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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
GOSSIP FROM NEW YORK Manhattans Great Hole in the Ground Monument
 st to the Skill and Energy of August Belmont I
BY JOHN MARTHoL.

, like three graces they have done their work.
 During the past year labor has been slightly rambuctious and capital tricky and deceitful But not in the case of the hole in the ground Such difficulties as Labor has presented from time to time have been overcome and Capital has never thrown up It's hands to make a dismal moan. The success of the tun- mel is due to the financing of the pro- position.
 Credit has been given to MT. Parsons. the engineer and his staff; to MT. Me Donald and his sub-contractors, but lit- tie has been said of the strongest of them all the giant of the enterprise. MT. August Belmont. MT. Parsons has Kept his eye on the miles of construc- tion, MT. Mcdonald has kept his eye on the digging, the Hanging of pipes, the insertion of the tube of iron and con. crete; but MT. Belmont has kept his eye on every penny in the many millions it all cost and got into readiness the mill lions more needed to meet the vast week. ly outlay in materials and labor. In his little ten by twelve room overlooking Nassau street, sits August Belmont. the heart and soul of this vast enterprise. A huge desk before him, with electric but tons on that desk and to the touch of each button a man equipped with details. Near by closet with telephones and to the ringing of its bells men armed with power which penetrated beneath the Har- lem river at Seventh avenue and at Kingsbridge; into the rooms of engineers, constructors and contractors On that desk small wicker baskets daily filled with detailed reports, on the desk behind him small black bags to be stuffed at evening for the night work at home Thus by reports by letter and by tele- phones came to the eye and ear of the watchful financier the work as done be- ing done and to be done along the many miles of hole.
 Truly this wonderful little man, with his thoughtful face seated at the desk where his great father sat before him, has marvellous genius for organization and management; 8 remarkable faculty for acquiring detail. and a stupendous power for injecting into an undertaking vigor, thoroughness and perfection in &C., complishment.
 This perfected hole in the ground with it's capacity for development into a road bed for a railroad destined to carry mill lions of passengers is a. monumental achievement for the banker, August Bel mont.
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HAS ALABAMA RELATIVES.
Some shine About the New Mayor of
 New York.

