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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
,Mr. pooley Lucky.

Uinley Peter Dunn (Dooley) is one of tte lucky ones. He came into the street about six months ago with $I5,000 to S100,- 0tC. and under the careful guardianship of hia friend, John Grier, collected S15O.0OO In fortunate speculation He cleaneI ID his accounts about a month ago and went to Europe, taking Crier along with him. The latter will be back in New York the first of the week. leaving Dunn in Europe where he expects to remain for another si month. Grier himself is a couple of hundred thousand dollars ahead of the game and intends to buy membership in the stock exchange. He will be re- called as one of "Joe" Letters favorite brokers in that famous wheat corner on the Chicago board of trade which cost the noted plunger ana his late lamented father more than s120o0,000. Young Letter, through the favor of his sire was en- abled to pay of an indebtedness to Chi cago banks aggregating 80 500000, but he left unpaid board of trade claims in ex- cess of s1.0O0.0 GOO. which at last accounts had not been liquidated. There is curi- osity among the unintiated as to whether yung Joe has found time to clean off the slate since the death of his f. ther. by which event he came into large for tune, although not as great by many mill lions as it would have been if he had kept out of wheat corners
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Jacobs Pharmacy,
 2O9-2ll N. Nineteenth St.
BEAUTY OF THE SUNSET
 HOUR IN OLD ENGLAND

with delight. When you see maidens in crimson and blue and mauve moving through waiSt-high grain, it is as if a scene from tie fresco of some pagan fes- tival had suddenly become animate.
 It is good to be abroad at twilight in England-to see the haze deepen over wood and river and towers at Richmond i; to see the dull purpes settling on the farther slopes of Hampstead Heath; to walk in harvest over the long meadows of Essex while the haymakers are toiling in the fading light. And afterward it Is good to stop at one of the country inns for cup of tea or glass of stout. There you shall see lads and lasses returning from their sweethearting among the lanes; coach loads of city folk halting for the refreshment of which they seem to stand in singularity frequent need. and country yoxels with the dun blouses and simple, good-natured faces with which Punch has made us familiar.
 The sunset hour is a function in Eng land, for which nature has provided the setting and the music, and men have done the rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
LUCKY POODLES.
Some of Them Have Outfits That Are
 Valued at $2oo0.

From Success.
 There are pet dogs in New York" in- sisted, worth 5000. There are St. Ber- nards worth s1,O0O. There are women in New York who spend thousand dollars a year on clothes for their poodes."
 "On clothes for their poodles'
 Certainly; on house coats. walking coats. dusters, sweaters, coats lined with ermine at $200 each, automobile coats with hoods and goggles, and each coat fitted with pocket for the poodles handker- chief of fine linen or lace"
 'I never heard of such a thing"
 Tt Is absolutely true. Furthermore, these women buy for their pet dogs boots of different colored leather to match the coats, house boots, street boots, etc. that lace up nearly to the knee and cost from s5 to SS a pair. They buy half a dozen pairs at time. And they buy collars, set with rubles. pearls and diamonds, at sev- eral hundreds dollars each. A man who makes a specinlty of such collars told me of a woman who imported from Paris a complete outfit for her poodle costing 5000. And one lady had house built for her dog, the exact model of Queen Anne cottage, with rooms papered and carpeted and the windows hung with lace curtains Every morning a woman calls Ca sort or uoB BoVeFneSS) 10 pdtle anu coii'" anu curl and perfume the little darling, and then take him out for his walk. He eats and drinks from silver dishes and 1T he gets a stomac.. ache a specialist Is promptly summoned"
 What. a dog specialist?"
 Precisely. New York has it's fashlona- ble dog doctors, who get s10 visit and sleep with telephone at their bedside Tor night calls. like regular practitioners one lady whom I summoned specialist from New York to Newport and kept him there for a week nt s1O0 q day, because her poodle was ailing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Work on Warrior Locks.

The work of constructing the locks on the Warrior river. just north of Demop- oils, is to be renewed at once. Chief En- glneer Craighill. in charge of the work, has given orders to this effect, at the same time stating that the day labor is to be used in completing the work now under way.
 There are three more locks yet to be built before the Warror will be open the year round between Demopolis and tide water. a few miles north of Tuscaloosa. Mir Craighill did not state when the work is to be completed, Lut it is expected that Mobile will be receiving much of Its coal supply by barges down the river from the Tuscaloosa coal fields by next winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Woe dwari Fooled

