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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-08-06
Lean FORWARD when DrWino.

1t is no longer considered smart
for carriage folk who drive on
Fifth avenue or in the park in
New York to lean back in their
victorias liz the attitude that
would suggest that they were
enjoying their drive at ease.
The latest form seems to make
ii imperative that the occupant
of an open vehicle, be it victoria
or hanson, shall lean forward in
an attitude of expectancy, with
one foot extended as though the
person was about to alight at the
next moment. This rule seems
only to apply to women, for the
men lean back as or yore.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-08-06
How the Lost Mas Found.

a legal contemporary recently
mentioned what NAV fairly be
called a romance Of the law, says
tie Pail Mall Gazette. Lord
Langdale often referred to a curl
ous case before himself illustrative
of the dangers of judicial precipi
tatSon. 1t turned on presumptiye
evidence of death. A sum of money
IN court was subject to a trust for a
particular individuals life, and aft
or his death was to be divided be
tween certain parties. These par
ties petitioned for payment of the
fund to them on the ground that
the individual in question. then ten
ant for life, was dead. No positive
evidence could be adduced of his
death, but it was said that his death
must be presumed inasmuch as the
evidence showed that he had gone
abroad some twenty or thirty years
ago under circumstances of diff
guilty, and that no human being
had since heard any tidings OF him:
This did not satisfy Lord Langdale,
and he desired the case to stand
over, intimatirg that if further evi.
dence could be produced to corrob-
crate the already strong presump-
ton he would attend to it. Addit-
ional, affidavits were accordingly
filed, after a lapse of some time,
and the case then appeared SO strong
that he made the order for division
of the fund as prayed The order,
when drawn up according TO his
lordship's directions, was carried to
the proper Office TO be entered, and
the clerk whose duty it was to en-
ter it turned out. to be the very IN
dlvidual on whose presumed death
the order for payment was made
II appeared that he had had reason
10 leave the country for many years
and when he returned he lived I'M
der a false name and revealed him
self TO no one. He did not know OF
his sight till he saw the order.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-08-06
Classical Example of Cheek.

Sure;y II will remain a classical
example OF .'cheek" that is de-
seribedi in the following story, told
By the Country Gentleman One
Of the English generals, during
the Boer war, having secured a
turkey. asked his friends to din
ner. When the day came the
bird had disappeared. Ii was
traced 10 the quarters OF the nav
al brigade, and a young midship-
man owned to having "pinehed@
L.. The Infatuated general exhaust
ed his vocabulary-in abuse OF this
delinquent, who replied I'm
very sorry, sir But you wouldn'.
have liked il We tried 70 get our
teeth through It. but Il was 50
tough we had to throw il away.
IfsI.d known you would have tax
en- it.so much 70 heart I'd have
got the carpenter 10 make YOU an
ether"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
Bond Market Active.

The bond market has continued active and according to the best bond houses the supply of really 1Irst class bonds is almost exhausted This means that soon the public demand for good invest ment securities will have 10 turn to pre- ferred stocks. The manager of a promi- nent bond house says: "Our business this month has been fully up to that of last in spite of the fact that August Is generally the dullest month in the year in the bond market. Prices have been steady and demand for both long and short term issues have been brisk We look for a more active market next month.
 "The income basis of railroad bonds Is steadily working lower. During our last financial boom there was an idea that we had reached a three and third per cent basis, but we have since found that we were a little premature. We are now On a four per cent basis. That we will work down to a three and a half per cent basis, and later to a three per cent basis [ there can be little question. In England of course, the return on investments Is very much lower. Incomes are higher here because we are still rapidly grow ing country and must experience violent business changes.
 q do not think that we will see any large issue of railroad bonds until the railroads have demonstrated their abil- fly to refund their present floating debts around four per cent basis. The amount of this floating indebtedness runs very high in the millions and 1t certainly must give some anxiety until it is funded on a lower interest basis. The record oi the past has been that heavy increases in railroad floating debts precede a pc riod of receiverships. We hope this i: not the case now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
THE FORBIDDEN CITY OF
 LHASSA A QUEER PLACE

