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The age-herald., 1900-08-12
AN ISLAND OF WIDOWS
Every Husband Residing Upon It Was
 Drowned by Sinking of Boat

From the Rochester Herald
 Off the coast of Norway is small island called Aarlud. which boasts the unique distinction of being peopled exclusively by widows The circumstances under which this state of affairs was brought about are no less curious than distressing
 A short time since a man arrived on the island from Haugesund, on the mainland, with his wife and family, to participate In the spring egg gathering. While testing his ropes on a cliff, preparatory to commence ing his search he happened to make a false step forward over the cliff He was in- stantly killed. As there had not been d death on the island since eleven years be- fore, when boy was killed by boulder from the same cliff falling on him, the oc- currence naturally cast a gloom over the small community established there. This consisted of some thirty fishermen with their families. As mark of sympathy and respect all the men determined to attend the funeral of the unfortunate, which was to take place at the cemetery at Hauges3 und on the mainland. But during the pro1 ceedings at the burial ground tremendous gale arose. When the men returned to their smack t--e storm was at it's height. !
 After carefully considering the situation the thirty fishermen determined to sail for Aarlud, and having taken advantage of the opportunity to replenish their house. hold supplies the boat was rather heavily laden. Their progress through the angry sea was most anxiousy watched by the people the mainland, who. when the boat had gone the distance of about a mile and a half from the coast, saw that the vessel was in great distress Efforts were at once made to go to it's assistance, but the heavy sea beat back every boat that was launched. few moments after ward the unfortunate smack plunged for ward into the trough of the foaming waves and forever disappeared from mortal view. Every one of it's thirty occupants was drowned, and on the following morning their bodies were found along the beach.
 News of the disaster was as speedily as possible conveyed to the island. Every wife in the place had, by the dreadful event, been made a widow, and out of thir- ty many twenty-eight were left without any means of support. These wo- men are now receiving assistance from the Norwegian government which is credited with the intention of settling a number of single men on the island as soon as ar engagements can be made. Until that is done, however, all it's women must of necessity remain widows.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12

stood wherever he goes. and occasionally to adopt native disguises when his work can be furthered thereby. His writings on China are well known throughout England, where ! e Is recognized as an authority on socaI and political affairs in the Flowery Kingdom.
 The other is Mir. George Clark Musgrage, who was formerly Washington correspon- dent for New York newspaper. He be- gan his career in an English artillery regir ment, but had to retire on account Of wounds received in an Ashantee campaign Later he made his headquarters in Cuba, writing about the revolutionary movement, At the outbreak of our war with Spain he was arrested in Havana as a spy and sent to Spain as a prisoner, but escaped In time to take newspaper charge of the Santiago campaign. At the close of the war he went straight to Havana to square accounts with the man who had caused his arrest. The fellow had meantime gone O Matanzas, whither Musgrave followed him. The Cu- ban learned that he was under pursuit and armed himself, and opened fire on Mus grave before the latter saw him.
 Musgrave went to a Boston hospital to get over the effects of this Cuban episode, and as soon as relieved went to England and joined Butler with whom he stayed till the close of that Generals South Afri- can campaign. He has a book in press en- titled With Butler to Pretoria" Ills Cur ban experiences have been told in another volume, Cuba Under Three Flags" Before the tension in China became so great, Mus grave started for that country to report proceedings in the British Legation at Pekin. His remarkable escapes under fire hitehrto lead his friends to believe that he will be found among the survivors with hacds snald.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12
THE CARABAO
A Few Sober Remarks on the Native
 Ox-of the Philippines

