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The Washington times., 1906-01-16

The Vice President and Mrs Fair
banks will entertain dinner party at
their * street residence.
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

It is officially announced that the man
who paid his railroad fare in California
and then shot himself TO death was not
"A member Of Congress.
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Murdoch, Piano Yirtuoso.
It's treat 10 hear Representative Vic
tor Murdoch OF Kansas tickle the keys
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Mrs. A. King and son, who were
visiting Mrs. Kings parents, Mr., ana
Mrs A KATE, OF Paterson. N ~
have returned TO their nome III TINS
The Washington times., 1906-01-16
THE personal SID
cit THE ,pJTOT

People of Prominence Who Ote
Under the Big Dome That Come =
inently Into the Everyday Lime
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Mrs. David e. Finley. Of South Caro-
linn. has arrived in the city, and will
DO at home, informally, on Mondays on
Capitol Hill, where Representative Fin
ley has located for the winter.
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Mrs. Harry Friedlander. accompa1led
BY her sister. Mrs. Ehas' Oh Ne"
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Morales leg is broken. AS his ability
10 run was the backbone Of his cause,
We may conclude that all trouble in
Santo Domingo is really at an end.
II Is mighty poor sort OF an inven-
tor nowadays who hasn't an airship
that VIII all but fly of its own accord
African Jungle; Bulletin. After March
I, 1909, lions, tigers. and elephants will
keep of the streets until after dark.
The police force viii be insufficient to
protect these citizens
signed, X. b. Rex
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Mrs. Garner, wife Of Representative
Garner, and Mrs. Dixon, wife Of the
Representative from Montana, will not
be at home today or the following Tues
day but Will receive on Tuesday, jan
uary 30, from to o'clock az 1871 K
street northwest
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

The German Ambassador and Bar
oness Won Sternburg. who nave ar
ranged a most hOspitable program Tor
the remainder of the season, are dinner
hosts for ::iis evening.
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Mrs 7 Herzog, of this city, is
snending a couple OF weeks in Atlantic
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Horny WeyI has returned TO his home
80 81 fter a trip to New YORK.
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Mr.. and Mrs. James Pinchot and Gif-
ford Pinchot. their son. will open their
charming home on Rhode Island avenue
for reception in honor Of the Associ1-
ton of American Foresters. the event
10 begin at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

The Congressional women of the Riggs
House, who include Mrs. Bankhead. Mrs
Lacey, Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs.
Gilbert. Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. James. Mrs;
Davis. Mrs. Kline. Mrs, Shneebeie, and
Miss Richardson, Will receive this after
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

~ wiITIam b. I.amar VIII Be at
s,,,s az the Connecticut, this afternoon,
when Mrs. Charles B. Howery will pour
tea and Mile, Caivo and the Misses cas-
sell DAUGHTERS of Representative cas-
sci. OF PennsylYanla, Will assist.
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Mrs Richard II. Townsend VIII con-
tribute much 20 the social brilliancy or
this evening by opening her palaual
house for reception or at home
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Lady Susan T0wnley, wife Of the
counselor Of the British embassy, has
gone 10 Philadelphia for d short visit
and from there viii so 70 New York
10 be the guest Of Mr. ana Mrs. DreXel
until January q
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

Mrs NJ. Newmyer and niece, MISS
,.aIsste siginund, of Denver, Colo, VINO
nave been i'm Norfolk, Va, for the past
Two weeks. have returned TO the CITY
The Washington times., 1906-01-16

AIr and Mrs Wavue MacEeaEh were
among the numerous hosts fer dinner
PARTIES at the Capital last night
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-26
LOVERS OF CIRCUS
THE INDIAN IS THE GREATEST
 PATRON or THEM ALL.
WiII Trade His Papoose, Squaw or Pony for a Ticket to the Big Show Negroes, Chinese, Mexteans and AIUrmons AlsO Lih-
 eraI Patrons.
St. Paul Dispatch,