From the Montgomery Journal.
 Alabama ought to feel an interest in the new mayor of New York, young McClel- 1an because of his southern and Alabama family connections. He Is closely related to one of the best known and most prom inent families in south Alabama, the Englishes, fact hitherto mentioned by the Journal.
 In connection with the history of the English family and the Mcclellan family, a correspondent, writing to the Mobile Register from Mt. Pleasant, Monroe county, the home of the English family, says:
 Mrs. English and her children were north of Mason's and Dixon's line when Sumter was fired upon in 1861. No appeal was made to her brother, then major gem eral in West Virginia, to cross the lines. Captain English went north after his fam fly and was passed through the lines with out General McClellan's influence. Cap tain. English was not with Bragg, but his son. George Mcclellan English. was. He was afterward at VicksLurg; then in Johnston's army, was captured in one of the many battles fought around Atlanta, and was sent to Johnson's Island, where he remained one year. He did not die in prison, but while there he was helped by his relatives. the McClellans, receiving money. boxes of luxuries and warm cloth ing. which were not refused but grate- fully accepted Though patriot and a warm lover of the southern cause he had no enmity in his heart for his northern relatives and always loved and admired his distinguished uncle on the northern side as he did General Lee on the south ern side. Mrs. English did not live in any southern city. but spent her life quietly at her plantation home, devoting herself all most exclusively to her children.
 MT Arthur English successful planter on the Alabama river, was never sheriff of his native county.
 "Colonel Arthur Mcclellan did not re- tire from the army when his distinguished brother did, but was afterwards upon Sheridan's staff during the remainder of the war and was with him in many of his famous rides.'
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New York, January 30.-The hour ap- breaches when the long suffering and patient resident of Manhattan, who has these many years lived at the northern end of this narrow slip of an island and done business at the extreme southern end, will find that it is no longer neces- sary to enact the role of closely packed sardine on the IT. road cars, or waste precious hours of his expensively main- tained life in transit between the place in which he works and the place in which he sleeps. The hole has been dug. The hole has been lined and lighted; the hole has been equipped with tracks and the day approaches when swift commodious cars will whrl their human freight north and south through this longest hole on the face of this whirling ball we style the earth.
 On the first day of the year the son of Little Mac, now by the grace of the intel ligent electors of Greater New York, mayor, accompanied by his political friends and advisers. descended into the hole. ascended to a motor ear whispered into the ear of the motor ready" and forthwith the aforesaid motor who was an Italian, perhaps. a Venetian, bent his back, gathered up his biceps and went through other motions, generating the power which whirled the mayor and his friends northward from the City Hall to Harlem. Within the past fortnight, pro- pelled by the same motor power, another group composed of the ''putocratic' ele- ment were in turn whir1ed northward over the tracks to Harlem.
 Beyond the piles of dirt In the streets and occasional peeps into the cuts and the sight of much iron and masonry, the cas- ual spectator, who is neither an adviser of Mayor Mcclellan nor bidden to plutocratic feasts, has no knowledge of what is going on in these subterranean depths. It pleases the fellow who dwells in the north and does business in the south to know that the hole has progressed so far and so well that the muscle of child of Italy can with some exertion project two such distinguished bodies through the whole under the city streets. It Is taken as ev- idence that when mans new slave, elec- tricity, is harnessed to the chariot of the ordinary mortal, time and space will van ish for the price-five cents.
 Three years Had our friends of the labor unions been more civil to the com -munity, the public would now be riding. As it is the contractors expectations have been added to the time of construc- tion and equipment. 1t was and is Il great performance. Labor, engineering skill. and capital have been as three sis- ters and the only pickering heard came from Sister Labor; still, what of that,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 On my friend Raymonds desk was deck of playing cards. There was nothing unusual about that, for there are al- ways playing cards on Raymond's desk. Not that he Is given to interspersing the days work with an occasional hand at poker or anything else, but because Ray mond is interested in a company that manufactures most of the playing cards in the world s
 This particular deck of cards had very beautiful backs and gold edges. picked it up to examine it more carefully and turn ed the pack over to look at the faces of the cards. The first I saw was the ace of spades So was the second. I ''riffled" them and then rubbed my eyes. They were all aces of spades. l looked at Raymond in surprise.
 What sort of cold deck is this?" asked.
 Nothing cold about it." he replied. "That Is simply lot of extra aces. left over from samples of decks we have Just sent to France
 But don't they use the ace of spades in French card games?" I feeby inquired.
 "oh, yes." said Raymond. but the gov ernment makes that card'
 Whereupon he proceeded to enlighten me on the subject of playing cards to a considerable and interesting extent.
 "The French government" he said. "contros the monopoly in the manufac- ture Of many things. such as tobacco, wines. etc., exercising a sort of overseer- ship in their making. This extends to playing cards. Every pack issued in France must have the imprint of the government. But the government does not care to attend to the making of the whole pack, as 1t would entail the erection of a bigger plant than it wishes to handle. So the contract Is let to us. We manu- facture the cards and send them over to France, but the ace of spades is manu- factured in France and put into every deck under government supervision, the pack being then sealed This leaves us thousands of aces of spades every year, which we use as samples. We could, of course. print deck with only fifty-one cards, but the ace of spades is as good for advertising purposes as any other card so we strike 1t off and keep 1t out of the orders for the French government.
 "In this connection we manufacture nearly all the cards that are used in Germany, also, and practically furnish all of Europe with its gambling material. Every card used at Monte Carlo comes from our factories, so that even If Ameri- cans are among the victims of that para disc of gambling they can glean some satisfaction in knowing that they have lost by Yankee cards. at any rate.
 "The cards for every European country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31

