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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08
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than talker. This attribute seems to be a common property of those who play the game" As in whist, there is more to De gained by thinking and acting than by talking about It.
 During his office hours Mr. Ryan is easily approached by those who have business with him, but there must be no time wasted. His official day begins at 10 o'clock, when he reaches the building. He works after a well ordered system. Before his appearance his secretary makes up the appointments for the day in calendar form and places the list upon the desk. There is a brief attention to the correspondence that sifts past the various secretaries desks, and then, withv in a very short time after the financier's arrival, the important consultations be- gin.
 As a rule the other players in the game come to see MT. Ryan; he seldom goes to see them. His daily task is more that of captain in a coming tower, who di- rects operations through subordinates and a thorough system of wires. Mir Ryan's system of wires is the finest In the coun- try, and he is an expert manipulation.
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PERSONALITY OF THos. F. RYAN.
Big Man of Simple Tastes, Hard to
 Study, Who Talks Little.

From "A Day With Thomas F. Ryan, .
 by Henry Harrison Lewis in Success
 Magazine
 Thomas Fortune Ryan (you will observ' the significance of his middle name) is business man of the utramodern type.
 He Is engaged in playing a game that is quite popular these days. Tho name of the game Is high finance. and Thomas Fortune Ryan is almost. if not quite, the most expert player in the lot
 You have seen Thomas F Ryan's DOT trait many times in the press and you recognize the man at once. His physical appearance is that of a great many oth- CTS. He Is big, standing over six feet and solid, but not stout His broad shoul- ders are we'll thrown back, and he looks in the prime of life, despite the fact that he Is past 54 years of age. His hair is barely sprinkled with gray. his cheeks are smooth and ruddy, end he wears close-cropped mustache. The chin Is un- usually short, which means nothing at all with this man.
 The strength in his face is confined to the eyes. They are gray, and very steady and cool. You look at little else when you are telking with him. If you are studying the man you find here your clue to his character. There is little to be gained from his voica. which Is quiet modulated and dispassionate 1t is said of him that he is a much better listener
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twenty-six either being asked or asking

twenty-six either being asked or asking for divorce.
 But the women are not plaintiffs in all cases. Quite a few go to show that all the virtue lies not on the side of the wives of the city, although In nearly 75 per cent of the cases the petitions are filed by the women. One hundred and seven teen women ask separation from their husbands. while only thirty-nine husbands ask that their vows be annulled.
 On the face of the petitions, whisky cuts mighty little figure, or at least not as much 1t is commonly supposed to do. True, Iowa is a prohibition state and whisky is not as easily got as in some other cities, but a trip across the river to Omaha. will net all the 'booze" a man can pay for. Anyway whisky, or habitual drunkenness, was the basis in just one-third of the cases filed. Inhu- man treatment and desertion were given In most other cases. However, there were large number of freak causes given in the petitions and back of these peti- tions were yet other causes which never came to light.
 divorce because her husband taught the parrot how to swear. And list of the epithets that bird could and did use, according to the petition, showed the hus- band to be an expert In "cussin'."
 MT. Roland Porter says his wife Is too good for him and asks to be set free on that account. "She puts in so much time praying for me that she don't have time to do any housework, and I have to do all the cooking" he says.
 On the other hand Mrs. Minnie Davis says her husband Is a brute and that he threatens her life so often that she Is afraid of him.
 MT. Joe Evans says his wife is so jeal- ous of his good looks that she won't let him shave and keeps his "other clothes' locked up, only permitting him to wear them when he goes out with Der.
 Mrs. Belle Hall has a phonograph and works it overtime. Her husband Is d railroad engineer and works nights. sleeping In the day. But Belle and the photograph prevent him from doing much In that line and he says he can't stand it. Therefore he asks a separation.
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DIVORCE CRAZY.
Married Men Have Difficulties In Iowa
 City.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, Correspondence Gin
 cinnati Enquirer.
 This city has gone divorce crazy regular stampede to secure legal separa- tion seems to have struck the town, and within the past year one man out of every twenty-six men who are married has either been sued for divorce or IS himself the plaintiff in case. It Is not that Council Bluffs men are worse than other men, nor that their wives are sharp CT than wives in other cities and can "catch up'' with their spouses easier but the fact remains that Council Bluffs peo- pie seem to have grown tired of the mates given them by the law and are just falling over themselves to get rid Of them.
 Although Council Bluffs Is not big city-only 25,S02 inhabitants according to the last government eensus-at present there are 101 cases of divorce pending and within the past year 156 cases have been filed. But the climax came last week, when forty-six petitions for divorce were filed with the county clerk. Every time legal petition was handed to the clerk it had reference to some man or woman who was dissatisfied with the marital conditions, and when the week was up County Clerk Beattie knew more of the woes of the married than he had ever dreamed of knowing.
 The dockets in the district court are crowded to such an extent by those cases that there is no room for ordinary actions which arise. and a special judge will have to be called In to hear the divorce cases alone.
 The population of Council Bluffs, as given In the latest government report, Is only 25,S02. Allowing one voter to each five people, the number ofvoters is given as 5040-this being the number of men over 21 years o1d-and placing the number of unmarried men over 2i years old in the city at 1000 Ca conservative number), there remain just 4,040 married men in the city, and from this number must come those who are asking divorces. The number of pending cases, together with those grant ed during the year, being 156, gives pro- portion of to 26-one man out of every
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An Appetizer.
From Harper's Weekly.

