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ANNUAL ARMY OF SPONGERS
TREATENS FAMOUS HOSPICE
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HOSPITALITY OF SWISS MONAS
TERY EXTENDED TO TRAVEL
ERS—OF 20,000 VISITORS H ARD
LY ENOUGH MONEY IK GIVEN
TO FEED 1000
Geneva, October 25—(Special.)—The
Grand St Bernard Hospice, probably
the most famous institution of its Kind
in the whole world, is iipimmlnent dan
ger of being wiped out of existence by
an annual army of seme 20.000 "spong
ers." Situated in the wildest and most
,;lsui.i!f parts of the Swiss Alps, more
than X,000 feet above sea level, it is one
of the few places known to man where
It Is still possible to get something for
nothing. Unfortunately for its financial
stability, the majority of the well to do
guests who stop under its hospitable
roof are only too willing to take the
fullest advantage of the fact.
The traveler is received there with
hospitality as generous as it is disin-.
teresled; no charge whatever is made
for either food or lodging, and the only
request is that the key be left In th
chamber door on leaving.
The unselfish and generous hospit..
ity of the Aueustlnlan friars Is ill-r
warded. Throughout 10 centuri
their early Christian spirit has bei
kept pure and in their devotion to
noble aim these strange monks ha\
kept free from the pollution of monej
Times have changed, however, even 1
the monks have not. and it is now cer
tain that the Grnnd St. Bernard Hos
pice Is on the brink of catastrophe.
Tourists, look'ng for free meals and
rooms may put the place out of bus
Tness.
For several years past more than 20,
000 tourists have visited the hospice an
nually. Many of these sleep is the
house eating two or three meals. In
stead of leaving behind in the chapel
offering box at least enough to pay lor
their food—for no direct charge is
made—without profit, the total contri
butions of this modern horde of sight
seers is scarcely enough to feed 1000
Nobody Loves
a Skinny Man
And Why Be Skinny When Protone,
the Famous Flesh Builder, Will
Aid Yon Gain 30 Fonnds
in 30 Bays?
00 Cent Package Sent FREE.
Both men and women feel the piti
ful glance, the humiliation of neglect,
that comes with skinny forms, scrawny
meek, clothes that hang like sacks on
racks.
Sh*«—‘Why, Harry , you certainly look
•Inc.”
He—“I took your advice about Pro
tone.”
•
Protone is a real relief from skinni
ness. A real aid to tne bony that helps
it build itself. Its best recommenda
tion Is that it is a big success. Every
town knows Protone. All druggists
sell it at $1.00 a box and we will cend
you a free 50-cent package to prove
to you that Protone's praise is true.
It enriches the blood, turns food into
flesh lasting tissue.
Thirty pounds in thirty nays is not
an extraordinary gain for thin, skinny
folks to make.
The regular $1.00 size of Protone is
for sale by all druggists, or will be
mailed direct, upon receipt of price.
A guarantee goes in every package.
Your money back if not satisfied. The
new Protone justifies ub. from now on,
in making this 'guarantee.
The Protone Company, 5265 Protone
Bldg.. Detroit, Michigan, will send to
any one a free 50c package of Protone,
if they will enclose 10c in stamps or
silver to help cover postage. They
will also send it with full instruc
tions and their book on “Why You Are
Thin."
The regular $1.00 size of Protone is
for sale in Birmingham at Adams Drug
Co., 1901 2d avenue; Collier Drug Co.,
109 N. 20th street; Dewberry Drug Co.,
2031 2d avenue; Norton's Drug Store.
1930 2d avenue; John L. Parker, 1929
1st avenue; Patton-I’ope Drug Co., 300
N. 20th street; Gunn Drug Co., 3d ave
nue and 20th street; Eugene Jacobs’
Drug Store, 1904 2d avenue.
No free boxes from druggists.
Low Round Trip
Fares
Mobile and Return $8.35
‘ Tickets on sale November 18
and 19, limited to return Novem
ber 25.
New Orleans and Return
! $10.90
Tickets on sale November 1-2
3, limited to return November
11. Also rn sale November 8 9
10-11, limited to 19th .with ex
tension.
Lexington, Fy., and Re
turn $12 2$
Tickets on sale November 14 IS
1"-1fi-17, limited to return No- B
vernier 25.
Round Triu TrTiriter Tour
ist TicVets
On Bale daily November 1 to
\pril 30, and limited to June 1.
1914. with very liberal stop-over
-».t following rntr»:
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| *>rmlrtc. N.' M.957.00
II02.v. ell, W. M.948.85
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Rmumort, Texaa .927.20
riron’Dt'vHIr, Texna ...... .941.45
fiirnna Ch lMli Texaa .9*18.40
j Texna .f'-7.20
FI I'ria ». Texna .952 *5 §
FI. W rtb, Texna .> 7 0
Onlvekfo , Texna ..
