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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14
RdAY9DAY SONNETS--By Wallace Irwin
III.

III.
At last the new flat swns into our ken
Our poor manned goods are hustled up the STAIRS
The porter scOwls, the truCkrnan roundlv SwearS
Disfguring the woodwork now and then.
l drain my purse to pay these gentlemen.
Who take my bride with CondeScendiug airs
And, soon departing TO their own affairs,
They leave me with my quiet home again
Among the vacant rooms my lady fingers.
nail down carpets with a savage strength.
Feeling by instinct Couch! l smashed my hngersN
That She will break the news to me at length.
ooh Henry" somewhat plaintively she calls,
What horrid. ugly paper on these wallsl'
".
At last It's done: the tables in their place
The pictures hung, the rugs and mating laid
Order restored. MY cares begin to fade
And Hope again stands solid base.
Not for ten years, | murmur. will chase
The May-Day bubble for perdition made"
But as speak little doubtful shade
Flutters across the wife's expressive face.
dearest" I cry what clouds that lovely brow7'
"Nothing-Im only thinking" she replies
This is no time for thinking. Tell me now
PauSing awhile she lifts her crystal eyes:
81 was Just trying to imagine. dear.
The lovely flat III move into next year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

of the fine hairs from the drying tarantulas had
blown into my eyes. l washed them with alcohol
and used the native remedies but it three weeks
before they right again. The only bite | re-
Ceived was from a scorpion, about SIX inches long,
which resulted in long and bad attack of fever.
The fever germs are everywhere in air and water
all the time.
Insect life of all kinds is most abundant. 1
brought out many thousands of waSpS, some of
them new q get five dollars apiece for blue-black
wasp, about an inch long, which flies only at night
also number of wasp-nests, which sell for five to
ten dollars each.
l discovered a curious fact, new to and l be-
leve to the books, concerning the peculiar way in
which certain insects cut leaves They leave their
signatures them, always in precisely the same
FORM
A certain butterfly always cuts hole in the
leaf in the form of a maltese cross. a certain
ant leaves equally unvarying mark. This is
an ant which is attracting good deal of attention.
A German entomologst from Para is employing the
natives to dig them out, the lower Amazon, in
order to investigate their mode of life. The ants
dig passageways from eighty to hundred feet
in length and about foot in diameter and from
four to ten feet underground. They carry the
earth to the surface where the pile will often OBJ
struct a road. These passages open into many ex-
Cavated chambers, where they bits of leaves,
which they cut off and carry there, and which, when
they become mOldy, develop a fungus which the
ant lives | put some bits of paper in their way to
get their signature They cut out sections of it,
and carried it away account of the starch
which it contained. l brought away a good
many of these ants for sale in Berlin
Newspapers are fond of printing snake stories; but
the snake stories of Nature herself surpass all human
inventions. The Amazon country is alive with
snakes OF all kinds, and when a heavy rainy period
began after five weeks of comparatively dry
weather. they everywhere, underfoot and
overhead.
l was walking along through the jungle with
my eyes lifted slightly for insects when 1
stepped ignorantly eighteen-foot coiled boa
constructor 1t female, marked in gray, silver
and black, and badly frightened l was.
l had no weapon, and sprang backward while she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

went threshing through the bushes at great rate,
Using forceps, and in one case my net pole, l
caught several specimens of the coral-snake, which
is excessively poisonous and is marked with zigzags
and vermiOn and black
The most incredible snake down there is what the
natives call the CoPra dos cahesaS, snake with
two heads" 1t is small, about eighteen inches in
length and colored in green and brown stripes The
natives declare that it has two heads, and can go
equally we'll in either direction | was exceedingly
anxious to get specimen but saw only one which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

10 SHOW NldJ can 20. ISu
that grand?"
Yes, dearT' exclaimed
Mrs. Brown. / am so glad,
for Billy Osborne was sure he
had the detail"
The Browns We're young
and ardent lovers. Their
devotion to each other was
the subject of many jests at
the bachelors mess, par
ticularly with Osborne the
tease, and the married people
at the post were almost jeal-
Gus OF their congeniality and
the way in which they
adopted each others fads
and took interest in each
others plans.
In the short intervals of
rest which Brown could
snatch from the maneuvers,
he came home tired and over
worked One evening he
returned early, completely ex-
hausted, threw himself upon
the couch, and fell into a
deep sleep. Mrs. Brown took
her seat near him, with her
sewing, and was happy to
have him to herself for
little while.
Thus it went on until four
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

o'clock, when the postman arrived and placed the
mail upon the hal-tabe. There was one from
Alice, one from papa, one for George
She read her own letters eagerly, then glanced
at the letter for George. 1t was a small blue note
addressed in pencil in a woman's handwriting The
address much blurred. She did recognize the
handwriting, and the address was almost illegible
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

