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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-11

Matthew Addy & Co.'s report sums up market conditions for the first half of the year as follows:
 There is not fact nor any actual hap pening in the iron trade that is not on the bull side. Every development is on the onward and upward order. The man who is hunting for bear arguments has to resort to his imagination. and to draw Q picture of what will happen when the crops fail, or when the railroads stop their improvements, or when the high prices make finished goods so expensive that no one can afford to use them. Of course all these things might happen with dire consequences, but the fact re- mains that the present iron market is one of the greatest bull markets the country has ever seen, and that Is all there Is to it. Buying last week was on such large scale that prices were forced upward from 30 cents to $1 a ton. This somewhat checked the free purchasing for a few days, but that was all, for this week has seen large orders placed at the top asking prices, Demand is far in ex- cess of supply. Today there is the broad est kind of an inquiry. Every variety of iron is called for, and in particular the steel making irons are in short supply. Basic and Bessemer are both oversold, and steel makers are in the market for large tonnages. Exactly where they will get the iron they need is puzzle.
 During the week there have been good sales of northern iron for spot shipment on the basis of $25 for No. 1 and $24 30 for No. ?. Southern spot iron has brought corresponding high prices. But the bulk of the demand has been for the last half. Prices on No. ? f. O. b. Birmingham are SEQ and Sl950 for the third and fourth quarters respectively. There is no ques- ton but that most of the iron that the furnaces can make in the last half has been sold. Here and there you meet con sumers who are sure the furnaces are misrepresenting matters, and are holding back heavy tonnages but a careful scrut- iny of order books shows that nothing of this kind has been done
 Perhaps the most interesting feature of the present market Is the fact that sales for 1908 have already been made. In Birmingham one order for 12,000 tons for January, February and March shipment has been placed at 25 cents less than the present asking price for the fourth quar- ter of this year. Consumers who are buying for next year show their faith in the continuance of present conditions. As far as consumers are concerned. they are all busy, and their order books are filled for months ahead.
 Railroad conditions are much improved, but in nearly all the iron districts there is a shortage of labor that is disquieting. The labor situation is the only cloud on the horizon.
 Coke is active, and transactions have been heavy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-11
Celina, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1906.

Celina, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1906. Paris Med. Co.,, St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen: We are requested to say to you that a prominent citizen here--an old soldier-has had run ming sore on his leg for a number of years and your DR. PORTER's ANT1SEPTIC HEALING OIL cured him. He is prepared to make sworn statement to this effect. Re- spectfully,
 (Signed) wYCKOFF BROS.
 Druggists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-11
REPORT ON SOILS OF MARION
 IS OF GREAT INTEREST
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1J
Requires Different Treatment.

farmer is able to recognize the soils on
 his farm and also the fertilizer require
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-11
Green Undertaking Company.

E. T. Shaw & Sons. Undertaken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-11
CURES THE OLD SORES THAT OTHER CURES WON'T CURE

All druggists positively authorized and will refund- money if DR. PORTERS ANnSEPIlC HEALING OIL fails. DIR. PORTERS ANTISEPTlC OIL was originated by old Surgeon It is really Surgical Dressing scientifically prepared for household usethere is other remedy like
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20
New Fashions for Men.

From Men Wear.
The spats four-piece suit has been intro
duced, its characteristic features being
the spats. which match the v-aistcoat
Even the leather strap underneath has
given place, in some instances, TO one of
cloth.
The best selling colors in neckwear for
which statesmen are now taking orders,
are tans and browns. from champagne to
golden brown. and with such novelties in
the brown family as terra Gotta copper
and wood tones. The two brightest of the
seasons new colors are crush rose and
dark cerise. and they are taking hold with
some promise of run in high qualities.
In the barber shop of a st. Louis hotel
is an innovation in the shape of mon S
furnishing goods department. 1t carries
what is known a complete emergency
line. also some staple goods. There are
shirts, collars, underwear, jeWelr.- and
hosiery.
The department is in charge of the man
who runs the barber shop. No rent is
paid, but a division of the profits is made.
Goods not Carricd i'll stock are delivered
to guests of the hotel within an hour after
ordering. Orders are taken for anything
in furnishing goods and are delivered
from the main store.
The department does a business of over
81 200 annually and is a great convenience
TO customers of the shop as well as pa
irons OF the hotel. and a good advertise
ment for the main store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20

