davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

blending plant in close proximity to the corn mill. Officers of the company are c. W. Knight, president; F.. E. Taylor, vice president ;sR. N. Jervis, secretary. In addition to the officers the incorpora- tors are J. W. Knight and D. F. Echols.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
TO AID FARMERS
R. c. Christopher To Conduct Project + In Fayette County

BERRY, Ala, March 4.-Since Fay cite county has no farm demonstrator, R 0. Christopher of Berry High school, is rendering farmers of this section all aid possible. He will superintend over 20 adult farm projects, varying from 2 to 20 heres, besides the project voca- tional students will conduct under him this year., f5 .@
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
METHODIsTs OPEN CONFERENCE Decatur Men Cdnduct County Health 4s- ~~--.- Campaign

P DECATUR, Ala, March 4.-Meth- odists of the Decatur district opened their quarterly conference in Hartselle Tuesday. Many prominent members of the denomination are expected to de- liver addresses during the sessions, which will end Thursday. Dr. w. r. McGlawn, presiding elder, is in the chair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

SHOPMEN INSTALL CHAPTER
 ALBANY, Ala, March 4.-Officers ot the recently organized local chapter of the Benefit Association of Railway Employees, of Chicago, will be installed Tuesday evening at reception by mem bers of the organization, which is re- cruited from employees of the Louis vile and Nashville shops here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

Germany succeeded in selling at least $2,OO0, 100000 worth of paper marks to foreigners before the world lost confi- dence, according to the reparations commission experts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
SILHOUETTES OF STATE CAPITAL
isTATE CAPTTAL BUREAUl

.. . ID
 MONTGOMERY, Ala. March A. It's not often that n magistrate cites his personal taste as being the reason for his making a legal decision, but that is what Charles Lenoir, justice of the peace in Baldwin county, does. A moot point in the question of alleged violation of the fishing laws was whether river was fresh or salt water and the justice says he knows it's fresh because he has imbibed of the stream.
 This he states in a letter written by him to I. T. Quinn, state commissioner of game and fisheries, and received Tuesday at the office of Mir. Quinn. The question arose when the justice fined three. anglers $2J and costs each for violating the state fishing laws. They were R. c. Kerr, II. J. Elbert and Henry Bqssett, and the point was raised that Magnolia river is salt water and hence not subject to the law under which the fishermen were fined. B " ,'
 Justice Lenoir writes that the fishing was done in the river right at Mag nolia Springs. He says that the river is formed and supplied by a large volume of fresh water from up in the hills. The magistrate, in his letter, further states that he has lived at Magnolia Springs six, years and has drunk the water from the river when it was cool enough and found it to be absolutely fresh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
Julian Issues Warning

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March A. Speaking of life insurance, Superin- tendent Julian called attention of a visitor to an article in the New York Journal of Commerce which quoted Lon. don advices to the effect that the Aus trian government has imposed a penalty of three months imprisonment on any body placing insurance with an un- authorized insurance company or asso- ciation which has not been formally ad- mitted to the country and maintains an office there. Mr., Julian does not recommend such ruthless treatment for Alabaniians who put their trust in un- authorized insurance companies, but. he strongly advises them from a stand point of their own self-interest to take insurance only with concerns authorized to do business in Alabama and amen able to the laws of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05

S 1.ti :.
 ssss s'g -.--.- .s.s s.srs'9.-. ..1 T '''', q
The Washington times., 1924-09-16
H A | R.
BANDIT IS
INDICTED
Minnie Wilcox and Brother,
Who Attempted HoId-up,
Held by Grand Jury

The grand jury Of Fairfax Coun.
ty, Va, yesterday indicted Minnie
Wilcox, bobbed.hair bandit" her
brother, George Wilcox and Edward
w. marlborough for attempted
highway robbery.
The girl and Hansborough are
held in the Fairfax County jail and
police are looking for Wilcox.
The trio engaged John Fisher, a
hacker, and ordered him to drive
into Virginia. Some miles from
Alexandria, they are alleged to have
struck him over the head. The
hold-up was frustrated by Fisher
who jumped out Of his car and
drew a revolver. He turned the
girl and Hansborough over to the
police but the third one escaped.
The jury ignored the case Of For.
rest P. Waddell, Washington police
man, from whose motorcycle Miss
Mae Foreman was thrown to her
death on July 10 on Fort Hum.
phreys road.
The Washington times., 1924-09-16
Money trunk
FRAUD TRAPS
HUNDREDS
Mexican SWindIers Reap Rich
Harvest in the South
west
BY international News Service.