Gossip over the plans for the merger of the southern iron and coal properties gave birth to a good story on James Henry Smith, otherwise known as Silent Smith," who inherited something like $1O0 coo, 900 from his eccentric uncle in Lon don a few years ago and whose social triumps have recently filled the columns of the newspapers. According to the story James T. Woowdard, president of the Hanover National Bank and big mogul m Tennessee Coal and Iron, roped Smith into the purchase of about 40,000 shares of stock in the corporation at a time when the market was around 100 That was three or four years ago. Smith had just come into control of his vast fortune and Woodward was one of the first to test the luctility of hls leg. landing him for an investment O. approximately S4,000,000 and inducing him to accept a position in the directorate of the iron company. The stock promptly went to 30 or thereabouts and Smith never saw a chance to get his money back until this latest merger deal took form He had been considered by Woodward as a hard and fast member of his party in Tennessee Coal and Iron and it was a great shock to that eminent fnancer to learn that his client had switched over to the other side When advised that such was the case he re- fused to believe the statement and set about to obtain an authoritative denial. To his chagrin he found that Silent" had taken a party of his society friends on a tour through Mexico on a private train. Repeated and persistent efforts to reach him by wire failed He appeared to have disappeared completely and no word from him was obtainable.
 As matter of fact "Sllent" had taken the precaution t tur3 his entire holdings over to the Hoadley party before leaving for the far southwest and didn't care to open up comm..n .nications with the foxy old party who had roped him into losing game of magnitude. He had waited quietly for years for his opportunity and when it came s.onC he was not slow to seize 1t.
 About the time Woodward stuck James Henry Smith for GOO shares he Is said to have persuaded Frederick Benedict, son of the Commodore, to invest $1,000 000 on marginal commitments in Tennessee Coal and Iron, every dollar of which was lost. Woodward halls from the south, where he was in the cotton and banking bus mess for many years and where he form eL alliances zach ultimately put him in control of Tennessee Coal and Iron. It will be like giving up his hearts blood to be forced to reinquish Tennessee Coal and Iron for ho had made all kinds of money out of it. manipulation in Wall street. He will now have to find another playthng to take its place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

insiders would take the public into their confidence as to what 1t is actually doing. It gives employment to between 65,0OO and 10000 men and furnishes capital for the handling of nearly the entire petroleum production of the western continent. It has taken thirty-five years of active life to bring the wonderful mechanism to it's present state of commercial perfection. This paragraph is in no sense an apology for methods employed. but simply with the plain fact of results accomplished. Tn the unvarnished story of what Stan dard oil has done in the discovery of by products and the development of uses and markets for them could be found one of the greatest trade romances in history. There are many hundreds of these by products and they are of infinite variety and value to mankind. It is true man. kind has paid well for them. but that is legitimate reward for sagacity and cease- less industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Me Paid $1oo,ooO

! For the American rights to Liquo- zone. We did this after testing the product for two years through physi- clans and hospitals, after proving in thousands of different cases, that Liquo-' zone destroys the cause of any germ dis ease.
 Iiquozone has, for more than 20 years been the constant subject of scientific and chemical research It is not made by com pounding drugs. nor with alcohol. US virtues are derived rolely from gas- largely oxygen gas-by a process requir- ing immense apparatus and II days time. T..e result is Liquid that does what oxygen does It is a nerve food and blood food-the most helpful thing it. the world to you It's elects are exhilarating. vital izing. purifying Yet it Is 2, germicide so certain that we publish on every bottle an offer of s1.o0n for a disease germ that it cannot kill. The reason is tha. germs are vegetable, and Licuozone-like an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Millions of people, of nine different nations, are constant users of Liquozone. Some are using 1t to get we'll; some to keep well. Some to cure germ diseases; some as a tonic. No medicine was ever so widely employed These users are everywhere; your neighbors and friends are among them. And half the people you meet--wherever you are-know some one whom Liquozone has cured.
 If you need help. please ask some of these users what Liquozone does. Don't blindly take medicine for what medicine cannot do. Drugs never kill germs. For your own sake, ask about Liquozone; then let us buy you full size bottle to try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Cation Receints.

Mobile is gaining prestige as cotton port, as shown by the comparative figures of this season and last. For the past few years the receipts here have not kept pace with the growth of the city, and this has caused the local cotton men to be- come more energetic. As a consequence the receipts from September l, 1904. to March l. 1905 were 24O,524, as against 1S7.- 0i5 for the same period last reasoh. The exports for this year have been 197.O07 bales, as against 164.922 last year.
 The real significance of these figures is apparent when 1t Is considered that at least fourth of the present crop is still held at the inland markets, whereas year ago nearly all of 1t had reached port
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Gossip.

In seeking new specialties for insurance one feature mas been overlooked which would find immense popularity In Wall street, and is insurance of speculative ac- counts in the stock market. Come early to avoid the rush.
 Finding company too numerous the big New York and Chicago bull clique in shake-out this week The slump gave rlso to all sorts of stories of individual losses and an abandonment of the bull position by Wall street and western oper- ators who had been prominent in the movement. The fact remains undsputed however that there Is a great shortage of high grade wheat and that the outlook for this years crop is not bright The bull pool is nor. than likely to give the market another whirl before the deal gets out of the May option.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
A Building All of Iron.

