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effort on the part of eminent lawyers
had failed to do. But the problem was
like his A, B, C's to John G. Johnson.
He had picked up" the solution dur
ing his researches on corporation law.
and he had sense enough to put two
and two together and see that the
same lines of argument and law held
good in the case in hand.
The case was settled according to
the law as elucidated by Mr.. Johnson.
and he got 500 a day while it was in
court, and that was for weeks. But
the more important aftermath of his
impromptu address was the immediate
recognition extended to him as an au-
thority on corporation law and his re-
tentfon by corporations with far
reaching interests to protect them be-
fore the law.
Mr.. Johnson did not lose his head in
his success. When his clients had
been looked after by day, he buried
himself in study Of his speciality by
night. He has been doing so ever
since, SO much SO that he has never
taken the time to put on a dress suit.
and his fellow members at the PhiIa-
delphia bar are not infrequently af-
forded the interesting spectacle Of their
distinguished leader riding in a trolley
car with his nose buried in a book
treating on corporations and the laws
relating to them. This unceasing
"drudgery," as Mr.. Johnson's friends
call it, has made him the first and last
resort Of great corporate interests
Some time ago the most important
anthracite coal companies Of Penn
sylvania were tied up in suit involv-
ing millions of dollars. The case was
shortly to be called in the Pennsyl-
vania supreme court, and the lawyers
for thetcOal companies held conference
after conference in New York with J.
Pferpont Morgan, A. J. Cassatt,
George F. Baer and other leading
captains Of industry But no salts
factory plan of defense could be out
lined, and several of the legal advis-
ers had given it as their opinion that
the case could not be defended with
any hope of success. But Mr. Nor
gan was obdurate. Send for John
G. Johnson" he said.
But objected the other conferees,
mo man here can master this case
after months of study. Johnson can't
do it over night"
Send for Johnson reiterated Mr..
Morgan.
Mr.. Johnson was sent for. When
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

NOW as the artificial really costs a good
zeal OF money, it is to be presumed
Chat the would-be purchasers must
want the best, and, as they move in
social circles where their acquaintances
are apt to be of their own age and
similarly we'll fixed as to money. the
chances are large that they will be sat-
lsfied with nothing but the real thing.
People who wear false hair a mis-
homer, are particularly sensitive about
II, and don't want to run the risk Of
contrast between the genuine and the
artificial
One Ounce-$25.
For these reasons the real white
ha1r has a standard value of S25 per
ounce, although through the scarcity
OF the supply, when there is any large
order, like one for a full head of fine
halr, the price jumps to sums that are
staggering In this connection I'll tell
OF one OF the tragedies I have mem
toned as connected with the trade.
The story is perfectly true, but to give
the names would be an injustice. AS I
did the hair cutting myself, know ex-
actly what happened
mere was very old woman out in
New Jersey. She always had been in
~OAAAAON Io'DIC circumstances, DuL certain
securities ceased paying dividends
through a reorganization, and at the
same time several of her houses that
had paid comfortable rentals were va
cant. She was without ready cash. and
worried about the education Of her or
phan granddaughter, a girl of four
teen.
Zone day a friend called, to find the
old woman confined to her room. She
had let down her long, abundant and
perfectly white hair, which still reached
below her knees when she WAS stand
ing. The visitor, who on more than one
occasion had been at our shop to buy
switches, had learned of the enormous
value of white hair, and remembered
the $25- ounce price, which she had
heard quoted as the manufacturers
price to the retailer. TO cheer up her
friend she mentioned what she had
heard, and added that she believed her
splendid hair would bring twice that
sum for each ounce.
1.-The old woman was deeply inter-
ested at once, as according to her CAL
culation, this would be a sum Of money
which would add materially in the edu-
cation of her granddaughter She wrote
to us telling of the length of her hair,
and of the price she had been told it
would bring. AS 1t happened at the
time, we had two orders for real white
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
BY GUY T. VIsKNIsKKI.

