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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-04
= RecoIlections Of Old Montgomery =

tuted against Daniel sulley. the cot
ton king.
At some point in Virginia. several
days after Lees surrender. / picked
up the fragments of a New York
Herald, and, among the dispatches.
read. ARREST OF Robert Z. Coke. of
Poughkeepsie. charged with compiled
ty in the assassination of President
Lincoln" feg days later came
across another fragment of The Herald
and among the headlines. read: RE
lease of Robert Z. Coke of Pough-
keepsie, who had been charged with
completely In the murder Of President
Lincoln" After the war Mr.. Coke re-
moved from New York to Huntsville,
Ala, where he died q few years since,
having passed beyond four score and
ten years. On one occasion after the
war, he and I roomed together at a
hotel, and he stated to me that his ar
rest, on the occasion mentioned grew
out OF the fact that. many days before
Lincoln's death. he had dinei with
Senator C. c. Clay in Canada
Mr.. Coster was O native of England.
On one occasion my father asked him
what kind of woodland growth was
Indigenous to the soil Of that country.
He replied, Pretty much as you have
here--the ickory. the hoax and the
helm"
After their arrival, my parents made
their home at the old Montgomery
Hall. They paid $50 per month,
whether for both or for each. I do not
now recall. In Montgomery my
mother met an old schoomate In the
person of Mrs. william Henry Taylor.
Together they had attended the female
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.yarious antivenenes are now pre-
pared in this country by Noguchi of the
Rockefeller Institute, New York City,
and may be procured in New York and
Chicago.
'whiskey is popularity considered a
specific anti0ote for snake-bite. In
fact, this popular prejudice in favor OF
whiskey for snake-poisoning Is almost
universal. Numerous experiments,
however. supplemented by careful
clinical observation, have shown con-
clusively that whiskey is positively
harmful in place of being beneficial.
DR.. Ellis S. Allen of Kentucky, recently
performed series of experiments with
the copperhead moccasin to determine
the antidotaI value of alcohol. The
animals employed were live, full-grown
rats. the normal diet Of the snake.
Concerning his very carefully conduct
ed experiments, DIR. Allen makes the
following statement: AS to the action
of ancohol, 1t caused the rats to sue
cumb earlier to the effects of the
snake-venom than did the rats that
were bitten and injected and had no
alcohol. Alcohol certainly did not have
any antidotal properties for. MIXED
with the venom before injecting the
rats did not modify its toxity ana
rats saturated with whiskey before and
afer being bitten did not seem to have
the same amount of resistance as rats
that had no whiskey r.
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BY GORDON MCKINLEY,

form heightened. the rope stretching
a sthe knot on the limb frightened with
the weight. The toes Of the hanging
man touched the ground. trying TO
support the weight of the body.
A dog that had been following the
party seeing the twitching feet KICK
ing and digging at the ground. jumped
forward and scratched at the soil. dig
Ring Il away from the feet, snuffing az
the earth and barking. Scratching the
earth away rapidly the dog continued
yelping with every interest centered
on digging the hole. then suddenly be-
ing pushed as the hanging BODY
swung, 1t looked up, yelped In terror
and scurried away
Seeing what the dog was doing and
afraid to do 50 grues0rne task them
selves, the soldiers stood by in horror
while the feet reached in the death
struggle to gain a foothold. Then
the thing hung clear.
At shutdown the body was buried and
the gruesome hole was filled up under
the tree.
Next morning when the detachment
marched away from Newton the hole
was seen to be open. Thinking 1t an
accident, one of the soldiers dismount-
ed, and going to the foot Of the tree
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Snake venom, the writer goes on to
say, weakens the heart and lowers
blood pressure Alcohol still further
lowers blood tension and depresses the
vitality Of the white blood cells. the
defenders of the body. and the agents
which neutralize and destroy the snake
toxins. DR.. Allen says that many
man has been killed with huge doses
of whiskey instead of dying as q result
Of snake poisoning"
In one case boy OF years was
given over a pint of whiskey. In fact.
we are told, nothing could be more
irrational and dangerous than the
popular motive concerning the antag-
onism between whiskey and snake pol
soning, We read further:
"In practice the treatment of snake
bite should aim "a to prevent the abb
sorption of the poison, CD to neutral
ize the effects of venom already alb
sorbed. go to maintain the patients
general vitality.
