The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, June 30, 1904, Image 7
fHE EYE OF. A SEA BATTLE.
Vhat a Naval Engagement Means
on a Modern Ship of War.
HE following article by
Lieutenant Charles Uleif,
former I j of \the British
Navy. Is printed In the
Cbk-MKo Chronicle:
A fleet of six gray battle
ships is steaming rapid)/ In a Mini |
?cm. Far ahead of the fleet can be dis.
tlnguished the hulls and slender masts
of several cruisers. Theae are tlx?
scouts, the "eyes" of the fleejt. upon I
which the Admiral relies for news of
the enemy's movements. Other cruis
ers. out of sight of the iMittle fleet,
are scouring the Mas ut?on some prear
ranged plan. Let us. however, confine
our attention to the battle fleet. The
six great armor clads are all of one
type, forming a homogeneous squad
ron. Kacli is of 15.0U0 tons displace
ment. of equal speed and carries sim
ilar guns. To the eyes of the landsmen
they are like as ualf m Joy.cn dried
peas, and tiieir similarity is accentu
ated by the gray paint that covers
them from truck to water line. They
are formed In two divisions, not as yet
in order of battle. The two leading
ships each llies au Admiral's flag. The
divisions are six cubles apart (12U0
yards), but the space between each
unit ir but 400 yards, and this interval,
you will notice, is maintained with tin
accuracy won by constant practice.
Little smoke Issues from the tall, gray
funnels. In the smooth sea the heavy
?hips have no perceptible motiou.
though you can see they are making
progress by the white foam at the
bows and by the broad ribbon of foam
churned up by the twin screws of each
vessel.
Presently a red and white "answer
ing" pennant streams from the mast
head of the flagship. One of the scouts
Is signalling. 8bc begins to close with
the squadron. One perceives that other
and more distant cruisers are also
steaming back to the fleet. We guess
the reason long before our keen-eyed
signalman can distinguish the message.
The eueni}' has been sighted some
twenty miles to the eastward. Such is
the welcome news. At once the flag
ship runs up a signal: "Prepare for
nction; form the order of battle." For
in these days of fast steaming twenty
miles' interval affords but comfortable
breathing tpace unless the enemy de
cides to ruu awny. If he is hearing
down upon us we may l>e within range
of him in a quarter of an hour. Such,
it seems, is his design, so our ships
must form at once into single line.
Let us .note what preparations are
being made for tiie coming battle. The
game has been rehearsed often euough
?so often, indeed, that we can hardly
realize jhat this is at last the real
thing, the grim vcnlity. Take any ship
at random. The same preparations are
being made in nil. Seven hundred men
are going about their ordinary busi
ness. Suddenly a bugle blares out the
familiar call to "general quarters," and
ere the harsh notes have died away
every man begins to ruu to his appoint
ed station. Some make toward the
great barbettes, where the i'J-incli guns
are snugly sheltered; some for the ar
mored casements isolating the U-inch
weapons; others run to the light, quick
firers, mounted upon the superstruc
ture. Others, again aud these mostlj*
iioncombatants (If any such can be in
a ship of war), hurry below to the
?hell rooms and magazine*;.
The great shells for the barbette
?runs are being placed on the hydraulic
lift*. A lever is prerscd and up they
iro. Another moment and they have
reaehed the hreeeb of the gun. A
Kiumer closes the heavy mechanism of
the hreech with one hand, "ltnn out!"
orders tiie officer of the turret. An
other lever does the business. The
enormous \vea|M>ns glide smoothly out
ward, their long necks projecting over
board as the barbete Is trained. A
dozen men and one officer complete the
crew of this pair of heavy guns. The
officer stands upon a little iron plat
form, peering above the turret, with
a voice tube at his ear. The captain
of the turret Is peering through the |
telescopic sights.
Olaucc into one of the isolated case
nuites. The thick, armored door is
sliut now. inclosing the <?-iucli gun and
its crew in a box of steel. The gun has
been cast loose, trained oil the beam,
and loaded within four minutes of the
bugle call, ltescrves of shot and shell
are being whipped up Into the ease
ment through a round aperture lead
ing to the shell room below. Twenty
or thirty rounds soon accumulate, and
the gun's crew will stake their lives
against the entry of a shell through
the easement. Here, too, Is an officer
waiting directions through a voice
tube. The men have stripped to their
flannels and trousers. A tub of lime
juice stands In a corner.
