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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
Dry Cleaning White voile

Please be kind enough to tell me through your Corner how to dry clean 9 white voile dress. It is now small for me, and I know if wash it I will not be able to wear it again. I should. therefore, welcome some kind of process that you may suggest. Let me hear from you as early as possible. as I wish to wear the dress. A. R."
 I am sorry you have had to wait until I could make room in the Corner for your question, but as you have been told by mail. we cannot send recipes and formulas through the post. Now for the gown: I can tell you what has been done to thin voiles and figured lace, and with success. l forewarn you that the process is tedious, requiring delicate manipulat ton and exactness in obeying instructions
 Cover table with several thicknesses of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14

white cloth and fasten them down taut Lay the dress upon this cloth and go all over each part with a mixture of three parts of the best quality of block English magnesia, finely powdered, and one part of borax. Use the borax of medicine, not that sold for washing. Mix the two pow ders thoroughly and apply them with perfectly new and clean complexion brush, using the mixture freely and not skipping a thread. Treat the gown in this way one part at a time-until you have gone all over it. Shake out the powder and apply second supply yet more lavishly, and as before, gently. Hard rubbing will break the fabric. Leave the second in- stallment of the cleansing mixture on the voile and the voile upon the table. Cast a light cloth over all and let it alone for two days. Then shake and brush the dress in the open air. The powder should take the grime with it. I do not guaran- tee success, as I have said. 1 do assert that, having given the process several fair trials and recommended it to friends, who report happy results, have no hesitation in passing it on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14

must be due to the weather) there is a white acid comes out of the bricks. Could you tell me, please, what to do to stop 1t? S. F."
 Clay suitable for the manufacture of common bricks is an abundant substance but there is a great difference in the na- ture and quality of the clays found in various localities. The basis of clay con- sists of hydrated silicate of aluminium, with varying proportion of other min eral matters, chiefly free silica (sand), iron, lime, magnesia, and potash I am told that these mineral matters ooze out at times, and, as you say, it may be due to atmospheric conditions. Will some one better versed in the knowledge of brick manufacturing answer the above query, and tell us why a white substance is seen on bricks of buildings? It passes away with time.
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FRECkLES
Don't Hide Them With Veil; Remove Them With the Othine Prescription

This prescription for the removal of freckles was written by prominent physician and is usually so successful in removing freckles and giving clear, beautiful complexion that it is sold by any druggist under guarantee to refund the money if it fails
 Don't hide your freckles under a veil; get an ounce of othine and remove them. Even the first few applications should show a wonderful improvement, some of the lighter freckles vanishing en- tirely.
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength othine; it is this that is sold on the money-back guarantee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14

The many friends of Miss Jennie Wal ters will regret to learn of the tragic death of her brother, who was recently killed by a burglar in New Orleans
 
 MT. and Mrs. R. B. Broyles have re- turned from visit to Chicago and other points Tn the north.
 Mrs. William Lathrop is ill at her home on Twenty-sixth street, south, and her two children left yesterday for Mentone accompanied by Miss Marion Orr, who was in the city for a few days, where they will be with Mrs. c. P. Orr. Thomas and Lennis, the young sons of MT and Mrs. R. T. Anderson, are ill at their home with typhoid fever.
 
 Mrs. Anglin White will leave in a few days for Atlanta, where she will be the guest of Mir. and Mrs. Cabiness, who will be pleasantly remembered, as they spent the past winter in Birmingham with MT. and Mrs. White at their home on Six teenth avenue, south.
 Miss Walker, who has spent the past few weeks in the city with her sister, Mrs. T. c. Smith on Thirte~ntu south, will leave soon for her home in Atlanta.
 Robely Munger, Jr., the young son of MT. and Mrs. Robely Munger. is i'll with typhoid fever at the home of his parents or Thirteenth avenue sOuth
 