offices and the residences of officials and other important and wealthy personages.
 Lhassa is only little town, contain ing scarcely more than 10000 people. To be sure, the latest visitor, the Japanese Buddhist priest Kawaguchi who was there last year, speaks of Lhassa as a place of 10000 inhabitants, but he un- doubtedly included all the monasteries some of which have 5000 to 10000 monks within their walls. These monasteries are situated in the envlrons outside the limits. They are not now, as they form erly were, the refugees of ascetieism, but are schools for the teaching of Buddhist theology to the Lamaite clergy Lhassa, like the Thibetans, is very dirty, and there is little in 1t that will seem attrac- tive to a native of the Occdent.
 It may be mentioned that the distin- guished member of the Indian medical corps who has lived many years among the stupendous mountains to the south of Lhassa, holds in his recent book, Among the Hmalayaa' that the Brit ish should lose no time in establishing a proteetorate over Thibet. which, he says, is a region containing much terri tory that could be turned to excellent industrial uses, both on account of the richness of the soil and the stores of gold that are known to exist-richer con- slderably than anything yet reported from the Klondike. Lieut.. Col. Waddell really gives some reasons for a British advance into Thibet that have not been announced from the British foreign of- flee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04

c. c. Adams, in the New York Times.
 Only three maps of Lhassa have been prepared by natives of England and America. One was small plan compiled by W. W. Roclxhill of Wash ington, from Chinese sources. An other appears in Rev. Graham Sand berg's Itinerary of the Route From Six kim to Lhassa,n published in 1900, and the third and most recent map was com- piled by Lieut. Col. L. A. Waddell of the Indian medical service, from informa tion he elicited from several hundred na- tives of the grand lamas capital during several years. It was published last March in the Geographical Journal , The city lies between two ranges of mountains extending east and west. Around it's borders extends what is known as the Circular road, about eight miles in length. This road is ia nous as that along which pious Budd- hists travel by measuring their length upon the ground, meanwhile repeating prayers, the laborious proceeding us- ually taking from two to three days. The performance is regarded as one of pc culiar merit.
 Lhassa is the sacred city of Buddhism, and two places in it have especial sane tity One of them Is the gerat cathedral, the true "Lhassa," or home of the gods" in the city proper, and the other is the palace of the Daail Lama, or the living incarnation of Buddha, about three miles to the west of the city proper. 41.o .e oil Ilt4d1 ufc hA Tnnaf interesting spot in the city is the sacred mountain of Potala, which Is crowned with the enormous structures of the Dalai Lama's palace and the environing temples and monasteries. The so-called mountain Is about 900 feet high and above rise the walls of the palace to the height of 1S0 feet.
 Besides this temple palace, the Grand Lama has a summer palace about three miles to the southwest at Nor-bu Ling, a charming abode in the midst of a park. All pilgrims to the holy city pay hom- age to the Dalai Lama, who receives the pilgrims every day. In the mornings the stream of devotees pours toward the sa- cred palace or the summer park, accord ing to his place of residence at the time Potala. the Mountain of Buddha," has played a most interesting part in the his | tory of Asia For the past 1,200 years | 1t has been the most hallowed spot in in- ner Asia. When the shadow" writes Reclus, 'is projected by the setting sun on the azure sky, all work ceases in the | city. The inhabitants gather in groups on the terraces, In the streets and pub l lie places, casting themselves on the ground and raising muffled evening 1 song of praise toward the sacred shrine.
 There is no regularity about the streets which divide the city proper into blocks of many shapes. In this district are the houses, huts and shops of the common people. It can boast of only one im- portant temple, and that is the great cathedral at its southwest corner. The 1 street fronts not taken up by houses are
 chiefly occupied by shops, bazars and
 markets of all kinds.
 When the people go out to play or en-
 gage in the more Formal acts of worship
 they usually leave the city proper and re-
 sort to the west south of the city
 Between the city proper and the palace
 of the Grand Lama are the government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
Better Than Standard OH.

