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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-25
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-25
0TEY IN HALIFAX.
Makes Telling speech at Houston.
Rufler the Colorrd Candidate.

HOUSTON. VA. october 24-Spec'al.-
The October term Of Halifax County
court was opened to-day. Major Otey
ably presented the issues OF the cam
raign IN a speech OF an hour and half.
The cuort-room was crowded with en-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-25
TilIev viii Remain.

WASHINGTON. oct. 2i-The order a
tachlng Commander j. T.. Iilley from
duty al the Norfolk Navy Yard has been
revoked.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-25
Catarrh is
Not InCurable

But it can not be cured by sprays,
washes and inhaling mixtures which
reach only the surface. The disease Is
in the blood, and can only be reached
through the blood ; ;. ;. is the only
remedy which can have any effect upon
Catarrh it cures the disease perma-
nently and forever rids the system OF
very trace of the vile complaint.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-25

OF Mon Lpc4.cl' O!-lp'
writes: Il was az.
ficted from infancy
with Catarrh. and ne
one can know the
suffering II produce.
better than I. Tie
sprays and washes
prescribed by the doc
tors relieved me only
temporarily, an &
though | used them
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-25

TTIII'IdIIIIT IOI IITI I'l'"f '' '
Grmer hold than ever. ! tried number Of
blood remedies. but their mineral ingredients
-ettled in ny bones and gave me rheumatism
was in lamentable condition, and after er.
hausting all treatment. was declaredircurable
seeing $. :. S. advertised as cure ior olooc
diseases. decided to try it. As soon as my
system was under the effect OF the medicine.
began TO improve. and after taking it for
TWO months l WAS cured completely The
dreadful disease was endiceted rom ny sys
ZEN. and have had no return Oil
Many have been taking local treat
ment for years. and find themselves
worse now than ever. A trial OF
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30

letter was received from Cavanaugh by
Charles Barber, cousin, in which he
said the fire of the Spanish fleet was at
all times very wild, and that to the
American sailors it was simply an ex-
citing target practice. Gunner Cav
anaugh is just 81 years old, and has
been in the American navy nearly two
years. He enlisted in November, 1896,
and was drilled In the recruiting ship
Independence. The following March
ne was sent across the Pacific in the
mail steamer Peru, and after his arrival
in Japan April Is he was transferred
to the flagship Olympia. He learned
the tricks aboard ship very quickly,
and was transferred to the Yorktown
and back to the Olympia. His promo
ton was rapid, and he soon was placed
in charge of one Of the big guns.
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Ready for the Next.

A certain eminent judge who was re-
Gently reelected when he was asked
about the facility with which he turn
ed from one case to another. replied
that he had learned that from what he
saw at baptism of colored people
when he was boy. The weather was
very cold. so that to immense the can
didates they were obliged TO cut away
the ice. 1t befell that when one of the
female converts was dipped back in
the water, the cold made her squirm
about, and in a moment she had slip
ped from the preachers hands and was
down the stream under the ice. The
preacher, however, was not disconcert.
ed. Looking up with perfect calmness
at the crown on the bank, he said:
Brethren, this sister hath departed
hand me down another. "-Argonaut.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30
Oldest Living AuthOreSs.

Undoubtedly Nine. Gu Bos d'Elbhecq
is the oldest living woman who sup
ports herself by her pen. She is 80
years old, and has outlived husband,
son, grandchildren and friends, and is
now living in a convent at Anglers,
France. Nine. du Bos d'Elbhecq is Il
prolific authoress. A list of her books
would fill a column of large news
paper. Some of them were highly sue
cessful, and lie Pere Fargeau" still
sells. Her handwriting remains firm
and legible, and the works which she
now produces are read chiefly by the
peasants and country folks. She began
to work for the printers at the age of
20, that is seventy~nine years ago, and
her life ever since has been a regular
one. She has never been very poor and
never very well off. She was elected
member of the Societe DIES Gems de Let
tres fifty-three years ago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30
Danish KINGS.

