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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
Nettle Porridqe.

Mr.. Pepys was RECALLED with netue
porridge at the house Of friend and
found 1t very good" The same del
icacy 10 referred to by Evelyn. The
nettle, in fact, which the ignorant dta-
miss as an unpleasant weed, is cay
able Of doing all sorts of things for
man. A Scot was able to boast that
he hae eaten nettles. slept in nettle
sheets, and dined off nettle table
cloth. And 1t is at this time Of tn"
wear that we should take out dose of
nettlea. Spring nettle tops boiled IN
pottage, according to old authority.
consume the phlegmatic superfiuities
in the body of many that the coldness
and moisture of the winter leave be
hind"
The nettle is not the only vegetable
delicacy enjoyed by country folk which
never finds it's way to the tOwnsman's
table. In Kent. at this season, the
early shoots of the wild hop are cook
ed and eaten as something superior
to asparagus The plant needs search
ing for amid the hedges, but that, no
doubt, adds to its piGuancy. Hop hunt
ers, however, have always to remem-
Der that the taking Of the cultivated
plant is a felony.-London Chronicle
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28

pound and it made me a strong well wo-
man. / am very thankful that l fol-
lowed my friends advice and l shall
recommend it as long as live. Before
/ took the Compound / was always
sickly and now have not had medicine
from doctor for years. You may pub
fish my letter. Mrs. EDWARD B. HILL
BERT, Fleetwood, Pa.
Such warning symptoms as sense OF
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation Of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and inquietufe, and dizziness,
are promptly needed by intelligent wo-
men who are approaching the period in
life when woman's great change may
be expected.
Lyle E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound invigorates and strengthens the
female organism and builds up the weak
ened nervous system. 1t has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
Solved the Mystery.

Comrade Bill Thompson tells story
OF bad writing that ranks with the
Greeley classics. When he worked on
Philadelphia paper julius Kaufman,
a Dane. wrote very clever, forcefui.
pungent editorials. Kaufman's Eng
fish was impeccable, but his writing
was impossible. 1t seemed to have
been done with a bent pin and an as
phalt mixture. George Kennedy was
the only man on the copy desk who
could read It. One day Kennedy came
to Thompson. shaking his head
IT'S all off," said he. I've lost my
punch read this thing of Kaufman
with perfect ease until got half way
through-and then I stuck. | don't
know why The second half of his
stuff looks just like the first half. but
| can't read it"
Thompson took that manuscript
over to a corner By and by Thomp
son came back with lines OF strain
around his mouth.
put 1t up to Kaufman" said he
Either he's gone fiooey or we have.
So when Kaufman came In they
gave him his manuscript and told hin
to go away somewhere and find ou
what It meant. By and by he came
back, beaming.
ct was easy" said he. The sec
ond part hat yoost wrote in Danish.
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
New Phenomenon.

A new phenomenon has been OBJ
served by Professor Right to which he
gives the name of lopo-magnetic rota-
ton. If a spark from a condenser OF
considerable capacity is sent horizon
tally through a gas and two small YER
teal vanes of mica in the form OF
cross are suspended in the middle OF
the discharge by fine fiber attached
to the center of the cross, the spark
produces no rotation of the cross. II,
however, a vertical magnetic field is
established in the gas, the cross ro-
tates through a considerable angle II
the gas is air. and over a small angle
in other cases. Professor Right as
cribes this rotation to the bending OF
the paths of the ions or electrons, and
to the additional protection which the
vanes afford each other against i'm
pacts from one side rather than from
the other in these circumstances. The
observed rotations indicate that the
effects of the positive ions are in gen
eral greater than those OF the mega
tive
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
EMPTY TOMB AT ST. HELENA
tongwood House, Where Napoleon
Died, Is in Ruins and French Ask
That II Be Preserved.

