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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-03

pr. Foster was inaccessible to your
correspondent tonight. having retired
early on account of slight indispo-
siti0n pr Brunk IS employing his
leisure hours tonight at the pool
room OF the Montague club. Judge
Tyler. when seen tonight, said that
he had no statement to make. No
more summonses had been served on him,
he said. and no action had been
taken, so far as lie knew. The situa-
tion is very peculiar. said the judge.
II is not the peculiar nature of the
documents being served, however. he
said. but in the number being served
and the conditions under which they
arc being served. The Judge expressed
it az his opinion that no further action
Will be taken until Tuesda7. when the
snpreme Court win settle the whole
matter.
Although much trouble and confusion
has been caused by the mix-up in the
affairs at the asylum. one person at
least, seems to he enjoying the situa-
ton. That person is City Sergeant
Lawson, who seems to have enjoyed
thoroughly performing his duties OF
delivering the writs and tntunctions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-03

Rev. W. III. Houlding, superintendent
of the South Chill III Mission, China,
will be the speaker to-day at the
Tabernacle services. No. 7o4 East Grace
Street. The hours of service are 1890
A NJ, $3.50 P. NJ and 7:45 p. NJ.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-03
Refused to Take Them.

DIR. Brunk, however, smiled and refused
to take them. He said, II claim that my
rights are set forth by the resolution
passed by the General Board of State
Hospitals at the meeting held In the
Senate chamber In the city OF Richmond,
January 30, 1907. and since sustained by
the action OF the Circuit Court of Rich
ruond and the Supreme Court OF Virginia.
1t is for you to decide what you will do
in this case DR. Brunk refused fatty
to demand the keys, but said he was
there requesting their delivery. Had DR..
Brunk demanded the keys he would have
been disobeyinG the Injunction OF Judge
Tyler and would have placed himself
In position of being summoned 10 an
swcr charges of contempt of court. The
peculiar position of affairs at the asylum
is nearly the only topic of conversation
on The streets now. and the better por-
tion generally OF tho town are in favor
OF DR.. Foster. Many condemn his ac-
ton. but the majority uphold him. and
express the hope that he may yet win
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-03

Mr.. Charles Brown, Rogersvllle,
Tenn. writes.
81 feel 1t my duty to write you few
words in praise OF your Peruna. have
tried many different remedies. but have
found that reruLa Is the greatest tonic
on earth, and n perfect systcm builder.
"a friend advised me to take Peruna
for indigestion, and It cured me In n
short time. l was very weak and ner-
yous, could sleep but little at night.
but Peruna cured that tired. nll-konc
man, so I heartily recommend 1t to all
who are weak and run down. Peruna
Will give new life nnh energy. / can
not speak too highly OF Peruna, and will
not forget to recommend II on every
hand. / VIII answer any letter from
those desiring TO know what Peruna
has done for me-"
Systemic Catarrh.
Miss Marie Lesser, s2s w. 3sth Street,
Chicago, Ill, writes:
II am glad to give a good word for
Peruna. and 1 hope that all who see
this who are troubled with system MIC
cntnrrh as I was for years, will profit
by 1t. had tried many remedies, but
none did more than give me Temporary
relief and some did not even do that
~ took Peruna at the suggestion OF a
friend and was moro than pleased and
surprised at the results
Il am now perfectly well and strong.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-03
MENApVVOMEN PRAISE PE-RU-NA.

Prince Jonah Kalanianaole, Dewey Hoto,
Washington, d. g., Delegate to Congress from
Hawaii, writes:
! al can checrfuUy recommend your
Peruna as very effective remedy for
! coughs, colds and catarrhal trouble"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-03
TWO DOCTORS ON
JOLLY TERMS
CONTINUED from First Pagc)
ton. Unless you demand 1t.
consider II my duty to continue to
discharge it's duties.
Very respcctfuIly.
WY 'NpP'S'''f's
(SIgncd) l.. s. FOSTER,
SttnerIp ton1euf