Down in the bowels of the ship the
torpedo men are clustered around their
submerged tubes. With great care
they are adjusting the Whiteheads,
and their movements are slower than
those of the gunners, since flic chance
for a shot will not come early in the
flght. Yet a lucky shot from the
enemy might explode the torpedo in its
tube. They accept the risk, these
quiet-looking men, and long for close
range later on. Then they will show
the gunnery branch what a Whitehead
can do.
The captain and the ginnery lieu
tenant are in the conning tower?a
cramped little structure bristling with
voice tul?es. It contains a small steer
lug wheel and Is in communication
with both batteries, the several groups
of guns, and with the engine rooms,
lleports are constantly being made
through these numerous voice tubes.
Thus: "All watertight doors are
closed, sir;" "Barbettes ready for ac
tion;" "Rteam ready for eighteen knots,
?Ir," and so forth. The chief quarter
master, a bearded veteran, sprucely
dressed, grasps the spoke* of the steer,
log wheel and keeps an attentive eye
upon the captain. Not a man can now
be teen upon the upper deck, but In the
thinly protected top on the foremost
t few hands and a middy are clustered
?round a three-pounder gun.
All It now ready. The fleet increases
U?d the cruisers, closing in, one
after toot iter, take atatloa ta the rear.
So we wait a #irii< of ijxImm u?
pease. ibw* actNtlf a dooen men of
the 700 can aee tW approach!us eoemy.
At ia?t Um? hrelreponuder. whk-li I*
oar Wot raoie Inder. rings oat with
?harp report. We know that the hour
has come. The captain gives an or?lei
thmti the tabes to each of the bar
bette*: "Leading ship ?t the enemy on
the port bow. range 4000 Tarda.** "All
ready. sir?** comes the reply. ? mo
ment later the two pairs of heavy gnus
are simuliaueoualy fired. Thf thip
quivers under the shock of the dts
charge. The battle has begun. The
700 men think swiftl) of home, of
mothers, wives, sweethearts, of little
children. A shell from the enemy
crashes through a lightly armored sec
tion of the hull, hursts aud knock.t twe
large boats Into matchwood. Again
the ship quivers and rushes on. Home
Ik now forgotteu. Tb?. men turn their
mluds to the bloody work in band.
DRINK BLOOD OF STEERS.
*??7 l'wipln n?cli to Slaughter House* '
**ekiaK HmUth.
I'vory year at tills hcmkoii the xlanKb
tcr houses in Went Philadelphia are lie
sieged by people who want to drink the
blood of the steers Immediately after
they- have been slaughtered. This cus
torn has become very prevalent lately,
and the slaughter houses that are or
Thirtieth street, between Chestnut and
Kace streets, have made especial pro
vision for the invalids who call with
the hope of being restored to health.
It la during the spring months that
the crowds who go for this pur|>os<> art
greatest. The long, narrow thorough
fare of Thirtieth street, which if
crossed by the overhead bridges anil
which is covered 011 the surface wltl?
locomotive tracks, makes a most tin
pleasant walk during the cold and
stormy months, but when the warir j
weather dries up the ground there art
enough people who go to the slaughter
houses to make the custom worthy of
notice.
Any of the proprietors of these estab
lishments Is glad to accommodate peo
pie .vho wish to drink blood. One has
only to make arrangements with one of
them and the rest lies with the invalid.
There are certain days on which tli?
killing is done. It is best to select one
of*these, for it is claimcd that the ef
fectiveness of the blood is lost unless
it Is drunk while warm.
Not long ago a pale young girl wan 1
dered along Thirtieth street and tim- j
Idly asked one of the guards of the |
railroad crossing to direct her to a
place in the neighborhood where slis }
could drink sonic of the warm blood.
The man pointed out a nearby slaugh
ter house and the young girl went in.
