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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
SHIP RATS FORGED TO FLEE.
Swarms of Rodents Driven Over.
 board By Fumes of Sulphur.

When the United States military transport Sherman arrived at Manila recently she was. as is the case with most other ships that ar rive from or touch at Hong Kong on the way to Manila, detained for inspection to see whether she had any rats on board When the big transport dropped anchor in Manila bay, therefore, the official rat inspector went on board to see what was doing in the way of TO. dents In less than fifteen minutes he hur- riedly left the ship and. going ashore, report ed that there were board the Sherman, ac- cording to his best judgment, somewhere about I,ooo. 900 rats.
 The Sherman was immediately ordered to the quarantine station at Mariveles, as no ship on which the disease-caTying rodents are found is allowed to dock at Manila until they exterminated. Accordingly the Sherman steamed back to Martveles. When she arrived there her matches had been opened up anG enough sulphur carried below to kill millions of rats. As soon the anchor was dropped the sulphur fires were started in the hold and in a few minutes the work of the fumes be- came apparent.
 stream of rats as was never before seen 1T the orient. First by the hundreds and then b. the thousands they appeared at the hatche and then leaped into the water Every one tried to swim ashore, but the distance was far. too great for any rat to swim, and sool the great black line of padding rodents begai to thin out. Some of them reached a point about 300 yards off the ship. but none got any farther After the fumes had been working for about an hour the rats stopped appearing An inspection of the ship was made and not A rat discovered. The sherman then re-en. tered Manila and discharged her cargo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Bad Alligator, This.

4NeW 1oTh IlneS.
 The latest acquisition in the way of an exhibit by the New York aquarium is a vi ctous looking eight-foot alligator. which was banshed from the alligator pool in the rep tile house at the Bronx Geological Park for dtsorderly conduct.
 The man-eater, which now occupies the oval floor pool lately used for the seal. seems to be Respondent over his isolation. Viewing him. perceptible sign of life the day through. ergy to start and keep his end up in a good sized scrap. but, even with the handicap of a missing leg. for he has but three, the right foreleg being off close to the body. he was a continual source of disturbance and strife among his larger fellows in the Bronx insu- tuition.
 That gator was bad" said one of the at tendants at the Bronx reptile house in answer to an inquiry. and since he has been down there at the aquarium life here has been one long dream of bliss. With him here 1t was well, everything but that. Surely he is one of the man-eating stripe, for he was the 'scrappest animal We had in the park. How did he lose the leg? Don't know; he was shy that leg when he was shipped from Florida several years ago. Some battle in the lagoons, suppose.
 Didn't seem to handicap him here, though : he would tackle the ten and twelve Hooters in his pool just as if he had a full set of legs. and all of them bear some mark of his wicked jaws It got to be a regular thing here to be routed out at night by their bellowings when he ran amuck among the other gators ana everybody up here Is glad that ne IS now an exhibit Of the aquarium
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
BIRDS OF PACIFIC OCEAN.
They Feared Not Man Because They
 Did Not Know Him.

Popular opinion has held that birds of all kinds were naturally afraid of men, but those who have made a study of the subjects oppose this theory.
 When during the spring and summer of a year ago the United States Fish Com mission steamer Albatross was engaged in deep sea explorations among the Ha- waiian Islands and westward along the chain of reefs and islets which reach out from the main group in the direction of JaSan some very interesting pathological investigations were made on several of tn lonesome island away off in Pacific On Layson, away out near the middle of the ocean, Walter F. Fisher, who made the inquiry into bird life for the gov ernment, was amazed at the great number of birds and their surprising tameness.
 Naturally birds do not show fear of man until they recognize in man a dead ly enemy. There were terms and alba trosses, booby birds, curlews, finches and man-o'-war birds in densely postulated colonies all over the island, and beyond protests, such as bill-snapping and sid ling away when attempts to handle them were made, they took little notice of bi- peds without feathers who went among them.
 The investigators were able to ap- proach as close as they desired to record
 
