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The record-union., 1899-10-01


For the last ten years / have had a se-
we're form of catarrh. This seriously af-
fected my ears, until L became almost
deaf-could scarcely hear at all: could
ing. My ears were treated by some Of
the best ear doctors in San Francisco,
without relief. By the advice of friends L
came to Sacramento and put myself under
the care of the physicians of the NEA-
GLE MEDICAL INSTITUTE. BY their
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my deafness and now hear as we'll as any
one.
| am at the Lull House, corner Sew
enth and L streets, Sacramento, Cal.
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The record-union., 1899-10-01
Upton for Malaria

The Best Prescription for Malaria
and Fever is bottle of Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. 1t Is simply iron and uuinfna
IN tasteless form. No cure-no pay.
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says: I was long sufferer from Catarrh,
Bronchitis and Indigestion. / was treated
and promptly cured at the Neagle Med
ical Institute.
The record-union., 1899-10-01

ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR-THE
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The record-union., 1899-10-01

Verdi denies that he is writing a new
opera He says "Falstaff'' is his last
The record-union., 1899-10-01

William n. Crane, the comedian, has
the reputation among his professional
friends of being exceedingly econom-
1cal. This season he is to play "PeteI
The record-union., 1899-10-01

A music critic living in Berlin wrote
recently: ''At the rate the English
language is making it's way in Berlin
to-day, it will be but few years when
we shall see in the shop windows here
and there the sign German spoken in
side.''
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The record-union., 1899-10-01

Young Mr.. Minkowsky, the San Fran
cisco composer, whose one-act opera,
The Smuggler's Wife, will be pro-
duced in New York this fall by the Bos-
tonians, has arrived in New York. He
will personally superintend the rehear-
sails
The Mena star., 1899-04-20

day 20l civil cases were filed against the Western Union for damages aggre- gating SEQ, 100. and one suit against the Postal for $l00 damages. The plaintiffs in the suits against the western Union are L. Blackman, wholesale beer agent, and Josiah Jor- dan, ex-county superintendent of schools. The suit against the Postal was filed by Kasse baum, local com. mission merchant.
 The new law reduces ten-word tele- grams in Kansas to 15 cents and allows one cent for each additional word. It places telegraph companies under the control of the court of visitation just established, and gives that court au- thorlty to make any change in the rates necessary to make them reason able. Although the court has been organized now for a week, the tele- graph companies have not put in the new rates. The law says that the companies must pay S1OO fine for each failure to comply with the law. Blackman and Jordan wrote out 201 telegrams to as many different people in Kansas and de- manded that they be sent at the re- duced rate prescribed by law. They rendered the local agent 15 cents for each message. He refused to send the messages for the reduced rate Then they hunted up lawyer and brought suit against the company for $10O dam ages for each of the 20l telegrams. The suits were filed with country justice of the peace and they are set for hearing April 21.
The Mena star., 1899-04-20

lung troubles or THEY WILL KILL YOU. That's the whole situation in a nutshell.
 Never was there a cure for lung trou- bes equal to the newly y-discovered pr. Slocum treatment This forms a sys- tenn of Four Remedies that are used si- simultaneously and supplement each others curative action. It cures weak lungs, bronchitis, asthma, coughs, con- sumption and every other ailment of the pulmonary region. It destroys every germ that can affect the respira- tory system, and even in advanced stages of lung trouble positively arrests the tubercular growth, while it also builds up the patient so that his system is enabled to throw off scrofula. rheum- atism, catarrh, and other wasting dis cases.
 Thousands of cured cases already prove these claims Thousands of grate- ful people bless the discovery.
 The Doctor wants everybody to know the surprising merits of his system. He has arranged to give free treatment (Four Preparations) to all sufferers. Full instructions for use accompany each treatment.
 WRITE TO THE DOCTOR.
 Write at once to nr. T. A. Slocum Laboratories, o6 and o8 Pine street, New York City, giving full express and postoffice address, and mention this pa- per-
 Delay only makes your trouble worse.
The Mena star., 1899-04-20
Alleged Mall Pouch Robbers Caurht.

