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Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20

Knowledge will help to keep a family alive The more they know about their own physiology the better they will be able to take care of themselves. The more a man and woman know about health and sick ness, the less trouble they will have with the sickness of their children. Some standard medical book ought to be in every home library. The most complete book of this kind is Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. It contains more exact inforrna- ton about the human body in health and disease than any other book ever printed i.1 the English language. More copies of it have been sold than of any other medical work It is written in plain language, free from technicalities, and is the work of reg ularly graduated, experienced physician. It contains hundreds of useful receipts, knowledge of which will prevent much sick ness, and save many doctors bills It is in- dexed, and contains over three hundred Illustrations. 6So,co copies of this great, I.oo8-page work have been sold at tue regu- lar price-SI. 50 per copy-and now an edi- ton of half a million in strong paper covers is being distributed c6sciwffiy free. Any one may have copy who will send 2I one cent stamps. to pay the cost of mailing onLy, to Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo. N. Y The book bound in French cloth is 10 cents extra tsr cents in alD
 Mrs. Bella F. Howar1 Of Glen Eiien, Sonon,a Go. Cnl writes: Enclosed find stamps for the Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser. ! have had two but cannot kerr them. Icnnnot do without one in the house, they save doctors tcrs, their visits come high--uen dollars; have been in this place sixteen years and have only had doctor for my family once in that tiEie-- thanks to your book and your medicines"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
JOHN F. BACON.

E. Bacon. United States minister to Par aguay and Uruguay during the first Cleveland administration, died at the Columbia hospital in this city at 7;30 o'clock this merBing. Judge Bacon was married twice, his first wife being daughter of Judge Butler, a. former United States senator from this state, who wIll ba ren1embe bertd for his connee- ton with she Brooks-Sumner canning affair. His second wife was daughter of Gov. PickcfIs, and he was married to her in Russia whilst serving there as secretary of the legation under Gov. Ioickcns during the Buchanan adminis- traton He filled several other positions of honor in the service of the state and national government, and was held in high esteem by ali who knew him.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
DEATHS RECORD.
JOHN F. BARGAINIER

Greenville, Feb. lS.-Capt Jchn F. Bar ganier, whose critical condition from par tlal stroke of paralysis was noted in your columns some days since, died yesterday morning, and was buried from his home on Pine street at 10 o'clock this morn ing
 Capt. Barganier. native of this coun- ty, was an old and honored citizen, who, having faithfully served his country throughout the late war, returned battle worn and scared to his native county, in which he has since filled various public positions with credit and distinction. He was twice sheriff of the county and made an efficient and faithful officer; was well and favora bly, known, and his large circle of relatives and friends mourn his loss. The tenderest sympathies of the entire community are with the bereaved fam mily.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20

Charleston. s. C.. Feb. 19.-Eddie Mc- Sweeney, 12 years old. son of W. J. Nc Sweeney. was crushed to death under fire engine this afternoon. The engines were responding to an uptown call and little Eddie tried to cross in front of No. 6. The horses struck him down. and two wheels passed over his stomach. He lived an hour and died in his mothers arms
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
PERSONAL.
Ask your doctor about Tate water--at

ASK your uOCIOT aDOuI IdIe W dIeT--dl Stones.
 Sam Wharton is at the Morris.
 Dave Scott Is in the city.
 Col. Alex Garber. of Talladega was at the Morris last night. mingling with his many friends.
 I have had a small fire, a great big smoke and some water, and as che in- surance companies have been very liberal in paying a very large sum for a small damage, I am going to sell shoes at a lower price than has ever been heard of in Birmingham. l will soon be open, so wait and save money. T. c. King.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
pRoPPEp DEAD WHILE AT WORK.

Yesterday afternoon George Lacier, white employe of the Birmingham rolling mill, dropped dead while at work. A tele- phone message was sent to Sheriff O'Brien asking for tho coroner, but when 1t was explained that no crime had been committed. the coroner did not respond. Mir. Lacier had been i'll recently, and it is thought he became overheated while at his work and succumbed to the final call He will be buried today.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20

YES, free, our catalogue. Phone 512. Day and night ses- sions. Massey's Business college, corner Nineteenth street and Third avenue.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
TOWN THREATENED BY FIRE.

Whining ton. N. C.. Feb. 19.-Fire broke out at 11:10 o'clock tonight at the corner of Front and Grace streets, in the cloth- ing store of B. Marks. and Is sweeping the northern section of the block. The Seaboari Air Line office Is now on fire. The buildings burned so far are wooden ones, There is a strong wind blowing, and the fire is spreading.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
Notice to Jail Builders.