At DOES not fall to the lot Of every
American lawyer to be called to
London to untangle legal problems
for big British corporations. Nor does
he any more often have the opportu-
nifty to refuse high judicial honors at
the hands of three presidents-a su-
preme court justiceship from both
Garfield and Cleveland and the attor-
ney generalship of the country from
Mckinley. Yet this is the record of
John G.. Johnson, Of Philadelphia,
known on two continents as ''the con-
nOisseur Of corporation law"
Mr.. Johnson has won this distinction
by nearly half century Of unremft-
ting toll. johnson has never set him
self up as a brilliant man." said one
Of his closest friends not long ago.
But he knows how to work and get
results that genius cannot obtain. His
life is an epitOme of the gospel of work
With one exception he has eschewed
everything society, honorS, recreation
that he might work. That is why
he goes out to a quick lunch restaurant
every day, climbs up on a revolving
stool, and spends Is cents for a bowl
Of soup and rolls, while his fellow
millionaires are stretching their legs
for two or three hours under the ma
hogany tables of fashionable hotels"
Mr.. JOhnson's devotion to his work
developed shortly after he began
reading law with Power, Wallace &
Judson, a now dissolved law firm of
the Quaker City, when he became a
scrivener. Like Memo" in BLEAK
House." he copied everything from a
brief to a law book; and he copied
twice as much as the next fellow in
the same space of time This work,
besides providing him with his bread
and butter, gave him an idea He
found that the average lawyers knowl-
edge of corporation law was not what
1T should be by a great deal, and he
then and there determined to know ev-
erything there was to know about the
laws governing the acts of commercial
bodies.
To that end he worked. He read
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and studied law books while riding in
the horse cars. He stayed at the office
late into the night reading. He car
ried stacks of books home with him
and read while waiting for dinner.
When he was watching his employers
cases and waiting for them to be called
in court, he read. At vacation time he
took along a satcheI filed with books,
and read. In short, every moment that
he was not sleeping, eating and at
tending to his daily work, he lived
with the task that he had set for him
self. 1t was then that he contracted
the habit of neglecting his personal
appearance; a millionaire many times
over, he still goes about unshaven and
in ill-f1tting, shabby-looking clothes.
The first result of all this study of
years was to lift Johnson from the
rank of obscure lawyers and place him,
by means of a single case, among the
leaders of the Philadelphia bar. 1t
came about in this fashion.
certain will case was holding the
attention of the Philadelphia bar, be-
cause of several peculiar situations it
had created. John G. Johnson hap
pened to be attached to the office in
which the case originated. A short
time before it came up he was sent
over to court to follow 1t up, and, that
he might do so intelligentIy, the brief
was handed him to study.
The case was called, and the lawyers
Immediately got tangled up over pecu-
liar features. They talked and wran-
gled, expounded for hours and cleared
up nothing, and the judge plainly
showed his annoyance. Finally, Mr..
Johnson, who had been sitting quietly
through the oratory, and whose duty
in the case had ended when it was
called, arose.
Your honor" he said, and then he
made his first address before the court.
1t was a prototype Of all his subse-
quent addresses. 1t was short to the
point of brusqueness, in the simplest
words, and explicit. It was delivered
without attempt at oratory, there were
no f1ouriShes, and the speakers voice
was that of stOlid man of ordinary
intelligence, engaging in ordinary con-
VersatIon. But his words had meat in
them. They caused bench and bar to
rub their eyes and gasp with astonish-
ment and impofitely stare at the f1edg-
ling who had cleared away, in a few
minutes, legal tangle that days of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
HUNDRED YEARS OLD,
BUT WANTS WORK
Centenarian Becomes Indiq.
nant When He Is Locked
Up as a Naqrant.

NEW YORK, April 9-Leonard Wilson
says he Is one hundred years Old He
was found sitting on the doorstep of No
147 West One Hundreth street last night
A few hours before the Smith family, with
whom he lived. moved away. The old
man says they were poor and could not
take care of him any longer. He was ar
rested on a charge of vagrancy. He was
Very angry.
Il can work. he shouted. I'm strong
yet. A hundreds nothing. Why don't
they arrest Sandow?"
Wilson went to live with the Smiths
last October. They found him in the
street. though he says he has sister
who owns property near Grants tomb. on
Riverside drive. He and some neighbors
said she used to visit him once in
while, though the old man claims she
does not help him any,
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think that l should write her the truth.
1t would hurt her, of course, but then she
would realize how great was the love
of her grandmother.
Mixing to Get the Gray.
