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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

most prevalent among the troops. the
causes of such prevalence and the best
methods for eradicating them. Colonel
Greeneaf is directed not only to commune
cate with the department on this subject,
but to make his recommendations YER
bally and in writing to the officers COM
manding the military posts and districts in
volved. Inquiry also will be directed to
the class of medicines most In use in the
field and those desired by medical officers
with a view to making any necessary
changes in the departments supply tables.
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Centre Mills, Tex. Dec. 10th.

Centre Mills, Tex. Dec. 10th.
am "a years old and my health be.
came 90 bad that was In bed for year.
saw your Wine Of Cardul recommended
for the Turn Of Life, and used six bottles
Of II. and now am up and doing my
homework.
JANE BAKER.
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Have Reached Cnha

Washington, December 9.-The Two Hun
dred and Second New York Volunteers have
reached Cuba Arrangeents are making for
the shipment of the Tenth cavalry from
Charleston. They are now at Huntsville
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Thousands of testimonial letters read:
Hoods Sarsaparilla has cured me of ca
tarrh.
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JANE BAKER.

Minter City. Miss. March IS. 1898.
! was sick In bed when got your
medicine. have taken nine doses Of
Wine Of Cardui with Black. DrauSht As
needed and ! feel better than have felt
In twelve years. ! am recommending the
medicine to all sick and afflicted women.
JANE McLEMORE.
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Globe, Ind. Ter, Dec. End.

used two bottles Of McElree's Wine Of
Cardui and some Black. Draught last sum.
mer, before, and one bottle after confine.
ment. and done better than ever before,
It being my fourth child. am in better
health now than have been in years.
Your medicine Is all you claim for II.
MRS. ORA PAGE.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

s I CO... Pick Leaf" sm ol, hnsF roDeeo
does not make every mouth as sweet as a
rose, but comes mighty nigh"-does give
every one most delightful smoke. Try it,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

CaroIeen. N. c., Feb. z. 1898.
My wife has been weakly for four
years and nothing but Wine Of Car.
dus has done her any good.
GEO. w. CARPENTER.
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RendviIIe, Ohio, April Fl, 1898.
MRS. ANNIE BARETTE.

Rendville. Ohio. April Fl. 1898.
Three weeks ago was so could not
stand on my feet, but after taking one
bottle Of Wine Of Cardui can 60 as
please and do my work easily. have
helped many Other women by telling
them Of Wine Of Cardui.
MRS. SARAH l. JONES.
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Further, 1854 students and ex-students
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Mi!lersburg, Iowa. Jan. 81, 1898.
have tried one bottle OF Wine Of
Cardui and one package Of Thed.
ford's Black. Drausht and they drive
away the hard pains always have
before my periods.
MRS. A. REINliART.
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Patrick. W. Va, Nov. 18th.
Nobody will ever know the terri.
bic agony that my wife has endured
from Falling Of the Womb in the
past. Two weeks ago she began
using McElrec's Wine Of Cardui and
lack.Draught. and from the first
dose she has felt relieved and to-day
she Is better than she has been in
three years.
W. J. JENKINS.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

iaurer thr inharitars at their aid 5pu. lenee. Year h9 venf fhe quainfly lald out grounds wsrs falliuz luto neglect and Che artiaclal ruins were rrunbliuH ln vefifable deeaY Onee Ihe Casino held a collection of antique sculpture su fnna that Napoleon carried them afT to Paris and the indemnity promised to the Prince Bofzhese of fhat day 11- pun.ua0 frnuea #waa never paid Buf the petlesnls we're not left uneccupied au1 Co fhls dny the Casluo ls one of the sights of Rome
 The grounds themselves are in way lts Hyde Park lt ls here that ln the srason In Inc winter montha and in The carly spring. the fashion of the modern city is seen md senreely day passes but fhe scarlet liveriea show that the king or queen ls driving Ia the grounds This "olpn space Was toa intimately associated with mAny sides of the life of modern Rome ta allow of lts being sacrificed to the builder. The municipality has bought lt from the family. to whom will he paid for the conversion an annuity of t'io0o year London NeWs
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I "Cry of the Heart |"

