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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-12
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We do not always know the constant
danger that confronts us through all the
daily walks of life. 1t may be an acct
dent or sudden Illness, or perhaps, disease
that has been stealing upon us from day
to day.
1t used to be considered that only urin-
airy troubles were to be traced to the kid
news, but now modern science proves that
nearly all diseases have their beginning in
the disorder of these most important or
gans.
Now by this is not meant that you should
overlook all the other organs and merely
look after the kidneys.
Your other organs may need attention.
but your kidneys most, because they do
most.
If you are sick do not neglect your kid
neys. because as soon as they are well,
they will help all the other organs to
health.
The kidneys may get weak or diseased
from a thousand and one causes, from over
work, worry, simple cold, from hitting,
strain, or excess In high living
Others may suffer from diabetes, dropsy,
swelling of the feet and ankles, rheuma-
tism, bad blood. gout, gravel, catarrh of
the bladder, sleeplessness, anaemia, ner-
vousness, headache or neuralgia.
All these symptoms are due to kidney
troubles, and the most prompt and effectual
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-12
OFFICIAL RETURNS
The List of Nominees in Limestone
County

Athens, December 11.-(Special.) 1.-The
democratic executive committee of this
county met at the court house on Saturday
to canvass the returns of the recent pri-
mary election and to declare the nominees.
The work was a difficult one, as the large
number of candidates required long and
tedious job, but the work was completed
late in the afternoon and the following re-
suit was given out:
For representatives,. E. Fielding, 91S;
Erie Pettus, 1,347
Treasurer-A M Lewis, 673; Walter Nc
Williams 1926; DR.. Mack Wilkinson, 3H
Sheriff-Owen Black, ITO; Jack Gray, $780,
Hassie Norris 544 James Norris, 20 E. r.
Puryear, 1854; Sam Wright, 316.
Tax colector-Lovel Legg, IS; r. M. Leon
ard, 216; r. B. Patterson, 298; John NJ. Rus
sell, 1922 w. H. Sandlin, 400; T. j. Turren-
tine, 498.
Tax assessor-Perry Henderson, 1881; w.
R. Bailey, 977
Superintendent of education-W. L. Da-
Wis, 1,425; B. F. Grisham, 729.
Cotton weigher-Charles Bates, 40; Wal
ter Beasley, 451; @. NJ. Coffman, 17S; Pete
Collier, ia; j. C. Lecrofx, 119; J. L. Nelson,
S14; ]. H. Smith, 495.
The following commissioners were de-
clared nominated:
First district F. S. Wood; Second district,
James W. Brooks; Third district, Gil w.
Hamilton; Fourth district, Nick French.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-12
IMPURE BLOOD.
A Sluggish and FiIth-Laden Stream the
Cause of Salt Rheum.

scrofula, Erysipelas and other terrible
blood diseases.
1t is blood that feeds the different organs
OF the body-keeps them going at their nor
NAL pace. If for any reason the blood cam
not carry this nutriment, the entire system
suffers-debility follows, and eventually a
complete breakdown occurs.
Rich, red, lively blood is needed. The
only true way to nourish, purify and emil
ven the blood is to use
DIR. HARTERS IRON TONIC.
1t is a wonderful discovery that for the
last 40 years has brought new life and
complete recovery to thousands upon thou
sands. What greater boon can anyone ask
than perfect health-rich, vital blood ting
Ling through the veins, every organ work.
ing like clock work-a clear head and a clear
skin? Such health may be yours. DR.. Har-
ter's Iron Tonic will give it to you.
Here is evidence from near home:
- Dallas Tex, Dec. 16, 1897
Publisher News, Dallas-Dear Sir: beg
to state that secured a sample bottle Of
DR.. Harters Iron Tonic, which l was very
alad to get think it great remedy and
believe vt will do all claimed for it. am
highly pleased with my experience with It,
and take great pleasure in recommending
1t to those who suffer from indigestion and
constipation. Respectfully,
~. IN. THOS. EDGERTON,
ssPres. Oak Cliff College for Young Ladies'"
DR.. Harters Iron Tonic VIII do as much
for you as for any other SUFFERER. 1t is
easy to try 1t. Azure FOR chliis and ague.
Sold everywhere.
SAMPLE dose Dr. Harter's Little Liver
pills and Book of Dreams mailed free.
Address HARTER, Dayton, o.
Dr. Harter's Little Liver Pills do the bus
(neea.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-12
SEVEN FIREMEN
BADLY INJURED
Fire in Montgomery Followed
by Explosion.
ONE MAN WILL LIKELY DIE
The Ladies' Entered the Building With
Lamp and Large Gasoline
Tank Exploded With Dis
astrous Results