From HarperS Weekly.
 Dinner was a little late.
 A guest asked the hostess to play some- thing
 Seating herself at the plano, the good woman executed a Chopin nocturne with precision.
 She finished, and there was still an in terval of waiting to be bridged.
 In the grim silence she turned to an old gentleman on her right and said:
 Would you like a sonata before dim ner?'' ure.
 ''why, yes, thanksl" he said 'I had a couple on my way here. but think could stand another"
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MILES OF WORDS.
Rapid-Fire Work of the Free-Lance
 Writer.

In the Worlds Work an article on Writing for Living contains many anecdotes of the career of writer for revenue only. Mr. Gilson Willets says:
 In the life of the special correspondent of the weekly or the monthly come what may be called "emergency calls" com parable to the hurry calls' of the phy- sician. The evening President Mckinley was shot an editor telephoned me to have the whole story in the office by seven the next morning. In that all-night of tele phoning for facts and of banging the typewriter I made $75. Again, President Schurman of Cornell university could be interviewed only on the train from New York to Ithaca On my arrival in Ithaca m editor teegraphed me to hasten to Kansas to "cover' the publication of the Rev Charles NJ. Sheldon's "As Christ Would' edition of the Topeka Daily Cap ital. That assignment kept me in Kan three weeks, although 1 had left New York to be gone only one night On an- other occasion, as l stepped ashore after four days spent on rocking pilot-boat off Sandy Hook to write of Pilots Cour- ageous," boy handed me q note from an editor asking me to hasten by the first train to the coal mining region of Pennsylvania, where a great strike was agitating the country. On the train to Scranton l had to write the pilot story, in order to be free to gather the facts for the story of "1he Coal Dust Twins Messrs. Striker and seab.''
 An editor telephonea ne on Thursday: "Can you sail with he Saturday for Eu- roper "Yes' "Then meet me on the ship, for I have no time to see you be- fore sailing" As the ship steamed down New York bay, l asked: "Why are we going to Europe?' T want you,' was the answer, "to get the facts in Berlin, Paris London and St. Petersburg, and write a series of articles on 'The American Com mercial Invasion of Europe !"
 That year I crossed the Atlantic six times, making three round trips; for be- sides the trip to get the material for the commercial Invasion articles, I mada separate trips through the poorest coun- ties of Irin's Isle. mostly in carts, to write "'rhe Depopulation of Ireland"; and through the slumberland of Alfonso XIII, to write Americans Now Welcome in Spain"
 When 1t prints good. 1t ;3 a good cus
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When 1t prints good. 1t ;5 a good cus The Gawk Engraving Go.
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Perhaps 1t is not etched enough: send 1t to the Gawk Engraving Co. Peoples phone 27&
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'CHO|CE PROPERTY
 IS SOLD AT ENSLEY Fitty-two Lots at Palmer Ter
 race Bring $11,00O PURCHASERS UNKNOWN Property Transferred Was Bought From Ensley Land Company and
 Is In Popular Residence
 Section, Southside.

