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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07

Clayton Street Baptist Church. corner of Ciayton and Holt Streets.-Belt Line cars pass the door. Rev. R. F. Fred way, pastor. residence eol Mildred oi.e Street Frank Alien. superintendent Preaching at il a. m. and s D. m. by the pastor, Topic, morning, m The Second is Ltke it." even ing. "Same Bible Comes, B. r. r; P;oU7:: U: Mondsy,. 3 D. m.; prayer meeting We'd nesdaV at 1:30 p. m.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
The Crusade in Brlef.

Go.dsooro, n. c.. is planning 70. .ccal
Prohibition campaign under the leader
Shin of the Anti-Saloon League.
The City Council Of Sault Ste. Maries
Mich. has violated State statute by grant
ing license for a saloon to be located
within 200 feet OF the high school. Tho
schoc, board will carry the matter to tho
courts.
IL. Gibbon. of Corydon, ~, who was
indicted for selling alcoholic liquor in that
Prohibition town, has brought suit for
$4,000 damages against two wholesalers or
Paducah, who. he alleges, sold him the
liquor in question as non-alcoholic pale ale>
PHILADELPHIA brewers and distillers are
charged with putting salieyiis, acid into
their products, and DR.. B. H. .Warrens
State Dairy and Food Commissioner. is
launching q crusade against them on that
score. I
Nine hundred AID twenty-five licenses
for LIQUOR sellers have been issued in Yer
mont since the license law went into eff
feet, and reports from all quarters lndi-
cate that the State is growing heartily
sick OF its experiment, drunkenness and
crime increasing steadily.
The workings OF high license in New
Hampshire, after fifty years of prohibi-
tioa, may be inferred by the published ut
tsrance OF Judge Pillsbury. a prominent
irrist of that State, who says tersely and
significantly: "May God have mercy on
our State til We vote again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
FIRE COST TWENTY-FIVE LIVES.
Result of Thirty Minute Blaze in Over.
crowded New York Tenement.


New York City.-Twenty .fvepersons,
twenty-one men, three women and a
baby, were suffocated in an early morn
ing fire in a tenement house at 24G
Eleventh avenue, between Thirty-ffth
and Thirty-siTth streets.
The 'House of All Nations" this par
ticular building is called, because Of
the babel Of mingled English, Italian.
Austrian and Hungarian speech In its
halls and stairways. On each of the
five floors lived four families, two in
front on each side Of a central passage
way, and two in the rear. Each Of
these families accommodated from
three to ten boarders,. and there were
$50 persons in the house at the time
Of the fire.
One woman, who jumped from a
third-story window, was fatally hurt.
AS far as loss Of life Is concerned
it was said at Police Headquarters that
no more disastrous tenement house fire
ever occurred in the city.
The fire was remarkable because so
large loss of life occurred in so short
q period. Twenty minutes after the
firemen arrived the fire was under con-
troll, and the flames could not have had
more than ten minutes headway be-
fore the alarm was sent in.
In that time more than two score per-
sons huddled together in the crowded
rooms. died just where the devouring
flames and binding smoke discovered
them. It was not known until the fire
was subdued that one had perished. but
the Gremen's short and terrific battle
disclosed heartrending scenes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Moro Dangerous Than Malaria.

The famous DR.. Wu.fert has lately pub
lished paper on the effect of alcohol on
Europeans in tropical countries, It Ii
more dangerous, he says, that malaria or
climate fever, and at the same time affects
the digestive organs, the brain, and the
nervous system. A person addicted to the
use of alcoholic liquors will there have his
stomach entirely out of order in two
weeks. 1t is the same way with the nerves:
The moderate use of alcohol continued
with the heat causes an intolerable som,
nolence, weakness heaviness in the limbs
difficulty of working, and low spirits
The effects on the brain show, themselves
by dizziness and in fits of bad temper
that sometimes cause real madness. These
effects of the alcohol show themselves es-
pecially during the rainy time, when the
air is saturated with moisture. As q
proof that these troubles really come from
alcohol can be mentioned that the Hol-
landers in India who do not use alcoholic
beverages are able to work hard either at
mental of muscular labor even during the
hottest times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Ade's Parlor Trick.