ALBUQUERQUE. N. M, Sept.
16.--What is believed to be one of
the most widespread confidence
games ever attempted in the South
west was revealed here when sew
eral Albuquerque citizens received
letters from "a Del w." who
claimed to be confined in the
Guadalajara, Mexico, jail on a
charge of fraudulent failure.
According to the letters the
writer declared he has a trunk
checked in an American railway
station containing 100000 in cash.
He asks for financial help in free
ing his Mexican baggage from a
court embargo, claiming that the
check for the money trunk" is
concealed In a handbag subject to
court order.
For this help he offers a reward
Of $50. 900.
The letters received here ask the
recipients to wire a friend" Jose
Gomez, of their incl,Olation to aid
in raising money to get the letter
writer out of Jail.
Local authorities are warning
people against forwarding any
money to the mysterious "A
Del ""
The Washington times., 1924-09-16

gram land get away with it." ne de-
clared. 1.-THE biggest enemy to
American hair is the typical bust.
ness man, bustling hustling and
hitting terrifically, intensive pace
in the conduct Of his affairs. He
runs his nerves ragged and much
of the energy that should keep his
hair crop nourished never gets
above his brains. 1t stops right
there and helps him maintain his
business pace. All his nervous
energy is concentrated on his af-
fairs.
He forgets to give his hair much
attention until most of 1t is gone
and then comes the pathetic efforts
to restore it to normally by inten-
sive gardening methods. Each re.
naming lock is cuddled and fondled
in the effort to coax reinforce
ments from the long-neglected scalp.
And when this fails comes the
fancy Handspring that spreads the
surviving wisps to the best advan-
tage.
IF the average man would give
his hair half the attention he show
ers on it after forty during the
fifteen years previous, America
would have the bumper crop OF
scalp foliage"
The Washington times., 1924-09-16
FRENCH GUIANA PENAL
COLONY TO BE ABOLISHED

PARIS. Sept. 16.-France's con.
Parisien. largely in consequence Of
that newspapers exposures last
year Of the alleged moral and
physical brutalities "of another
age" practiced there.
The newspaper asserts that the
prisoners will be brought from
tropical misery" to a central peni-
tertiary in France which is yet to
be established. According to the
Petit Parisien. the decision of
Premier Herriot to abolish the
prison Is final. and It asserts that
M. Herriot is not expected to have
any difficulties in obtaining the
necessary legislation.
The Washington times., 1924-09-16
MAY ARREST EX-GOVERNOR
FOR DRY LAW VIOLATION

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Sept. 10
Federal officials have announced
that warrants had been issued for
the arrest Of sixty-nine men ard
women of this city, including a
former governor and several State
officials on charges Of violating the
prohibition laws.
The list Of persons for whom war
rants have been issued as made
public by T. w. Rowden, prohibit
ton director for Arkansas, included
the name Of x. o. Pindall, farmer
governor; Herbert A. Wilson, State
highway commissioner; Guy TU eker,
jr., State auditor, and aumbsr Of
other men prominent in the pc.
litical and business affairs Ct the
State.
The Washington times., 1924-09-16
USES GRAPEVINE AS
MOOSE TO HANG SELF

NEWARK. Del, Sept. 16.-Using
a grapevine for rope John M.
Starr. thirty-six years old, a tenant
on the farm OF Thomas G.. Sam
worth, committed suicide by hang
ing from a tree in the woods. Ill
health is thought to have been the
cause OF the suicide.
Careful plans were apparently
made by Starr to avoid any chance
of failure. A slipknot was tied on
the end OF the Thick grapevine and
this fastened around his neck. He
The Washington times., 1924-09-16
BUSINESS MEN
DOOMED To
BADNESS
Nerves Run Ragged While
Hirsuit GIories Fit Gently
Away.