Next in value to the real white hair
is real gray hair, and this is due chiefly
to the fact that there are so many de-
greeS of grayneSS. When a hairdreSSer
is in need of a switch of gray hair he
forwards sample to the manufacturer,
who matches it by mingling strands of
white hair with the necessary strands
of gray. This might seem an exceed
ingly difficult thing to do, as 1t is said
that the hairs of the head cannot be
counted except on heads that are al
most bald.
But it is not such a very difficult
process. A handful of white and
handful of gray hair of various degrees
of grayneSS are drawn across upturned
spikes, the different varieties being add
ed until the required shade is found.
There are shadows of red, or au
burn, and Of bronze black that are ex-
ceedingly difficult to get, but none Of
these has anything like the market
value of the white or even the gray
hair. Most Of the hair that we sell
comes from Russia, Scandinavia, Italy,
Germany, Spain and France, and the
cheaper sorts from Japan, China and
South America. 1t is only once in a
great while that there is any American
hair for sale, because the Americans
as people are more prosperous and
don't have to sell their locks.
Much Of the hair that comes to the
manufacturers is in the form of
'combings, a small saving which the
American women even of the poorer
classes have not realized has a real
value. These 'combingS' are SteriliZed
and treated with antiseptics after they
have been carefully run over stationary
combs or spikes until they are in or
der. All this is done by machinery
that separates, through the fine teeth,
what is known as the root and the
point hair. Another machine gathers
the strands into their classifications,
according to length.
"As there is always the desire for
curly hair especially for fringes and
ringlets, and as natural curly hair is
rare, the manufacturer has machine
by which the strands are tightly wound
about little wooden sticks, where the
hair is held for at least month.
When it is loosened it will retain it's
curl almost indefinitely, although damp
weather is apt to send it back for re-
curling.
Dyeing and Bleaching.
"Of course, human hair has to be
dyed to suit the prevailing fashion. It
is easy to dye hair that has been shorn,
as there is no danger that the dye will
run, because the hair is held in hori-
zontal position. This is almost impos-
sible in the case of dyeing the hair on
the head. It is a mistake to speak of
dyeing hair to a lighter color. Hair can
be dyed only to q darker shade-which
makes the raven and bronze black val
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
NEARLY
ENCOUNTERS DEATH
Jersey City Man Falls Over Lofty Cliff,
but Lands on Ledge.

JERSEY CITY, N. J., April S.-Hen-
ry Wahlert, of Jersey City Heights, is
a somnambulist. He retired at 8
o'clock. Two hours later William
Herlihy. of 36 Paterson avenue, who
was on his way home, saw Wahlert
on Ogden avenue. near the edge of the
cliff at Franklin street, clad only in his
night clothes.
Before Herlihy could reach the sleep
walker he had fallen over the edge of
the cliff. which at that point is eighty
feet high. Luckily he struck on a ledge
twenty feet below, and was rudely
awakened by the shock. He shouted
Justify for assistance, and Herlihy
shouted back a reasSuring word Then
he aroused two men at a nearby house
and by means OF a rope which Wah-
lert fastened about his waist he was
hoisted to safety After thanking his
rescuers he hurried home, his teeth
chattering from cold
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
WOULD DIG SMALLEST
CANAL IN THE WORLD

LINCOLN, Neb.. April 9.-The state
board of irrigation of Nebraska is con-
sidering the> smallest canal enterprise
in the world.
Martha ], Green, of Reed, needs wa
ter for her garden, and she has asked
the board for permission to tap Kibbey
creek, in Boyd county, in order that
she may have the use of 1856 part of
a cubic foot for a canal ten rods long.
to irrigate one-eighth of an acre Of
land.
The headgate of the canal is twelve
inches high and the canal will be two
feet deep and two feet wide.
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he arrived from Philadelphia and en-
tered the conference, the case was
submitted to him.
And you want me to argue the
case?" he asked.
YES" was the reply.
Very WELL" he said, and walked
out of the room and went back to
Philadelphia.
The next day he hunted up A. J.
Cassatt at his offices in Broad street
station.
Now, Mr. Cassatt." he said, "sit
down and tell me what you know Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

among the members of the Philadel-
phia bar that former president of the
Pennsylvania railroad cooled his heels
for nearly an hour in Mr.. Johnson's re-
ception room, all because the lawyer
was wrapped up in discussing a petty
suit with a poor widow.