Day after day she came to drink tb?
blood. As time went 011 quite a change
came about in her appearance, and
there was every evidence of returning
health. She con tided to one of the men
about the place that the idea had come
to her after she had heard her family
physician tell her mother that sh?
would ultimately die of consumption j
She was obliged to resort to some diplo- j
matlc and evasive answers as to het
daily walk, but she succeeded in get
ting to the slaughter house every day.
and despite the gloomy predictions of
the doctor, she soon became a healthy
woman.
People drink the fresh blood for a
number of ailmenta. A beautiful young
matron of this city, who had. unfor
tunately, become enslaved to opium
and was struggling to free herself ol
the habit, was taken there by a des
pairing husband and persuaded tc
drink every morning a glass of tli?
warm fluid. The terrible ra .agcs that
had taken place in her system had de
pleted her blood supply and the steer
blood was thought to be a good sub
stltute. The change in her whole sys
tern was remarkable at once, and slm
grew stouter and rosier every day
Home anemic people And warm blood
from cattle Just slaughtered more help
ful than any kind of medicine.
On the days when the animals are
slaughtered the men. women and ehil* ,
dren who wish to drink blood stand
of the s!:!limine?It re- !
quires a very strong-minded person to
stand in the slaughter house Itself? |
and. with tumblers in tlieir hands, they
wait for the attendant to come to them
with the blond. The novice hesitates
a long time before drinking the fluid, !
but the old stager gulps it down hk oik
would take a glass of lemonade. It li j
customary for those who can to tip the
butchers, and ten cents seems to 1?<
the sum that most peonlc pay the em
ployes for their trouble.
There are doctors who encourage con.
suinptlves to drink the warm blood se
cured at the slaughter houses. Tliv
Ideal st?te of affairs. which many cele
bra ted physicians predict will come to
pass, however, will come when it shaU
be possible to give suffering mortal? |
the blood of animal* by a method
known ns transfusion?that I*. by In I
sertlng a connecting tube bet wen tin |
animal and the person and allowing
the blood of the animal to be drained
into the veins.?Philadelphia Itecord. j
A* the Hlver See* the Ocean.
"You may talk al>out the beauties ol
the Yoscililtr. Niagara Kalis, the Alps,
or any place on the top of the earth,",
said a well-known gunner in the Uni '
ted States Navy a few nights ago tf j
the San Francisco Call, "they are not
to be compared with the beauties ol '
old ocean, particularly such 11s can bf
seen from a diver's helmet." "You're
right there," said another gunner
"The lubbers do not know what tliej
have missed. I remember once wlier
1 was a gunner's mate sitting for more J
than au hour on the fluke of an aiichot 1
I had been sent down to recover and
gazing with awe on a beautiful coral
bank. It was really the most beautiful'
thing 1 over saw. Kvery color from
the rainbow was there, and aside from (
that there was enough variety in the 1
strangeness of the formation in the
coral to keep one busy several hours, |
cogitating 011 the wonderful things na. 1
ture hud seen tit to hide beneath the I
waves. I would prohiihly have re* I
inalned for several hours, gazing with
rapture on .the bank, and was really
thinking that down there In the
depths, away from noise and strife of
mother earth, would suit me for the j
rest of my days when a 'soup-and* I
bully' tin thrown over the side of the !
ship dropped beneath me and the coral
bu,.ik. My drcan was over. It was a ;
case of quick tmtfcitlon from the sub- j
iime to th" ridiculous, and I Immedi
ately gave the signal to be hauitd up.".
Chicago has a .citixeu whose uuuir
is M A. Bible.
The ltuswian population of Siberia
now uunibero not far from 8,000,000.
The average annual contribution In
Amerlcau L*rotesUut churches is $1*J
per capita.
letter boxes with electric hell* in
tbeiu mm letter tbief tciltuleM are short
If to appear iu Paris.
A child of five should weigh forty -
one |iouiidM and have a chest girth of
twenty-three and one-half iuchcs.
There an* only seventy brokers In
?tbe Paris B?ur?', aKHiuKt IIOO of New
York Stock Exchange and the SJWJ of
Ixindon.
Tl:e rencli of a searchlight for prac
tical use Ik 7?0 yards, but torpedoes
ran he used effectively from 1-4)11 to
?1000 yMrds.
