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The Delta independent., 1903-09-25
THE TURKISH BATH
WESTERN IDEAS SUPERIOR TO
THE ORIGINAL.
Traveller Who Has Undergone the Or
deal in Damascus Says That There
They May Be Genuine, but They
Are Not Agreeable.

About the first real craving that
strikes the unsophisticated American
or Englishman upon his arrival IN
damascus is the desire for Turkish
hath right on the spot where the IA
nous bath was originated, SAID
traveller His next decision is that
New York or London Turkish bath
is about as far ahead of the Damascus
article as mothers pies beat the bak-
er's. In view of. the eastern origin
Of those baths naturally expected to
find something of luxury.
Entering one of the finest baths in
the city, | was at first sight much
pleased with the general appearance
of things. Dog Of Caristian that
was, | entered large open court, IN
the center of which gushed splendid
fountain, while the scene all about was
at first impression ore of an oriental
fairyland All around the fountain on
raised platforms were combination
chair-couches upon which orieT tails
were lolling as only orientals can.
Some were reclining, some rapping,
some slipping coffee. some smoking
tne CLdltibs, anu o44N
was going through the red tape coz
tortlons required by Allah when the
ninety-nine MCslem prayers are CT
fered
"As If to carry out the fairyland idea.
instead of being conducted to private
room, in conformity with the views OF
propriety of the western dog ol an un-
believer, was expected to disrobe be-
fore the miscellaneous audience; also,
before the audience in the street when
ever the door was opened. My clothes
I had to store in a drawer under my
couch. The publicity of the disrobing
act was modified somewhat, however,
by the attendants, who, by the use OF
towels, formed temporary screen. AT
ter this they gave me wooden sandals
with high strips fastened to the soles,
which converted them into sort OF
high stilt. l saw no use for this con-
triyance excepting to further the
chances of breaking my neck. With
these stills on, was taken to the hot
ROOM where there was a temperature
not higher than that of New York city
or a hot summers night. After re-
hhdiHlIS mere sOiue tline lhele was
some slight rubbing an. deal Of leg
pulling and arm Jerking.
Desiring a shower bath, believer
in the true faith aimed a garden hose
at me with such sharp stream. that
had all the shower wanted in
three seconds. Then they wrapped
me in Turkish towel and turbanned
my head for me, and led me to a
couch and bade me rest. l rested,
wishing for en- Lour in my favorits
Turkish bath in New York city, far
from the land of Allah, within earshot
of the clanking trolley car and in a
district over which reigns or,y Shiek
Tim Sullivan.
.'As mere idea Of satisfying curios-
fly nothing cal top the visit to the
Damascu. baths. But, unlike the Turk
ish fig, H. Turkish bath is not at its
best whsa sampled on the spot."-Hy-
gienic CSSette.
The Delta independent., 1903-09-25
LIE IN oLp-TIME CEMETERY.
All in Montana Graveyard Died with
Their Eocts On"

Near Billings, Mont, is an old-time
cemetery which contains but fifty-two
bodies, yet the cemetery is a remark
able one, in that every person buried
there died with Ibis boots on
The graveyard is an old one, and the
memory of IL almost passed from
the memory OF the rising generation.
It is one of the pioreer institutions of
the state. and to the minds Of the old
timers brings many recoilections.
There is not headstone in the GEM
etery; II there were apy they were
wood and have gene the way of all
the world. 1t Is doubtful even wheth-
er ary Of the bodies buried there we're
ercased in collins
Montana was a territory when this
cemetery was started; the originator
of the place was gambler Known
throughout the West as zone. Arm
BILL" who conducted several games in
the little town that at the time oc-
crpied the site near here.
"Ore-Arm BilI' Is believed to have
been the originator of the expression
private graveyard" and it Is certain
Adl ne uiu Hlb DeSL 10 ECTetse tile
population Of his. OF the ffty-two
men buried there oId-timers claim that
more than half were slain by Bill, who
was noted as dead SHOT.
The rest of the occupants Of the lit
tie city of the dead were men who
were killed in brawIs ana by accidents
men who died literally with their
boots on.
The existence OF this old burial
ground had almost been forgotten
until yesterday when human bones
were urearthed by man who was
putting in the foundation for house
he Intended building. A pioneer was
in tie Office when the coroner made
The Delta independent., 1903-09-25
Where Fish Hook. Com. From.