stationed there to watch 1t. Ed asked the policeman where his house was, and was told That night he surveyed the ground and the following night he went back to rob the roost He missed the place and went few doors away to the house of another member of the force and cleaned the roost. He afterwards apologized and said he thought 1t was the roost of the policeman who bragged. He afterwards cleaned that roost
 For many months Ed was a trusty around the city jail. Every morning he would calmly walk into the kitchen of the jail. draw a couple of chickens from under his coat and ask that they be cooked. They were always nicely picked and cleaned. He had been on a midnight raid. As long as he was a prisoner he would never steal more than two chick ems; just enough to eat, as he explained.
 Judge Feagin tells another good story of Eds honesty in the court room. On one occasion the judge was inclined to be lenient on Ed although the old man had been convicted of stealing about a dozen chickens. Seeing he could cure the negro in no other way, Judge Feagin tried to make him promise never to steal again. He said:
 "Ed, if I don't fine you this time, will you promise never to steal again?'' The old negro looked at the judge a few min utes and scratched his head. Judge Fea- gin continued: 'I will fine you if you don't promise" Without any more hesi- tation Ed replied:
 ''Jedge. I guess you better fine me-"
 At one time rather prominent politi- elan was introduced to Ed. The polifT- elan had heard of Eds ability as a chick en thief, and bet the old negro he coulc not steal a certain game rooster which was in his roost. He promised Ed s if he stole the rooster and would bring it to his office. but warned him that if he was caught he would be shot. s @fs'2
 Several mornings after that the pollti- clan was walking briskly to his office when he ran up on Ed on the streets. It was early. He commenced laughing at the negro and said he was no good as chicken thief. Ed said nothing. but reached under his coat and produced the bantum. He got his 8 and was net ar rested. Similar stories innumerable are told of the old negro, and 1t Is strange thing about him that he is thoroughly honest in everything except chicken stealing. He can be relied on, and his statements are nearly always good for their face value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
Century Old Puns.

One hundred years ago "culture' had not decreed that the pun should be re- garded as evidence that the maker there- of was shallow pated. The London Times not then the solemn and dignified journal it now is, but as frisky and f1ippant as some of the American papers of today, frequently indulged in puns From the issue of November 9th, 1S03 the following paragraphs are taken, and there are many more of the same class:
 'Signora Grass-ini is arrived in Eng land. No doubt she will contrive to make her operatic hay while the sun shines"
 Lady Clare has left of her weeds and is no longer clair-obscure."
 ''The Carsican visit to the Dutch prov inces is certainly suspended He is said to be very suspicious of the inhabitants In Frizland, at least. he would be sure of a very cold reception"
 Two young men lately amusing them selves in an afternoons rural excursion by making epigrams were aptly enough styled field martials"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31

Heavy losses by fires
 JEMISON R. E. & INS. co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
Back From the Woods

With several good teams prepared to do hauling on short notice; single load or car load lots; my personal attention given all orders. Office, Room S3s First National Bank building. Bell phone. 13S6 Resi- dence. Peoples phone 2o6s
 J. T. RATLIFF 1-22-15t-eod.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
Amended.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Dr. Bolus-"It's just a common cold. All you need Is a good sweat"
 Miss Blugore (haughtily)--"Sir?
 Dr. Bolus-"I beg pardon. It's a fash- ionable cold and all you need is a good perspiration."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
Not Uncommon.
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 "I heard you were at the matinee yes- terday,'' said the girl as she met friend in the evening. What did you think of The play?'
 'Oh, I liked everything but the ending"
 ''What was the matter with it?''
 Nothing that I know of The people fin front of me were putting on their things and all could see were elbows and hats"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
A Natural Interference.

From the Chicago Post.
 ''I believe you said that fellows hind sight was better than his foresight" 'I did"
 "Is he an aiderman?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31

If you lost with Baxter & Co.,, next time buy real es- tate.
 JEMISON R. E. & INS. co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
f-22-15t-eod.

Have you visited the Post saloon. 2120 First avenue? 1-31-su-tu-th-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31

Gas Coke delivered in can vas sacks, promptly.
 B. R. l.. & P. Go.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-04-22
6LlTcHToN.

The farmers are hustling to clean
their crops of grass.
There is some vegetables being
shipped from this place.
Mr.. q. VI. Richard is opening up his
stock of goods aud occupying his new
store house.
There is some sickness in this COM
munity.
Mr.. Ed Price, of WillistOn, was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Sandifer on
Tuesday.
Messrs. Viewer & Holder, of Ocala,
was in our community gathering up
hogs last week.
Mr.. E. Viewer, of this place, called
at MOntbrOOk Monday Oh business.
The Blitchton school closes Tuesday
April 26.
DR.. Bitch was in Ocala Monday.
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IRVINE ITEMS.