Ensley. October 7.-(Special.)- )-While the parties to the deal refuse to allow the use of their names, it was stated with authority today that 52 lots at Palmer terrace on the South Ensley car line had changed hands. and that something like $l1.O00 was involved in the transaction,
 The transfer was made by w. II. Will Hams of Birmingham, who represents the purchasers of the property.
 It is stated that the property VIII oe improved at once and it is the supposi- | ton that nothing but first class residences will be allowed on the tract. The lots rep resented in the deal are in that choice section on the southside destined to be- come the most popular and populous resi- dence section of the city and are coh- sidered very valuable for that reason.
 The property was sold by the hnsley Land company and the transaction was closed today The tract represented ln the deal lies on the eastsde of the car hhe and between Palmer station and Tuxedo park.
 Mrs. Broda Entertains.
 Mrs. Henry Broda entertained a number of her friends most delightfully."- at her home on Avenue E yesterday afternoon from 3.3O to 5:3O Delicious refreshments were served during the afternoon ana all who were present pronounced the aiai one of the most delightful of the sea son. o,
 Those present were: Mrs. C. H. Clark, Mrs. Nellie Simpson, Mrs. M. Il. Sher- man, Mrs. w. F. Nagel Mrs Y. E. cut ter, Mrs H. NJ. Cowart Mrs. z. r. Cur ry, Mrs. W. T. Tendon, Mrs. E 5. Brazei- ton, Mrs. R. c. Boak, Mrs. F. E. Butcher, Mrs. w. B. Bridge and Mrs. Cowart or Midway, Ala.
 Miss Hattie Brazelton assisted Mrs. Broda in receiving her guests
 Wilson-Fuller.
 MT. and Mrs. Felix DeMoville Fuller an nounee the engagement and appfoachlns marriage of their daughter, M. Eiolse to MT. A. J. Wilson, Jr., of Fordyce, Ark.
 The wedding will be quiet one and will take place at the brides home in Ensley, on the morning of Wednesday, November l. at 10:30 o'clock.
 Miss Fuller is the only daughter Of Mir. and Mrs. Felix Fuller and has for the past year and a half resided in Ensley, her home formally being in Nashville, where she has hosts of friends, and Is well known In musical circles as a pianist and teacher of rare ability Mir. Wilson is vice president of the A. R. Banks lnsur- ance company. and is well known In a number of states for his sterling worth both in business and social circles They will leave immediately after the cere- mony for Memphis, Niagara Falls To- ronto, New York and Washington, visit ing the groom's sister and parents in Pine Bluff and Monticello before return ing to their home in Fordyce.
 Notes and Personals. Bids for the building of the Carnegie library will be opened by the library com | mittee in the office of Mayor N. w. Scott | at the city hall next Tuesday night. Last l Tuesday night number of bids were received, but all were rejected by the com mittee and another call made. The regular services will be conducted
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Bits of Odd Information.
Philadelnhia Rulletin.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 Stammering Is unknown among savage tribes.
 Clergymen stand second in the list or investors; mechanics first.
 In Vienna glass is being used to fill teeth with
 Man is sick ten days, women twenty days, of each year.
 The King of Italy is presented annually by the Emperor of Austria with 10000 American cigars.
 To run an ocean liner from New York to Liverpool costs s50,000.
 The average weight of an Andaman islander is sixty pounds.
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NOTES FOR LAWYERS

building having above the first floor a restaurant kitchen containing three em- ployes is held in Carrigan vs Stillwell (Me) 6S L. k. A. 3S6, not to be within the meaning of statute requiring fire escapes upon buildings in which any trade, manufacture or business is carried on.' requiring the presence of workmen above the first floor.
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Offering a worthless bill in satisfaction of an obligation, with request for change Is held, in Com. vs. Beckett (ky) 6S R. l.. A 6SS, to be within a statute providing for the punishment of any ,ne who, by false token, with intent to com init a fraud, obtains money or property, although it is not expressly stated that the bill is d good one.
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Failure of police officers having charge of the holder of an accident insurance policy to protect him from assaults by other persons is held. in Jarnagin vs. Travellers Protective association e. c. A. 9th @ 6S l.. R. A. 499 not to take his killing by them out of provision in tn, policy that no recovery can be had upon it In case of death from intentional in- juries inflicted by insured or any other porsot.
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The right to the use of steam from the landlords plant to heat water and warm ing tables is held, in Slack vs. Knox Qll.) 6S L. R. A. 606, not to pass to the lessee under a renewal lease which does not mention 1t, where the first lease was un- der seal. and the right claimed was ac- qured under an oral contract made for a separat consideration after the la Ice was executed.
The Glenwood post., 1905-10-14
BLOOD WILL TELL.