ITO prevent the absorption of poison.
Immediately apply one or more liga-
lures a short distance above the bite.
1. g., on the side of the bite nearest
the heart The ligature, which may
consist of a handkerchief, shoe string,
necktie, or any other suitable bandage.
should be tightly twisted about the
limb so as to prevent the return OF the
poison-laden blood to the rest of the
body. The tissues around the
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his son Hamil Effeudi. who is in al
most constant attendance upon him.
His sole recreation lies in the newspa-
pers. which are literally supplied, and
are read to him by his favorite wife.
He takes the greatest possible interest
in passing events both at home ana
abroad. but outside of this he has no
occupation and passes the day with
the utmost monotony. OF late. now
ever he has had desire to employ
himself with amateur carpentering
and In accordance with this idea a
full set of joiner's tools has been ord
cred from a Partisan factory.
Various interesting conversations
have been the outcome Of Abdul Ham
ids newspaper reading. When he had
been read the account of the investi-
ture of his brother as Sultan amid the
acclamations of the populace. he was
considerably agitated.
"Whv is it." he demanded. that the
people like my brother when they hate
me?" Because" he was told. the peo-
pie do not like what you like. ana
like what you do not" grunt OF dis
approval was the ex-Sultan's only res
ponse. He has a considerable aver
sion to the Constantinople journal
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the venom instantly enters the blood
and the effect Is almost immediate.
Usually, however. the venom is injected
into the tissues and is more slowly
absorbed into the blood vessels, thus
somewhat delaying its toxic action.
s"The treatment Of snake-bite mas
been objected 20 considerable scientific
study, especially OF late. DR.. NJ Cal
mette, director Of the Pasteur lnsti-
tute, Lille, France, has probably done
more than any one else to place the
treatment of venomous snake-bites
upon a scientific basis. In this coun-
try Drs. s. weir-Mitchell. Reichards
ana Noguchi have been actively en-
gagged in the search for an anti-venem-
Gus serum which would be employed In
the treatment Of snake-bite In the same
way as diphtheria antitoxin, which has
proved SO valuable life-saver in cases
OF diphtheria. II has been learned.
however, than antivenenes are specific;
that is In treating the bite of the
cobra, a cobra antivenene must be en-
pioyed; in treating the bite Of the
coral snake an antivenene prepared
from the venom of this species OF SER
pent must be used. SO that the value
of the antivenenes Is thus somewhat
restricted. Cobra antivene Is fur-
nished to the British army In India.
The French colonies have now for
some years employed autonomous Sc
rum in treating snake-poisoning.
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their home in the woods near Newton.
Many depredations committed in the
vicinity were blamed on them and 1t
certain that some OF the party were
not too good to steal, especially in
the hard times Of 1853.
A band Of alleged home guard cav
airy" known at that time as Butter
milk" soldiers. for want of occupation.
decided to round up the bushwhackers
and force them to Join either the home
guard or the regular Southern army,
but not wanting to kill they said,
Keto. they told Keto's wife. who was
at home in Newton taking care OF her
two babies. one nine months old. to go
to the bushwhackers's stronghold,
cabin in the woods, and tell Keto that
II he would come in and enlist they
would not further modest him.
The woman went to the place. de-
livered the message and begged her
husband to leave the gang. but either
through fear, or more possibly loyalty
to the others, he refused. The next
day the home guard surrounded the
place to exterminate the bushwhack-
ers and noncombatants, too, II neces-
sary.
In the cabin at the time there were
three others besides Keto and these
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them suffer. This trait would seem to
have developed in later years to TO-
tai lack of sympathy and consideration
for those about him.
