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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10

it themselves before. and they had failed.
When the stock was finally put up to
par "a considerable achievement at that
time1 the Guggenheims began TO be very
conservative. But then the Wall street
operator told the mthat their campaign
was just nicely under way and that theS
did not realize what valuable property
they had. or what its possibilities were
in the stock market The stock was car
ried on up to SIPS and the Guggenheims
got nervous again Then the big opera
tor took hold Of the stock again and put
it up to $3.50
By that time the Guggenheims were
convinced that American smelling was a
security of great merit and they began
to tell their friends of It's great value.
But the OPERATOR who had carried the
stock from $50 to $50 was content with
the result he had achieved The stock
had had great rise, a rise merited by
the intrinsic value of the property, but
he saw that any effort to put the price
to higher figures would fail to attract a
strong public following. So he withdrew.
But the Guggenheims went right on bull
ing the stock and put 1t nearly to SlI5.
When they got the stock to that point
they discovered they had nobody to sell
it to. Now that the stock had been
marked down about s35 the Guggenheims
may succeed in enlistng the support
again of those who refused to follow
them above $3.50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Japanese War Scare.

The Japanese War Scare didn't scare
Wall street This dispatch from Yoko-
hama (by grapevine cable), treasured the
street:
1.-The American squadron steamed into
the harbor before daybreak. The squad
ron was Immediately surrounded by thou
sands of bum boats laden with Geisha
girls in vari-colored timonos. The Amer
lean flagship was singled out for attack.
The bum boat fleet bore down upon it
and the Geisha girls were soon scaling
Its sides in swarms. Admiral Richmond
p. Hobson stood bravely on the bridge
to meet the attack. But he was soon
overwhelmed The kisses fall like shots
from o Calling gun. The brave admiral
was swept off the bridge and carried off
by the Geisha girls in a faintng condi-
ton He is now held as a prisoner of
war in a tea house. His last words to his
men as he was dragged from the ship
were Japan expects every American to
do his duty" and with these noble words
he threw his arms around twenty Geisha
girls In one last fond embrace"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
GOV, FRANCIS IS ON
STAND FOR BAILEY
Says Senator Paid Borrowed
Money Back to Pierce
WILL TAKE ACTION MONDAY
States to Legislative Committee In
vestigating Charges That He
Wired Bailey to Come
to ST. Louis.

Austin Tex, February 9.-The legs-
lative committee investigating charges
preferred against Senator Joseph w.
Bailey had as its only witness today
former Governor David r. Francis of
St Louis.
During the course of his examina-
ton Mr.. Francis testified that the re-
ports that Senator Bailey had Dor
rowed $500 and $4,000 from H. c.
Pierce, and had not paid the amounts
back, was a mistake by reason of the
fact that he had himself personally
paid Pierce for these identical pieces
of paper and received his receipt for
them; that he did this because he
had heard that there was some talk
about Bailey not having paid Pierce
for loans, and being a friend he had
protected him in this instance by pay
ing the loans himself He could not
remember exactly when Senator Bailey
had paid him back, but he was conf
dent that he had done so.
Mr.. Francis also stated that he had
himself wired to Senator Bailey to
come to st. Louis from Gainesville.
Tex, at the time he was reported to
be there to see Mr.. Pierce, that he re-
quested him to come there on impor-
tant business. the nature of which,
however, he did not reveal.
The committee today received tele-
gram from II. Clay Pierce stating that
he would be at home next Saturday,
the 10th inst, and would be glad to
see the committee.
The house of representatives has de-
ferred action until Monday upon the
proposition of allowing Representative
Cooke, who preferred charges against
Senator Bailey, money with which to
go to St Louis with the committee.
Considerable objection is anticipated
when the resolution is presented. Mr.
Cooke says that IL the house does not
allow him the money he will person.
ally stand the expense
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Not to Be Beaten.