Not so many weeks ago, several New
York capitalists wanted to consult
with Mr.. Johnson in a hurry. and sent
an urgent call over to Philadelphia for
him. The reply came back over the
wire. BUSY"
The capitalists wired back, asking
when he could come.
when 1 am through here" was the
reply.
'"When will that be?" was the query.
Perhaps today, perhaps not" was
the answer.
The capitalists could do nothing ex-
cept to exercise patience. They had
called Mr.. Johnson in the morning;
late in the afternoon he finished the
business in hand, then got on a special
train that had been kept waiting for
him all day and went to meet the
millionaires.
What was 1t that kept Mr.. Johnson
busy? The New Workers were anx-
ious to find out; the inquiry they
started brought up against the fact
that on the day they were franticalIy
NOASSA AOA 4AAAAl AAC cAO
in prosecuting a suit involving less
than hundred dollars. -1i" VI
Mr.. Johnson has only one interest
besides his work. That is art. He Is
known as one of the greatest art 7cr1tz1
les and collectors in Europe and
America. He buys for public art gal
leries, as we'll as for miIlionaires,H and
his own private collection is one of
the most valuable in America. He
has a large house on Broad street I'm
Philadelphia; in 1t he has not only
paintings all over the walls. but they
are stacked up, still in their boxing
as they came from the. art galleries OF
two continents, in the hall, all over
the house. HID
when you enter Mr.. Johnson's
house." said a friend. you stumble
against a YelasqueZ in the entrance;
you go to hang up your hat and 1T
hits a Rembrandt; the tails Of your
overcoat threaten to knock over
Veronese; to seat yourself, you must
remove Van Dyck from a chair; and
you are afraid to cross your legs for
fear Of striking your foot through
some old masters Madonna"
Mr.. Johnson doesn't drop his study
of corporate law when he is riding
his hobby Whenever he goes on an
art gallery excursion to Europe he
takes along a trunkful of papers and
books, and works what time he can't
get in the art galleries.
Copyright, 1904, by G. T. Viskniskki)
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the case.
Mr.. Cassatt did as he was bid and
talked for twenty minutes. He was
still in the midst of his narrative
when Mr.. Johnson interrupted.
That will do, he. said. Thank
you. Good day"
The day following Mr. Johnson went
before the court and talked for fifteen
minutes. Then he abruptly sat down
and asked where's my bag?" A court
attendant handed it to him, and while
those of his millionaire clients who
were present We're looking their utter
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Wilson says he was born in Sweden.
He began work as a tailor. following that
life for more than fifty years, and then
he became a Waterman around Shipyards.
He kept at that work for thirty years.
Then he went to the Smiths. When they
moved yesterday they said they could not
take care Of him any longer and he sat
down on the doorstep to think what he
should do.
Wilson looks to be about eighty. He
is not given to Renaissance and only says
he wants to get out and earn his living.
When he was put in a cell he growled:
I'm a hundred, but there's a lot Of
work in me yet"
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<ea{ SELLING HUMAN HAIR $500
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-03
Sugge StiOnS for
Xmas Presents

This season finds this store re-
splendent with the most suitable
, selection of gift goods" ever
shown. Diamond rings, pendants.
pins and brooches. Gold and
enameled watches.
LOckets. neck chains, charms,
pins and link buttons.
Sterling and plated silver sets
in manicure, toilet and table ware.
The only line Of hand-painted
china in town.
Cut glass of the best American
product. Rich, brilliant, and of
the first grade.
Fine umbrellas, with detacha-
bic handles, a great convenience
in travelling.
You are invited to inspect our
Christmas goods, whether you de-
sire to purchase or not.
Goods laid aside for Christmas
delivery.
Abner G. Thomas
JEWELER.
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Local News

!"
This was very gloomy day.
y Il Il
December is growing bleaker.
w. F. Hagan went to Marietta
this morning.
Kentucky got her long-looked-
for chaser last night.
y y a.
DR.. E. M. Sellers of Friendly,
was in the city today.
4 . =
Attorney M. D. Hanes left this
morning for points south.
J. w. Hickok of Cameron, ar
rived in the city this morning.