His wives and attendants are OFT
times as hardly put to for something
to do as their master himself. and
have requested that they. too. may be
allowed to read the newspapers. What
do you want with newspapersr ne
demands. they are not for you to
read" and. lest his desires on this mat
ter be destroyed. he takes the pre-
caution of destroying all the journals
Immediately they have been read 10
him. Again, his son Haml Enendi
had formed an acquaintance with some
of the Turkish officers charged with
his fathers safety. and was wont TO
converse with them in the garden.
When Abdul heard Of this he was ex-
ceedingly angry, and absolutely FORBADE
his son to speak to anybody.
But perhaps the worst instances OF
his hardness of heart and cynical cruel
ty are the following: When ABDUL
Hamid took train at ConstantinopIe.
among the few people present was the
woman who had been foster-mother 10
Hamil Effendi. and who. no doubt. be-
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It is no dream that this power can be
directly utilized. Archimedes made a
try at the problem with burning mir
rors, with which. 1t is said. he set fire
to the Roman galleys attacking the
port OF Syracuse. Country lads have
experimental with burning glasses on
potato bugs. while explorers in frozen
regions have started fires by concen-
trating rays through ice. and African
travellers have added to their prestige
by scorching the hands of natives. The
college physicists laboratory usually
has a miniature sun motor--a toy like
the first steam engine. John Errics-
son in this country turned from war
machines to the solar problem, and az
terward a Frenchman named Mouchot
made a workable engine fed by sun
shine fuel. The latter brought to To-
Gus upon a boiler 100 square feet OF
light by means of mirrors, and devel-
oped one horse power OF energy. There
should have been three times as much
horse power developed; imperfect meth
DDS accounted for the loss. Since then
inventors all over the world have been
patiently and quietly working on the
problem, the perfect solution of which
will, probably astonish the world. as
other inventions have done. Thomas A.
Edison has made 1t pet study-a gold
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Abdul Hamid, the ex.Sultan Of Tur-
key, Is slowly becoming more accus-
toned to his SURROUNDINGS and recon
ciled to his captivity. He has cast on
his morose demeanor. no longer gives
way to outbursts of anger. and con-
ducts himself in aquiet and retired
manner. Repeatedly he expresses his
satisfaction at being kept at Salonika'
requests that he be allowed TO remain
at the villa Allatini. and prays that ne
may be permitted to live there and end
his days 'Iike a good man" For what
ever may be the opinion of his former
subjects, the ex-Sultan's confidence in
his own virtues remains undiminished.
Why do my people say write such
bad things about me. and attempt to
blacken nv characterf" He freauent-
ly demands. "Why do they revive
everything that is bad. and never
mention all the good things / have
done for my country? After all. the
had things were not due to me: they
were the works of my councillors.
Every man I had round me was bad
absolutely bad. I had no opportunity
to choosing my advisers"
Very early In the morning Abdul re-
pairs to a small ante-room overlook
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West where no cloud obscures the sky
for at least half the year. When the
New York skies put a damper on the
metropolitan power house 1t would pc
possible to connect by wireless with
stations in Missouri or Nevada. That
the transmission of power by wireless
is a problem solved is indicated by the
distant control of switch signals ana
electric locomotives, by electric lights
and the lately reported explosion OF
dynamite cartridge twenty miles away
by a German inventor.
The power of winds. waves ana
tides is being gradually harnessed. and
there is enough of 1t to supply the
needs of all the possible inhabitants
OF all the known planets. The rota-
tion of the earth even has been slow
ed by the gigantic friction OF the
tides. and the consequent reaction Is
pushing the moon away from the
earth. Here Is force for man to util-
ize. A tide motor has been made
which comprises air by the rising
of waters in cylinders: another de-
vice impounds the water at high tide
in reservoirs and uses 1t to turn
wheels upon its escape. At Rimini,
Italy, a wave motor Is producing cleo
tricity to light street lamps. The an
cient windmill has great future In
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Abdul Har11id's Life In Captivity

cause of the blighted future OF the
youth she had nurtured from birth. was
crying bitterly. Perceiving this. the
imperial prisoner faced his wardera
and demanded: what is that woman
doing here: who told her to conner
do not want her send her away I'M
mediately."