How many historical students have
observed that Denmark's kings for 1884
years have all been named Christian
or Frederick? This is not the result
OF accident. 1t is the law. The pres
ent King is Christian IN. He Will be
succeeded by Frederick VIII, who in
turn will be succeeded by Christian x.
1t Is the law of Denmark that Chris
tan must be succeeded by Frederick
and Frederick by Christian. To at
tain this, and without the changing of
names, in case of death or other rea-
son, every Danish Prince, no matter
what other names he may receive. al
ways includes Christian and Frederick
In some German royal families it is
also the custom to name all the male
children after the head of the house.
Thus it transpires that the house of
Reuss has its King Henry Xxx.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30
single Men Die Young.

Germans are VIGOROUSLY fond of sta
tistics-whether those immOrtalized by
Mr.. Baffour or not-and certain DR..
Schwartz has just published tn Berlin
a little book which absolutely revels in
them. The worthy doctor has studied
the official statistics Of length of life,
and has come to the conclusion that, in
order to live long, it is necessary to be
married. Out of every 70 men of 60
years of age 4S are married and % are
bachelors; at 20 the. proportions are u
to II, and at 80 nine to three.
OF course, it may be said that at those
ages there are many more married than
single men, but DR.. Schwartz Is ready
for that objection, and replies that be-
tween the ages of 80 and As the mortal
ity among bachelors is q per cent,
while among married men It is only IS
per cent DR.. Schwartz has proved that
it is absolutely necessary to be married
If a man wishes to become a certena-
rian, for of fifty proved centenarians
whom the doctor has examined not one
was a bachelor. 1t IS true that there
were no married men, either, for all Of
the old men were widowers. The facts
are now established. To live long a
man must be married, and then become
a widower at some period of his life,
which has not yet been ascertained.
Evidently, If DR.. Schwartz discovers
the exact length married life should
continue he will have solved the prob
lem of old age.
But it is possible that wives would
not be so complaisant as to leave their
husbands widowers exactly on the right
date, and until some arrangement is
made on this score the science of living
long will never be absolutely exact.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30

saws Conner Williams History OF the
Liverpool Frivateers." Liverpool ad-
venturers with a small capital were
unable to equip vessels and purchase
goods specially adapted to the Arr
can market and of no use outside OF
that market, nor could they afford TO
await the uncertain results of round
VOYAGES, sometimes prolonged to more
than a year and subject to terrible dan
gers unknown to any other description
of trading adventures. Early IN the
eighteenth century, however, sue
cessful rivalship with Bristol In ex'
porting provisions, coarse checks ano
silk haudkerchiefs of Manchester make
to the West Indies and the continent
of America eventually enabled the
merchants Of Liverpool to participate
in the more lucrative slave traffic.
While Liverpool obtained from this
competition a sudden accession to her
commerce which filled her warehouses
with sugar, rum and other West India
produce. the trade Of Bristol to the
West Indies declined. The checks OF
Manchester, carried In Liverpool ships,
ousted from that market the German
French and Scotch osnaburgs exported
from Bristol.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30

member for Agmondesham, in Bucks.
He was several times reelected and
in 1859, as member of the Long Par
lament, delivered his famous speech
against the levying of the ship tax.
Andrew MARVEL was, in 1868, elected
member for Hull, the place of his birth,
Addison entered Parliament in 17O6;
he had previously been Under-Secre-
tary, and afterward was Secretary of
State. Richard Glover represented
Weymouth in Parliament for many
years subsequent to 1851. Richard
Brinsley Sheridan sat in the House,
and his speeches as a member were
greater than his poems; and at the
same time George Canning, author of
the Needy Knife Grinder sat as a
member of the House of Commons.
Contemporary with Canning was Lord
.Macaulay, whose rival in debate, WILL
lam Mackworth Praed. also sat in the
House. Monkton Mines (afterward
Lord Houghton) became a member of
Parliament in 1887. though better
known as the writer Of strangers
Yet" and 1.-THE Brookside."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30
rwo Most Remarkable Rivers.