New York, April ls.-The police have in custody two alleged robbers of mail pouches, said to be notorious. The last crime charged to the men is the theft of a registered mail pouch at Buffalo early this month. The men gave their names as Albert F. Bell, of London, Can, and Frank H. Smith, ot Chicago Oh ecks and drafts to the amount of $i0, 1000 were found in their trunks. The police say that Bell was also once arrested in Kansas City for 8 mail pouch robbery, and served three years Smith is said to have ''done time" in Missouri.
The Mena star., 1899-04-20

Nearly everybody you meet will re- gard 1t as kind of insult to be asked if they have weak lungs. All seem to have solid faith in the soundness of their own breathing machine In cases of trouble they will admit there is a "heavy cold" "a touch of bronchitis, v or even a spell of asthma" but as to weak or unsound lungs, never, NEVER. Even the poor consumptive, who scarce ly speaks without coughing, whose checks are wasted, hollow and bear the hectic flush of doom, will assure you with glistening eyes that his cold is on the mend and he will be all right when the weather changes.
 It is simply terrible to think how far we may be guilty by our indifference to the lung troubles of those near and dear to us. It is also q sad thought that we may hug delusion as to our own health that we only get rid of when life itself must pay the forfeit.
 Nobody can afford to think lightly of lung troubles. Nobody can afford to be mistaken about their possible dan gers. Nobody can afford to neglect them, or "let them wear out" or "get better in the spring or any other tom foolery that leads only to wreck and ruin. Lung troubles don't move back ward. Weak lungs don't grow strong by themselves-you must heal them and strengthen them, and rid them of the very earliest germs of disease, or you are simply committing form of suicide. Either you must cure your
The Mena star., 1899-04-20
THE CHARS CONFERENCE.
Results of Far Reaching Character May Re Brought About In the AmeIioration Of
 the Horrors of War.

Washington, April ls The presi. dent will this week deliver to the United States delegates to the czar's disarmament conference instructions of the course he desires them to pur. sue when the conference is held.
 In one respect it is said in official quarters that the congress may achieve results of far-reaching character, al- though not in full realization of the plan of disarmament This, it is hoped, will be in the line of ameliorat- ing the horrors of war, doing away with the needless suffering and maim- ing which some missiles of warfare oc- casion and in general placing warfare upon as humane basis as is consist ent with military and strategic usage.
The Mena star., 1899-04-20
New Jersey Would Furnish rroons.

Washington, April iS.-Gov. Voor- hees, of New Jersey. was at the white house to-day to tender to the president regiment of New Jersey volunteers in case it should be decided to enlist additional volunteers. The president expressed his qualification at the offer, but informed the governor that his latest advices from the Philippines were to the eff ect that the volunteers there were willing to remain until the fighting ceased.
The Mena star., 1899-04-20

As the season of the year whe pneumonia, la grippe, sore throat, coughs, colds, catarrh, bronchitis and lung troubles are to be guarded against, nothing lis fine substitute. i" will answer the purpose, or is just as good" as One Minute Cough Cure That is the one infallable remedy for throat or bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously upon having it if something else is offered you. Hanes & Egolf.
The Mena star., 1899-04-20
LANI)N BACK AT MANILA
All the Towns Recently Captured Obliged to Be Abandoned for
 Lack of Men.
GEN. 0TIS TO RELEASE THE FlLIPlEOs.

Prisoners Sent to Their Homes to Prove That Americans Win Treat the Rebels Humanely-FiIipinos to Re Exchanged
 for Spanish Prisoners if AguinaIdo Is Wiliing-Release of Volunteers Wanted.
The Mena star., 1899-04-20

Indigestion is the direct cause of diseases that kill thousands of persons annually. Stop the trouble at the out set with little Prickly Ash Bitters; it strengthens the stomach and aids digestion. Sold by Jackson Drug Co l6-2t
The Mena star., 1899-04-20
TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
western Union and Postai Telegraph Com psnies Refuse to Obey Kaasas Statute
 and Big Damage Suits Result.