 ma terms, and with tact not much time was required to get into caressing touch with any of the winged population.
 One of the most characteristic birds of Layson is the gSay-backed tern. It lays a single egg on the sand and sometimes on the bare rock When the chick is matched one of the parents stands sent incl over the nestling. Approach of the investigators would cause the guardian of nest to spread wings slightly, tilt tail and walk around in circles. Unlike our own tern, these of the far Pacific islands hold their bills out straight, like a gull when flying.
 In studying the white tern or love bird. 1t was discovered that the parent in feed- ing It's young brought two little fishes In its bill. It was always two, and how the provider for the tern household cap tured the second fish without unlocking the last was puzzle the investigators could not work out. young the white terms arose and hovered in front of their faces, peering intentlv at them as if trying to divine their inten- tions. Just out of reach they would fut- ter, turning their heads from side to side and occasionally uttering droll and wheezy little cry. They did not offer to peck at the intruders, but seemed con tent to stare and wheeze.
 Terms on the wing at some distance would, on catching sight of the men, change their courses and fly close to them for investigation. Terms standing guard over a nestling would make no att tempt to fly when approached and strok- ed on the back
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
ARABS HAD THE SMALLPOX
Disease Was Known to Them as
 Early as the Sixth Century.

Contrary to the popular impression, small pox is not a disease of modern origin. It is doubtful if there are any authentic data con cerning its first appearance, but the earliest chronicle now existing of its ravages date. from the sixth century of our present era.
 All readers of the clouded annals of tho middle ages" are acquainted with the fact that Arabian writers were for many centurie the recognized apostles of philosophy and phy- sical science-including the sundry departments of medicine and surgery-to the various na- tions of Western Europe. And it is to one of these, Abu Bekker Mohammed ben Zecha' riah GA. D. s5o932l. the earliest and mos original of all the great Moelem physicians, that medical science and medical literature indebted for the first recognition of small pox distinct disease and its first descrip' tiOn in written language This venerable au' thority is generally known to posterity as Rhazes name which he derived from Raj the place of his birth. His original description of this formidable disease has been made s@ miliar to English inquirers through the me dium of Dr. Greenhilfs translation.
 In addition to his observations on disease proper the powers of observation of Rha1e in physiognomy are demonstrated by such items of information as: "A man with large ears is stupid but long lived" and in ra- tional therapeutics, by his recommenoatioh ol the practice of the game of chess as cure for melancholia. The antiquity or smahpoA 10. n as might we'll be expected, lost In the mist sI ages, but the definite statement has peer made by Arab historians that h first appeared in the Abyssinian army of Abraha at the siege of Mecca in the course of the so-called "eie- phant war of A D. 569 Cor SID The le gend is given as follows by one of their pest historians. Tabari: "Thereupon came the niros of the sea in nochs. every one with three stones fin the claws. too. and nthe oeak one' and they threw the stones upon them.
 'swheneyer one of these stones struck there arose an evil wound and pustules all over. A that time the smallpox first appeared and the hitter trees. The stones undid them wholly, Thereafter God sent e torrent which carried them away and swept them into the sea- Even one of the elephants, having VentHred s,ore ana saI A victim to the smallpox. Among the bitter plants which also appeared at that date for the first time the rue and colcynth are especially mentioned
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
DO NOT ORIGINATE
Native Scientists Apply and Asst vo{la%a Tdaaz of Europeaus.

According to Talcott Williams, who airs
 his views in a magazine article, American scientists hardly deserve the name, inas- much as they do not originate, contenting themselves with taking advantage Of dis coveries made abroad. Mir. Williams de- clares that the American man of science
 works in the general laboratory of appli-
 cation and assimilation. The individual and epock-making discovery is not usual ly made under American conditions It has not been here that chemistry has been
 recognized by the periodic law of Mende- lejeff, or physics by Helmholtz' concep- | tion of the conservation of energy. The greater work of mathematics has not come from Americans and 1t is not from | them Qf we except the work of Willard and Walcott Gibbs), that the flying leap
 has been taken from the conceptions or | the mathematician to the concepts of
 molecular or chemical physics: American physicists last winter seemed to be prin-
 cipally occupied in describing to more or
 less popular aurie1ces what French and
 English phlsicists had accomplished in
 radium and radiant energy.
 The broad, continuous record Is made
 here in a wide round. So is the practical application of scientific discovery made elsewhere, but the initial discovery, the
 co-ordinating theory Is not usually Amer lean. beSSemer, GerHdnS ulSCOVeTeu the steel process that bears his name.
 English capital applied 1t. The United
 States makes more than half the worlds
 Bessemer. This Is not an invariable se-
 quence, but it Is frequent. Research in
 Germany, primary application in England and expansion in America.
 It is in this country, most rife with the
 application of science. but deficient in
 original research, that Andrew Carnegie
 has given to this special work Stfe larg-
 est endowment yet consecrated to the ex- tension of the boundaries of knowledge.
 It is favorite theory in American scien- tific circles that much discovery is sti- fled here by the insistent claims of teach- ing on time and strength. If this be so the revenue of the Carnegie institute fur
 nishes an escape. If 1t does notS the
 cause for the relative absence of dis
 covery must be looked for in our imper- feet elementary education, which stifies
 where it shiuld stimulate and dulls by routine and mechanical teaching, leav- ing the mind unable to profit to the high est by higher study in succeeding years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
SAYINGS OF JESUS
HITHERTO UNKNOWN SENT
 ENCES DUG UP.
Dr. Greenfell Tells of the Results of Excavations Made One Hun dred Milss South
 of Cairo.