One day. during the executions In
Constantinople. one Of his guardians
was indiscreet enough to ask the ex-
Sultan what was his opinion on the
hanging of his former satellites. Look
ing him straight in the face. and with
an air of cruel cynicism. Abdul replied;
"I am only sorry that they have not
hanged Nadir Agha too"
Some of his former crimes apparent
ly haunt the captive, and on more
than one occasion he has referred 70
Midhat Pasha. who was the father OF
the ill-starred Turkish Constitution OF
thirty years ago. was exiled on the
failure of that attempt. and afterwards
1t is generally acknowledged. poisoned
at the instigation of Abdul Hamid.
Speaking to Emin Bey one day re-
Gently. he observed. "Midhat Pasha
was an infidel." win you allow me.
replied Emin Bey. "to tell you little
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To most people, even at the present
day. treatment for snakebite means
simply whisky and plenty OF II, says
Good Health. This. however. 10 not
approved by the modern expert. he
knows exactly what are the properties
of snake venom. what its effects on the
human organism are, and what VIII
counterfeit them. His object il to neu-
tralize the poison as quickly as possi-
bic. before 1t can reach vital organs;
not 20 overs stimulate the system In 2.
vain attempt to give It strength to re-
sise the full power OF the venom. DR..
J. T. Case, in an article on this sub
1ect, tells us that in practically all
snake poisons there are at least TWO
kinds Of toxin. One paralyzes the
nervous system. while the other de-
stroys the tissues at the seat OF the
puncture, and destroys the blood cells
after being absorbed into the blood.
In some snakes, such as the cobra,
the nerve poison Is predominant; In
others, like the rattlesnake. the tissue
accomplishing element Is most marked.
We read:
when about to seize prey or strike
an enemy, q venomous serpent raises
its head. opens its jaw in such way
that the poison fangs are directed for
ward. and then with the quickness OF
a released spring suddenly strikes It's
yictim. II the poison fangs
happen to penetrate blood vessel.
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the woman could be heard as they
walked.
At the foot of the hill the COM
mand halted, the soldiers drew up in
a hollow square about the tree, some
body produced a rope and after one
or two attempts succeeded in throw
ing the end of 1t over the limb Of the
oak tree.
Seeing the rope fixed, mertifully the
wife of the man about to die swooned
and was carried away.
The commander or the home guard.
pale about the throat. approached
Keto and asked him IL he had anything
to say. Keto asked for permission to
pray and the request was granted. At
the conclusion of the prayer some
body brought the little baby forward
and, growing and gurgling, It was TAX
en- into the mans arms who Rugged II
and feeling his manhood giving way,
asked that II be taken out Of sight.
A two wheeled cart was brought
forward, several soldiers holding the
shafts while Keto claimbed in. The
moose was adjusted about his neck
and the wagon pulled away.
For a few moments the body
twitched, while the purpling lips
gasped wheezily for breath. then the
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same. There will Always be fraction
of expense in tapping natures reser-
voirs Of power, but the fraction contin-
ually lessons and now bids fair to be-
come infinitesimal in comparison with
the power gained. The sun Il the prin-
eipal source of the worlds lNe and en-
erEy. Hitherto its force has been ex-
pensively realized at second and third
hand through coal deposits and water
falls. says Carrot r. Serviss In Mum
sey's Magazine. but the time is coming
when direct use will be made OF the
solar storehouse. Sunshine falling on
the surface Of the earth is compact OF
uncomfortable energy. The pleasant
sensation which a stroller in the morn
ing sunshine experiences 10 caused by
solar heat equal to about half a horse
power. The sun rays send down fun
horse power of energy on every thirty
square feet Of space, which is about the
size of an ordinary tablecloth. On
bright days there goes to waste on ev.
cry acre Of land and sea more than L..
400 horse power. or toward 100000
horse power on every square mile! the
light shed on Manhattan Island IL
equivalent to more than the total man
ufacturing horse power of the United
States, which the last census placed at
II, 00O, 900.
