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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
capturIna Actresses as a Business.

The domestic storm of the Castellanes In Paris has brought to light many inter- esting stories of how broken-down noble men capture American women of unllm- ited wealth. The most interesting, of course, concern Count Bonis campaign for the hand and millions of Miss Anna Gould. Boni came over here practically without a sou, but count with an helr- ess in prospect can always get packer. In this case Raoul Duval, the son of a former French deputy, and the head or the firm of Duval & Co.,, wine brokers, was the packer. The count opened his campaign at Newport in the summer or 1894 He and Duval were inseparaole. They gave entertainment after entertain ment which attracted attention, but 1t was always noticed that the wine mer- chant paid the bills. Those whose busi- ness it was to provide dinners and dances had no dealings with Boni. They knew better Among the caterers at Newport at that time was Carl Berger, hard headed business person, whose rule for dealing with fortune-hunting noolemen IS the rule of all wise men of his class.
 '',The only way to deal with noble men," he says, lis to ask them first for credentials from their nearest consul and then you want to hurry up, telephone or telegraph to the consul, and ind out If the credentials are really straight.
 Boni, as Is well known, first tried to pay court to Miss Virginia Fair, sister or Mrs. Herman Oelrichs and now Mrs Wll- liam K. Vanderbilt, Jr. One day he got as far as Mrs. Oelrichs' front door ana left a bunch of violets Later the Vlolets were found scattered on the lawn The Fairs wanted no titles.
 A lucky stroke for the count was. the Renaissance dance supposed to have been given by him, but which was paid for py Duval. It was at this affair that Bonl met Mrs. Paran Stevens who became his fast friend and introduced him to Miss Anna Gould. It was eomparatlNely smooth sailing for him after this for when his finances got low the ever faith full Duval always came to the rescue. Duval paid his bills at the Waldorf In this city and even defrayed the expenses of Bonis bachelor dinner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
A Graft Plot NIpped.

The exposure in the Poillon- -Brokaw case recall the little money-making game that one of the foremost members or the New York bar tried to work on Mfs' Yerkes, now Mrs. William Mlzner' a lew days before the death of her first nus band, Charles T. Yerkes. The lawyer went to Mrs. Yerltes and, after some argument, convinced her that she would be cut off without a cent in her husbands s will He agreed to try to break lne VIII in court and made a contract with her by which, under any circumstances, ne would receive 20 per cent of all she got from the estate. Under the impression that she would have to fight to get any thing, Mrs. Yerkes thought that thls was a good bargain. It atterWard de- veloped that the lawyer had no lntofhla- tion that MT. Yerkes would not pfoVlde for his wife and was merely taking chance, based on the fact that It was well known that the couple had been estranged for years
 When MT Yerlkes died and his will was opened it was found that his widow had not been cut off, but to the contrary that she would get enough to make the lawyer share $500,000 if she carried out her agreement with him. She came 10 the conclusion that her bargain was not such a good one after all and con suited another lawyer. Together they paid visit to the offices of Lawyer No. l. Said Lawyer No 2 to Lawyer No. l;
 If you do not produce that agreement with Mrs. Yerkes and destroy it in my presence I will go at once to the District Attorneys office and place the matter be- fore him.
 Lawyer No. took the agreement from his safe and destroyed it there and then without murmur. The lawyer who at tempted this trick has national reputa- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18