George Ade attended recently dir.
ner of theatrical people in Boston. The
stage folks sang song and told stories.
but Mr.. Ade. who is very quiet and
retiring, would neither sing nor speak.
He was. he said, no good at anything
of that kind. Finally. though, the calls
for Mr.. Ade became too vehement.
The young man had to yield. He rose
and said:
81 will tell you an excellent trick in
parlor magic. You take tumbler and
fill it two-thirds full of filtered water.
Then you insert in the water a lump.
of sugar and a spoon and you begin
to stir. In a few minutes the sugar
will become invisible"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
The Greatest Curse.

Undoubtedly the greatest curse to the
poor of this city is the drunkenness among
the wives and mothers. A drinking man
is often sober, but drinking woman al
most never. -,
The saloon with it's side door, its drink.
ing booths for women in the rear. IS, l
firmly believe, the greatest obstacle in the
wav of reform. It affords an easy oppor-
tunity for women to get their liquor. 1t
is more than an opportunity; it is temp
tation to idle women OF 4 restless temper
ament.
It is true that person bent on getting
LIQUOR can buy it at some pace or other.
But the saloon side door is far more po.
tent, and i'll my opinion constitutes the
gravest menace OF all that threaten the
Door of New York. 1t has wrecked thou
sands of homes by degrading the, wives
and mothers, and has dotted Potter,s
Field with the "raves of women.-State-
mcnt from the bench of Iorl;vil.e Police
Court by Magistrate Charles A. F.ammer.
New York City.
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the reduction taking place in two
ways. In the case of spines which
are produced by modified leaves or
modified stems, there is tendency to
revert to the primitive type, while in
those which originate In stipules-an
organ unnecessary to the life Of the
plant-the spine diminishes and in
many cases completely disappears. The
partial deprivation of light also pro-
duces more or less complete suppress
sion of the thorns, us proved by many
authenticated instances.
1t thus appears that thornS are the
result of insufficient nutrition, but this
answer by no means exhausts the SUBJ
ject, for the question arises. what Is
the use Of the thorns, and how do
they benefit the plant? Grindo!
claimed that the thorns have no use
since they are found In large num-
Der of families different both as to
form and as to needs, but there can
be but little doubt that the thorn
is a means of protection to the plant
and that its purpose is to inspire q
healthy respect in quadrupeds. The
thorn protects the creatures which car!
ry it, and where the case be that Of
hedgehog or thistle. beast or bird, it
allows its posseSsor to the more ell
fectually defend itself. To pluck a
bouquet of eglantines without tearing
the clothes or wounding the fingers is
an operation which requires consum.
mate cleverness, and thus in number
less instances from the sloe-tree to the
gooseberry we see that nature has
made provision for these members Of
her family, SO that they may defend
the young leaves and tender buds so
necessary to the continuance Of their
lives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
WHY DO PLANTS
HAVE THORNS &?
From an Article by Ferdinand
Faideau, in La Science IlluStree,
Paris--Condensed and Translated
For Public Opini0n.

The influence of the environment is
very great in the formation of thorns.
so great, in fact, that we frequently
find that a plant in one place has
thorns and few miles away is devoid
of them. Observation and experiment
are in agreement in showing that three
causes are in operation here, namely.
impoverished soil, dryness Of the at
mosphere, and intensity of light, each
o. which provokes or accentuates the
condition under discussion. In this
connection it is interesting to state
that cultivation diminishes the num-
Der of spines and in many instances
makes them disappear after several
generations.
NJ. Lhotelier has shown by long
series of experiments that thorny
plants when submitted to the action
of humidity tend to lose their spines,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Perpetual Light.

