nor should they run ths risk of seeing their adopted country pass under the flag of a foreign power which is unfriendly to them. Senator Morgan says
 The idea that the people of the United States and their grand institution of government are to be confined to the body of the American continent, and that they are to give up all the sur rounding islands as picket posts into the hands of European powers, has no Justification in reason, and 1t contra diets the experience of the racs to which we belong.
 In condemnation, the senator makes this point:
 Our people own $50, ,000, 900 of property in Hawaii, and our trade with the is- lands is more thain $20,0 000 annually In that view, the annexation would be of great commercial benefit to the country But all these considerations, important as they are, are almost in significant when compared with the strategic value of the islands in the control of the commerce of the North Pacific ocean, and for the defense of our Pacific coasts. Either of these features of the situation is a subject of great magnitude and of almost incalcu- liable importance. For many years our greatest navigators, merchants and military strategists have studied these problems win profound research, and few. if any of th=m, have arrived at con
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
kI0ndike Illusions.

Every dollar of gold, no matter where obtained. costs dollar at least in la Dor or other equivalent; and the truth of this general proposition is nowhere better illustrated than in the rigors and dangers Of the Alaskan climate. Let us see how the account stands to date. It has been estimated that 1000 people reached the Klondike district this year in time to do actual work in the placefs. If their outfit be estimated at $500 each, we have an expenditure of $3,500,000. To this sum should be added transpor- tation expenses, $500 a head, s2,10O ,0OO- bringing the aggregate expenditure up to s5,6OO,O0O. Thus far less than three millions of gold have been brought out of the Klondike district.
 The K9ondike placsrs undoubtedly hold good deal of gold, but it is be- coming every day plainer that they are by no means equal to discoveries in the past history of placer mining. MT. E. L. Clark, the owner of the Elise mine in the Kootenai district, British Colum- bia, shows in recent interview that all investigations and results go to prove that the Klondike placers are by no means the richest of placer mining discoveries. He mentions Alder Gulch, Montana, from which $30,o00.000 was taken in the first year. From Mon tana Gulch an equal amount was pam ned out in ninety days. Not much less was taken out of the placers on Wild Horse Greek, in British Columbia, twen- ty years ago, and it is estimated that s6O,00o,G00 was brought out from the Cariboo district between 1863 and 1867.
 None of these districts created the sensation that the Klondike district has, simply because there was no mys. tery about them. They were not locked up, inaccessible to the world at large, and could not therefore be over-magni- fled in tales and schemes of various sorts, most of them being of a very dubious character. A disillusionment of the Klondike dreams is sure to fol- low. The evidence in rebuttal is begin ming to come in. p
 MT. Charles Haines, San Francisco newspaper correspondent of high stand ing, shows that the reported fortunes brought out by few men were not the 1 result of a few days work; they were the outcome of twelve monts' toll under very hard conditions-conditions so try ing that the men who secured them hurried away with what they had rather than face another Arctic winter. MT. William Ogllvie, the Canadian gov ernment surveyor, adds his testimony. Perhaps no one has had a wider expe- rience; and he unhesitatingly advises his countrymen to stick to present oc- equations, leaving placer gold mining to adventurers.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

This is Gov. Atkinson's busy day. Two great everr.s will take place in Att lanta at about the same hour, in bo h of which the governor will play a some what conspicuos part. One is the mar riage of Gen. Longstreet, which will occur at the governors reeldence; the other will be the hanging of Murderer Perry, which lhe executive could have prevented, but by virtue of his office he insists that 1t shall be pulled off. Coy. Atkinson is, indeed, busy man.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
Another Use For It.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
 If business" said uhe senior partner. doesn't pick up in our line pretty soon, We will have to shut up the shop,
 "Tll tell you" said til= junior partner T Will go out of town ard you adyer- tis'e sale at below cost
 The people will not bite alt that old bait''
 And then will come back an get out an injunction against you on the eroa1nd that you are ruining us"
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Why all this talk about MT. Bryan travelling on railroad passes? Over one hundred thousand persons were taken to Canton last year on railroad passes, and MT. Mckinley and his party have for the past two weeks been travelling on special trains, for which they did not pay a farthing.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

It appears now that Sausage Maker Luetgert, if convicled at all. 1t will be upon the fact that the wedding rings of the wife were found in the vat. Gen tlemen who contemplate killing their wives will no doubt profit by this and see that all rings are pawned before the killing process begins.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
Something to Railsat.