Atlanta Birmingham Fire Insurance com pany in Atlanta on Monday resulted in the appointment of a committee of nine to take up the matter of the formation of life committee to be called the At Birmingham Life. The committee was instructed to further consider the ad- visibility of the matter and was given power to act.
 The committee consists of the following: Maj, J. T. Dargan and M. B. Yates, rep resenting the company; Morris Brandon. Willis Ragan and pr. A. w Calhoun, of Atlanta; Prof. A. D. Smith and G. B. Mccormack of Birmingham; Col Ray mond Cay of Jacksonville and J. Elwood Cox of High Point, N. c.
 The question of an organization of a life company with the same stockholders that control the Atlanta Birmingham Fire company was brought up some time ago, and it is very probable that the company will be formed with large capital stock.
 The improvement of the fire depart ment of Nashville has caused much dis cusson there, and the committee from the City Council will recommend the fol- lowing: Appropriating $2600 for purchas- ing and installing storage battery for the fire alarm telegraph system of the AlN3 dDIi bIildAiiiB 9lufVVu IOI two thrd-slze steamers appropriating 5000 for purchasing one second-size steamer; appropriating $1S00 for purchas- ing one combination wagon; appropriat- ing SS00 for purchasing one hose carriage; appropriating $500 for building addition and making necessary repairs in engine house No on Woodland street; appro- priatng 5000 for purchasing new fire hose.
 The general and district life insurance agents of Montgomery organized a Life Underwriters association last week. D. w. Gregory of the New York Life was elected chairman of the meeting and a committee was appointed to effect the final organization of the association. An other committee was appointed to confer with the committee from the City Coun- ell on the question of license fees.
 The losses in the United States and Canada by fire during the month of Jan uary amounted to $17723,S0O or about $1, coo 900 more than the loss for the same month of last year. The south suffered a loss by fire during January of $3,679 900, $1,3S0000 more than last year
 From list of fires of over s10,000 printed in the last issue of the Journal of Com merce, it is found that Texas leads with a total loss of $S560Oo. Alabama had $1SS coo and Georgia stands at the bottom of the list with loss of only S72O00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
carnenle Gift a Gold Brick.

Comptroler Metz has recently discoV- cred that the city got gold pr1ck Tn the Carnegie libraries.
 "The cost of maintaining those hpra- ries." he says. and filling them up IS more than you would ever dream or.
 Mr. Metz objected to the conditions at taehed to the Carnegie gifts on the strings attached to his money as the comptroller expresses 1t. MT. Metz con tinued:
 Several cities have refused to accept MT. Carnegie's money on his conditions Those who declined were wise, Tor an institution constructed by these means really costs the municipalities more than If they bought the site, erected the build ing and paid for the cost of main- tenance.
 "When the municipality constructs It's own libraries a lump appropriation is made and the limit of cost of the pro- feet is fixed the number of employees IS fixed. as well as their salaries, and the municipality knows exactly how much money it will be required to expend.
 But when libraries are constructed under MT. Carnegie's plan it is impos- sible to tell what the cost will be. An expensive site must be provided by the city; then comes along request Tor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18