St. Paul Dispatch,
 You city folks don't get the real thing about the circus. Even the saw dust doesn't smell the same. And sit ting in a chair to see a. show like ours takes all the salt out of the thing and makes 1t flat" The speaker was q good-natured canvasman who has tray- eled with several shows. Between puns at a long-stemmed pipe he went on with his facinating talk
 Do you know that the red-skinned, wild and untutored Indian beats the city cireus-goes all to pieces for loyalty and enthusiasm? He will put up with all kinds of hardships to get the price and travel or walk for days to reach the place l think he likes the circus better than the negro, although, or course, he doesn't make any fuss over it.
 Every circus man knows that the negro would sell the roof over his head to get money to see the elephant and feed him with peanuts, but the Indian will. barter his papoose, his squaW or oven his most cherished possession his horse-to get a ticket . After the negro comes the China man. The showy things about the cir GUS hit the yellow skinned laundrymen right where he lives. He will look up all his relatives, line them up in single file and then march out to show lots as happy as a kid on Christmas morn ing.
 "The Mexican, too, is warm baby
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the custodians of the sacred banner,
 flag of black with texts from the Koran embroidered upon it in silver; then others and still others came. Be- fore time for the sultan to appear sew eral thousand soldiers had assembled
 and been assigned to their respective stations by officers in attractive uni { forms. Drawn up several lines deep they guarded every entrance to the sacred precincts.
 It was a gorgeous spectacle, for the Turk is a fine looking soldier (this may account for the tenderness with which the sultan is handled by the "uowers''), and there was sufficient variety in the uniforms to lend pic- turesqueness to the scene The invited guests occupied large front room and an adjoining garden, from which they had a clear view of the broad street. freshly sprinkled with sand. and of the mosque about block away. When all things were in readiness the castle gates swung open and the la dies of the court, closely yelled and Recommended by the children. proceed | ed to the mosque in closed carriages drawn by beautiful Arabian horses. As usual in oriental countries. the mem bers of the household were attended by black eunuchs. | At the aDpOt1lGu AAOuk H 1NeSA- 1 figure appeared upon the minaret, and | an echo-fike call to prayer floated down to the street. This was the sig nal for which the spectators had walt ' ed and all eyes turned at once to the palace gate. through which in double | line marched the high officials. pre- l ceded by a band and followed by the | sultan's body guard and the suitan | himself in a carriage with his minis- ter of war. The officers saluted. the | soldiers cheered, the visitors raised their hats, and the sultan bowed anu smiled.
 Hamud II, fssmild in appearance, and
 his black beard Is but slightly | streaked with gray He does not look strong, and his figure seemed dimfnu- | five when contrasted with that of | his minister of war His imperial ma iesty. as he is styled. remained in the | mosque for nearly half an hour when he at last came out he entered phaeton with his eldest son. and, talk | ing the lines himself. drove back to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-26
P,ne Trces Maae Into SIR.

About nvs tons of artificial silk are now manufactured daily in Europe. and the demand far exceeds the supply. This is one of the many modern products of cellulose, that wonderful substance uf which the microscopic cells of plants are made, and which composes about one third of all the vegetable and anf- nal matter in the world. Robert Ken nedy Duncan, now Professor of Indus trial Chemistry in the University of Kansas, writing of The Wonders Of Ceilulose" in Hafpsr's Magazine for September, points out it's possibilities for the manufacturer. For instance. he writes: "A fine tree is worth Sf0 a ton: cut and stripped 1t Is worth S1b; boiled into pulp. it Is worth $40; bleach- ed, 1t IS worth $5S; which. turned into viscose and sun Into silk, is worth S5,500." Professor Duncan argues for closer working relation between the technical departments of the universt- ties and the manufacturerS who stands ignorantly at the door of gfeat indus trial developments which can only ar rive by the aid 9f modern chemistry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-26


