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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-07
SAVED BY A DRUNK.
Tipsy Man Rescues Three Children
Just to Stop Flush"

Tipsy Man Rescues Three Children
Just to Stop Flush"
Michael Conway of 1913 Duffield
street paid but passing attention to the
engines and fire apparatus rushing by
in answer to four alarms for a fire in
the five story tenement sheltering
twenty families at 1O1 York street
Brooklyn
There was a great crowd collected
when he reached the spot, and the suf-
locating smoke, shot with flames, was
rolling out of the entrance.
Joseph Nocerdi, his wife, mother, two
sisters and two children were weeping
and wringing their hands in front of
the building, surrounded by a group of
excited and sympathetic friends.
whats matter?" asked Conway.
Three of their little children are in
there was the answer
"WhereT'
up there pointing to room on the
second story.
"Why don't you bring them down
and stop fush?" asked Conway. And
A few minutes later Conway, black
ened with smoke and with his cloth
ing scOrched, stepped unsteadily from
the entrance, with child under each
arm.
Get other one now. Stop fush,' he
said. And again he disappeared into
the smoke and flame.
This time he was gone longer, and
when he reappeared he looked as
though he had just stepped out of the
stokehole Of a ship. Under his arm,
unframed, was the last of the five
Nocerdi children.
Maybe somebody else in there said
Conway, and he turned to rp-enter the
building A policeman grabbed him
:Great God, man, you can't go back
in there" exclaimed the policeman.
That's right, always buttin' in, said
Conway, with a disguised look on his
face, and he walked away.
Perhaps Conway won't remember his
part in it, but none in the hundreds
who saw the daring rescues will ever
forget it,
Joseph Zasarone, his wife and three
children were rescued from the fourth
floor with ladders by firemen, and
many other tenants of the building,
most of them women and children, had
narrow escapes in the frantic rush from
the building when the alarm Of fire was
given.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-07

Madrid, March 2-The royal de-
cree abrogating the decree of last
August permitting Catholics to con
tract civil marriages is very disap-
pointing to the liberals, who regard
it as the beginning Of an era of re-
dictionary legislation and a check to
an -clericism movement planned
by the liberal cabinet. However,
they expect that the step will great
ly strengthen the liberal campaign in
the coming ielections. The election
fight is already exciting and this de-
cree, it is said, will turn It largely
into q church question.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-07
R. j. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WnsroN-sA1EM N c.
E-hsY aa.fted to Inaan.tu

Culpeper, Va, March 2.-The de-
Tense in the Strother trial Friday
shifted from the "unwritten law" to
emotional insanity" and almost the
entire proper form Of a hypothetical
question, which was asked DR.. Chas.
n. Clark, of ST. EHzabeth's govern
ment asylum for the insane in Wash
ington, who was called as an insan-
fly expert.
The prosecution showed no surprise
Friday when the defense set about
to establish a plea of emotional in
sanity.
The examination of Dr.. Clark will
be proceeded with.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-07

Dottie Morgan Of Des Moines, Ia,
has agreed to let her body be sold to
medical college when she dies in order
to get SO from Moses Leyich, a pawn
broker, to send to a girl friend who is
Ill at Council Bluffs and wants to re-
turn to Des Moines. Levich wanted
to let her have the money without Sc
curity, but the girl would not accept It
that way.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-07

Remedies which physicians sanction for family u
re gentle yet prompt in effect and called ethical beca
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-07

There are three ways used by far
mers for curing and preparing their
tobacco for the market; namely, sun
cured, air cured and hue cured. The
old and cheap way is called air cured;
the later discovery and improved way
is called fue cured. In fue-curing
the tobacco is taken from the field
and suspended over intensely hot
fues in houses especially built to re-
tain the heat, and there kept in the
proper temperature until this curing
process DEVELOPS in the tobacco the
stimulating taste and fragrant aroma
found in Schnapps tobacco, just as
green coffee is made fragrant and
stimulating by the roasting process.
Only choice selections of this ripe,
juicy fue cured leaf, grown in the
famous Piedmont country, where the
best tobacco grows, are used in
Schnapps and other Reynolds brands
of high grade, fue cured tobaccos.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-07
BETRAYED BY SHADOWS.
Silhouettes of Lovers on Frosty Win
dow Pane Gave Them AWAY.