!T;na1 n. Texna . .927.20
I I'ee'-a, Texas . .948.20
I’nrl Arthur, Texna .......92MJMI
il«.ek-‘ort, irsio ,9.18.80
j San \i ttri'o, Texaa ...... .915 75
t lV*'PO. T« \:ia ,927.26
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The above illustration shows Ikujiro
Tamura, champion billiardist of Japan,
who has defeated some of the best cut
^artists. He is now in the United States
playing matches.
of the 20.000.
I asked a priest, recently, whether or
not it might be necessary to modify this
hospitality.
"Not yet!” he replied, sigiply.
Food does not grow in the snow but
has to be carried up at considerable ex
pense from the Italian valleys below
and when a tour'st does not pay some
one else must.
“You know, I think I will go up and
spend a week at the hospice—it doe.s
not cost anything,” said a woman to
me at Lake Champex, a dellghjful re
sort above Orsiefes.
She was plainly disappointed when I
told her the place was only a halt on
the Alpine Pass from Italy to Switzer
land, and was open for one night only
to travelers.
"How unfortunate!” she exclaimed.
While at the hospice, on a late occa
sion, some French tourists arrived in
the afternoon.
•runic nuuf v tailors
"R'ng for some tea, Luelen," said one.
When told that tea, being an Innova
tion on the continent, was not served at
the hospice, they demanded to know
what the place was run for, anyway.
The monks have become used to this
class of tourist and after greeting them
and seeing to their immediate comfort
they disappear beiiinu iron gratings
and the meals are served b • domestics.
For those whq wls.i to get a glimpse
of how life might have been lived far
hack In the past, a visit to this strange
place is well worth while. Visitors
traveling from the north to Italy can
break their joi rney by stopping at Mar
tigny. In the Rhone valley, and In mid
summer visit the hospice by diligence,
for there is a good carriage toad when
the snow melts.
There is an electric line as far as
Orsieres, but it is abvlsable to sleep at
Martlgny, taking the flrst train In the
morning, for the generous spirit of the
St. Bernard monks apparently has not
affected the Orsieres hotel keepers.
From Orsieres one may take the mall
diligence which is extremely cheap or
else proceed on foot, sending the lug
gage forward by post. The parcel post
system In Switzerland la far superior
to that in America, Kngland or France.
It Is a strange life these Augustin
fan monks lead. Sixteen years they
spend In this desolate spot— that is If
their health does not break down under
the strain— sixteen years of continu
ous study and in the service of man
kind. Here one sees a Christianity as
simple as It was 10 centuries ago.
Be'ng great Alpinists the monks ren
der signal service to hundreds of poor
devils who cross the Alpine Fass on
foot peddling, looking for work, or re
treating homeward without money or
friends. Throughout the winter, scouts
with dogs, nre continually on the look
out, and no one knows, consequently,
how many lives have been saved. For
HI centuries this disinterested servloe
of mankind has continued, in return for
which the only request is that on leav
ing the wayfarer, "Leave the key in the
door." On leaving one sees nobody, un
'ess the service of a scout Is asked for
-O point out the way.
At the Grand St. Bernard Hospice,
there are no tracts, no bulletins an
nouncing services, no Interference. All
this is to be swamped by the 20,000
tourists who arrive each year and who
sleep and eat at the monks' expense
without any thought, of the hospices
dwindling funds.
Jo Build Canal Across Russia
In spite of the violent rearrangement
of the map of the Balkan peninsula, Con
stantinople still remains In the hands of
Turkey and Russia seems as far as ever
from the realization of the dream of Peter
the Great to gain possession of the key
to the Bla#k sea. Nevertheless, the Black
sea Is inevitably about to become the cen
ter of an extensive Industrial development
in which Russia will have a large share,
since Turkey has conceded to Russia the
exclusive rights to the construction of
lallroads in grain Helds in the interior of
Russia and a canal Is to be constructed
connecting the Baltic sea on the north
with the Black sea on the south, a dis
tance of about 1300 miles. It has not yet
been settled whether this Is to he a ship
canal or a barge canal, says the Indepen
dent. A private company has offered to
construct a canal i%r vessels drawing 14
feet of water, but the plan of the Russian
government IS more modest and provides
merely for a barge canal of six-foot depth
which will accommodate vessels 210. feet
long and 42 feet wide. The cost is esti
mated at $150,000,000, but this will be more
than reimbursed by the utilization of tno
hydi o-electrlc power developed by dam*
m ng up the rapids which have hitherto
interfered with the navigation of the two
rivers.