 MT. R. J. Lowe is spending a few days in Mobile.
 Mrs. Gait Braxton is the guest of rela- tives in the city. MT. and Mrs. Braxton formerly made their home in this G.. where they have many friends. The two daughters of MT. and Mrs. P. A. Hickman, who have been i'll with ty- phoid fever, are rapidly recoverinG Mrs. Charles P. Jackson is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Kelly, in Montgomery. Mrs. Jackson was Miss Eliza Tatum of
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Marriage License

The following marriage licenses v issued from the probate court yesterd H. J. Gaylo and Miss Nellie B. Roll Domenico Prencetto and Miss Calas Gennaro.
 B. M. Brazier, Leeds, and Miss Ma Baton.
 A. D. Palmer and Jennie Walker
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Carpet Cleaner

Some one asked for a carpet cleaner give mine: Four ounces ether, four ounces salsoda. four ounces ether, four ounces of aqua ammonia, two cakes of white soap. Dissolve the soap in two gal Ions of boiling water, borax in two gal Ions, soda in two gallons. Have the car pet thoroughly clean and well dusted, never dirty. Use warm. Add ether and ammonia when heady to apply with a brush. Wipe dry with cloth.
 IS q :"
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The many friends of Miss Jennie Wal ters will regret to learn of the tragic death of her brother, who was recently Killed by burglar in New Orleans
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17
DRINK LOTS OF WATER
TO FLUSH THE KIDNEYS
Eat Less Meat and Take Salts for
Backache or Bladder Trouble
Neutralize Acids.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache, and feel like Jumps Of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder is irritated, and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
lines during the night. When the kid
neys clog you must help them flush
off the body's urinous waste or you'll
be real sick person shortly. At first
you feel a dull misery in the kidney
region, you suffer from backache, sick
headache, dizziness, stomach gets sour.
tongue coated and you feel rheumatic
twinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots Of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take - table
spoonful in glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act file. This ia
nous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activity,
also to neutralize the acids in urine,
so it nc longer is a source of irrita-
ton, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
1ure; makes delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots Of Jad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while it is only trouble
Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17
In the effort to eradicate
HEADACHE and NEURALGIA

Hoyt,s Headache and Neuralgia Cologne
now heads the list as a successful remedy
for the relief of headache, nervousness, in.
somnia, car sickness, etc.
The dangerous tablet has had its day.
Hoyt's Headache and Neuralgia Cologne
is harmless, refreshing, fragrant prepa-
ration, marvellous in its action, reiev-
ing nervousness, sleeplessness, exhaustion
and all head and nerve ailments by ex-
ternal use and inhaling. 1t is not nerve
food, but nerve soother. By giving the
nerves rest they furnish their own food
and tone, and all nerve pains disappear.
For children's colds and catarrh it is
just the remedy, harmless and efficient and
30 pleasant to use. For men a pleasant
remedy to relieve and clear the head "the
morning after the night before" This is
not an expensive preparations at so cents
bottle, because it brings the relief 1t has
many imitators at less price, but if they
do not bring the desired results they are
not cheap at any price.
Get Hoyt's and you will be satisfied.
For sale at all drug stores.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17

AS practically all Villas men are
mounted, to catch him mounted troops
will have to be used. This means cav
airy and field artillery. If he gets into
the Sierra Madres mountain artillery
only can be used. In this type of ar
tillery the guns are dismounted from
the carriages and all the parts and am
munition carried on pack mules.
One Aero Squadron.
We have one aero squadron which,
if it can get over the country, probably
will be of great use in helping to locate
any considerable forces Villa may
keep together. We have no reserve OF
to war strength or to make good cas-
ualties. Therefore, even if we start
with them at peace strength, we will
have to let the regiments used run
down in strength or else fill them UP
with green men and green horses. The
greater the number of these the less
the efficiency, with the consequence
that as time goes on we will probably
need a good many more men than
would have been the case had we at
the present time sufficient trained re-
servists to fill our regiments to war
strength and to make good casualties.
Will Resort to Guerrilla Warfare.
From Villas expressed intention to
involve the United States as muck as
possible in order to force Intervention,
the probabilities are that he will not
make any attempt to fight campaign
but will scatter his forces, in order
to give as much trouble as possible.
keep the border in an uproar. and
draw our forces as far as possible into
Mexico While the administration has
definitely stated it's desire to 90 moth,
ing more than to eliminats Villa, the
problem, due to the extent of country
over which ks can operate and our
comparative lack of troops, which pre-
vents our speedily ending the cam
paign, is one which can easily involve
us in difficulties which can only be
settled by a general war with Mexico.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17
RARASSING WITH SCATTERED BANDS
LIKELY TO BE Villas TACTICS