From the Overland Monthly.
 The carabao is a noble animal of about four hundred tons displacement, and oc- cupies -thirteenths of the available breathing space of the island of Luzon.
 He is neat. but not gaudy, and in his general appearance somewhat resembles that delightful creature, the prum, so called because it is not fish. He consists principally of pair of horns and q mar tyrfzed expression of countenance, and is considered by scientists to be cross be- tween the millennium an dfull army ra- tions.
 He lives a simple and frugal life and spends all of it in making up his mind to execute a sudden move Then he dies. At this sudden interruption of his projects he is generally about s years of age.
 When not in use as a means of further ing the interests of interurban transporta- ton the carabao is kept submerged in water. This is done in order to preserve his unruffied temper, and also to furnish novel sport, unheard of in other parts of the globe. Carabao fishing is a pleasant recreation for the natives in the small hours of the morning.
 As above intimated, the carabao of the Philippines is principally used as a dray horse, and in this capacity presents many advantages over his equine cousin. He does not shy at cable-cars, does not inter
 
 has he been known to run away. He is gentle and kind in all harness and can be handled with equal success by chiIdrez or adults; he needs neither.
 There is a prescribed and unyaryfne method to be followed in driving a carabao, After having been hitched to a cart win due ceremony the carabao will immediately lie down in the street. more to enable won to perfect yourself in the proper pronunciaS tion of the many epthets in the Spanish vocabulary than out of any spirit of meafl ness.
 As soon you have sufficiently ar,e3 your profanity, kick him twice on the Ieft side, and with club or any other ayaila- ble means of persuasion plant a pawerf1I blow his head. He will then get mi unless you have fractured his skull. in which case it will be necessary for you to obtain another carabao and begin all over again. 8 place your tongue firmly against the roof of the mouth, stiffen the muscles of the throat, and give vent to series of sounds such as usually accompany the paymentfot a tribute to Neptune when about twenty- four hours out of port. As he hears these the carabao will move slowly forward Now prod him necessarily with your club, and keep on uttering the above-de- scrbed eXhortati ton, and the chances are that he will move ahead at least five yards before stopping again. Repeat the same operations as before and by dint of pa- tfence and perseverance you will arrive at your destination.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12

sTbrave." The last-named Is poor, ignor- hunting down half-starved peasantry rising One could pity such helpless wretch be- ing sent to face the breech-loading and magazine rifles of the modern army, were 1t not for the brutal, cowardly instincts which prompt him to murder, plunder and mutilate whenever it can be done without any risk.
 To see him attempting drill in his ridicu- 1ous garments awakens mirth, and when one sees fine modern rifles thrown about in bundles like faggots, or stuck into the ground with fixed bayonets, the sights ruined, the weapon grossly misused; while bundles, baskets, umbrellas, and teapots are jumbled up in tents in ludicrous con fusion, and hawkers are selling cakes and sweets in the encampments; with martial decorations of spears and flags galore em- bellishing the scene-surely one has to ad- init that the Chinese soldier is a caricature, and his camp like market fair
 Unfortunately he is not only funny, but he is extremely dangerous to the isolated traveller and other defenseless people. He Is totally ignorant of discipline, and plum ders at every opportunity.
 Although some of the troops are supplied with modern rifles and artillery, they have no modern military training. The generals Are "strong men," who have gone through a course of archery and weight-lifting, and their power is balanced theoretically, by civil officials What they want Is money, and position to make it by 'squeezing. Take for instance, an officer equivalent to
The age-herald., 1900-08-12
A Cotton Ira de Crisis
From the London Daily Mail.
 Tho pt6raute nf fha oottn,, u

