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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
FIND COLONY OF RATTLERS
Exhibit on an Alabama Farm That
Lost Its Owner a Prospective
Renter.

Gadsden, Ala.-George Duncan took
Osburn Mcqueen out to see a tract of
land, expecting to rent it to him
for the coming year.
In looking over the farm they saw
two large rattlers, which they shot
and killed, one of which had nine rat
ties and the other six. When they
finished the killing of those two they
discovered that the ground was full.
of these deadly reptiles and they then
began the slaughter, and when they
could find no more they piled them up
and began to count and saw that they
had killed 80. Thirty of them we're
small fellows, having one rattle each.
showing they were only one year old.
and measuring from IL to is inches
long
1t is needless to say that Mr.. Dun
can lost a renter. Mr.. Mcqueen said
one or two rattlers did not brighten
him, but when it came to 80 in one
pile he would let the other fellow take
the place.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
DIZZY, HEADACHY,
SICK, ''CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver an0
sluggish bowels while
your sleep.

Sick headache, biliOusness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
br,ath-always trace them to torpid
liver, delayed, fermenting food in the
towels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
test1.s. instead Of being cast out
o. he system is re-absorbed into the
blood when this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue il causes con-
e5~.ia" and tHat dull. throbbing. sick
e.iue '.a5aCre
la..ars,s Immediately cleanse the
F'oa. b, remove the soar, undigested
food aud .3Hi gases, take the excess
bile from taa liver and carry out all
tae .Hlslpated waste matter and
Io.sous in the bowels
a lasCaret tonight will surely
straiehton you out by morning. They
worS while you eleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
NO KISSING AMONG JAPANESE
Oscillation Regarded by Natives as the
Height of Bad Manners and
FooIishness.

Toxic, Japan.-In a recent number
Of the Far East. published in Toxic. a
japanese contributor. Smimasa Idl-
chi. who writes excellent English, re-
lates some OF his surprising adven-
lures among the kissing races Of the
west. He describes the horror of Eng
lish women of his acquaintance when
he told them that he had never kissed
his mother in all his life The first
thing an English child learns is how
TO kiss he says. The first thing a
Japanese child learns Is how to bow"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
Grasshoppers as Fertilizer,

An Argentine firm has petitioned the
ministry OF agriculture OF the South
American republic to allow the free
importation Of machinery to be used
in factory for producing fertilizing
materials. 1t is proposed to use grass
hoppers and their eggs as material for
fertilizers, thus converting the greatest
destroyers of Argentine crops into fer
rilizers to make crops grow. The in
sects propagate so rapidly that the
promoters say there will be no lack
of material. The request has been re-
terred to congress for consideration.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
STREETS OF NOTE
Writer Names IL Of Worlds
Greatest Thoroughfares.
london's Center Of Book and News
paper Publishing Has Been
Awarded the Head-New York
Is Given Fourth place.

London.-Which are the twelve
most famous streets in the world? The
question is extremely difficult to de-
termine, for there are two or three
factors to be taken into account. fac
tors which the average man is apt to
overlook when trying to solve the
problem. For one thing, a street, to
come within this category. must be
well known to folk of every civilized
nation, and not merely TO those of the
country II belongs to. For another,
there must be a consensus of expert
opinion at least that this street is
worthy of being reckOned among the
worlds leading thoroughfares in any
case; and thirdly. the name of such a
street, wherever the road may be.
must be one which men and women
recognize as soon as they hear it. or
at any rate it must be thus recognized
by very large percentage of travel
ers, readers and educated people
Taking those characteristics as our
guide, says writer in the London
Weekly Telegraph, it is probable that
the following list OF twenty includes
all the best known streets in the world,
and from these the dozen most famous
streets would doubtless have to be
chosen. The twenty celebrities of
this sort include:
Regent street, London.
Oxford street, London.
Strand, London.
Fleet street, London.
Cheapside, London.
Whitehall, London.
Princes street, Edinburgh.
OConnell street, oxford.
High street Oxford
Champs Elysees. Paris
Rue de Rivoli, Paris.
Inter den Linden. Berlin.
Avenida. Lisbon
Foochow road. Shanghai.
The Bund, Shanghai
Nevsh Prospect, ST Petersburg
Collins street. N&..ouIue.
Burke street, Melbourne.
The Broadway, New York
Fifth avenue. New York.
lneSe lnclude,' as VIII De seen, nine
British streets. two French streets.
two American streets and one each In
Russia, Portugal and Germany II !
may be taken as certain that no trav-
eler or person whose opinion was
based on real knowledge would deny
the claim of these twenty to be reck- |
oned among the most famous streets
of the world. however much 1t might |
want. or suggest, the inclusion in that |
category of one or two others he IA
vored.
Hence. from this list | think we
should be able to pick out the chief /
dozen after some trouble. We are not /
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01