Kilkenny Castle Is one of the oldest
inhabited houses in the world, many
of the rooms being iuu?h as they were
8<)0 yfcirs ago.
.lapun lias onlj lialf as ir.any miles o.
railroad as New York State, although
it is three times as large and has six
times its population.
A special trail; on the Northwestern
Ituilroad made eighty-one miles?be
tween Tremont and Norfolk Junction.
Neb.?in sixt. jiiinntes running time.
At a recent meeting of the medical
faculty of Queen's University, Ontario.
h proposal was received from a man iu
need of money to mortgage hi* body to
the Institution. Tbe communication
was shelved.
The operating expenses of r. bank
with h capital of ..HK.000 is 2.H4 pet
cent, of the loans am* t.scounts. but
the operating expenses are only 1 .;t:i
per cent, if the bank have a capital of
$1,000,000 or more.
The Norwegian <*orps of skaters. >.
force peculiar to the army of that coun.
try. is a body of soldiers armed with
ritles. who can be maueitvred upon ic?
or ovet snow ticlds of the mountain*
with a rapidity equal to that of the
best trained cuvalry.
Oil the docks of Ixtmlon in one year
70.800 rats have been destroyed, but j
the medical otticer of health for the '
port is doubtful whether that was as
much a? the natural increase of birth?
over deaths, and more vigorous mcus
?ires are to be taken.
'HAMLET" WITH VARIATIONS.
A l.lraerlck Perfonnauc* %Vllli Unique
Features.
l lio following Ik a litem 1 copy of u
play 1*111 uscnI at the Kilkenny Theatre
Royal. Ireland, over 100 years ago: "On
Saturday, May 14, 1733/ will lie per- j
formed, by command of several respec
table people in this learned metropolis,
for the benefit of .Mr. Kearns, tlje trag
edy of 'Hamlet.' Originally written
aiul composed by the celebrated I bin
Hay. of Liuierick, and inserted in
Shakespeare's works. 'Hamlet' by Mr
Kearns (being bis first appearance in
that character), who. between the acts
will perforin several solos on the pat
ent bagpipe, which plays two times at
the same time. Ophelia by Mrs. Pr.vor
who will Introduce several favorite alrr
in character, especially 'The Lass of
Richmond Hill* and 'We'll All Be ITn
happy Together,' from Rev. Mr. 1Mb
din's 'Oddities.'
"The part of the king and qneen, by
direction of Rev. Father O'Callaghan
will be omitted as too immoral for thr
stage. Polonius, the comical police
man, by a young gentleman, being hie
first appearance In public. The ghost,
the grave digger and Laertes, by Mr
Sampson, the great London cvmedian
The characters to be dressed in Roman
shapes. To which will be added an In |
terbide. in which will be introduced
several sleight-of-hand tricks by tlir j
celebrated surveyor Hunt. The whole ;
to conclude with a farce, 'The lin
poster!' Mahomet by Mr. Kearns. tick
ets to be bad of Mr. Heard, in Castlf I
street. The value of the tickets a*
usual, will be taken (if required) in
candles, butter, bacon, cheese, soap
etc.. as Mr. Kearns wishes, in every
particular, to accommodate the public
"Note?No person whatever will be
ndmitted Into the boxes without shoes
or stockings."?Hetrolt Free Press
Worm's Colilml Oily.
The coldest city in >he world is
Yakutsk. Kastern Siberia in the em
plre of the V'/jir a.id the Russians. It
is the great commercial emporium of
Kast Siberia, and the crpital of tlx
Provlmv of Yakutsk, which, in most of
its area of l.ft17.(NKt square miles Is a
hare desert, the koII of which is froy.en
to a great depth. Yakutsk consists of
ibout 44H) houses of Furopean strue |
lure, standing apart. The Intervening
?paces are occupied by winter yoorts.
?>r huts of the Northern nomads, witlr
?arthen roofs, doors covered with hair*
bides and windows of Ice.
f'nrltlratlon of Water.
f/. Attain, of Marseilles. France, hn*
levised a method for chemical purifba J
tlon of water which is said to have
xlven excellent results. Iodine, which
's a powerful antiseptic. Is added in
proportions of one part to HIO.OOO. and
n most cases destroys bacilli within a ,
luarter of an hour. To make the ,
water palatable the free Iodine is then
neutralized by sodium hyposulphite. I
The water is then filtered through I
'harcoal. and is claimed to come out
limpid, colorless and tasteless.