From the Boston Herald.
During Cleveland's last administration
Josiah Quincy, then Assistant Secretar2
of State, wac known far and wide as a
hustler after government jobs for his
Boston friends and Hoke Smith. Clev--
lands Secretary of the Interior, told tn i,
following on Josiah,
A laborer in the Department of the In
terror was drowned one day while bathing
in the Potomac river. A Congressman
happened to be strolling along the river
bank at the time and saw the body hauled
out. Upon learning that the deceased
was an employee of the Interior Depart
ment he rushed down and applied to have
one of his constituents put in the vecancy.
Secretary Smith assured him that the po-
s;ton had been filled.
"Filled be id" cried the Congress-
man, 1.-THE man hasn't been dead an
hour"
II know" replied Secretary Smith,
"but Josiah Quincy heard some one say
the man was going in swimming, and
made application for the position by tel
ephone."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
He Wanted to Know.

From Harpers Weekly.
Justice Harlan of the United States SUI
preme court recently celebrated the golden
anniversary of his wedding, and the event
brought to light some stories of the stall
wart jurist. One relates how the justice
was riding towards Washington ON a
sleeping car from Louisville. Before re-
firing he went into the smoking compart-
ment TO get drink OF water. There were
half dozen men In the place and a flask
had been passed around and the glass
used for the liquor. Justice Harlan took
up the glass. smelled It, and turned on
the smokers:
who" he roared, in his deep bass
voice. "has had the temerity to drink
whisky out of this glass;"
1T did," piped up the owner of the flash.
somewhat awed by the great bulk of the
justice.
Then, SIR said the justice. sternly,
where are you hiding the bottle,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Commissioner to jamestown.

Berlin. February 9.-Charles w.
Kahlsaat, special commissioner of the
jamestown exposition, conferred today
with officials of the foreign Office and
war and navy ministries concerning
the German warships and troops which
are to be sent to jamestown. He was
Informed that the admiralty had def
nitely decided to send the cruisers
Room and Bremen under the command
of Commodore Kalau Won Hofe. Moth
ing has yet been settled regarding the
army. Mr.. Kohlsaat leaves Berlin to-
morrow for Vienna, whence he will go
to Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
A Remarkable Diary.

From the Montreal Herald.
Mrs. Roffey, a widow, of Newdigate.
near Dorking, England. who on her
ninety-second birthday was entertained
to dinner and sang "A-Hunting We VIII
Go" and MY Old Gray Mare" has
kept a diary which is full of interest
ing figures. She gives the cost of
her maintenance in that world to the
date of her last birthday as e1013 u.s.
An average expenditure of IS per
week. She has walked POI. $50 miles
She walked to London and back-54
miles-when she was seventeen, to get
married. The songs mentioned she has
sung 1106 times. She has in her long
life consumed, among other things
134,320 cups of tea. 67 1e0 glasses of
milk 1880 loaves. 5o,73O potatoes. and
has worn 1855 bonnets and hats, so
shoes and boots, Al dresses. So aprons
and 81 shawls and wraps.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
A Homemade Soap.

Here is the soap for the complexion
that can be made by using oatmeal cas-
tile soap and carbolic acid:
The oat meal should be boiled until it
is the constituency of thick jelly, then
the soap should be shaved fine and re-
duced to a paste with the addition of a
little water, after which the two must
be mixed together in proportion of two
parts of CASTLE soap to two parts of oat
meal jelly. Add two tabespoonsful of
periodic of hydrogen and stir we'll.
The soap should be allowed ia cool and
when hard may be cut in cakes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Headaches Cured
With Glasses

Many people have headaches and
find that medicine and medical treat
ments fail to give relief. Most of these
headaches are caused from weak and
defective eyes, and can be cured with
glasses properly fitted.
If you are in doubt as to whether or
not your headaches are caused from
your eyes, We will test them free OF
charge.
We make a speciality of curing head
aches and nervousness with glasses
and effect cures when other remedies
fail.
&. v. SCHULTZ,
Eye Specialist.
Ground Floor City Hall Building
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
$4,000 for Famine Sufferers.

