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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
ANCIENT ENGLISH INNS.
Some Have Been In Existence for
 Nearly Thousand Years.
From the London Daily Mail.

From the London Daily Mail
 Somehow one always hears with regret that one of Englands famous old moss- grown. ivy-clad inns is about to be demol- ished. The Old King of Prussia hostelry is the latest to pass Into the house. breakers's s hands. This old inn is In Finch ley, and from 1757, when the place was built, until the present day, the license has been in the keeping of one family perhaps a record in the licensing annals of England.
 The Old King of Prussia is a picturesque half-timbered house, and many noted highwayman has partaken of it's hospital ity. The grandfather of the present pro- prietor was quite a noted character hay ing vanquished several notorious high waymen on Finchley common. It is on record that he once had an encounter with Dick Turpin.
 Round and about London and It's ever extending suburbs there may still be seen inns and taverns of great age and inter- esting associations.
 The Angel Inn, Highgate hill, dates back to the time of the Reformation. Originally 1t was called the Salutation Inn It Is built entirely of wood
 Another famous inn is the Bald-Faced Stag, at Edgware. Nobody Knows when it "oS oiiBilldlly Dullt, ana II would seem as though each successive proprietor has endeavored to place his mark on it's ar chiteetural aspect for many parts of 1t have evidently at different times been re- built. In the stables. it is alleged Dick Turpin had his horses shoes turned, so as to make his pursuers imagine he had gone in an opposite direction.
 Among the very oldest of suburban London inns are the Plough, at Kings bury Green. and the King James and linker Inn, at Enfield The first is said to be $50 years old, and the latter was reputed to have been first built as an inn ana under another name 992 years ago. D Its present name is derived from an ar- counter which King James l. Is said to nave had with tinker at the door of the inn The tinker's conversation so pleased the king that he made the men ger or Kettles "a knight, with five hun dred year. the records of Enfield in- forms us U"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Royalty Devoted to Children.

From Leslie's Weekly.
 Whatever may be charged as to the faults and foibles of the ruling families or Europe 1t is to be said to the credit Of most of them that their home life IS of high and pure order, and that the children, of which they have many are not neglected The ruling sover. eigns of Germany, Russia, Sweden and Norway are devoted husbands and fathers and set an excellent example in this respect Nicholas of Russia and William of Germany are men of strong domestic tastes and lovers of children. The same is true of the pres ent royal family of England. Queen Alexandra Is devoted to the small boys and girls. and as Princess of Wales she started the fashion of entertaining her children's little friends at Marl- borough House. Prince Edward of Wales, his brothers and his little sis ter are rulers of the nursery. kingdom in England now. They often have oc- sion to do the honors of their home to their small relatives and contempor- aries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
HOTEL MAN RECEIVES
 A SALARY OF $5OO,OOO

money enough to travel to Texas and begin life in America as a poultry farmer. It was not a successful venture. When disease didn't destroy the fowls, the floods. came and drowned the chickens, while sthe ducks sailed away. Mir. Boldt returhed to New York That was about 1871, and he had not a penny in the world.
 He secured a place in Parker's restau- rant that used to be at Thirty-fourth street and Broadway. A restaurant offers many attractions to penniless man. In the first place he does not have to wait until the end of the week before he can buy food MT. Bodt became an "omni- bus" a walters assistant, and then swift ly became a full-fiedged waiter Proprie- tor Parker, good hotel man and good judge of men. swiftly singled out the former Texas chicken farmer from Ger many to make him "check man." and MT. Boldt held that place for nearly two years He was most remarkable "check man." and he impressed that fact upon certain customers, as well as upon the proprietor. Those two years were valua- ble ones to the young man. He learned all that could be learned about the business in Parker's. And he wanted to rise in the world.
 Rises to Place of Steward.
 Mir. Boldt carefully cultivated the rich men who visited the place. and that Is something the self-made millionares never mention when they are giving ad- vice to young men who want to gather millions. One of the check mans restau- rant friends came from Cornwall-on-th the Hudson, which was a popular summer re- sort in those days, and he was instru- mental in having MT. Boldt made steward in one of the largest hotels in the river town.
 He had emerged from the crowd He really had begun to come up in the world. He had two successful years in Cornwall, and had learned all he could learn there. He wanted hotel of his own, and he went about it In clever Boldtian way.
 Pretty nearly every hotel man in the country was looking toward Philadelphia in 1876. as well as everybody else in the country, for the Centennial was the big gest show that had ever been held in the United States. Mir. Boldt had neither the money nor the inclination to speculate in a. temporary hotel; he was looking for something bigger, more permanent. AS a hotel town Philadelphia was in a bad way.
 Not having much money himself MT. Boldt realized that the best way to get it was to interest in himself persons who did have money, and there was no better way to meet them than by working in the Philadelphia club. in Walnut street. So he applied to Steward Carer for place and obtained it. He became immensely popular. He inspired not only liking, but respect for his ability. He had the earn estness and the intelligence which i'm pressed people with the fact that he was destined to get on in the world. In the course of time Mir. Boldt married the charming daughter of Steward Carer, and this pleased the members of the club
 When Mir. Boldt evolved the plan of leasing the old mansion at Broad and Walnut streets converting it into hotel on the European plan. with restaurant that should become famous all over the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
MARQUIS ITO IS CALLED
 THE BISMARCK OF JAPAN

see, not only exports beautiful vases, but equally beautiful moral precepts.
 Full of honors of years, Marquis Ito is today in retirement from public life. His countrymen have given him the sobri- quet of Bismarck" and the Emperor, who has four times called him to preside over the councils of the ministry. now makes him preside over the councils of the elder statesmen, as we have had oc- casion to learn through recent dispatches councils where all the old servants of the country and all the past glories of the empire are summoned together, and at which it is decided what part the nation is to play In an hour of anxiety and trouble.
 Such an hour has just come to Japan, and that is doubtless why. according to the dispatch reproduced al the beginning of this article, the Emperor had had long interview with Marquis Ito. What came of it? That is still a mystery At that solemn moment, perhaps, this Bis marck of the Orient" remembered the un- forgettable words of the other Bismarck whose granite statue rises in the place de Friedrchruhe: "Never In my life have declared war, unless l had more than a certainty of winning a victory ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

From the New York World.
 Just about the time that Wall street discovered that the salary of Charles II. Schwab as president of the billion dollar steel trust was not a million dol- lars a year as had been currently re- ported, but beggarly $100000, the state ment was made that a man in New York receives a salary of s500O0 for running corporation capitalized at s1,000. He is George c. Boldt, and he Is commonly spoken of as the proprietor of the Wal. dorf-Astoria hotel.
 It should not be supposed that MT. BoTdt receives a stated salary for con ducting the big hotel There are profit sharing arrangements based upon the half million a year for MT. Boldt if he succeeds in adding certain amount to the income of the Astors. It is maintain ed by those aware of MT. Boldt's income and who are fond of superlatives that he is the highest salaried man In the world. Certain 1t is that he gets about five times as much for running hotel as Senator Depew gets for running the Van derbilt railroads. He received more than six times as much as the new president of the United States Steel corporation.
 Greatest of Hotel Men.
 Ever so many deductions may be made from this fact, one of which is that it takes a rarer genius to run a big cara vansary proftably than to run trust and that MT. Boldt is the greatest living hotel man.
 As a matter of fact MT. Boldt pos sesses great industry remarkable organ izng skill, daring and imagination. He happened to drift into the hotel business in his youth. He would have succeeded in making few millions no matter in what business he had entered. But he has proved that he Is peculiarly fitted to conduct a hotel The Waldorf-Astoria is one of the most perfect machines in existence.
 Few things are more interesting than the rise of a successful man. The aver age individual first desires to know whether or not a person has money, and if he has, how he got it. The upgrowing of Mir Boldt is truly amazing-more so, even. than that of MT. Schwab-and 1t should be remembered that Mr. Boldt still holds his job and is likely to do so as long as he pleases, while MT. Schwab has lost his
 For some reason 1t seems a longer step from waiter to the head of hotel and salary of half million year than it does from a mechanic to president Of the company. And 1t Is worth knowing that as a waiter in restaurant not two blocks from where the Waldorf As toria stands Mir. Boldt was just as suave, just as dignified and just as industrious as he is now-and that Is saying much.
 Failed as Farmer.
 When he came to this country from the island of Rugen, a favorite watering place for people from Berlin and the in terior of Prussia-it is on the way from Stettin to Copenhagen-George c. Boldt was sufficiently poor. although he had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
The Yankee l1 England.
Conntrv Gentleman.

From the Country Gentleman.
 An enterprisng Yankee came over to England and decided to open shop in Birmingham. He obtained premises next door to a man who also kept shop of the same description, but was not very pushing in his business methods. The methods of the Yankee. however, caused inc older trader to wake up, and, with the spirit of originality strong upon him. he affixed a notice over his shop with the words, Established years" painted in large letters. Next day the Yankee replied to this with notice over his store to this effect: Established yes- terday. No old stock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
One Symptom.
From PucI

From Puck.
 That English party claims to be A lord''
 Probably he is one. notice that he loves a cheerful giver'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

country for its excellence, he had no diff ficulty in securing the money needed.
 There was never anything exactly like the Bellevue, as MT. -Boldt named his Philadelphia hotel It is more like club than any hotel in the country. And he could do the most astonishing things, par tieularly for people whom it was wise to please. The prices were extravagantly high for those days but the food was dell cious the service perfect, and Boldt was everywhere and everything in the hotel. So admirable was the Bellevue restaurant that MT. Bodt was asked to serve what was called the merchants lunch In the Bulitt building, thereby adding to his ac- quaintance and his pocketbook. In the summer he ran the Stockton at Monmouth Beach and made it pay.
 Comes to Conquer New York.
 As prosperity grew MT. Boldt decided to buy the Hotel Stratford, which was just across narrow Walnut street from the Bellevue, and he made that pay until 1t was torn down to make way for a big office building Plans were long ago drawn for a great modern hotel to re- place the Bellevue. but the old red build ing still stands. MT. Boldt had left Phil adelphia for New York.
 It is said that Mr. Boldt was really re- sponsble for the Waldorf. It is. true that William Waldorf Astor had long consd-. cred, building the hotel-the Astors have found that hotel properties are profitable but that he couldn't make up his mind about it. The story runs that on one oe- casion Mir Astor visited Philadelphia with his family and sought the Bellevue without having taken the precaution to engage rooms in advance. The little hotel was full, and he was so informed. MT. Astor desired to see the proprietor. MT Boldt appeared.
 Mir Boldt regretted to inform Mir. As- tor that every room in the hotel was oc- cupied. but if Mir Astor would wait ten minutes Mir Boldt would vacate the apartments occupied by his family and they would be at MT. Astor's disposal. In the meantime MT. Astor might order dinner.
 It was a famously good dinner. MT. Astor was deeply impressed. He in- quired about Mir Boldt and straightway decided that he should build the hotel at Thirty-thrd street and Fifth avenue, and that MT. Boldt should run 1t. But he was in no great hurry
 In the course of time MT. Astor sum moned MT. Boldt to New York to discuss the hotel proposition MT Boldt showed grasp of the situation, a wealth of ideas. a knowledge of the financial prob lens, that startled MT. Astor's curious brain. Also the man who, twenty years or so before was waiter in a second class Broadway restaurant, demanded terms that nearly paralyzed MT. Astor. But the man of millions was determined to have MT. Boldt. The hotel keeper had other conditions. The plans must be changed. as he has his own ideas, and he insisted that they be carried out. Nearly all of the innovations. including the palm room, which have made the Waldorf-Astoria famous, were his ideas.
 So the Waldorf was built, furnished and decorated with lavishness that
 made it known the civilized world over before it was finished. The former Broad way waiter became known as the pro- prietor of what was then the finest hotel In the world,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Profits Unexpectedly Large.

modern big hotel Is designed to make a certain amount of money. An average is struck between the capacity and the estimated actual number of guests. The Waldorf guests to the extent of 80 per cent of the capacity, were expected to spend ss a day for the year round. At the end of the first year 1t was found that each guest had spent $13 day The enormous profits of the restaurant had brought up the average. The palm room proved the great attraction. It became known as the universal club.
 And MT. Boldt's fame was fixed for all time. Since then he has been adding to It. He has a knowledge and judgment which enables him to select the best Of assitants. There's Oscar. for instance.
 When John Jacob Astor decided to build the hotel which has been added 10 the Waldorf. of course, MT. Boldt merely increased his domain. The Waldorf-As- toria Hotel company was incorporated with only sl000 capital to safeguard the name and for the convenience of the As tors, for there is no great amount of cousinly love lost between John Jacob and William Waldorf. That was three years ago. and MT. Boldt has been draw ing the enormous salary without the world being any the wiser. Also he has been making more money outside or the hotel than in 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

The Aes-HeraId Engraving Depart ment makes good cuts. !
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-05
HEALTH AND DISEASE.

The death rate of children under s
years of age is the true test of the
sanitary conditions and of the sanitary
administration of a community.
Hydrophobia is almost unknown in
north Germany. All dogs are muz-
zled; if one runs mad the poison dies
with him For yellow fever and
malarlal diseases the mosquito bar is
analogous to the muzzle for hydro
phobia
The operation of removing the
stomach has now been successfully
performed over twenty times. The
stomach really plays only a small part
in the complex act of digestion, its
principal use being that of a reservoir
Hence it is that without this organ
meals have to be taken inconveniently
often and unusually small
Recent experiments in France show
that the white blood corpuscles, be-
sides absorbing foreign bodies, de-
stroying worn out cells, absorbing
liquid poisons and carrying food sub
stances 10 the tissues also fulfil an
medical drugs to the location in which
they will do the most good
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-05
ELECTRICITY LEADS,
Gas is No Longer the General llumi-
nant in This Country

Electrical World and Engineer
The public is accustomed to think of
gas as still the leading illuminant. but
while this is probably true in Europe
in the United States the scepter Of light
has definitely passed to electricity
The figures just issued by our census
Office are, indeed, startling. Gas hal
nearly seventy-five years start over its
competitor, but it now appears to be
decidedly in second place. Yet there
is no denying the fact that the intro
ductiOn of the brilliant electric light
central stations in America. but gas.
There are now close upon 1000 cleo
trio light central stations in America,
but by the census of 1900 there were
then only ST. gas plants, and the num-
Der was not growing perceptibly. The
gas plants were earning an income of
S75,000,000. Last year the central
stations earned $4,000 GOO. The cost
OF construction and equipment of both
was over s500,000,0O0. Gas employed
22,400 men and electric light 100000.
But this is only half the story. II is
estimated that there are over $4,000
isolated electric light plants in this
country, and that they represent as
many lamps as do the central stations.
New York city has 900 Of them. and
some like that in the Waldorf-Astoria
would run many an ambitious western
city. Hence, the figures against gas
are doubled in most respects. The
20,000000 incandescent lamps burning
nightly become 10000. 900. The 400.
600 arc lamps-Shelley "insistent sis,
tiers of the day"-become S00.0 900
Were it not for the universal use OF
the gas stove and the prevalence % tho
gas engine, one marvels what worid
have become Of the illuminant Of our
fathers.
Such is the pace at which we live to
day that while millions Of people in
this country have not yet got ZIP 10 the
stage of civilization" represented by
the use Of gas. but when they encoun
ter it casually employ 1t suicidally
other millions have outgrOwn and dis
carded it, and will have none Of it ever
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-05
WiIlinu to Repeat.

The Office boy to large firm Of pub
fishers was a smart lad, and when
recently he was sent to one of the
operative departments with a message
he noticed at once that something was
wrong with the machinery. He re.
turned, gave the alarm, and thus pre-.
vented much damage. The circum-
stance was reported to the head of the
firm, before whom John was sum
moned
you have done me a great service,
my lad" he said. I'm future your
wages will be increased 81 weekly"
Thank you, Sir" said the bright
little fellow. 81 will do my best to be
worth it, and to be a good servant
to you"
The reply struck the chief almost
as much as the lads previous service
had done.
That's the right spirit, my lad" he
said In all the years | have been in
business no one has ever thanked
me in that way. / will make the in,
crease 50. Now, what do you say TO
that?'
well, Sir" said the boy, after a
moments hesitation, would you mimi
if | said it again Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-05

the sole survivor of the disaster. He
has not fully recovered from the
frightful burns he received. In reply
to questions he said he was never in
structed regarding the use of safety
lamps, but had familiafized himself
with the mining laws He had seen
lamps opened in the mine by the fire
boss and the shooters" and said
that on several occasions miners had
used coal dust for tamping a charge
of dynamite. which practice he knew
was dangerous. His father, with
whom he worked in the mine. often
made tests for gas and frequently
found it in the workings In describ-
ing the explosion he said: Suddenly
the air seemed to hold still for sec
ond and then a great rush of flame
came from the south section of the
mine. | was thrown against car
and lay stunned, with the flames and
rushing air about me. After awhile
| regained consciousness, but my
lamp had gone out and my eyes were
burned. ! soon lost consciousness
again. ! believe the explosion was
caused by the blowing out of shot
which set fire to the accumulations of
gas. Sometimes the men set off
their own shots without waiting for
the shooters "-Pittsburg PENN
Gazette.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-05
BIG LION.
And Tiny Rooster Had Fight and
Merry Fowl Was Victor.

And Tiny Rooster Had Fight and
Merry Fowl Was Victor.
ST Louis Post. Dispatch.-T lion
and the chicken had bout at the zoo
yesterday afternoon and the chicken
won. Nero, the biggest lien in the
bunch has been off his feed for some
time and it was decided to try to whet
his appetite on a spring chicken.
Ii had been intended to pitsthe tra
ditionai enemies the lion and the lamb
against each other, but the lamb which
was produced was found to have horns
and for fear that it might harm the
lisuess Nero, the chicken was suhstl-
tuted.
When the pullet was thrown into the
Nero pounced upon it fearlessly and it
looked as though the chicken would
not last longer than minute at the
most
But Nero made a fatal mistake In
stead of scrunching the fowl at once,
he merely held it between his great
paws with the purpose of indulging in
a preliminary gloat or two
The chickens neck and head were
free and the chicken begun to use them
with the energy which the situation
called for.
He pecked away at the lions iowl
Nero was surprised and then indig
nant
| He dropped the chicken and backed
to the other side of the cage and re,
Sarded the bird with mixed feelings.
The chicken strutted about the cage
with the eclat which belongs TO the
first pullet that ever went into lions
mouth and lived to crow about it.
S. c, Halter. the business manager,
had feared that the Humane society
might interfere but there was. no need
for interference in behalf of the
chicken.
If the lion and the lamb are brought
together steps will be taken to insure
fair play for the lion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-05
Lives Saved BY a poa.

Sunday morning Jan. Sd. at about 9
o'clock. this dog. by making vigorous
use of his nose, forced upon the door
leading from the kitchen of the
Pickering home 10 the sleeping room
Of his master and mistress, and
springing upon their bed rubbed his
nose against their faces. at the same
time barking vigorously and paving
down the clothing with his feet.
Both Mr.. and Mrs Pickering were
sound asleep. but the dog aroused
them to a sense Of great peril, as tho
room was brilliantly illuminated by a
fire.-BOston Globe.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-05
4 Wedding Breakfast.

The following would be a very at.
tractive wedding breakfast: Halves OF
grapefruit with Maraschino cherries:
bouillCn: bread-sticks; heart-shaped
timbale cases filled with creamed
sweethreads; roasted breast Of spring
chicken; cranberry punch; brciled to-
matoes; beaten biscuit: chiffonade
salad, crean-cheese sandwiches: cafe
glace; individual heartshaped angel
cakes; coffee and creme de menthe.
Use Meteor and Bride roses in a tall
vase in the center of the table, and
candelabra with red candles, without
shades