1t takes lots of vitality, nervous force and
strength to win a race. Blood must be
pure and good.
Without good red blood man has
weak heart and poor nerves. Thinness of
the blood, or anemia, is common in men
and young women, and all those who work
indoors, who do not get enough good OK.
ygen in their lungs consequently have too
many white blood corpuscles.
Keep the nerves nourished, the heart
strong, the head cool the stomach vigorous
the liver active with a tonic which has
stood the test of time and has wide repu-
tation, such as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
Tonics consisting of large portions of
alcohol, iron or cod liver OIL do not bring
the desired changes in the blood, because
they do not enter the system and are not
absorbed into the blood, with the excep.
ton of the alcohol, which shrivels up the
red blood corpuscles when it does come in
contact with them Therefore do not allow
the dealer to insult your intelligence by
telling you he has something better than
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
The cost of mailing only. rThe Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser, f" 1908 large
pages, is sent free on receipt of twenty. one
one-cent stamps, for the paper covered
book, or thirty one stamps for the cloth
bound volume. Address DR. R. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N Y.
For constipation, the true, scientific cure
is DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Mild,
harmless, yet sure. No other pill can com.
pare with them.
The Glenwood post., 1905-10-14
OUR CHILDREN.

Home should be made the most in
teresting and loved spot on earth. not
merely four square walls of wood and
brick; it should be the fountain of
civilization, the very word should
touch every fiber of the soul. and
strike every cord of the human heart
with its angelic fingers, place where
thought is centralized on the higher
and better things of life, bringing
forth in the highways and byways an
influence that will be felt by all with
whom it comes in contact. 1t should
be place where the heart is, a place
where our feet may leave but not our
hearts. a place where angels unfold
their wings, the place we love best,
because it is the place where mother
is.
Men can build the house and roof
it in, resistance against storms and
elements, but the man with all his
genius and artisan science cannot
make the home; that ever has and
ever will be the task of woman. 1t is
she alone that can bring to it warmth
and beauty, here she reigns supreme.
Let our homes be places of love. joy
and brightest sunshine, places of en-.
during love that outlasts the wedding
day, and which produces life Of one
long unbroksn honeymoon, the mold
ing place of character, a place where
the child breathes an atmosphere per-
fumed by the choicest flowers of heav
en-. where it finds the greatest earthly
security in mothers loving, fostering
care.
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Home Circle
Column

OF it and swinging of by his weight,
pulled it over to the ground. 1t still
shows the effect of that bending
How many people go through life
with their characters all bent and
warped for the want of proper early
training. Being gentle and tender in
her nature. woman conles in close
contact with children, welding an
influence that no one else possibly
could. Had it not been for the wise
consecrated Christian mother, this
country might never have had char
acter SO noble as tina. of George
Washington. OF how many mothers
might it be said as a great man once
said of his mother: "All that I am.
or ever hope to be, owe to my moth
err
The Glenwood post., 1905-10-14
LEGAL
Seaed Proposals

Sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned, acting for Garfield
County, Colorado. at his office in
Glenwood Springs. Colorado mp to
October 23d A. D. 1905. at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon, for furnishing all
material, and constructing concrete
pier at the south end of the County
bridge across the Roaring Fork river
near Catherine station in said Gar
field County. and two tubular piers at
the North end of said bridge filled
with piling and concrete. The con.
tractor is to remove the old piers of
the bridge and place the new piers in
proper position in connection with
the bridge as above indicated, putting
in the necessary fills and leaving the
bridge in perfect condition for public
travel, doing trst-class work The
County reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
Dated at Glenwood Springs, Colo
rado. this third day Of October, A D.
1905.
WM. CARDNELL,
County Clerk
10 I-l0-2l.
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THE GIRL WE ALL LOVE.