Washington, February 9.-The state
department received the following dis
patch today from Consul General
Rodgers at Shanghai: According to
instructions am drawing $4,000. Re-
lief committee desire me to offer
hearty thanks. No improvement in
famine conditions" The $4,000 re-
ferred to is the money given to the
Red Cross through the Christian Her
aid
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Tariff Regulations.

Berlin, February 9.-The Reichstag
is not likely to discuss the new tariff
regulations with the United States
until after the Easter holidays. The
agrarian organs have taken up in a
sharply critical tone statements cabled
from the United States saying that
President Roosevelt will submit the
draft of commercial treaty to the
Senate after March /.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Russian Famine Relief.

st. petersburg, February AN inn
perial decree issued today provides for
the issue of $35,000,000 in per cent
state rents to meet the famine relief
expenses and the urgent extraordinary
expenditures as shown in the budget
statement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
NEGRO STUDENT KILLED.
Fellow Student Claims 1t Was Acct
dental-Witness Says Murder.

Huntsville, February 9.-(Special.)-
William Johnson, a student of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
for negroes at Normal, met sudden
death while out hunting today with
owen wellington. a fellow student
from Scottsboro. Wellington claims
that his gun was accidentally dis
charged and the full load struck his
comrade in the neck. On the other
hand one witness is convinced that the
killing was murder. Johnson came
from Montgomery
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Sanford Assists in shipp Case.

Washington, February 9.-Assistant
Attorney General Sanford will leave
Washington next Tuesday for Chat
tanooga, where he will assist United
States Attorney Penland in the case
against Sheriff Ship and others for
contempt of an order of the United
States supreme court growing out Of
the lynching of negro named John
son
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Salve Cotton Caruo.

London, February Heterogeneous
have been made here to salve the
cargo of cotton on board the British
steamer Holton Hall, from Galveston
to Genoa, which stranded yesterday
north of Port Vendre, France, on the
Mediterranean.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
To Remove Wrinkles.

Clara B.: Sixty-four grains of very
fresh cold cream. Beat with 1t four
grams of powdered camphor gum and
the same of simple tincture of benzo-
line in an equal quantity of rectfied spir-
its of wine. Apply at night after wash
ing the face Another formula for wrn-
kles Is Is grams of powdered alum and
Is grams of sweet almond oil.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Bust MASSAGE.

Kate: Massage, the bust from uper-
meath upwards and out, in a series of ro-
tary motions. Make the movements
slowly and gently. as haste or heavy
pressure will do harm in this region.
Deep breathing and chest expanding
exercises are just as necessary for you as
massage, Take the WillardWhite Van
caire Tablets three times a day.
It is impossible to say how long it will
take to produce the desired result, but the
treatment must be kept up systematic
cally and indefatigably to be productive
of best results.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Paris Police Get Rlnuleader

Paris, February 9.7The police ar
rested the ringleader of gang of fifty
criminals who have terrorized the de-
partment of Pas de Calais and the
Belgian frontier for two years, com
hitting thousands of robberies and
murders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Massaqinq Arms,

Massaging the arms may be done dur
ing the bath when the skin is wet or dry,
using perhaps a bit of massage cream
that is. IL the arms are not hairy; but in
that event it is best to leave all creams
alone for fear of increasing the
growth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Say keene Is the Man.