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 16.-High
tension American business life is
cutting wide swath in the hair
crop, according to Paul Killing, Chi
cago specialist, addressing a meet
ing Of the National Hairdressers
Association here today. Unless the
intensive program that is a daily
habit Of the average office is rear
ranged so the executives give both
their nerves and hair a bit Of at.
tention. baldheads will soon be as
numerous as desks, he predicted.
you can't violate natures pro.
The Washington times., 1924-09-16
THIEVES STEAL FURs
BINDING 7 EMPLOYEES

NEWARK, Sept. 16.-Seven EN-.
ployes were bound and gagged
when six armed bandits entered
the fur establishment of Joseph
Hollander, and an hour later dis
appeared in automobiles with seal.
skins valued by the owners at
$4,000.
2 Frank Jeffrey, sixty-year-old night
Waterman, told the police the six
men battered down the door at the
main office entrance.
The Washington times., 1924-09-16

then climbed up the tree to a limb
IL feet from the ground. crawled
out five feet, tied the other end of
the grapevine around the limb AMI
Jumped off. His neck was broken.
Starr is survived by his wife and
a seven-year-old daughter.
The Washington times., 1924-09-16
Father, Who Has Il
Children, Wed to
Mother of 16

BERLIN, Sept. ia bridal
couple with thirty-seven chill
dren stepped to the alter at
Route, Austria.
The bridegroom, Daniel Fal-
ger, was sixty-two; the blush
ing bride, Hevwig Poeschl,
sixty-eight.
He brought twenty-one chill
dren into the family and she
contributed "only sixteen"
The whole town helped to
celebrate this record-breaking
marriage.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
lean Las Sefioras!

Las senoras cnta casi siempre haan estrendas.
Los dolores terrbes del parto casi sepre prmero
retortones.
Todas sabemos tai esado las purgas mas PELI
GROSO
La mujer cina debe tener esoagO al corriene de
anemanO antes del alumbramiento, sin omar
purgas
Tengase los ntestnos mpios acvando la secretion del
hfgado
La HEPALINA purga, acva las secrecones intest
males mantene operaciones corrente TnOesta al
guna nj sombra de peligro para las enbarazadas.
TOME SIENPRE LA HEPALINA que, sin darle sufrimi-
ento lie quita e De las aImaciaS
Dd CORPORATION Tenn E. u dc Al Hasans
D. f..
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
La Coma FEDERAL no tlene rival
Representatives.: sues. de l. NLLAML. q Gu.

dias despues de efectuada la subasta
La administration Sc reserva el tlere.
cho de rechazar cualquier o todas las
proposi.iones, y el de adjudicar el con-
trato bajo otras consideraciones que
las de lrecio solamente,
GUILLERMo EsTEvEs
CoMIsIoNADo
Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
ANUNcIo DE sUBAsTA

PRo2OSICIONES en- pliegos cerra-
dos PARA la adjudication en- publica
subasta ae las siguientes obras Sc ad-
mitiran en- esta oficina hasta las 200
P. M. del dia "a de noviembre, 1924,
en- que Sc abriran publicamente:
Eoificio de hormigon para Corte
de Disi1ito en- Humacao, presupuesto
sac, ,97o.67.
q Escuela de hormigon de un sa-
Ion en- el Barrio "Santa Rosa y de
Utuado, presnpuesto S2,25o.72.
-Escuela de MADEIRA de un salon
en- ell Barrio ''Santa Rosa de Utuado'
prcsupaesto, 81 ,464.O9.
Tod,s los datos necesarios Sc daran
en- la olicina del ArQuitecto donde Sc
encuentran de manifesto los documen-
tos que han de regir en- ell contrato, y
podran los licitadores recoger los pla-
nos modelos de proposieiones que han
de plesentar, mediante .un deposito de
DIEz roLAREs (S1Oo0) por cada uno
de los proyectos precitados, que seran
reembolsados al ser devueltos dichos
docrmentos en- ell plazotde veinte (20)
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
LOS ESTADos UNIDoS CONST1
TUIRAN 8 RUCERos LIGERos