A small quantity Of radium salts in
the Currie laboratory, where this Won
-derful substance was discovered, was
sufficient to render the walls, the in
struments, the air, radioactive. That
is, the walls, the instruments, the air,
gave off radiations of their own mere
1y because radium was or had been
present. Imagine the gain to man.
kind when a process is evolved for
making those radiations luminous. Or
.dinarily gas or electric light would no
longer be necessary. There would no
longer be dark corners in the world.
Everything that had felt the influence
of the radium would shine, and since
the energy Of the salt is well-night
perpetual, there would never be any
need Of renewing the lighting contract
Theodore Walters, in the September
Everybody's.
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itself Is composed Of galleries followed
irregularly, all ending in larger gal
lery, which may be considered the
principal avenue Of the city. This ave-
nue. leads to the deepest part of the
nest, where we may find the residence
of the queen. When sovereignty has
been placed on the head of q queen,
the workmen tear her wings of and
place her in a cell proportioned to her
size; with an adjoining cell for her
mate.
AS in our own climate, each one OF
these nests forms small republic, con.
tanning q queen, royal guards, work
ers and other useful members of So
ciety. AS thousands of eggs are laid
each day in these nests, it is not diff
cult to understand the ever-increas
ing number of ants that inhabit them
These small but fearful enemies OF
mics which i've in the same neigh
borhood, and two ant nests never live
man themselves have implacable enc
together in peace, even where they are
inhabited by individuals closely relat
ed to each other from the standpoint
of race. The most formidable enemies
Of the white ants, however, are the
large black ants called Matabeles, be-
cause of their color, which is anala'
gous to that of the inhabitants OF
Matabeland. The black ants are much
larger than the white, uEd legion OF
Matabeles is sufficient to throw an
entire city Of white ants into state
of absolute panic. Much more Wig
orous than the latter, armed with for
midable mandibles, the invading black
ants throw themselves on the poor
frightened creatures Of the white city,
seizing as many as thirteen at time,
and carrying them quickly to their
own hill. In this case the Matabele
is not inspired by any bloodthirsty
desire, for it does its captive no harm,
being content to keep it in condition
of slavery. Much less diligent and in
telligent than the little white ant, the
black ant makes the former work for
the black colony. the white ant labor
ing faithfully in the domain Of it's
masters, constructing for them COM
Portable cells, taking care Of their lar
vac, and digging tunnels which permit
their captors to go from one place to
the other sheltered from the wind and
rain. Thus it is that frequently we
find entire tribes of white ants living
in the Matabele communities.
Large and small ants have one COM
mon enemy, the ant bear. which is
very numerous in those regions where
prey Is abundant. There is absolutely
no safety when one of these animals
enters the nest although this does not
prevent the number of ants from in
creasing in enormous quantities, In
places the nests Of these insects oc-
cupying such an extent OF territory
that they form small villages, attack
ing everything. devouring everything,
cutting the roots, destroying the leaves,
following and emptying the interior
of branches and leaving only the bark.
the whole tree falling into dust. At
Bulawayo in the municipal park out Of
every fifty trees planted one only lives,
and II is estimated that the damage
In this town alone amounts to 23O.'
900 francs per year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18

hand, rings very often represent the
investment of a great deal Of money,
and in either event the owners are de-
sirous of enjoying the pleasures of
wearing the precious circlets without
the constant fear of them becoming
separated from them. For this pur-
pose the guard shown here has been
devised. It consists Of bracelet, to
the inner part of which is attached a
shield, and each of the rings on the
finger is fastened by holder, which
will not permit the rings removal,
either by accident or design. This
mechanism fits in the palm Of the
hand and is not at all obtrusive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Labor World.

Ogden. Utah, has passed all eight
hour ordinance.
Rubber workers at Indianapolis, lnd.'
have organized.
There arc $1,000 trade unionists IN
New South Wales.
Laboring men of Pittsburg, Pa, are
founding Il hospital.
Chinese are being driven out of ped
ding by organized labor at OSden'
Utah.
The normal German working day is
ten hours and the normal week sixty.
hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Dynamite Wreclzs CITY,

A carload of dynamite exploded in
the yards Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company at Crestline. Ohio. COM
pletely wrecking 300 box cars, num-
Der of passenger cars, demolishing
thirty tracks for a half mile and III
fiicting serious damage Oil every house
in the place The most wonderful part
of the entire explosion is that only oae
person was killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Quit Pulpit For Business.