Montgomery, December n.-(Special)-
About o'clock this morning fire broke out
in the confectionery establishment of Cas-
sinus Bros, In Dexter avenue, followed by
the explosion of a gasoline tank, which re-
suited in the serious injury of several fire.
men and considerable damage to the con-
tents of the building.
The entire fire department was called out,
and after pouring a stream of water into
the burning store, the firemen entered with
a lamp. A terrific explosion followed, and
seven of the men were seriously hurt
Browder. the chief, is badly burned, and
Griffith, the captain of the trucks, will die.
Hinder, of the hose company, is severely
injured internally. The chief was blown
forty feet by the explosion. and was rem
dered insensible for some time. The loss
of property by fire was not heavy, and was
covered by insurance.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-12
DR.. SMITH ISSUES
HIS STATEMENT
Large Increase in Mineral Pro-
duction of the State.
REPORT FOR THIRD QUARTER
State Biologists Figures Indicate That
the Years Output of Coal Will
Reach Seven and a Half
Million Tons

DIR. Eugene A. Smith, state geologist, has
issued his quarterly statement of the min
eral production of Alabama.
The report which is for the third quar-
ter of 1899, shows a large increase In the
mineral production of tho state, indicating
that the years output will be the largest
in the history OF the state.
AT the same ratio of product ton for the
last quarter, the total production of coal
for 1899 will reach the amazing figures of
100000 tons, large increase over last
year and all previous records. The same
ratio is noted all along the line, as the
following figures for the third quarter will
Indicate:
Coal, 190S,065 tons
Coke, ,e6S tons.
Pig iron, 262,S61 tons.
Stone for fux, 162,169 tons.
Iron ore, 673,S45 tons.
Beauxite, 4,31 tons.
Stone for building, II $50 cubic feet.
The production for the second and third
quarters was as follows:
Coal, 3,798,060 tons.
Coke, al ,29O tons.
Pig iron, 531, 404 tons.
Iron ore, 1924, 1853 tons.
Stone for fux, 3H 4S5 tons.
Beauxite, $40 tons.
Stone for building, 36, 1895 cubic feet.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-12
OAKMAN BOOMING
Much Building Going on in the Little
City

Oakman, December n.-(Special)-Oak
man continues to grow, since the handsome
new college has been completed, with its
steam heating apparatus and all modern
improvements.
The echo of the hammers aud saws is
heard on two new churches, a handsome
hotel and quite a number of new residences.
The merchants claim that the volume Of
their trade is double what is was this time
last year.
Since the car demand is better fulfilled
the mines are very active and doing a thriv-
ing business
The faculty of Oakman college gave a
recital last night In the spacious new
chapel, which was crowded. To use the
words of the president of the board of trus-
tees at was of a very high order, and the
finest entertainment ever presented at Oak
man."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-12
Mortgage Sale.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale
contained in a mortgage executed by w.
d. Browning, doing business as The
Browning Engineering Company, to the
Miner & Kettig Company, which mortgage
Is recorded in Volume 253, page 166, of the
record in the probate office OF Jefferson
county, Alabama, the undersigned, the
Miner & Kettig Company, will proceed to
sell at public cutlery to the highest bidder
for cash, on Saturday, the 9th day of Jan
uary, 1900, at the court house door in Br-
mingham, Jefferson county, Ala, within
the legal hours of sale, the following de-
scribed property, situated on lots 8, 10, II
and II, in subdivision G, block ia, accord
ing to the Elyton Land Companys map of
Birmingham, in Birmingham, Jefferson
county, state of Alabama, to-wit:
One iron-covered frame shop building COX
% feet, with overhead crane and trolley
bars.
One shed building 1Sx27 feet
One broom office building 1Ox2S feet, all
situated on lots 9, 10, II and ~, in subdi-
vision G, block ia, according to the Elyton
Land Company's map of Birmingham Ala
One 16-horse power c. c. Erie engine.
One 36x10 tubular boiler all main shaft
ing, counter shafts, pulleys and belts,
follows, to-wit:
COUNTER SHAFTS.
One 3-16 line shaft 49, long; three 3-16
Journal Boxes; two 2 3-16 set collars; one
w. >. pulley 2OxS; one w. 5. pulley 12Xl0;
one W. S. pulley 10x10; two W. s. pulleys
10x5 one 1916 main line shaft 32' long;
one 1915 compression coupling lifted; four
1916 "a heavy double brace drop.
HANGERS
One iron pulley 3Ox12, c. R. Face; one
iron pulley 2OxS, C. X. Face; one iron pull
ley 36x14, c. K. Face; one iron pulley 18xS,
C. r. Face; one iron pulley Ax8, C. r.
Face; one iron pulley 3OxA, St Face; one
iron pulley 3Ox14, st. Face; one iron pulley
2OxS, c. r. Face; one w. 8. pulley 2x12, c.
X. Face
BELTINGS ESTIMATED IN USE)
Lealner 6eioihs'
40 deet ~
40 10 teet o.;
90 - ~,
~ ieet o..
o. rect o..
40 rect
Al rect q.
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COUNTY TREASURER