 of Church Heado of Formerly Obtained Easn Mohammedanism--M --Mohame PropheEvfdences Attempt to Conci
  Eastern MenMohsmmedanS Aston "Evenng Dressv and Dancngoins Walk Their Efends ToIsorsGovernment of Sultan the Control of OmciaisRdculou Arrests Arrested Dan Experience with the Censor-No BoekCarryng American Cizen Ambass Court Need More Americ
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remarkable and some of them employ the most ingenious stratagems whenev' CT danger threatens them. There la for example, a species of mimesa n South Africa which feigns death in times of pose of preventing grass eat ing animals from piuciing 1t. whilA 1 na natural state the plant is of vivid hue. yet directly tt is touched by any living animal 1t coilapses into tangible of apparently dead and with. cred stems. Among British wild plants by far the most sensitive is that of the insectivorous sandew. which is found on boggy land.
 Notwithstanding their ability, mem. bers Of the vegetable world will not flourish in smoky towns. Even tha hardy trees have no love for those pro- ducts Of modern civilization. It Is well to know that hortieulturists are almost unanimous in giving their vote to tho plane as the best tree for planting in smoky towns Where the smoke is not too dense It Is found that lines. syc- amores, poplars, elms, horse chsstnuta and Turkey oaks do well, but that practically exhausts the list. Among the shrups which will grow ars hai- lies, laurels. japonicas. mountain ashes and almost any hardy evergreens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-26

the palace behind one of the handsom- est teams in Europe. The horses are very dark, almost black. dappied chestnut sorrel, with silver mane ana
 tail. They are perfectly matchea.
 weigh 1900 or 1.400 pounds. and their
 shining coats give evidence of con
 stAnt care.
 We obtained permission to visit the
 sultan's stables, and saw few, not
 all. of his more than a thousand horses.
 The finest, of course, are the Arabian stallions, of which he has quite num- Der, the best of the breed. In one room we saw 100 or more saddles and brides, many of them richly ornamented. In the collection are two Texas saddles presented by Minister Terrell when he represented our government in Con- stantinopie.
 Before passing from the Selamiik,
 as the procession is called. 1t may not be out of place to remind the reader l that the ceremonies were interrupted less than a year ago by the explosion | of bomb close to the line of march.
 Near the mosque is a large gate which the procession passes. Outside or | this gate a guard Is stationed, but carriages were allowed to line up back of the guard. On that occasion a new carriage made it's appearance and se- cured a place as near the gate as was permitted. This carriage, having been texpressly built for the purpose. had a large seat. The man in charge or
 the enterprise represented to the driv- CT that he wanted to take photograph of the procession just as the sultan passed and instructed him to press the button at the proper time. He did SO, | and a number of those near the sultan were killed but the sultan himself es- caped without injury Greater precau- | tfon was taken now than before, put | the head of the church still makes his weekly pilgrimage to the mosque thus | maintaining unbroken a record cover ing nearly three decades.
 | | hope I shall be pardoned for giv- i ing so much space to so military and spectacular a performance, but 1t IS | a scene that can be witnessed nowhere else. and is the last reminder of the | pomp and show that formerly charac- | terized all the empires of the east. It may seem little incongruous that Il SC many swords and muskets should | be brought into requisition at reh- gious function. but 1t must be remem- bered that Mohammedanism recognizes 1 the sword as legitimate agency m the spread of its creed.
 I have been tempted to refer to the tents of Northumberland berore. TOT we began to meet the followers of the { prophet as soon as we entered Asia, but it seemed more appropriate to con | sider the subject in connection with the high parsonage who combines the authority of a temporal ruler with the dignity of Caliph.
 The Koran is the book of the law. and the Moslem is not permitted to doubt its pIenary inspiration. After Mohamet announced that he had been selected as a messenger of the Lord and commissioned to preach. he began giving out what he declared to be rev elations. They read as commands to him to speak" and to say" His l central idea was the unity of God and his special mission the overthrow oi idolatry.
 He emphasized the resurrection of the body, and the Koran is full of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-26
WONDERS or VEGETATION.
Great Lifting Powers of PlaatS---Ate'
 marlxabIe Growths. London Tif-Eifa

