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14 J. BULL’S VIGILANCE. ESTABLISHES A SENTINEL AT THE GATEWAY TO THE PACIFIC. Take* Forcible Possession of the Falk land Islands and Plants a Naval Sta tion There—Argentina Protest* In Vain. Uncle Sam’s Part In the Matter. England is about to build a fortress and establish a naval station on the Falklands. These islands lie a little to the northeast of Cape Horn and are just on the edge of the track of the rich traffic which finds its way around the most southerly point of South America. England has in this part of the world no colonies which need the protecting presence of warships. John Bull real izes, however, the growing importance of the trade with the Argentine Repub lic and Chile, and he has concluded that in this faroff spot it would be a good idea to have a sentinel to keep •watch over this commercial gateway. In time of peace a sentry paces se renely up and down his narrow beat, casting only a careless eye on those who go and come. When the drums beat for war, his conduct is different He pre sents his compliments to the passerby on the end of a fixed bayonet and wants io know who goes there and why. This is the kind of a warder England has placed at the gateway to the Pacific. It is by right of might alone that Great Britain holds the Falklands to day. They were originally the property of Spain, and in 1770 the Spanish drove ont some English settlers who had lo cated on one of the islands. Then for many years the islands were abandoned until in 1820 the Buenos Ayres govern ment sent a colony to reoccupy the is lands. The Argentines might have been there yet had they not confiscated sev eral Yankee whalers. Uncle Sam re sented this by sending a Yankee war ship down there and driving them back to the mainland. This left the islands again unoccupied, and England seized the opportunity to plant a colony there. The Argentine Republic has frequently protested against this seizure and makes a demand every once in awhile that the islands shall be surrendered. With the calm contempt of the big bully for the little boy England has paid no attention to these demands and now proceeds to make use of the group in her own pe culiar way. There are over 200 islands in the group, but only two of them, which are separated only by a narrow channel, are large enough to be of any impor- vX jour** 1 MAP SHOWING THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. tance. The rest are mere dots on the map. The principal islands comprise an area of about 5,000 square miles and are sparsely inhabited. The principal settlement is on East Falkland, and the town is called Port Stanley. It is there that the fortress is being built. There is a fine harbor in which a big fleet of warships could ride in safety, and not far away, on the mainland, is Punta Arenas where the Chileans sell coal to all comers. Modern fortifications in which will be mounted high power modem guns will be constructed, and a drydock for making repairs to war ships will be part of the equipment of the station. 'After it is completed it will be a southern Gibraltar and will be made the headquarters of England’s south Atlantic fleet. The importance .of this station can Win»i has demonstrated ten thousand times that it is almost infallible FOR WOMAN’S PECULIAR WEAKNESSES, Irregnlarities and derangements. It has become the leading remedy for this class of troubles. It exerts a wonderfully healing, strengthen ing and soothing influence upon the menstrual organs. It cures “whites” and falling of the womb. It stops flooding and relieves sup pressed and painfnl menstruation. For Change of Life it is the best medicine made. It is beneficial during pregnancy, and helps to bring children into homes barren for years. It invigorates, stimu lates, strengthens the whole sys tem. This great remedy is offered to all afflicted women. Why will any woman suffer another minute with certain relief within reach? Wine of Cardui only costs SI.OO per bottle at your drug store. For advice, in eases requiring special direc- Uons, address, giving s-ymptettns. the “Ladies' Advisory Department," The Chattanooga Med icine Co,, Chattanooga, Tenn. Rev. J. W. SMITH, Camden, S. C., says: “My wife used Wine of Cardui at home for falling of the womb and It entirely cured her.” be estimated is understood that the heights above Port Stanley’command not only the entrance to the strait of Magellan, through which the steamers of no less than five regular lines ply, but the track of the sailing ships which pass to the eastward as they go back and forth around Cape Hora. Shipping and cargoes to the value of $1,000,000 pass the Falklands every day in the year. This great stream of commerce England, from her purloined and strongly forti fied islands, could stop at any time. The principal industry of the islands is sheep raising, and although there are only about 1,900 inhabitants on the islands it is estimated that they own 750,000 sheep. In 1894 they exported 3,800,000 pounds of wool besides sheep skins worth more