WASHINGTON, nov. II Omitted
Press) POGO despues de haber confe-
renciado extensamente con Ell Presi-
dente Coolidge, ell Senador Hale decla-
r6 que ell Presidente habia autorizado
la construction de cruceros hgeros
~ La reconstruction de seis barcos de
guerra que quemaran petroleo en- vez
de carbon
! Ell senador Hale presentara este pro-
yecto para su aprobaci6n en- la pro-
xima reunion del Congreso.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
CoNTINUAN LOS DIsTURBIos EN-
BESARABIA

/ BUKAREsT, nov. II UNITED
Press) .-Segln los lltimos despachos
negados esta ciudad procedentess de
Besarabia, varios contingencies de sol
dados bolcheviaues atacaron dos .pe-
quefias poblaciones dedicandosee al pi-
llaje.
Estos mismos discipulos de La Re-
piblica Roja trataron de hacer volar
un tren con dinamita no habiendo To-
grado su intento. Sc esta hacienda
propaganda en- contra de la ocupacion
rumana.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
VARIAS

que 10 que LA ALBANIA ha dicho
10 sabe el pals efitero.
Esperemos, compaiiero
10 que dice Federico,
Que ST en- esta nos dan .mico
ha de servir de escar miento,
por 81 repiten Ell cuento
DE ToDo PoR PUERTO RICO.
v. V.
Cayey, P. r.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
coNsIDERAcIoNEs sOBRE LA
EvoLUCIoN MUSICAL 81.

En- el articulo que bajo el anterior
rubro pubIicamos en- lnuestra ultima
edicion dominica, Sc deslzaron algu-
mas erratas, que subsanamos hoy gus
tosamente. M
En- el primer parrafo Sc estampa La
palabra concretacion' Ell vez de
concreclon''. que es la que figura
eli el texto original
Ell cuarto parrafo aparece trunco.
Reproducimoslo subrayando las fra
ses omitidas:
( ''En efecto; despues de los griegos,
que circunscribieron la musica a las
exigencias de la poesia y que daban
al vocablo miisica una signifcacion
tan amplia v ambigua que abarcaba
las diversas artes; despues de los grie
gos, pueblo eminentemente artista,
"aunque desconocedor de La Harmo-
MIA, observamos un relative estanca-
miento'', hasta la aparicion, en- los 81
CLOS TX, K XII de algunos ilustres
monies benedictinos que trabaJaron
por ell progreso de la musica, dentro
del campo ecclesiastical, destacandose
entire estos reLgiosos, los monies
Hucbaldo Guido de Arezzo, quie-
nes tambien SO atribuyen ciertas re-
formas en- nuestra grafica musical
Mas adelante Sc realiza una nueva
amputaci6n. Ell original expresa:
les, pues, innegable que la apari--
ci6n de aquellos artistas portorrique-
nos vino dar un gran impulse a La
evoluci6n pianistica, habiendo, con Ia
implantaci6n de un metodo superior
de ensenanza, logrado despertar ell en-
tusiasno la admiration "hacia
aquellas grandes fguras del arte, y
por ende. la literature genu1na
del piano que es muy prolifica. y
abarca un horizonte amplisimo. Los
incisos suprimidos quedan, como ante
riomente, surayados.
En- ell pentltimo pacrafn Sc estam-
pa ''anhe1amos'' por ''Anheiantes
Acaso Sc haya escapado algt.n otro
lpequeno error que Ell buen sentldos gel
lector Sc servira subsauar.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
DE AcTUAL1DAD