By Lieutenant BaPmeva

7 LIEUTENANT BROWN burst into his
| quarters after officers call, joy
- beaming in every feature of his am
bilious, energetic face. Look at that" said he,
throwing into his wife's lap the order which
he bore in his hand Il have been designated
Squadron Q. NJ. and assigned to duty with the
commssary during the maneuvers. Now | may
do some individual work, instead of playing fifth
wheel as second lieutenant of troop. 1t will
throw with the big wigs and give me a chance
TO show what can do Isn't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14
Note the Maltese Gross. The Insect Making 1t
Always Bites Out This Exact Design and
Puts Small Field About 1t BIS, Eat
ing Away Portion of the Soft
Green Surface of the Leaf

correspondent their description in far that had
an expansion of the body at the tail similar in size
to the head 1t got into hole before | could get
it. and had neither tools to dig it out nor bottle
to put it in so l had to let it CO. If its head
toward me it certainly went backward into the hole
which about two feet away. Lacking close
inspection, however, | would not say anything
definite concerning it. beyond the fact that its APP
pearanCe offers good ground for the native stories.
1t is poisonous, and they would not hunt it for me-
partly through fear, and more through the super
stitious myths with which their tradition has
rounded it.
All the snakes not harmful, however. On the
contrary, native hut is without a pet snake or
pair of Them which live in the roof and keep the
place free from all vermin. These are species of
blacksnake and for this work are invaluable They
take of all scorpions, tarantulas Centpedes
other vermin which may invade the dwelling.
Many of the freaks of nature are so incredible as
not to be told safely without ocular demonstration.
l brought from Guinea number of skeletons of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
Cbc Cbeatres
Mr. Taylor in 'Peaceful Valley"

Montgomery again showed its appre- citation of the ability of its home grown actor Albert Taylor, by filling the Bitou Theatre last night to wit ness the initial performance thls win ter of his company in the great com- edy. "Peaceful Valley"
 No more enthusiastic audience has AIied the pretty little playhouse this season than that which greeted Albert last night. The people og Montgom- cry are familiar with Albert Taylor for they have had the pleasure of see ing him here on various times in the mast and they know his classification as an actor. He has surrounded him. self this season with a company, which though large, is more to be recognized for quality than quantity and the per formance he and his company present. ed was, by all odds, the best perform ance given by repertoire company ip Montgomery this season.
 Mir Taylor has shown intelligence in getting plays that do not smack of the melodramatic although in a neat little curtain speech he declared that thir- teen persons would be killed in plain view of the audience in Texas, the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
The News of Selma.

very hard in police court this morn- ing. He went on the streets to serve long term and to act as an example of Magistrate Atkinss administration of justice when vagrants are brought before him. The Court allowed Frank Jeffries days time to prove that he was other than loafer and a vagrant who depended on other persons to sup port him. His proof was in the opin- ion of the court no proof at all and another $45 fine. equivalent to a sem tence of ninety days on the street, was given him.
 Dan Park was also fined $45 for dis orderly conduct and assault on d negreSs.
 Mallory Craig was acquitted of the charge of assault and battery. It was shown that he was resenting an insult. Craig who is a negro. had a lawyer to defend him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
For LaGrippe and lnflu- enZa use Ct1ENEY'S EX- PECTORANT.
APPLICATION GRANTED
. SPECIAL JURY ALLOWED IN B.,
 AND T. R. R. CASE.
Prayer of Defendant J. Kennedy Todd FRvOrabIy Acted Upon by Su- preme Court of New York
 Yesterday.

New York, Feb. 9.-The application of J. Kennedy Todd, the defendant in an action brought eight years ago by the Industrial and General Trust, lin- ited. to recover as owners of the Bir- mingham, shenleld and Tennessee Rail- road Company about $1.O00,O0e for the unauthorized sale of bonds of the com pany for a special jury to try the case, was granted by Justice Birschoff in the Supreme Court today.
 On behalf of Todd, 1t was claimed the issues involved were so intricate and involved that a jury of the ordinary class could not assess the damages. If any were to be given.
 The case has already been tried twice In the first trial the British company got a verdict for $350.00O, but this was upset by the Court of Appeals and a new trial ordered. On the second trial Justice Blanchard dismissed the com plaint. but this ruling was also set aside by the Court of Appeals. and the ease sent back for trial third time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
Advertiser Bureau.