N'''bH''i - ~
Superintendent.
Shortly after the receipt of this letter
Or Brunls said to DR.. Foster:
II am here on my rights. and again
request you to turn over to mo the
property Of the hospital In your pos
session. | ann ready to receive the same.
Tho course / pursue will be determined
by you"
do YOU intend that request to DO a
demand?" asked Or. Foster
II mean 1t to be request answered
DIR. Brunk.
II would like to reply to what ne
said in reply to my letter." said DR..
Foster.
II don't know what your rights are.
am standing on what I believe TO be
my rights However, II you claim your
rights to be a demand for this office,
here are the keys. Here they are now,
doctor" said DIR. Foster. rs he picked
ia keys IN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28

bright and also less red than the planet Mars is now rapidly approaching the earth and its apparent size is therefore rapidly increasing. It Is in excellent po- sition for observation from the observa- tories in the Southern hemisphere
 On May 21, at ' p. m eastern time, Jupiter will pass the planet Neptune may then be seen together In a small tel escope. As this affords an excellent op- portunity for finding the little known planet a chart is given showing their positions. Jupiter Is moving eastward ana downward through the constellation Gemini, it's path being the straight line from A to E, Fig. ?. On May 21 it will be at the point C of this line.
 Similarly on May l. at D. m., Mars will pass the planet Uranus, as shown in Fig. B. Mars then being onl. 46 minutes south of the faint planet.
 The possessor of a small telescope can scarcely find better opportunities than these to view the two outer planets. On the above dates they can not only very easily be found, but their close approach to the bright planets makes a very in- teresting picture in the telescope At these times the contrast of their green ish color with the orange of Jupiter and the deep red of Mars will be very strik- ing.
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bowl of the great Dipper at K, just east of the star L. The last two are examples of the so-called Planetary nebulas, that is they consist of central condensation or star surrounded by an immense en- velope of luminous gases
 The nebulas now visible are rather dis appointing in a small telescope. There is nothing which compares with the great nebula in Orion nor with the naked eye nebula in Andromeda. But to sompen- sate for this many of the most magnih- cent star clusters are found in the spring sky. The positions of these are shown at M, N. R. Y and |, Fig. 1. The cluster at U Is a beautiful object even in small telescope, though larger glass is required to, show the thousands of stars of which 1t Is composed. This is the finest cluster of the northern sky.
 The Planets.
 The only planets visible in the early evening are Jupiter and Neptune. But toward midnight the deep red planet Mars may be seen shining out in the southeast Mars can very easily be recognized, for it is very much brighter than any other star in the neighborhood A few degrees to the west is the brilliant Antares, the rival of Mars, but the star is much less
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28
HORSESHOE MAGNET DOING
 WORK OF SCORES OF MEN
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 | TROUGH the application of famil-.
 far, simple boyhood plaything the
 Pennsylvania railroad saves hun dreds of thousands of dollars a year in time, in wages and in wear and tear. It is the ancient horseshoe magnet of the school days by which clusters of needles, nails and knife blades were picked up and suspended indefinitely But instead of the needles and nails and knife blades now it is heavy steel rails, scrap iron, wheels, castings, ingots pig iron and ev- erything in which steel or iron appears.
 For years the unloading or loading of freight cars filled particularly with iron or steel was one of the most inconvenient, tedious and expensive operations of rail- road work. It always took large numbers of men, and they were required to handle each piece separately, with all the at tendant delays. If cranes were used for the heavier pieces, there were chains to be adjusted, weights to be balanced and loads to be swung. The expense and the inconvenience were not so important, but there was the tediousness. Tediousness means time, and the object of the railroad of today Is to annihilate time. Modern transportation demands that 1t be elim- mated.
 When it became time for the Pennsyl- Vania railroad to build or rebuild its ter minal freight yards at Greenville, Jersey City, facing on New York harbor, there cropped up that old problem of how to handle the iron.
 Greenville stands to railroad terminals as the mouth of the Mississippi does to rivers. Every second of the day and night, 365 days in the year, vast volume of freight pours into it, and this must be distributed for Europe or north. south, east and west. They handle cars there by the hundred thousand, and they han dle freight by the millions of tons. It was wearisome to think that so much of it was to be handled in the old, laborious way. The men who planned the new Pennsylvania became impatient.
 There must be some other way" they declared. "It must be found" &C., eording to custom they concluded by say ing, Find t'' The word went forth to all the men of the country who work at that sort of thing, We must find some new way" so they began to cudgel their brains and rumple their hair over the problem
 Out in Cleveland there was A. c. East wood, and he found himself puzzling over the order like all the others. One day, it is not known how. he reme<nbered the magnet of his boyhood days. That solved the problem. He began to experiment, and the result of that experiment is now in active operation over in the yard, doing every day the work of score of men, saving hours and hours at it, cutting down expenses, and above all cutting down the time of handling, which is the main thing.
 Mir. Eastwood's device is the electro magnet simple contrivance looking like
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28
The Ptomaines of Passion.