There are girls and many of them
even readers of this paper, of whom
it can be truthfully said. we all love
them. They have virtues whose
charm of manner attracts us all
They are not selfrighteous. They are
not aware that we all admire them
On the other hand, in their efforts to
contribute to the welfare of others,
they are oblivious of self. thereby
rendering themselves more attractive.
Their influence is felt most in the
home. A home is what woman
makes it. and a daughter, In nine
CAGES out of ten. the reflection of her
mother.
There the girl has the privilege of
acting as "ministering angel" By
her gentleness she refines the manners
of the brothers and is diligent in her
kindness to the aged, throwing
wreaths of blossoms on the road that
leads father and mother down the
steep of years. No child of want ever
comes to her and is turned away emp
ty no one in sorrow comes to her but
is comforted no one asks her the way
to he saved but she points him to the
cross.
"Tact, sincerity and amiability, "
says one of our best writers, "are a
golden combination, in the character
of any girl, the first enabling her to
avoid those subjects which are likely
to prove irritating and keeping her
from rubbing others the wrong
way. the second showing her flawless
as a crystal in her truth Of word and
thought, and the third making hel
to overflow with loving kindness. The
essentials are within the reach o.
all, I"
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Forest Supervisor Examination

Buford. Colo. October 4, / 1905
The Glen wood Post,
dlenwood springs. Colo,
Gentlemen;
Civil service examinations will
be held at the following places for
the position of Forest Supervisor:
Weaverville, California, Oct. 16.
Quincy, California, Oct. 49,
San Bernardino, California. Oct. l8.
Roseburg, Oregon. Oct. IS.
LaGrande, Oregon, Oct. 90.
Wallace, Idaho, Oct. is.
Idaho City, Idaho. Oct. 25.
Bozeman, Montana. Oct. 1s.
Missoula, Montana, Oct 90.
Bailey, Colorado. Oct. 18.
Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Oct. 90.
Flagstaff, Arizona, Oct 16.
All communications and requests
for application blanks should be ad-
dressed to the Civil Service Commits.
sion, Washington, D. c.
HARRY GIBLER,
Ranger in charge.
The Glenwood post., 1905-10-14
MAGIC IN TIBET.
Psats of the Wonder Workers of the
Land of Mystery.


Fsats of the Wonder Workers of the
Land of Mystery.
India and neighboring countries are
the home Of mystery and the black
arts. Even in the centers Of clvilixa.
ton there are fortune tellers and won
der workers to whom supernatural
powers are attributed by those who
scorn superstitious belief. Says a writ.
er: "Tibetan peddlers have affirmed
over and over again that, living in the
mountains near the city of Lassa. there
are men possessing extraordinary pow
ers, distinct from and far higher than
the ordinary lamas.
"These men cure the sick by giving
them rice to eat which they crush out
Of the paddy with their hands, They
perform many other remarkable feats.
We are told that young Bengal in
1882 testified before a number of re-
spectacle witnesses that while travel
ing in Tibet, in the neighborhood of
the lake of Manasarawara, he met one
Of these men accompanied by a num-
Der Of chelas. or pupils. The master
saluted him and, finding that he had
nothing to eat, gave him some ground
grain and tea.
"As the Bengali had no means Of OBJ
tanning fire the master called for some
fuel and kindled 1t by simply blowing
on It with his mouth. He also cured
shepherd who was brought to him
suffering from rheumatic fever, then
and there, by giving him a few grains
Of rice crushed out Of the paddy which
he had in his hand"
The Glenwood post., 1905-10-14
A J1dicisps Inquiry

A wellknown travelling man who
visits the drug trade says he has often
heard druggists inquire Of customers
who asked for. a cough medicine.
whether it was. wanted for q. child or
for an adult. and sifn fol- q child they
almost invariably recommend Cham
berlain's Cough Rnmedy. The reason
for this is that they know there is no
danger. from it and that 1t always
cures. There is not the least danger
in giving 1t, and for coughs, colds
and Group 1t is unsurpassed. For sale
by all druggists.