park about the building, and first one thing and then another is demanded. The number of clerks Is increased out of all proportion to the demands of the library, the superintendent makes ex- pensive visits to Europe, and there Is a constant drain on the municipalities ac- cepting the Carnegie gifts
 Tn New York alone we have spent S1.0OO,0OO for Carnegie libraries in the five boroughs and we have hardly be- gun. There are about twenty libraries more to be built in the city. The eX- pense of maintaining these libraries is out of all proportion to what 1t should be-"
 In 1901 MT. Carnegie proposed to set aside fund of United States Steel Cor poration per cent. bonds amounting to $5,2O0,0OO out of which to build sixty five libraries in the various boroughs of the city. Tine municipal authorities en- tered into a contract with him to pro- vide the ground sites, furnish the books and pay fof complete maintenance a sum equalling 10 per cent. annually on the original cost. Mir. Carnegie paid only for the erection of the buildings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
MATURITY OF CHANGES.
Remarkable Series of Sevens Thrown
 With Two Dice.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 In 1913 a MT. Ogden, an Englishman, wagered 1000 guineas to one that "seven" would not be thrown with a pair of dice ten successive times. The wager was ac- cepted-though 1t was egregiously unfair and, strange to say, his opponent threw seven nine times running. At this point MT. ogden offered 470 guineas to be off the bet His opponent declined, although the price offered was far beyond the real value of his chance. He cast once more and threw nine, so that MT. Ogden won his guinea.
 Here we have an instance of a most re- markable series of throws, the like or which has never been recorded before or since Before these casts had been made 1t might have been asserted that the throwing of nine successive sevens with a pair of diceswas a circumstance which chance could never bring about, for ex- perience was as much against such an event as 1t would seem to be against the turning LID of a certain number ten suc- cessive times at roulette. Yet experience now shows that the thing Is possible, and if we are to limit the action of chance we must assert that the throwing of seven ten times in succession Is an event which will never happen. Yet such a conclusion rests obviously on as unstable a basis as the former of which experi- ence has disposed. Observe, however, how the two gamblers viewed this even tuality. Nine successive sevens had been thrown, and if there were any truth in the theory that the power of chance was limited it might have been regarded as all but certain that the next throw would not be seven. But a run of bad fortune had so shaken MT. Ogden's faith in his luck as well as in the theory of the ma turity of chances that he was ready to pay 47O guineas-nearly thrice the mathe- nautical value of his opponents chance in order to save his endangered thousand. So confident was his opponent that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
Says Society Is a Sham.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. says he can't afford to be mixed up with society. In the same breath he also sounded a note of warning against borrowers. The son of the oil king gave utterance to these observations in a speech to a Young Peoples society the other day:
 "The seeking of friendship to gain any personal advantage is wrong. What do you and l care for society, an~Aow? Nothing but sham. The so-called so- ciety people don't do much else than sit around waiting for time to go by. It's fooishness and you and I cannot afford to get mixed up in it."
 MT. Rockefeller said that many mis- guided people think the true test of friendship is whether the friend will lend money.
 Don't you ever believe it." he inn plored. There was never a greater mistake. If you have any friendship for people don't spoil it by trying to borrow money from them. It's all right to get little help at times, but the practice of borrowing money is a most dangerous one. It is the surest way to cause the breaking of friendship Besides that, 1t involves the borrower, as a rule in hope less indebtedness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
Soft Snaps of City Clerks.

Comptroller Metz has also discovered that too many city clerks have soft snaps and he remarked the other day that he intended to cut down the force by making everybody work eight hours a day An investigation was made and it was found that if the comptroller carried out his threat he would have to give 6lSS clerks the bounce. MT. Metz was amazed when these figures were put before him and, of course, he weakened. No office holder could afford to throw that many men out of work The clerks now work five hours a day and If they are kept after p. m. they ask for supper money. It was fig ured that If they were required to work eight hours the city could get along very well with 61S3 fewer men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18

You who lack Liquozone-you don't know what you miss And the product itself can best tell you
 We ask you agan-1nay we buy you bottle to try9
 You who are sick and discouraged---you need it most You who are treating germ diseases with remedies which have no effect on germs remedy for such troubles has been created from gas and millions have already used if Countless cured ones--scaered everywhere know that Iiouozone made them well. Won't you now let us show vou a way to be one of them2 Let us show you what the product can do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
It's Not the Gas.

The gas trust has found out why so many New Workers complain of bad gas. It's not bad gas at all, It's the wall paper, according to the assertion of an official of the Consolidated Gas company In a speech at a dinner the other night. He said the consumers of gas and electricity did not know what color wall paper to use or how to arrange the lights.
 He said. too, that when a New Yorker goes on Broadway and sees the dazzling electric lights he hurries back home and lights all the gas jets he can find. One gas jet won't do him any more The bright electric lights have stimulated his appetite for illumination. Thus the gas trust prospers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18

ful to bodily tissues. It is a germicide so certain that we publish with every bottle an offer of $1,00O for the discovery of a disease germ which Liquozone can not kill.
 Common germicides are poisons which cannot be taken internally. They destroy the tissues as we'll as the germs. That Is why medicine has proved so helpless in dealing with germ diseases.
 Lquozone is not only harmless, but it is a tonic. It's effects are exhilarating, vitallzing. purifying. 1ts benefits are quickly apparent-often from the very first dose.
 The fact that Liquozone is so destruc- tive to germs is attributed to the fact that germs are of vegetable origin. They apparently absorb this gas-made product. and it ends their activity. But the cells of the body-being administrative by I,inuozone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
Where Is a New Yorker safe? ?