From the Current Literary for May.
 Plunging his arm into a jar filled with water to the point of overflow and keep Ing his position without moving Profes- so4 Elmer Gates of the Laboratory of Psychology at Washington, directed his thinking to the arm. The blood soon en- tered the arm in such quantities as to enlarge it and cause the water in the jar to overflow. By directing his thoughts to his arm for a certain length of time daily for many days, he permanently in- creased both it's size and strength.~ He even instructed others to produce the same effects on various bodily organs, thus demons trating, 1t is contended, the accuracy of the statement that muscle can be developed by proper course or thinking as well as by exercise.
 Professor Gates, moreover, has shown what is called 'the causative character of thinking in a long series of experi- ments. He has found that change of the mental state changed the chemical char acter of the precipitation. When treated with the same chemical reagent the per- spiration of an angry man showed one color that of a man in grief another, and so on through the long list of emotions. Each mental state consistently exhibited it's own peculiar result every time the experiment was repeated. Each kind of thinking. by causing changes in glandular or visceraI activity, produced different chemical substances, which were being thrown out of the system by the perspra- ton.
 When the breath of Professor Gates subject was passed through tube cooled with ice so as to condense its volatile constituents, a colorless liquid resulted. He kept the man breathing through the tube, but made him angry. Five minutes afterward a sediment appeared in the tube, %indica ting the presence there of a new substance. which had been produced by the changed physical action caused by a change of the mental condition. Anger gave brownish substance, sor- row gray. remorse pink, and one. The results showed, in the experiments with the precipitation, that each kipd of thinking produced its own peculiar sub stance, which the system was trying to expel. Professor Gates conclusions are very definite and are given in the volume on right and wrong thinking, which has recently been prepared by that well known student of mental processes, Aaron
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28

cancellations one after another as he passes over them On June 1 he passes between us and the Pleiades on July ?, he passes the Dog Star Sirius and then the dog-days will begin and continue for six weeks while he remains In the two conscientious of the Dogs. On August 21 the sun enters the Sickle and then the harvest days will have come.
 The character which the ancients as- cribed to the cancellations were usually derived from this motion of the sun. Thus the sun entered Aquarius at the time of the rise of the Nile, and 1t en- tered the Balances when the days and nights balanced, or were of equal length. For this reason also heat was associated with the Pleiades;
 "When with their domes the slow-paced
 snails retreat.
 Beneath some foliage from the burning
 heat.
 Of the Pleiades."
 The Spring Stars.
 The long Water Snake Is now entirely above the ground in the south and may easily be traced out. The four bright stars of the Crow with the beautiful double at A. Fig. ', will at once attract attention, while below the Snakes tail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28
HOW BATTLEsHIPs DECLINE.
Costly British War Vessels Sold for
 Mere TrifIe.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 The recent sale of a number of once powerful but now obsolete, British war vessels at an extremely low figure calls attention anew to the rapid depreciation of this species of property. Among the vessels sold was the Sans Farrell, first class battleshp, butt only twenty years ago at a cost of S3,6OO,0OO. This expensive piece of property brought only $l33,OOO The frst-class armored cruiser Undaunt- cd which cost Sl.2OO,0OO, brought s72,OOO Three other vessels were disposed of at bargain prices
 The stipulation that the vessels should be broken up in England prevented their purchase by foreign powers for war pur- poses. so that these once formidable lighting machines were sold for the ma terial used in their construction. In these days of progressive improvement ia fighting craft there Is no telling how soon the most costly vessels will become useless. The fleets of certain nations are much more imposing in the admiral ty list than they are in reality. It was scarcely thought when the Sans Farrell was launched that she would be sold for junk in twenty years A similar fate may await the mammoth Dreadnoughts of the present day.
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a double crown of corrugated iron and steel, it's two poles strongly marked, with It's armatureS concealed, and all suspend- ed from the chains of a heavy crane Around this chain is wrapped the current wire, which gives the thing life or takes it away.
 Nowadays a big steel car, piled high with rails. or pig iron, or scrap iron, or wheels, rolls within reach of the crane and the man In charge swings the mag net over it. It depends and rests upon the load. A button Is pressed, and sud- denly. those rails appear alive. They fair ly leap up to the magnet, ten tons of them at time. all in neat and orderly array.
 As the crane hoists, the pieces of metal swing clear almost without a rasp or sound, and then Just as noise1essly they fall into the new place appointed, in the car or out of 1t into waiting barge or on blocks. It is all so simple and easy. It Is the same way with scrap iron.
 When the magnet dips It's nose into a pile of scrap it emerges looking like an alligator pear, and every time there are the ten tons hanging to 1t. It does not take long to fill or empty car at that rate. And there is never any argument or shouting or halts for breathing spells the magnet never tires so long as the electricity is there to stimulate it.
 They made test over in the yards the other day to determine the difference be- tween the old way and the new way. Six men were put to work unloading one car of wheels, while the magnet, fwhieh is a. tended by four men, went to work on a load of exact size, material and weight. The magnet loaded and unloaded It's car In one hour, while the six men labored manfully at extra pressure for half day and were just through
 That settled 1t. Other magnets were or dered, and will soon take their places in the freight city. When they are all put in operation the effect will be startling to the old time railroad man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28
SOCIET T7Y.
BY ANNIE PERRY REID.
 Bell Telephone 1897.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE I4')
 