From the New York Times.
 When William Rockefeller had appendi- citis Dr. McBjrney was called in to per- form the necessary operation.
 After his recovery Mir Rockefeller re- ceived the doctors bill in due course and drawing a check went to pay the ac- count in person. In the conversation which followed appendicitis was natural ly their main theme.
 You told me" said MT Rockefeller, while l was sick, doctor, that every body in the world had a vermiform ap- pendix."
 with a few exceptions I believe that to be the case" answered the doctor
 And that sooner or later" pursued the oil magnate, "every one would have to be operated on either to cure or pre- vent the disease
 That is the generally recognized opin- ion among the medical fraternity" was the answer.
 Well" said MT. Rockefeller. rising, If you will pardon my saying so, 1t seems to me that you have better thing of 1t than has the Standard oil com pany."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
Steel Prices Cut.

Steel prices are cut to stimulate trade. At Pittsburg structural material was quoted 30 cents a hundred pounds below the pool prices. Billets were shaded also. These prices have been given on the quiet and so far no member of the pool has made an open cut. If this was done 1t would mean a disruption of that par ticular pool and war that would bene- fit the buyer and the consumer.
 After the quiet cutting had continued for some time in the structural trade a new pool was formed, with the selling price near the cut rate. It Is understood that all the pools except the rail pools have made concessions to buyers. There has been some talk of cutting rails from $2S a ton to SPA, but that this will be done is denied by members of the pool. There are many well informed railroad men who believe that a big order could be placed at prices below $23 ton. That the officials of the United States Steel corporation expect a revival and are preparing for 1t is proved by the ef- forts made during August to get out ore. The August ore shipments of the corpora tion are the heaviest on record The months shipments of the Messaba X Northern will be close to 100000 tons. The Duluth & Iron Range has alreaay broken all records and in one day during the week trans-shipped to the lake fleet S7,SS5 gross tons of ore. The ore was shipped in sixteen vessels. The man al the head of the great corporation are far-sighted, and unless they saw clearly better times coming 1t Is hardly probable that such shipments would be made. J. Pierpont Morgan recently in discussing the iron situation held to the opinion that fundamentally the trade situation is all right and he seemed to have no fear on that score. He also has great faith in the future of the south and holds that within a few years southern properties Of the country will rank on the same plane with the best properties of the north
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
CHANGE FOR BETTER NOW A CERTAINTY Prospects Are Bright in the
 Business World A REVIVAL IS EXPECTED Indications Point to Bumper Corn Crop, But Wheat Reports Are Unsatlsfactory-cu in Steel
 to Stimulate Trade.
BY W. c. NICHOLAS.

New York, September s.-The steady advance in prices upon the New York stock exchange which began in May con- tinued almost without Interruption until Tuesday when a determined attack upon Metropolitan, the most valuable stock on the list. caused a recession of three points in Metropolitan and a general break of % per cent in the whole list
 Metropolitan broke from 122A to 119A. Metropolitan securities fell from soh to sSN. The Gould group was also weak and for half an hour or a little more prices fell off in a manner that caused weak-kneed holders of stock to become very nervous.
 The attack on Metropolitan had been expected. This issue Is one in which students of values have little confidence, as the company has been financially mis- managed and milked for years, and many good judges believe it is selling far above its real value.
 The recent talk of the buying of the stock for control Is amusing Why should those wishing to obtain control buy the the stock around 120 when Metropolitan securities can be purchased below 90? The Metropolitan Securities company owns all the stock of the New York City Railway compsny. originally the Inter- Suburban Street Railway company, which leased the Metropolitan Street Railway systems for 999 years.
 The talk of a combination or amalga- nation or working agreement with the Interborough can hardly be considered pull argument. When the Subway is com pleted the Metropolitan system will un- ' doubtedly lose much traffic. It can be seen by this how easy it was to attack the companys stock and thus sympathet- ically weaken the whole list.
 Reading, however, saved the day, the issue advancing in the face of the gen. eral break, checked the decline and caus- ed a rally.
 The decline did not change the general sentiment which is still bullish on the out look. It IS a strange fact that during the progress of a bull market, a strong and broad market on Monday is followed ai- most invariably by a reactionary or weak market on Tuesday and Wednesday. Many profession als who know this took advantage Of their knowledge, and made a handsome turn on the break.
 The strength of Reading is remarkable to those on the outside The rise is not due to dividend prospects, however bright these prospects may seem. There is some thing which insiders know which is con- cealed from the laymen. What it is time alone can tell But 1t is upon this know ledge that a powerful party composed of insiders and their friends, is operating So confident is this clique that 1t buys aggressively in the face of reactions,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
Crop Report Unsatisfactory.