New Workers are told that the streets are unsafe for them because of the con gested traffic, that strenuous business life is killing them off and that no one in this city gets enough exercise and fresh air. Now an expert of an accident in- suranee company tells them that more residents of this city are killed at home than anywhere else The question arises where Is a New Yorker safe? This acci- dent insurance statistcian declares that one-thrd of all the casualties that hap pen to people take place when they are indoors around the house. According to his figures the proportion of accidents to New 9orbers last year was as fol- lowe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
Improvement on "lt Is l."
le London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle
 When w. D. Howells speaks of our na- tonal habit of making Ito be" govern the accusative he doubtless refers to our its me-" Absolutely ungrammatical, of course. But the Frenchman says "C'est moi" and that seems to strike the note of modesty in rejecting the nominative for the self-accusative attitude Even the Germans, who are seldom lacking in self-asserton, do not rise to the egotism of "it is l." They invert it. thus giving the lead to new American locution, and say "I am it.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
Fearful of the Financier.

From the Washington Star.
 "You don't approve of the government S taking any hand in the railroad busi- ness?'
 NO" answered Farmer Corntossel, 'I believe in keepin' 'em apart. Some O these railroad men is mighty smart. The first thing we know they'll be ownin' controllin interest in the government"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
The Virtue

seemed incredible, and the tests were repeated again and again to confirm them. When the power of the product was thus proved beyond question, we purchased the rights and brought it into wider fields.
 Since then we have let every sick one we learned of test it at our expense. The result is that millions have learned by experience some things that Liquozone can do Most of the cured told others, and the others told others. The result is that about 100000 bottles of Liuuozone have been used, mostly in the past two years. There is now almost no hamlet no neighborhood-withou living examples of it's power.
 Now other chemists and companies, in alliance with us, are supplying it to other nations. It is hoped, before long, that every nook of the world where sickness exists will have Liquozone there to com bat 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
soc Bottle Free.

If you need Liquozone, and have never, tried it, please send us this coupon. Wei will then mail you an order on a local, druggist for a full-size bottle, and will pay the druggist ourselves for 1t. This is our free gift made to convince you; to let the product itself show you what it can do Its acceptance places you under no obligations whatever.
 If your ailment is not one to which Liquozone applies, we will tell you. If 1t is, we will give you the fullest advice and directions, based on a vast experience.
 Please don't delay or hesitate. Don't suffer from a trouble that Liquozone can end Please learn at our expense how much this product means to you. Send us this coupon today.
 Liquozone costs 50c and s1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
Mhat LiquOZOne Is.

The virtues of Liquozone are derived solely from gases. created from five sub stances. all of which are stated on the bottle. These substances include the best producers of oxygen, sulphur dioxide and other germicidal gases
 The process of making requires large apparatus and from to 14 days time; and it is directed by chemists of the high est class. The object is to so fix and com bine the gases as to carry their virtues into the system. The result is a blend ing of gas-made products, each of which is now endorsed, as a remedial agent, by the worlds highest authorities
 The gases are harmless, and the pro- duct they create is harmless. The gases are beneficial and the result is a tonic. The gases are germicidal and uniting with the liquid multiples their germ killing power.
 Lquozone contains no alcohol, no opi- ates, no narcotics. Every virtue comes from gas alone The invention of Liquo- zone has meant a way to utilize gases in the treatment of germ diseases.
 Kills Disease Germs.
 The main value of Liauozone lies in the | fact that if iS doadIv ta yayu,e vol heln-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18

For the American rights to Liquozone. after it's power had been demonstrated
 This was after the product had been test ed for years. in hundreds of cases. n- cluding many of the most difficult dis eases of mankind. At first the results
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
oozone Best Told by the Test is Free. Won't = TT You What it Means to You

In this class of troubles. this gas-made
 product has rendered immeasurable serv-
 ice. It brings such results as may not be-
 brought without it.
 In any ailment caused in any way by germs, we supply the first bottle of Liquo- zone free. Then in all--no matter how
 difficult-we offer each user two months further test without the risk of penny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
Germ Diseases.