II is a well-admitted fact that Husk
Chance of the Chicago National League
team Is one of the coolest ball players
shat ever lived. Nothing can excitA
Chance and a great many sharp base ball
critics are declaring that it was the inn
perturbable GOODNESS of Capt. Chance
that caused his team to remain SO steady
when 1t was battling with the Tigers for
championship honors. :
A sample of the calmness of MI.
Chance under conditions which would
excite the ordinary man was shown at
a banquet or at least, at a little supper
that was given TO the Chicago players
by some of their friends and admirers
the other night in the Windy city.
In the middle of the repast, and when
the wine going fast, and speechmak-
ing was being overdOne, Chance, who is
generally to be found listening and not
talking noticed that his brand-new over
coat was being taken from the room by
a sneak thief who had managed to get
into the room unnoticed by the corps of
walters.
Just as the fellow thought he was
making a good getaway Capt. Chance
reached over and. catching the fellow by
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Sammy Strang Puzzled.

Sammy Strang of the New York Ma
tionals IS the only major league base bal
player in the business who is an aero
maui. and he is a crackerjack. But
Sammy aspires to greater things when
it comes to air flying contraptions, SC
when all this talk about airships was
filing the daily papers Strang began
work on an invention on the airship
line himself. His workshop was up in
the Harlem district, and all the spare
time that he had he put in on his air
ship.
Soon the other players heard of
Sammy's hobby and many were the
questions they asked concerning the in
vention which was guaranteed to put all
similar creations to the bad.
After Sammy had been tinkering on
the thing for several months he showed
up at the ball park one day with rattle r
a disConsolate look on his usually placid
Countenance, Dahlen asked him: We'll.
Sammy, how is the airship coming On?''
Strang rubbed his hand slowly through
his hair. and then heaving a weary sigh,
ne replied
Why. Bill, it seems to be all right with
two exceptions"
And what are they. Sammy" in
quired McGraw.
zone of them" slowly replied Strang.
lis in getting the blamed thing in the
air, and the other is in making it stay
there" added Sammy. as he heaved a
sigh. and started in the direction of the
club house.
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Ellen Terry as a Housekeeper.
From McClure's.


At the age of twenty-one, Miss Terry
suddenly disappeared from professional
life quietly and secretly and without even
a word to her own family. Then a
dreadful thing happened; a body was
found in the rover-the dead body of a
young woman. very fair and slight and
tall Every one thought it was my body.
l had gone away without a word. No one
knew where l was. My own mother
identified the body, and Floss and Marion,
at their boarding school. We're put into
mourning. 1t was just at this moment
that the news came to me in my country
retreat that I had been found dead, and
flew up to London to give ocular proof
to my poor distracted parents that 1 was
alive" For six years after this Miss
Terry led the life of a busy country
housewife. studying that domestic classic,
| Mrs. Beeton's Complete Household
Guide" instead of Shakespeare. Then
one day this long. pleasant vacation came
to an end as suddenly as it began. Miss
Terry was standing helpless in a country
lane with a disabled carriage, when a
party of hunters came leaping over a
hedge. Good God. it's Nelly" exclaimed
| Charles Reade. Where have you been all
| these years." II have been having very
happy time" she answered. We'll you've
had it long enough. Come back to the
| stage!'
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Cantillon Didn't Know.