Flower bulbs cheap. Godden's.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-12
cure is DR.. Kilmer's swamp Root the great

cure is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the great
kidney remedy.
In taking Swamp-Root you afford nat
ural help to nature, for Swamp-Root is tha
most perfect healer and gentle aid to the
Kidneys that is known to medical science
If there Is any doubt in your mind as I'd
your condition, take from your urine on
arising about two ounces, place 1t In a
glass or bottle and let 1t stand twenty-four
hours. If, on examination, It is milky or
cloudy, IL there Is O brick-dust settling, or
If small particles float about in 1t. your
kidneys are in need of immediate atten-
ton.
Swamp Root is used In the leading hos
pitfalls, recommended by skillful physi-
clans tn their private practice, and is taken
by doctors themselves who have kidney
ailments, because they recognize in 1t the
greatest and most successful remedy for
kidney, liver, and bladder troubles /,
To prove it's wonderful efficacy, send your
name and address to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
B1nghamton, N Y, mentioning that you
read this generous offer in The Daily Age
Herald, when you will receive, free of all
charge, a sample bottle of Swamp-Root and
a valuable book by mail. prepaid. This book
contains many of the thousands upon thous-
ands of testimonial letters received from
men and women cured.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-12
Flower bulDs at Godden's.
Was Evid nifty Murdered

" as FVItt HtIy Fiuruereu
Laredo, Tex, December 1.-THE dead
body of John Hardesty of 2442 South street,
Louisville KY, was found on the Fort Nc
Intosh reservation thds morning. The skull
was crushed and there were several stab
wounds In the body. Robbery Is thought
to be the motive
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-12
IN THE AGE-HERALD
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR SHERIFF.

George w. Sherling is a candidate for
Sheriff of Jefferson county, subject to the
action of the democratic party.
r.. l.. Higdon is a candidate for sheriff
Of Jefferson county, subject to the action
of the democratic party.
James A. Downey is candidate for sher-
IN of Jefferson county, subject to the ac-
ton of the democratic party.
Andrew w. Burgin, candidate for sheriff
NJ Jefferson county, subject to action Of
democratic party.
COUNTY TREASURER
Henry B. Gray Is a candidate for Treas
urer Of Jefferson county subject to the ac-
ton of the democratic party.
II. c. Miller IL a candidate for treasurer
of Jefferson county subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-01-05
Boston's Anti-imperialists


' $50 - f'''iN-'''7'-
There. . set If Roston onosers
WINNIE Afraid of VIM and braaIsArs
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All these golfer statesmen banker
just 10 drop lie good ships anchor
IA the Frog Pond or the ever calm Back
Where tGev'l feed the crew on Tbsen
And the ,,nrtrAjtnrps If GiI.nn
Ana the. operas Of Wagner. NIGHT and dav
should The KAISER try TO steal her,
Then these mariners would keel her
And tie her with q rope to Bunker Hill;
Then these river salts would dock her
In the subway, lest the crew should get a
chill
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oilos'i .aUte olee4e s'-t ner Jigslhg'
nv ~, 'r ~ ~ .',i
H,+nIS - '''i '@ho 'pih alohs Ihe
t 70, = ,,
10 ~ iioi 'aiu giea1 professors
ouiu 91l'h diohs the guys ahd menu the
Sl"i 49,
If a shark or hornpout gored her.
The Reform club tars would hoard her
Obhyious to river smells and damn.
Aud in patent leather uppers
Led by Edward and his famed Aladdin
lamp
Omuipresent and omniscient
These BOstOnians proficient
Sit up nights beside the uniyerse's brink
Re the subject ndipestlon
These Bostoulans can solve it in a twink
When they fail for local topics,
Then they curse the distant tropics,
And Expansion they denominate sell.
Next they damn the poor equator
And most savagely berate her;
And Manila, they translate it, French for
HELL
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-01-05
Occupation for Little Fingers.