In the past few years scores of diseases have been traced to germ attacks. All of these diseases. until a few years ago. were attributed to other causes, and treat ed in various and ineffective ways.
 The list of known germ diseases now numbers about one hundred. It includes most of our minor ills. and most of our serious sickness. And there are very few disease which are known not to be due, directly or indirectly, to a germ infec- ton.
 Some germs-as in skin troubles-direct- iy attack the tissues. Some create toxins, causing such troubles as Rheumatism, Blood Poison, Kidney Disease and nerve weakness. Some destroy vital organs. as in Consumption. Some-like the germs of Catarrh-create infammation: some cause indigestion. Directly or indirectly, nearly every serious ailment is germ result.
 Any disease which calls for germi- eide. or for tonic. calls for Liquozone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
Piles Quickly
 Cured at Home
Instant Relief, Permanent Cure-Trial Package Mailed Free to All
 In Plain Wrapper.

Piles Is a fearful disease, but easy to cure if you go at 1t right.
 An operation with the knife is danger ous, humiliating and rarely a permanent success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18

protector of society, Col. William dAlton Mann, whose methods have been explain ed In this correspondence. would prob ably call 1t "reciprocty."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18

There is just one other sure way to be cured-painless, safe and in the privacy of your own home-it is Pyramid Pile Cure.
 We mail trial package free to all who write.
 .It will give you instant relief, show you the harmless painless nature of this great remedy and start you well on the way toward a perfect cure.
 Then you can get a full sized box from any druggist for 50 cents, and often one box cures.
 If the druggist tries to sell you some- thing just as good, 1t is because he makes more money on the substitute.
 Insist on having what you call for.
 The cure begins at once and continues rapidly until 1t is complete and perma- nent
 You can go right ahead with your work and be easy and comfortable all the time. It is well worth trying.
 Just send your name and address to Pyramid Drug Co., 11S42 Pramid build ing, Marshall, Mich, and receive free by return mail the trial package in plain wrapper
 Thousands have been cured in this easy. painless and inexpensive way, in the privacy of the home.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
SUFFERED INTENSELY.

Mrs. Estelle Clayton, a noted Cana dian society woman, says: We have
 used Warmers Safe Cure in our family
 for several years. It cured my hus- band of backache and kidney trouble, | and Warmers also cured me of se- rious cold that settled in my back and 1 kidneys and which caused me intense
 suffering and pain Mrs. Estelle Clayton, 554 Adelaide St., Toronto, Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
Kills Disease Germs.

The main value of Liauozone lies in the fact that it is deadly to germs, yet help
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
Me Paid SlOO,OOO

Liquozont
The Irish standard., 1906-06-30

sion of his tour the amount due DR.
Hyde was about s55,O0O. OF that
amount $4,000 was sent to the San
Francisco sufferers, so that DR.. Hyde
look with him to Ireland the sum of
$4,000. In addition to this the New
York committe sent $4,000 to the Gaelic
League in Dublin last Christmas; st.
Louis sent s1,4OO, and Pittsburg 1912
direct to the Gaelic League. There is
a sum of $500 still held in California,
collected for DR.. Hyde, which is to be
devoted to the sufferers from the earth
quake. The total amount collected du-
ring the tour amounted to s65.
To Mr.. John Quinn of New York is
primarily due the credit for the great
success of DR.. Hyde's lecture tour. For
nearly thirteen months he devoted his
time to the work. and the entire organ
ization of the tour was made under his
direction. with the exception of the
meetings in California, which We're di-
rected by Rev. P. c. Yorke, editor of the
Leader. Mr.. Quinn is to be congratu-
lated on the fine success which has
crowned his efforts.