Because he believes that the ministry
would not make sufficient provision
for the support Of himself and family
when old age shall have overtakch nm.
the Rev. J. 4. Johnson. pastor Oh tue
Birmingham Methodist !rotestant
Church. at Pittsburg. has laid ASIDE
the work of the church and chtereu
upon 4 business life. He believes .l".
a mans ability in his useful DAYS
should be employer to provide 1or lis
family. and that this is L feature over
looked by the church.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
FUNERAL PARTY KILLED BY A TRAIN:
Three Men, Woman and Cofhned Gody
Ground Under Wheels.

Charlotte. n. C.-Three men and a
woman, riding in 4 wagon in which
there was coffin containing the BODY
of Mrs. Kate Lewis, on the way to
interment, were struck by an express
train on the Southern Railway SIX
miles north of Concord. The occupants
Of the wagon-Mrs. Lulu Townsend,
John Key, Benjamin, ,Tippet and Daniel
Weaver-were instantly killed, thelr
bodies, as we'll as that Of Mrs. Lewis
being ground to fragments.
The wagon was proceeding. drawn by
two mules. on road alongside the rail-.
road track. AS the locomotive reached
with a few yards of the wagon the
mules became frightened and polsea
fairly in front Of it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
THE WHITE ANTS
OF SOUTH AFRICA
ADR.EN LOIR, in La Nature,
Paris.

,IAoN HERE are found in South
4 y Africa a considerable num-
Q 6 ber Of insects belonging to
q 4 j the termite family, but the
To% most remarkable are those
called white ants. Because OF the
destruction which they cause these in
sects are a real scourge to the coun-
try; they live in myriads in subter-
ranean nests, and are one of the great
est obstacles to every form of agri-
culture. During the night these in
sects perform their destructive work.
the greater part of the time being in.
visible and moving under the shelter
of small tunnels which they construct
on their way as they move forward.
Not only do they attack vegetation Of
all sorts, but they also invade houses
and even when the exterior of these
appears sound they are often filled
with ants which destroy wood and
undermine masonry. The house may
appear intact, but some day it is dis
covered that the building is really
about to fall into dust. The rapidity
with which the insects work may be
judged when it is stated that lawyer
of Bulawayo found after an absence of
a week that the insects had made oc-
cupancy of his house impossible. Eight
days only had suffice for these de-
stroyers to raise in the chimney nest
as high as q man. I have seen cases
of wine from Europe. the corks Of
which had been entirely consumed by
ants, leaving the bottles to waste their
contents on the floor of the storeroom.
One frequently comes across these
ants nests. little hills erected at short
distances from each other around a
hill of earth fiftten feet in height, at
the top of which is gaping opening,
the entrance to the nests. The nest
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Oshkosh, the Menominee Chief Fer Whom
Was Named Prosperous Wisconsin City

the town and delivered an address.
The semi-centennial celebration and
the agitation that has resulted from
it have brought into existence a move
ment to remove the bones Of Chief
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Charges Fraud.

Ex-senator Smith. receiver Of the
United States Shipbuildins Company.
made his report to the court declaring
the trust swindle. and accusing Chas.
NJ. Schwab of the deliberate purpose Of
wrecEing it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Guard For the Rings

It so frequently happens that the
possession of a ring has some senti-
ment attached to it that it is held by
Its owner at vaIuat ation much greater
than its intrinsic worth. On the other
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Tornado Tears Up Oklahoma

Two persons were killed and nine in-
jured by tornado that formed three
miles north of Hydro, III Caddo County.
o. r. A half dozen farm houses were
destroyed. The property loss is esli'
mated at $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Poor Arctic Whale Catch. /.

A vessel arriving at Onalaska reports
the catch of the arctic whaling fleet
up to October y as sixteen whales.
Whalemen say the season has been the
poorest in the history of boTheaI
whnlinr
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Cost of Army 11aneuvres, $3.50, 900.