 awaits the little lady, who is just 15 years of age and is the niece of Dr. J. D. Gibson of 1462 Lafayette street, where she and her widowed mother, Mrs L. A. Goldsmith, reside. Leta Goldsmlths voice has been the wonder of Denver vocal teachers ever since the young woman came here from Birmingham, Ala, a year or more ago.
 We can't do justice to that range and quality" they told her. You must go abroad to study"
 The family never seriously considered the matter, but Dr. Gibson, who is fond of his niece, decided to see Henry Russel, the celebrated impressarlo, on his arrival Thursday with the San Carlo Grand Opera company.
 A meeting was arranged for Friday Miss Goldsmith apeared before Russell ana her first tones thrilled him into ex- clamations of delight. He tested the range of the remarkably sweet soprano and found 1t to be beyond that of many singers who are called great. His praise of the quality of the voice was even more extravagant. He compared 1t to Patti in range and tone purity.
 You have a remarkable voice that must, by all means, be developed' said Russel. You are too young to go with an opera company now; you must have special training under good instructors" Then Miss Goldsmlths heart grew heavy But Russell continued:
 T am going to open the way to fame for you. You tell me you will finish your studies at the High school in a year. At the end of that year, in just about one year from now you will hear from me again. I want the consent of your mother and relatives to send you to Mi Ian, there to be educated under the great est voice teachers of the age"
 Dr. Gibson gave consent for his niece an the young woman left the presence of the director dazed with sheer delight. A. parting Henry Russell told her that she had one of the most remarkable throats that his eyes had ever beheld- and he has looked into the vocal appar- atus Of songbrds who sell their notes at S10O0 per performance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28
oriaIn of Great Invention.

Writing of the career of George Vest inghouse in the May Everybody's, Paul Latzke says that the idea of the air brake was suggested to the inventor, when little more than boy, in the fol- lowing fashion:
 "On one of the daily trips of young Westinghouse from Schenectady to the foundry at Troy, his train was held up by lad wreck. Two freiGhts had come together in head-on collision on a piece of straight track The engineers had seen the danger plainly, but by the time the hand brakes were brought into play it was too late. The young man all lowed these facts to sink into his mind. Then he said to one of the arin hands:
 If the engineers had been able to con- trol their trains from the cab, the wreck could have been prevented, couldn't itT
 Control 'em, how?'
 Brake them.
 Yes. They'd had lots of time
 That was enough. The air-brake was conceived. Amid the piled-up wreckase, the thing that was to make the name of Westinghouse familiar to every school boy the world over was called into being. It did not come into it's perfected form. But the idea itself had germinated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28
FREE VICTOR CONCERT Monday Evening, March 29th,
 8::30. E. [. Forbes Piano Co. 1909 Third Ave.