have been beaten, as he was, but cap
tured or killed, and his whole force
dispersed.
Too Scattered for Protection.
An attempt to give some protection
to all parts Of the border has led to
dispersion of the troops to such an
extent that there are many compare
lively weak points, such as Columbus
All Villa or any other leader has to
do is to determine by means of spies
where they are. and then suddenly
attack them.
The only thing that saved the troops
at Columbus from being beaten by the
overwhelming numbers which Villa
brought against them is the great su-
periority of our regulars to any troops
which the Mexicans can bring against
them. For the pursuit of Villa most
of our cavalry undoubtedly will have
to be taken. This means that the pro-
lection Of the border will have to be
primarily in the hands of the infantry,
who are hindered by their comparative
lack of mobility and the large stretches
of country they will have to protect.
Nature of Land.
The state of Chihuahua is immedi.
ately to the south of that part of the
border along which Villa has recently
operated. To it's west is the state of
Sonora. The two are separated by the
Sierra Madre. Chihuahua Is about
three times the size of the state of
New York. About four-fifths of it is
rolling plain at height of from four
thousand to eight thousand feet above
sea level. In general it slopes down
hill from the south to the American
border This plain is covered with
brush and cacti of all kinds The veg.
citation is distinguished by it's thorn
bearing capacity
There is not great deaf of water.
and such as there is is generally found
in water holes, called tanques. While
these. as a rule, are of considera BILE
size. they are generally quite dis
lance apart.
If Villa keeps his force concentrated,
he may retreat practically due south
which means a long stern chase, with
steadily increasing line of communi.
cations and more and more danger of
the mass of the Mexican people be-
coming convinced that we are making
a real invasion instead of merely help
ing the federal authorities to dispose
of a dangerous rebel
On the other hand. he may cross the
Sierra Madres and raid some part of
the Arizona border. or he may return
to the east and strike some part of
the Texas border. II he goes due
south. the railroad of course will be
available for line of communications
If he goes toward the Sierra Madres.
the railway running to Minaca will
be available. If he goes in any other
direction, wagon trains and pack trains
will have to be used. Whatever the
line of communications, they will have
to be guarded to prevent Villa or any
considerable part of his force from
slipping around the troops after him
and attacking them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17
OFFICERS Wife
Tells OF BATTLE
Onslaught Came in the Dead OF
Night and Wholly Un-
expected.
WOMEN RUN BULLET GANTLET
Wounded Nurse Says She Was Too
Excited to Notice ,njury-Brief
Reign of Terror a Horrible
Experience.