 Mobile. Feb. g.
 At the family home. No. s1b St. Eman- uel Street. after a brief illness, Mrs. Mary Keefe passed away last night. Deceased was a relict of Thomas Keefe, who was killed in battle while 6 mem Der of the Sth Alabama infantdy, Con- federate States of America. She was a native of County RoscommonS, Ire- land. 75 years of age. and had resided in Mobile fifty-fve years. Mrs. keeIe was a most estimable Christian woman and a consistent member of the Ca- thedral. She Is survived by three sons and a daughter. Messrs. Thomas. John and James and Miss Mary Keefe.
 Mrs. M. E. Mcdonald. relict of Mich aeI E. Mcdonald, passed away this morning at her home in Toulminvtlle. after a lingering illness. Mrs. McDon- aid was a most lovable Christian char acter. always delighting to perform charitable acts. She was an ardent member of St. Xavier Church. Toulmin- vile, and Is survived by three sons. MessrS. William, John and Edward Me- Donald, and three daughters. Mrs. George M. Cowles and Misses Annie and Lizzie Mcdonald.
 Mrs. Ophelia II. Mills. aged 6z years. and an estimable lady. passed away last night at the residence. No. SS7 Spring Hill Avenue. Mrs. Mills enjoyed a large acquaintance in Mobile, and her death Is sincerely mourned.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Cypret have the sympathy of a host of friends in the death of their infant child. Cletis, whose death occurred at the family G,w CRdaR GfFAAf this morning.
 President Stella of the Mobile. Jack son and Kansas City Railroad, this morning stated that, despite the tre- nendous rainfall of the past few days, the entire roadbed is virtually intact and but little damage has been sus- tained. All trains are running regu- larly.
 Deputy Sheriff Phil Patch Is quite i'll at his home on Glennon Avenue. He is suffering with la grippe.
 Messrs. E. c. Foster and J. H, CaRee of Birmingham are in the city.
 Late reports from City Tax Collec- tor Frank Petrinovich are to the effect that he is resting easy. MT. Petrino- witch was stricken with paralysis last Saturday night.
 The Board of Public Works held a regular session this afternoon. A rnnber of routine matters were dis nosed of. Commissioner Brooks in- troduced a resolution that the street superintendent at once concentrate his force on the streets. with view of filling holes and muddy spots, which have been a menace to travel. The resolution was adopted. At the con- clusion of the session a joint confer enra was held with a special commit fee of the general council relative to senni-peruanent improvements on streets which are not likely to be per manentIy paved for a long time. Eu- rineer HazIehurst of the board. pursu- ant to a former resolution, submitted .a Eanort on certain streets apountinS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
Hoods

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
Advertiser Bureau.
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Selma Feb. ..
 Deputy Sheriff suttles and Police
 man Smith had a narrow escape this
 morning. A desperate negro named
 Ed Morgan, freeing himself from the
 custody of the deputy. fired several
 times at the arresting officer and when
 Policeman Smith came on the scene
 the fugitive emptied the chambers os
 his revolver at the latter. The officers
 returned the fusilade but neither of the three were Injured. The negro is
 stiTl at large.
 Deputy Suttles had arrested Morgan and was taking him to the county jail
 when the negro made his escape. It hadn't occurred to the officer that Morgan would make for his liberty and before the two started for the jail the prisoner was neither nandcuffed nos deprived of his possessions. Morgan was arrested for assault and battery on q woman and in Justice Lloyd's court this morning the magistrate had named the time set for his hearing and had fixed the amount of his bond before the deputy started for the prison with Morgan.
 After leaving Justice Lloyd's court 1t
 is said that at the prisoners request the deputy went with him to a nearby store to get the bail fixed, after which the two pToCCeoou tu tho oaASShAoh oA the jail.
 At the corner of Alabama and Law renee streets Morgan jumped behind a tree, defied the officer to lay hands on him and at the same time opened fire. There were one or two passersby in that vicinity of the city at the tims and two of tine negro's bullets came near striking two citizens, ". c. W. Albritton and George Butler, who were on the same street.
 The fire was returned by Suttles as the negro started to run and the depu- ty says he thinks he struck the flee- ing man. but the latter's speed was not diminished. Policeman Smith rushed to Suttles's assistance and when he made for the negro the latter shot the remaining bullets in his gun at Smith. The latter shot five times but neither | shot took effect.
 Morgan made his way down Sylvan street south to Water and made his escape. A call to the jail and sheriff for the bloodhounds was quickly made
 but on account of the death a short time ago of the elder of the hounds the others have no leader and will not follow a trail A widespread search
 Is being made for the negro and 1t is probable that he will be captured. Morgan has given the police a great
 deal of trouble and is known in Jus tice Lloyds court and at police head quarters as a dangerous negro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
social and Personal.

