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The age-herald., 1898-02-13
The Corning Pugi1ist Of the TNuentietf1 Century


and he is going to meet Choynskl. and he would like to meet Corbett and Fitzsim- mons.
 If I wanted to be a pugilistic prophet and peer into the future I should say that within a year two things will happen. Corbett and Fitzsimmons will meet again, not in New York City, but west or south Carson City is about the only place where they can have their fight. There are those who say 1t can take place in New York, but this is foolish, for the legisla- ture will not allow it.
 Still acting as a seer, should say that Mccoy will meet both Maher and Choyn- ski, and from his present form should best both of them.
 Then will come the great match between Mccoy and Fitzsimmons, or if Corbett knocks out Fitzsimmons there will be a match between Mccoy and Corbett. Me- Coy will challenge year from now, who ever he may be. I understand that he would like to fight them now, but they will not fight him yet, though his money deposit is up and he is ready and Will ing And I don't blame them Prize fighting is hard work, and when pugil- ist leaves the stage, where he earns thous- auds of dollars every week, for the long training and the terrors of the prize ring he wants to be pretty sure that he is go- ing to get fame as well money.
 Well. then, after Corbett and Fitzsim- mons have had their bout, then will come the fight between Mccoy and the cham pion.
 And Mccoy-well, I am not going to say
The age-herald., 1898-02-13
X Rays on the Soldiers Lungs.

From the Medical Record.
 The most important and far-reaching ap- plication of the Roentgen rays is that pro- posed by Prof. Kelsch, one of Frances most eminent military doctors, and is noth- ing less than the precise precocious diag- nosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Prof. Kelsch brings us the possibility of prompt ly eliminating from the aTny all those young latent tuberculous patients whose disease cannot be detected by the ordinary means of percussion and ausculation, but vino soon become worse, contaminate their comrades, and finally, too late, are re- formed, as the French say-that is, taken out of actual service. The great value of this application of the Roentgen rays Is apparent when we consider the alarming five soldiers examined. The number of men in the service will be thus diminished very sensibly. That, I admit, is draw back from military standpoint, but only apparently. On the other hand, how many young men saved from the overcrowding in barracks, dampness, hard tasks and ex- posture to the weather may be returned to the pure air and simple life of the country, at @ period when tuberculosis is still cur- able! I have known such cases cured sim ply by living in the country and riding on horseback. And when we think that one fifth of the total mortality rate is due to tuberculosis, we are more than ever im- pressed with the great scope of usefulness of the Roentgen rays in this particular, to say nothing of its application to civilians
The age-herald., 1898-02-13

When at last he tore himself away he thought he had never been entertained more pleasantly in his life. Of course, he was invited to call again, and, of course, he accepted the invitation. In fact, his calls at the modest parsonage were exceedingly frequent from that time on, and it was not many weeks before he decided sooner or later to ask a partic-
 ularly important question of the girl who
 had frightened his horse, and then another of her father
 It was not until the following July, how ever that he was able to muster up enough courage to put these interroga- tlons.
 field before he met Miss Kissam but 1t is of record that the following July he acted as superintendent of the Sunday school | connected with her fathers church, and that the entire school went somewhere on picnic in that month.
 Miss Nissan was a teacher, and both the young folk were naturally kept jretty
 busy all day long.
 Proposal Under the Trees But some time before the close of the day they found 1t possible to take a quiet stroll together afar in the grove where the picnic was held. When they had got away from the others young Vanderbilt stam- mered out his story and asked his ques-
 tion. After the story had been listened to and the question answered in the way he wished he took from his pocket keen bladed penknife, and with 1t carved an in scription in the smooth bark of a maple tree. This inscription read: . ls
 l. MT. and Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt. : . *.sss | He had cut it just to see how it would l look, and It's appearance was so gratifying | to both the young folk that they remained | to gaze upon it long enough to worry the | other picnickers about their absence and l cause the sending of messengers to find | them.
 The question that yet had to be put to l the clergyman too, was answered as the young man desired though, perhaps, with l some hesitancy. Possibly this was in part | because of the young mans rather slender 1 financial prospects, for, though his father, l the Commodore, was already quite well-to- l do, William H. had his own way to make
 | in the world, and was known to be some- l what in disfavor at home.
 Nevertheless, a few months later, there
 | was a wedding at which the young horse-
 l man who had been thrown the year before,
 | and the girl whose startled movements had frightened his horse, were the contracting
 parties, while the officiating clergyman
 l was the Rev. Dr. Nissan.
 | As all the world knows, the young bride | groom's subsequent career was such that | the brides father had no cause to regret l the match because his daughter had mar l ried a poor man, for he became the rich | est man of his time. But the pleasantest l feature of it all was that no matter how | much William H. Vanderbilt may have | merited some of the criticisms showered l upon him. his long married life with the l clergyman's daughter was not marred by | single discordant note.
The age-herald., 1898-02-13
SCAREDvANOERB|LT'S HORSE How the Commodore's Son Met
 Miss Nissan. HE PROPOSED AT A PICNIC Inscription Which William H. Cut Into Tree Just to See How It Would Look
 "A Poor Boy Then.