Training ?*?* Jap.
Every soldier in the Japanese ?rmy
Is taught to breathe properly, with at
much care as If he were a professional
tenor. At the least sign of palpitation
of the heart,, he must cease his exer
cises and lie on his buck to recover. In
course of time his heart and lungs be
come as vigorous and healthy at those
If a flrit cluas athlete.
NEVCH SAW A CHILD.
m U
"Did you ?r?r Imt of a child oc
rr?r know of mo ywmlf that Wl
never ocon a childf* uked a van who
takes an Intersat la thf oddities to s
representative of tke New,Orleans
Times-Democrat. "Well. I have, knd
the case Ir not a thousand miles from
New Orleans, either. The chllC In this
Instance had rounded Into its fifteenth
yeai before it had over laid eyes on au
other child. It had never heard the
musical prattle of companion, other
than the father and mother. The par
ents settled scross tke lake a few year*
ago. after a long residence on a email
Island of the sea. Wkere the child was
born and where It spent fourteen year*
of Its life there were no children. The
little fellow knew no associates but the
father and mother. I have often won
dered since learning of this pecolist
case what must have been tb? im
pression of the youngster when lie
gssed for the first time on a memliet
of the human family smaller than lie
was. Did he think be bad ooine u|*on
a race of dwarfs? Or bad bis parents
given him an Idea of tlie existence of
children? I do not know tbe family
and therefore cannot answer tbese
questions. But 1 would like to know
just how the little fellow felt when h?
first beheld a child. It is tbe only
case of the kind which lias come tc
my knowledge. He had never bad au
opportunity to play tbe little gamer
which most of us knew in tbe da3~c
of our childhood. He bad never g??n?
through any of tbe thing* which made
young life sweet to all of us fellows,
and while not knowing lint there may
be compensating advantages in a life
of this sort. I have always felt a bit
sorry for tbe youngster. Come to think
of it. though, hi missed a few things
one would like to forget, for I suppose
most of us have felt the rap of tbe ma
ternal slipper because of disobedience
due directly to one's companions. At
any rate, we have always -cherished tbe
the idea tbat our companions were in
a measure responsible for many of the
raps we got. The child who never
knew a child could not be led astray
In this way. So we do not know but
that the laek of companionship may
huve something to commend it."
A Lorcr of lunorali.
A quaint character on the lower
West Side is u young man who appar
ently takes charge of tiie outside ar
rangements at funerals. Standing in
front of the house he signs for the
carriages to come ahead, gives whis
pered instructions to the drivers, is
ahead of tlie procession at crossing*
and holds back teams with uplifted
hund.. lie has a word with the police*
man on the beat, and escorts the old
folks and professional mourners to a
place of vantage if the dead was a
popular personage. He hau a mania
for attending funerals.
"He's not exactly right, you see." an
undertaker said. "Imagines lie's u rel
stive. I've instructed my drivers to
respect his orders when need be. and
we've never had any trouble with him.
He's pretty well known and the fami
lies seldom object to him. The queer
est thing about him is that he seems
to have some intuition when a funeral
is to take place, going from one neigh
borhood to another on the same day.
But I have never seen him in a house.
I believe he has an aversion to a
corpse."?New York Sun.
Return of the Tan Shoe.
An odd feature of the return of the
tan shoe to popular favor is that the
demand tinds the manufacturers un
prepared to meet !t. With th* eominu
of the crocus tlu brown shoe reap
peared on feminine fret on Fifth ave
nue sporadically, as the botanist-would
say. after long disuse. Almost imme
diately orders poured in on the dealers
in such volume that in the words of
one "the manufacturers were fairly
swamped." The prospect seems good
for the full restoration of the tan shoe
to that place in sutorial esteem and
usefulness which it should never have
losft.