From the London Daily Mail.
 The interests of the cotton world are closely involved in the question, How long will the China troubles last? A prolonga- ton of the present struggle might produce enormous injury to one of our greatest in- dustries, and throw out of employment in Lanca shire alone hundreds of thousands of mill operati tiveS.
 E Since March, when signs of unrest began to manifest themselves in China, hundreds of the little cotton mills which sprang up all over Japan after the China-Ja Japanese war, have been shut down, and in India hundreds of the cotton mills are working short time.
 Lancashire cotton mills have been obliged to close their doors, and that cotton man ufaeturers, cotton brokers and cotton ship pers are full of anxiety as to what the end will be-
 Shanghai occupies a central position in the Chinese cotton trade, the bulk of the manufactured goods exported from Eng land being shipped there for distribution inland. There, too, every year, in the early autumn, are stored thousands of tons of cotton goods with which to feed the north- ern ports of China before they become ice bound.
 The gravity of the situation may, there- fore, be gathered from the fact that, owing to the difffculdes native traders at present find in trading with the inland provinces, more cotton goods have been already &C., formulated at Shanghai than can be proper =ly warehoused. Several large shipments of cotton goods have been held at Hong Kong till such time as the renewal of trade with the interior relieves the congestion at Shanghai.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12

America is generally accepted everywhere as that of this country, and the figure or Uncle Sam in the cartoons now appearing in the foreign press on the Chinese war IS labeled America" and not the United States.' The countries to the south Of us do not dispute the title, and those that do call us North Americans America is the name of this country for short and we are Americans. The United States is part Of the name of several countries, while Amer lea is that of but one. There is for tn- stance, a United States of Mexico, United States of Brazil, and United States of Colombia. Each of these countries is known by the distinctive part of it's title as Mexico, Brazil, or Colombia. So the United States of America is properly called America for short, and the designation United States Is more used here than abroad, just as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is seldom called the United Kingdom except in the official publications of the British Empire The name American has come to mean resi- dent of this country, and even the Can adans no longer claim a right to the name, so Professor Tyler's criticism is in- consequential
The age-herald., 1900-08-12
fighting the foe with the display.

fighting the foe with the display.
 A curious instance of the ChiDeee idea of war was furnished in one of the most important engagements against the Japan csc. During the thick of the fighting the Chinese general returned to the neighbor- ing town for his dinner, leaving orders for the fighting to continue till his return!
 The Chinese art of war does not include the moving of troops, and 6,000 men will be purposely spread out over line of march 150 miles long. Even these detachments, when on the march, dribble along the road in manner that Is utterly incredible. There is no column, only a string of strag- glers and coolies to be seen, except body of men carrying flags and a score or two at most of men armed with rifles, whose special duty it is to escort the officer com mandng the battalion.
 The soldiers stroll or hurry along ac- cordng to the taste of the individual. The men, singly or in small parties, twos and threes carry baskets, buckets, bundles, and tents slung on poles, muskets or mag azine rifles with impartiality; while tent poIes huge shallow cooking pans, mat tresses spades, picks, teapots, stools, pa- per lanterns form part of the baggage, be- sides umbrellas, of which each man pos sess one, if not two Some stagger under wheelbarrows, some are seated on donkeys, with the peasants carrying rifles or mus kets.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12
THE GROWTH OF
 THE "COKE" HABl I
From the Cincinnati Times-star.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 The order to the police prohibiting the sale of cocaine without a prescription re- veals to many the existence of peculiar habit of which many are not aware, one of recent origin and which has in great extent taken the place of morphine. Sin gularly enough 1t is almost confined at pre- sent to one element, the lowest type of the colored race. So common has it become among the colored men along the river front in all the Western cities, that only last winter one of the most popular songs in the repertoire of well known minstrel was titled, 'When I Hab My Habits On,'' habits having grown to express the use of coke" as the drug has come to be called.
 The desperate, Charles, who shot and killed the policemen during last weeks New Or1e1nS riots, was 'coke" flend. The authorities of that city place the entire riot as being inspired by the drug. It arouses in the most peaceful man the spirit of the devil, feeling akin to running amucll" among the East Indians. Originally used by snufflng, lately the habit has become to place a small quantity of the drug in a bucket of beer Loaded with this decoc- tion, the "fiend" Is a man dangerous to be at large. Police authorities attribute to this habit" a marked growth of crime.
 AS thus far the "coke habit has not ex- tended beyond the lower strata of humani- ty, physicians do not seem to have made complete study of the effect of the drug in combination with beer upon the human system. The analysis has been chiefly con- fined to police officials, who have come in contact with the ffends. There is not one of these officials who does not pronounce the "coke" user the most dangerous class of criminal or offender with whom they come in contact wretch bereft of reason and whose sole aim is to kill.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12
THE TOMMY ADKINS
 OF CHINA'S WAR
He is a Fierce Fighter, But is Differ ent From Englands Soldier or
 Uncle Sam'S Warrior