London, Nov. i4.-Many hitherto un- known sayings of Jesus Christ have been discovered in Egypt by archaeologists, who say, they have been buried since the second century, one hundred miles south of Cairo. Dr. Bernard P. Grenfell, who has been engaged in Egyptians excava- tions since 1894, at the general meeting of the Egypt exploring fund here, yesterday gave the following details:
 Accompanied by Dr. Hunt. Dr. Gren- fell found a rich ptolemaic metropolis at El-Hibeh. The bulk of the documents from one mound consisted of a collection of sayings of Jesus. They are all in- troduced with the words, Jesus saith, and for the. most part are new. The ends of the lin$s, unfortunately, are often obliterated. Apparently all the saysings were addressed to St. Thomas. One of the most remarkable is:
 Let not him that seeketh cease from his search until he finds: and when he finds he sail wonder; wondering. he shall reach the kingdom. q. e. the Kingdom of heaven) and when he reaches the king dom. he shall have rest
 "Dr. Grenfell remarked that enormous interest would be aroused by the dis coveries. on account of the variations they disclosed from accepted texts. One variant of the saying, recorded in St. Luke, "The Kingdom of God is within you,' is of great value, as the saying in the papyrus appeared in quite different surroundings from those attributed to 1t by the evangelist and extended Tar into another region."
 According to Dr. Grenfell these say ings formed the new gospel, which is tra- ditionally associated with St. Thomas.
 An interesting variation of the Gospel. according to St. Luke 9th chapter and 52d verse;, Woe unto you. lawyers. for ye have taken away the key of knowl- edge; ye entered not into yourselves and them that were entering in ye hindered." reads in the papyrus: "Ye have hidden the key of knowledge. Ye entered not yourselves. and to them that were en- tering in ye did not open"
 Another fragment contained a discourse of Christ, closely related to passages of versation between Christ and his disci- ples, in which Christ answers a question as to when His Kingdom will be real ized. saying:
 When ye return to the state of inno- cence which existed before the fall
 "A valuable find was made in papyri written in Latin, giving the text of the epistle to the Hebrews and an epitome of Tivy's lost books. This, with other payri covering the period 150-137 B. C., threw much new and valuable informa- tion of the history of the world and marked the recovery of hitherto lost literature of Egypt.
 "A quaint instance of the business methods in vogue in 137 A. D., is shown in the discovery of an amusing contract whereby a slave boy was to be taught shorthand for 120 drachme, the payment was arranged on thoroughly business like basis-4O drachme down, 40 on satis- factory evidence of progress. and 40 at the attainment of proficiency"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Remarkable Operation,