From the St. Louis Republic.
 The first sod for the Chinsee Eastern railroad was broken near a village kpown as Stanitzapoltavskaya. Now, wouldn' an American brakeman reveI in the privilege of calling out the name of such a station as that?
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

If gold discoveries continue that pre- cious metal will soon be worth less than silver. Then Wall street will be solid for the white metal.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

If 1t is true that the funny man Ham, of Georgia, is to be General Longstreet's best man, his proposed wedding today rnay be only joke.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

There is no doubt but what the hold CTS of sugar trust stock are in the very center of prosperity's wave, ard thanks to MT. Dingaey and his tariff law. s
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Prosperity has struck New York with a vengeance, if the reports about peo- pie starving to death in the sire:ts there are to be believed
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Perhaps the reason Padsrewski has had his hair cut grows out of the fact that he had for his manager man who at one time was barber
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
The Disease.

From the Chicago Record.
 Tn diagnosing the sudden and alai ming ma1ad.es wh ch may b developsd by It. tie Johnny in the carly part of .tuis week physicians will be greatly helped recalling that I.lle school term is j,,st opening.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Too much diligence car not be ex- ercised in combating the yellow fever. It must be kept out of the city.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
He Is Not Blind.

Frcn the Nashville Sun.
 The fact that MT. Bryan refuses to see prosperity when prosperity is not about doesn't make him out ct ther blind or a calamity howler.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Murderer Perry, of Decatur Gs.. will receive what is coming to him today at the business esd of rope.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

This is no time for o row among the doctors on the question of whether it Is or is not yellow fever. fl.Ii.l
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
A Mean Wheel.

From the Cleveland Plain Dsaler.
 "A Michigan girl who eloped on a bi- cycle had 10 walk home''
 Say, the name of that whee1 ought to be held up to popular scorn"
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

The citizens union party in New York may turn out to be the baby elephant Of th5 g. o. D.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

If the pictures of the women who are the strongest witnesses against Luet- gert really do them justice, the defend ant would not go amiss were he to pre-
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Governor O'Ferrall, of Virginia, is try ing to pull himself over the fence by his boot straps.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

fer immediate death in preference to facing them daily in the court room.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Mark Hanna's fat-frying process is now in full operation.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

It will be wise on the part of Japan not to get too close to the buzz-saw.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

It may not be long until General LongaareeH will wish he had not enlist ed
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
Ny0ENAutumn Sentiment,

From the Chicago Record.
 "How beautiful the moonr' she cried: "A stately queen she treads the sky" "That's so," he answered, stand beside
 She looks just like a pumpkin pie"
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

President Andrews should play his hand out, though he does lose the job.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Let no yellow fever victim escape from the trains.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Remittances can be made by express, postoffice money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Rirmingham Ala
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

fer immediate death in preference to facing them daily in the court room. This is no time for 0 row among the doctors on the question of whether it Is or is not yellow fever. #tf.Ii. The citizens union party in New York may turn out to be the baby elephant of th5 g. o. D.
 Governor O'Ferrall, of Virginia is try ing to pull himself over the fence by his boot straps. .,4.4.. It may not be long until General Longaareet will wish he had not enlist ed. ~i
 President Andrews should play his hand out, though he does lose the job.
 
 It will be wise on the part of Japan not to get too close to the buzz-saw. Mark Hanna's fat-frying process is now in full operation.
 
 Let no yellow fever victim escape from the trains.
 Those at Klondyke will soon be cut ting ice.
 Don't forget to boil the water.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08
Keep up the quarantine.

Don't forget to boil the water.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Those at Klondyke will soon be cut ting ice.
The age-herald., 1897-09-08

Eastern Business office The Tribune Building. New York City; Western Besi, Bs,o ness Office, ."rhe Rookery," Chicago lns 5. c. Beckwith Special Agency Sole Asehes Foreign Advertising.
The Washington bee., 1897-01-30
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B A | l. E Y
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II permits the utmost freedom Of mo.
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All uncomfortable and injurious steel
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The pad is held in place by woven
bands, which retain All equal pres
sure in all positions Of the body.
1t can be worn in bed, great deSld-
eratum to the young as tending to
perfect cure.
II is the only suitable truss for chill
dien and females.
The proper amount OF pressure can be
brOu yht to- bear and maintained ia
any position without pInChing or
harm to- the wearer.
Ii will cure hernia if p'aCed on the pa.
tient sufficiently early.
Excepting umbilical, it is the best
truss ever offered for all kinds Of
hernia.
1t is so perfect and comfortable in its
adjustment that the patient in a
short time forgetS he is wearing it.
(>ee the certificate of Mr.. Daniel
Johnson.)
Sent postage paid to any address on
receipt OF price; s. for single and 4
for double truss.
In ordering, give location Of hernia,
right or left side, and measurement.
Satisfaction given or money refunded
when the truss is returned in good
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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-07

