Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-29


Commodore Vanderbilt 10 in court ex
planning his late issue Of 80 per cent. d,vi
dend to the New York Central stockhold>
ere. The Commodore is rather too Guns
n,ng for the lawyers. THUS far thou shalt
90 and ne further" 10 the amount Of his
answers when they try to corner him. II.
is ready enough to get up "corners" in
Wall strest, and get other people into
them, but when others try to get up . cor
ner for him, aud try to crowd him ia. h.
kicks And whc nv anderbiit kicks, II ism,
{, m or,able 10 be within reach. Tie law
yers have as yet got very Little ont Of him
very liule III the way Of disclo-l es-but
he has made somc general statements taa
are inter, sung, as showing thu character Of
the nan they come from. HIS secret OF
success is economy. lie says: AT can
not use the c.pital o. that road (Nsw York
ccutral1 Tor pretty nigh 81 o00. geo better
than any one that has ever been in it. then
| do not want to be IN the road " "If you
YOU have been running IA road, and you
>p.r d nine or ten millions to iun it, If |
can't do 1t FOR eight. and do It as we'll, |
am ready to 30 from the road Thu; has
been my principle with steamships.
utNCi uaN VI AuNOOhy III
running steamships; but il could not
run steamship alongside Of another man,
and do It a. well as he, for 20 per cent. less
than It costs him, | would leave the ship ="
Five or six millions are . mere bsga,elle to
the Commodore. lie regards the Harlem
road ~ "slnall thing, with little capital
Of only about Sc ,0OO. 900" This little bag
atells he carries about in his vest pocket
Il use the Harlem road just ~ though il
belonged 10 me-" Just so il you want
the Commodore help is any thing, you
must give him his own way entirely. For
. Wall street man, he has queer opinion
Of Wall street. Asked why the intention
of the dir, ctors TO issue dividend cer:if
Gates was not made known to the public,
he exclaimed. "Mads known to the pub
lie! Made known to . gang Of thieves and
robbers in Wall street, That 10 the reas-
on" He threatsnsd to do the same thing
with the Harlem and Hudson River roads
that he did with the Central, A. seen ~
they are in condition to stand it. Aud no
doubt he will keep his word. Whatever
slss be may do, be always does that HE
Il he takes . notion, one Of these days, to
tU>u0 6V pOI Se0t. OxSf8 otVCA III IloTicU
and Hudson River. nobody can complain
Of flank movement. He has given fair
notice that be means to do it..
SHALL POx.-From extended and close
observation, the felosing general dsduc-
,ions seem 10 be warranted:
l. Iniantiie vaccua' len 10 an almsst
perfect safeguard, until the fourteenth
year.
.. A. the beginning Of fourteen. tbs
system gradually loses its capabilitv Of re.
sistancs until about twensy-ons, when
many persons become almost - liable to
email pox, ~ il they had not been vaccln
| A,ed.
B. The liability remsins in full force IN
III about forty two, when the susceptibility
begins to decline aud continues for seven
years TO grow less and less, becoming ex
tinct st about fifty, the period Of life when
the general revolution Of the body begins &c
take place, durin: which the system Weld.
10 decay, or takes . new lease Of life, T.,
Two or three terms Of six years each.
4. The great practical use to be made o
these statements is-iet every youth be re
vsceinated At the age Of fourteen. Let sev
sral attempts be made, SO a. to DO csrtai,
Of safety. As the malady 10 more liable I,
prevail in cities during winter. specia
attention 10 invited to the subject at thi
time Halls journal Of Health.