NV" IUTk NOmlnerCfaI.
 Dr. Frank G. Aldrich. a London physician gives the following remarkable account of the aHhputauoh or woman's leg. during which no anaesthetic but hypnotism was Ised The patient was a single woman, aged 35 years on whom' for several reasons. 1t was not con- sidered desirable to use ordinary anaesthetics At S;4o D. m. she was put to sleep" not be- ing informed that the operation was to be performed. At 4:3o, while preparations were being made in the room for the operation, she became rather restless. and the doctors covered her eyes. She immediately objected, saying Don't cover my eyes," although she was ap- parently fast asleep. So her eyes were Un-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15

covered. At 4:6o. everything being in readi- ness, told her that the operation was to com rnence and that sine would feel nothing. She said, All right, hold my hands, and while she spoke the skin incisions were made. Dur ing the course of the operation she several times asked the nurse for and drank sips of water and a little port wine, and made gen. eral remarks" The leg was removed at the knee. not the least indication, even by twitch or vince, being given of any pain during the operation At 6:3o the doctors left her quite comfortable. and at 6:3o she ate light sup per She made 8 good recovery and in
 month was out of doors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Prickett 2 GerSOn Co. Incorporated.
 Mems TaiIorS. 2S DEXTER AVENUE.
nR J P, BUCHANNAN. speciaIisal

.pR. J. P. BUCHANAN, speciaiis
 Diseases of Women. Private. Rectal Neryota Skin, Kidney Bladder and Chronic Diseasp Diseases Peculiar to Men. I treat diseait without the knife. My office outfit is compIo with electrical appliances, consisting of X-ri Vfolet-ray, Static, Galvanic and Faradic M chimes; Electric Light Baths, Vapor and Iii Air Baths All electrical treatments safe 2 free of pain. Diseases of women. includi. Ovarian Diseases, treated with EaectrtciV Massage and Medicine, Syphilis. Rheumati and Skin Diseases trested with Vapor. I Air and Electric Light Baths, with inuncti taking the mercury out of the system throu, the skin and preventing injury to the boI and brain. Nervous Diseases treated " Electrieity and Massage Diseases peculiar cocele-treated with Electricity, Massage a Irrigation. Piles. Flstulae and Rectal Ulcf, treated without the knife. do not send I tients to the inhrmary or to bed. Womi nurse constantly at office.
 Hours, o G. m. to 50 D. m.
 Office, second and third floors, i6h DexA Avenue, Montgomery. Ala. 5.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Short Sentence Philosophv.

It's the worker who succeeds in life not the fellow who is worked.
 Take care of your enemies, and your friends will take care of themselves.
 Some men are so easy-going that after awhile they cease to go at an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
About Euuallv Dangerous.

It is curious that one little pellet of lead in a mans anatomy is considered so strong a proof of devotion to his country when he can All himself full of malaria or salicylic acid for the same reason and never be noticed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15

My foot is asleep" the young woman co
 plainod who had been induced to sit in an | comfortable position while the yacht was a long tack. T thought so.' answered the salt at the tilIeF. T noticed some time q that your toes turned in."- JWdGasl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
The Apple Crop.

The crop of apples this year Is estimated a' 4a 900 900 barrels. which Is more than half barrel for every man, woman and chila In ths United States.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-21
WE TALK TOO MUCH

Most everybody talks too much; I'm certain
this is so.
I think about it more and more the older that
grow.
talk deal too much myself, and this is how
know.
There's quite lot of ignorance that silence
would disguise
How very little people know YOU never would
surmise,
If they didn't talk so much they'd be considered
wise.
harm can come.
There's much OF hidden danger lies in conf
dante, or chum,
And secrets told are far less safe than if the lips
were dumb.
How often one in argument, by fiery impulse
Will many more antagonize, and bitter discord
spreads
guess the most we talk about were better left
unsad
And so think man may fill high and hon
ored place,
And carry many grievous sins with dignity and
grace
Ifbe can wear pleasant smile and calm and
silent face.
There's many men in prison cells and liable to
stay
who might be floating at the top, distinguished,
blithe and gay.
They answered peoples questions, and gave
themselves away.
We all know men well qualified prison cell to
FILL
Who never got behind the bars, and maybe
WILL
And all the reason for it is-the gentlemen kept
still.
Joseph Bert Smiley in Cincinnati Enquirer
Thoroughbred Shropshire ram lambs
for sale. For prices address Oscar V.
Brown, Smith Island, Wash.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-21
Orcae Island
ORCAS