From the beginning the Nfle was an
nxceptional river. Its sources were III
known. There were those who thought
that the Nile flowed down from heav-
en-: that it welled up from streams unat
disappeared under the earth on an
other continent, or, at the very least,
that it's springs were inaccessible 70
man.
There was no such mystery about
the Euphrates. From the remotest
times it's sources seem to have been
known by hearsay, If not by ooserVa-
ton. to the dwellers on the coast.
The Nile was benefcent even IN It's
foods. The people learned to let IT'S
waters flow over their lands at the
time of the inundation, and where they
raised dikes and sunk canals and pa
sins It was to let in the water, not to
keep it out.
The Euphrates also had its foods,
but these were destructive. They scar
red the soft earth with favlnes ana
swept the fertile soil onward to bulld
new lands along the edge of the Fer
sian Gulf. The people anticipated the
overflow with dread, and their most
absorbing task was to restrain the
river within bounds. They became
more intimate with the earth than
their Egyptian contemporaries. They
learned how to mold the clay and to
make their houses and the bouses OF
their kings and their gods out of the
material under their feet. The Egyp-
tians learned something about brick
manufacture, but they had no need
to depend wholly upon that sort of
building material. 1t was easy for
them to obtain stone, as their huge
piles attest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30

In the town. The entire population de-
ponds on rain water caught on the fiat
roofs of the buildings and con Quoted to
the cistern, which occupies the greater
part of the courtyard that is an es.
sential part of Spanish houses the
world over, but that in San Juan, on
account of the crowded conditions, is
small. There is no sewerage, except for
surface water and sinks, and the rs,
of communicating the water is great
and in dry seasons the supply is entire
ly exhausted. Epidemics are frequent
and the town is alive with vermin, mos
Quitoes, and dogs.
The streets are wider than in the old
er part of Havana and will admit two!
carriages abreast. The sidewalks gre
narrow, and in places will accomme
date only one person. The pavementsI
are of composition manufactured IN
England from Stag, easily broken and
unfit for heavy triffic. The streets are
swept once a day by hand, and are
kept very clean. From it's Topographic
ical situation the town should bel
healthy, but it is not. The goil undG8
the city is clay mixed with lime, So
hard as to be almost like rock. 1t IS
consequently impervious to water and
furnishes a good natural drainage The
trade wind blows strong and fresh
and through the harbor runs q strear;
of sea water at q speed not less than
three miles an hour. With these con
ditions no contagious diseases, if propE
erly taken care of, could exist; withOuE
them the place would be veritaheN
plague spot,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30

the same regiment in the same city
April 10, 1861, when the New England
troops were on the way to Washington
to defend the capital against a Confed-
crate attack.
In 81 the troops were savagely at
tackled and blood flowed freely. Re-
Gently the troops were received with
every demonstration of joy and pa
triotic fervor Truly has time healed
the wounds Of the civil war. In 81
the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
after leaving the President street rail
way station were proceeding along
Pratt street. between Gay street and
Bowley's wharf near Calvert street,
when stone throwing and pistol firing
by those opposed to the passage of the
troops was commenced with great
vigor. A large pile of cobblestones
was piled up on the side of the street
here and these were used to drive back
the soldiers. There were thirty killed
In the mob and more than 100 wounded.
Five of the soldiers were killed and
twenty-four were injured.
Among those who welcomed the Bay
State soldiers last month were fifteen
of the men who stoned them in 81.
They made up in enthusiastic welcome
for the dark event of thirty-seven years
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30
Duck Eggs in an Albumen Factory

