The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-03
SOME MEN WHO STOPPED
 NEW YORK,S MONEY PANIC
than anything else to restore public confidence.

than anything else to restore public confidence.
 That naediavesi customs still prevail in New York and that the form of se- curity with which Shakespeare has made us familiar in an astonishing case brought to light in the police courts in which the penalty of the vol untary cutting off of three fingers played the chief part.
 The case hinged on an agreement entered into by a bishop and three archdeacons of the Armenian Church involving certain valuables left in the keeping of the latter by the bishop, with the understanding that if he did not return to claim them within one year he should forfeit three fingers from his right hand, while in the case of his returning. the vaiuables were not forthcoming, each of the archdeacons to whom they were entrusted should be. mutilated in a like manner. The bishop returned according to agree ment, but failed to get his property.
 Singularly enough the three arch deacons showed surprising willing ness to be separated from their fingers, and the modern Shylock was forced to appeal to the courts for either his goods or his penalty. The appearance of plaintiff in court in the twentieth century asking that three men be forced to allowShi to cut off three of their fingers caused as much wonderment as was occasioned on his part when the
 necessary order was sternly refused.
 There appears to be no end to what may be excepted in the line of new
 treatments for various diseases. The
 very latest thing here Is the mower cure' for insane asylums.
 Common or garden flowers are the
 medium used, and an extended list of
 experiments are being carried on to
 determine the psychological value of
 various blossoms in the treatment of
 patients It has already been found
 thatt flowers are of great beneht to
 the insane, and the product of the large
 greenhouses which are maintained are
 scattered through the whole asylum In profusion. In some case single. rose
 has been found to be more eff1cacious in its soothing effect than opiates and straight -jacke cts. The beneficial infiu- ence of flowers, while never absent. 1t is asserted, varied in different indiyid- uals, women as a rule being more sus- ceptible than men.
 Color in various blossoms seem to be a prime factor in the new treatment, al- though experiments have not yet reached the point where a certain flow CT can be prescribed for a certain kind of mental afliction.
 movement has been started here 10 preserve the most picturesque of the l Hudson river scenery by the creation of a natinal park. The section which 1t is sought to include is that known as the Highlands of the Hudson and takes | In the famous mountains. Storm King, | Gro Nest and DundeEberg.
 The reason advanced for making this 1 national enterprise is that West I Point and Iona Island with the large reservations controlled by the govern ment. lie within the boundaries of the I proposed park and because it is re- I zion that teens with historic interest | and Revolutionary memories.
 A number of the wealthy and infiu-
 ential summer residents of the terri | tory in question, which takes in the estates of J. Pierpont Morgan, James | StilIman. Stuyvesant Fish and other l millionaires,. have interested them
 selves in the project and 1t has been i called to the attention of President l Roosevelt who has given 1t his ap- l provaL If the park is created it will