dow Pane Gave Them Away.
The most sensational testimony in
the trial of DR.. Feist of Nashville,
Tenn, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Mary T. Mangrum. was that
OF DR.. W. n. Holmes, who in 1905 had
his Office in the same building as the
defendant Holmes said that one aft
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-07
FLUE c CURING I'M PROVES TOBACCO LIKE
ROASTING IMPROVES GREEN COFFEE
Fue Curing Develops the Stimulating Aroma and Taste
Found In Sehnapps that Satisfies Tobacco Hunger

Hundreds Of imitation brands are
on sale that A0ok like Schnapps; the
outside of the imitation plugs of to-
bacco is fue cured, but the inside is
filled with cheap, fimsy, heavily
sweetened air cured tobacco; one
chew of Schnapps will satisfy tobacco
hunger longer than two chews of
such tobacco.
Expert tests prove that this Aue
cured tobacco, grown in the famous
Piedmont region, requires and takes
less sweetening than any other kind,
and has a wholesome, stimulating,
satisfying effect on chewers. If the
kind oftobacco y0M are chewing don't
satisfy, more than the mere habit of
expectorating, stop fooling yourself
and chew Schnapps tobacco.
Schnapps is like the tobacco chew
ers formerly bought costing from 75c.
to Shopper pound; Schnapps is sold
at SOC. per pound III sc, cuts, strictly
10 and IS cent plugs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-07

ernoon a few months before the wo-
mans disappearance he had seen two
figures silhouetted on the frosted glass
of Feist's Office door. He recognized
the parties as Dr. Feist and Mrs. Man
ing passionately Witness told DR..
Feist next day to be careful when he
did such things and get back Of the
light. DR.. Feist said:
Il DO not even deny doing it,"
Witness saw Mrs. Mangrum come
out of the building shortly afterward.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
THE HERRING CATCH.
II 10 to Northern Europe wha. sh

II 10 to Northern Europe What che
Wheat Crop 10 to America.
Today the herring Is hardly regarded
as luxury. Indeed, 1t is chiefly eaten
by those who can afford nothing else,
and yet 8,OOQOO0OOO of these fish are
needed to supply the annual demand.
How this inexhaustible, limitless yield
of the ocean has swayed the destinies
of nations is strikingly set forth in an
article by Harold Bolce in Ocean.
Despite the unremitting harvest by
predatory man and gull and cannibal-
istlc cod and shark, the unconquered
armies Of herring still continue to pop
ulate the Atlantic with multiplying
hosts.
The Atlantic has been aptly called
the HERRING pond" Indelibly assoeiat-
ed in the past with the economic and
political history OF occidental man.
kind, the herring seems destined to
survive us one Of the greatest factors
In the welfare Of western nations. To
day what the wheat crop Is to America
the herring catch is to northern Eu-
rope.
Few persons, even among the masses
that consume this fish. realize its
economic Importance. More than 3,0o0,-
100000 herrings are captured annually.
according to the latest estimate.
The weight OF that annual catch Ia
over 10000 tons.
1t would require 25,OOO freight cars,
each with a capacity Of thirty tons, to
haul the herring harvest inland from
the Atlantic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
A Powerful Endorsement.

Many years ago there was consider
able il!neES In Harrisburg, which was
attributed 70 the waters of the Susque-
hanna river. then the source of the city
supply. One of the members Of the
legislature for that year. upon his re-
turn to his constituents. was inter-
Viewed concerning the plague. BE
soon settled the question. upon my
soul. gentlemen" lie declared. "the re-
port of the foulaess of the water was a
slanLer on the city Of Harrisburg.
absolutely know the water to be per-
fectly healthful, for during the sesslo0
drank tho water on two different oe-
cas!ons. and never experienced any
NJ effect whatever"-Pittsburg Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
THE NEGRITos.
Odd Marriage Ceremony Of These
Barbarous Little People.