George Crisman and Miss May
SherOuse were quietly married here
a day or two since. Happiness attend
them.
Our Sunday school is growing under
the joint supervision of Dr. Davis and
Mr.. Jones.
The G. q g. agent, Mr.. BrOckman,
has been quite sick with chills and
fever.
We are glad to learn that Mrs.
John B. Floyd is cOnvalscent.
Everything is in a whirl over the
numerous picnics on all sides of US,
we regret there will be none at Irvine.
The other places got the bulge on US,
but we hope to make up next time.
w. D. Shepard, clerking for the
Crate Company, has just returned
from a business trip in the interest of
his company.
Mrs. McKever is stopping a few
days with her sister, Mrs. DR.. Davis.
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POOSER.

Died March 9Th, Wee wee, youngest child o
J. A and A. F. Poser, age II months and {
days. Today is our darlings birthday.
year of sweets, a little year,
That vanishes with our darling's breath:
So strangeit doth not yet appear
What is the blessings hid in death
shining brow and golden hair
And eyes that looked beyond the blne;
Dear face that grew from fair to fair,
The same yet always somthing new.
A sweeter dream who ever dreamed
Than came with her soft lips to ours?
Blent with her life our being seemed
Drowned in the glowing soul of flowers.
These ashes few, this little dust
Our Faith er's care shall keep,
Till the last angel rise and break
The long amp peaceful sleep.
News and Courier of Charleston please copy
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a Boost for Floyd.
Mcintosh, Fla, April IS, 1904.

Mcintosh, Fla, April IS, 1904.
To the Editor of the Ocala Banner.
Allow me space in your valuable
paper to say Lave been to one poll
teal speaking and heard the differ
ent candidates express themselves on
the issues of the day. The.Ecandi-
dates for legislative honOrs have come
over on the right side at last, and
they all express themselves ins favor
, of "no fence" in districts. Hon.
! John b. Floyd came out on sIissue
two years ago and every candidate
was against him then. why? Be-
cause they thought Floyd could not
win on such an unpopular issue As
that. John B. Floyd made his cam
! paign tour over the county making
his speech aud sticking to his plat
form. Now, wish to say that all
honor should be given to Floyd. He
has been honest and true To principle
and right, even with the candidates
all talking against him. Because
these fellows thought it made them
votes even saying John B. Floyd was
a "crank" and such law would ruin
the country. Now, they have taken
not only this issue "nO fence" but
have embodied in their platforms his
views on other things, viz: 1.-The
vagrancy law" uniform text school
books" compulsory poll tax" ETC.,
and have made no new issues. John
B. FlOyd's platform wa put In our
county papers six weeks before any
other candidate. Now, to give my
opinion it would be a shame on the
good people of Marion to let FlOy d be
defeated. So if you vote for either OF
the other gentlemen Floyd should be
with him, for l do believe in honest
principles and now Floyd was defeat
ed two years ago for his bravery and
honesty in sticking to what was right,
against sure defeat, do not think a
single man should have the glory
now of what was shOuldered 10y said
Floyd and still! advocated by him.
So my Christian voters 1 say again,
it would be a shame on this county 10
let John j. Floyd drop, and take
men who have jumped Oh his plat
form. If you read his platform
written two years ago, you will find
Floyd has not changed but has the
same. All honor TO brave old Floyd,
though the other candidates have
taken your platform because they
think it winner. This time we
hope to place you safely in the fist
dash. FAIRPLAY.
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Cures Coughs and Colds.

Mrs. c. Peterson, 625 Lake St., To.
peka, Kansas, says: "Of all cough
remedies Billiards. Horehound Syrup
is my favOrite; it has done and will
do all that is claimed for it, to speed
lily cure all coughs and colds and it is
sosweet and pleasant to the taste"
25c. soc. and 81. Anti-monOpoly
Drug Store. M
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The Case of Sam CIyatt.