Whenever the financial critics have diff
ficulty in discovering who is making the
market. they usually guess that James
r. Keene is the man. Early last week 1t
was reported that Mr. Keene was i'll and
that he was confined to his rooms at
the Waldorf. But he was at his office
and i'm the best of health. Late in the
week 1t was rumored that Mr.. Keene
WAS the leader of the bear market. There
was about as much truth in the last re-
port as in the first. The market these
days is so big and it attracts to 1t so
many men of great wealth. that no one
man can lead II either up or down. Mr.
Rogers is a great Spectator, but he cam
not lead the market single handed the
way men of very much smaller wealth
could do some years ago Mr.. Morgan
has a powerful following on both sides
of the Atlantic, but he cannot make the
market. Twenty men could be named
every one more powerful in the financial
world than the greatest leaders of twenty
years but not one can make a market
In the old days the buying or selling
of $4,000 shares of stock created stir.
Nowadays 1t goes unnoticed. No tndi-
vidual operator In these days. however
large his private fortune can make a
market for any considerable period with
out the aid and consent of a consider
able group of men like himself. In these
days when the banking power has been
81 highly centralized no man or group OF
men can hope to carry a market without
the support of, leading banking inter-
ests. Mr.. Keene found out how power
less he was when he attempted to use the
old methods in his Southern Pacific pool.
When the big banking people behind the
Southern Pacific decided that Mr.. Keene
had gone far enough they put the screws
on him and there was nothing for him
to do but quit. Since then Mr.. Keene
has been wise enough not to attempt
to make big market movements on his
own resources. He is content to go along
with the tide, and not to antagonize the
men who WELD the whip hand in the
great banks and so he has more time for
the pleasures of life. His racing stable
this season will have fifty horses in train
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Postmaste Annointed

Washington, February 9-(Special.)-
James T. Carlton, vice F. f. Kimbrough.
resigned, today appointed postmaster at
Kimbroughs, Wilcox county, Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
King and Queen Return.

London, February 9.-King Edward
and Queen Alexandra returned to Lon
don this evening from Paris, in prep
aration of the ceremony attending the
opening of parliament.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
To Establish Coffee DUTY.

Rio de Janeiro. February 9.-The
coffee growers, at conference here,
decided to ask the government to abol-
ish the excise duty of three francs per
bag.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
To Increase the Hips.

This exercise will increase the size of
your hips. Stand alternately on each foot,
swing the free limb pendulum fashion
from the hips, each time allowing it to go
as far forward and backward as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
To Cure PimpIes.

Here is a formula for curing pimples:
Lanoline, grains. sweet almond oil,
grams; sulphur precipitate, grams; OK
ide of zinc, 2I2 grams; extract of violet,
10 drops. Apply very little of the cream
to each pimple every night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Brittle Nails,

Have them filled once a week; never
have them cut. Rub each night with a
cold cream-always keep them well greas-
ed at night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Nall Ridues.

Ridges in the nails are the result OF
insufficient natural oil in the body while
they are growing. To remedy this eondi-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Curing Soft corns.

The best treatment is to soak the feet
in warm water in which a handful of
bran has been thrown. Then scrape off
the callous or dead skin. Do not cut,
as this hardens rather than softens it.
Rub the callous spot with pumice stone
If 1t should be a rather hard spot. Then
Apply some vaseline. Rub the entire
foot with the cream and it will re-
pay you for the rest it gives If the corn
is between the toes place a bit of pick
ed linen which is pulled out into a puff.
This will absorb all moisture. Even a
little observent cotton will do. but 1t is
more apt to be heating. Change the cot
ton or linen twice a day for this is what
keeps the corn dry and prevents the in
flammation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10

When everything has been moved up to
the new level of prices it is a question
how long the country will stand It. The
result of such raising OF prices all along
the lines in previous booms has always
been that these high prices are self-cor-
receive The people curtail their expendi-
lures for merchandise, manufacturers
cease to work overtime and the railways
have less business to handle. Then the
reaction comes. The reaction is usually
carried too far, because people become
just as pessmistc about the future as
they were previously optimistic. In the
past few years i'm this country we have
escaped serious depressions because of
the bountiful crops in the west and south.
Big corn and wheat and cotton crops
have carried us on from one prosperous
year to another. And SO now the specu-
lative community IS beginning to loool1
ahead to this seasons crops. The weather
in the west now is the kind the farmers
want for their grain, and there is every
reason to believe now that this years
harvest will again be OF the bumper va
rlety. Looking still further ahead the
speculative community is beginning to
consider seriously the national political
outlook Nearly every presidential election
year In this country is one of reaction
In tra1a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10