Odd Marriage Ceremony Of These
Barbarous Little People.
Belonging as they do to the lowest
type of civilization as yet discovered,
the Negritos of Malaysia and their
ways are we'll worth studying Simple,
primitive, barbarous little people. their
customs are those of prehistoric man.
They have no fixed home or settle
ments, but are wanderers over their
mountainous islands, sleeping under
banana leaf. living on herbs and ber-
ries and game.
Their marriage ceremony is unique
survival of early life. The suitor and
few companions dance about the
shelter of the desired girl. There is
a curious resemblance between the
dances of the prospective bridegroom
and those of many Of the game birds
of our woodland. Finally the girl, ac-
companlcd by her mother. starts to-
yard the dwelling of the young men.
rley frequently stop. sQuatting In the
trail while the ardent suitor and his
companions continue their entreAting
and bewitchlng dances, winding round
ard round the girl. Presents are EsR-
rally dcmanded and must be given
refore the reluctant bride will pro-
eed. Finally the women arrive near
I. steep bamboo platform. A wild
bout picrccR the mir, and the BRIDE
room, like frenZied animal, tears
through the Negrltos assembled at the
base Of the platform, snatches the
bride in his arms and flies up the in
cline with his mate, where they sit
during the wedding feast.-New York
Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
PIONEER COURT INCIDENTS.
Frs and Easy Manners In Early IIII-
noIn Triale.

noiS Tfials.
Most Of the early Illinois court
houses we're log built, but in nome dis
trieta, says the author Of Lincoln. the
Lawyer" the sessions were held In the
barrooms Of taYerns, and the absence
Of all formality In the proceedings Is
best Illustrated by the fact that In the
circuit court of Washington county,
held by Judge John Reynolds. the sher-
i1 usually heralded his honor by sing
ing ont. HCome In. boys! Our John is
a-goln' to hold courtw to which cordial
Invitation those having business with
the law responded.
Another sheriff In Union county made
laudable efforts to meet the require
nents OF the occasion by shouting out
this singular announcement: "Oh, yesl
Oh. yes! oh. yes! The honorable judge
is now openedr'
In one case a Judge who desired to
display his learning Instructed the jury
very fully. laying down the law with
authority. but the jurors. after delib-
Grating some hours. found themselves
uLabisSS5 agree. Finally the foreman
rose and asked for additional instruc-
tions.
Judge, this ere is the difficulty" he
explained. "The jury want to know If
that thar what you told US was raPy
the law. or On'y list yeur notion.
Youths Companion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
Cur Pyamy Ancestors.

Tho armor of the knights OF the mid
lie aFrs Is too small for their modern
descendants. Hamilton Smith records
hat two Englishmen of average d.
nensions found no suit large enough
0 6t either Of them In the great col
ectlon of Sir Samuel Meyrlck. The
head Of the oriental saber will not ad-
nit the English hand nor the bracelet
# tlIe Knfnr warrior the English arm.
rhe swords found in Roman tamuli
awe handles inconvenientIy GmaIl, and
,he great mediaeyaI two handed sword
y now supposed to have been used
lnly for one or two blown at the FIRST
,nset and then exchanged for a small
,r one. The statements made BY 10.
ncr. Aristotle ana YItruvius represent
six feet as high standard for full
grown men, and the IrrefutabIe eVi-
.c;lce Of the ancient doorwayH. bed
teads and tombs proves the average
size Of the race certainly not 70 have
diminished in modern days.-London
Hospital.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
A Trite Saying.