Nature has already given a good start
to the project, for the Dnieper, which
runs south, and the Dvina, which runs
north, are within (10 miles of each other
at Vltabsk and Orsha When the Rlgn
Kherson canal Is completed, as It Is likely
to be with'n the next five years, the 20,000.
000 of people In the provinces traversed
will be provided with cheap transportation
north and pouth and electric power for
manufactories.
Ent the Shells
A teaspoonful of chloride of calcium,
three times a dav. dissolved !n water, is
beithful and nourishing, according to the
i German *profe«sors, Plmerleh and I^ow,
i Dime. If taken In slight quantles as food
| they contend. Is a preventive and a cur''
of many physical Ills which now afflict
I humanity. Increasing the vitality of the
I organism, protecting It from harmful mi
crobes, and curing Inflammatory aftec**
tlons. says the New York Press.
Instead of throwing away the shells
when one cats eggs It would bo better to
eat the shells and discard the yoke and
white, according to the personal view of
these professors.
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11 MILLINERY
COATS
\
SUITS
NECK WEAR
rl
HOSIERY
An Authentic and Varied Assortment of
Suits, Dresses, Costumes, Wraps and Millinery,
Showing the Styles That Are Prevalent in
the Realms of Fashion Awaits Your Shopping
Tour Thru The Parisian.-:
v
» I
Many generous Price .Reductions are i
Quoted Here That Should be Intense
ly Interesting to Mohday Shoppers.
Three Extraordinary Dress' Offerings
FIRST
A special lot of Tailored Dresses,
in serge, channeuse and messa
J litie, all new models and shades;
\ j>9.95 values, d?/I
priced at .
SECOND
Fancy models in Crepe de Chine,
Eolian and Crepe Media Dresses,
all new 1913 creations; actual val
ue $19.95; priced QC
Monday at.
THIRD
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Beautiful Dresses in all the new
draped skirt effects, prettily
trimmed with dainty lace, all new
materials; $24.95 ,4
values, at .. w
This is the greatest assortment of Coat Suits that has
ever come to tis. They would actually cost $35.00 or
more elsewhere, hut we bought them direct for a spot
cash consideration, at a big discount. They are ex
clusive models, no two alike, and represent the snap
piest styles for the wii
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Coat Suits
i '
Saturday we received a new shipment of beautiful Coat Suits, In cuta
way effects, with the latest draped sldrts, all popular shades come in
the lot and we call special attention to mahogany and Copenhagen, >
so much in demand right now. These are regular $22.50 d»-| Jk
values; priced for Monday's.selling at .........(PItii/D f
A magnificent assortment also of the.very newest styles of <J»-| Q Qp»
Coat Suits; very fine qualities in every new color. Priced <pX«/««/9
Special at $12.95
A beautiful imitation Persian Lamb
Coat, trimmed with electric seal, lined
with guaranteed Skinner satin. This
Coat is easily worth $20; d*i O QC
priced for Monday at
SportCoats
We have a magnificent assortment of
these popular garments in every wanted
:*olor and material; regular $12.95 Goats;
special for ^7
Monday at... <P I -c/O
I
pall Millnery
On our first floor and balcony are hundreds of bewitching new styles
that will delight you and you will be more pleased when you see how
modestly they are priced. We've an exceptionally clever line of un
trimmed shapes and the latest In trimmings. We can satisfy you
easily and at your Own price
At 912.05 Monday we have an assortment where values run do $20.
Velvets and plushes, handsome trimmings of aigrets, laces, ribbons,
stlek-ups and ostrich novelties. Copies of French adaptations and
other accepted creations
At 97.05 Monday our offering Includes values as high as $16.00. Beau
tiful effects, all of them. Many copies of foreign pattern hats are
In this lot.
At 94.05 we reign supreme as to quality and style. We have imitators
at this price, but none have equalled us. Ask to see “The Parisian
$4.95." You’ll find values as high as $12.50, and a bountiful assort
ment to choose from.
Klegant quality silk velvet hats, priced special for d*-| QQ
Monday, at .77...
I Neckwear
Beautiful and dainty neck pieces
are displayed on our first floor at
| exceptionally low prices. Ruch
U ings and nets, fichues and collars,
■ In dainty lace, all priced below
,2 their value, at $2.49 and up to
H $4.95. We show a splendid asl
M sortment of Maraban ruffs.