Quite a party of Selmtans will go to Montgomery this afternoon to attend the Montgomery Greys' ball. Among them are Major and Mrs. V. B. Atkins, Major J. E. Carter, Will Mckee, Lock McKinnon, Marshal Eskridge, M. T. Smith, Joe Howard, shearen Brislin, Captain W. F. Aycock, Howard Holmes Baker, Shields, Lieutenant Bruce Craig. A. J. Atkins, L. s. Elebash, Raymond Craig, Arthur Picard. Sam Fowlkes, Ben Howard and Misses Octavia Uau- derdale, Nell Brislin, Nell McKinnon, Kathleen Brisleli. Anna Mary DuBose and Rosebud Land.
 Misses Houston of Frankfort, Ky. and Debardelaben of Chattanooga, Tenn. are the attractive guests of MT. and Mrs. c. L. Debardelaben on Church Street.
 MT. James Howard Lauderdale of washington is visiting relatives in the city.
 Miss Eloise Marshall of Beloit Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Will Ligon.
 MT. Ellis, a prominent merchant of OrvilIe. Is in the city on business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10

'The Christian" made famous by Viola Allen. Willie Golfers great comedy success The Man from Mexi- CO.," will be presented tonight
 Manager Neal stated that all of the specialties from now on at the Bijou would be given before the rise of the forth seats will be reserved for the matinee performances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
The Primary Electlon.

The City Democratic Executive Com mittee held a meeting at o'clock this afternoon and remedied the defects in the resolutions passed by the Commit tee at the meeting held last week. The date set for the primary election is March IS. On adoption of a resolu- ton. amendment to the original, by Secretary Franelich, a sub-committe ee of three was created to make appoint ments of inspectors. etc.
 In accordance with law Chairman Robert D. Walker, Secretary Franelich and Mr. Barker were named on the sub-committee. l.. Erlenbach presid- cd at the meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
blood-thirsty Saturday

bill TOT the pAOoU~thAASsS
 it is impossible to go into details about the merits of each memper o1 much space. Suffice 1t to say that eV- cry member of the cast gave satlstac- ton in his or her part and that the sIpport given the star was of the best
 Speciaities by Arthur Browning. the dancer, the McGreevys in sketch Clarence Oliver, Abner Cobb ana A. E. Dake were good and brought Iortp deserved applause, each responding 70 several encores ,,, Ao
 The bill for today's matinee will be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
ReU Reported Captured.

A report from Flomaton which has reached this city Is to the effect that Jim Bell, the negro who murdered a Mrs. Hughes near Uniontown several weeks ago, has been captured and talk en to Uniontown. The truthfulness of the report Is not questioned.
 A reward of S650 had been offered for the capture of the negro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
Funeral of NErn. nzrne.

The body of the late Mrs. Mary J. Byrne was inferred in Live Oak Ceme- tary this morning. The funeral ser vices were held at 10:30 o'clock at the residence of E. M. Byrne, the de- ceased woman's son. who resides at 629 Union street. Rev. J. L. Gross pasotor of the First Baptist Church. officiated.
 Mrs. Byrne. an aged woman, died Monday night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
Minor Selma Matters.

The Butchers Protective Association of Selma was organized at & meet ing of the butchers yesterday after noon. W. E.. Allen was chosen presi- dent and E. R Jones, L. N. Cothran and c. l.. Clarke were named on the Board of Directors. The association was organized for the purpose of pro- tecting the butchers against persons who have heretofore periodically run deeply in debt to each of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10

The first sunshine of the week ap- peared in this vicinity this morning and weather indications this afternoon are promising. Rain has been falling constantly since last Friday and the mercury in the thermometer has hoy- cred about the 35 mark. Business is practically at a standstill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
CouuIe HgmrrieA in eeIma,

The marriage of Miss Lela Tomlin- son to Mir. c. E. McBride took place in this city yesterday afternoon.
 MT. McBride and Miss Tomlinson came to Selma yesterday from Monte vallo, secured their license and were married in the afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10

Miss Eleanor McCarvey of Tusca- Ioosa is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. J. J. BlacksEer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10

No weather lasts long enough to get used to it: The snow on a horses back today Is mud on his belly tomor- row.