Whoever the social arbiter is who
has rehabilitated it. jr whether it
blooms anew in response to a simul
taneous general "re-recognition of its
merits, its return to fashionable vogue
will be welcomed. The elements of
the comfortable and the ornamental
are in no other form of summer foot
gear so happily combined ss in the tan
shoe. Witness the testimony of any
neatly shod foot on any suburban
lawn.?New York World.
Milking American Cltlionn,
In that useful little weekly paper
called Charities, which very lew New
York people ever see, there appeared
recently about twenty articles describ
ing the progress that has been mad?t
by the Italians In New York City.
There are nearly 4(KMMJ0 Italians In
New York. Fifty thousand of them
are boys and girls In the public
schools. There are 115 doctors, six
ty-three druggists, twenty-one lawyers,
fifteen school teachers, nine architects
and seven mechanical engineers.
Nearly all of the Italians In Ameri
ca come from three provinces in Italy.
At home they were farm laborers,
earning from thirty tt> forty cents a
day, and living in little stone cabins.
Home of the Immigrants had small
farms of their own. but the land If
poor and the Italians have nothing to
work It with except spades. Their life
was m hand to hand struggle against
starvation and debt.?New York Jour
nal.
A Valuable Spring.
The value of a spring of water on
a farm mny be gathered from the fol
lowing item: John K. Madden, of Lex
ington. Ky., recently purchased the
farm of .lames C. McCann, paying $7.V
WO for eighty acres. Mr. Madden de
clares that he did not want the land,
but that he purchased It because It
contained a never falling spring of
water adjacent to his own farm.
An Ambition* Youth.
A bright-faced psge. about ten year*
Old. was talking with Representative
Rupert, of New York. "Who had yot?
appointed?" Mr. Rnpert asked. "Mr.
Dalzell, of Fennsylvanls," the young*
?ter answered. "I suppose when you
grow up you are going to Congress to
succeed Mr. Dalsell?" "Well, I'd hate
to crowd Mr. Dalsell out," answered
the page, hesitatingly.
TWO- MINMb ON* THOUGHT.
AN ?*? ClNMWtMMM HmwH tr
Nlwl to a lln|lt ComIihIob.
Tbsy Mt together od the sofa,
nteklif the dying ember*. They had
bee* silent for some time. He moved
????fly. It wm apparent that some
thins was on his mind. He looked st
her furtively. 8he wai a beautifu'
(lrL He determined at last to mske
the plunge and turned his (ace reso
*utely toward hers. -
"Dear." he said. "I am going to ask
rou a question that I have never aske<*
before. I hope It will not shock you.
foo will notice by a glance at the
clock that It Is nearly midnight. There
Is not a sound In the house, and It W
evident that your father and mother
havo both gone to bed. There Is nr
one else to disturb us. All Is serene
The gas overhead Is turned down tc
the right point, and these embers shed
lust the correct glow. A soft. *entl
mental feeling that I have not been
able to overcome has begun to atea'
over me. I' hope It has over you. Now
what I want to ask you Is this: Con
sldering all the circumstances I have
mentioned, do yon think It would be
quite proper for me to kiss you?"
The beautiful creature at his side
turned Impulsively and laid a delicate
hand on his srm.
"Do you want to know what I really
think?" sho said, earnestly.
"Yes."
"Then, considering everything, I
don't thtnk It would be proper for you
not to kiss me."?Town Topics.
A Pointer for Candidates.
Two candidates for office In Vis
sourl were stumping the northern
pSrt of the state, and in one town
their appearance was almost slmul
taneous. The candidate last arriv
ing happened to stop at a house foi
the purpose of getting a drink of wat
er. . To the little girl who answered
his knock at the door he said, when
she had given him the desired draught
and he had offered her in recompense
some candy: "Did the man ahead of
me give you anything?"
"Oh. yes. sir," replied the bright
girl, "he gave me candy."
"Ah!" exclaimed the candidate,
"here's 5 cents for you. I don't sup
pose that he gave you any money?"
The youngster laughed merrily.
"Yes, he did, too. He gave me 10
cents!"
Not to be outdone, the candidate
ga.ve the little one another nickel,
and. picking her up in his arms
kissed her.
"Did be kiss you. too?" he asked,
genially.
"Indeed, he did. sir!" responded the
little girl, "and he kissed ma too!"?