Topeka, Kan, April ls.-War has been declared against the Wester- Union and Postal Telegraph compa- nies for refusing to reduce telegraph tolls in Kansas, in accordance with the law passed at the recent extra ses- sion of the legislature. Late Satur.
The Mena star., 1899-04-20
Can't. Buohan,s wifs Dead.

Kansas City. Kan, April tS.-A cablegram from Manila received by ex- Senator w. J. Buchan this morning brought the sad tidings of the death of Mrs Lucinda Buchan, wife of Capt. Fred E. Buchan, of company E, Twen' tieth Kansas volunteers The message stated that the young officer would leave Manila to-day on steamer bound for San Francisco with the body of his wife. Mrs. Buchan was formerly Miss Smith. She graduated from the Kansas state university in 1895
The Mena star., 1899-04-20

For quick remedy and one that is erfectly safe for children let us rec ommend One Minute Cough Cure. It is excellent for croup. hoarseness. tickling in the throat and coughs. Hanes & Egolf
The Mena star., 1899-04-20

Derangements of menstrual funct- ions produce miscarriage. Squaw Vine wine or tablets correct the derange mentS. Al
The Mena star., 1899-04-20

Before the discovery of One Minute Cough Cure, ministers were greatly disturbed by coughing congregations. No excuse for it now. Hanes & Egolf.
The Mena star., 1899-04-20

Not one child dies where ten former ly died from croup. People have learned the value of One Minu Cough Cure and use it for severe lung and throat troubles. It immediately stop coughing. It never fails. Hanes & Egolf
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12

trtbuted to the oppOrtune arrival of just
such flying battery.
The main objection raised against the
practicability of armored trains is the
suggestion that the enemy, with a few
men carrying small parcels of dynamite,
could easily destroy the permanent way.
Doubtless they could do SO if the de-
tenders cavalry stood idle while they
advanced for this purpose. hence it must
be a sine qua non that armored trains
are always accompanied by a strong
force of cavalry. Again, to guard
against the compulsory abandonment of
the guns if the train is derailed Capt.
Fishers precautiOn of ire uding a crane
in the equipment should be followed. We
note that in the accounts of the hastily
constructed British and Boer armored
trains machine guns or only very light
pieces are given as the ornaments.
Trucks carrying these should certainly
have the gun detachments protected by
bullet-proof mantlets, but any very high
plating. with the idea of keeping o,H
shells, is a mistake. This, indeed is
the weak point in the Sussex gun-truck,
for the erection only offers a good tar
get and an ideal bursting screen.
For guerrilla warfare, especially in the
defensive preparations against raids ar
mored trains carrying machine guns
only should certainly prove the most
useful variety, but when an advance on
a large scale becomes possible the feast
bility of the troops being accompanied
by more deliberately constructed rolling
stock mounting heavier weapons is
worthy of consideration. The 47-inch
quick-firing gun, and even guns of some
considerable power such as the 6-inch
breech-loader, would be an interesting
experiment Objection may be taken to
their weight, but this is a mistake Ar
tillery experts are of the opinion that
the gun truck on the Sussex train would
safely carry the 47-inch gun were the
vehicle COMMUNICATED with from FIVE
to ten tons Of metal, while for heaV er
ordnance larger trucks mounted upon bo-
ereS could be pr0Viu"'i. VII = IN action the
pins of these bogies could be securely
bolted, curbing their lateral play, add
tjonal clips constructed to catch the
seepers and the strain further dlstrib-
| uted by rigidly connecting The various
trucks and carriages forming the armored
train. IN South Africa, cf course, the
narrow gauge of the railroads will neces-
state great attention being paid to the
questions of equilibrium and stability,
while the probable methods OF warfare
! to be encountered must insure the most
watchful precautions against mines and
/ amhuskes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12