Complaint Is made in France that
the government of the republic is neg
lecting the house in which Napoleon
died and the tomb in which his body
was laid at st. Helena before removal
to the Church of ST. Louis at the In
valides.
In 1858 the Longwood house, in
which the emperor lived during his
exile, and the plot In the Valley OF
Geraniums where his tomb was made
we're given by Queen Victoria to Ma
poleon III. for the French government.
which desired to maintain them as
lasting memorials. But OF late years
little has been done to preserve either
the home or the sepulcher. The build
ing is falling into ruins, the farmers
Of the neighborhood let their sheep
Craze in the valley. Visitors are few
It Is believed that ere long q storm
will wreck the decaying building, and
then In all probability the caretakeI
will be withdrawn and the land aban
doned to the farmer and the herds
man.
Sentiment will mourn over such sur
render of ground to utility, but it is in
evitable. In a world where the palaces
of Alexander and Caesar have crum
bled into nothingness, there can be nc
perpetuity for the homes of Napoleon
The Tuiieries went to ashes long ago
why save Longwood?
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
MOUNT M'NNLEY SCALED BY TEXAN
North Americas Highest Point Reach
ed by Archdeacon Stuck and Party
by Northwest Ridge Route,

Seattle, Wash.-Archdeacon Hudson
Stuck, the Episcopal missionary who
set out from Fairbanks, Alaska, sew
eral months ago to climb Mount NC
kinley, reached the summit of the
highest peak of the great mountain
June Z, according to a private cable
dispatch received at Seattle Saturday.
The message sent by Archdeacon
Stuck from Fairbanks said:
Expedition successful Accomplish
ed first complete ascent of Mount Nc
Kinley June Z.
II. p. Karstens, r. G, Tatum, Wal
ter Harper and | reached top of south
point, the highest of all peaks, on a
clear day when it was possible to read
all the angles of the mountains and
other prominent points and make GER
tain that the peak which we had con-
quered was the highest of all
I'VE successfully carried mercuria
barometer to the top and made COM
plete readings and observations.
! with field glasses We clearly saw
! the flagpole erected in 1910 by the
Thomas-Lloyd expedition On the north
peak.
After completing observations on
/ the summit. we hoisted the American
! flag on the upper base, erected SIX
! foot cross and said TIE Deum on the
highest point of North America.
The northwest ridge is the only
possible approach to the summit.
I'VE spent three weeks in continu-
Gus bad weather, hewing a passage
three miles long through the side.
J This was the chief cause of delay.
The chief credit for our success is
due to Karstens good judgment We
did not have a single mishap."
Archdeacon Sucks party is the first
to reach the summit of the south peak.
One other expedition reached the top
of the north peak, Thomas Lloyd of
Fairbanks and three other Alaskans
having made the ascent in the spring
of 1910
Last year Professor Perchall Parker
of Brooklyn and Belmore Brown OF
Tacoma, who had previously failed in
two attempts to climb the mountain
along the route described by DIR. Fred
erick A. Cook, as the one he followed
when he made his alleged ascent sew
eral years ago, went over the route
followed by the Lloyd expedition and
were within 200 feet of the summit
when they were driven back by
blizzard.
Archdeacon Stuck, engaged in mis-
sionary work among the Alaskans
since 1904, had taken no vacation IL
five years and planned the expedition
as an outing.
Before he went to Alaska he wa!
dean of St. Matthews Cathedral il
Dallas, Texas.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL SIGNED
WOULD VETO PROVISIONS Ex.
EMPTING UNIONS, iF COULD,
SAYS PRESIDENT.
An Urcent Need for Funds-Executipe
Explains That Departments Are
Reduced to Perjury.

Washfngton-Preside Wilson Mon
day signed the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill with a statement declaring
that he would have vetoed, if he could,
the provision in it exempting labor
unions and farmers organizations
from prosecution under certain
5000, 900 fund designated for operation
OF the Sherman antitrust law.
The president characterized the ex-
emption as "unjustifiable in character
and principle" but called attention to
the fact that the department of JUS
tice possessed other funds with which
to enforce the antitrust law.
The urgent need of various govern
ment departments for funds appro-
priated by the bill Influenced the pres
ident to speedy action on the meas
ure The bill carries $l16,000,00O in
appropriations, and was vetoed by Mr..
Taft March 4, because of the labor ex-
emption clause. When the bill was
reintroduced and passed by both
houses in identical form by the pres
ent congress, this provision was the
subject of sharp debate.
In his statement the president said:
II have signed this bill because l
can do so without, in fact, limiting the
opportunity or the power of the de-
partment of justice TO prosecute vio-
Iations of the law by whomsoever COM
mitted.
IF | could have separated from the
rest of the bill the item which au-
thorized the expenditure by the de-
partment of justice of special sum
of $4,000 for the prosecution OF VIC
lations of the antitrust law, ! would
have vetoed that item, because 1t
places upon the expenditure limita-
| ton which is, in my opinion, unjusti-
! fable in character and principle. But
/ | could not separate it. | do not un-
| derstand that the limitation was in
/ tended as either an amendment or an
! Interpretation of the antitrust law
! but merely as an expression of con
| gress. delivered as a very emphatic
| opinion, backed by an overwhelming
majority of the house of representa-
| tives and a large number of the sen
ate, but not intended to touch any
| thing but the expenditure of single
snail additional fund.
Il can assure the country that this
item will neither limit nor in any way
embarrass the action of the depart
ment of justice. Other appropriations
supply the department with abundant
funds to enforce the law"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
Youth Shoots Up Washington Court