From the New York Press.
 It must have been sixty years ago at least that young man mounted his bay horse early one evening for gallop through the streets of Albany The horse was in fine fettle and the ride was begun with dash that attracted the attention of all bsholders.
 Some who hastened to get out of the way predicted disaster if the pace was con- tinued But the rider smiled at their looks of apprehension as he passed. set tied himself little more firmly in the saddle and increased the speed. He knew a few things about horseback riding him. self and the notion that he could meet with an accident never entered his head. Horse and man presented a fine sight as they careered along in the twilight, for the horse was large and well built, with clean, trim limbs and an arching neck while the young man was of stalwart build and we'll favored countenance.
 As he rode the moon arose, creating high lights here and there that contrasted strongly with the darkening shadows. Eventually, perhaps, the young mans sense of delight in rapid motion began to give way to appreciation of the evenings beauties. At all events, he slackened the
The age-herald., 1898-02-13

People come to me and ask me who will win this fight and that fight, and whom I am backing for this and that match, and I tell them the best and truest l know. But when it comes to naming the next champion pugilist, I hesitate.
 Fitzsimmons will hold his own for long time to come.
 I say this unhesitatingly, although un- willing. In the Carson City fight backed Corbett and lost s7 coo on him as a result. Until the eighth round of that memora- ble battle would have doubled my stakes, and in the sixth round I would have placed my life along with the stakes. But after the battle was over I saw that Fitzsimmons was the best man. It was not chance punch-that solar-plexus bIow-but a scientific blow well delivered from the strongest right arm in the pugil- istc world.
 Fitzsmmons will hold his own for an- other year to come.
 But beyond that year-at the dawning of the twentieth century-there is another pugilist to enter the world.
 And that is Kid" Mccoy.
 ..Kid" Mccoy is as yet only, as his nickname indicates, ''kid." He Is un- developed in body and muscle. in tissue
The age-herald., 1898-02-13
A SURE THING.
This is what you want and what I can