Joe Cantillon, the manager of the Wash
ington base ball club. Is a ready-wltted
fellow, and during the snowtiying season
has plenty of time to exercise this wit;
particularly as he is engaged in a lucra-
tive retail business in Chicago.
Some Washingtonians. who went up to
the city of winds in order to see the two
champion ball teams combat for first
honors, happened to drop in to see Joe at
his place of business. and while accepting
of the chubby managers hospitality, they
were amused listeners to a coNoquy be
tween Cantillon and one of his clerks.
1t appeared that Joe had allowed this
particular employe the privilege of taking
car fare from the cash register. so that he
could ride to his home for dinner, and
that he must have taken advantage OF
Cantillon's kindness, judging from thesfol-
lowing, goes without saying.
The Washington delegation were just
lighting their cigars when in came the
erring clerk. and when Joe caught sight
of him ne said
See here. didn't you take some money
out of the cash register today?"
Yes" shot back the fellow real saucy
but didn't you tell me that l could take
car fare home"
Sure, l told you that" came back the
manager. but 1 never knew that you
lived in New Orleans"
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Bill Coughlin's Dream.

In Detroit, where the weather Is al
ways bracing, and where it sometimes
SHOWS in the good old summer time, the
people are blessed with good appetites
and a craving after food of the rib
sticking variety.
In consequence of this, the caterers up
there serve on their menus a creation
made from -four. and similar to what We
benighted Washington citizens would call
batter cakes, and what the New Workers
irreverently style 'sinkers."
The Detroit creation, though, is of
goodly thickness. and most indgestible In
the Tigerburg would imagine that he
couldn't exist without a plentiful supply
of flannel cakes, for this is what they are
called up in the city by the lake.
They are called flannel cakes on ac-
count of their heat-producing qualities.
and it is claimed that they stick closer to
you than a flannel shirt that is colored
red.
At any rate, every member of the De-
troits was dippy about these same fan
mel cakes during the season just passed.
They thought about them during the day
and dreamed about them at night
When the Chicagos were playing the
Detroits at Chicago Bill Coughlin went
TO bed real early one night. as did Xii
liam, his roommate. The next morning
Bill told Frank that he had a soul-satis-
flying dream the night previous.
What was it about?" asked Killian.
who was shivering with the cold. as it
was chilly in ''hicago when the series was
pulled off.
We'll" began Bill. II dreamed last
night that l was back in Detroit, and
that l was eating flannel cakes
Yes, and when I woke up this morn
ing" cried Ktllian, half of the blankets
were gone"
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the catcher Mac Heydon whom the dog
would growl at whenever he would APP
pear. Now. Heydon. who comes from
away out west, one day declared that ow-
ing to his familiarity with the savage
beasts of the section of the country he
hailed from he could, # he tried, conquer
any dog. and could SO train him that the
animal would follow his orders 10 the
letter.
The rest of the boys good naturedly
laughed at Macs boast, for HAYDEN was
apparently sincere. and for trail subject
they gave him Altizers dog to practice
on.
Davy let the dog go. and Hayden start
ed in to train him, but the dog came at
Mac with so many teeth shining and with
so much speed that Mac clambered up on
the side OF the little shed under which
the Washington ball club sits during the
games. and when Charley Hickman came
out of the little runway leading to the
field he found Mac sitting on top of the
shed. while the dog. with his two front
paws against the side of the structure,
was doing his best to get up to where
Hayden was, with the evident intention
of eating the catcher bodily.
"Oh, Oh" cried Hck. Il see, Mac that
you are indeed good at the training bust
less. for in the short time you have been
practcing with Dawes pup You have
taught him to stand on his hind legs"
While the rest of the bunch were indulg-
ing in the merry ha. ha Hayden slipped
down on the other side of the shed and
disappeared in the direction of the club
house
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Freddy Parent on History.

