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| r!ngton, King Menelik is really engaged in
| playing one European power against an
| other. He Is not likely to help either the
| French expedition of Marchand nor to him
der 1t in any way, neither is he likely to
antagonize the English. If he can further
his own plans for the enriching of his
kingdom, however he is as likely to join
forces with France as not. Meanwhile
England has determined that if he attempts
to check the Cape to Cairo" railroad he
will follow the road that the Mahdi had
to walk. England is determined to make
practical and speedy answer to Cecil
Rhodes cabled query from Capetown to
General Kitchener at Khartoum, "When
are you coming DOWN." She is going down
at once.
In treating with King Menelik the Brit
ish government has to keep its official eye
carefully alert as to the actions of Meme
lfk's principal adviser, Russian soldier of
fortune named Leontieff.
This worthy, who is Menelik's Bismarck
is filled with an undying hatred of the
English and his head Is full of schemes
In the event of a general European war,
which will find England matched against
Russia, of throwing Meneliks army of 100-
600 men against the British forces in Egypt
and the Soudan and selling the whole val
ley of the Nile for his peace-loving master,
the car.
Leontieff first came into prominence In
African affairs after Meneliks defeat of the
italian expedition. He was said to be at the
head of a band of missionaries who were
endeavoring to convert Menelik and his fol-
lowers to the Russian church He was re.
ported to have carried to the Abyssinan
king 100 Bibles from the car.
When the Bibles arrived at the kings
court, however, they were found to be large
packing cases full of NICE shiny Martins
The gift of those Bibles was so very OPP
perfume that Meneik took Leontieff into
his favor at once. and since then he has
been a thorn in the flesh of the British
diplomatic and military body. A native
king" with advisor like this Russian is
apt to cause a large number of additions to
England's output of blue-books.
Tho route for the railway which Cecil
Rhodes is advocating from Cape Town to
the shores of the Mediterranean is 1880
miles long. OF tina: distance. 500 miles is
already completed. leaving 5000 miles 10 be
built Mr.. Rhodes intends to pioneer his
railway with the telegraph. A telegraph line
has already Leon established to the center
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LA Nocho Buena" At the Spanish Capital

LA Nochc Buena" At the Spanish Capital
Madrid, Dec. 9.
Spaniards do not so much celebrate
Christmas Day as Christmas Eve, La
Noche Buena.''
The royal children look forward to
Christmas Eve, and the two princesses are
still much interested, though they are now
IS and 16. The young king is even more
eager. They join tdeir mother in the even
ing with their attendants and the Austrian
and English governesses, Paula Czerin and
Eta Hughes.
The gathering goes into a brilliantly
lighted hall, where stands Christmas tree
and tables laden with presents sent for
members of the royal family and those
prepared by Dena Chistina and her chill
dren for her household and their servants
The king and his sisters rush to inspect
the presents and to examine the Austrian
Christmas tree. There are Partisan souve-
Mrs from Queen Isabella and King Fran
cisco, English Christmas presents from the
Infanta Eulalia, the Bavarian gifts of the
Infanta Paz and her husband, and from
distant Vienna come proofs of the sym
pathy of members of the house of Haps-
burg.
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shoals and hidden bars. The land is mere
ly sand. All along the seacoast the land
rises in bluff formation, So 70 and 100 feet
above the water In calm days there is
smooth, slanting beach making down in
the waters edge from the base of the
bluff. At these times there is nothing t.
indicate the nature of the famous shore.
But when northeast gale comes up this
beach disappears, and the white-capped
rollers beat far up on the sandy bluff.
The sea annually eats up a foot OF the
coast line
From this constant pounding the sand is
washed seaward and finally forms hidden
bars, which change their positions yearly.
While the landsman imagines that all is
clear sailing, the coasting sailors know
that miles out from land are these SUBJ
marine traps.
Peaked Hill Bar is nearly at the tip of
the cape. Fifteen miles south is Highland
light and twenty-five miles further south
is Nauset light.
This stretch of coastline is known as
sailors graveyard on account Of the
many ships that have struggled in the
waters, only to go down, and every foot of
the coastline is patrolled by life-saving
men, as fearless a lot as can be found in
the government service.
Gus shoals of Vineyard Sound. Here rocks
are found, and the worst wreck heretofore
in the history Of New England was caused
by the tickle breakers off Martha's Vine
yard.
Famous Wrecks There
One of the famous wrecks was that of the
British ship Jason on December S, 1893. She
went ashore between Peaked Hill and High
land Light bars. Only one of the thirty
on board was saved
The Jason was a 1.6O0-ton ship, eighty
days out from Mauritius for Boston. The
gale drove her on to the bar and the life
saving men almost succeeded in rescuing
the crew. A line was shot in the Jason's
rigging, but the sailors were too weak to
help themselves. Suddenly boy Samuel
j. Evans, appeared before the watchers on
shore as If by magic, huge wave casting
him up at their feet The gale was SO Sc
we're that the strong ship was broken in
two amidships few minutes after she
struck. Evans had climbed up the fore
mast, the others climbing the main and
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REDUCED RATES TO NEW ORLEANS
VIA ALABAMA GREAT SAUTH-
ERN RAILROAD.