The army maneuvres just finished
at Omaha. Neb.. cost the Government
$3j0,OCO, according 10 reports or army
officers made on request OF Major
General Bates,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
A Big Tomato Vino.

A tomato vine, nearly sixteen feet
high, was on exhibition at the Illinois
State Fair. 1t was grown at Para"
gould, Ark.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
ToSas Ball PLAYER Shot,

". B. Tackaberry. q well-known bail
player OF the Texas team. was *aos
and killed by Prince Novel;. manager
of a messenger service a. Fort Worth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18

Oshkosh was the name Of a Memo
minee chieftain who had been very
kind to the settlers, and who remained
80 to the day of his death. His grand
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
Mission Bookrdck

Though it fits right into mission
scheme Of furnishing, there is nothing
to prevent this mission bookrack from
being utilized in any room where a
bookcase is suitable. If the room be
done in mission style the wood should
Of course be of the same sort as other
pieces Of furniture, the beautiful tea
brown being a general favorite. Such
pieces may, however, be stained in
any color or to represent any wood.
This one is characteristic of mission
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18

In the city of New York there are
only 737, AT white persons born OF
native parents.
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WHERE Plus x.
WAS BORN

A tumbler combination lock for post
office boxes has been invente for those
prone to lose their .:eys.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-18
lives.

Statistics show that 20,t70 bodies
We're cremated in France last year.
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.AoH HERE are found in South
Il y Africa a considerable num-
@ g ber of insects belonging to
q Il i the termite family, but the
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-30
THE PRESIDENTS BLANKET.
Il viii be Something Fine and Squaw
Ellie is Doing Her Best.
ALL SHOULD SEE IT.

MY but that is going to be fine" and
"Ain't it handsome" are the express
sions most divulged by visitors and
tourists who see the Indian squaw Ellie
at work on the presidents Navajo
saddle blanket at the Harvey curio
rooms.
Ellie is certainly making a handsome
one, and has already done q third of
the blanket; that Is, In size. She is
now working on the letters, which Is
the hardest part of the affair for her.
She is working ndustriously, early
and late, and will have 1t surely done
by the time the Great White Father
from Washington arrives. Just take
a peep at it while you can, for many
Duke City people will never see 1t
again after it is presented to the presi
dent.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-30
ROOSEVELT RECEPTION.
A Few Important Paragraphs tor the
Memory.
PERSONNEL OF PRESIDENTIAL PARTY.

Simon Stern, who has charge of the
girls to call at his store. About TWEEN.
ty-five have already called and left
their names. In order to make the
tableau success forty-six young
girls are needed.
The Graham Bros, on Railroad ave.
nue., decorated the front of their busi'
ness place this morning, and others on
the line of march are making prepara-
tons to follow suit.
A force of workmen, from the Phoe-
nix Planning Mill company, put up the
arch at the corner of Railroad avenue
and Second street today, and Mr.. Cot
tom and assistant, two decorators from
Los Angeles. will next beautify the
arch with decorations. The Citizen
was misinformed as to the decorator,
having all along announced that the
arch would be decorated by b. F.. Fill.
more. Mr.. Cotton understands his
business thoroughly. and besides the
arch, will also do the decoration for
the Roosevelt committee at the Alva.
RADIO and at the statehood tableau
platform.
The Citizen published the Roosevelt
line of march in several issues, hence
by this time everybody should be IA
miliar with the avenues and streets
over which the parade will pass.
Therefore, let everybody decorate
along the line of march, If not elabor.
ately, hang out flag.
The last regular meeting of the
Roosevelt committees will be held Sat
urday night at the Commercial club
All members should attend.
The passage way from the train to
the north side of the Alvarado, where
the president will be introduced and
make his speech, will be carpeted with
handsome Navajo blankets, and of
course will be roped off. On the plat
form no one. except the presidential
party and the reception committee.
will be allowed seats. After speaking
will occur the statehood tableau. and
then will follow the parade. escorted