give you in the way of a cure for any form of PRI- VATE D I s < EASE.
 Don't ire t and grieve over your trouble at a time when you should be asleep. T h 8 dark c l O Il d $ that hang over your dejected sbrow can be \ brushed away, and the bright |, sunsh i n e Of happiness be made to light
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When you are thirsty or when you are dry
 Drink our famous Broadway Rye A whislzey that every one can buy. The price is only 75 cents quart, So do not yourself deny
 The pleasure you get out of full quart of this famous rye.
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difficult to find house of any size that has not begun life as a palace. In the middle wing sits the editor writing his leader-a string of Arabic cobwebs down a narrow slip of paper. The editor is a stout man in fez, blue serge and yellow elastic-sided boots, with two warts on his nose and deep blue dimple on his chin; he writes in a light overcoat and rug over his knees, for it is very cold winter clouds halfway over the blue sky, and you must shut your windows by 5.
 He had just finished slip of copy; he rings a bell, and there comes in little brown-faced devil in a fez, blue gown, bare brown legs and slippers. May you see the office? Of course'-and out we go to the left-hand wing of the palace. Here are about six bare rooms, all open to the others the plaster peeling here and there from the high walls. Here stand the cases of curly Arab type-bigger than ours, be- cause the language has more sympols; here are the bare-legged compositors at work. In the next room the paper is go- ing to press on the old-fashioned sort of machine as the white-turbaned, brown legged, white bicycle-skirted native turns at the wheel for his life, the half-printed sheets swing slowly over, one after an- other, a maze of twirls and dots and quig- gles that you would say no man on earth could read.
 And not many can. The sub-editors can, of course-four grave-faced young men In the inevitable fez and overcoat, solemnly translating, and when the .Englishman, who looks as if he had money, returns their salute, as being brother journalists, 1t surprises them much. "But," says the editor, "our circulation Is as large as any in the east, but not large enough to neces- sitate rotary machine; yet we sell 1000 copies daily; it is something in a place like this. It is difficult; other native pa- pers are subsidized hv Frsnce or Turkey or
The age-herald., 1898-02-13

reins a bit as the horse swung round corner into a side street.
 Just ahead in the moonlight he saw a girl upon a crosswalk. At the sudden sound of hoofs she stepped quickly to the shaded footpath. There was a f1utter of lently; moment later the dashing rider lay prone upon the ground, his clothes torn and himself apparently suffering se- verely from the sudden contact of his head against jagged pile of stones.
 An Informal Introduction
 The girl screamed, but, in spite of her fright, she hastened to the fallen horse mans aid. She had hardly reached him when he rose nimbly, brushed the dirt her.
 Are you-are you badly hurt?" asked the girl.
 "Why, no; not at all. It was awkward in me to take such a tumble from my horse.' said the young man. 'T hope I didn't give you too much of a start though Miss-Miss-''
 Miss Kissam,, said the girl, demurely finishing his sentence, while her face turned rosy red in the moonlight.
 As the young man gazed upon her pretty features he suddenly grew faint.
 "I-I don't know but I am a bit more shaken up than I thought was," he stam- mered, "but-Pll be all right in moment"
 q do hope it is not serious" said the girl, again blushng vividly. Tt was all my fault, too. My home is in the next house, and l am sure it would be best for you to go in and rest little, MT. Mr."
 ''Vanderbilt." responded the youth in turn finishing an interrogatory sentence. civilian H. Vanderbit-and-and possibly it would be well for me to accept your in- vitation."
 Acquaintance Well Begun
 So the young man entered the home of the Rev. MT. Nissan, at that time we'll known Lutheran clergyman of the state capital. The minister received his guest hospitably, of course when the accident was explained, and the girls mother bus tied about to make some simple applica- tions to the horseman's hurts While his bruises were being attended to, young Vanderbilt and the minister engaged in conversation on some topic of the day, in which the mother and the daughter joined, and. all forgetful of his horse, the unex- pectcd guest remained the evening through.
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your pathway. During the past tWeiVo years in the city of Birmingham l have worse than you. ,,,, I treat only private. diseases syphilist Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Structure, Womb Trou> You may not know me personally, If not refer you. with. permission fo the First National Bank, the .Ala@ hanna National Bank, Steiner Bros, bankers the Jefferson County savings Bank all of this city, as to my responsiS bility for my contracts.
 I cure many patients by mall treatments Write or call at my office. All consulta1 tions and correspondence strictly conhQeni tial. Offices Jefferson County Bank build1 inr corner 2nd avenue and Fist street, Biry mingham Ala Yours truly.
 Y. B. HOLLOWAY. M. D.,
 Specialist Private Diseases. Proprietor of Holloway's Private Medical Disnensary 1-1-d-w-tf
The age-herald., 1898-02-13
AN EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
Competitors and Pressman in White Turbans
 and Bare Legs.

