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that war Great Britain had 1.04S ships,
carrying 27,S00 guns and 151, 572 off,
GERS and men. The United States, on
the other hand, had but seventeen
ships, carrying 442 guns and 5,O25 off,
GERS and men. Yet at the end of the
struggle, which lasted less than three
years, the little American navy had for
the time swept the British mercantile
marine from the seas, capturing up
wards of 1000 vessels, on board of
which were more than 10000 British
seamen.
This is a record without parallel, and
1t quitkens tie pulse to read how in
its making the frlgate Constitution,
commanded In turn by Isaac Hull, Will
lam cambridge and "Old Ironsides'
Stewart, captured the Guerrero and
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tains as John Paul Jones and Essex

tains as John Paul Jones and Essex
Hopkins made the patriot cause re-
doubtable upon the seas, naval affairs
were intrusted to a marine committee.
The few public cruisers which remain
ed after that costly conflict were sold,
and when the Dey of Algiers began to
prey upon American commerce, the In
FAINT nation was, for the moment, pow
erless to protect its own. This led
Washington to urge the creation of a
naval force; Congress in 1854 voted
money to build six frigates, the Consti-
tuition, President, United States, Ches-
apeake, Constellation and Congress,
and on April 80. 1888, the present de
partment was formally created.
From the first the navy confirmed
the wisdom of its creators. Early In
1893, the Constellation-we then had q
little misunderstanding with France
fought and captured the Insurgent IN
West Indian waters, and late in 1903
a squadron of foul vessels was sent to
protect American rights and honor Ia
the Mediterranean. The frigate Phila
delphia, under Capt. cambridge, cap
tured a Moorish %privateer, but rar
aground in the harbor of Tripoli, and
the officers were made prisoners OF
war. Stephen Decatur, then a young
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TWO WOMEN
Restored to Health by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"Can DC MY own Work.

Mrs. PATRICK DANEHY,
West Winsted, Conn, writes:
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-It is with
pleasure that l write to you of the
benefit l have derived from using your
wonderful Vegetable Compound. Twas
very ill, suffered with female weak
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"Icouldn tsleep at night, had to walk
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faint away; had a terrible pain in my
heart, a bad taste in my mouth all the
time and would vomit; butnow, thanks
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can do my work without feeling tired;
do not bloat or have any trouble
whatever.
II sincerely thank you for the good
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objected to. Now a Liverpool inventor
(comes to the front with a plan for a re.
volving bridge to connect the two
shores Of the Mersey. The plan is sin.
gular enough to merit discussion.
?. F. Otto Is the Liverpool engineer
who has designed the proposed new
structure. The base of his plan is a
huge pedestal of solid masonry raised
well above high-water mark and placed
n the center of the stream. Erected
bn this pier Is the bridge itself, consist.
Fng of two gigantic steel arms. On the
extremes or shore ends of these arms
re two-story rooms, the lower portion
ing used for vehicles and the upper
Or passengers. The rooms for wag.
Ions, etc., will hold half a dozen at o
Kline.
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FLYING Machines.

The subject of aerial navigation is
now SO prominently before the public
that "reminiscences al to Its beginning
may not be out of order. The princi-
pie of the balloon was conceived by
Albert of Saxopy, as early as the four
tenth century, and successful balloons
were made by a Portuguese Jesuit
Francesca Mendoza. The first balloon
a~scensions were made by the Montgol-
fers in 1888, since which time balloon
flights have become so common as to
attract little attention. The idea that
4 piece Of mechanism could be devised
which should navigate the air, ire
spective of the winds or currents, has
long been entertained, and 1t Is said
that over 1000 patents have been taken
out in England and this country on fly
Ing machines. Most of them combine
the balloon principle with a propelling
power, the former for the purpose of
| sustaining the weight of the necessary
machinery and of the operator. 1t Is
probably only a question of time when
some of these devices Will prove sue.
c~essful, and, according to common re-
port. several inventors have already
solved the problem. There must al
ways, however, be a large element OF
danger In navigating the atmosphere
and 1t is probable that even If flying
machines become a success the most OF
the human race will be contented witt
terra frma modes of travel.
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Stone in Her Stomach.