The time for teaching a little girl sew
ing by giving her dish towels to hem and
sheet seams to overland is past. A bet
ter way has been found, and she learns
happily, not grudgingly and with tears.
The needle is no longer pushed with pain
full effort through the bits of old linen and
muslin that are destined to make some
thing pretty to stock the little needle
woman doll wardrobe or bed, or her own
small tea table
She is using her imagination as we'll as
her fingers, and happy indeed she may be.
Is there any comparison, in point of in
terest, between big dish towel and a
dainty little one for play dishes - a
small oblong cut from the whole portion
of big glass; towel and hemmed neatly?
A little girl will like to learn to darn
linen if the worn dinner napkin she is set
to work on is afterwards to be nicely
washed and ironed, and become one of
her own little table cloths. And could
hemming fail to be alluring when the
whole parts of another old napkin are cut
into squares for small fingers to make
into doll napkins? From pieces of old
handkerchiefs may be cut squares to be
frlnged for doilies, useful on doll tables
and toy bureaus. In fitting up these
bureaus with dainty knicknacks, a little
girl will employ many a scrap of lace and
ribbon, and will learn to be skillful with
her needle Harpers Bazaar.
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OUR BEARDED
LADY.

Designing men. through alluring and cum
ningly worded advertisements, constantly
endeavor to work upon the feehneS OF SICK
and ailing women by inviting the" to"rte
to a 70opa0H % and secure q 1o0"foM SYN
pathy." It is well to remember thal 'he
best sympathy is to had at noll l anu NOV
from strangers perhaps hundreds OF miles
distant. The object of the sick is to get we'll,
and however precious sympathy may be, 1t
never vet cured seriously afflicted woman.
While the sympathy OF your nilllher OF
dressmaker might be appreciated and be
Just as beneficial, if not more SO, than sym
pathy from stranger, YET II Gan not ellect
your cure if you are an all,ne woman
1t is loudly proclaimed through the press
that "a woman can best understand
woman's ailments and on this ground sick
women are invited to write TO woman :"
and get the benefit OF Womans ADVICE
The sort of understanding OF her ailments"
wanted by sick woman is framed medl-
cal understanding If woman has this
trained medical knowledge she understands
woman s ailments not as a zto1fan, out as a
bhps1c1an. II she is not doctor she cannot
understand the ailments at all, and cannot
treat them successfully, because she lacks
the necessary training.
As far as known there is no regularly
qualified woman physician connected with
any proprietary medicine especially de-
fed by learning and experience, to advise
on questions of disease and its cure.
It is certain that there IS no one, man or
woman, connected with any put up +"
medicine for women, excepting only DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, who like
Dr. Pierce, is regular graduated and quail
fed physician, and who has, like him, de-
voted more than thirty years to the special
study and treatment Of diseases Of women
For more than thirty years Dr. K. v
Pierce, a regularly graduated doctor, has
been chief consulting physician of the
Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute, Of
Buffalo. N Y. On his staff are nearly a
score Of regularly graduated, experienced
skilled physicians, each Of whom is spec
ialist in his chosen class of diseases Ev-
cry letter addressed 10 Or. Pierce as above,
has prompt, conscientious attention, is re-
garded as sacredly confidential and is an
swered in plain envelope SO your private
affairs are kept safe from prying eyes.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-01-05
The Passing OF the Horse.