Freddy Parent, the clever shortstop of
the Boston club, who is figuring in a
good many so-called trades here lately,
is one of the big men In the little Massa-
chusa it's town in which he lives, and as
Freddy is a great hand at speeCh-making
of the spread eagle variety, he is often
called upon to spiel whenever anything
out of the ordinary is being pulled off
in his gay and festive burg.
Last winter, so the story goes, Freddy s
townspeople We're giving a reception to
the new mayor. and as this worthy
happened to be a soldier with Philip
pine record it was thought necessary to
hand him out a patriotic talk. SO
Freddy Parent was called upon to do
the stunt.
Just at this time IIobe Ferris. the sec
Ond baseman of the Beaneaters, was
visiting Parent. and so Hobe was in
vited to the hall by his oldtime short
stopping partner.
on this night it is said that Freddy
was eChpSng all previous Oratorfcal eff
fusions and seeing that everybody pres
ent was of Massachusetts stock, Ere ddy
builded his speech around celebrated
Bay state heroes.
When he came to Daniel Webster he
be came a little bit mixed and began to
eXtol that noted statesman on account
of his having brought out the dictionary.
Just when Freddy made this raw
statement Hobe Ferris. who knew bet
ter, leaned over hurriedly. and catching
Freddy by the coat, ne whispered. but
in so hoarse a voice that every one near
by clearly heard him say:
1T wasn't Daniel Webster who wrote
the dictionary, Parent; it was Noah"'
In answer to this, Freddy turned fierce
y on Ferris and cried out in a voice
audible to every one in the hall:
WHO? Noah wrote the dictionary?
Why, you ninny. it was Noah who built
the ark"
And then amid the confused murmur
of many voices. Mr.. Parent calmly con-
tinued on the even tenor OF his way to
the end of his speech.
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OUR RAILROADS, ONCE.
In 1880 a Horse Raced a Locomo-
tive, and Won.

From Van Norden Magazine.
In 1922 the first charter was obtained
for a railroad in the United States. It
was for line from Philadelphia to
point on the Susquehanna river, but was
never built. On the announcement Of the
project some one asked one of the Balti-
more newspapers, What is a railroad,
anyhow"
The editor was forced to reply that he
did not know, but that perhaps some
other correspondent can tell"
Seven years later in the little wooden
track along the Lackawaxen creek the
first locomotive had its trial The expert
ment was far from successful, and for
number of years afterward the trains on
most of the railroads continued to be
drawn by horses.
The first locomotive on the Baltimore
and Ohio had sails attached. So did the
cars. These sails We're hoisted when the
wind was in the right direction so as to
help the locomotive.
The rivalry between the railroads using
locomotives and those using horses was
very bitter. In August, 1880. an actual
trial of speed was held between a horse
and one of the pioneer locomotives, which
did not result in favor of the locomotive.
The race was on the Baltimore and Ohio
the locomotive being one built by Peter
Cooper who also acted as engineer.
The horse. a gallant gray. was in the
habit of pulling a car on track parallel
to that used by the locomotive. At first
the gray had the better of the race, but
when he was a quarter Of a mile ahead
Mr.. Cooper succeeded in getting up
enough steam to pass the horse amid ter
rifle applause.
At that moment a band slipped from a
pulley, and though Mr.. Cooper Iacerated
his hands trying to replace it, the engine
stopped, the horse passed it and came in
the winner
AS there were no brakes on the early
trains, they used TO stop And to start
with jolts which threw the passengers
across the car. The coupling was with
chains having two or three feet of slack
which the engine in starting took up with
a series of fierce jerks. The shock on
stopping was even worse and never
failed to send the passengers flying"
There were no whistles in the old days
Signals were given by pushing up the
valve on the dome by hand and letting
the steam escape with a loud kissing
noise. On the New Castle and French
town railroad when the signal was heard
the slaves around the station would rush
to the arriving train, seize hold of it and
pull back with all their might while the
agent stuck a piece of wood through
wheel
There were go many collisions and ex-
ploSions that some southern railroads in
troduced what they called a barrier car
between the locomotive and the passenger
consisted of a platform on wheels upon
which were piled six bales OF cotton, and
il was claimed it would safeguard the
passengers in two wayS-it would protect
them from the blowing up of the locomo-
tive and would form a soft cushion upon
which the passengers could land in the
event of a collision. There Is no record
of how this experiment worked out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20
Striped Cloths.
From EOCui

1t is noticeable among the new cloths
that quarterback stripes IN colors
or on black ground are to the fore, the
color tone being richly dark and the
effect thoroughly wintery. The same low
tones are also seen in cloth plaidings of a
single color in two shades. and, further
more, these plaids have those shadngs
clouded on edges which have been familiar
and that take away from all angular stiff
ness of line. There are cloth intermix-
lures, too, in these plaids, the two or three
colors. kept from dominance by being
composed of extremely fine lines which
have a way of blending closely. The new
est plaids in cloths are not much over an
inch square, but 1t must be understood
that there is but one color. sometimes in
two shades. however. Such plaids are
seen upon jet black grounds. so that the
effect is quiet and unobtrusiye.
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Water and Wine.