Great Lifting FONeks OA Et@~t~
 marixRbIe Growths.
 London Tit-Blts.
 The fertility of some members of the vegetable world is really astounding. Thus. an ounce of onion seed Which was sown in a garden at Newton Ao- bot produced no less than 400 pounds of onions This will give some Idea as to the prolific nature of vegetables but 1t Is by no means an isolated e&- ample.
 For instance at Murbury. a village near Administer, an agrtcuhurist planted an ordinary winter cattle-bean. The average individual If asked how many beans made five would make different answer from that which the agricuiturist would give. His singls ,bean produced no fewer than 66O beans
 Very extraordinary is the force ex- erted by growing vegetation. eu- rious example of this fact has been furnished in the gardens at Kelsey Park, Beckenham. Signs Of cracking were observed in the brickwork or a frame and gradually a block was push ed out of position. This weighed Tn the aggregate over 1-2 hundredweight Several bricks had to be cut out by the workmen. and then they found mass of mushrooms, only three pounds three ounces in weight, growing in the cen ter of the wall.
 Melons are extremely strong; in fact. one has been known to raise weight amounting to two and half tons A well known student of nature tried 70 estimate the strength of melon When it was eighteen days old. and meas ured twenty-seven Inches In eireum- ference He fixed a sort of harness around 1t, with a long arm or lever attached, and so was able to measure the force of the melon by the weight it lifted at the end of the lever. When about twenty days old---that is. a cou- ple of days after the harness had been fixed on---it exerted a strength Of sixty pounds, while seventeen days atter- ward 1t actually lifted 5000 pounds
 The seed of the globe turnip meas ures only about the twentieth part of an inch in diameter. yet in the course of A month or two it will enlarge into 2T 0Oo. 900 times it's original bulk, In addition to the large crop of leaves In fact, by careful experiment 1t has been found that a turnip seed, under favorable conditions, will increase It's own weight fifteen times in minute. Turnips growing in peat ground have been found to increase more than lo'- 900 times the weight of their seed in a single day. By exceptional means. such as by drugging. even this may be exceeded.
 In this connection it may be added that by drugging plants and other veg l etabIes their rate of growth can be in- oreased to an astonishing extent. When placed in alright dens and fed on ether | for twenty-four or twenty-six hours, unti lthey become permsated with the | fumes, they mature in about half the time if takes them to develop natur- ally. It is confidently expected that this method of drugging will work revolution in the methods of forcing | flowers and garden vegetables The clAyarnAas of nlants ia extremely
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-26

a new marriage--the virtue of the wo- men is scrupulously guarded by the Moslem code The women are not al- lowed to mingle with men, and this IS one of the weaknesses of Mohamme- danism In Mohammedan society the influence of women counts for ittie' and as a result the followers of Islam are sluggards in intellectual pursuits Tn the Philippines the Mohammedans form the lowest stratum of the popu- Iation; in Java they are just awakening to the necessity for education In In dia they are behind the Hindu; and stiil further behind the Parsee: In Egyrt they bring up the rear as they do also in Syria and Palestine. Only where they have come into contact with Christian civilization have they been stimulated to the discussion of schools and questions of government
 If fnust be admitted. however. that some of the customs of Europe and America have tended to prejudice the followers of Mohamet against western civilization, One who was In attend- ance at banquet during the recent Morocco conference told me of the as- tonishment of some of the Mohamme- dan representatives at what they saw. When the ladies appeared in evening dress. they, remembering the yelled
 