Practically all the best fish hooks
in the world-and nearly SO of all
qualities-are made at Redditch, Eng
land. The annual output is probably
a00,000,C00 hooks-about 10000, 900
per week-rar ging in size from enor-
nous and ferociouslookirg shark
hooks to the tiniest hooks for
very small trout flies, with a
bend" diameter Of about onesix-
teenth OF an inch. thousand of which
Will rot more than fill good.sfzed
thimbie. The price varies as much as
the size, ranging from few pence to
several dollars per thousand.
The Delta independent., 1903-09-25
Delta Camp No. y

Meets second aud fourth Saturdays OF eAc
month in !. .. d. Y. hail john &. Waits. v. q
lse Jacobs. Advisor; c. J. Lippert, banker; d.
SnideIIlAm. Clerk.
The Delta independent., 1903-09-25
M~eI~ilnn pn.t, No. 70. q. a. y.

Meets the second Thursday nf each month II
the hnse house. Tile ofic, as follows:
X. a. Johns II, Commander: =. ". Command
err, W. a. Willie Junior v. T. mmnnder, Henr.
u. Tnbbs QiiarterInas'CT. }. :. Barton Sufgeui
Nm. Maih.rs; .. c., J. Y. whinnery Adm
tant George Bccftley.
The Delta independent., 1903-09-25
A. comrared.

Ethel-what do you thinl Of young
Softhead?
Mae-oh, he reminds me Of a blot.
ting pad.
Ethel-fndeed! What's the answer7
Mae-He bears the impression OF
some good things. but lacks the ability
to make use Of them.
The Delta independent., 1903-09-25
Hopeless Case,

Attcrney-Are you wiling to swear
that the lady is insane?
Physiclar-i am.
Attorncy-on what ground do you
base your opinion?
Physic!an-I asked her age and she
tried to make herself cut five years
older than the records show her to be.
The Delta independent., 1903-09-25
Turrinq the Table,,

mo. Mr. Wooster" said the frigid
rdaid with the imported complexion;
"it can rever be. I'm satisfied
would not make gccd wife for poor
man"
II guess that's the UT aduItcrated
truth" reJoirel the young man who
had been Given tae dizzy whfrI; but
you will undoubtedly make a poor wife
for some good man"
The Delta independent., 1903-09-25
THE GLORIOUS WEST.
SPLENDID POETIC TRIBUTE TO
THE YOUNG GIANT.

"Shamcd by Her TameIess Grandeur,
What Soul could Be Mean and
Poor?--UPheId by Her Lofty cour.
age, What Heart Would Fail to En-
durs.7"
The Delta independent., 1903-09-25
ThelLaroest Tree.

No tree has ever been found larger
than the siciliaR Chestnut of 100
horses" 1t is not less than So4 feet
b circumference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
Alabama Republicans,

While Roosevelts train is speeding through the west, his political advisers. or referees. in Alabama are not idle. They have called for a meeting of re- publicans in Montgomery next month. Object-harmony. laudable one to be sure but not one to which many repub- licans will take very kindly.
 The friends of the President are evil dently going to work at once to whoop him up for the next nomination. It would seem from early a start in the fight on his behalf that not any too much confidence prevails that he will be the next nominee, though the Alabama re- ferees declare no one in the convention will oppose the man who occupies the White House throne.
 Roosevelt has tried to smooth things over in North Carolina by appointing a white man in the place of a negro at Wilson at the request of Senator Pritch- ard. The senator came to Alabama and his coming stirred up the republicans and it Is said was partly responsible for the existing faction now widely known as the lilly whites" But this is poli- ties, and Roosevelt evidently got his thinking apparatus into active play.
 But Alabamians are interested in the Alabama fight The republican party in this state is rupturcd and it is struggling, one faction against the other
 Just how the lilly whites" and the op- ponents of Roosevelt will meet the latest move of the referees can be only a mat ter of conjecture, and their next action will be awaited with interest by the dem ocrats who, while they sometimes have enough troubles of their own to nurse. can find breathing spell to cast a glance over the swiftly shifting scenic effects on the republican stage in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
The Fashionable Complaint.