1t Is q trite saying that no man q
stronger than his stomach. Dr. PtsFces
Golden Medical Discovery strengthens
the st0Insch-puts 1t In shape to make
pure. rich blood-helps the liver Apd
kidneys to expel the poisons from the
body and thus cures both liver aud kid.
ney tronbles. II you take this natural
blood purifier and tonic, you Will assist
your system in manufacturing each day
pint Of rich, red blood, that Is invigo-
rating to the brain and nerves. The
weak nervous, run down, debilltated
condition which so many people suffer
from, Is usually the effect of poisOns In
the blood; Ii is often indicated by plnples
or boils appearing on the skin, Che face
becomes thin and the feelings shlue.s
DR.. Pierce's Discovery curee AZ blood
humors as well as being tonic that
makes one vigorous, strong and forcsful.
It Is the only medicine put up for sale
through druggists for Ike purposes that
contains neither alcohol nor harmful
habitforming drugs, and the only one,
oyery ingredient Of which has the profess
sional endorsement Of the leading medical
writers of this country. Some OF these
endorsements are published in u little
book Of extracts from standard medical
works and will be sent TO any address
free, on receipt OF request therefor By
letter or postal card, addressed 10 DR. u.
v. Pierce, Buffalo, n. y. 1t tells just
what Dr. Pierce's medicines are made of.
The "Words OF Praise for the several
ingredients OF which DR.. Pierce's medi-
cines are composed, by leaders In all the
several schools OF medical practice, and
recommending them for the cure OF the
diseases for which the "GOlden Medical
Discovery is advised, should have far
more weight with the sick and afflicted
than any amount of the so-called stesti-
inOnials" so cOTlSpicuOusly Haunted before
the public by those who are afraid to let
the ingredients of which their medicines
are composed be known. Bear in mind
that the "GOlden Medical Discovery has
THE BADGE OF HONESTY on every bottle
wrapper, in full list OF its ingredients
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pollets cure oon-
stiPation, invigorate the liver and Fegu.
late stomach and bowels
DR.. PIerce'S great thonsand-psge illus
trated Common Sense Medical Adviser
will be sent free. paper-bound, for 81 one
cent stamps, or clOth-bound for 81 stampa
Address Dr. Pierce as above.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
EMBROIDERED TRUTH.
Mark Twain on HE Own Reputation
For veraeity.

Mark Twain on His Own Reputation
For veraeity.
1 am used to having my statements
discounted. My mother began 1t before
l was seven years old. Yet all through
my life my facts have had q gubstra-
tum of truth, and therefore they wen
not without preciousness. ANY person
who is familiar with me knows how to
Strae my average and therefore knows
how to get at the Jewel Of any fact of
mine and dig 1t out Of Its blue clay
matrix. My mother knew that art.
When i was seven or eight or ten or
twelve years old-along there-a neigh
bor said to her:
DO you ever believe anything that
that boy says%
My mother said:
HE is the wellspring Of truth, but
you can't bring up the whole we'll with
one bucket" And she added: 'I know
his average, therefore he never de-
celres me. i discount him 80 per cent
for embroidery, and what Is left is
perfect and priceless truth without n
flaw in 1t aHywhere."-Mark Twain's
Autobiography In North American Re-
view.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
Mon. N.nrlx parfao. Vacuum.

1t was Professor Dewar's achieve
ment in liQuefying hydrogen that led
to the discovery Of an easy method of
obtaining an almost perfect vacuum.
and that In a single minute. When a
glass tube filed with air and closed
Rt one end has its open end dipped into
cup Of liquid hydrogen, the intense
cold condenses the air into kind Of
snow that settles to the bottom. II.
then, the upper part of the tube, from
which the solidifed air has fallen. is
removed by heating and cooling 1t of
It becomes vacuum chamber SO free
from air that It is difficult to force an
electric current through it-New York
Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
Craven on Her Memory.

She had been a widow a year OF
SO, and she was dickering for q
tombstone for the departed.
"0f course" said the tombstone
man, "you want the date Of his
death on the shatt-the day Of the
month and the year."
"Well," sighed the widow, 'I.sup-
pose other people may like to read
them, but I6don't need such remind
ers. They are indalibly engraved
on my heart and memory"
What was the date% asked the
tombstone man.
The widow hesitated; then she
turned riotous scarlet; then she
said: "Gracious goodnessl I can't
remember whether it was Jan. 26
OF "a. I'll go home and find out"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
CLEOPATRA.