Hosiery
We are agetg to rthe famous
“Niagara Maid" silk hosiery. We |
show a splendid value at 35c or |
3 for $1.00. An exceptional qual
ity at 49c, all the wanted colors j
in silk at 98c and on up) to a
real $2 value Italian silk,
News for Monday from the Second Floor Annex 1
Our Blouse Section
We make special mention of a beautiful Hue of
Blouses; made of white crepe de chine, embroid
ered in blue and gold, lined with net. (PQ Qr
An exceptional value at^ .
Blouses In white, brocaded crepe de chine with
frill of net down the front and around the neck.
A beautiful creation and QC
rare values for ....
Blouses in mahogany chiffon and white net,
trimmed with small heads;
extraordinary values at ...
The largest and most complete showing of Blouses
In shadow laces and nets in Birmingham. A
3plendid value at every price. (PO QQ
Upwards from .. • • •
New Skirts
We are congratulating ourselves on securing the
entire sample Hue of 3kirts used by one of the
largest manufacturers east. The lot consists of
plaids, checks, stripeB and plain materials, in all
the new draped effects. (j»q QO
Priced upward from .. «P0»«/O
"‘Oh! what a beautiful line of Children's Coats” B
—we hear that every day from pleased customers, ■
and we are just conceited enough to know It is H
true. 100 Coats, in velvet, plush, astrukan and 8
novelty cloths go on sale Monday and at every ■
price you will find a splendid bargain.
Children’s sizes 2 to 6 H
Misses’ sizes 6 to 14
We call special attention to Al qi» >3
aur values at ..". ;5
Petticoats |
Positively wonderful is our display of Petti- 8
coats. We mention here the Jersey top skirts in M
both “Klosfit” and drawstring style; also inessa- p
lines in mahogany, emerald, Amerieau beauty, 8
golden brown, Copenhagen, navy and black; also §
a beautiful lino of crepe de chines anil embroid 8!
ered messaltnes. All marked at extremely nioder- g
ate prices. Let us match a petticoat to your new »
fal suit. *
Beautiful Black Broadcloth Skirts at $9.95 I
A great showing of sample Hats
for children, priced special, at
1 $1.98
Get one of those new, soft felt
French Hats. We have them in I
all colors, at I ■
98c
CHLOROFORM ADMINISTERED
WITH ASTOUNDING RESULTS
LEAVES WERE NOT RESPONSIVE
TO TOUCH OF HAND WHEN
UNDER INFLUENCE OF AN
AESTHETIC—BELIEVE VEGE
TABLES FEEL PAIN
It la now generally recognized that
there la no eaaentlal difference between
the evidences of life In the plant and in
the animal: there has never yet been
any satisfactory chemical distinction
which clearly separates the proto
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Your Liver
is Clogged up
IMALL FILL SMALL DOSE. SMALL FtlCt
Genuine B»utbw> Signature
plasm of tlie two types. One can offer
no reason why the vital matter in the
plant should not be capable of per
forming that which It is seen to ac
complish In the animal. Small wonder
then that Dr. Francis D^wln and oth
ers should discuss the question of plant
consciousness and seek for signs of
memory In the vegetable being. Cer
tainly the so-called "sleep movements"
In the bean. In connection with which
some elaborate experiments have been
carried out, appear to show that the
plant has, to an extent, the ability to
remember. In this case It would appear
•hat the falling of the light In the
evening gives the signal for the droop
ing of the leaflets: it Is found however
that a bean plant which has been kept
In ths dark for a few days will con
tinue to expand and close Its leaflets
ta about the hours of sunset and sun
rise. As Dr. Darwin had pointed out, wo
can certainly feel that the protoplusm
In tile cells rpmerabere that movements
are carried out at certain time and
these proceed even though the original
stimulus is wanting, says the Scientific
American.
Another vary Interesting problem In
oonnoetlon with vegetable life Is em
bodied In the question: Can a plant feel
patn? Now, although pain Is a word
with a definite meaning to human be
ings, It probably hue a very wide ap
plication, An Injury which would cause
a man the ost acute agony will bring
only a small discomfort to a jelly fish:
In the same way the word pain, when
used In connsetlon with a plant, can
scarcely Involve suffering In the* sense
In which the term Is generully em
ployed, Nevertheless, there Is small
doubt that planta do feel pain- to the
extent of making them ehow roll algna
of discomfort. A few months ngo the
writer had the opportunity of wit
nessing some very Interesting experi
ments with a sensitive plant to demon
strate the extent to which the speci
men might be said to feel pair).
The example chosen was a young and
vigorous plant of Mimosa podira. Ol
course, the degree of senstlveness is
at Its height when the leaves are In
the most actively growing condition
The foliage was extremely responsive
to cold air and the slightest touch,
closing Its leaflets and dropping Its
stalks with great promptitude. It was
She Darkened Her
Gray Hair
A Kamifl City I.ndj Harkened Her
Gray Hair and Stimulated Its
Growth by xt Simple
Home Process
-,—.