', The present crisis In China affords fit ting opportunity for giving some facts about the ragged rabble which serves as the Celestial army. In the war with Japan it was clearly proved that against trained troops the Chinese have no chance. They were simply paralyzed by the movements of the Japanese.
 The state of the Chinese army may be guaged by the following piece of informa- tion: The Chinese method of changing guard consists in the privates CD exchang- ing clothes, @ rifles, (3) belts, (D the et- -ceteras. This occupies about quarter of an hour, and then the sentry sits down with the rifle between his knees and medi- tates.
 1t is not merely in drill but it is in every military essential that the army is wanting, from the generals to the coolie wearing the distinguishing garb of the
The age-herald., 1900-08-12

a major in command of camp or bat talion; he commands nominally 800 men and draws pay for that number whether he has them or not.
 He is almost sure not to have that num- ber for the following reason: It is a recog- nized custom that he must addd to his pay 50 tael a month, and his first step is to have eight or ten imaginary privates in each of his five companies, and his next is to keep back as much of the pay of the real privates as he can manage with his Chinese ingenuity. The captains, in their turn, have a few imaginary privates for the pecuniary benefit, and the lieuten- ants enjoy similar privilege. The pay of . captain is twelve taels, that of a lieu tenant eight taels month.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12

A battalion, or camp of infantry, is di- vided into five companies, known as the front rear right" left" and 'cen- ter' companies the first four named be- ing commanded by the major assisted by a lieutenant. The men are divided into porters and rfflemen; that is, men with rifles and flag bearers.
 There is regular outpost duty in the Chinese army, but at night sometimes a couple of companies may be sent out as a kind of advance post, when the men make themselves comfortable as they can, light fires and huddle round; there are no sentries or patrols as in Europe.
 Each battalion has its own artillery-the- oretically, four field pieces; but there are no trained artillerymen, and the pieces are not horsed, such is the lack of draught an- imals. Among the rifles of the infantry, at least nine different patterns are in use. It may be of interest to know that in the 1S41 war between Great Britain and China the British forces captured no less than 2, ,356 cannon.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12
Governor Mounts White Elepbant

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 When Governor Mount of Indiana. hastily declared that he would not surrender ". S. Taylor, the fugitive spurious Governor of Kentucky, on a requisition from the lawful Governor of that State he little appreciated the trouble he was bringing on himself. He now realizes his mistake. It is reported that Taylor is becoming decidedly uneasy as to the safety of his sojourn in Indiana
 He is a most unwelcome guest to the Re- publicans of that State He may be
 warned to leave if he wants to escape ex- tradition But where will he go? Will the
 Republican Governor of any other State &C., cept him as a political guest and give him protection from justice?
The age-herald., 1900-08-12

posters. Now for the information or the above experts I will state so they VIII khom not to tell any more lies, except they do SD wilfully and maliciously, that until eoiii- meneed to exclusively treat private uis- eases as a speciality l was member or tue State Medical Association; also secretary of the Cullman County Medical Society anu one of it's board of censors, or medieai eN aminers. (See Transactions of Medical AS, AS, soeiation of Alabama, 1SS7 for proot). Win still give special attention to private trou- bies, and also treat at my office pa.ieIl.a with any disease they may trust 10 ny care.
 l refer you with permission to tirst Na- tional Bank, Alabama National Bank, Jel- ferson County Savings Bank and Stelner Bros, Bankers, as to my responsibility TOT my contracts. cure many patients by man treatment. Write for prices and terms Au, dress Dr. Y E. Holloway, 1S011a Second avenue, Birmingham, Ala. .,
 Office, Second avenue and Eighteenth opposite postofffce.
 Office hours, $50 a. m. to 5SO p. m Sun days, 10 a. m. to 12 m.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12
Newspaper Men in Pekfu
Washington Cor. Boston Transcript