than SBO,OOO. The governor, Sir Roger Tuckary, draws a salary of $6,000 a year and has a lot of fees besides. His residence is at Port Stanley, where there are two hotels, several churches and a large number of saloons. In spite of the fact that these islands are located in such an out of the way corner of the world there is no room there for newcomers. About every acre of land fit for grazing—and there is none that is good for anything else—is occupied by English colonists, who hold it under lease from the English govern ment. Several of the islands are held by men whfMive in Robinson Crusoe fash ion, while a number of the islands are occupied by one family each. Commu nication with the settlements is accom plished by means of boats and all travel over the islands is on horseback. There is not a wheeled vehicle in the Falk lands outside of Port Stanley, there be ing no roads. The climate is rigorous but healthful John F. Willoughby. WARNING:—Persons zho suffer from coughs and colds should heed the warnings of danger and save themselves suffering and fatal results by using One Minute Cough Cure. It is an infallible remedy for coughs, colds, croup and all throat and lung troubles. For sale by Curry-Arring ton Co. THE NAVAL CHAPLAIN. His Official Station and Duties In Time of Battle. The chaplain’s official station in most ship ceremonies and in time of battle is at the sick bay, where lie the sick. Dis cipline and fresh air are wonderful pre servatives of health, and a chaplain’s duties to the sick fn times of peace are very light. At naval hospitals, however, whither are brought from the ships the very sick and the seriously wounded, a chaplain finds ample field for the exer cise of that tender sympathy which wins souls to God and for the minister ing of the consolations of religion. It is also the duty of the chaplain to assist at naval burials. The regulations re quire that Christian burial be provided for all men who die in the service. If possible, the body is interred with the rites of the church to which the deceas ed had belonged. When this sad duty is required at sea, the ship is hove to, the flag displayed at half mast and the offi cers and men are mustered on deck to pay their last tribute to the departed. The funeral services follow, and the body is then consigned to the deep. A guard of honor fires three volleys over the watery grave and the bugler sounds the last “taps”—sad, mournful notes of the bugle which tell of the hour of sleep. If the death occur at a hospital, an escort and a guard of honor from the ship to which the deceased had been at tached accompany the funeral cortege to the grave. As the procession enters the cemetery the bugler precedes, fol lowed by the chaplain. This spectacle is always impressive. It naturally sug gests the prayer that angels, led by the angel guardian, may bear the soul of the deceased before the throne of God as friends bear the body to the grave; that the angel at the judgment seat may proclaim welcome, joy and glad ness as the bugler at the grave recalls loss, sadness and regret.—Donahoe’s Magazine. SLATE PENCILS. What They Are Composed of and How They Are Made. Slate pencils undergo a number of processes before they are ready for use, and in making them nearly all of the manual labor is done by boys. First broken pieces of slate are put into a mortar run by steam and are crushed to a powder, which is then bolted in a ma chine such as is used in flouring mills. A fine slate flour results, which is thor oughly mixed in a large tub with stea tite flour and other materials, the whole making a stiff dough. The dough is kneaded by being passed between iron rollers a number of times, and it is then taken to a table, where it is made into short cylinders four or five inches in thickness and containing from eight tc ten pounds of material each. Four of these cylinders are placed in a strong iron resort which has a change able nozzle so that the size of the pen cils may be regulated. In the retort the material is subjected to great hydraulic pressure and is thus pushed through the nozzle in the shape of a long cord. As the cord comes through the nozzle it passes over a knife and is cut into the desired lengths. The lengths are laid on boards to dry and are then placed on sheets of corrugated zinc, the corrugation preventing the pencils from warping during the baking process. The baking is done in a kiln into which superheat ed steam is introduced through pipes. The pencils go from the kiln to the finishing and packing room, where the ends are held for an instant under a rapidly revolving emery wheel, which neatly points them. Finally they are packed in pasteboard boxes, 100 pencils in each box, then ICO of the pasteboard boxes are packed in a wooden box, and they are ready for shipment.