From the Paris Journal des Debats.
In an open letter published by some pa
pers a doctor reproaches NJ. Clemenceau
for his visit to Carlsbad. 1t was bad
enough his going there last year, when he
was only a minister, but this year he Is
premier, and ought to think twice before
giving the example of preferring foreign
waters to our national ones. Let NJ. Glenn
enceau beware of slump in waters!
After that of the wines the country would
not forgive him for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20
Dogs and Esperanto.
From the British Weekly.

From the British Weekly.
Dogs as well as human beings find Es-
peranto easy to learn. On Thursday I
saw puppy which had mastered the lam
guage in about two months When her
mistress said, "Diru Bonvolu' q" C''say
please -, she barked. and the added word
"Laute" Cloudly'D made her increase the
sound. At the command. "Donu manon
c'shake hands'), she gave her paw At
the command, "Petu," she stood on her
hind legs and begged. This dog had an
Esperanto name, Viva Qively). because
she was brought home on the day when
the local Esperanto club was formed
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the arm with a Sandow-like grip, he
coolly remarked
Il beg your pardon, my friend, but
would you mind allowing me to get an
other cigar out of my overcoat before you
cart it away"
The thief. who was a well-dressed fel-
low, tried to make out that he had made
a mistake and so forth. claiming that he
thought it was his own coat He was
turned over by Chance to the care of the
walters. and hustled him to the outside.
But Chance had acted with so little
noise that the people in the immediate
vicinity of the table. never knew what
had happened until the next day, when
they read it in the papers.
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down an embroidered waistcoat, and
sticks that might have done honor to the
crutch and toothpick brigade of our own
times He was also then in the very glow
and bloom of that youthful beauty which
dazzled the town, with a great mass OF
waving and curled ringlets filling down
one cheek like cluster of rich grapes,
and the dark, burning eyes revealing all
the fire of ambition and intelligence, look
ing out from the marble white of the
then full and young cheek. He must have
been a weird, fascinating and repulsive
dazzling and scandaliZing spectacle in
that sleepy old Buckinghamshire town.
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Cornwall's Attractions.

From the COrnwaIl and Devon Post.
Down here the moral atmosphere is as
pure as the physical-quite healthy and
bracing. There is not a theater in the
whole of Cornwall. Cornwall, as a holi-
day ground, is free from the snares and
temptations that render a continental Holt
day, or even holiday al crowded, up-t to-
date seaside resort, a source of moral
peril, more or less. When you are in
Cornwall you can do as Cornwall does and
go home the better for it.
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Mike Kel1y's Ready Wit.

Mike Kelly, king of all ball players, and
no one can be found who VII dispute the
assertion, was a quiCk-Witted Irishman.
II there ever was one, and rumor says
there have been several from the Emerald
Isle. But it Is much doubted if there
ever was another who could beat Mike
Kelly when it came to rapid fire repartee
When the two American teams were
forming for the great trip they took
around the world in the sos there was
much talk among the players over the
contemplated journey. In fact. this little
projected jaunt was ever on the bows
minds, and conversation regarding It was
always on tap.
ION Brown, who is umpirng games in
Washington now, was a star member
then of the base ball troupe of globe
trotters, and he and Kelly used to be
the thickest of friends When it came
down to buying the necessary clothing for
the trip Nike and Tom repaired to the
same store together
During the trying-on process Mike who
was always laxative, no matter under
what conditions, began to discuss his
great qualities as a sailor, and Tom
Brown. who is notive-born EngIishman.
and who had sailed over the Atlantic
ocean on several occasions, began to
poke fun at Kelly, who was a native of
Ireland.
Go on, Mike" laughed Brown; II do
not believe you were ever on the ocean"
rs that so?" sneered Kelly, land how
do YOU think l came from Ireland, Mr..
Brown, in hack %