 your women always dress this wayF When wine was brought on. they ask ed: Do all your people drink wine! And when, after the dinner, dancing began, they asked: Do the women dance with their own husbands oniyY The answer to some of these inquiries seemed to astonish them.
 There are several Mohammedan sects, some known as Dervishes. There are dancing Dervishes and bowling Der | wishes. We saw the latter variety at | one of their weekly meetings. The members recite in concert: God Is great" their voices rising as they warm Iup; they bend over and sway to and fro until they are exhausted. There IS q
 sort of weird melody about their enanL and their endurance is surprising. we watched them for half an hour, ana they bent almost double, going through this motion from thirty to forty times per minute At the close of the exercise | Cor performance) the priest walked over | the bodies of several children to heal them.
 | While Mohammedanism. as establish ed by its founder. still holds the alie- \ glance of many scores of millions, ih- fluencing them for good In many re- spects and for evil in some; while these orthodox followers of the prophet kneel at stated hours each day and pray to-
 ward Mecca, all of them who have no' done so. hoping to make the pilgrim age commanded of them--whtie these
 are keeping the letter of the Koran there is d reform at work which may vet leaven the whole lump.
 Abbas Effendi, now political DTS. oner at Akka, in Palestine. Is the heae of the reform movement. He was pofI in Persia, and is carrying on the worf to which his father ana sranuistnsl s
 as a means of propagating truth. and while he does not command nonoEamy has set the example by having but ons
 wife. While Abbas Effendi's fathel nreached moral suasion, his followers were charged with revolutionary ae' signs and the family was exiled. Al ter remaining time at ConstantinopI' under the surveillance of the sultan
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of things he likes, he never tries 10 ring in any of his family on the un- der twelve clause. If his children are a day over twelve he pays without a murmur. and 1t Is often no small drain on his finances. for he sometimes heaos a procession of youngsters the length of a oity block.
 "The Morrnons are great circus go- CTS. The band always takes their Ian- cy. They will line up and stand in the curling hot sun an hour before the door opens And every father has a cluster of children that would crowd a band chariot. He will buy popcorn and Lemonade for all of them and show them he likes things by bringing his hands together until they get red and swollen. Entire families will travel for 100 and 200 miles to see the cir- GUS in their country. They come in wagons over mountain and valley, and camp out until the show comes. Some times they are a day or two or even three days ahead. The hill cabins are empty, and so are the mining boarding h0uSaa"
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Bv Hon. william Jennings Bryan. Scopyrighf, 1906, by Joseph B. BowiesJ --Copyright in Great Britain
 All Rights Reserved.)

vienna. June 5, 1s06.--I was un- .hia to crowd into the last article all of our experiences in the land of the Turk. so I devoted 1t to Constantino- ple. leaving to this paper the discuss ion of the sultan. his religion ana ms government.
 Abdul Hamud Kahn II. is the present sultan of Turkey. He is 63 years old. and has occupied the throne for nearly 80 years. His family has been supreme in constantinople for twenty four Renerations--ever since the taking of the city by the Moham- medans. He is not only and an- solute monarch throughout the domain Of Turkey. but he Is the spirftuai nead oe the Moslem church. His power is really due more to his religious pos,- tion than to his sovereignty. He IS creus ited with doing more for the spread oi educatiop than his predecessors, but ne can hardly be called an enthusiastic patron of learning. He endeavors 70 maintain cordial relations with Euro- mean bowers, and is on especialIy soou terms with Emperor William. When ne wants to show himself friendly to na- tion he appoints some representative of that nation to place Tn the army navy. or other department Of the pupllc service at high salary, ana ne sNes decorations 10 sucH ioi0iSN
 desires to honor.
 Every FriGly about midday ne goes to a mosque near the palace to pray and the occasion is one of great inter est to those who are fortunate enough to ohtain admission to the grounds, as his tourney from the palace to the church is a brilliant pageant. Tickets of admission must be secured througn the diplomatic representatives, and we are under obligation to the American location for an opportunity to be pres ent. As early as Ii o'clock bands companies of infantry, tsoops of caVai- ry and bodies of police could be seen marching toward the mosque. Froh the right, over hill. came the caValry mourted on white horses and carry 1rg nennants of scarlet upon their snears; from another direction marched