A story is tol'. of sehoelboy who was given an opportunity to near q great deal about some recent eNplOra- tions ill Africa. under the supposition that he would be much interested in 1t. but who turned from the whole sub ject with weariness.
 Don't you like to hear about what all these great explorers are doingY he was asked.
 Hardly, sir" answered the boy; you'll excuse me. but 1t seems to me that there's enough geography al ready" y"-Youth's Companion.
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hr,ad serse inefficient A a NFztef Ia Che Loudou supea.ar pufs e "Iarf a.qrF quite surlsf,fs Ia anything IarY knaa fbalr government Is roHfuHt. HuE sasz da aaf purify f ahsT kaoe Maf fae.F army meks organization. buf gIey aIa Hat arzanlse II faef1cHneH extends fHrsuga al la.'if raniIe. slgIs! zadHs fsIu and snmmarcai lfe 4rt while Fans rerHstva fhs Hrffz-fs HhrF have aut ths ruerzf e. apply tbe remedy. IuELtHI France. Germany md ialy have largely -strulr1 fH"If ealwrul f=H-#='zsuHz. and hatr known how ta govern fhsir zuhHerf raHrs +4 Iz ta maintain art only peace. 1Hd af,ler. but sa d drEr<. thr saufrufusnt and -Nzsi- Hfl uf fIr natives over Wham they rule SP.ln aluus has aeuuirsd nu aew terrlfury. and hIs e1 mlzcaF"rn,vl what sar had that even her cslua.stz of SIsln- isu b.rnl have hecn Ia revolt against arr u every quarter nt fhe glab,s n ls mlsA ,sls.,.r to -tlte these fasfs thlu Co eNp plain fhsu. Tims wns when Spau WIs a epuqueror She pn,ducd the bolde~t Hdyeutur'rs. tbe mast enter. pri='us meech nf=. tAc nost audnc.ous leaders uf expeditions asrp>s th,. stsi. ta eNtend her power unl inerase her wealth Tp-dJyupianntly all the tiert,e u.sss ut the Spln'Ard remains. and all his pride; but of energy of tae quality that persists eutl un end .s reached he has noae Perhaps all thls !s not true of che people of northern Spaln; but they do lot govern the country. nor s.ve the characteristic tone to the race. Al tAe.r faults-thelr pride which makes I unUgui1ed to exert them selves thc!r hove of ease. thelr hidden ro5t of .netlicicuey." tu quote again from The Sprctatar-an these faults are rNagrrated n the aristocracy and the ruling elaSs II We cannot explain why the Span.aris of today possess these traits. thc traits themselves explain why t,ls government k so had. why Che colonies are !n rebellion, why the treass ury .s hankrupt
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Greedy Little Fish.

The little fish known as miller's thumb-the fresh water sculpin-is one of the natural checks on the overpro- the eggs and the young fish. It is found in all trout waters as fast as eXamineds It is very destructive. At an experi- ment once made in the aquarium of the United States Fish Commission Tn Washington q miller's thumb about four and one-half inches long ate at q single meal. and all within minute or two. twenty-one little trout, each from three quarters to an inch In length.
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vANDAl HANDS ARE STAYED.
Grounds of the Borshese Villa Pur-
 chased by the Government.