Chicago.-The first refugees from
Villas brief reign of terror in Colum-
bus. N. NJ. reached Chicago yester-
day.
There were four in the party-the
wife and mother-in-law of Capt.
George Williams of the Thirteenth
United States cavalry, the captains
four-year-old son, Worthington Will
liams, and the latter's nurse.
Captain Williams was with the de-
tachment under Major Tompkins
which pursued the Villa raiders across
the border and is still on duty at Co
lumbus. He is reported to have been
wounded in the hand.
Women Shaken by Raid.
The women appeared pale and
shaken by their experience, but Worth
lngton, blue eyed, apple checked. and
:ousled as to yellow hair, strutted up
and down the waiting room of the La
Sale street station, evidently having
he time of his life.
The bandaged hand of the nurse
:old story the boy did not know
low the wound which shattered the
woman's wrist had saved the child
rom almost certain death by a Mex
can bullet
I'VE were living in a house not far
rom the army camp" said Mrs. VIII
Jams, who is on her way to her home
n Norfolk, Va, which she thinks will
)e safer spot than the border The
baby was asleep in his little crib
when the raiders came.
"The nurse was resting on { cot in
he same room, and, fortunately, was
wakeful. She was the first to hear
he shooting. She quickly warned
The rest of us and then. picked ur
Worthingto1, still asleep, end started
through the streets for the camp
Wounded. but Reached Camp.
She had covered about half the
distance when a bullet from one Of
the raiders struck her right hand,
breaking Sc yeral bones She's brave
girl. though, ard with the blood flow
ing from he. wound she staggered
along and reached tie camp in safety.
IF that bullet had been an inch or
y o either way-well. ! have enough
horrible thin.,s to think of. but the
baby, you know. w., in her arms
My mother and IAN to the camp
and reached it soon after the nurse
By that time the bullets were flying
everywhere. for the soldiers were re-
polling the attack. Then, before |
fairly realized what was happening,
my husband had gathered his company
and was away with Major Tompkins
over the border. after the fleeing VIII
listas.
81 never want to pass through an
other such experience. 1t came at
the dead of night and was so wholly
Unexpected
I'VE knew that Villa could not be
trusted to keep on tn, Mexican side
of the border, but we didn't think it
possible for a human being to COM
nit such an act as that attack on in.
nocent women and children.
Ran Bullet GantIet.
THE poor nurse was almost ex-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17

They were not firing. Then from an
overhanging porch across the street
came several shots. and one or two of
tn, Villists fell. The rest, twenty
or twenty-five in number, wheeled and
came back. Several of them spurred
over toward the house and kicked at
the door, while the rest shot from
their horses, which stood stock still.
Killing Them Like Flies.
AN old Mexican woman, called
Felice, came upstairs carrying Mrs.
Taylor's two small children. She
wanted to take them up on the roof,
but had heard someone say, They're
killing them on the roofs like f1ies,"
and so | took the children and stuffed
them between the spring and mattress
of small bed in their mothers room.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17

| told them to be quiet. A few min
utes later. when a second party rode
down the street, we all ran up to the
roof, leaving the Taylor children. On
the roofs of other houses we could Sc
the families lying at full length. We
could also see a great number of fires,
and the roll of the rifles was almost
without break
In the morning ! saw many of
the dead Mexicans in the streets while
Mr.. Taylor was taking me to the train.
! had intended to stay for at least two
weeks longer, but lost no time in
leaving after the raid When | left
the only talk was of pursuit, and cow
boys and soldiers were saying that
they would go into Mexico with orders
or without"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17
GOLD AND AMMUNITION
BURIED BY VILLAS MEN

Villa has 5000 men with him now
according to the most authoritative re-
ports Ten thousand men. it is be.
lieved, will join him on the day the
American invasion Is launched. Men
old in the wisdom of the border say
Villa will have from 10000 to 10000
men within a week after the hated
'gringo" sets foot in Mexico.
Tales come out of Mexico Of gold.
silver. and ammunition that Villa has
buried that put to shame the stories
of Captain Kidd and the lost pirate
treasure of Cocos island.
Il should place the gold and silver
in bullion and money that Villa has
buried in northern Mexico at $4,000.
000," said one of the bandits former
lieutenants. The spots where this
treasure is buried are known to no
one on earth except Pancho Villa. The
men who buried it for him were shot
villa himself told me of one cache
of treasure he made in the mountains
near Guerrero. which is popularity sup
posed to have been his birthplace. II
required a pack train of six burros to
carry the sacks of money and gold anG
silver bars to the spot where Villa
had decided to inter them -
six men dug the trench. After
their return to camp. Villa had them
arrested on charge of treason They
met their death in front of line OF
Mausers and took the secret of the
buried wealth into the other world
with them.
villa told me this because | hap
pened to. know one of the men an6
asked about him. He was a good sol
der Villa answered. but had to kill
him
Villa also has buried millions OF
pounds of ammunition and has sealed
the secret of the caches in tragedy. |
believe he has enough buried ammu
milton at his disposal to carry on a
long campaign"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17
''CASCARETS' FOR.
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach
biIiousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box now.


Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom"
ach.
Don't put in another day Of Distress
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, ferMenting food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means a clear head.
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17

Washington, D. C.-The administra.
| ton has announced that it has no in.
tention of entering Mexico in force,
and therefore will merely send suffi-
cient body of mobile troops to locate
and dispense or capture the band or
bands which attacked columbus.
This, then, is the problem before the
war department. To bring this about,
two forces must be provided, one to go
after Villa and the other to guard the
border, so that he or other Mexican
leaders may not raid it as was done at
Columbus, says Capt. Henry ]. Reilly
in the Chicago Tribune.
If Villa keeps his forces concentrate
ed and offers battle, the problem will
be much more simple than if he scat
tiers his forces in small bands all over
the country. If he keeps them concen-
trated we will have to send force suf-
fciently large to defeat him in battle
and to guard it's own line of communi-
cation.
Provisions Important Factor.
If he scatters his troops in small
bands all the principal points through
out the country in which he can oper-
ate will have to be occupied in order
that he may get no provisions from
any of the towns or principal ranches
nor water from any of the water holes
and be unable to use any of the passes
across the Sierra Madres, while at the
same time bodies of troops sufficiently
large chase and destroy his various
bands
The guarding of the border has been
difficult matter since 1911, when the
| troops were first sent on this duty.
The frontier is 1000 miles long. APP
proximately six hundred of this is an
imaginary line. Along the Rio Grande,
which runs along the eastern half of
the border, there are many fords. In
other words, in general the border can
be crossed easily almost anywhere.
All along it are ranches. Here and
there along it are a number of towns.
Need Cavalry on Border.
We have never had enough troops to
afford complete protection to all these
| towns and ranches. The consequence
has been that in most vicinities the
number of troops is not sufficient to
prevent such an attack as was made
at Columbus. Such attacks have been
foreseen for long time, but the war
department could not put more troops
along the frontier than it had avail
able. 1t is duty which should be
principally performed by cavalry be-
cause of the distances to be covered
and because the enemy forces almost
invariably consist of mounted troops.
1t may be remarked that in spite of
this obvious lack of troops now evil
dent for almost five years the bill re-
Gently reported by Mr.. Hays commit
tee of the house of representatives
| adds no cavalry to the army and only
ten regiments of infantry. Had there
been sufficient cavalry Immediately
available at Columbus the probabili.
ties are that had Villa attacked at all.
which would have been doubtful under
such circumstances, he not only would
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17
His Chivalry.

I've got fourteen Of the peartest
children you ever laid your eyes on!"
boosted Mr.. Gap Johnson of Rumpus
Ridge.
why shucks. Gap!" demonstrated
q friend II heerd your wife tell my
old woman luther day that there was
fifteen of EN-"
Jaw, well, mebbe so. Tennyrate.
what my wife says goes. | wouldn't
make her out liar, just for child
or two."-Kansas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17
Too Original.

What we want to do said the
actor, lis to get away from the old
conventional stereotyped ideas. Now,
in this new comedy, for example, I'm
cast for the part of an Irishman.
How would it be if l played the part
without the usual red whiskers!
Wouldn't that be novelty?'
ut would be a novelty, all right"
admitted the manager but how
would the audience know that you
were supposed to be an Irishman?'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-17
Not Confined 20 Children.

This is toy tea set got for my
little girls present. She likes to serve
make-believe tea and make-believe
sandwiches. A harmless fancy" Per
fectly. I've been to grown-ups affairs
where they did louisville Courier
Journal.