—Philadelphia Timos, TJUE SUNDAY, OUTOMuB ‘*M, OLD TIME FLYCATCHING. Primitive Method of Getting Rid of the Troublesome Peste. Newton M. Wilson, living one mile east of town, stt/s a Scottsburg (Ind. ) communication, Las hanging in his barn an interesting keepsake in the shape of a flycatcher. It is not so curious in it self as it is in showing the primitive methods resorted to by the farmers in early days to rid themselves of flies. It is simply two smooth walnut boards, perhaps 30 by 12 inches, beveled at one end and fastened together by two whang cords strung through matched holes. In the antebellum days people never thought of keeping flies out of the house; the problem was to dispose of them as they swarmed through the rooms, making life miserable generally. In fact, the use of netting to prevent their ingress is of comparatively recent origin, the invention of this much need ed article dating back only 15 or 20 years. As everybody knows, flies are excep tionally thick in farmhouses, even where screens are used, and when they are not they are almost intolerable. In the olden days the method most com monly employed in the country to de stroy the troublesome fly was the use of such instruments as the one described above. The boards were beveled and hung in such manner that by their weight they separated at the bottom, and thus hung in an inverted V shape. To attract the flies they were smeared with molasses on the inner surface. Thus prepared, they were suspended in convenient places about the house— in kitchen, hallway, porch, which gen erally served as the summer dining place, and especially in passageways. It -was a common duty of every member of the household when passing one of those catchers to clap the boards togeth er, thus mashing the flies which had collected thereon. The cook clapped them in the kitchen, the hands as they passed to and from the house at meal times did likewise, the whole household clapped them together hundreds of times a day, and thousands of pestiferous flies met their doom.—St. Louis Republic. Will A. Logan, of Chattanooga, is at the Armstrong. Free From Rheumatism. If the people generally knew the true cause of Rheumatism, there would be no such thing as liniments and lotions for this painful and disabling disease. The fact is, Rheumatism is a disordered state of the blood—it can be reached, therefore, only through the blood. But all blood remedies cannot cure Rheuma tism, for it is an obstinate disease, one which requires a real blood remedy— something more than a mere tonic. Swift's Specific is the only real blood remedy and promptly goes to the very bottom of even the most obstinate case. Like all other blood diseases, the doctors are totally unable to cure Rheu tnatism. In fact, the only remedies which they prescribe are potash and mercury, and though temporary relief may result, these remedies produce a Stiffness of joints and only intensify the disease. Those who have bed experience with Rheumatism know that it becomes more severe each year. The case of Mrs. James Kell, of 6n Ninth Street, S. E., Washington, D. C„ should convince everyone that it is useless to expect doctors to cure Rheu matism. Under recent date she writes : “A few months ago I had an attack of Sciatic Rheumatism in its worst form. The pain was so intense that my ner vous system was prostrated, and I was for a long time perfectly helpless. The attack was an unusually severe one, and my condition was regarded as being very dangerous. “I was attended by one of the most able doctors of Washington City, who is also a member of the faculty of the leading college here. He told me to continue his prescription and I would get well. After having it refilled twelve times and receiving not the least bene fit, I declined to take it longer. “Having heard S.S.S. (Swift’s Spe cific) recommended for Rheumatism, I decided, almost in despair, to give it a trial. After taking a few bot tles I was able to hobble around on crutches, and very soon had no need at all for them, for S.S.S. cured me sound and well. 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Call on or wri e them for prices on CONOVER, KARNICK & BACH, BEHR BROS, KNABE. CCHBERT AND KINGSBERRY PIANOS Found at 327 Broad St.. Rome, Ga. S. P. DAVIS, Manager. Chronic Diseases—— of all forms Successfully Treated. Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Bronchitis, Palpita tion. Indigestion, etc. Catarrh. of the Noee, Throat and Lungs. Diseases Peculiar to Women, Prolapsus, Ulcerations. Leucorrhea, etc. Write, giving history of your ease and it will •eceive immediate attend n An opinion, price if treatment, pamphlet and testimonials will be tent you fbex Dr. S, T. Whitaker, Specialist 205 Norcross Building, Atlanta, G Application for Letters of Dis mission- GEORGIA, Floyd County, Whereas Jamea t.. Garlirgton, executor of Mrs. Harriet D. Jones deceaaed. represents to tie court in his t ettlon duly filed, that he has ...ministered Haniet I>.,Jones’ e,ta e. This is ;o cite all perso, a concerned, Kindred and crea tor . to -bow cause, 11 any they can, why said dml is rarer should not be dL charted from ds administration and receive letters of dis id-sion ontbe flrst Monday in December, 1887. Lais September 6, 1897. JOHN P DAVIS. Ordinary Floyd County, Georgia,