The Gazette, Bl~andinsotlIe, I'll.
TIL of the Rev. A. R. Adams, pastor
Of thl Ford Christian Church at Bland
lnsvi NIL, was for years compelled to
live a 10 of torture from disease. Her
case Med the physicians, but to-day she
is ali and well, and tells the story of her
recoj as follows;
"a 1t six years ago." said Mrs. Adams,
"I Lghed about 140 pounds, but my
healtY began to fail and I lost flesh. Ny
foodElid not agree with me n felt like a
ston9 In my stomach. I began to bloat all
over until I thought I had dropsy. -
II bad pains and sorenessiHmv left side
which extended e~leaF-acr0ss my back and
also RtotA5f region of my heart. During
thesd spells a hard ridge would appear In
the left side of my stomach and around
the lift side.
"These attacks left me sore and exhaust
ed. All last summer l was 80 nervous that
the children laughing and playing nearly
drove me Wild. l suffered also from female
troubles aud doctored with ten different
physicians without receiving n help.
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Arch Rock Must Go.

Arch rock, one of the Sights of San
Francisco Boy, Will be removed by the
Government. 1t Is the most c~onspicu.
Gus Of the twenty-four dangers to naviI
cation which have been located and
charted In the bay. The rock is twenty
six feet long at low water and rises
to a height about equal to It's length.
It Is of soft rock and the waves beat
ing upon its base during uncounted
years have worn a hole twelve feet In
diameter entirely through the mass.
Small boats can pass under the arch
thus formed.
Owing to the formation of the rock
under water an area of 10000 square
feet will have to be included In the ope-
rations In order that a uniform depth
of thirty feet may be obtained. Tun-
nels such as were used In clearing He'll
Gate will not be necessary, since the
rock Is so soft as to admit of attack by
drills operated from boats. The work
will require about two years for COM
pletion, the climax being one tremen.
dous explosion, by which, If the calcu.
lations are correct, the great leSGa,yill
be instantly demolished.
Will be grand in the extrel
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lieutenant, proposed to the commander
of the feet to put a crew on board a
Tripolitan ketch that had just been
captured, enter the harbor at night, and
rescue or burn the Philadelphia This
was done on Feb. 16, 1904. The tiny
Tripolltan vessel stole quietly to the
side of the captured frigate, and De
catur and his men recaptured her in ten
minutes. But as it was impossible to
move her, she was fred, and Decatur
escaped into the open sea without the
loss of a man.
The nayy's part in the war of 1872
was a glorious one. At the outset OF
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LIFE AT DAWSON IT.
What a Woman Ftnds-fTfhat Far.
OFF Towns

A journey of forty-fve miles from
sixty-mile Post brought US to Dawson
City, the wonderful city of the new
mining district, populated almost in a
night. Although really sixty-hve miles
distant from the Klondike, It Is a typi-
cal mining camp, minus the guns. The
laws of the British GoyerAfnent are en-
forced at Dawson City, and those laws
pronl6tt the use of firearms; conse-
quently few men carry guns. In and
around Dawson at the present time
there are about four thousand men and
one hundred and fifty women. Daw-
son, OF course, IS very primitive and
very dirty, although from q recent CON
versafion with Mr.. Ludue | understand
that every effort Is being made to clean
1t. The Alaskan winters are healthful.
In September a be seen quantities of
black ducks vending their way south
ward, and even on the streets of Daw-
son you can see the sparrow and hear
Its chirping. Here, as everywhere in
Alaska, nature has stored her treasures
In a safe of ice; In fact, one writer has
called Alaska the nations ice-box, but
to me 1T represents the future paradise
OF poet and painter. Nature has done
much for Dawson, but the energetic
American has done more. He has built
warehouses in which he has stored
acres Of food, built comfortable log
cabins, erected a theater, established
many saloons, billiard rooms and dance
halls. The sums of money spent in these
billiard saloons and dance halls are sim
ply fabulous; fortunes change hands
every night at the different gambling
devices. AT poker In a single night
$4,000 frequently changes hands, II
being nothing unusual TO see $4,000
bet on a single hand. Yet do no infer
from this that all the miners are gam
hlers. Many of them never even enter !
a saloon or dance hall.
l have q little friend out there. an old .
schoolmate, who is teaching school. She I
hugely enjoys her winter there. She is
at Circle City. She takes a daily ride
behind a splendid dog team, and I tell
you it's great fun. You ride a while.
and then you get out and run; then you
get IN and ride again. No one really
Knows what a sleighride is until they
ride behind a fine dog team. The inhab-
manage to get considerable
amusement. They have private dances,
and In the summer time they
have picnics. The arctic winters
are most keenly felt by those miners
who are obliged all through the long,
lark winter to live In tents and dug.
outs.
Dawson City is rectangular In shape.
t is@d opt in town lots. Its streets
Ire ~sixty]sjx feet wide. It is situated
ID a St1GSh of low ground on the north
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my Hus0dRd Read" enced nc re-
lief until | had taken six boxes. l am now
taking the eleventh box and have been
greatly benefited.
II was also troubled with nervous pros
tration and numbness of my right arm and
hand so that at times [ could hardly en-
dure the pain, but that has all passed
away now havea good appetite and am
able to do my own work. Have lone more
this Slm!her than in the past four years
put $gether. DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People cured me and 1 think it nv
duty tc let other sufferers know it."
Hundreds of equally remarkable cases
have been cured by DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
, 1898-07-29
ySD1AN's HEAD DRAWN WITH BULLETS.

by two wide, and shot ~ 1t the out.
Zines Of an Indians h. 1t took ex.
Actly 1852 shots to do the trick. 1t was
Iree-hand drawing, as the figure was
hot traced on the paper beforehand.
This made the feat especially difficult,
as "Tep" had to place every shot with
reference to where its predecessor had
zone and where all the following shots
were to go. In other words. he had to
have every detail Of the drawing"
planned out and constantly In his
minds eye while he was shooting, One
shot fred a fraction Of an inch wild
would have spoiled the whole picture.
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"Cannot Praise 1t Enough"

Miss GERTIE DUNKIN,
Franklin, Neb., writes:
II suffered for some time with pain
ful n irregular menstruation, falling
OF the womb and pain in the back. l
tried physicians, but found no relief.
was at last persuaded to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and cannot praise it enough for what
1T has done for me. 1 feel like a new
person, and would not part with your
medicine. l have recommended,i 1t to
several of my friends"
, 1898-07-29
Beauty Is Blood Deep

beauty without Il. C-ascarets Candy Catharl
tic clean your blood and keep it clean by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all
impurities from the body, Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches. black
heads, and that sickly bilious complexion
by taking Carcarets-beauty for ten cents
All druggists, satisfaction guaranteed.
Toe, zoe. SOC.
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CENTENNIAL OF OUR NAVY.
From the First It's History Has Been
One of Bri11iancy.

The United States navy completed its
first hundred years of existence on Sat.
urday, April 80, 1898, and 1t is a coinci.
dence worthy Of remark that the cen,
fury ended as it began, with a country
facing a foreign war.
AS a matter of fact, it was the pros
pect of trouble with an alien people
that called the navy into being. Dur
ing the revolution, In which such CAP.
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AN ASTONISHING FEAT.

1T a Distance of 20 Feet a Young Rifle
Shot Does Marvellous Shooting.
Adolph Toepperwein, San Antonio's
marvellous young rife shot, has just
performed another of his astonishing
seats. The accompanying cut shows
what manner Of feat 1t was. With a
22-caliber rifle he stood at a distance
twenty feet from a double thickness
heavy paper, about three feet long
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In most lives the ce~ntripetal forces
abound over the centrifugal. Thought
and feeling revolve slavishly about the
self-centre, instead of generously tending
off on lines of sacrificing service.
, 1898-07-29
A REVOLVING eRIpeE
Novel Plan of a Liverpool Inventor fo1
Bridging Large Tidal Waters.

Engineers have worked for many
gears on the problem of bridging large
tidal rivers. One solution already In
operation is the huge suspension bridge
over the East River, connecting New
York and Brooklyn. But in this case
the elevation above the water line Is
|uch as to admit of the passage OF
Fessels carrying the loftiest masts
afoat. It is an expensive method OF
getting around the difficulty. Draw
bridges in such waters are generally
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My nus
b and hay
ing read in
tn Q ne s.
p a p er o {
D T. W
liams' Pink.
PHI Is for
Pale Pc o.
pie, Induced
me to try
them. l be-
gan taking
t h m last
N Der
but expert
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Who is a true man? He who does the
truth, and never hold a principle on which
he is not prepared In any hour to act, and
holding it.
Patience cannot remove, but it can
laways dignity and alleviate misfortune.
, 1898-07-29

When people see a hearse, they are
10 longer reminded Of the Hereafter.
they wonder how the corpse looks in
,dde
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cure Xuntanteed by DIR. ,. b. IOIJ
ARCH ST.. IHILA., PA. Ease at once; no
operation or delay from business. Consultation
free. Endorsements OF physicians, ladies and
nro.miuent citizens. send Tor circular Office
hours y A. Nj. tol =. NJ.
, 1898-07-29

FONT Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netio, full Of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To.
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong, All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Ster-
ling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
, 1898-07-29

Never made fun of a man because his
trousers are short. His intellect may be
several feet longer than your own.
, 1898-07-29

There is that in a man which leads him
to crave notice from his fellows, even if
it be only the compliment of an obituary
notice.
, 1898-07-29

1t is one thing to wish to have truth
on our side, and another thing to wish
to be on the side of truth.
, 1898-07-29

The man who staggers least under the
weight of reyerses is the mar who walks
upright when the sky is ~cloudless.
, 1898-07-29

Fortune favors him who expects her
favor but who works as If he expected to
succeed without 1t.
, 1898-07-29

SOME people should never attempt to
steer; they will get farther simply by
drifting.
, 1898-07-29

Some people never find out that there
is ioyY1n giving, because they never give
enough.
, 1898-07-29

Fits permanently cured. No hts or nervous
ness after first DAYS use of DR.. Kline's Great
NervelRestorer 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. K II. KLINE. Ltd, 93l Arch St. PhllA IA
, 1898-07-29

There is no worse fate possible for
man in this life than to be compelled
to live with a self that he does not respec
, 1898-07-29

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing lnfamiha-
ton, alfays pain, cures wind collie, 25c. a bottle.
, 1898-07-29

To Cure IA Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo or mime Tablets. Al
Druggists refund monar if it fa lis % cure. %;
, 1898-07-29

Albert Burch, West Toledo, Ohio, says :
Halls Catarrh Cure saved my life" Write
him for particulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
, 1898-07-29

Educate Your Bowels With c"seare's.
CandRa Cathartic, cure constipation forever
Zoe. 254 II c.. G. C. fail, druggists refund noaey
, 1898-07-29
Fresh Flowers.

In 3 n the hospitals and a1mhouses
are r arly supplied with sweet,
fresh lrs plucked from the public
gardeI Nfore they begin to fade. and
twice week each of the national
school receive wei 100 specimens of
-four al ferent kinds of plants for botaD~
heal demonstrations.
, 1898-07-29

No-To-Bac For Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong. blood pure. SOC. 81. All druggists.
, 1898-07-29

"Au Artist with Admiral SIMPSONS fleet Is
the tide of an article written for the AUGUST
Cent,ku by Walter Russell. Mr.. Russell was on
the ddAunteh boat Somme1S N. Smith 5dpring
some exciting experiences of the heet,
and h finishes drawing of the capture of
-o5izesd the engagement at Matanzas from
sketcN made up on the spot.
, 1898-07-29

7 want TO help you to grow as beautiful
as Gdd meant you to be when He thought
of ydh first.
, 1898-07-29

Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic, 100 or Csc
II 9. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money
, 1898-07-29
Last of the Defoes.

Lovers of Defoe, the author of Rob
nson C%rusoe," will regret to hear that
James William Defoe, the last of the
family and the great-great-grandson of
the renowned writer, is still an outdoor
paup4r of the Chelmsford Union. In
recei1k Of the modest pittance of three
shillir g Wsek.-The old man, who is
now HAis 77th year, feels deeply the
loss OF his only son, Daniel, who died
last year at San Francisco, Cal, at the
early age of %. The lad was origi-
nally laced at the Bluecoat School.
but Yen his term had expired he
chose maritime life. One would have
though that among those who in
childhhod's happy hours have reyeled
In the pages of Robinson Orusoev
there might have been some who
Of the old mans $ life l6ef from ON
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pisSs Cure is the medicine TO break up
BiMsk SprAgue, Wash, March s. 1884.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-13
Michigan's First Regiment.