Collier's Weeklv.
The Development or rtevaaa.
No state in the Union has bo long
and bo badly needed an increase of
population as has Nevada, says the
National Geographic Magazine. Her
population of 42,000 to-day is less
than It was in 1870. six years after
her admission as a state. It is grat
ifying to know,' therefore, that she
will more than double her present
numbers when the vast government
irrigation works begun on the True
kee and Carson rivers are completed
It is estimated that the works will
make productive about 375,000 acres
of sage brush desert in the western
part of the state. These lands will
furnish fertile homesteads of about
eighty acres each for 4.500 families.
Towns and villages will naturally
spring up, so that Nevada may expect
from the reclamation an increase of
60.000 at the leaat.
FITS permanently cured. No flt* or nervous
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Kerveltestorer, fit rial bottle and treatise free
Dr. R. K. Kuki, Ltd.. Ml Areh St.. Pbila.. Pa
The population of London ha* increased
eleven per cent, in fourteen years.
Dm AIUb'? Foot* (Case.
It Is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,Corns and
Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder
to be shaken Into the shoes. Cure* while you
walk. At all Druggists and Hboe Stores, 26c.
Doe'? s<*??nt any substitute. Hample sent
Fax*. Address,Allen 8. Olmsted. La Roy, N.Y
The average price of agricultural land in
Russia is $14 an acre.
Mrs.Wlnslow's Soothing by rup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion,allays pain,cures wind colic, 2ft.-.abottlo
Japan has fifteen docks capable of ac
commodating warships.
Plso's Cure cannot l>? too highly spoken of
ss a cough cure.?J. W. O'Dhikm. 83*2 Third
Avenue, N., Minneapolis. Minn., .Ian. 6. li>00.
In Korea dog meat is in great request at
ccrtain seaitoiis.
Immense Circular Maw.
The largest circular saw In the world
has Just been made in Philadelphia. It
is seven feet four Inches in diametet,
and will be used to cut pine stumps
loto shingle bolts.
neafness Cannot He Cured
by local applications as th?y ??annot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure dcafuess, and that Is by consti
tutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. Whenthis tub? is In
flamed you have a rumblingsound oi Imper
fect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed
Deafness is the rosult, and unless the inflam
mation can bo taken out and this tube re
Stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine oas?s out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an
inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh)that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send foi
circulars free. F. J. Chcxky A Co ,Toledo,O.
Hold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills fur constipation.
No Milk While In Mourning.
When an Arabian woman is in
mourning for a no:ir relative she re
fuses to drink nilk for a period of
eight days, on the principle thflt the
color of the liquid does not harmonize
with her mental gloom.
Owns Much English Land.
There ar? a number of famous es
tates in Kngland, but the man who
probably owns more land than any
other one inhabitant of that country
is the duke of Sutherland, who is now
In Canada and will make a tour
throughout the British northwest. The
duke Is said to be the largest land
holder In the British islands, owning
?bout 1,355.000 acres.
The coinage of gold during May
was $44.'<>y,ooo; silver, $380,000.
FALL OF A GRIZZLY BEAR.
Without an Instant's Warning Trick
abla Baast Kllla His Tralnar.
Another distinct typa of a too rogue
Is the beast that goes wrong owing to
accidental temptation?like 8haggy.
an exceedingly Intelligent, tractable
Rocky Mountain grizzly who reverted
to savagery and turned man-killer In
a twinkling, owing to the unfortunate
misstep and fall of his trainer.
8haggy was a big. handsome, gray
old fellow, with a Jungle-thick coat and
1 lumbering, awkward gait, and a fun
ny twinkle that made him psrtlcularly
adsptable for his part of clotrn In a
remsrksbly trained group of fourteen
bears. He had come under the hands
of his teacher when but a helpless
cub. had never lost his liking for ca
resses. and. although the mightiest
oeast In the collection, was least sus
pec ted of being dsngerous. Once, when
s striped hyena hung to the ankle o*
his friend, he hsd run to the rescue,
and cut loose right and left with hlr
ponderous fore paws, and had bitten
snd torn and mangled the ugly beast
to death before he could be beaten
off. Among his sccomplishments were
thst of turning sdmlrsbly grotesque
somersaults snd the more difficult feat
of balancing himself on his hind legr
on a three-foot tvorden sphere.