Father Leroux, of Sedro-Woolley,
held services in the hall Tuesday.
Invitations are out for dance to be
givea in the hall, Friday, the 22nd,
complimentary to Mrs. 5. >. Shea.
What is known as the Monroe road,
the direct route between Orcas and
East Sound, is now open to travel.
The picnic given 10y the Neighborly
Club was held at III. Gauson's, the day
proving too cool to spend on the beach.
Ii was well attended and enjoyed by
all. The club will give "scow party"
In IL few weeks.
j. b. Weldy, w. ID. Schmuck and
Mr.. Engelson went to Friday Harbor
Tuesday to attend the hearing for the
new school district, which was ordered
established. Mr.. EnGelsou, Mr..
Schmuck and Joseph IGtte wers APP
pointed directors.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-21
Established Facts in Dairying

Some things may be said to have
been well established concerning milk
by long and exhaustive experiments,
which we will enumerate as follows:
First-If milk rich il butter fat is
desired we must breed for it.. 1t is en-
tirely dependent upon the individual
Ity of the COW, SO that men have final
lv established that individuality into
breed characteristics, as with the Jersey
and Guernsey breeds.
Second A bull belonging to butter
breed will impart this quality to his
heifers if he has sufficient prepotency.
Also a bull belonging to a breed which
gives milk low in percentage Of butter
fat will impart that quality to his
heifers.
Third-It is not possible to increase
the percentage of butter fat in milk by
feeding food rich in fat, although this
is the general idea with hosts of farm.
ers.
IOdlll-A IVou lllCu III piulClu Ill
creases the quantity but not the quail
ty of the milk. But by inducing the
COW to give larger quantity we may
also induce her to yield more butter fat
in twenty-four hours than she other
wise would have done.
Fifth-Sudden changes in the time
of feeding or character of the food, or
sudden changes in the temperature, or
exposure of the COW to cold rainstorms,
or brutal usage-all these affect the
percentage of butter fat in milk. 1t
may be mentioned also that some milk
ers affect cows favorably or unfavorably
in this respect.
Slxth-The milk of cow does not as
rule reach its highest richness until
after she has had her third calf.
Milking three times in
twenty-four hours has been found to
increase somewhat the amount of but
ter fat production.
Eighthv-For the consumption of in
fants the milk of herd of cows Is
safer and more digestible than that of
a single cow, for the reason that it is
less liable to variation from nervous
ness and other causes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-21
San 7uan Island
SAN JUAN VALLEY
outstae Of County osat

j @ Bergman has just received a
new lot of dry goods.
Rev. Father La Roux held services
a, the Catholic church last Sunday.
Miss Burk, of Shaw island, returned
Monday after several days visit at G.
Roster.
Mrs. Dora Clawson, of Port Town
send, is visiting her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Cakes.
Miss Maud Cakes returned Friday
from Port Townsend, where she was
visiting relatives.
James Martin, who has been visiting
his sister, Mrs. II. Stoll, returned to
Whatcom Monday.
Daniel Cakes came home Monday,
from Chemawa, Oregon, where he has
been going to school.
Mrs. JAS. Campbell, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f.
Bovce, returned to Roche Harbor Mon
day.
At the base ball game Sunday be-
tween the Has-beens and Will bees the
former gained the victory by score of
II to IA
Mrs. G.. Roster and her daughter
Laurena were over to Port Townsend
last week, Mrs Roster going for medl-
cal advice.
l.. b. Carter is having the corner
store building shingled and painted.
Me,srs. Scribner and Higgins are do
lug the work.
Ed. Jake was pleasantly surprised
Saturday evening by some Of his
} friends. Dancing aud cards were the
principal entertainment of the evening,
and all present report splendid time.
Mrs b. Evans, of Victoria, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. 0. Il. Boyce. Mrs.
Boyce returned from Roche Harbor
Thursday OF last week, where she was
visiting her daughter, Mrs. A, Swee-
ney.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-21
Lopez leland
LOPEZ

Memorial day, Saturday, May 80,
viii be properly observed on the island.
Ike - will be held at Center church
and Z cry, commencing at > p. m.
sharp. lion. w. H. Thacker, Of Fri
day Harbor, will deliver the grafton,
and the children and old soldiers will
decorate the grave of the one veteran
OF the civil war buried here. A general
turnout Of the people is expected.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-21
DOE BAY

Mrs. Andrews has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. G.. ). Rice, and family.
She returned from Iowa recently to at
tend the marriage of hel daughter
Orphs to Mr.. Chandler, which was
solemniZed in Seattle last week.