Below Is a carefully selected pro- gramme which will be given at the Forbes Piano Company rooms. These concerts have always proven entertain Ing and delightful musical feast to lovers of both classic and popular mu- sic They are very informal and you are at liberty to call for any selection not on the programme.
 A feature of the programme is the famous Rigolette Quartette by Caruso, Abott Homer and Scotti-Bella figlia dell amore (Fairest Daughter of the Graces). This is the most brilliant of all Nerdrs concert pieces. The four Singers who were chosen to record this great number are noted for their artis- tie interpretations. Caruso's Duke. with it's glorious outpourings of luscious voice in the lovely airs; Homer's Mad- daIcna, which is fascinating enough to attract any duke; Scotti's truly won derful and superbly sung Jester, one Of the most powerful Representations on the operatic stage. It is worth a trip downtown to hear this record alone.
 Arthur Pryor's Band. American Beauties March Wagner Carmen Selection ................ Bizet
 Banjo Solo by Vess. l.. Ossman. Patrol of the Scouts ....... .Boccalaire Tenor Solo by Frederick C. FreemanteI. Then YOU II Mt tlIODn
 the Bohemian Gir) .......... Balfe Laughing Song by Cal Stewart. And Then l Laughed-(One of Uncle Joshs famous laughing songs).
 Duet by Miss Morgan and Miss
 Stevenson.
 Holy Mother, Guide His Footsteps
 (from Maritana) ............ Wallace GA striking number and beautifully rendered)
 The Famous Rigoletto Quartette- \ Caruso, Abbott, Homer and Scotti.
 Hymn by the Haydn Quartettc. Glory Song (sung in the recent Sunday school convention).
 Silent Night, Hallowed Night (the most beautiful four-part music in exist ence).
 Mime. Sembrlcb. Der Nussbaum (sung in her recent con cert here) ................S Scnumann
 Ellison Van Hoosc. O Come With Me in the Summer NlRnt dh uci ptuthSii
 The Christy Minstrels. Comic Song by Billy Murray. Man Without a Woman ...... Rodgers Humorous Recitation by De Wolf
 Hopper.
 Casey at the Bat-(A baseball classic and one of the finest records made). Tenor Solo by Harry SIacdonough. I'll Do Anything in the World for You ......... Cobb Edwards
 Comic song by Arthur Collins. Ia, Ia, Au Revoir, Goodbye. .Lowitz
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28

we see the extreme upper end of the enormous southern constellation Centau- rus which extends all the way down to the beautiful Southern Cross. It was at the point c of this constellation that the new star of 1895 appeared As with sey- eral other new stars, this has since changed into gaseous nebula.
 Above Centaurus is the beautiful Vir- go, holding the Balances in one hand and the Sheaf of Wheat, Spica, at B, in the other. Just north of the star at D is a remarkable region filled with hundreds of faint nebulas, but these cannot be seen with a small telescope.
 The observer will find the faint Crab nebula at E, Fig. l. and an eighth the former planet then being one degree north of the latter. Both planets magnitude nebula at F, exactly south of the star H. The rather bright Owl nebula Is in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28
Why the Actor Was Sore.

From the San Francisco Argonaut.
 An actor without funds managed in some way to get a second-class ticket on a line of steamers running between Seat tie and San Francisco. F
 The voyage between these two points consumed the better part of three days, and in view of the fact that his finances were at low ebb he solved the question in this way: The first day out he slept all day to keep from eating and remained up all night to keep from sleeping. The second day he took physical culture ex- ercises. On the third day he could not stand the strain any longer and went down in the dining room and ordered the best meal on board the boat. While eat ing this meal he could see in his minds eye a picture of cell in the bastile in San Francisco.
 After finishing his meal he said to the waiter, How much do I owe your?
 Nothing" replied the waiter; your meals are included in your ticket"