Yo nunca pude Greer
al ibaro tan despierto,
y comprendi que es bien cierto,
oyendo a varios, aver.
Uno de nombre Miguel,
iba dioiendole a Cleo:
-Muy pronto veremos chico
81 era verdad era chanza,
ESQ que decia LA ALBANIA,
DE ToDo PoR PUERTO RICO.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12

El Alcalde electo nuevamente, el Sc
nor Ramon Afieses Morell, despues de
la titanica lucha electoral Sc muestra
muy sstisfecho con ell triunfo de los
uniomstas Y republicanos contra los
puros. socialistas Sc propone cele-
brar ell triunfo proximamente con una
grandiosa manifestation
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12

Ell teatro Star, al igual que los
aliancistas, triunfo el martes pasado
como triunfa siempre, viendose
lleno de espectadores presen-
tando programs variados. Los vier-
nes escolares Sc We Ell ''Star'', de bo-
te Ell bote de niiios que pasan hor2s
fehces frente a Ia pantalla.
Oscar VALE,
Corresponsal.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
FLORES NATURALEs

5Quiere I'd. conseguir hermosos bou-
quets9 Bonitas Coronas y otros traba-
Jos artfsticos en- flores naturales. Lila
me al telefono 300 Ssnturce. (Stop %
Martin Pena serA stendido por La
Sra Parn aE
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12

,-Ahora, que esta caliente
ese gran triunfo aiancista,
que barrio los sociaEstas,
los "sjumbos'' y disidencias;
Seria bueno que esa gente
nos fuera dando algdn pico;
Pues asi es que yo me explico
siempre que la veo escrita,
esa Erase tan bonita,
DE ToDo PoR PUERTO RICO.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
DEsDE AGUADILLA


Pasaron las elecciones Y ha vnelto
a reinar ell este pueblo la calma y
la tranquilidad .acostumbrada.
Los aliancistas triunfantes Sc rego-
cijan de la victoria todas las no
chas rrcorren las Gales de la ciudad
con una banda de nliisica que toca a
mfrcaa fdnebre, velas encendidas a
estilo DE- roeativas. " veces de ro-
dillas por Ia plaza pdblica colebran
el entisrro del elefante.
L2s puros s-socialistas Sc reunen en-
pequenos grupos Sc lamentan de los
atropellos, rregularidades. parciali-
dad etc etc. que segtin ellos hubo
en- las eIecciones del dia 4. Cuentan
entire ellos los episodios 1funestos Que
sucedieron durante la votaci6n, de
10 descartados que estaban los obser
vadores en- todos los colegios. Y Sc
aaigen. Y protestan.
Los triunfantes dicen que todo es-
to es ell "aleteo'' de la derrota. va
que, las elecciones Sc llevaron a cabo
dentro de toda la legalidad Que la po
licia cumpli6 con su deber. Que las
demas autoridades cumplieron con s,ls
respectivos deberes, y que en- fin, to-
do el mundo cumplo con SUI deber.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12

Aguadilla Sc prepare para La Asam-
blea General de Profesores que Sc ce
lebrara aqui hacia la segunda quin-
cena del mes de diciembre. Existe mu
cho entusiasmo, por 10 que deducimos
que Ell festival resultara esplendido.
Esperemoslo.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12

Ell PTEITo ELECTORAL ENTABLA
DO PoR LOS REPUBLIcANos CON
IRA Ell MUNIcIPIo DE SAN JUAN
yUELvE A. OAR sENALEs DE VIDA
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12

Y Cleo que no es muy lerdo
ccntesta:
dime muchacho;
con la barrida del "Jacho''
Stendre mas, menos sueldo?....
Els muy bonito ese acuerdo
de unir al pobre v al rico;
pero creo que Don Perico -
sentado a su buena mesa,
no recuerda tai promesa
DE ToDo PoR PUERTO RICO.
Entonces dice un tercero:
-Dejese usted tai capricho,
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12