Union Springs. Ala, Feb. 6, 1897. The commissioners court of Bullock coun- ty, will meet on the first Monday in March to adopt plan for new jail or improving a new one. contract to be let out the first Monday in April. $. T. FRAZER,
 Judge. of Probate, Bullock County. G,f fri-2xy
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20

ANHEUSER-BUS BREWING AS-
 ISOLATION recommends the use of the greatest of ali tonics, Murine" and guaran- tees the merits claimed for 1t. For sale by all druggists.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
MET A TERRIBLE DEATH.

Fifth avenue, to be erected in honor oi the king, will be a gorgeous offair.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20

Mrs. Edith V. Wilder, of Louisville. Ky, is the guest of MT. and Mrs. ". T. Un- derwood. South Highlands.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
FREsk TOUR.
Bangor Should Add the Tourist to the Fair
Attractions.

Bangor, A ugust 2s.-Frank M Philips
of Cleveland, Ohio, who is on bicycle
tour of the world. arrived in Bangor this
evening from St. John, n B. He will
remain here until Wednesday when he
will leave for Sherbrooke, P. c., where
he will give an exhibition. Two years
ago he met a bet with New York club,
the amount being $4,000, that he would
travel around the world in three years.
He was to start out without clothes
three cents in money and to earn 5000
besides his expenses. He must not beg,
borrow or steal, nor accept money with
out selling or advertising something.
He must ride a wheel IL, 600 miles in each
hemisphere without the privilege of tray
cling also on cars or boats. He left New
York on July 4, 1895. After a trip to
Sherbrooke he will go to Rochester and
Albany, N. Y, where he will be given
receptions. His weight when he started
was 1875 pounds; today it is 1875 pounds.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
SIR WlLFRED AT HOME.
The Canadian Premier Enthusiastic Over
the jubilee.

Quebec, August 2S.-Sir Wilfrid and
Lady Laurier reached Quebec this morn
ing on the steamer Labrador. They were
met down the river by the citizens COM
mittee and landed amid the booming of
cannon and the cheers of the multitude
gathered at the wharf while the bands
played ''Home, Sweet Home" "Rule
Britannia, etc. In speaking of his visit
to England he said: II feel that / can
not undertake to describe to you the I'M
pressions of the Queens jubilee. The sight
at St. Paul's cathedral is one that shall
never forget. The reception which re-
ceived from the Queen and the English
people was such that 1 can never forget
it. England on that day exhibited her
great force and we were all impressed by
it. The change in the colonial policy is
accounted for by the attitude which Eng
land has taken towards us. The denunci-
alton of the treaties means the fiscal in
of Canada and the British
colonies in their trade with foreign coun-
tries
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

money is needed; when they rise, that
less money is needed, to do.the exchan ges
OF the country.
This is the dictum of MT. Elmeed
Pom eroy in an article on the volume of
money in the Arena. Let us see how it
works. Last year the price of wheat, and
all other staples, was low, therefore there
was not money enough. This year the
price of wheat is high, and the prices of
all the staples are rising, therefore we
have too much money But the volume
OF money is practically the same
now as it was last year, and as business
has begun to pick up there is undoubtedly
a greater demand for money now than a
year ago. If there was not so much
1t happen that there is more than is
needed now? Undoubtedly scarcity of
money tends to increase it's exchangeable
value, and therefore makes prices fall
relatively But prices of staples go p
on account of a scarcity of those staples.
A rising staple may idicate that the
money in which it is measured has fallen,
or it may indicate that the staple itself
has increased in galue on account of an
increased demand, and a diminished sup
ply The present rise of wheat indicates
nothing relative to the volume of our
currency, whether it is too much or too
little. 1t is due simply to the fact that
there is short crop of wheat in Europe
and Asia.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
IN THE KHYBER PASS.
The Region Where the Fighting Is Now In
Progress-It is Part of the Road from
Afghanistan to India.