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gulf. 1t passed the foot of Newton
Hill and is crossed by a bridge. Near
the foot of the bridge there was big
oak tree, and this spot was singled out
for the scene of Keto's execution.
The man seemed dazed by the sem
tence pronounced upon him, but only
for a moment. As those present arose
to go to the place of death, Keto arose
with them and taking the baby from
his wifes arms he fell in with the
squad and the march down the hill
began.
Crying piteously, the condemned
mans wife chung to his arm alternate
ly begging the motley crowd to res
cue her husband. and then begging the
soldiers for mercy. Keto kept his eye
to the front. walking not Jauntily, but
with a Arm step, occasionally pressing
his tanned and bearded cheek to that
of the little baby in his arms.
All unconscious of what was going
on, the baby was Growing with delight
at being with it's father again, and
smiling and stretching its little arms
to the abashed soldiers that marched
beside the condemned man. On down
the road the little troop walked, down
ward over the rough. dusty. red clay
road. and always the choking sobs Of
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en- goal far beyond the field of conn
mercial discovery.
There are practical solar engines
now in existencSe One of them is
pumping water forTirrigation at south
Pasadena. Cal. 1t is shaped like q
great bowl. SO la feet across. and on
the inside 1888 small mirrors focus
the suns rays on a central boiler. II
the machines were stationary tho
changing angle of the sun would soon
destroy the focus: so 1t Is fitted like
a telescope to follow the suns flight
across the sky. A stick OF wood thrown
into the focus of this great burn
ing glass bursts into flame. There IL
heat enough to boil 100 gallons of wa
ter and develop ten horse power In tins
engine, which pumps water from well
at the rate of 1.400 gallons minute
Independent of wood, coal. gasoline or
other fuel, requiring only a. small guam
tity of lubricating oil, such an en-
CINE defes economic conditions ana
logs on ceaseIessiy from dawn to dark.
OF course, the sun Is not always shin
ing everywhere at the same time, put
II is always shining somewhere, so tnat
a battery of sun motors few hundred
miles apart could supply the continent
with continuous and almost unlimited
power. There are vast spaces In the
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succeeded through one long. hot day
in keeping the home guard at bay, at
last driving them of. An armistice
was declared between the handful Of
home guardsmen and the bushwhack-
ers and the men in the cabin were
told that IL they came out and would
leave that part of the country 1t would
end the matter.
Taking the soldiers at their word,
the men in the house came out, but
no sooner were they beyond shelter
then they were seized and given the
alternative of joining the home guard
or hanging. Three of the men en-
listed at once, Keto refused.
He was taken to Newton to be tried
by court martial" and it is said the
speech he made In his own defense re-
mains in the minds of some OF those
who were present to this day. But he
was sentenced to death and ordered
to be hanged that evening.
A quarter of a mile from the breezy
little Newton. Gaping high hill on
the Elba branch of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad that now runs past the
place, there is a river, a rowdy little
stream that toddles over a mass OF
rocks, brawling its way on to join
the larger rivers that flow into the
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"Yeni Gazeta" Frequently he gives
vent to his disgust at this newspaper.
One day he was complaining to Fethy
Bey, his chief guardian. of his lack or
occupation. when 1 have no papers
to read" he said. II have nothing to
do: 1 do not amuse myself at all"
Fethy Bey replied asking him why he
did not write the memories OF his
reign. "You continually aver" said
Fethy, that you have been cruelty mis-
Judged. and that you have done only
good by Turkey. Write your memories
and perhaps the people will then up-
derstand how they have misjudged
you"
yes" replied Abdul, that is a verv
excellent idea. but have not here the
necessary notes to compile such
volume. They are all at Yildiz." For
a moment the fallen monarch was
wrapped in silent thought. and then
he added. But. after ALL I am sure
that the historians will Ayindicate ma.
and even If the Turkish historians do
not do SO. 1 am certain that the for
eign historians will do me JUSTICE.
1t is said that as a young man Abdul
Hamid was wont to maltreat small
animals with the sole object of seeing