ton 1t is necessary to nourish them,
Just as one takes pills ia nourish the body
when it Is emanieated. Melt an ouce of
white wax and stir in a teaspoonful OF
the oil of almonds. Coat the nails
thickly all night, wearing gloves.
Mile Merlyn:
Dear Madam-Can you give me a rem
edy for removing a light down from my
arms and making them plum and white.
l have tried everything could think of
and nothing seems to have any effect.
I will appreciate any suggestions you
would make. Respectfully,
MISS M. D.
Woodlawn, Ala.
Try this depliatory: Prepared chalk,
three parts; sulphur of calcium, one part;
Add cold water, mix to paste. apply
with a brush to the hairy parts and when
dry it can be rubbed off. II it should
cause any irritation bath at once with
hot water and apply little cold cream.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
STREET HAS TIME
TO TAKE BREATH
Looks Back at Recent Dizzy
Heights
RAILWAY RATES GOING UP
Big Flnanclers Realize Futlity of Try
Ing to Move Market Alone-They
Must Work In Groups
Nowadays.
RAIL WAY RATES GOING UP
BY w. G. NICHOLAS.

New York, February Especial wall
street has had chance this week to look
back at the dizzy heights lately occu-
pied and to make measure Of the future,
There has been a calm after the storm
Big spectators who were hurt in the
long decline In the Hill stocks. st. Paul,
Reading, Canadian Pacific and some other
active railway shares. have had an OPP
portunity to put their houses in order.
The one thing In the future that seems to
stand out most prominently Is that the
railways are getting ready to raise rates.
Mr. Hill of the Great Northern, before he
left for st. Paul early in the week. said
that an advance in freight rates seemed
inevitable. 1t might come first in the
eastern trunk lines. but it would prob
ably spread all over the country. Wages
of labor and the prices of materials and
operating conditions have been steadily
making for smaller net earnings. The
commodities of the country have been ad-
Vanced In prices while transportation
rates had been showing decreases. This,
Mr.. Hill said, was an order of things
which could not last. and the time was at
hand when an advance in rates was I'M
avoidable. This Is the sentiment expressed
by leading railroad men on all the big
lines. The same thing was said In a diff
ferent way by President Finley of the
Southern the other day in his open let
ter. The Pennsylvania, 1t is understood
Is considering the same proportinoate
raise in freight rates that 1t recently made
in wages 10 per cent. Railway managers
M T.
know that shippers are quick to complain,
and all sorts of opposition is thereby
aroused But the railway men say that the
increased cost of everything. including
materials, wages and capital itself. most
logically be attended by an increase in
rates. The railways are in business to
make money like any other commercial
venture
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-02

this class of talent be spaid in &C
cordance with the service rendered
and in keeping with advances being
made In other avocatons. The teach.
ers not only in the Normals, but the
free school as well are practically
getting no better wages than they
commanded ten years ago. 1t re,
quires more study and better educa.
tion each year TO iii these positions
as the standards Of the schools are
advanced and there is no reason why
salaries should not be advanced &C,
cordingly. The teacher spends his
or her best years in the public ser.
vice, giving up their physical strength
and the yigor of their brain while
they are young and most active. TO
the service Of the public with no hope
of support In the declining years of
their lives when their services are
no longer valuable. Pay the teachers
well II some other appropriations
have TO suffer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-02
PAY TEACHERS BETTER.

One of the principal appropriations
that will be recommended by the
Board Of Regents of the Normal
Schools will be the increase in sal.
airy for the teachers. The board will
leave other appropriations to be
fought out BY the local advocates Of
the several schools as they will be
more or less local in their interest,
while this matter Of salary is general,
and will apply to ali the teachers OF
the Normals throughout the State.
In this age of higher cost of living 1t
is no more than simple justice that