Youth Shoots Up Washington Court.
Washington-Judge, lawyers, police
men and spectators were sent scurry-
ing to cover in the criminal district
court Monday when Ray M. Stewart,
IS years old, fired three wild shots
in an attempt to shoot up" the court
At the first crack Justice Wendall p.
Stafford disappeared beneath his desk
and in the courtroom there was a wild
scramble for places of safety. Some
sought refuge under tables or behind
heavy chairs and others, frenZied by
fear, leaped into windows and drop
ped to the ground fifteen or twenty
feet below.
Justice Stafford had just refused to
release Stewart ON probation after
conviction for attempted highway rob-
berry. The boy whipped out a pistol
| and fired three shots, two of which
narrowly missed Assistant United
States Attorneys Samuel Hawken and
Harvey Given and Policeman Moffatt.
| He was in the attitude of turning to-
ward the judge as if to shoot when a
witness sprang upon him and choked
him into insensibility.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
CATALPA TO RESCUE
Death OF Captain Anthony Re-
calls Famous Event.
Thrilling Story Of Release Of Six
Fenian Prisoners From British
Penal Colony In Australia
Many Years Ago.

New Bedford, Mass.-There died re-
Gently at New Bedford. Mass, an old
skipper, Capt. George 8. Anthony.
whose name is indissolubly linked
with famous exploit and whose mem
DRY will long be treasured by Irish
men. He Commanded the Catalpa In
It's daring rescue of six Irish political
prisoners from the convict station OF
Freemantle, western Australia, under
the frowning guns OF British cruiser,
and landed them safely in this coun-
try. The l'en were former soldiers in
the English service, who like many
others OF their kind had been won over
to the cause OF Irish nationalism dur
ing the Fenian agitation Of the SOS.
Fifteen of these soldiers we're arrested
and convicted Of treason and sen
fenced to various terms Of imprison'
ment at Freemantle. Among the num-
Der was John Boyle O'Reilly. who
soon after reaching Freemantle, er'
fected his escape and, coming to this
country. became noted as writer
lecturer and poet. Others among the
Is, with the exception OF six, served
out their terms. The six who remained
had been sentenced for life and In
1874 a movement for rescuing them
was begun by the Clan-na-Gael, the
successor of the Irish Revolutionary
Brotherhood, which had slowly devel'
oped after the collapse of the Fentat:
government
In 1875 the whaler Catalpa was pur
chased by the Clan-na-Gael and placed
in command of Captain Anthony, who
undertook the difficult and dangerous
mission with eagerness.
Meantime Breslin, Thomas Des
mond of San Francisco and agents
of the Cian-na-Gael. were making &C
tive preparation in Australia for the
release of the convicts. Breslin and
Desmond, under assumed names, posed
as men seeking profitable investments
and made friends with the governor
of the colony They were permitted
to visit the prison frequently and en-
ter into communication with the si'
Fenian prisoners. They explored the
country about and fixed upon Rocking
ham, % miles from Freemantle, as the
place where the boat of the Catalpf
shoul<land and take off the convicts.
AfteYelhe Catalpa had put in at Bun
bury, Breslin fastened from Freeman
tie to meet Captain Anthony and wa:
quickly introduced" to him in tn
hotel. Condolences were exchanged
and plans of release discussed. While
Breslin returned to Freemantle, Cap
tain Anthony put out to sea, ostensibly
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
Mail Boxes on Street Cars.