An "open space" that has European reputation has long been threatened and has now at last been rescued from the speculative builder. In no capital has he been more active lately, or more ferocious. than in Rome. He found the old city marble and he Is rapidly leav- ing 1t plaster. Every one who knows Rome will remember the beautiful grounds of the Villa Borghese. just out side the city walls, high upon the Pin clan hill. Thence you look down on the city stretching southward beyond you and can see the sun setting behind St. Peters.
 In the healthiest quarter of Rome this site was the very opportunity of the speculative builder. if chance were to cast 1t into the market. And of this there has lately been an alarming prob ability. The Borghese family were no
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The ladruue or Mariana Islands which recently enjoyed their first Fourth of July under tLe American flag. are q chain ot fifteen islands ~aluething over q thousand miles east ot the Philippines. They comprise an area ot about 3'a square miles. They are et volcanic formation. The name I.adrout> ur Islas de las Ladroncs sig u.fi,.s tA, "ISlaaIs of the Thieves and wa- given them by Portuguese sailors ot the Shlp'S crew ot Magellan on ae- connf of the thievtng prupcns!ties of the natives Magellan who discover ed them in l12l. styled them ''ISlas de lls NciaS Latinas," or islands of the La-reu sails" They were named Las Nlariauas- ln 1,asS in honor of Maria Anna of Austria, widow ot King Phil !p ". of Spain. The present popula- ton of the islands. roughly estimated at s.oou. .s a mixture such as inhabits the Philippines. with the Malay pre- dominating In numbers. The island upon whlch old Glory has been hoisted l. called Guaham. or Guam. It is the largest and southernmoSt of the group, and contains the only town in the col nny. San Ignacio de Agana. and the fortified harfor of Cfnata. The islands are very fertile. The climate. though humid. k saluhrious. and the heat Is not 50 great as at the Philippines, be ing tempered by the trade winds. So boanfiful Is nature that when the Span iards took the territory in 1GGs II was supporting Il population estimated at from 4u.0u0 to GO.1on. The native peo- plp were called by the Spaniards Cha morro>.@ They were d branch of the far hoiyueSian race. Owing to the superior resources of the islands and to more frequent contact with western influence they are described as the most advanced people of Micronesia. They made stubborn resistance to Spanish conquest, and as usual in such casr~ the Spani0rd> practically wiped them off the earth. although II took longer to eXterminate them thau II did tLe Ic~~ rolsl-r and efficient peoples of the Wp~, India islands. for there were in 114l. after over seventy years of 
 Spanish slauELteI vet l.sl6 of the na- lives aliy" The stands have been If cons >lderabe iatel-.>t to scientists Among the remains of q prehistoric race found there are stone columns. fourteen feet nigh. ~urmounted by glohuIar stones nearly SlN feet in diameter, structures connected with ancient warshp>. probably. Immense herds of WiId eattle formerly roamed the islands. milk white in color with black ears. and they ware cited hy nar- win as tending ia support the pre>ump- ton that white was the primal color of the genus Ros. Among the distinguish ed travellers who nave visited the grodr was Lord Byron.
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than her slster-ln-lnw That was. how eyer. In the very carly days of Queen Christina widOwhoud and before the country had become accustomed to her gracious hand. The Infanta EulalR was married at the age of 22 to Prince Antoine of Bourbon orleans. a brother of the Count de Paris. The lnfAuta has two sons. the younger of whom will soon celebrate his tenth birthday.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

When q war breaks out those on both sides are apt to underrate their enemy
 No doubt in the present war our coun- trymen were too ready to say that the Spanish could not or would not fight. and that victory would be easy and speedy Nevertheless, while that was a mistake, 1t is a fact which other peo- pie beside Americans see and declare. that .hA Sna niards of to-day are in a
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 The beautiful and delicate cOlors ob- served on the eggs of birds are not very fast to light more especially when they belong to the lighter class of color.
 Four of the Montana willows, with one from the island of Unalaska are the smallest shrubs of Sallcaceae in the world. One of these growing often only half an inch high. Is believed to be the smallest species of willow ever known.
 If the land surface of the globe were divided and allotted in equal shares to each of It's human inhabitants. it would be found that each would get plot of twenty-three and one-half acres, but much of II would not be worth having.
 A new method of preserving wood from decay, known as the Haskin proc ess, Is being tried on a large scale in England Instead of withdrawing the sap and injecting creosote or some oth- CT antiseptic substance. as Is usually done, MT. Haskin submits the wood to superheated air. under pressure of fourteen atmospheres. Under this proc ess. 1t Is averred. the sap Is chemically changed Into a powerful antiseptic mix. ture. which, by consolidating with the fiber. strengthens as well as preserves the wood.
 The live" electric wire Is said to be used with great success by lion-tamers in impressing upon their savage pupils the utter hopelessness of m attack on l., t,, t1, .,,tIyr stages of education 1t sometimes starts for its tanner when the latter's back Is | turned. Formerly the only security for the man was in keeping sharp outlook over his shoulder. Now he can have charged wire stretched across the cage in front of the beast and if the latter i touches the wire he gets a lesson which makes deeper impression than the cut of whip.
 The Los Angeles Ocean Power Com. pany has. at Poteneia Beach, Califor- nia- metallic pier $50 feet long, at the outer end of which are three floats ten by ten feet in dimension. which rise and i fall with the incoming waves. By means of pistons the floats force water | Into a reservoir on the bank. The up- per part of the reservoir contains air, which, being compressed. forces the water through a nozzle upon P-lton water wheel. which Is thus driven Tt a high rate The water wheel supplies power to a dynamo. Each float deYel- l ops between two and three horse-pow- CT. The managers of the enterprise are represented as being well satisfied with l the results.
 On the Grand River near Moab iu Utah exists a remarkable natural bridge" of which photograph was re- gently made by a Moab photographer. MT. Arthur Winslow, of Kansas City, | ln forwarding the photograph to Sci ence, says that the span of the bridge is estimated to be 500 feet, and its height 150 feet. MT. Winslow thinks 1t Is a product of erosion by wind He has himself made photographs of sim liar formations, on q smaller scale, in the same region of country. The ex- cavating agents are the grains of sand whired by the wind. Starting with a depression in the friable sandstone rock. the blasts of flying sand rapidly excavate pot-holes in comparatively flat surfaces and windows" in stand. ing walls and isolated buttes.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