Edward Smith of Galmish, was
transacting business here today.
David Headley OF Alma, was
business caller in the city today.
James Russell and family re-
turned to the city last evening.
y K \
w. r. Wells of Bens Run, was
business caller in the city to-
day.
Jacob Oblinger of Buck Run,
made us a pleasant social call to-
day.
q. A. Wilmington, a prominent
oil operator of Marietta, was in
the city today.
The Dagoes have spent consld-
cradle Of their spare time In this
city since pay day
4 y =
F. j. Riggs of Bearsville, this
county was transacting business
in the city today.
II y \
This was the first good hunting
day of the present season. 1t has
been too dry heretofore.
1t has rained in Kentucky and
the strain on distilleries has nat
uralIy been greatly lessened.
X = 4
L. S. Stewart of Middlebourne,
went to New Martinsville this
morning on a business mission.
The indications today are for
rain. Il is the wish of all that we
receive torrent for few hours.
Mrs. Zou Hastings Frazier OF
Wheeling, will sing Sunday morn
. ing and evening in the Presbyter-
ian church.
Miss Jane Smith Of Middle
bourne. went to Wheeling this
morning on visit to relatives
and friends.
J. r. Jones went to Wheeling
this morning to visit his wife,
who is receiving treatment III a
hospital there.
4 y y
Adam Reed of Middlebourne,
passed through the city this morn
ing en- route to Flushing, O., to
visit his sister, who is i'll.
y X Il
Some individual became excited
about 10 o'clock last night and
gave a false fire alarm. Of course
the guilty party is not known.
Better be buying your Xmas
presents.
Mrs. Ella Stealey has sold her
residence on Gravel Hill to DR.. f.
NJ. Sellers for 5000. She will
give possession February |, and
will move to Marietta wbnra cha
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|
expects to reside for the next two
or three years st. Mary's Ora
Gle.
The wheels of manufacturing
concerns throughout the country
are whirling faster with each
passing day.
The cocks on Bryan's farm in
Nebraska will crow little louder
when the announcement is made
that Bryan's vote exceeds Park
er's.
The weather man seemed to be
making a very great and deter
mined effort to furnish some rain
when we went to press this after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. B. Slemaker
and the latter's sister, Miss Lila
Graham, spent the day with Mr..
and Mrs. Slemaker's daughter,
Miss Julia, who is attending the
Mt. de Chantel seminary.
G.. w. Hill left on the afternoon
train for the bedside of his father,
William Hill, who is seriously i'll
at the home Of his daughter in
Wheeling. Mr.. Hills symptoms
were of a very alarming nature
when we went to press.
y y II
Al LeaSure has taken charge OF
the Phoenix cafe. and respectfully
solicits a portion of the public
patronage. Mr.. Leasure has had
many years experience in the res
taurant business, and is thorough
| ly familiar with the art Of serv-
ing appetizing meals and lunches.
y y y
George Armstrong, superinten-
dent for the Oxford Oil company
for Middlebourne district, has ac-
cepted much better position and
will remove next week with his
family to Washington county,
Ohio, to take charge of his new
territory.
Even the milkmen have suffer.
ed from the long continued
drought. But then, there s moth,
ing remarkable about this. The
millimen s profit depends solely
on the amount Of water he sells
He does not realize any profit
from the sale Of milk only, or at
least that is what their customers
tell us
s. p. Cummett. the new presid,
inc elder Of the Parkersburg dis,
trict, preached last night in the
| N. f. church. The sermon was
= very practical one, the subject
keep Thysclf Pure" being vel
handled. The only pity was all OF
Sistersville did not hear it. He
gave us to understand we sin OF
our own accord, cannot be forced
to do wrong. for the book says
"Thyself." Oh, for more such ser.
mons.
John Tippins, a staunch young
Republican, who resides just
north of the city, was a business
caller in Tyler's metropolis today
Mr.. Tippins is prominently men,
toned as the next Deputy Sher,
iff. Just who will receive the
appointment no one seems to be
able to name at this time. AL
who know Mr.. Tippins, however
agree that he is well qualified tc
fill the position, and deserves it
from political standpoint OF
viewing the matter. He did ex.
cellent work for his party during
the late campaign, and should re-
ceive some recognition for his la,