| drove my old house Dobbin, full slowly
toward the town,
One beautiful spring morning. The rising
sun looked down
And saw us slowly jogging and drinking in
the balm
OF honeyed breath of clover fields. We
lissed, in Natures calm
To chipping squirrel, and Whlstling bird, the
robin aud the wren;
The sound of life and love and peace came
DER the fields again.
tandem bike,
A pedaling long to beat the wind; never
saw the like.
They started blythe road was wide, old
Dobbin feeling good.
The quiet calmness of the morn had livened
up his mood,
And stretching out adOwn the road he chas-
ed those ierS two.
And Dobbin in his younger days was dis
tanced by but few.
We sped along about mile, it was merry
chase,
But Dobbin gave it up at last, and dropping
from the race,
He looked at me, as if to say, cold man,
I'm in disgrace
The horse is surely passing by, the bike has
got his place"
And all that day while in the town, old
Dobbin's spirits fell;
His stout old pride was broken sure; the
reason L could tell.
But when last night we trotted back from
town below the hill
We met the weary cyclers who waved at US
That had a big V on it and said it would be
mine
If l would let them ride with rs and put
their bike behind,
And 50 L whisted softly, and Dobbn wink
ed at me,
~ guess the horse will stay, old man; he's
pnncture proof-you see?'
[The Harness Gazette.
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pondents are not corrected, but are free
to write what they like. True enough
they may write qures and reams of too
literal correctness to please the powers
that be; and when the blue pencil gets
done with it, dozen lines remain for the
publisher. Yet it is said that Don Carlos
Moreno, the present press censor is much
too lenient toward American correspond
ents. Therefore there is talk of dsplacine
him, in favor of Col. Girauta, Secretary
of the Spanish commission of evacuation
a second Congesto, or prompting Mephis-
topheles.
The worst menace to society is General
Blanco S latest act of alleged mercy This
was to bring back to Cuba the "Nani-
goes" as they are called under the pre-
tense of liberating political prisoners,
They are really the worst criminals that
even infested this unhappy sland-while
thousands of real ''politicar prisoners.
men of standing and character, whose only
crime was love of liberty-yet languish
in the dungeons of Ceuta. The Nanigoes
are all negroes, or at best with but slight
adulteration OF Cuban blood. Before the
war they formed a regular orga nization
for the preparation of crimes, with initia-
tion rites, pass words and other secret
methods of comm nication. Candidates
for membership were first required to
1tI NIL ha h1nnI of OIL
to draw, hliudfolded, from box con
tanning black white and yellow balls. If
he drew a white ball. he must go
out into the streets and stab white
ball, a mulatto. And then the mi ation
was complete and the new member emit
tied to the protection Of the society and
share in its plumber. The murders and
dep1edations committed by this class were
innumerable, until the Orden Publco
hunted them down and the majority were
Now that the police have in turn been
deported, Spain sends back the Nanigoes
and turns them loose upon defenseless
community. 1t is a matter of deep con
Germ to the American government, as well
as to the people of Cuba Our military
commission demonstrated only to receive
the polite but sneering reply that the
Nanigoes are our friends, the Cubans
whose release from Spanish oppression
the [ nited States has desired.
The other day 800 Nanigoes arrived in
the ship Isla de Panay. None of them
had a cent of money OF anywhere to go,
their only possessions being small bundles
of dirty clothing. But they had evident
ly retained their natural instinct of prey
ing upon other people. They marched
in a body to the Farque Central, where
they preempted all the benches - the
citizens hastily retiring: and they sent
delegation to the civil Governor,
demanding to know what provision
he was going to make for them. That
worthy gentlemen had no more idea
than they ;-but he sent for his brother
officers with The result that the Nanigoes
were temporarily quartered in Los Fosos-
those sheds of horrible memory where the
reconcentrados starved to death by thou
sands FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-01-05

The Maine Farmer, asked as to what
would be proposed as a substitute for the
present complicated, cumbersome, and
needlessly expensive ballot law, replies.
The law of the State of Maine found in
chapter w, revised statutes of 1883, and
amendments thereto, in force prior to date
of the passage of the so-called Australian
Ballot Law, and to secure the privacy and
protection of the voter, such portion of the
Australian ballot law as relates to the guard
rail, location of the ballot box, and number
persons to be allowed inside inclosed space.
The precise thing. That preserves all the
virtues of the system and does away with
the glazing defects. Bridgton News.
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BOSTON \ BANGOR 8. 5. 60

Fare between Belfast and Boston reduced from
$500 to So %.
Fare between Searsport and Boston reduced
from So l o to 81 80 and proportionate reduc-
ton made in the price of through tickets be.
tween Boston and all landings on the Penobscot
Bay and River.
The price of roo ms, accommodating two per
sons each, will be reduced from 81 90 and $50
to 81 so and 81 90 each.
Steamers will leave Belfast for Boston, via
Camden and Rockland, at abouD 2 30 p M
Mondays and Thursdays.
For Wmterport, way landings, Wednesdays
and Saturdays at about 800 A. M, or upon ar
rival of steamer from Boston.
RETURNING
From Boston, Tuesdays and Fridays at 500
P.
IL 90 A. M
CHAS. f. JOHNSON, Agent, Belfast.
CALVIN AUSTIN Gen'l. Supt., Boston.
WILLIAM II. HILL, Gen'l Manager Boston
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The
Cruel Knife!

1t is absolutely useless to expect g
surgical operation to cure cancer, or
any other blood disease. The cruelty
of such treatment is illustrated in the
alarming number of deaths which re-
suit from it The disease is in the
blood, and hence can not be cut out.
Nine times out of ten the surgeons
knife only hastens death.
My son had most malignant Cancer. for
which the doctors said an operation was the
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Maine Central R. R,
TIM Bile

On and after Nov. ~, 1898, trans CONNECTING
at Bhrnham and Watervlle with through trains
for and from Bangor, Watervlle, Portland ard
Boston will run as follows: