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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-19

National Lead company, the largest out
side interest They are important stock
holders in the various metal selling COM
panies, organized as wheels within wheels
to carry and market the products of the
smelters and refineries. They own great
blocks of the securities of the United
States Steel corporation, and are in ma
iority control of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company 1t would appear there
fore, that their investments in the metal
industries and metal production are of
sufficient magnitude to entitle them to a
very large voice in that line of business.
This is an entirely different proposition,
however, from attempting the control
of the entire production AS well under
take to corner the air or the water In the
sea, or the production OF corn or wheat
or cotton as to try to apply trust methods
to the mining of gold. Gold is q commod-
ity of universal SALE and an ounce of 1t
is worth as much to a prospector or pla-
Ger miner as to a Rockefeller or a Rog-
ers. Btuminous coal is also another
mineral impossible of trust control all
though not so thoroughly so as gold.
The Standard Oil people have unques-
tionably found atheir ventures In mining
profitable on the whole, consequently they
are encouraged to increase their invest
ments. Their influence in the money
market gives them an opportunity for
profits at both ends OF the game-ln the
production and sale of securities as we'll
as In the mining Of the product. They
are altogether likely TO keep on with
their exploitation and to be in the mar
ket for good mining things whenever
presented.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-19
Largely Imaginary.

Largely the creation Of an unbridled
Imagination is the sensational story Of a
$500, 600 mining trust under the con-
troll and guidance Of Standard Oil inter-
ests. According to this romance the trust
will include every branch of metal pro-
duction and will embrace within Its ter
ritorial limits not only the whole Of the
United States. but Mexico and the Do
minion of Canada as well, with arms
extending down drought the Isthmus a
long the backbone of the South American
continent.
There is just enough in the story how
ever. to carry ~ and give 1t a certain
standing. Great capitalists In the Stand
ard Oil group are already largely identi-
fled with copper mining, lead mining
gold and silver mining and the smelling
refining and sale of metal products. They
are in control of amalgamated copper and
allied companies and are in trust with
Senator Clark and others to regulate the
output of that metal. They have very
large minority interest in the American
Smelling and Refining company, which
has virtual control of the reduction of gold
and silver They are the dominating pow
er in the new lead trust, which is now
about Completed 1..s -.,-..Sts. .c-,,-cc = 80
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-19
A MODERN EDEN.
In Africa Is Populated BY Innocent
Adams and Ewes.

From the London News.
The Secretary of Uganda protectorate,
Mr.. Cunningham, who has just arrived
from Uganda, has given a representative
of Reuters agency the following interest
ing particulars concerning the present
condition of the protectorate:
THE latest news that | give you of
Uganda" said Mr.. Cunningham, lis that
there has been an extraordinary develop
ment of tourist traffic on Uganda Rail-
way. When / was at Mombasa it had
been found necessary to duplicate all the
trains from the coast to Lake Victoria in
order to carry tourists and intending set
tiers. l should say 10000 was a small es-
innate of the number of tourists to be
looked for during the coming season.
THE scenery is unique and there is
about 80 miles of geological gardens, tenn
ing with wild animals On my way down
country at the Kapiti Plains we passed
through a herd of fully $4,000 zebras, we
saw 20 ostrichs, some rhinoceroses and
giraffes in the distance and the plains
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-19
Market APPEARS
TO Be HARDENING
Situation as a Whole is Becom-:
ing More Satisfactory
BONDS ARE VERY ACTIVE
Banks and Bond Houses Report Large
Aggregate Understanding
About Colossal Wealth of
STANDARD Oil Trust.
BONDS ARE VERY ACTIVE
BY w. c. NICHOLAS.

New York June 1S.-The foundations of
the stock market have the appearance of
hardening A tendency to increased ac-
tIvity Is also noticeable and a change for
the better in the character of the deal
ings. The professional element has been
forced to the conclusion after many
weeks of persistent hammering that the
market has been sold to standstill" and
that the supply of shares is no longer
large Holders of securities some time
ago settled down to a test of endurance,
and no where along the line is there ev-
dence of general weakening. There Is
an occasional soft spot or air hole. but
the situation as a whole is becoming more
satisfactory. Nothing short of a great
calamity could start further important
liquidation. At current quotations great
majority of active stocks represent about
all the shrinkage they can be legitimate
ly entitled to with business as 1t is and
prospects reasonably bright
Price changes are as a rule, trivial
Whatever little action there may be from
time to time is generally in the line of
Improvement Railroad earnings are
coming in better; crop reports are In the
main favorable. the manufacturing In
dustries show almost no additional recess
sions; the supply of available money Is
continually on the increase with low in7
terest rates universally prevailing while
danger of loss of confidence due to po-
liticai agitation becomes less threatening
day by day. 1t is true that business ex-
parision is at low ebb. There appears to
be no money obtainable for new things
Capital has grown unusually cautious
and is content to rest and let the coun-
try grow up to the measurements lately
taken. That may be regarded as very
healthful indication and it is so regarded
by a large majority of conservatives.
Necessity compels owners of establish
ed properties, either railroad or indus
trial. to keep up with the times, and that
requires continual expenditures in pc
RODS of 1eanness as well as plenty. In
deed improvements and extensions are
going on without cessation, and the lead
ing railroad systems of the country have
two or three years ahead of them of
large outlay before the active work upon
which they are now engaged is completed.
Until then they will have no breathing
spell, 1t might be said The prophets
and seers of the financial world are in
the meantime ehary of predictions OF
Blooms in the stock market. They
do not look for any for a year or more,
and bankers and great financial institu-
tions do not encourage a return of whole
sale speculation in securities. They are
entirely satisfied to let natural laws con-
troll and permit restoration to complete
health to be a gradual process.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-19
Standard Oil is Rich.

The widest stories that have been
told of the wealth of the Standard OIL
magnates have not been Congregations.
and the half has not been told. There
are individual members OF the group al
most unkonwn to the public at large,
whose fortunes are colossal There js
excellent authority for the statement
that William Rockefellers wealth ex-
ceeds that of Andrew Carnegie, who is ad-
mittedly worth nearly $5O0.O00,OO0. John
Archbold Is not SO very far behind Will
liam Rockefeller.
Something liEe fifteen years ago a Mr..
Hardness of Cleveland, one of John u
hockeieilers early partners, died leaving
an estate or about $4,000, 900 to three
children Two of these were boys and
they are now living quietly In New
York. Most of their holdings are IN com
non and they are worth together more
'han NoVVo000. One of the brothers ONLY
Few weeks ago sent a check for $500, :
600 to the Western Reserve College -,
Ohio, the institution at which he ~
ceiyed his education. He had previousIv
given more than 81, 900, 900 to the Same col
lege. The Hardness boys'' as thew RI
called, give away large sums vet the,r
Games ara never included in the publish
ed list Of philanthropists. A. gentleman
TOT beyond middle age who for years
has been the leading chemist for The
Standard Oil company and whose, woris
resulted In the production Of three or
four hundred bi-products of petroleum
has fortune of over 500 100000.
The wealth of John ID. Rockefeller is
certainly not less than a round 81. 900 600
900. Then there is Henry M, Flagler
worth more than 100000 900. oliver Payne
son of the late Senator Henry PAYNE.
has fortune of at least SIS 900, 900 found
ed on his fathers investments In ASSOC
citation with John ID. Rockefeller Then
follow the O'Days the Wheelers and a
long list of others. The combined wealth
of the Standard Oil party. by which is
meant the men revolving intimateIv
around the Standard Oil axis, can hardly
be less than $1,000 900. 600 1t is more like.
~ to be above than below that figure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-19
Country Estates For Sale.

In PROF.. of the theory that the bus
mess contraction has hit the rich harder
than any other class may be cited the
fact that within radius of fifty miles
from New York great numbers Of country
estates of millionaires are offered for
sale. They are being pressed on the mar
ket and great bargains can be had by
those who have money to invest In that
lind of luxury. Fo- three of four years
It was quite the fashion for the new
rich to buy farms on Long Island. oyer
in Connecticut in New Jersey In the
Adirondaols or up the Hudson and build
thereon palaces which were fitted up
lnxuriously Tn many cases these coun-
try places can he had for % to 40 per cent
Of their original cost. country place
is about as useless an asset to realize on
in hard times as stock OF cast Iron
lions for lawn decoration.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-19

THE cruise around Lake Victoria occu-
ries about week, the steamer touching
at all the German and British stations
The scenery at Entebbe and Munyonyo
(the port of Kampala) is very fine, and,
as the course lies among the most beau
tiful parts of the Sose archipelago and
the Buyuma group there is an unending
feast for the eye of pretty creeks, bold
headlands AID hanks of graceful palms.
fringiag trcad slopes of turf. As to
the Ripon Falls, they defy description. I
think 1T may safely be said that the tour
to Uganda outrivals in interest anything
to be found elsewhere in the world'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-19

Hawkins Springs is the
finest place on earth to have
a picnic. For particulars
see B. F.. L. & p. Co.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21

SAC%.. I is said that the Inca tribe
a y did not commence to be
@ Q conqueroys until they had
n first shown themselves to
TBcH$ be statesmen and wise and
efficient administrators. Having OBJ
tanned fairly advanced civilization,
they began gradually to overawe and
incorporate the territory of less cul-
tured tribes Of the coast and slopes
Of the Andes, who slowly absorbed
both the religion and superior handi-
craft of their conquerOrs. These con-
quests extended over a period of sew
eral centuries. The permanent estab-
lishment Of Inca power is attributed
to their having secured the good graces
Of their new subjects, and TO their lib
eral treatment and policy of concilla-
ton, than TO force of arms. This con-
tinued until the limits Of Inca rule ex-
tended from the central plateau of Bo-
livia to the western coast of Peru,
north to Ecuador, and south to north
ern Chile. The inhabitants of this ter
ritory embrace many different tribes
with local rulprs, living in different
stages Of enlightenment
Under Inca sway and influence, both
architecture and the various industrial
arts reached their highest degree of
efficiency. Few, If any, countries Of
modern times have eQualed the ex-
treme and skillful utilization Of land
that was practlsed during the time the
Inca Empire hourished. In many To-
ealities they built their dwellings
among rough rocks, on arid slopes of
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21
WISE WORDS.

Hope Is a waking mans dream
Aristotle.
Nothing which is criminal can be
useful .-Zeno,
Everything in the world is done
through habit.-Pyrrho.
It is only fiattercrs who profit by the
wealth of the great.-Crates,
Good men are very rare; bad men
and fools are innumerable.-Blas.
The tongue is the hest and the worst
thing that we possess.-Anacharsls,
1t is not you who possess your riches,
but your riches which possess YOU
Bion.
Markets are places which men have
established to deceive one another
Anacharsis.
Most men postpone happiness until
the future, and the future never
comes.-Eplcurus
The most changeable things in the
world are the course Of waters and the
huulbA VI NbAllth-l lAldNust
Love your friends with discretion,
and consider it possible that they may
some day become your enemies.-Blas.
We should respect our enemies, for
they are the first to perceive and to
make known our Observation-Disclosures.
The whole world is in slavery, for
the slaves obey their masters and the
masters obey their passions. dog
enes.
1t is hope that Aatters men most;
gain that pleases them most. and loss
of fortune that is hardest to bear
Bias.
If you want TO write a book that
shah have a great reputation, write
one that no one can understand
Heraclltus.
Some men pile up money as IL they
were to live forever, while others
spend IL as If they We're to die to-
morrow Aristotle.
When people elect public officials
they do not think first Of their ability
to govern; all they think of is to elect
observation-disclosures.
A man is a child till the age Of
twenty, youth till the age Of forty,
a man at sixty, and an old man at
eighty -Pythagoras,
Before strangers a man should
neither caress nor blame his wife, for
by 50 doing he shows either his weak
ness or his folly.-Cleobulus.
If you wish to know the difference
between a learned man and an igno-
rant man, dress them both alike and
send them among rangers.-Arlstip-
pus.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21

itous heights by series of stone stair
ways. Traces Of these roads still eX-
list in many localities.
One of the most noteworthy Of the
coast ruins investigated by Mr., Bande-
lier, who was sent out under the aus
pieces of the American Museum of Nat
ural History, were those Of Chan-Chan,
commonly called Chimu, near the pres
ent city Of Truxillo, typical views of
which are here reproduced, The ru-
ms extend for distance of three miles,
and are one and half miles in
width. Nothing remains Of the orig
inal appearance and former grandeur
Of the buildings, except well-laid foun-
dations, massive and peculiarly orna-
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lANp % 1As cUeUMeEa


-~-'--
New Agricultural Industry Deyeioped In
M" the Far Northwest
The cucumber harvest IS over IN inc
Yakima valley, says the Seattle POST
Intellirencer. A single grower mas
shipped over 100 tons Of the green veg
etable to this city. The product is tc
be used for making into pickles Many
truckers are preparing for planting
large areas next season, They claim
the crop is worth $500 to $500 an acre
when marketed by the dozen. The
Weld this year was cut short by ihe
appearance OF ants that Destroyer
many of the vines. Next year. the
growers will use Insecticides and XIII
the pests.
Cucumber growing is one Of the new
agricultural industries Of the Yakima
valley. No extensive farms have been
planted to this vegetable until the pres
ent season. Several market gardeners
have grown small plots and sold the
crops in crates to the fancy vegetable
market dealers Of Puget Sound cities.
Such trucking, However mas gwen Tue
best results. Grocers state that an acre
will produce 1000 dozen marketable
specimens. The prices received for
these in the past years have ranged
from forty cents per dozen in the early
part of the season 10 as low ms twenty
cents later when the markets were
supplied.
A large area Of the Yakima Indian
reservation has been planted to eucum-
bers this year The land is ideal for
vine growing Of all kinds, 1t is the
place which produces such fine cante-
loupes and watermelons, Six carloads
Of green cucumbers went to Seattle
from one farm. The prices received
were private, and made by contract;
but the growers were SO satisfied that
they will plant larger crops next year
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TAR IN HEART OF ARTIFICIAL MOUND, RUINS OF cHAr-cHAN

feet in height. The larger buildings
contained innumerable chambers and
corridors, traversed by narrow pas
sngeways. Many treasures Of gold and
silver are said to have been found in
these chambers and apartments.
Around one of the great public squares
were arranged some Of the One-story
adobe dwellings Of the inhabitants,
These are to-day graphically outlined,
and preserve their original appearance,
showing sharply pitched gable roofs.
There are no traces Of windows. Light
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21
The Meaning of Perfnrne.

Horace #. Eastman, the inventor Of
the locomotive pilot, said the other
day:
This morning I was sitting in
drug store waiting to get a prescrlp-
ton filled when a young Irishman
entered.
"The Irishman pointed to a stack of
green CASTLE soap and said:
"'0i want loomp o. thot.'
every well, sir said the clerk.
viii you have it scented or un-
scentedP
corn take ut with me- said the
Irlshman. York Tribune.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21

hills, in order to use the limited area
of soil for agriculture. They terraced
up every hill and mountainside until
not single spare foot Of surface was
left unimproved. They likewise con-
structed aqueducts for irrigation pur-
poses, and also series Of magnificent
roads. from twenty-five to fifty feet in
width, paved with blocks Of stone,
which connected their royal capital at
Cuzco with the various provinces.
Part OF the way these were cut out Of
solid stone, and often assembled precip-
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21
ADOBE RUINED HOUSES IN COURTYARD, cHAN-cHAN.

and ventilation seem to have been fur.
nished by the door alone. 1t is sup
posed that some of the great squares
and Enclosures were occupied by the
various craftsmen and industrial work.
ers in pottery, weavers and dyers Of
fabrics, and fashloners of metal orna-
ments for the use of the ruler. his
household and his priests. One Of the
curiosities discovered by Mr.. Bande-
ller was an altar some fifty feet below
the surface, which formed the heart Of
great artificial mound and which
evidently occupied the central place in
large building devoted to religious
worship.
One of the noteworthy phases Of the
Chan-Chan ruins were the ornamented
walls of two of its buildings, thought
to have been devoted TO sacred pur-
poses, or to have served as the abode
Of the ruler, In one instance series
Of designs had been sunk half foot
or more in the adobe over the entire
wall, now seven feet high. Possibly
these may have been apertures for
hiding gold and other ceremonial Of,
ferings, and afterward sealed up by
an additional adobe coating. Another
facade, ten or more feet in height, Is
tastefully decorated with a network Of
frescOes in a series of duplicated de-
signs of conyentionalized bird. These
walls are surrounded by a mass Of
fallen debris, and nothing is left to
throw any light upon their ancient
splendor. Probably the most monu-
mental and puz2ling Of all of the Inca
ruins is the great pyramid on the banks
Of the Moche River. SphinX-like, this
majestic artificial mound rises upward
in the air 100 feet, crowned by series
Of terraces, 1t is 500 feet in length.
The massive and imposing mound.
reared by ancient builders, has marvel
ously defied time and vandalism, and
still holds fast the secret of its crea-
ton, for 1t remains to-day a verltable
enchanting riddle to the archeologlst
The best preserved architectural ru-
ms, and those showing to striking adj
vantage the extraordinary skill of the
Incas in handling polishing, and set
ting massive stone blocks, are the Chul-
pas or burial towers. A celebrated and
typical group is found at Sllllstani,
near Puma, built on a promontory 200
feet high. These peculiar and sump-
tuous sepulchres are termed by the
late f. G.. Squier, an authority on Pc
ruvian culture, "the most elaborate
and INTELLECTUALLY the most wonderful
works of aboriginal Americans" The
one here pictured is twenty-five feet
high, twenty-seven feet in circumfer-
ence on the top, and twenty-five at the
base. The majority are round: others
are square in shape. In these the bod
les were inferred with great pomp and
ceremony, together with rich offerings
of gold, silver and choice pottery. The
interiors Of the Chulpas Vary in size
and construction; some have a single
vaulted chamber, others two, arched
over by stone, A few have inches. The
entrance is gained through small
opening at the bottom, hardly large
enough to admit the body of n man.
This was closed by stone slab,-Scl.
entlfic American.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21
HER BUSY DAY.

"Wheres the child wonder?' asked
the stage manager. tits, nearly time
for her act, and l haven't seen any
thing Of her"
She'll probably be a little late to-
day." replied the serio.comic lady. u
believe her daughter was to be married
at high noon, and 1 s'pose she went to
the train to see them ff."-Chicago
Record-Herald.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21
EASY EXPLANATION.

"How do you account for the fact
asked the doctor, "as shown by actual
investigation, that thirty.twO out Of
every hundred criminals in the cOun-
try are left-handed"
That's easily accounted for said
the professor. THE other siXty-eght
are right-handed Chicago Tribune.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21
A POPULAR DEFINITION

"Father," said the little boy, what
is reciprOclty?"
Reciprocity, my son, is an arrange.
ment by which you undertake to give
up something that you don't value very
highly in exchange for something thar
you do."-Washington Star.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21

The sewing Of buttons on shoes and
on garments is no longer done by hand
in modern factories. There is ma.
chine that sews $500 buttons on gar.
ments in nine hours-or more than
eight expert sewers. could possibly do
in the same time. This machine re.
quires no expert operator A sboy or
girl runs 1t
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21
LIVELY HOME.

In the heart Of the great pine forest
We found the old man sitting by his
cabin door.
But 1t is so quiet here" we said; 1T
is a wonder you don't feel lonesome
The old man dropped his corncob IN
his astonishment.
Quiet, did you say? Why, boss, l
hab wife, mule en- a phonograph''
Chicago News.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21
UNLUCKY.

Publlsher-"You book is fine up to
the seventeenth chapter. After that it
is mere drlvel."
Author-"Sir, 1t is my misfortune not
my fault. Just as 1 was beginning the
seventeenth chapter, l discovered,
quite accidentally, what was driving
at"-Puck,
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21
IN THESE DAYS.

Sultor (proudly)-"I think, sir. tina,
can support your daughter in the
same style to which she has been ac.
customed."
Father-"That won't do, young man.
You must support her in the style to
which she has been unaccustomedT
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21
. EARTHQUAKE LADY.

Mrs Nurltch-'T think H. take this
watch. You're sure it's made of re.
fined goldT
Enthusiastically"
Mrs. Nuritch-"Because 1 do dotest
anything that Amt refined "-Philadel.
Uhla Ledger.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-07-21

mented walls and groups Of single
story, gable-rOofed houses and court
yards. Mr.. Bandelier estimates that
some 10000 persons occupied the place.
The architectural plan Of Chan-Chan
comprised a series Of about twenty
open squares of courtyards intersect-
ing one another. On certain sides fac
ing these were erected a number Of
palaces or religious edifices. Each
square was surrounded by an exter-
Tor wall Of adobe blocks twenty-five