The weekly crop report left much to be desired in the way of information about spring wheat. From the reading of the report it was hard to determine whether spring wheat had improved or deterioTated. The produce exchange trad CTS, however, interpreted the informa- tion as meaning an improvement and prices broke rather sharply. Cotton con ditions were said to be not so good and cotton jumped above Il cents. The best judges, however, believe that the cotton crop will be close to record one and that there will be a bigger yield of wheat than the government reports would in- dicate. MT Jones. whose excellent es- timates in the past causes some weight to be attached to his predictions places the yield at SOC. GOO bushels If we raise but tfls amount there will be but a small amount for export. This company will need about 435. .000000 bushels for food. and for seed 7s,OOo.OOo bushels will be needed, so if the Jones' estimate is cor rect we will have to import.
 This is a serious condition if 1t proves to be true for their is a sortage in wheat in other countries. A shortage in wheat means high prices for grain and higher prices for flour and consequently a small Ter loaf of bread
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04

take that insthrumint iv torture back 10 tn asylum, he says. I don't want to be a millyonaire,' he says. With ye CT permission, Martin, I'll go in, warsh me face an raysume me station as poor but cane citizen.' he says.
 An there ye ar-re I don't want amy autymobill, Hinnissy. I don't want to pay tin thousan' dollars to be onpopy- lar I'd rather have tn smiles iv tn poor as I walk amongst thim on me two shapely legs thin rayceive tn brick-bats iv tn same in a circus wagon attached to cook stove If I want to be a blacksmith I'll jine tn union an get me four day. An if I'm to be arristed at all f'r hlvins sake, let it be fir drunkenness.
 "Do I think tn autymobill has come 10 stay? Sure. I'll niver tell ye I've seen all tn wurruld but me on roller skates. I've seen ivrybody ridin' a bicy- cle but me. Tin years ago, whin ye CT son was holdin' on to ye'er arms as ye reeled up tn sthreet on a wheel, sayin' 1 yeer prayers wan minyit an tn re- varse another, ye tol' me that tn bicycle had come to stay because 1t was nicis- ry to get around wuick. Today ye blush as I intuition it. Tn autymobill will stay till 1t gets cheap enough fr ivrybody to have wan Whin tn little eager mes senger boys Is dashin' up tn sthreet in a eighty horsepower Demon Terror, tn rich will be fyin kites or r-runnin' bal oons an they'll be a parachute foorce iv i polsmen to chase thin acrost tn skies. Be that time ivrybody will have larned to dodge tn autymobil. That's a good plan fir poor people annyhow. Dodge tn extravagances iv tn r-rich. They're sure to bust tire soon or late''
 'I think they ought to be locked up f'r tearin through tn sthreets." said MT. l Hennessy.
 Well, maybe" said MT. Dooley. But don't ye think man that owns an auty- mobill is punished enough?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
Business Sentiment Improves.

count this in speculative. financial anC commercial circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
Railroad Earnings Maintained.