Tt seems that some enterprising com pany who desires various and sundry per- sons to deposit certain sums for life pro- teetlon has now unique feature, insur- ance against appendicitis" said man in the government building yesterday. A hy-stander asked him to further explain this latest offering of the concern. lie replied by extracting from the thuihp pocket of an immaculate white Vest' clipping from a New York paper. Ihe friend in reading it found what are gwen as two essential things to possess in or der to keep pace with that fiekle some thing called society. The piece reads as follows:
 "There are apparently two things now adays which it is ai N9''H to do in order to kocf ' first is, to own m
 ond to have had ''Nf thought (writes ou --.'- enD that people weie .th 'leF told me some months asu 1Aat there was a new insurance policy against appehul- citis l believe it is at the rate of three shillings and sixpence per 9l0O per an num- You can also insure against small pox-the premium in this case is less; and so on through the catalogue of pos sible diseases l have no objections l am one of those who have great faith in in- surance; it is the one form of seml-com- pulsory saving that l know 1t is my duty as a social chronicler to note the fact that the first insurance against ap- pendicitis was at Lloyds-where they in- sure everything, it has been claimed, and 1t amounts to e2O0."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05

fact. that the Moores purpose to devote the remainder of their days to the devel- opment of Rock Island along large and safe lines The project of consolidating eastern and western interests in the union of Rock Island and Frisco naturally ap- pealed therefore, to Mir Morgan, and harmonized with his policy of conserving the interests of invested capital. In marked contrast Is his recorded opinIoIi that Gates Is not a safe man to be placed in control of any railroad. At the same time MT. Morgan admits that Gates is now a factor to be dealt with. The man ner in which he would deal with the west ern "disturber," inferably is quite another matter.
 "Tln Can" Spectators.
 Wall street does not take up readily with new faces or new forces. There was a time not so very long ago, when it was quite the thing to refer to the Moores as "tin can speculators" and financial ac- cidents" But all that Is only a memory now They have butted their way to suc- cess and shown genius for large under takings, and to Wall street that means everything.
 Remarkable indeed are the careers of these men who have come up out of the west and are today accepted factors in Wall street. IHey are oSdhcli9 oi the class known as "the men who did" W-1- jam H. Moore is now 54 years old. al lis brother 50, although neither looks his age. Whatever worries they have had care has not set it's impress in their faces. Vigorous. alert always smartly clad and well groomed. they impress one at glance as strong. purposeful men in the very prime of life. In 1872 they were struggling young lawyers in Chicago. Each married daughter of the lawyer who gave them start. When he died they succeeded to the business. A keen corporation lawyer, william H.. in 1888, drew up the papers for the consolidation of the baking powder companies. Since then the Moores have been e1nsolidating things right and left.
 First 1t was the Diamond Match com pany. then the American Strawboard. and then New York Biscuit. Everything they
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
: Frisco, which had been selling

for Frisco, which had been selling around S4
 Consolidate and conquer" the accepted axiom in modern railroading, Is at ths bottom of the Rock Island Frisco deal, but that isn't all Each road rounds out the others system. Both together fairly gridiron the west and southwest and fur nish an admirable base for extensions into coveted territory The movement of western freights is now along two lines to the seaboard and to the gulf The system which phys the largest part in this east to west and north to south movement has future whose rewards are immeasureable Such Is the rich prize Tor which the railroad groups in the west and southwest, notably the Rock Island and the Gould systems. are contending The Rock Island Frisco combination Is an important step toward the goal. Nor are the men behind the deal blind for a moment to the prospect of stock profits growing out of if.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
A Unique Charge.

Nicholas Solomon is a negro and he loves music. So fond was he of music that he purchased piano for about $4OO and the instrument is responsible for his being in the county jail. He did not play his way into jail as Bob Taylor fiddled his way to the governorship of Tennessee, but he is charged with burning up the instrument.
 A fire occurred at Solomon's abode at Ensley and the piano was in the way of the flames Solomon was arrested on a charge of burning it up, as he had not paid all of his installments. Now jail walls surround Nicholas and his piano can be played no more. In other words Solomon is separated from the music he so much loves. The case is a peculiar one. Nicholas denies that he burned the piano.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
OBSERVATIONS ON
 THE NEW FACTORS
The West a Strong Force in
 Wall Street
BY R. w. RANSOM.