From the Engineering and Mining Jour-
 nal.
 Two Baltimore architects have drawn plans for building entirely without wood It will be six stories, and will have frontage of 41.5 feet. The entire structure Is to be of reinforced concrete and steel. Even the doors, trims, window sashes and door jambs are to be of metal. The windows will be glazed with wire glass. The frame for the show windows will be of steel into which the plate glass will be fitted. The side walls, col- umns and rear walls, as well as the sup porting columns of the front walls, will be of concrete. The floors will all have a top dressing of cement one and a half inches thick. The stairs will be of con crete, with slate treads and wrought iron balustrades
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Standard oil Suffers.

Standard Oil iG paying harsh penalty for carrying too far its traditional policy of secrecy It is drawing the fire of bitter criticism and attack from every quarter and the bombardment has become so gen eral that even the thick-skinned gentle men in control of it's destinies confess more than annoyance. Yet. there Is much about Standard Oil to command the re- spect and admiration of impartial people. if the facts could only be known and given publicity. Standard OH is an in- dustrial proposition of first magnitude and might rightfully hold a position as such instead of being a subject for un- qualified and insistent abuse if only the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
c. B. F. in the New York Mail.

c. B. F. in the New York Mail.
 TN the country the sunset hour is the
 fairest hour of the day. It is fairest of all in the English country. Perhaps that is because England itself is a sort of sunset domain, with the breeding haze and tender mist that come in to the scene at the days decline, and the majestic and hoary memories that suggest the down ward path of the sun. The days end is sfngularly beautiful and pensive in Eng land, and the note of it is very distinct in its poetry.
 But I think half the charm of the Eng fish sunset hour comes from the birds. It is then that the robin the trush and the bluebrd and their familiar Kindred call it-a day and celebrate the cireum- stance, like comic opera peasants, music ally. Their melodies are sweet enough in the half deserted forests of America; they are passing sweet in England, where the groves are alive with wingre crea- tures where every meadow and water course has it's songsters; where, over all, is the flight of ''the many wintered crow that leads tho changing rookery home.
 The rock is neither an intelligent nor a musical blrd but he is an earnest crea- ture, whose metallic chatter makes substantial background for the sWeeter songs of the twilight and whose garru- lous determination to go to bed forth With inclines even men to slumber. lie is heard at his best around sunset. An other unmuscal bird which l like to hear at that hour and which l first heard then is the cuckoo. His mournful horo- loge had struck several times in the re- cesses of Eppng Forest before 1t attract ed my attention as I rode through on my wheel It seemed to me l was listening to a cuckoo clock rather than to Words worth's wandering voice.
 Of all the sunset hours of the week Sundays is the best to spend in the Eng fish country; for then the church bells are a-swing and the fittings of the birds are modulated py their golden harmony. From eyery square and venerable church tower on the horizon comes the sound Of chimes. ''most musical, most melan- choly" Wherever you may be you will hear somewhere in the distance that call to meditation, to repose, to prayer. There is something of haunting richness, of mellow age. of vaguely splendid poetry as well as of devotion in the voices or the bells.
 Tn Jnna voir shall see the lasses gning thronsh thn field to church when that summons fcn4s across it. Their presence adds the last touch of charm. The lasses wear ~av and pretty frocks that set off their fresh comeliness and the winding ways thev follow-an English lane meand- CTS like lrook from village to village take them through wheat fields starred with the regal poppy; 1t seems that they are breasting and trampling the grain. An English wheat field abloom with peoples presents a vision that makes you gasp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
All in the Wording.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 we've been trying for the last two weeks to get a girl" said the passenger with the ear muffs. We advertised for one but 1t didn't do any good We got only three or four answers to the adver- tisement. and none of them was satis- factory
 'I guess you didn't word your ad right" said the passenger with the scarlet muf- fer. q advertised for a girl a few weeks ago and got sixty-seven replies
 How did you word yours?'
 'Wanted-To open a correspondence with a good. amiabe. healthy young wo- man, with a view to matrimony Ad- dress "Mddled-Aged Widower P. o. Box So-and-S So ,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
soc Bottle Free.

If you need Liquozone, and have never tried it. please send us this coupon. We will then mail you an order on a local druggist for a ful-size bottle, and we will pay the druggist ourselves for 1t. This is our free gift. made to convince you; to show you what Liquozone Is, and what it can do. In justice to yourself, please accept 1t today, fos 1t places you under no obligation whatever.
 Liquozone costs soc and $i.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Union Pacific Gossip.