On account of the annual meeting of the
Southern Educational Association, New Or
leans, La, December 27-3O, 1898, the Ala
bama Great Southern railroad will sell
tickets to New Orleans from all points at
a rate of one-fare plus $500 for the round
trip Tickets on sale December 1921 and %,
final | nit January g. 1899.
Solid vestibu.ed train carrying through
sleepers and coaches via this line.
Call on or communicate with Il. M. Ellis,
travelling passenger agent, 20l9 First ave-
nue. rmngham, Ala, for further infor-
nation, sleeping car reservations, etc.
12-13-2Sth.
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boat. Finally the hero, Lieutenant Rhodes,
launched a long boat, with the aid of a
volunteer crew, and proceeded as near as
possible to the stranded vessel. He COM
manded those in the rigging to jump over
board. Some obeyed and were picked up.
Finally Lieutenant Rhodes, finding that
some were afraid to jump and it being
impossible to get nearer the wreck with
the wreck, jumped overheard and syam TO
the wreck, jumped overheard and swan
to the staemer. Climbing up the rigging,
ne assisted thos remaining to the boat,
Rhodes al once became known all over
the world, and congress gave him a vote
of thanks.
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IN MEMORIAM.
Germans Pass Resolutions on Death O.
Robert Warnock.

A set of resolutions recently adopted by
the Birmingham German Turn Verein on
the death of Robert Warnock, late chief
deputy sheriff of the county and neatly
framed in a black and gold frame, were
yesterday sent to Mrs. Warnock in accord
ance with provision.
The resolutions were beautifully executed
on large card and We're framed by the
attaches of the sheriff's office. The word
ing was as follows:
IN MEMORIAM
WHEREAS,
The murderous hand of an assassin has
cruelty destroyed the life of our beloved
friend and member
ROBERT WARNOCK
Therefore be it resolved, That we deeply
deplore the untimely and sudden death of
our departed friend; that we express to the
bereaved widow and children our deepest
sympathy; that we drape the charter of
our society in mourning for the space of
sixty days; that a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the family of our departed friend
and that a page in the minutes of So
ciety be dedicated to the memory of the
deceased member.
EMIL LESSER, President.
MAX KARPELES, Secretary.
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CAPE COD, THE
SHIPS GRAVEYARD
Traps of Shifting Sand Ever Set
for Prey-HundredsofSaiI-
orS Buried There.

Cape Cod, December 23.-The queer hook
OF land known as Cape Cod has eclipsed
its own record In the loss of the steamer
Portland with every person on board. The
record is a long and terrible one. For
generations a wide berth has been given by
seafaring men to that portion of the cape
from Monomoy Point, on the southern end
of the cape. to Peaked Hill Bar, the north
ern end.
On the sea side of the cape are many
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Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup

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Died of Meningitis

Nashville, Tenn, December 24-Three
Mississippi soldiers left in the hospital al
Columbia when the First and Second regi-
gifts. They We're: Private Nunnally, Com
pany B, Second Mississippi, from Green
wood; Private Lee Ellis, Company F, First
Mississippi, from Brandon; Private J. III.
Adams, Company ID, Second Mississippi.
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mizzen masts. The foremost was the only
one to stand, and Evans was washed
ashore. In the morning the fore end of
the ship was seen to be 100 yards nearer
shore than the stern.
The Portlands loss of life eclipses that
of tho City of Columbus, which was lost
on Gay Head on January II, 1884. Of those
on board, 1872 souls. 100 were drowned. The
steamer was bound from Boston to Savan-
nah. She carried eighty-seven passengers
and a crew of forty-fve. At first the cause
of the wreck was a mystery, but the blame
finally was laid on Captain Wright and he
lost his pilots license.
Rhodes, the Hero
With no gale and no snow, in clear
night this ship, fine one, went ashore on
Devils Bridge, miles out of her course.
The steamer filled rapidly, and the passen-
gers did not have time to dress. They
rushed for the rigging, clad in their night
robes. Some did not even get out of the
cabin. The wind increased and the spray
froze as it fell. Those still living clung
benumbed, in the rigging.
1t was then that one hero appeared, the
prominent figure of that night. Through
his own efforts he saved more than thirty
lives. The revenue cutter Dexter bore
down on the wreck. 1t was impossible for
the cutter to get near the wreck, and the
heavy sea made it dangerous to launch a
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Defined

From Harper's Bazaar.
Little Mike-Feyther. phwot fs an octo-
genarian?
McLubberty-An octogenarian. me by, Is
q mon thot has eight toes on aich fut.
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CURED OF HSTHMh
After 35 Years of Suffering.

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Bears thu +, The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-23
Centuries ago, people used to fear what

Centuries ago, people used to fear what
they called the pestilence. "Black
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-23
Sam Jones and Talmage.