Letter boxes on street cars may be
found in Des Moines and Burlington.
Ia, and Grand Rapids. Mich.
Passengers may post letters on the
cars or mail may be put in the box
while passengers are getting on and
on the cars. The conductors are not
prohibited from taking mail from peo-
pie while the cars are moving, as 1t is
easy to slip 1t into the box nearby at
the back Of the car. II one signals
the car to stop for the purpose, one
gives the conductor the minimum cal
fare, and he punches ticket for 1t as
though for a regular fare.
The people in the outlying districts
are greatly benefited, as they can send
q letter to the central postoffice every
hour as easily as those living In the
center Of the city.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
ARMY AVIATOR FALLS 1900 FEET TO DEATH
Ensign RiIIingsIey Killed, But Com
panion Escapes Death When Hydro
Aeroplane Falls Into Bay.

Annapolis, Md.-The naval academy
added its first victim to the death
roll of the air Friday when Ensign
William d. .Billingsley was hurled
from a disabled biplane, 1900 feet in
the air, and fell into the depths OF
Chesapeake bay. Lieutenant John A.
Towers, chief of the navy aviators,
chung to the hurting wreck and es.
capped death, almost miraculously.
Ensign Billingsley, in biplane that
had been converted into a hydro-aero
plane, with Lieutenant Towers as
passenger, left tie aviation grounds
to fly to Claiborne, some eighteen
miles across the bay. About ten miles
down the bay a gust of wind struck
them Billingsley was thrown down
among the steering gear which was
disabled. The front pIanes of the craft
fell and it dropped like a dead Hrd
toward the water. AS it fell the pilot
was catapulted out. and turning ovel
and over, his body outsped the ma
chine toward the water.
When the aeroplane fell Lieutenant
Towers chung desperately to an up
right. Although at times his body
swung clear of the falling airship, hi
maintained his hold with hand ant
arm almost wrenched apart. After
falling about 900 feet, the biplane turn
ed a complete somersault and for
moment the force of the fall wal
broken. Striking the bay, it carried
Lieutenant Towers beneath the water
but rose to the surface almost imme
diately.
The aviator, suffering excruciatin,
pain, feared that he would lose con
seriousness before he could be rescued
and tearing loose the lashings OF ont
of the planes, bound himself fast to
pontoon. Within few minutes, how
ever, he was taken off by B. l.. Bron
son and s. Kellar, who had watches
the aeroplane's movements from
uotorboat
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
Heiuht Of Americans.

Measurements made Of hundreds Of
thousands of. native born Americans.
of all lines Of ancestry, show that the
average lies somewhere between 8
feet tn inches and feet 4 %. That
is the mean height Of the normal adult
American male, and it is substantially
the same, east, west, north and south.
Now, how does this American compare
with the men of other races? Is he
larger or smaller? A study of the
figure shows that only the Scotch
man overtops him. The Swede, tall.
we'll made man, is nearly half an inch
shorter. So is the north German. So
is the Sikh, the tallest Of all orien-
tails. The Welshman Is a full inch
shorter. The Greek, the Turk, the
Italian, the Russian and the Swiss are
two inches shorter. The Pole is three
inches shorter. the Russian Jew is
four. The Spaniard and the Hun full
FIVE inches shorter, scarcely come up
to the Americans nose.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
RAILROAD SURGEON DISCOV-
ERS WONDERFUL REMEDY
For Man and Beast. the Old Reliable
DR. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil.
Relieves Pain. Stops the Bleeding.
and Heals at the same time.

Thousands of Farmers and Stockmen know
il already, and trial will convince you that
DR.. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEAL
ING OIL is the most wonderful Remedy
ever discovered for Wounds. Burns, Old
Sores, Running Sores, Warts. Carbuncles,
Felons, Sore and Tender Feet. Corns. Bun.
ions, Itch, Ivy Poisoning. Hives. Rash. Ring
Worm, GRADUATED Eyelids. Sore Throat
Sore Gums. all Skin and Scalp Diseases. AL
20 for Barbed Wire Cuts. Calls. Sores
Thrush, Scratches. Cracked Hoo. Shoe Boils
Wars, Mango on Dogs. Canker. etc. Contin
ually people are finding new uses for thi
famous old Remedy. Guaranteed By your Druggist
We mean 1t. asc. soc. Sr.co. The large bott
contains about 7 times n much a. the small bottle
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
EARLY GREECE HAD RECALL
When Man Rose to High Power He
Was Considered a Menace to
State ard Was Exiied.