Ell dia 20 del actual Sc celebrara an
te ell Tribunal Supreme la vista de Ia
apalaclon del 'pleito seguido por los re-
publieanosaen contra del mundcipio de
San Jaan. s. ~
Parece que aunque pudiera ser aca-
demica ia rcsoluci6n del referido case
en- su tondo, sin embargo la importan-
tie crantia de las costas envneltas en- el
litigio laee que este asunto no haya
perdide toda su efectividad.
acknowledgements, los. demandados que
fuercn. condenados en- costas, las cuales
garantjzaron mediante una fianza, sos
tcndran. SUI spretendido dereeho2 todo
trance.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12
GoB1ERNo DE PUERTO RICO
DEPARTAMENTo DEL INTERIOR
Noviembre 1. 1924.

oFIc1NA DEL coM1sIoNADo
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12

Hoy es que Sc ha sabido a ciencia
cierta en- esta ciudad de que los pu-
ros triunfaron en- ell municipio de San
Juan. AL principle, la noticia cay6 CO
mo una bomba nadie podia creerlo.
Los peri6dicos de san Juan eran lei
dos con ansiedad todos ellos deja-
ban semhrada la duda Q incertidum-
bre.
Ell MUNDO fu6 el primero en- dar
los detalles claros y explicitos, soste-
niendose siempre en- ell sitio de prefe-
rencia como Ell primer diario de infor-
macion general en- la isIa.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-11-12

Sc VENDE PAPEL VIEJO
A $1.50 QUINTAL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-24
Looking Down On . River of Ink" Waters
Turned Jet Observation-Disclosures

sers and steam wells Not far from
the site of these man-made wonders
is great petrified forest. Ages ago.
according to mans calendar, there
was a terrific eruption of the VOL
canoes. and when the fires retreat ed
into those great flaming throats
a luxurious forest lay buried beneath
a blanket of ash. Time completed
the miracle and today the world in
herits the Masterpiece forest
turned to stone.
While there may be rivers of ink"
there are also streams whose beds
are snow-white. Hot springs also
abound, their bottoms, too. a. daz-
zling white. These conditions are
due to the fact that the streams OF
the valley carry tremendous quaint
ties of salts in solution which, when
deposited on the beds of the brooks
and springs, coat them with pure
white carpets.
The region is also famous for its
quicksilver mines. large quantities of
sulphide of mercury having resulted
from the same reactions in natures
chemical laboratory there, which
have given to the springs their in
teresting character. Indeed, DR.. Day
found that the formation of cinnabar
a sulphide of mercury, is actually
proceeding there now and at such a
rate that an iron plate embedded in
a favorable location will be coated an
eighth of an inch thick with this
brilliant red mineral in a few days.
Another interesting article manu-
featured by the volcanoes in ancient
times was material that is known
to biologists and physicists as OBJ
sldian, but when reduced to plain,
ordinary English, is really black
glass. About 100000. years ago Alex
ander Valleys craters spouted so
much of this material over the land
scape that it literally coated some of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-24
Uses of Baobab Tree.

AN African tree of the mallow
I y family is the gigantic baobab,
sometimes called the monkey bread
tree. The trunk often attains a di-
ameter of 40 feet and frequently
serves as a natural cistern, retaining
rain water in large quantities in a
cavity formed at the top of the
broad trunk.
Taking the hint thus afforded by
nature, the Arabs hollow out the
huge baobabs and fill them with water
during the prevalence of rains. These
cisterns are in many cases 20 feet in
height and or 10 feet in diameter
and hold many gallons of water.
The leaves of the baobab, which do
not appear in the dry season. are
large and palmlike. The flowers re-
semble the white poppy, having
snowy petals and violet-colored sta
mems.
The fruit is large. of a melon shape
and contains numerous seeds about
the size of peas. These seeds are
closely packed in a pulp, which is
said to taste like gingerbread. with
d pleasant acid favor, and is highly
priced by the natives.
The wood of the baobab is light and
soft, and the roots are of extraordi-
nary length. The tree, one of the
largest known, is a native of western
Africa, but is found in Abyssinia, and
has also been cultivated in many of
the warmer parts of the world.