Mr.. Samuel Clyatt, a turpentine
operator, was convicted some time
ago in Judge Swayne's court on a
charge of violating the peonage law.
La his defense Mr.. Clyatt has exbaus-
ted ali of his large means and the
Industrial Record of Jacksonville, is
calling on the turpentine operators
throughout the state and all others
interested to go to Mr.. Clyatt's rescue
and aid him in securing the best
legal talent in the country to defend
his suit in the United States supreme
court.
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The pay car of the A. G.. L. railway
was in Ocala Wednesday afternoon
and this way of paying of has been
resumed instead of the check system
that has been in vogue for some time
past. Messrs. McClamrOck, and Glass
we're in the car.
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SPARKLEs FROM sPaRR.

Spar can brag of more new build
ings and more good new corners than
! any other small town i'm the county.
Among the new neighbOrS are Mr..
Lee Grantham, J. p, from Fit. Nc
Coy, who is comfortably located Just
south of Luffmau Bros store in the
valley. Mr.. Grantham is a hustler
and is improving his place beauti-
fully.
Mr.. Robt. Stevens, of Pennington,
is located just opposite the depot,
himself, wife and baby constitute an
excellent family.
Mr.. Isaac Matchett from Orange
Springs, is engaged in the trucking
aud farming business with his father
in-law, Mr.. w. d. EmOnizer.
Mr.. J. w. Colbert and son, Mr.. Jay
Colbert, are located two miles west of
depot on the famous Owens plantation
and extensively engaged in trucking.
All the vegetables are looking
promising and with favorable sea-
SONS Sparr will ship her share of
truck.
Chairman Walter Huffman and
Secretary Lee Graham, with the
other members of the democratic
club, took in the speaking at An
thony and report a very pleasant
time.
Mrs. Burton still remains very sick
and has the sympathy of the entire
community.
Capt. Charles Thomas, of Pine near
here, still Is very low but last reports
are hopeful of his recovery. The
entire country is very anxious for
Mr.. Thomas recovery.
Mrs Gussie McRae and baby with
her brother, Clarence BOyles, of Fl.
Mccoy, was visiting Mrs. Lee Ora.
ham here Saturday and Sunday and
also Mrs. E. L. Grantham, of FIT.
Mccoy is visiting here.
Quite a number of our voters are
Smoking and say they intend to
Smoak out all other candidates for
sheriff and Mr.. Allan Stephens says
he has been Smoking all the while
and intends to be red hot blaze on
elertiOH day.
Mr.. J. w. Huffman has recovered
from his runaway with the grey mule
but his conversation is such that he
cOnvinces us that he will not be
guilty of riding behind the mule any
more.
Mr.. Allen Stephens wears broad
smile, the cause the arrival of fine
boy. Aliens face is most six inches
wider.
We have two or three old Billy
goats around here and lots of old
patched up fence. Will you please
send us Floyd to clean 'em up. We
need neither the goats nor the fence.
We think that when a man has
held one office sixteen years or more
he should be asked to go away back
and sit down.
The eloquent speech made by Mr..
Carlos L. Sistrunk at Anthony and
the way he has always conducted
himself is winning him many votes
and we will be glad to see such
Marion county self made young men
represent US in the next legislature.
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County Commissioners.

A test case has been instituted before
Judge Call and he will near the case
on Thursday April %, and decide
whether county commissioners in the
primaries are to be voted for by dis
tricts or the whole body of the cOun-
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For C1EpK CIRCUIT COURT hereby an
,,o,,rre my, candidacy for reelection to the Of
Zee of clerk Of the circuit court subject to the
.r,;or If the democratic voters at the primary
election 10 be neld May 10. 1000. take this OPP
portuuitv TO thank those who have supported
me IN the past. and trust my record in the Of
s. ..s t,se, s,,cl as to enable them to vote for
me again. >. l. SlsIKONA'
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Mr.. PeIot Withdraws.

l wish TO announce TO my friends
and the democratic voters of Marion
county that / have withdrawn from
the sheriff's race. My reason for doing
so is 1 am not well enough known to
be elected. / wish to thank the peO.
pie where l have canvassed for their
kindness and hospitality for me.
Yours truly,