c. w. Stevens in London Mail
 went the other day to see the editor of an Arab newspaper in Cairo. His office Is a disused palace; all new khedives build new palaces h thia country, so that 1t is
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others; we, because we are independent, must shift for ourselves Still it grows and grows; our paper is read in India and Somaliland."
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downward he can only look at one part of the body at time. The fighter who fights with his head on one side gets an elongated vision that is very advantage ous
 Another advantage of this position, and a very great one, is the sway it gives the pugilist He can avoid blows and at the same time maintain his balance and be
The age-herald., 1898-02-13
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The age-herald., 1898-02-13

Fitzsimmons. The man does not live at present who could do so. But Me Coy is every bit as smart Fitzsimmons and every bit as clever and every inch as good a general might say that he is a cleverer man than Fitzsimmons
 But Mccoy lacks strength-he isn't old enough. Give him another year and then you will see.
 Mccoy is going to meet Peter Maher
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20
Mid-Winter improvements.

In the east the advent Of winter puts
an end to all building operations. Not
20 in the sunsbiny climate OF Colorado
where new houses are constantly boiug
erected regardless Of what month the
almanac shows to be present. Among
the buildings now in progress in Rocky
Ford are the following:
The Ice and Storage Co. is hard at
work on the mammoth ice house, which
is almost completed.
Saml. Robinson, Of Pueblo, who has
purchased land near artesian we'll No.
has contracted with Geo. Daring Sr.,
for fine dwelling. barn ETC., work on
which will proceed ut once.
F. NJ. Hines is building for himself a
good dwelling near Mrs. Fowler's resi-
denco.
Two new gront houses aro going up in
the western part OF town.
w. H. Anderson Is building O brick
dwelling near II. F. Hngen's.
j. NJ. Bellew has about completed his
brick dwelling in the western part OF
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20

Judge Riner of the Federal court
has recently rendered a decision of the
utmost importance, declaring, as it does,
that the right to use water for the pur-
pose Of irrigation is superior to the ripa-
fian rights recognized by the old COM
mon law. The Kansas people who have
talked Of trying to stop irrigation in Col
orado proceeded on the theory that the
ownership Of land carried with it vested
riRht to the riparian use Of stream
flowing through or along such land. This
decision of Judge Riner's is "knock
outD to such pretensions and sustains the
right to draw water from stream for ir-
hgrtion oontrury TO the old common law
doctrine OF riparian rights. The decision
fully recognizes the authority Of Colora-
do over its unnaviguble streams, and
there is not the slightest probability that
congress will ever make an attempt to
override state jurisdiction in respect to
irrigation matters. Hence, il any Of our
people have eyer felt my upeasiness con-
cerning the threat Of the Wichita farmers
they can dismiss their fears and go ahead
with the certainty of getting all the wa.
ter which natural causes place in the
river.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20


When . man breaks down with yiss
dread disease, consumption, and recognizes
his condition, he starts out to 6sh for
health. He tries this thing and that thing.
He eonsults this doctor and that doctor.
He indulges In all kinds of absurd athletic
exercises. He tries frst one climate and
then another. He tries the rest cure and
the work cure. He grows steadily worse.
That 10 the story Of most consumptives.
Finally, when the cousumptive dies, the
doctor shrugs his shoulders and prouounces
consumption incurable. A thirty years.
test Of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
eovery has demonstrated that II cures oS
per cent. Of all cases of consumption, II
taken In the earlier stages of the disease,
eonsumptive thers 10 . weaker spot than
even the lunRs. That spot Is the stomach.
eonsumptive never really begins to die
until his stomach gives out. The Golden
Medical Discovery" not only braces I'D
the stomach, but acts directly on the
iungs, healing them and driving out ali
impurities. Honest medicine deolers viii
not urge you to take an inferior substitute.
80. ~ had i . ys'Z bad cough. also nish.-s.es..
writes Mira Clara 4. Mcintyre, BOZ III, Ash.
land. Middlesex Co, Mass. "a ffiend of mine
dream and told me 10 take Dr.. Pisrce,s co,den
= sy .hs lin. had t.fsn saif i st & &. s"s Sas
bottle FEY much better. kept on untii had
got well and strong again"
Whenever constipation 10 one of the com.
plicating causes Of disease. the most perfect
remedy Is DR.. Pierce'a Pleasant Pellets.
which arc always effective, yet absolutely
mild and harmless. There never was any
remedy invented which can take their
place. They never gripe.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20
Stock Notes.