In the palmy days of the Greek re-
pubIics, many centuries ago, as his
torians tell us, when a man rose to
such a height OF power or atfiuence
that he became a possible menace to
the state, the citizens took vote on
his case as an undesirable" says the
Christian Herald. This was sent to
the senate and, II the vote was suffi-
GENTLY large and representative, that
body passed a resolution In which the
too distinguished citizen was invited.
in polite diplomatic terms, to take a
few years of retirement abroad-in
other words-he was officially exiled
for the good of the state. This was
"ostracism," so called from the fact, 1t
is explained, that the voting citizens
wrote their names on oyster shells.
and it was instituted as a measure OF
security to the commonwealth. Any
citizen of great wealth or influence,
or who had large personal following
which might, in an emergency, be used
to the detriment of the state, was la
Bile to receive this distinguished marx
OF public consideration 1t was KIND
Of primitive recall" which had the
advantage Of being equally applicable
to "ins" and outs" Those early
Greeks we're wonderful fellows, and
knew how to deal with the knotty
problems of their day, which doubt
less included grating and other hu
man peculiarities not unknown in our
time. If an election did not suit them
or il any man swelled too far above
his fellows, there was always the level
ing oyster as a wholesome corrective
in reserve
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
Lower Rio Grande Shipments.

Corpus Christi, Tex.-A report just
issued shows that the total shipments
of truck over the st. Louis, Browns
vile and Mexico railway from the low
er Rio Grande Valley points along that
line up to June for the year 1913
were 1927 cars. The road had ship
ped up to the same date last year 1,772
cars, an increase for this year OF 525
cars. The total number of cars ship
ped for the week ending June were
80. compared with 43 cars for the
same period last year.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28
Bismarck's "Mot."

AS might be expected Of a man OF
iron, Bismarck's wit was of the sleds
hammer sort. In 1862, according to
Intimate Memories of Napoleon HI"
by Baron d'Ambes, he went to Paris
as Prussian ambassador.
81 have never heard a German speak
French as you do" complimented the
emperor on the occasion Of their first
meeting.
Thanks, SIRE" returned Bismarck.
II have never heard Ffenchman
speak French as you do"
The emperor spoke with a per-
ceptible German accent.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28

to hunt whales. On Easter Sunday,
April 16, 1876, a whaleboat from the
Catalpa, carrying Captain Anthony
and a crew of six men, landed al
Rockingham and next morning had
considerable difficulty In accounting
for themselves to a customs officer.
Meantime, at Freemantle, the work
of rescue had begun. The prisoners
were allowed a great deal of liberty
and were assigned various kinds OF
work outside the prison walls. Two
traps. made ready by Desmond and
Breslin, awaited them on the Rock
ingham road, within Eve minutes ron
of the prison, and when the prisoners,
wearing letters, left the prison for
their assigned duties they were taken
and conducted by Breslin and Des-
mond. The race for Rockingham was
then begun and that place was nearly
reached before the police learned OF
the escape and mounted their horses
In pursuit When the police reached
Rockingham the prisoners were out at
sea in the whaleboat.
But the exciting part Of the rescue
had only begun. The whaleboat had
a difficult time In reaching the Catal-
pa, which had been out of sight be-
low the horizon line when the smaller
boat had left Rockingham beach. A
storm struck the whaleboat and car.
ried away both mast and sail, while
water poured over the stern Of the
boat, keeping several of the men busy
bailing It out Night fell while the
storm still ragged and In this plight
they remained till morning.
In the morning they vainly tried to
attract the attention of the Catalpa
which they could see; and to their
CONSERVATION they beheld the govern
ment steamer Georgette steam toward
the Catalpa, which 1t spoke. The
Georgette made a wide circuit around
the whaleboat without seeing It and
then steamed In toward the shore
After the Georgette danger had
passed a coast guard boat came into
sight and headed directly for the Ca
talpa, threatening to cut on the whate
boat from the vessel Just then Cap
tain Anthony succeeded In signalling
the Catalpa. which Immediately di
rected it's course toward the whale
boat. At the same time the coast
guard boat sighted the whaleboat and
strove to intercept 1t. So close waf
the race that the Cataipa which
reached the whaleboat first did moi
wait for its passengers to swarm W
its sides. but, lowering the falls, crap
pied the boat fore and aft and hoisted
1t. with its occupants, on board.