now looking at this matter from the
point of view of beauty, or trade, or
size. or antiquity; we are simply con-
sidering the point with regard TO fame
and renown. whatever be its cause. as
operating to give the street the widest
degree of popularity. And. taking that
view of it, think we must at the start
rule out Whitehall and Oxford street
from the London half dozen, while
similarly the Nevski Prospect and the
Rue de Rivoli may be left out of the
European section This decision would
reduce our number by four, thus leav-
ing US with sixteen. from which we
he's yet 10 choose.
Now. though O'Connell street Oate
Sackville street,, Dublin, is one Of the
most beautiful in our islands. and has
every characteristic of a grand thor
oughfare, | do not think it is nearly
so well known outside this kingdom as
are several others in our list here. So
we may. however reluctantly. put 1t
aside. too. Probably, as the Bund of
Shanghai would have to give way to
to the Fooschow road in popularity, we
can omit that also from further consid-
GRAFTON here, famous as IL Is all over
the extreme east. Which brings down
our still existing list to fourteen But
the elimination of the next two
streets from these is a matter of most
difficult decision.
Burke street, Melbourne. NAV per
haps be left out in preference to Col
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01

maioen 10 "nom Mss iS unknown
kissing is not practiced in Japan. he
told his English friends. not because
the people are stony-hearted but be-
cause lit is regarded as the height OF
bad manners"
The kiss in Japan, II seems, is fit
only to be bestowed upon young In
fants by their mothers. "A Japanese
mother is often seen to kiss the baby
In her arms" says this Japanese wri-
ter, but when the baby leaves its
mothers arms-that is, when it can
get along by itself and feels a sort OF
semi-consciousness-i would not al
low Its mother to kiss it." He men
tons the complaint OF western visit
tors to Japan that I'VE Japanese ex-
pose too much our natural bodies"
Though the natural body rs one of
the most beautiful forms on earth"
the Japanese critic of kissing con-
cedes that it should not be too much
exposed. He adds: Our natural feel
ings are really exquisite. Their ex-
posture beyond a certain limit, how
ever, is equally offensive to our sense
of decorum"
Much OF the kissing that he OBJ
served in England distressed this SEN
sitive Japanese not a little. When |
saw" he writes, IAN old couple, with
careworn faces and tottering steps
kissing each other on the pavement
of the London streets | could not help
feeling rather unpleasant. | cannot
give an adequate reason for it, but
somehow | do not feel pleasant when
| see the conventional custom of kiss
ing between married people kept up
to old age" Surely it is impossible
for a westerner to fathom the Oriental
mind.
This Japanese observer got into an
odd predicament through other peo-
pies kissing. He was strolling about
Hampstead heath one day when he
found himself in narrow footpath,
and in front of him he saw a young
man and a girl seated on a bench.
Presently" he relates, the two heads
came closer. and they were finally lost
behind the girls hat. knew what was
going on behind the scenes, so
stopped short and pretended to be
looking another way so as not to dis
turb their happy state. Now and then
1 turned toward the scene to see If
Ii was already over. | was In this
predicament for about half an hour Git
seemed SO long to mel, but the two
heads still remand In close attach
ment. At last l gave up waiting till
the end of the scene and crossed the
field, taking another path"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01