She Tells How Site Did It
A wall known resident of Kansan
City, Mo., who darkened her gray hair
by a simple home process. made the
following statement: “Any lady or
gentleman can darken their gray or
fad$d hair, stimulate its growth and
make it soft and glossy with this sim
ple recipe, which they car\ mix at home.
To half pint of water add 1 07. of bay
rum, 1 small box of Bnrbo Compound
and Vi os. of glycerine. These ingre
dients can be purchased at any drug
store at very llttlo coat. Apply to the
hair every other day until the gray hair
darkened sufficiently, then every
two weeks. This mixture relieves sealn
troubles and is excellent for dandruff
and falling hair. It does not stain the
scalp, Is not sticky or greasy and does
not rub off. It will make a gray haired
person look 10 to SO years yoiAger."
1
decided to try the Influence of a flame
upon the sensitive leaf
A piece of wadding saturated with spirit
was set alight, and the flame was passed
rapidly under a well-developed leaf. The
organ could not have received more than
a whiff of hot air, yet it gave very
clear signs by the movements of its leaf
lets that a sensation, which we may call
discomfort, hud been produced. In the
next experiment the flame was allowed
for a fraction of a second to to touch the
tip of one of the leaflets. The outcome
was astonishing; the whole leaf shrink
as if It had experienced the most ncute
pain.
it was now decided to administer an
anaesthetic to the sensitive plant. For
a long time it has been known that the
mimosas are markedly affected by the
vapors of administering the anaesthetic is
on# the following lines. The pot in which .
the plant is growing is buried in hay |
or some such substance. A large glass
shade is then procured, which can be
placed over the specimen. A good-sized
piece of wadding is well soaked with the
chloroform, or whatever the anaethetio
may be; this is placed by the plant, and
the whole is enveloped In the shade. Aft
er an Interval of half an hour it is to be
noticed that the foliage of the sensitive
plant begins to droop. The leaflets
gradually close together, and finally the
whole plant passes into a sleeping condi
tioif. even more profound than that'which
normally occurs when the light begins to
fall. That the sensitive plant is “un
conscious ' there is the very best reason
for believing, seeing that it quite fails to
respond to any touch.
A more sever* test still was the placing
of the lighted wadding under one of the
eaves. Here again it was evident that
the ability to feel was quite in a stgte
of suspension, just as completely as when
an individual is under the Irifluence of
an anaesthetic.
There is little doubt that, before long,
we shall have yet further to revise our
views concerning the sensations of plants.
Of course for some time It has been rec- I
organized, for instance, that vegetable tis
sue Is capable .of a response to the stim
uli of light and heat. It has always beep
argued that plants could not feel pain
or discomfort because .they have
nerves. The modern physiologist ask4*
himself th© question, wlm; are nerves?
To this there is only on© answer—modi
fied und highly specialized protoplasm.
We h«iv© seen that the Ufa basis is prac
tically the same in both plant and animal*
and tlier© is no -reason why the proto
plasm in th© plant should not he able to
act an a rudimentary' nervous system. As
we know' the protoplasm Is not confined
to the cells of the plant; tiny strands of
the living matter are able to pass through
the walls, and thus keep up some sort ft*
communication throughout the entity
plant. These threads of protoplasm have
often been spoken of as the nerves of th#
plant. This they are most decidedly, noj
in the ordinary sense of the word. Tliera
Is fclrorg reason for believing that |n
some way they carry out the functions^/
which are usually performed by a herv^
ous system. (
Home Treatment
For Epilepsy or Fits ,
Those who suffer from this Her- ^
VOHS disease, accompanied by Its
sudden attacks of unconsciousness
and convulsions, will be Interested
In knowing that we have author- !
ized the sale of Kosine yeatment for
Epilepsy by Eugent Jacobs’ Drug !
This well-known store has our
authority to Hell Kosine treatment 1
for Epilepsy on the following guar- !
antee: Buy a bottle of Kosine for
91.50. If after using you are not en
tirely satisfied, your money will be
refunded.
We want the most skeptical to try ’ >
; the Kosine treatment on tills guar- ! i
antee, f»r the success of the treat- ! 1
ment during the past ten years both 1
by the laity and profession, haa I
proved the merit of the article 1
A valuable booklet on Epilepsy, I
containing a complete diet, given • I
free by Eugene Jacobs’ Drug Store. - I
1804 Second avenue. , {
Th* Kosine Co.. Washington, 0,0,
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