Not a scratch or a scar hsd his
trainer to show f.?r the years of wor't
he had put in with the hear. And yet.
without an instant's warning, this
same beast attacked and injured his
master so that, when rescued, he war
seml-demcnted, and so dreadfully cut
and lacerated that the surgeons de
cided It useless to try to save his life.
?McClure's Magazine.
GERONIMO IN OLD AGE.
He Is No Longer Looked Upon ss ?
Chief by the Apaches.
Gcronima was at 1 Jiwton last week
The health mot the old chief is stil'
good, although he is very aged. Hif
home Is ten miles from Lawton, yet
he usually walks to and from the
place to do his trading.
He is quite often asked to gi\e ar
exhibition of his skill as a marks
man wirtx the bow. This he readi1>
consents to do provided a nickel if
made the target and it becomes hir
own in ease he hits it.
Geronimo denies the statement ot
Gen. Miles that the general captured
him. The old warrior says that some
where up on the mountains, when hf
was on the warpath, two white mer
came to him and told him that Gen
Miles wanted to see him.
The men accompanied him to the
camp of the general and he was made
a prisoner. Geionlmo says he thinks
it was in Arizona, the territory of his
birth. Anyway, he says it was up Id
the mountains.
The trihal relations of the Apaches
have been dissolved, and they no long
er look upon Geronimo as their chief
They consider him a childish old man,
who Is too senile to advise them.?
wton Democrat.
Not Ready for His Coffin.
Engineer Minamisawa wen wounded
In a sea battle, where he distinguished
himself on board the Kasumi. On his
arriving at Kr?ebo. "I was astonished
to find." rci:iurk< d tt-e officer with a
great deal of amusement, "three cof
Ann brought and to hear some one call
Ing out: Where is the corpse of Kn
gineer Minami?r *.va?' *1 am that
corpse.' I bawled in reply.
HOT WEATHER.
NERVOUS WOMEN.'
MISS BLANCHE UKKY, a prominral
youn# aociety woman ot Mtiiipbia,
Temi., in a recent tetter irom 174 Alabama
direct, pay*: i
"To a hoc lety trotnan trhotw nervosa
force Inoften tajretl to the utmost /VoW
lack of remt and irregular meal*, I
kmow of nolhlny wUloh it of mo much
benefit aa ferun.ii. A took it a few
mofitAn aqo when I felt my ilrengtN
giving iray, and It moon made timet/
tnanifeml In giving me new strength
antl health. Blanche tirej/.
J'eruna ia without ao equal at a nerva
tonic and vital invigorator.
Buy a bottle ot reruna. It you Ho not
receive all tbe benchta from reruna ibaC
you expected, write to Dr. Hurtinau. Co
lunibu*. <1.
FREE to WOMEN
A Large Trial Box and book of in
structions absolutely Free and Post*
paid, enough to prove the value of
PoxtineToilet Antiseptic
Putin* la la pawdw
Sw* to dinolvi it
*?}* ? OM-pOlMMU
and far superior to Umli
?ottorotk. conUfafaJ
alcohol which Irritates
talhMMd nrhcw,
SiSirfiSTSKa:
o< ovary bos *-??
?ore A a tlaeptlc dela
tion ? la?U loafer ?
lots further? has nr>
mm* la the family mnd
4oe* More good than say
antiseptic preparattoa
you can buy.
The formula of a noted Boston physician,
and used with great success as a Vaginal
Wash, for Lcucorrhoa, Pelvic Catarrh, Nasal
Catarrh, Sore Throat, Sore Eyes, Cuts,
and all soreness of mucus membrane.
In local treatment of female ills Pax tine it
invaluable. Used as a Vaginal Wash we
challenge the world to produce its equal foe
thoroughness. It is a revelation in cleansing
and healing power; it kills all germs which
cause inflammation and discharges.
All leading druggists keep Pastlne; price, 60*.
a box; if yours does not, send to ut for it. Itonl
take a substitute ? titer* is nothing like Pax tine.
WHt* for the Free Box of Pastlne to-day.
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