sion. as its propinquity to the car.
casses below the falls. Some years
ago a large deer was seen for two or
three weeks wading a short distance
into the rapids from this island. and
retreating- He had been drifted down
from above, and not knowing the safe
passage to the shore, he no doubt was
carried over the falls. Volley says
that he found at the bottom of tn,
precipice the carcasses of some deer,
and wild bears which the current had
hurried down the cataract on tibet.
attempting to swim across the river
above it."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
The Poultry Mite.

The red mite works at night; II
crawls forth from its hiding place and
attacks the fowls while they are at
roost. Hundreds of these may prey
upon a single hen, fill themselves with
blood. and then crawl back to their
hiding places contented until the next
night. During the day these para
sites lie dormant in the cracks and
crevices about the henhouse, hence
they are not so easily detected by the
novice.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
Is Best Sportswoman.

Miss Marie Maryingt is known in
her native land of France as the first
sportswoman of the world She can
swim, ride, shoot, climb. fish and drive
a motor car and she does each beau
tifully. She scales mountains, hunts
big game, rides a bicycle wins at in
ternational shooting contests, and
moreover she has been up in a bal
loon several times. She is now work
Ing on an aeroPlane, hoping to invent
something to carry wounded soldiers
from the field.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
TAKE UP THY BED AND FLOAT
A Partisan Has Discovered Mattress
and Life Saver While at
Sea In One.

Paris.-A large Paris factory is
busy filling an order for thousands of
mattresses which are pronounced un-
sinkable mattresses. An unnamed ex-
perimenter recently discovered a
vegetable substance which is light.
supple and soft enough for use as
mattresses in berths aboard ship. and
at the same time unsuitable. Every
passenger on the ship furnished with
these mattresses-if they are what is
said of them-will have an ideal life
preserver in his bed.
Several large steamship companies
are said to have decided to replace
their present bedding with these new
mattresses.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01

His father was watching him. and
seized with fit of ungoversable pas
sion. he took an AK and chopped off
the boys head. The mother. who was
bathing an infant in the next room,
heard the noise and coming in saw
the child's head roll on the floor. She
fell unconscious and meanwhile the
baby, left unattended in its bath was
drowned. Jvakovic was arrested
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
SEWERS HIS CHILD'S HEAD
Mother Falls Unconscious, LEAVING
Small Baby to Drown After Fa-
Their Commits Horrible Crime.

Vienna.-A shocking domestic trag-
edy, involving the death of two small
Children, has occurred at /Pakracz,
Eungard. A peasant named Steve
JvakOvic hid some bankn0tes under a
cushion. They were found by his son.
a child of three. who accidentally tore
one.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
THAW REPAYS A KINDNESS
Sends $50 to Canadian Who Loaned
Him His overcoat the Day He
Was Deported.

Montreal, Que.-A check for $50 has
been sent by Harry X. Thaw to F. Gar
ceau, an immigration officer at Coati-
cook. for a kindness shown to the
Matteawan fugitive the day he was de.
ported. Garceau was the man who
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01

Inns street, if we are only to include
one Australian road. as seems most
likely now. And. since London street
IS almost sure TO be the unlucky "thir-
tenth which has to go. certainly
think we must give the preference to
the Strand over Cheapside There can
be no two opinions as to which street
is best known and most recognized by
name and fame among the millions of
our colonial cousins and foreign
friends who have never visited any
part of these islands The immense
number of books. papers and maya.
zines emananatiug from Fleet street
have won it popularity abroad in a
wonderful way. in spots which never
heard of Cheapside, grand, hoary and
historic as that dear old street is with
US in this land
So | think our dozen most famous
streets of the world would be the fol-
lowing, probably in the order here
given:
Fleet street, London.
regent street, LONDON.
Champs Elysees, Paris.
Broadway, New York
Strand. London.
Fifth avenue, New York.
Avenida, Lisbon
Princes street, Edinburgh.
High street, oxford.
Inter den Linden. Berlin.
Collins street. Melbourne
Foochow road. Shanghai.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01