CT for large New York house and was formerly for many years in the same capacity with a Chicago firm. He had safely crossed the ocean siXty-fOur times The children were exception ally bright. Carola was aged Q and Mildred ,.
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Thick Skins.

Congo negroes are remarkable for their thick skins. A case Is mentioned of a black slashed with a razor In q scuffie. The hospital surgeon broke two needles in trying to put In the stitches, and at last was driven to use a brad oul
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rAg laFAnrA EulAliA.

apsaish Princes Who Visited rhta
 CauuIrF DuFtaz the Wartdss ratr.
 Thr Trlncaa Eulal.a wao Fppfesent ed spain al tHe Worlds Falf ls sssap. Ing murh that Ia dtsagrsahlr in heF own and as zhe Is s0j8urniug Ia Eng husL Princes Eulli.a was for many years only thlrd ,n tbe succession, and zhs n Fnry popular ln Spain. whsrv ut ona flmp T vas aaii openly that sha would have made a much hsstfer regent
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LITTLE VICTIMS OF THE SEA
Two Pretty Children Who Went Down
 in La Bourgogne.

Carola and Mildred Schultz, two pret- ty childpn. went down in La Bour- gogne with their parents. MT. and Mrs. Albert Schultz. of New York. MT. Schultz was engaged as European buy
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Rr,tish Wars Since 1887.

Since 1887 the British nation, though the greatest of her interests is peace, has gone to war no fewer than forty one times. Many of the wars" were little more than military parades, like the sending of troops to Benin.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

there is reason to believe that the guile less-loolling nut is aiding smugglers, out come the customs nut-crackers. Opium is frequently brought into the country in that way. The drug is pack ed in the shells of a Chinese nut, very much like our walnut, and is sent to America in that shape.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

Uooley. tLe London promoter, who made d fortune of many millions iu q few years. hut who has now been al- judged a bankrupt Is said b declare that he uas 'blaekmailel" To the point 1f embarrassment by interruptions newspapers The assertion nay he substantially true. yet it offers little ground fnr sympathy. Honest meu, eu- gagged a legitimate enterprises. are not in danger of "blaeknail." which i, slnl- ply the tribute one rascal pays ,o an- other
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

Accor,llas to a musical authority. the moo.u< f a COW is set fo d perfect afta, oejave or tenth. the bark ot d dug .o a fourth or htth; the uelshins or d Aor~t. i~ a des,r-nt ou tAr chromdtic scale: sA.lc the donles brays in a per fec, octave. Yrt II k thought t4at the qualty "f rhe lankey's voice night be improved, Possibly the 'imhre ot tae violin ui-ht be represented by the squeal of tAe pig; but hue ear detects difference.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21
A Clock Run by the Wind.