Adjt.-Gen. Irish has issued special
order consolidating the Second indie
pendent battalion, which is composed
of Cos. A, Ii and +, Detroit Light Guard
and Co. G of Monroe, with the First
regiment, Michigan National Guard,
making it l2 companies, forming the
First Michigan Volunteers. Capt Gar
dener has been commissioned colonel.
Lieut.. Col. Fred Shubel, Jr., of Lam
sing, will be retained as lieutenant
colonel and as the regiment is entitled
to three majors the order commissions
Maj. Henry l.. Hunt, of Jackson, major
first battalion; Capt. Chas. w. Harrah,
of Detroit, major second battalion and
Capt. John y. Kirk, of Ypsilanti, major
third battalion. The other staff Off
GERS are: Maj. VIM. b. Watts, of Jack
son, surgeon; Capt. Andrew p. Biddle,
of Detroit. assistant surgeon; Capt. E.
w. White, of Jackson, chaplain; First
Lieut.. Duggar, adiutant. The latter
is sergeant-major of the Nineteenth
infantry, U. s. A., stationed at Mobile,
and was highly recommended by Col.
Gardener.
The promotion of the line officers to
field officers left good many vacan-
cies in some of the companies which
were filled by election.
1t is announced that the troops will
leave Camp Eaton as soon as the regi-
ments are mustered and equipped.
They will probably go to Chicka-
manga where they will rendezvous,
and other regiments will follow as rap
idly as possible.
Co. A (Ann Arbor), First infantry,
Capt. Ross Granger, had the honor Of
being the first company mustered in,
and the soldier boys were given rous-
ing reception as they lined up to take
the oath of allegiance to their country.
Co. b (Adrian), Capt. James M. Hollo-
way, was next mustered in and then
followed Co. c (Tecumseh), Capt. Thos.
r. Kyle; Co. d (Jackson), Capt. Cyrus
f Smith; Co. f Lansing), Capt. Robt.
j. Craig; Co. f (Mason), Capt. George
p. Griffin; Co. & (Ypsilanti), Capt. Frank
Il. McKeand; Co. ii (Jacllson), Capt.
Benz. O. Newell.
The companies of the Second Indepen-
dent battalion Detroit Light Guard,
that were attached to the First regi-
ment have had their letter changed.
Co. A will now be known as l, Co. Il as
X, Co. f as l., and Co. G, of Monroe,
as NJ. They were mustered in as fol-
lows: Co. /, Detroit), Capt. Duncan
Henderson; Co. X Detroit), Capt. w.
II. Sink; Co. l. (Detroit), Capt. Chas. S.
Baxter; Co. NJ (Monroe), Capt. John NJ.
GutmCn.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-13
Honor for Dewey and his Men.

The President and congress, in be-
half Of the American people. have paid
fitting tribute TO the heroism of Com
modore Dewey and his officers and men.
for the magnificent and unparalleled
victory in Manila bay. President Nc
knley sent message to congress set
ting forth the principal facts relating
TO the achievement and recommended
that vote of thanks be extended by
congress to Commodore Dewey and the
gallant officers and men of his fleet.
Without word of debate and with
out dissenting voice the Senate
agreed to resolution carrying into eff
feet the recommendation of the Presi-
dent A bill was then presented in
creasing the number of rear admirals
in the navy from six to seven, in
order that the President might
nominate Commodore Dewey to the
highest position in the navy within his
gift, and that, too, was passed without
dissent. In addition joint resolution
was unanimously agreed TO directing
the secretary of the navy to present TO
Commodore Dewey a sword of honor.
and to have struck, in commemoration
of the battle of Manila, bronze medal
for each of the officers and men who
participated in the gallant fight. The
resolution appropriates $4,000 to en-
able the secretary to carry it's provis-
ions into effect.
The House also promptly concurred
in the Presidents recommendation and
passed the bill creating an additional
rear-admiral of the navy.