The only authentic portrait Of Cleo
patra that IS known to archacologists
;s bust which appears on series Of
coins. 1t is on the reverse and bears
the inscription in Greek, Queen Cleo
patra, the Divine, the Younger" while
on the diverse is portrait Of IAN
tony, Dictator For the Third Time, Trl-
umvir." The workmanship OF the colL
is far from good, and this accounts in
some measure for the undenlably plain
appearance Of the queen. Yet the like
ness, as far as the features go, is a
true one, fer the other coins Of the
same series, though Of different type,
give her the same features. an aquiline
nose, strong chin, long neck and
narrow shoulders. The fact is that her
beauty was not so remarkable as one
would think from the spell she east
over Caesar and Antony. Plutarch,
for instance, tells US that her beauty
in itself was by no means incompar-
able nor calculated to amaze those
who saw her." but adds that the mag.
netic charm of her manner, the grace.
fulness of her movements. the persua-
siyoness Of her conversation and her
figure were most attractive.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
a Dootor,s Assistant.

A doctor whose large practice has
made an assistant necessary was told
that the man he selected was hardly
competent.
"He's good enough for what I want
him for" said the doctor. II don't
expect him to prescribe for my pa
tents. but to listen to their gossip. In
many cases the privilege Of talking
over his troubles with the doctor con-
stitutes the biggest part of patients
cure. haven't time to listen to all
these complaints myself; hence the
need Of an assistant. This man is
good looking and sympathetic. Callers
will readily unburden their hearts to
him. then when they are ready for
real medical advice he can pass them
on to me."-Columbus Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
Tho Fishtina LommIno,

If the jennings powers were pro-
portioned to his pluck. the lemming
would make things lively for the
hunter. 1t attacks with reckless fury
the harmless passerby. One of these
creatures. smaller than q rat, will as
sail without second thought couple
Of human beings weighing 100 pounds
apiece. 1t will spring to ones knees,
barking and biting, and In purblind
fury fall back "all ends up, to the
Rarth, Only to renew the attack again
and again. One day while one lem
ming was flying at me another from
beyond small stream Joined In the
demonstration and presently swan
ACROSS to get to close quarters. / was
not quite sure that the first fall into
the water was not accidental, but
hardly think 30, since once there 1t
came straight to the charse-'Wild
Norway"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
Apologies only account for tina,
which they do not alter.-Disrneli.
Rossini's Watch.

In 1924 Charles Y. presented Rossini.
the composer. with a repeating watch.
studded with diamonds, and playing
two of Rossini's melodies. Nobody In
Bologna could clean the watch, 80 II
was sent in the care of the tenor, Fa-
biano. to Paris, where It was destroyed
ir a fire. Pllvee. the matchmaker.
thereupon made second watch, the
exact counterpart of the first. except
that the diamonds were false. and Ros-
SIM, who never discovered this pious
fraud. wore the trinket all his life. On
his death it passed to relative, whose
son sold it to IN Engllshman, 1t Is
said to contain al excellent portrait In
enamel of Rosslnl as be. was in 1924.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-02
THE BLACK SEA.
Its Waters So Badly Poisoned That
Life Is Practically impossible.

lite Waters So Badly Poisoned That
Life 10 Practically impossible.
Few persons. probably. other than
those engaged in the pursuit of SCI
ence. are aware that the Black sea
presents an interest Of It's own to the
Eoologist and the geologist shared by
no other part Of the ocean at the pres
emit day.
Throughout the greater part of the
ocean the bottom is the dwelling place
Of number of creatures whose busi-
ness It IL to consume the bodies of the
members Of the surface fauna which
after deoth sink to the bottom. In the
Black sea. however, says the Field, ow-
Ing to special geological events. such
scavengers are totally wanting over
the greater part of the bottom, 30 that
the carcasses of the creatures which
fall from above are left to decompose.
which they speedily do at the COM
paratively high temperature of the
water.
By their decomposition two soluble
compounds, carbonate of ammonia and
Eulphureted hydrogen. are developed
In enormous quantities. while no free
lime, except such as is introduced from
the Mediterranean. is left The vol
ume Of sulphureted hydrogen Is so
great as to poison the water from
the greatest depth d,227 fathoms) to
within about n hundred fathoms of the
surface to such a degree that life. ex-
cept for few bacteria. is absolutely
Impossible.
The circumstance has double inter
pst-nrst. that 1t is absolutely unique
Mt the present day. and. secondly, that
it seems to offer an almost exact paral-
lei to the state of affairs that existed
Mt the inconceivably remote epoch
when the Oldest known sedimentary
rocks were lnid down as mud on the
ancient sea bottom.