1t is well known in the financial district that the Sehiff- Hartman party has on several occasions lost control of the Union Pacific market on it's advance from 60 to 1SG. and that at varying periods of the rise they have held an openly antagonistic position to the course of prices. 1t Is, therefore held to be humanly possible that they have lost control of the prop critics in the confusion of the market play. T. is not believed that they have, but at the same time 1t Is conceded that such might be the case and that in the colossal merger scheme now going on for the con- solidation of New York Central Union Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern, Hartman and Schiff may not dominate. The closest kind of entente cordiale exists between Mir schiff and Mir. Stillman of the National Cit. bank. but 1t does not necessarily follow that Mir Stillman rep resents in all things the Standard Oil in terests and that it should come to a grand issue the Rockefellers might not stand by Morgan in preference to Stillman and Schiff. Mir Morgan for a year or more has become the recognized neutral force. or neutralizing force, standing between New York Central and Pennsylvania. be- ing strong win both yet occupying an in- dependent position. with New Haven and Erie at his personal command with other strong influences back of him. The mann moth deals which are now working out and which have for their chief actors the Rockefellers. J. Perpont Morgan, A. J. Cassatt. J. 1T. Schiff and p. H. Hartman, interest Wall street very much and have existed the active curiosity of the specu- lative and investment elements of the whole country Every morsel of gossip and speculation bearing on the subject finds an eager and attentive audience. The theme does not grow stale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Missed None of Them.
from Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly
 The president of a certain athletic club in Baltimore, which has a fondness fot amateur exhibitions of the manly art tells of the trials of an Irish boxer im- ported from Philadelphia to meet a local artist.
 It appears that the Philadelphia man was getting the worst of the argument when one of his friends whispered in his ear:
 Brace up. old man, an stop some of tfem blows"
 Stop 'em?" murmured the unfortunate man. Do you see amy of thim gittin' hv?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

excess of ox-'gen--is deadly to vegetal matter.
 There lies the great value of Liquo- zone. It is the only way known to kill germs in the body without killing the tissues, too. Any drug that kills germs Is a poison. and it cannot be taken in- ternally. Every physician knows that medicine is almost helpless in any germ disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
MOBILE IN GRASP
 IF FESTIVITIES CityiS Flooded With Visitors to
 Mardi GraS WORK ON DEMOPOLIS LOCKS Engineer craiehllI Has Given Orders for the Construction to Be Re- sumed at onoe and Rushed
 on to Completion.
WORK ON DEMOPOLIS LOCKS

Mobile, March 4-(Speeial,) ,)-Mobile Is truly in the grasp of Mardi Gras. The big carnival begins tomorrow, and it's inauguration will find the city flooded with visitors, who, like all Mobile folk, are filled to running over with carnival enthusiasm.
 The city is completely turned over to fun and frollc. All classes of people par ticipate in this great gala oceasion-the greatest of the year in this ancient old city. It is at this season that society witnesses it's swellest events, the mer- chant enjoys his best trade the laborer takes his vacation the school children put aside their books and indeed, everybody seems to be imbued with the spirit to make merry"
 While his majesty, Emperor Felix ILL will not reach his imperial city until noon on Monday, the carnival festivities begin this year on Sunday, opening at S:3O o clock in the afternoon with a motor boat parade and race on the river along side the city wharf. This event will be followed by concerts and electrical illu- minations and moving pictures in Bien- vile square.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Battle House Property Sold.

William Wizard has sold the Battle house property, on the corner of Royal and St. Francis streets, to Louis and Sid ney Lowenstein. The price paid for the property is stated at $1S7, ,50O When the famous hotel was burned a few weeks ago the Lowensteins made n offer of s150,000 for the vacant lot, but this was declined. MT Wizard holding out for $2O0,
 900. The Lowensteins are among the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Nine Nations

in1ammation-all catarrh-all contagious diseases-all the results of impure or pois- oned blood.
 In nervous debility Liquozone acts as vitalzer. accomplishing what no drugs can do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Had Thin Ones.

From the Louisville tourier-Journai'
 Grayce-why don't Helen wear better fitting hose? Her stockings are always wrinkled.
 Gladys-Well, what she going 10 do She buys the smallest size they make.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
NOTICE.

Commencing Monday, Mar. 9th, on account of the recon structlon of the tracks on Highland Avenue, the Twen. ty- third street car will turn back at Highland Avenue and T wenty first street.
 B. R., l.. & P. Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Obedlent.

From the Newark News.
 ''I wasn't borned," said little Miss Moffet. q came from heaven"
 Wasn't 1t nicer up there than 1t Is down here?" the visitor asked
 Yes" sighed the child. But I go wherever God sends me-"