Sam Jones is the embodiment Of an
audacity that sometimes comes very
near the border line Of discourtesy. A
clergyman who often assists him in his
series of meetings told me the other day
this story in the early history of Mr..
Jones' evangelistic work: He was in
vited by DR.. Talmage to hold series of
meetings in the Doctors Brooklyn
church. Mr.. Jones went to DR.. Tai
mage's home during the afternoon of
the day on which his engagement began
and introduced himself. Mr.. Talmage
looked him over and was evidently lit
tie taken aback at the rather shabby ap-
pearance Of the evangelist. As it ap-
preached evening he said, "Brother
Jones, would you take it amiss if I pre-
sented you with new suit Of clothes?"
Certainly not, said the accommodate
ing Samuel. He was taken to clothier
and fitted from head to foot, topping all
with high hat.
At church the doctor introduced him
as the Rev. Samuel P. Jones from
Georgia Mr.. Jones arose with his new
hat in hand and repeated, eyes, the
Rev. Samuel P. Jones from Georgia, +"
and added: "And this is the new suit
of clothes and this the new hat your
pastor has presented to Inc. If your pas
tor had as much Of the grace of God in
his heart as he has pride, he would con-
vert all Brooklyn and would not need
me. "-Homiletic Review.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-23
THE FIGHTING GURKHAS.
Something About the Men Who Win Som
of England's Battles.

Something About the Men Who Win Some
of Englands Battles.
The Gurkhas, to whose valor we owe
80 much on the Indian frontier, are not
afraid of death in any shape or form,
have the instinct Of instant and upques-
tioning obedience to orders from supe-
riors and take an actual and physical
delight in fighting. 1t is popular error
to suppose that they are without caste.
There are about 13 different castles
among them and several subdivisions in
each caste, but when serving in British
regiments and while on campaign
Gurkhas do not allow their caste sys-
tenn to interfere with their comforts and
will eat and drink freely with Euro
peans and among themselves. They have
no objection to taking pull at Brit
ish soldiers flask and will share a
"ohapati" with the most menial camp
follower. They will gladly take cigar
or tobacco from a European, but on no
account must a man of one caste amoke
in the company Of another.
All Gurkhas trace their descent from
the Rajputs Of central India, the Thap-
pas and Gurungs especially claiming to
have the bluest Hindoo blood in India
running in their veins. They have,
however, intermarried for generations
with Mongo1ian women. One would
imagine therefore that In process Of
time distinctly new type, combining
the leading characteristics Of both races,
would have been evolved, but as mat
ter Of fact the vast majority Of Gurkhas
are either Aryan or Chinese in their
cast Of countenance. Europeans general
" suppose that all Gurkhas are squat
men, with broad nostrils, high cheek
bones and deep set, narrow eyes. This
is not the case. The Second Gurkhas
regiment has large numbers Of Gurungs
and Thappas in it's ranks who are Of a
slight build, with beautifully chiseled
and sharp features, Aryans every inch.
Gurkhas have one physical peculiar
ity-their stature is below the aver
age. AS they do not wear boards and
their mustaches, in spite of much care,
never attain luxuriant growth, to
q casual observer Gurkha regiment
appears to consist of boys, not men. 1t
is On record that when Lord Roberts
was marching through the Kurram the
Pathan women and children came out
to jeer at the striplings whom he was
leading, as it seemed, to their certain
death, and they only changed their
opinion when, largely owing to the
heroism of these same Gurkhas, the At
CHAN army was driven headlong from
the Peiwar Kotal
The colonel Of distinguished regi-
ment used to tell a story of a Pathan
who had travelled long distance to get
glimpse Of the terrible soldiers that
had defeated his countrymen. When he
saw the little boyish looking Gurkhas
standing guard at the Bala Hissar, he
committed suicide "for very shame, F"
at least-and this is the best part Of the
story-so the guard declared when asked
to explain the presence of the dead
body.-London News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-23
In the whole of Europe the women have
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Nervous prostration is term com
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-23
Distressing Stomach Disease

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Irving to Make 1t Out.

Theodore declared myself, Alfred,
but don't know whether she accepted
me or not. That's what I'm trying to
make out, you know.
Alfred-What did you say to her?
Theodore-I said that I thought the
world Of her, and she said, cts queer
world" That was all, don't you know,
and deuced If 7 know whether it meant
she is in love with me or ot-Boston
Transcript.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-23

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
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GIaginn.

Blackwood set high value on Ma
ginn's contributions. "There is one pc
culiar excellence" he writes, "in this
writer which strikes us Scotsmen-his
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however praeticed as writer, Is mas
ter of the English tongue SO as to be
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Maginn was a brilliant but unman-
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habits had brought him to a premature
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score Of jingling rhymes:
Here, early to bed, lies kind William Maginn
Light for long was his heart, though hi!
breeches were thin,
But at last he was beat and sought help from
the bin.
Barring drink and the girls, l ne'er heard of {
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Many worse, better few, than bright, broker
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