Copyright 1903 by Robert J. Collier) west, once derided and admitted only on West, once derided and admitted only on sufferance now sits by right in the cita- del of the money power of the new world. Flushed with success, backed by enorm- ous accumulated wealth, and marshalling the evidences of its marvellous industrial development in the last twenty-five years it has invaded the east with such a show of strength and soldity as to command and receive recognition. It's latest feat, the consolidation of two such powerful railroad systems as the Rock Island and the St. Louis and San Francisco, is only another concrete illustration of the ann bilious projects and the growing infiu- enee of the west in affairs of far-reaching importance.
 In the consummation of the deal the Rock Island, by obtaining a controlling interest in the Frisco, practically dou- bles it's mileage, while contemplated ex- tensions will place it in the front rank among the transcontinental systems of the country. From a purely western road it will become a rival of the Hill. Gould, and nion-Southern Pacific groups. If run in a straight line each of these im- posing systems would extend more than two-thirds the way around the world.
 The plans underlying this union of two roads, developed from minor properties into important systems whose consolida- ton means a vastly more important whole, are the work of four financial giants of the west-Wiliam H. Moore. James II. Moore. Daniel G. Reid and Will jam B. Leeds A few years ago they were comparatively unknown. Today Wall street does them obeisance.
 New Western Idea.
 The 'Moores" as the Moore brothers are commonly called are easily the pio- neers in the consolidation of western wealth. Once they ventured into too deep water, but rose to the surface, and have been riding on the top wave ever since. In every important characteristic they are wholly unlike that other western giant John w. Gates, to whom the epi- thet of 'plunger' still clings. Yet the Moores and Gates, in varying ways. rep resent the new western idea of consolua- ton of wealth and accumuative power. Perhaps nothing could better illustrate the relative positions occupied by the Moores and Gates in leading financial circles than the attitude toward them of J. P. Morgan. whose banking house was made the financial intermediary in the Rock Island-'Frisco deal
 Although once subjected to a stiff bar gain with the Moores, when the steel trust was being formed, MT. Morgan evi- dently has a profound respect for their abilities and their laudable ambitions. This respect has not been diminished by what is generally understood to be the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05

Wall street with getting better price for his stocks than anybody else. To all in- quiries on that point he smilingly replies Well, I didn't get left"
 About this time the four inseparabes began quietly to buy Rock Island, until one day the railroad world woke up to find that the control of that great road had passed into their hands. Leeds naturally was elected president, Reid became chair man of the board, and William H. Moore headed the executive committee. The four have been doing things" since then unnterruptedy.
 Wall street says they have made SO,- GOO out of Rock Island alone
 Rise of Reid and Leeds.
 Reids rise has been most remarkable. In his early days at Richmond 1t is said, he thought nothing of walking across town to make 50 cents on dlscounting a note A few weeks ago he bluffed E. H. Hartman and James Stillman into sell ing to Rock island half interest fin Houston and Texas Central by threaten- ing to parallel it. Recently the former Hoosier banker has been travelling in state in Europe.
 Leeds, who has barely turned 40. started at 22 as a rodman on the Penn sylvania railroad in Indiana. Successive promotions found him, in 1890. q division superintendent. He fell in with Reid, took up tin-plate, and ten years later was head of great railroad himself
 William II. Moore, Reid and Leeds are tall. large men of striking appearance. James H. Moore Is short and bulky. All are approachable. but difficult to get next" to. unless 1t Is financially worth while. They live well and are enthusiastic horsemen and yachtsmen. All have lux urious offices In a lower Broadway sky scraper. and three out of the four have built fine houses in New York city. Wm. H. Moore has a s50O,0OO home in Fifty fourth street. and a $200.000 stable in Fifty-eighth street, owns forty or nifty horses. and maintains a summer home a Pride's Crossing Mass. Reid and Deeds have built fine residences In ...n avenue. J. II. Moore lives in Chicago and has a summer place at Lake Geneva. Wis. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
A Froq's Salvation.