Near Chingkiang, China, is a great
albumen factory, for the utilization Of
the duck eggs which are produced in
that region in enormous quantities,
fiocks of 1000 and 5000 ducks being
by no means uncommon. The eggs are
broken at the rate of from 10000 to
10000 per day by women, who separ-
ate the white from the yolk, the for
mer being carefully cleaned and dried
until they resemble fish glue, when
they are packed in 400-pound cases
lined with zinc. The yolks are passed
through sleeves into twenty-five gallon
receptacles, mixed with salt and DO.
rax solution, packed in 500-Dound ba2-
rels, and used in Europe for preparing
and dressing articles of superior quail
ty. The albumen finds a ready market
in England. France and Germany for
dyes for the best cotton goods.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30
The Morse Handwriting.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich once received
a letter from his friend, Professor E.
s. Morse, and, finding the handwriting
absolutely illegible, he sent the fol
lowing reply: MY Dear Mr.. Morse'
It was very pleasant to receive let,
ter from you the other day. Perhaps
/ should have found it pleasanter il
/ had been able to decipher 1t. don't
think l mastered anything beyond the
date. which l knew, and the signature,
which l guessed at. There is a sin.
gular and perpetual charm in a letter
of yours-it never grows old, it never
loses it's novelty. One can say to one's
self every morning: Here's a letter
of Morse's; I haven't read it yet; /
think 1 shall take another shy at 1t
to-day, and maybe I'll be able, in the
course of few years, to make out
what he means by those is that look
like WIS and those is that haven't any
eyebrows Other letters are read and
thrown away and forgotten, but yours
are kept forever-unread. One of them
will last reasonable man a lifetime.
Admiringly yours, Thomas Bailey Al
drich."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30

Mr.. Goodwin Smith has been arguing
that anything like an alliance between
Great Britain and the United States is
out Of the question, for the reason that
there is no continuity Of policy at Wash
ington. One administration might
make such an alliance and the next one,
four years later. might repudiate it.
Yet we have had treaties which have
been faithfully maintained. often
against our own interest. for many
years. The simple truth is that, despite
our frequent changes of administra-
tion-not nearly as frequent as those
in Great Britain, by the way-there is
in essential matters greater degree Of
continuity in our government policy
than in that of any other government
In the world. And In race and blood
and spirit and ambition there is con-
finuity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30
A Historical Violin,

Franklin Richardson, violin maker,
of Canton, Me-, has violin from a
panel taken from the cabin door of the
Constitution when the old ship was re-
paired at Portsmouth navy yard some
thirty-five years ago. The panel was
given by one of the carpenters to Mr..
Richardson about thirty years ago. It
is beautiful bird's-eye maple, and the
instrument made from 1t is of remark
ably clear and powerful tone, and has
great carrying power.-Philadelph
Press
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30

Within few years our navy will
rank second only to that Of England.
If this means anything it means that
our merchant service will move up ulti-
mately to the same place. Safety and
dignity will be given to our trading
ships by the presence in all waters Of
government vessels. Capital will seek
Investment in shipyards and in ships,
and foreign governments will follow
the lead of Russia by having their war
ships constructed here. This may seem
a roseate view to take of the situation
but it is one amply borne out by the
facts
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30

One of the earliest effects of the cam
paign against Spain was the develop
ment of taste for war. The navy
reveled in action after long period of
sluggish Incidence. The regulars and
volunteers had a pleasurable sense of
excitement and new experience in mill
tary adventure. The great host OF
newspaper readers throughout the
country had a spectacle to witness
which fired the blood and rendered the
ordinary scenes of peace dull and pro-
sale. For the moment it was like an
excited audience watching bull fight.
The taste for war is soon satisfied in
any civilized community. War may
sometimes be necessary, but it Is bar
barous In spirit, scientific as the me-
chanism may be. The sober second
thought among our people must always
be that war is, at the best, the most
brutal sport in which men or nations
can interest themselves. Mr.. Gladstone
once said that there was nothing more
remarkable in history than the disband-
ment Of the Northern and Southern
armies at the close Of the civil war,
and the immediate absorption of a mill
ion veterans in pacific industry. No
taste for war had been created during
four years Of storm and stress. The
people of this country learned during
that terrible period to detest the car
mage, bloodshed and evil passion of
warfare, That, let us hope, will be the
oGf o1,% ole % hnc%}1ifSno
Spain. After the civil war the reac
ton was carried too far. Conscious Of
the resources at our command in an
emergency, Congress cut down the az
my to twenty thousand men, and neg
lected the navy until it was scarcely
worthy of the name Of navy. 1t was
not until 1883 that the building of a
new navy was undertaken, and the
work was allowed to drag from year
to year. Questions relating to coast
defense were idly debated in Congress
session after session, and the Atlantic,
Gulf and Pacific seaboards were left
unprotected. When a real emergency
came, after single furry. with Italy
and a temporary menace of war with
Chill, the country was unprepared for
campaign. Everything had to be done
at once at high cost and unscientifical-
ly. Ports were hastily fortified, YES
sells OF war were purchased abroad, a
merchant feet was armed, and the Eu-
ropean market was ransacked for
quick-fring guns and war material Of
all kinds. 1t was most expensive and
wasteful method of preparing a nation
for serious warfare. 1t is easy, but it
is not wise, to be beguiled In piping
days of peace by the cuckoo song that
we shall never have another battle to
fight. War is invited by lack of pre-
paration. The surest guarantees of
peace are a fortified coast, a strong
fleet, a well-organized army, and a
large stock of the best weapons known
in modern warfare. There should be
knowledge of war, without a public
taste for bloodShed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30