Railroad gross earnings have been maintained in a surprising manner. Com pariosn with market value of railroad now with that of 1902 at this time, and comparison of gross and net earnings per mile of road now and then would make a showing that would surprise most peo- pie.
 The earnings for July have shown de- creases which are natural when it is con sidered that the earnings for the corres- bonding month of 1903 were phenomenal. It is probable now that the gross re- ceipts will show decreases until December but If the winter is normal the lost ground will be made up during the last seven monthes of the fiscal year. Tn fact with any kind of business revival the receipts during the next two months may be equal for those of the same months last year.
 Taking into consideration the outlook for rairoad earnings, the excellent crop prospects,, better steel and iron condi- tions and the promise for a general re- vival of business. it is probable that the big men of Wall Street are right and that those who buy stocks on every re- action will make money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04

Business sentiment has undoubtedly im- proved and traders buyers and merchants are preparing for better business Rail road officials predict better times ahead and better times are In the air--one feels 1t. The man who thought the country was on the verge of ruin are beginning to smile and during the week in Wall Street the most persistent bears have turned bulls. As Wall Street discount ed the business depression so 1t Is now discounting the business revival. It is this that explains the steady and per- sistent advances in the prices of stocks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
His Apology.

From rid Bits.
 An excited military looking gentleman entered the editorial sanctum one af.er- noon exclaiming:
 That notice of my death is false. sir. I will horsewhip you within an inch of your life sir, if you don't apologize in your next issue"
 The editor Inserted the following next day: I've extremely regret to announce that the paragraph which stated that Major Blazer was dead Is without foun- dation.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
Reluctant to Give up.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Lend me s1O, old man. I'm little short.'
 That won't help you any You'll be Just as short after getting the money"
 Nonsense, old chap. How do you make that out?'
 ''Why, after giving you the BIO. I don't expect to see you any longer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Fire Engineers, Chattanooga, Tenn,
 September 1916, 1904.

Account meeting International Assoca- ton of Fire Engineers at Chattanooga, Tenn, September 1916, the Southern rall- way will sell tickets from all points on it's line at the very low rate of one fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. minimum rate 50 cents Tickets will be sold Sep tember 11-12 with final limit September 20 1904.
 Original purchasers of tickets may se- cure an extension of lime until Septem- Der 30, 1904, upon the payment of 60 cents deposit fee provided deposit Is made not later than September 20 and not earlier than September Il. Write any agent of the Southern railway for full particulars.
 c. A. BENScOTER
 Asst. General Passenger Agent 8-2S-16t
 Ve mako the best ( .,s In town. Age Herald Engraving Co-npany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
Corn Prospects Bright.

The promise for corn is bright and a bumper crop is almost certain. What the railroads lose in wheat tonnage they will more than make up in the increased corn yield With a fair wheat crop. a bumper corn crop and a large cotton crop, the farmer and planter will be in an excellent condition financially, and there is disposition generally 10 dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04

For scrofuia in every form Hoods sar- saparilla is radical, reliable remedy. It positively cureA
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09
MIR. BEST DENIES THE CHARGES.
Says Equipping New Bridge for Transit Is
Proceeding Satisfactorily.

Commissioner Best OF the Department OF Bridges
has sent a long letter TO the Mayor denying the
charges made by the Allied Boards OF Trade and
Taxpayers Alliance. OF Brooklyn. that progress
Is being made toward eQuippng the Williamsburg
Bridge with transit facilities.
He sSys that contracts involving an expenditure
OF $4,000 made IN May. requiring tho compile
tion OF the tracks July l. Legal complications
prevented the letting OF the contract for electrical
equipment until August and made Il necessary 20
postpone the date for operating the cars Every
thing is now going ahead satisfactorily Mr.. Best
says. and there Il why the should
be operated the southeTiy overhead trolley
tracks by November l.
Replying TO the charge that instructions have
been given 20 the railroad companies as 70 the
headway which they viii their cars over
the bridge. Mr.. Bes. declares he has no authority
10 control the running OF the companies cars. but
under the agreement made with the railroad COM
panies he may direct that they sufficient cars
10 meet conditions OF travel.
The demand that no extra fares shall be charged
by the through lines for carrying passengers across
the bridge, the Commissioner writes Is specifically
provided for in the agreement. Through passen-
gers are 10 be carried for five cents while TO pas
sengers using the bridge tracks only the fare is
limited 70 three cents IL they ride IN the bridge
cars and not in the through
As 70 the attacks the trafiic agreement made
between the car companies and the Bridge Commits
s!oner for the city Mr. Best says the agreement Is
agreeInent has worked well for seven years on the
Brooklyn Bridge.