Jamrud, the British base of operat ions
in the Khyber Pass, is fortified town in
British territory, directly on the extreme
northwest border, and few miles only
| to the west Of Peshawur, the terminus of
the Northwestern railway. The Khyber
| miles in length, running from Jamrud to
Dakka. 1t is due east from Cabul, the
capital of Afghanistan and on the road
| from that city to India. Just beyond
| Jamrud rise the bare and rocky hills of
the Khyber range. They are without
| tree; there is scarcely brush, except
upon the flat ground, where few STUNT
ed shrubs are to be seen. The entrance
to the pass is between two cliffs about
1900 feet in height, and the road is fanked
by eindrous looking rocks piled in inter-
mlnable confusion, without sign of
vegetation, brown and forbidding.
Eight miles from the eastern entrance
TO the pass stands the picturesque little
fort OF Ali Musjid. At this point the de-
hle is only 200 feet wide, and the eleya
ton Of the fort is 2433 feet above the sea
level. 1t stands on conical hill which
oyerhangs the valley, 600 feet above the
roadway of the pass, through which runs
a small stream. For a distance of two
and one half miles beyond Ali Musjid the
defile retains its difficult character. the
width OF the gorge varying from 300 to
400 feet, the hills on both sides. about
1900 feet in height being slaty, bare, and
to all appearances inaccessible. The bed
of the torrent is likely to be filled with a
sudden fall of rain, when the stream that
ordinarily creeps through the gravel,
sometimes disappearing completely, swells
to raging violence.
Beyond this section comes the Lala
| Beg Valley, six miles in length and
mile and a half in breadth, in which
there is great top, an artificial mound,
on the north of the road. At the western
end of the valley the road contracts again
till there is scarcely room for two meet
ing camels to pass. In this section, for
distance of a mile and half, the tray
eller passes along gallery twelve feet
wide, on one hand a towering cliff and
on the other sheer and yawning preci-
pice. @ss s4
The traveller then enters the section
known as the Lundi Khana Pass, in
which is situated the village of the same,
name and probably the fort which has
just fallen. In the Lundi Khana the
greatest height, 1878 feet above the sea
level, a rise of pos feet since leaving
Peshawur, is reached. In ascending this
pass the invaders encounter tho greatest
natural obstacles of the Khyber. The
ascent is over such a narrow, steep and
rugged path that guns can be drawn up
only by men, and by them only after the
roadway has been carefully prepared. The
descent from the summit, near the village
of Lundi Keana, to the end of the deflle
at Dakka, nine miles distant, is over
practicable road, and is not difficult, al
though the descent is sharp.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
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TO APlA.
A United States War Ship May Be Sent
There.

Washington, August 2s.-Instructions
have been issued by the State Depart
ment to Luther W. Osborn of Nebraska,
the new consul general of the United
States at Apia, Samoa, which will form
the basis for the restoration of the lost
influence of this country in the Samoan
Islands.
President Mckinley considers the ISL
ands well worth holding to the limited
extent provided by the tripartite agree
ment with England and Germany and
his ideas on the subject are embodied in
the instruction which Mr.. Osborne will
carry with him to Apia. His instruc-
tions are to make an inquiry into the
political conditions in the islands, with
particular reference to the workings of
the tripartite arrangement, and to suggest
plan for the improvement of the provis-
ions of the agreement. His report will
be made to President Mckinley who has
been impressed with the strategical and
commercial Importance of the Samoan
group in this country. 1t is probable that
a United States warship will be sent to
Apia to show TIE stars and stripes and
to let the people of tho islands understand
that this government has not lost inter-
est in them. When MIR. Osborn reaches
Apia he will find namesake there look
ing after the interests of the United
States. He is Lloyd Osborne, who spells
his name with final ''e'' and is the
stepson and literary partner of the late
Robert Louis Stephenson. Lloyd Osborne
is vice consul general at Apia.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

The political checker board of Europe is
susceptible Of most surprising metamor
phoses and the recent visits which have
been exchanged between the potentates of
Russia, France and Germany suggests the
inquiry, "Is there a likelihood of an
alliance between the sovereignties men.
toned To quote the words of a leader
among Russian conservatives such a COM
bination would be "a vast motive power
for the future developement of Russia and
for the inevitable enlightenment of Eng
land" Thus far the alliance between
France andaa Russia has been a sort of
plaything of but little practical political
benefit but should it be enlarged so as to
take in Germany, England, stubbornly
pers1sting in her policy of isolation, may
awake some day to find insurmountable
obstacles in the path of her heretofore
successful colonization schemes in remote
regions of the earth, placed there by the
united interests of her combined rivals.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Sixteen-year-old Thomas Whitney of
Lewiston, Me-, while looking for work
IN West Farms, n. Y, fell from high
trestle and broke his collar bone. He is
now in the Fordham hospital.
Col. George Bliss of New York, who is
seriously i'll at Narragansett Pier, is re-
ported to be losing strength.
A court martial has dismissed a gun
Der on the British torpedo boat destroyer
Thrasher and reprimanded Captain Kirby
and Lieutenant Graham of the cruiser
Phaeton as the result of collision be-
tween vessels.
There are now ten cases of small pox
under treatment in Montreal. Eight have
died since tho outbreak of the disease.
Vaccine points are being distributed at
the rate of 1000 day.
The British cruiser Intrepid at Port
Royal, Jamaica, reports having inter
cepted filibuster near Fortune island.
The death is announced of Andrew
jackson Evans of San Antonio, Texas.
He was one of the leading lawyers of
that state.
In q violent wind storm which sweep
over Chicago Saturday night, dancing
pavilion at NorwoodI park was blown
down and one woman was killed.
Arthur Shepardson and James Bromley
both aged Is. were killed by train on
the Boston & Albany Saturday night nea1
Pittstield, Mass. They were walking on
the track.
The officers of the North Atlantic
squadron were entertained at Jordan
pond, Mt. Desert, by MIR. and Mrs. Mont
gomery Sears of Boston Saturday after
noon. In the evening the largest dance
OF the season was given at Kebo valley
While the officers danced the tars became
too exuberant for Bar Harbor and were
called back to the ships.
Owing to the illness of Capt. James O.
Rogers of the Yale foot ball eleven, Ham.
ilton Fish Benjamin has been appointed
in his place.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