chtldrea of the land. For this purpose
q permanent fund Of 100000 is set asi e.
The educational department ls vely
thorough one, This department is under
a superintendent who has under him a
corps of inspectors and sub-inspectors
There are-now about eighty fine govern
ment schools with "a staff of $50 TEACHERS
These schools are exclusive of private
and nop-aided schools, such as thcs,
which ere maintained by the Catho, 'cs,
the Anglicans, and other religious de 1orn-
nations. The government schools a q of
thfee kinds, liz, town, ward and PEI ina
tet1c schools. To teach them the instlnc
tors ire divided into first. second and
third class, according to the grad. of
thelr certificates from the heard of state
examiners This board is composed of
nine members who are appointed bv the
presid 9nt Of the republic. This beard has
Wloe powers. 1t can grant certificates Of
pfohciency in law, land surveying, ard
In science ard literature gene ally The
only higher education schools yupro ed
py the state are Danes institute 0adi s
seminary and Grey college. both Of
which are at Bloemfontein in these IN
stltutions the students arc prepared for
matriculation at the Cape univers " in
Cane Colony. Students desiring a u i
VersitY education must, therefore. g. n
the South African college at Cap, Towi,.
or to Victoria college at Ste.lanbnscn
The great majority Of the citizens Of
the Orange Free State are, from thu 81
cumstances of their Dutch origin, m m
hers Of the Dutch Reformed church
This is thea established church of the
land There is a congregation in ne rlv
every little village of the country. The
government annually contributes about
$4,000 to the support of tn re igious
sect. 1t is paid into the church synod to
be used as that body deems fit This
synod meets every other year in the
month of May at Bloemfontein, the cap
iral. 1t is composed of the pastor aid a.
lay member fof each congregation. The
following denominations also have
churches IN abe Orange Free State: he
Episcopalians Lutherans, Cath les
MethOdists, Rapttsts and Presbyteria- s.
Their Individual memberships are sni II
The Episcopal church has respectable
following; att Bloemfonten it has several
school buildings, 5Among them are S.
Andrews colleges for boys, and st. Mich
2elS home efor girls. The s aratist
Dutch church also has several important
congregations in the country. The Dutch
Reformed church, has mission estab
lished at Witzieshock The Berlin Ms
sion society," has important m ssio1 IS at
Bethany Maboela lin the Ladybrand dis
tricD and other places.
The climate of the Orange Free State
is dryer ard colder than that OF its
neighbors. This is due to its altitude
end inland position. 1t is, therefore,
healthfuf for weak lungs. Its dry sea :
son is iii the winter time but its periods
of rain and moisture are uncertain The
high elevation Is affected by the evap-
Grafton OF the lower countries which
| drifts up into the Wittebersen tWhite
nbuntains), Roodebergen (Red noun
tainsl, and the Drakensbefg, where it
condenses and frequently foods the
streams, causing them to run bankers
ten to twenty feet above their normal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12

London, is the capital. The only noun
are the Stall mountains in the eastern
portion of the republic From the ORA
kensberg the country slopes gradually to
the Vaal river, on the northern and west
ern boundaries. The southern part of the
Free State is dotted with detached kopjes
or individual hills. Otherwise the interior
is an undulating prairie or prairies, for
merly covered with coarse grass. This
is changed in the south to a scrubby
brush or copse, which is excellent grazing
for sheep, a sweeter grass suppanting
the sour or coarser grasses in places. The
Orange Free State is not a forest country.
1t is virtually treeless. The species of
forest now found on the hillsides and in
the moist valleys Of the rivers is a scant
scrub Of mimosa thorn, the wild olive, the
willow and the camel thorn, which is a
species of wild acacia
The principal lands are best adapted to
pastoral purposes, though there is a thir-
ty or hundred-mi1e strip of soil on the
Basutoand border considered to be sec
ond to none in the world for grain produce
ing purposes. The pursuits Of the people
being principally stock raising and grain
growing, the burghers have leisure for
war. The strip noted above produces
without irrigation or fertilizing and after
planting for nearly forty consecutive
years, from thirty to eighty bushels 10
the acre. This fertile strip of land is
known as the Conquered territory 1t
was taken from the Basutos about 1864
Of ic Of
the Orange Free State and of the Trans
vaal. In this belt of country, thirty miles
wide by hundred miles long, are grown
wheat, oats, barley, maize and Kahir
corn. 1t also carries large herds of cat
tie, horses, sheep, angora goats and os-
trlches. Pears, apples peaches and
grapes are likewise grown to a large ex
tent. This Is the Boer base of supplies.
and the mountains which face British
South Africa are depended upon with
Boer endurance and Boer strategy to
nolo these neids fnviolate to the homes of
the twin republics of the same blood.
Diamonds are extensively mined on the
| iields OF JagersfOntein, where the ia
NOUS V% carat Jagersfontein Excelsior
was found. on May 30, 1S93 and Koffy-
lonte1n, In the district of Fauresmitb.
which Is In the southwestern part of the
republic. The Importance OF these mines
can be seen when 1t is known that the
diamond output of the Jagersfontein
field for January was 1888 carats valued
at Sl5oN), while that for Koffyfontein
| for the same period was 1900 carats.
valued at I'll, 600. This IS part of the
| contemplated war prize in the present
conflict.
The inhabitants of the Orange Free
| State are, like the Beers of the Trans
! vaal, peaceful, educated and we'll gov
erned people. The country is DIVIDED
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12