Horses and cattle are liable to blood
poisoning from stepping on rusty nails.
For such an injury apply Hanfords
Balsam Of Myrrh and get it into the
bottom of the won I'd. 1t should kill
the poison germs. Always have a bot
tie in your stable. because you will
find different uses for it, Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
Harry x. Thaw.

ran to get an overcoat for Thaw on
the cold morning when he was rushed
across the boundary into the United
States. Thaw sat shivering in an au
tomobile and Garceau hurried into the
station and got his own overcOat for
him. Thaw sent a letter of thanks to
Garceau with the check.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
Cut Funeral Bill In Half.

Washington. - Comptroller OF the
Treasury George Z. Downey cut a
funeral bill of s198 in half He said
a hearse and a hack were enough for
a decent funeral"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
The Etiquette.

Il saw Jinks on his last spree ana
ne insisted he was seeing black
snakes"
But, then, you know he Is in
mourning
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
AGED Invalid Marries His Nurse.

Baltimore, Md.-Dr. Frederick ]. S
Gorgas, an invalid from paralysis. aged
eighty. and Miss Sarah B. Schwartz,
fifty-three. of Harrisburg, Pa. were
married here. Miss Schwartz was the
doctors nurse for three years.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
To Freshen Vegetables.

To freshen green vegetables, cut
off the ends of the stalks and all I'm.
tidy, decayed bits and leave in cold
salt and water for three or four
hours.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
Subject TO Worms.

Fall pigs are much more subject to
worms than are spring pigs due large
ly to the fact that the fall pigs have
no grass during winter months.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
Both Wavs

Don't you think my hat is trimmed
nicely?'
Yes, but not so thoroughly as my
pocketbook"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01

A woman won't stand for anyone
else abusing her husband. That is her
exclusive privilege
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01

Mr.. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
tcethir-, ,Oftens the gums, reduces inhamma.
tion,a!ays paiu,cures wind colo 25c a bottle.ls
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
Essential Irnieroent

A good brush is one of the most
essential implements in cleaning the
milk utensils.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
Redeem Mud Holes.

A few strips of tile will often turn
a mud hole into the most productive
spot on the farm,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01
Quite Different.

What's your walk in life?"
Amt got no walk in life. | runs
bus line"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-01

We are all willing to give freely ia
charity when we are broke.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-25
Why Afraid?
Register today.

Among all the citizens of Phoenix is prob ably not who would declare that the city ought be business principles From which might infer that the unanimous opinion of citizens that there ought to be an elimination of partisan politics condition precedent a bus mess government
 proposed city principles great commercial house, great railway a great industrial plant is run-with responsible and efficient head. But this propos there is objection One-nan power. Not Peoples power delegated wasted and frttered away by it's delegation half a of officers, independent of another mad often in conflict with another. Division O power means division responsibility a loss the peo- pie of their upon the government
 Other citizens, admitting that it looks like business arrangement. say: But we're afraid of it." Why afraid? Where it nobody but politicians staunton, Va. and Sumpter, S. c, have not been injured, but have been gread[ benefited by introduction of natural business methods into the management of municipal affairs They having a better government at less cost.
 Great German cities not afraid of it, but they believe that system is indispensable non separabIe from best government. Dayton, O, Springfield O.. not afraid of it Why should be a system which must admit looks like one and which has been tried? At this time, too. students of municipal government advocating it's application to the very large cities the country
 If those who afraid the city manager plan were stockholders the Southern Pacific or the Santa Fe Railway companies, would they be afraid that the great powers possessed by Judge Lovett and MT. E. P. Ripley might be used to their loss disadvantage? Would the stockholders of those companies the management of the roads changed that they would be governed by pof- tics? Would they want the heads of the passen- ger freight operating, construction and mainten ance departments elected and independent of one responsible nobody? Would the stockholders feel that that of arrangement would give louder voice in the management of he
Arizona republican., 1913-09-25
The Beauty arlOr
BY HOWARD L. RANN s