There Is a clock in Brussels which has never been wound up by human hands. It is kept going by the wind.
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because she couldn't find a man to suitor.
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Ro,l,na-Pin Win Serve. Som time,

Men differ," said the feminine per son of varied experience. "Some can be conquered with tears, but with others 1t is necessary to resort to the hatpin." Enquirer.
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The k.as ot Siam has sentenced one of li, ministers pt state To cur grass for tAc royL elephants for the rest ot Ais natural I.~. Iu otAor wori9. he has ,,.cn ,,.uJ To .,rI>s hy royal deerees and S.u la1v u steady toa unui he !s no mower
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Agltaalloaould unprst.eaahly rafh- CT -s~. 5ry's-ly rl-e uot zrt n" S21oUu offered Tor hs~ head thlu to he himself thIf .luca sAurl
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sara l.-uGlrlt mf rmv Inmlrt huI [ - ,rIrel sar VII lp sg with slaIsr .aler-aulIuz
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tseu-ru FI-shueb I.,, uuel hls h,rs.. eIlaus," Th'- bstk- .5kr an uu- u,s.a~-.lrf 'adteu.tF To a uohl' animal
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

HhH .lurrs ire mpa--.hle. if the Ioa- are sa nssI af national flower aoa would manruu- -ar.e- dei
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

The Use ef ;he word Yankee 70 denote primarily an .nhabitaut ot New En- gland. and hy eNteneion one living in the Northern States a> distinguished from Sputherner k uo longer aceu- rate. EN-S"aator Butler of south Car oliua lost l pair of held-gla~ses during battle in the civil war, wien he was severely wounded Tak.ug the held ns a ma3or-general in the service of the United States. he Is to use again tne glasses recently restored to him. The last time 1 used these" he sad lately, T was Confederate officer Now am a Yankee" No patriotic cirizen will take any exception to this latest delini- ton of what constitutes d Yankee.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

Listen to a woman talk five minutes, and you will hear her say, "lt's just a shamew ten times.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

The annual report of the Suez Canal Company for 1S97 shows the Use that Is maGe of that waterway aud gives some indication of what might be eX- pected of the Nicaragua canal when il Is constructed. During the year 2.aSG vessels. with 19l.215 passengers, pass cd through the canal. of these 9l5 Were English. 325 German. 2u6 butch. 202 French, 1S Austrian. Il Italian, 4s Spanish. 4S Norwegian. II Russian. 3G JapaneSe. the remainder being Turk ish. Chinese, Egyptian, American B, Danish, SiaHese, Mexican. portugucse and Swedish. The gross tonnage was I.S99,3T3.~41. There was decline both In the number of vessels and tonnage In 1897, k compared with the Ireccd- Ing Year, which is attributed 10 the commercial crisis which began in ls9G. but was offset by the receipts of the canal from military expeditions. The India trade furnishes about half of the traffic passing through the canal. but that was badly affected last year by the famine and failure of the crops The navigation receipts Were about $14. .1S3. GSU and the net dividends were about SIS.
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OPIUM STRUGGLED IN NUTS
The Drug Is Frequently Brought Into
 the Country in That Way.

One of the duties of the custom house officials in San Francisco Is nut-crack- ing. They do not open all the nuts which enter the port but whenever
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

Ultimately international law may say something a tae premises Hut mtl this ult,on gets ready otherwise ean- uou llA must prevail
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21

X 1ahlrgram from Madrid says that ''.t l.,> practically been deeid,-i ny Cap taiu Auuou thlt heucvforth the pr!nri- pu additions Id the spanish navy will be of the submarine tyie." Like thc ships of Muutejo aad Gcrvera:
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Fms talk ot new and mysterious spans revenue l-plicy. As everything else Is tlN.-L SD its trying to Lax popu- klr crrdulIty.
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Fa. Iau had #H.a arl fiua af lt .n ts.p r.af tueHe slm leyd-l 10 hrfH l.I a.f
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s4a=.I=t =user#8 severely 5fnm 2 esa- .aafs4.tsI H ta- Na#uvus.
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One-half the world makes good hv. ing working the other half.