Washington Cor Boston Transcript
 Two men vino are supposed to be shut up with Sir Claude Macdonald in Pekin are we'll known in Washington. One is MT. Grant Morrison, who was at one time a professional globe-trotter for the London Times. He took a fancy to China, and has travelled extensively in the northern part of that country. He Is a natural linguist, 90 that he is able to make himself under
The age-herald., 1900-08-12
The Name America

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Professor Moses Colt Tyler of Carmell says that the United States of America is the only county of consequence without distinctive name. He asserts that the name America belongs to the continent and not to the most important republic of that continent. However that may be, the name
The age-herald., 1900-08-12
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 Through sleepers will be run to both St. Louis and Chicago. This excursion will af- ford an excellent opportunity for those de- siring a short vacation. These cities oner to the visitor numerous attractions, with their beautiful parks. roof gardens, sky scrapers, etc.
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The age-herald., 1900-08-12
DR. Y. E, HOLLOWAY,
Physician and Surgeon.

Young physicians
 and the lesser lights of the medical pro- fession, probably for the want of other practice, try to cre- ate the impression that they are expert in the treatment of priva t 2 diseases. They delight in tell ins people that doc tors who advertise are quacks and im-
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The age-herald., 1900-08-12
Texie cigars! Texie cigars!

Fine, pure tobacco and no flavor make Texie Cigar a magnificent smoke.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12

Go to Norton, The Cutter, for everything in the drug line.
The age-herald., 1900-08-12
Schedule in efect August l, 19OO

Three ships a week to Cuba. leave Port Tampa Il p. m. Mondays. Thursdays and Saturdays. For further information ad- dress B. W. WRENN,
 Pass. Traffic Man, Savannah, Ga R. L. TODD, Nv Pass. Agent,
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The age-herald., 1900-08-12

OFFrCERS--N. E. Barker, President; Harding, Second Vics President; Tom O. Cashier.
 DlRECTORs-T. T. Hlllman, D. M ert Jemison, Ersklne Ramsay, T. H. M, E. Barker. F. M. Jackson.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-02-18

tested. Hence, should Sharkey defeat
Fitz, there Is every reason to believe that
he would be in position ito force the
then holder of the title to listen to his
challenges. Should F'itz win, and handily,
Jeffries would again be IN position
which would force him to meet Fitz or
go before the people as a doubtful cham
pion Fitz has opened up the fighting
game in a way that will please the fol-
lowers Of the sport.
JEFFRIES AND CORBETT.
The Jeffries-Corbett match has been put
off until May a. The battle will be
fought in New York state, and not in
California, as was at first announced
The postponement Is disappointing to the
rank and file. 1t adds to- the queer look
of the whole proceeding. No one can tell
why Jeffries agreed to give Corbett first
chance when he had an opportunity TO
meet better men. All they can surmise
is that Billy Brady wanted 1t that way,
and what Brady said had to go. AS to
the outcome of the affair there Is no
doubt as to who should win, yet there Is
considerable uncertainty as to who WILL
Corbett today is not the Corbett OF cham-
pionship form. Best judges assert, and
upon reasonable grounds, that Corpett
cannot possibly have the speed necessary
to stand off the rushes of the big boiler
maker He should not last half dozen
rounds, and yet 1t Is admitted that he
may get the decision on points. Not one
prophet has the temerity to even suggest
that Corbett may beat Jeffries decisfvefy.
His only hope will be to remain at a
safe distance and outpoint the champion