DR.. Frederick Charles Hicks, a mem
Der of the faculty of the Missouri State
University, is charged with being
protectionist, and believer and teacher
of the gold standard. Furthermore he is
believer in the governmental theories of
Hamilton rather than those of Jefferson.
And the indications are that because of
these beliefs DR.. Frederick Charles Hicks
will soon be compelled to sever his con-
nection with the Missouri State UNIVERSE
ty.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

The Spanish premier says that if the
United. States undertakes to interfere in
Cuban affairs Spain can be depended up
on to do her duty. We suppose. this means
that Spain can be depended on to fight
the United States. But nation which
has not been able, after three or four
years of endeaVor, to put down rebellion
in the island of Cuba, would have rather
sorry time in contest with the United
States. The Spanish head is very large.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

By the death Count Mulsa there has
assed away one of the most distinguished
men in the history of the new Japanese
movement. With the Marquis Ito he
moulded the policy of the modern empire
and successfully carried the country
through the crisis of the Chinese war.
He was Japanese Minister to the United
States in 1888.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

The Hon. David Bennett Hill, speaking
at clam bake at Long Branch, last
week, said prosperity is at hand. The
silver Democracy won't have anything to
do with him hereafter. To stand high
with the silver leaders nowadays, one
must sit on the fence and croak dismally.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

Ex-Goy. Evans of South Carolina
announces that unlessz Senator lMcLaurin
disclaims all connection with a certain
circular attacking his private character
which is being circulated in the state, he
shall hold McLaurin personally respon-
sible. This means, undoubtedly, that
Evans will cowhide McLaurin or shoot
him. The senatorship fight in the Pal
metto state is evidently getting hot.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

The President of the French Republic
has had a great reception in Russia. On
the surface Emperor William was warmly
received, but there was marked differ
ence in the circumstances attending their
respective visits, the Kaiser invited him
self, the other was the guest of the nation.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

No need to scratch your life away,
Doan's Ointment brings instant relief in
all cases of Itching Piles, Pin Worms.
Eczema. Ringworms, Hives or other
itchiness of the skin. Get it from your
dealer.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

Bryan, last year, more than hundred
times, sung the changes on the sentiment,
GAS down goes silver, down will go all
farm products. Five million men be-
lieyed it. If they have not seen their
error, it will be useless to argue with
them as a contemporary remarks.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

The campaign in Ohio is to open s'all
along the lines on September IL. Sena,
tors Foraker and Hanna, Gen. c. h.
Grosvenor, ex-Gov. Foster, Lieut.. Gov.
Jones, Senator Burrows of Michigan and
Senator John M. sThurston are to be the
opening spellbinders. From September
II things are to be kept hot until election
day
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
THE PRESS.
MONDAY. AUGUST so.

Gov. Powers reapppointment of Judge
Peters receives general appreciation, and
itsis right that it should. Judge Peters
is a just judge and also popular judge
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
TIE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,

STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY. S.
FRANK j. IIENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of f. J. CHENEY &
Co.. doing business in the City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid. and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case Of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use OF HALLS
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In nv
presence, this 9Th day of December, A. d. 1885,
(~) A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL
t~~) Notary P,lblie.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
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faces OF the system. Send for testimonials, free
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The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
ORIGINAL.

Reuben 7. Hodsdon, North Yarmouth !:
Robert H. Howell Snow Corner; Thorn
as Larl1in. Soldiers Home. Kennebec
Franklin A. Wentworth, Orland; Garrett
Burgess, Togus.
ORIGINAL, WIDOWS. ETC.
AlInira A. Philbrick, Oldtown.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
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The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
Maine Pensions.

Washington. August 27.-The following
pensions have been granted to Maine
people:
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30

When the prices current Of the great
staples of life fall, it shows that more