"There is nothing like agitation to gain your point in politics" remarked poll tician the other day The remark was followed by a modern fable.
 Once upon a time when miikman opened a can of milk and peered into it he was surprised to find two frogs One of the frogs was dead, the other was alive and perched upon little island of butter floating on the surface of the milk.
 Surprised at what he saw the milk mans curiosity was aroused and he want ed to know why one frog had perished and the other escaped death from being drowned. He question the frog who was occupying a grand stand seat on the cake of butter. The frog replied:
 'Well, MT. MillSman, we both got in here somehow That other frog was far from being quick of wit. and then he did not know how to go about effecting his salvation from a milky grave. As for me, well, sir l just thought agitation was the best thing to be done so l began to kick and stir up the milk as much as could. The result was a cake of butter soon formed and here l am sitting on it, while it is floating on top. Thus you see l am saved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
They Were All There.

The mayor and board of aldermen did not elect a new tax collector at its last session. The board was there, and the candidates too but the election was post poned
 Considerable interest is attached to the contest. The three candidates who are seeking the office were on hand. One of them wore a white vest while a red rose on the lapel of his coat added to his natty appearance. Another candidate had taken pains in parting his hair in the middle with extreme nicety. The three were in the council chamber each san rs of success. But the agony that ex- ist,d was soon over. when the election was postponed This will mean more time for the candidates to get in their work on those who have the giving of the posi- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
A Hanny Idea.

It was a happy and patriotic idea that prompted Mrs. R. D. Johnston to send a sprig of Ivy from Washingtons grave at Mount Vernon to ne school at Lakeview the other day.
 The children planted the sprig with in- teresting ceremonies, including ring around rosa style, while one of their number placed it in the soil.
 Little incidents of this kind impress themselves upon the young minds and are always lasting in their effects. School children remember them and in such an instance inquire the why's and wherefores for such events. The result is they are told of the great patriots and statesmen who have done so much for their coun- try and who are indelibly impressed in it's history at time when they are anxious to listen to what is told them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
Yerby Receives a Present.

W. F. w. Yerby, editor of the Greens boro Watchman and president of the Ala bama Press association, was in Birming- ham Friday to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the organizations While in the city he was the recipient of a neat compliment well as a handsome present at the hands of Jacob Pepper man. editor of the Alabama Knight and Odd Fellow.
 MT. Pepperman presented Mir. Yerby with an official emblem of the Alabama Press association. The design was made by Mrs. J. A. Rountree, wife of the sec retary and accepted at the last annual meeting in Mobile.
 The token given to President Yerby is solid gold with blue embossed work around miniature pen point, worked in gol6. The following inscription appears: 'W, F. w. Yerby, president, Alabama Press association, 19O2-19O8" On the back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05

touched seemed to turn to gold. But in the summer of 1896 there was a ruee crash. The Moores were compelled to buy Diamond match and biscuit stocks to sup port the market, loans were hard to get, and one day they found they could not put up their margins, In the parlance of the curb they went broke" and were fin the hole for about $3,00O000.
 Moores' Astonishing Nerve.
 Then the Moores' nerve came into play. Paeifying their creditors. they planned to get on their feet again. In 1898 they actually united the warning eastern and western cracker manufacturers and formed the National Biscuit company, with a capital of $53OOO,OOo The Moores and the other promoters got s6,O00,0OO, and the former began to pay their debts.
 From matches and crackers the Moores turned to tin plate. The same year they formed the principal western plants Into the American Tin-Plate company, capital ized for $50000, ,000. Their reward was $l0,O00, GOO of common stock. Here they were first associated with Reid and Leeds, the former a country banker at Rich mond, Ind, and the latter q railroad man who had gone into the tin-plate business at Elwood Ind. Reid became president and Leeds general manager of the com bination and from that day to this the Moores Reid and Leeds nave been in- separable.
 Consolidation of various steel interests followed Their profits in national steel enabled lne Moores to cancel their debts. Finally, when J. P Morgan X Co.,, organ ized the United States Steel corporation, the quartette had some valuable proper ties which the steel trust needed. Will fam H. Moore carried on the negotiations To this day Mir. Moore Is credited in