Cattle have been plentiful in Rocky
Ford this week, and several large sales
have been made. Among the stockmen
in town was H. NJ. Porter Of Denver,
who, in Colorado and New Mexico, ham
dies more cattle than any other man in
the west. Mr.. Porter wns not buying,
but looking after some interests held
here.
W. Il. Lord Of Burlingame. KS.
bought carlosds Of steers Of Louis
Swink.
E. w. Holcomb OF Garden City, KS,
purchased $50 head Of cattle from W. E..
Anderson. They went east yesterday
in II Santa Fe cars.
Mr.. Houston, Clay, Robinson SIS Go.
sheep salesman, was over IN tho Hol-
brook country last week and was much
pleased with the appearance OF the
thousands Of sheep being fattened.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20

The six newspaper publishers Of
Dtero county will meet st the Enterprise
Ohice, Rocky Ford, next Saturday to
consider the propriety Of forming an or
ganization. We suspect that on consul
tation it will be decided that the pro-
posed territory is too small but that an
organization Of the newspaper men Of
the Arkansas valley would be desirable.
The valley from Canon City to the State
line i distinct geographical district and
there 10 eminent propriety in its news
paper men forming an organization for
an exchange Of views and methods and
TO- look after their interests on general
principles.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20

Pho selection OF ex-senator Tabor as
postmaster at Denver was fine stroke
OF policy on the part Of Senator Wolcott.
Senator Tabor in the days Of his pros
perity did much for Denver. The last
last few years have seen his entire for.
tune disappear and this appointment
will be great Lift for him. He vas moi
an applicant for the Office and was much
surprised at the news. The selection
gives more Satisfaction in Denver than
il any prominent politician had been 90.
lected.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20

VIM. Smith, who is charged with
killing Nichols at Colorado Springs, has
been released ON bail and was circulating
among Otero county relatives and friends
this week.
Patrons Of the Enterprise get all the
news, both home and foreign, under the
new plan presented in another column,
whereby hrst-clnss city weekly is pre-
sented TO every subscriber.
1t is rumored that the High Line is
making survey for q large reservoir at
Apishnpa canon.
Geo. Hammond shipped car Of fat
hogs to Denver Tuesday.
The war between Denver's leading
merchants and the four big dailies is
over and advertising will be resumed.
The victory was with the newspapers.
Two newspapers for the price OF one.
See advertisement in another column.
"A wild steer being driven through
town few days since attacked two per-
sons, one a lady, and both had very mar.
row escapes. The center OF town should
be avoided in handling cattle whenever
possible.
-Sundry reasons prevented the coun.
Gil having regular meeting last Friday
evening.
Tho Republican last week appeared
in new form and with a new name. 1t
is now a five column qnarto and is the
Times Republican, having absorbed the
La Junta Times. F. b. Van GuDdy re-
mains editor, but the paper is published
by the Times-Republlcan Pub. 90.
Rocky Ford has cause for congratulation
in that it has assimilated one Of La
Junta's leading papers.
Among the real estate transactions
not heretofore reported are the pur-
chases OF homes by l.. N. Hendricks and
Geo. Daring, Jr. They bought Of Sen.
ator Swink the two dwellings, west Of
the Godding and Winchell residences.
Mr.. Daring has much improved the
looks of his dwelling by painting and
Mr., Hendricks is planning to improve his
house.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20

Real estate Ia quite active in this
portion OF the valley. Our dealers are
constantly making sales all the way from
fve-acre garden tracts up to l6O-acre
farms. Phis demand for Rocky Ford
land is not founded ON any boom efforts
but Is the natural result Of the profitable
crops which distinguish the valley year
by year. II there is a more desirable
locality in the state for tho farmer, gar.
dener and fruit grower to locate, it has
pot yet been discovered.