By VIRTUE OF 4 DEED OF
trust made May 30th, 1894, by j. w.
Coon and Snllie G.. Coon, his wife, H. ii.
Gray and Annie McCreary Gray, his wife,
and Judith w. Boswell to Walter ii,
Saunders trustee, conveying me hcrcn.
after described property IN trust to secure
HUFF, Andrews & Thomas certain debt
therein mentioned, and recuk'led in deed
book %, page III, in the CLERKS Office of
the hnStings court for the city, of Roam
oke, VA, and also by virtue of IN order
of said court entered nj the December.
1896, term thereof. substituting the I'M.
dersigncd trustee in said deed of trust in
the place and stead OF said Walter H.
Saunders, AMI whereas, default has been
male in the payment Of Il portion of said
debt therein secured and having been re
qucstet so to do by the heneliciares
therein named, the undersigned substi.
tuted trustee will on FRIDAY, TIE 9TH
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1897, mt twelve
O'Clock NJ, at the front door of the court
house for said city sell 1T public auction
To the highest bidder Il three. fourths
undivided interest in that certain lot
or parcel of land, with the improvements
thereon, situated OH the south side of Sn-
lem avenue in said city, beginning at ~
point 10 feet west of Nelson street.
thence south ? degrees west 81 l.2 feet to
II point, thence north 80 degrees west
"a ~ feet - II point, thence north , de.
grees east 81 l2 feet To Salem avenue,
thence with Salem avenue south 81 Ie-
grceS east "A 1.2 feet 20 the place of De
ginning.
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay the
cost OF executing this trust and to nay or
the interest note due June 2nd, 1896, of
$50, subject TO a credit OF $50. as of An
gust 18th, 1896, and of $40 as of October
18th, 1876, and $40 as of November 10TH
1876, and to pny the interest note OF 500
due December 2nd, 1896, and the sum of
$1,000 will be required TO he paid June
2nd lS.'', and the residue, if any, to he
paid i'll two equal annual instalments OF
one atid two years from date of sale, de-
ferrcd payments to be evidenced 10y nego-
table interest hearing notes OF the ptir-
chaser and the same to lie secured by q
deed OF trust on the property sold
JAS. u. WOODS.
JOHN f. PECK, Substituted Trustee.
Auctioneer.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-07

1 took all kinds of treatment, and
visited many famous springs, but
could get only temporary relief; the
disease always returned, and at times
was so painful that ii was impossible
Tor NE to use my arms and legs. tried
almost everything that was sug-
gested, and after eighteen years of
suffering, S. s. S. was recommended,
and was happy to, at last, find a
cure for this painful trouble. S. S. S.
seemed to get al the disease promptly,
and afforded immediate relief.n
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-07

COMMISSIONER I.E.-BY NIR-
tue OF two DEGREES OF the hustings court
OF Roanoke. Va, entered on the 26th day
of June, 1896, and on the l4th tlay of
January. 1897, in the chancery causr of
Dcmn., Truitt X Go. -. W. j. and /.
Blair, .ir., ct ais, the undersigned special
commissioner appointed by said decree
will sell at public auction To the highest
bidder at the front door oG the courthouse
at II O'Clock NJ. Of SATURDAY., THE
2GTN OF FEBRUARY, 1891, the follow.
ING described real estate.
Firs,. Beginning at 4 point on the
south side of Woodland arenuc 40 fre,
west OF Fourth street. thence with Wood
land avenue south - degrees l6 minutes
west ~ feet to point on the same,
thence south l5 degrees west TO feet 10
I'm alley. theuce with said alley north Il
degrees - minutes east 10 feet TO point
Oh same, thence north - degrees east 10
feec 30 the beginning, known ~ lot 3.
section ;, map OF Woodland Park Land
Company, with an unfinished house
thereon.
Sccoud. E'eginmingGt IL point on the
south side of Woodland avenue 400 feet
west of Fourth street, thence with Wood
lana avenuc south "a degrees ~ minutes
west I'D lcet 10 point oa same, thence
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-07
Helpless
RheunlatiCS!

Rheumatism is no respccter of per-
sons-the healthy and vigorous are
as liable to its attacks as the weak.
The symptoms of the disease are
almost unnoticed at first, so insidi-
ously do they steal over the body;
gradually the little pains and stiffness
increase, until they develop greater
Inconvenience day by day.
The knees, ankles, and other joints
OF the body ache constantly, swell
ing to several times their natural
size; the patient finds himself unable
to get around is soon incapacitated
Tor business, and later is confined to
his bed, utterly helpless.
1t IS great mistake to expect relief
from such condition by the applica-
ton of liniments and other external
remedies. The medical profession adj
init that the disease is in the blood,
and it is but reasonable that only
blood remedy, one purely vegetable,
and free from potash, can afford re-
lief. S. S. S. (Swift's Spccitic) is an
urfailing remedy for Rheumatism,
and has cured the severest cases,
where other remedies failed to reach
the disease