The beauty parlor is place where figure which her husband recollection Of see ing before. It is a strict price concern. said price being sufficient etch deep. flowing convo- patronized by people who the habit of il is the cause of some very abrupt terrifying transformations. The beauty parlor makes spe- ciaIty of fitting the betess Grecan waist lean who wish to discard forever the sveIte eur tain-rod effect popular last thereby efv ing them the classic lines a straw tick. also deals in the calcmine complexion which is guaranteed not to crack, peel rub off absorb thing but months salary This complexion is a very handy toilet article. it be taken night and touched in shade suitable any ctsion. from a genteel paor to a bright Venetian The crowning glory of the beauty parlor how ever, the paraffine holster. which is used hillocks and hummOcIs from the human ue,-1 and encourage the propasation of the de-cocital It is quite diScoUraging enter beauty parlor the first time apparently in state of perfect health. and have sharp-eyed specialist point d series of erUptiVe bemishes ranging from protuberant eye-tooth the low, retreat ing instep O the herd After plain, spare woman has taken term Of lessons at beauty and practiced diligently at home the dumb bells and powder she is liable to start an ebullition of affection the part of her husband which would prove pleasing departure from the regular order business. If there more beauty parIors this country there would be fewer frost bitten husbands and acrmony. and biting partee at the breakfast table.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-25
THE PALACE OF PEACE


 Herr Van Swinderen, the foreign minister of the Netherlands, appears to be a gentleman of shrewdness and humor. Undismayed by the dig hltE and distinction of the occasion he opened the Palace of Peace at The Hague Thursday by telling MT Andrew Carnegie he was with out doubt tine happest man among us" and straightway the foreign minister observed quaintly that the words eternal peace" were always out of place except when inscribed the gate Of a cemetery" The edfce, he said would live up to it's high sounding title" only If expectations do attempt a flight beyond the borders of what humanly speaking possible of realization"
 Nevertheless, was a great day for arbitra- tion and still greater day for MT. Carnegie, whose most ambitious beneficence the him and be dedicated in his honor; there be only Palace of Peace, the fame it rings round the world from Pittsburgh Pekin and back again. Herr Van SWinderen the right in the right place. He induIged evasve sentimentaty, but point of the benefit that Carnegie had be- slowed upon his fellow man. Eternal peace among nations was a figment of the imagination, but at least the international court of arbitration offered opportunity approach the settle ment of questions in dispute between them in the right spirit; and thus it unduly optimistic to believe that there would be many trumphs n
 building was laid July 30, 1907 not only has been filled with rumors of war but there have been almost every continent; yet never the of arbitration ably advoca One great conflict, boodiest that Europe has since the Napoleonc wars, the Europe was powerless to avert; and it is to be feared that reference to The Hague differences between the nations in the Balkans would be futile in the near future. But the old nations that embarrassed by a confusion of races and know the of by bitter experience will always be more or less amenable to the spirit of brotherhood that be invoked by the doctors of the beautiful of arbitration It is surely inspiration that is felt throughout the world. and it provides the means of honorable and effective compromise Peace be within it's Walls
Arizona republican., 1913-09-25
Musical Harmony

The music lovers of this city are looking for ward a of unusual development The Phoenix Choral Society is being reorganized on stronger and better understood basis than ever Members of the society that there must be harmony action a well if the real object is be attained Jealousy among musicians is proverbia There is a personal jealousy and jealousy of organizat tiOns.
 But il is gratifying observe that there is TO discordant the beginning of the season Musicians realize Phoenix a musical center depends upon united effort. What glory is attained will reflect all who tribute to it.
 For many years a deep interest has been taken in this city in music and good voices have been developed than to be found generally in a town whose population is greater than