watermark. The last named peaks rise
to 11,60l feet, and are popularity called
MCntS aux Sources, or mounts of sources
from the number of streams which rise
In them III the winter time the rivers
are shallow. Some Of them hardly flow.
They. degenerate into what are called
pans (sea COW or hippopotamus water
hoies), which have drifts or fords here
and there. This is due to the dryness of
the season in the summer these water
courses are dangerously swollen often
rising In a single night from ten to TWEEN
ty feet above their normal level The
pans, or peculiar circular water basins
found in the mi1dleyeldt, or watershed
territory between any two rivers, are
sometimes salt or btackish. These mid
dleNeldt pans are numerous in the Bloen-
fonteir, JacohsdaE Fauresmith, and Bo-
SHOT districts One of chesa depressioas
the Hagans-Pan is worked by a large
salt company, which exports its product
to Johannesburg. This salt according
best in the world. The pan from
which IT is taken is about two miles
across. 1t is located about twenty
six miles from Bloemfontein. The salt
from 1t is made after this fashion. A
trench eight or ten feet deep is made in
the pan, The brine 2ercolates into
this trench, from which II Is subsequent
ly pumped up on a huge buck or tent
rails. Here the water eVapOrates and
the salt sediment is left deposited on the
soif surface
While the rivers of the Orange Free
State are rot navigable, they are well
stocked with fish, some of which are pc
| culiar to them. The barber (Clarius ca
pensis) is only found IN the Orange river
and its tributaries. This fish Is as long
as seven feet 1t has very few bones,
| and no scales. The barber has large
and ungainly head with eight cirri-feelers
on the lower lip The yelfowtsh is
| found in all the Free State waters. 1t
| sometimes weighs as much as twenty
| pounds. Among the more important of
! the other fish are the Whitefish, calves
! head and the undermouth. The iguana
| and the river turtle also abound The
| Free State Is not notable for fierce or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12

South Africa. There are two short lines
in the Free State in addition 10 this trunk
line. One of these runs from the Orange
river at Bethulie TO the main line at
Springfontein. 1t connects the part of
East London with the Central line. The
other short line connects the Natal line,
from Durham over Ladysmith, with Har
rismith.
The people of the Free State, like those
of the Transvaal, are very simple and sin
cere in their dealings. In the country
districts this simplicity is of so innocent
character that a stranger. even, who IS
trusted and accepted as worthy TO be a
guest, may even be allowed to sleep in the
same room with the single daughters of
the family. For any violation of the
sanctity or hospitality of the BOer home
the culprit will barely escape with his HE.
While under welcome the Visitor is treat
ed like son or a daughter. The Beers
are not an immoral people. They are
plain, simple, severe but kind and hardy
race. An infusion of HusuenOt blood in
the burghers Of the Free State. makes
them an active and enterprising commu-
nifty of sturdy yeOmen.