In the war results already accom-
plished. two causes contributed very
materially to the American victories
the accurate craftsmanship Of the
American gunners and the wild marks
manship Of the enemy. Shortly after
war was declared naval expert, in
discussing the relative merits of the
two opposing fleets, predicted that the
American ships would be victorious be-
cause they were better manned. He
added that whereas the Spanish gun
ners were practically without expert
ence in target practice the American
navy had burnt more powder in expert
mental craftsmanship than the navies
of England, Germany and Spain COM
bined. Target practice is expensive. 1t
costs about $3.50 to fire one of the big
guns such as are carried by the Iowa,
the Indiana, the Massachusetts and the
Oregon; but the actual results prove
that money devoted to that purpose is
we'll expended. In a recent interview
concerning the battle at Manila Pay
master Loud of the dispatch boat Nc
Culloch said: cat one time I really
thought we would be beaten. This was
after the fire had been kept up an hour.
1t looked as if every gun on the Spanish
ships had turned loose on us all togeth-
err and the shore line was veritable
blaze Of fire from the batteries. The
din was simply indescribable. Tons
upon tons of shot fell over our ships.
There was steel enough to have sunk
our entire feet. Our salvation was in
the bad craftsmanship of the Span
iards. They handled their pieces like
boys. Nearly all of their shots went
wide. of the mark" That doesn't tell
the whole story, but it tells part.
Dewey's craftsmanship was az accu-
rate as Montejo's was wild; the Ameri
can gunners served their pieces as
calmly as if they were engaged In regu-
lar target practice, and the result
speaks for itself. When Admiral Samp-
son attacked the Notifications of San
tiago a terrific bombardment Of three
hours laid the forts in ruins, and not
an American ship was struck, although
the squadron was within 1000 yards of
MORO Castle. The Spaniards had be-
lieved that the Santiago Notifications
were practically impregnable. They
were planned by Gen. Ordonez, the
most eminent engineer in Spain, and
mounted modern guns. But the men
behind the guns did not know how to
shoot; Simpsons men did.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30
FlLF1k SAN
Porto Rico,s Walled City
as IT Did $50 Years


San Juan is a perfect specs
walled town, with portculliA-
gates and battlements. Built OF
years ago, it is still in goad conM
and repair. The walls are picturesoA
and represent stupendous work ana
cost in themselves. Inside the walls
the city is laid out in regular squares
six parallel streets running in the Girec.
ton of the length Of the island and
seven at right angles. The houses are
closely and compactly built of brick
usually of two stories, succeed en- the
outside and painted in variety Of
colors. The upper floors are occupied
by the most respectable people, while
the ground floors, almost without ey.
ception, are given up to negroes and
the poorer classes, who crowd one upon
another in the most appalling manner
In one small room with fiimsy part,
ton q whole family will reside.
The ground floors of the whole town
reek with filth, and conditions are mos,
unsanitary. There is no running water