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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03
THE WEEKS TALK
IN NEW YORK CITY
Ryan, Not Gates, Wins Title of
Traction King
PRESIDENTIAL | GOSSIP
Newspapers Discussing Possible DEM
ocratlc candldates-Bret Harte's
Daughter in the Poor House.
Cotton Seed OIL Corner
PRE- DENTAL GOSSIP
BY sEWELL HAGGARD.

New York February 1.-The name OF
John w. Gates, not the smallest of whose
interests is In the Birmingham district,
figures In the big story of the week In
Wall street. Following the election of
Theodore p Shonts as president of the
marlborough metropolitan Rapid Transit
company TO succeed August Belmont.
came the report that Mr.. Gates had
recently bought enough of 1nterborough-
Metropolitan stock to control the COM
pany and force the election of the former
canal commission head. II this were true
Mr.. Gates would now be the traction
king of New York. The reports from
authentic quarters, however, discredit this
story and give the title to Thomas For
tune Ryan, who Is now looked upon as
leading E. II. Hartman by length for
supremacy in Wall street.
IL will be recalled that two years ago
Mr.. Ryan controlled the Metropolitan
company under which were grouped all
the surface car lines in the city. The
company was saddled with a lot of old
debts and was in poor condition. Au-
gust Belmont controlled the marlborough
company which had the subway and all
the elevated lines. 1t was in a most pros
porous condition. Ryan dickered around
until he formed a merger with the In
terborough. Now he has forced out Au-
gust Belmont and is supreme as far
as traction affairs are concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03
An Unpleasant Joke.

Some person who has a queer Idea
of Il Joke has been making 1t disagreeable
for several of the hotels and restaurants
His conception of fun Is nothing more nor
less than the promiscuous spreading
around of asafoetlda In the dining rooms
The pest made Its first appearance about
two weeks ago at the Cadillac. Patrons
were quietly dining when they became
aware of its overpowering presence. The
dining room was quickly cleared.
The manager found that asafoetida had
been scattered around the floor. The next
night the elevator boys struck. Then the
clerks were driven from their desks.
The manager posted up a reward of
500 for the discovery Of the miscreants.
Rector's was wildly excited when the
asafoetida appeared there. Then the
smell-spreaders went to the Metropolis.
Next the odor wandered into the rath-
skeller of Times Square hotel and broke
up many supper parties.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03
Bret Harte's Daughter in Want.

A benefit Is to be given in this city
to procure funds to get Bret Hartes
daughter out of the poor house in Port
land, Me- Mrs. Steele. nee Jessamy Harte.
went to Portland a year or more ago
to give readings from her fathers works.
The readings were not success flnan-
cially and soon Mrs. Steele found her
self short of funds. For months she lived
by borrowing. At last her friends re-
fused to aid her further and she was
sent to the county farm.
Soon after Jessamy Harte was mar
ried to Mr.. Steele in 1900, tho Bret Harts
family removed from Rlain9e& to Lon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03
Corner in Cotton Seed oil.


A young foreigner has just closed a cam
paign on the produce exchange in which
he ana his friends cleared $1,0O0,0o0 He
did by successfully manipulating a cor
ner In cotto nseed oil. The man is John
ner In cotton seed oil. The man is John
and a Swede of good family. With his
brother Adolf he has accumulated a for
tune in this country In seven years. The
means which he took to manipulate his
corner" were money and the first ac-
curate knowledge of crop conditions. He
said last night 1t was so easy after the
foundation was laid that there was little
more for him to do than obtain settle
ments He Is president of a firm of which
his brother is a member and or the
Portsmouth Cotton Oil corporation of Vir-
gina.
Mr.. Aspregren confined himself to the
produce exchange and to cotton seed oil.
and became convinced in September that
the time was right for a deal. The nor
NAL output of oil In this country is 5000,
600 barrels. There were severe storms
through the cotton belt, and he conclud-
ed they had injured the cotton seed A
syndicate of wealthy dealers in cotton
In the south. his firm and foreign corre-
spondents was organized and money was
pledged to control the situation
Work was begun on the November and
December oils Contracts for hundreds of
thousands OF DhfrelS OF oil ndu peen inaue
at about 80 cents a gallon by the Amer
lean Cotton Oil company, $50000,000 cor
poration, and the Southern Cotton Oil
company, which has capital stock of
ST., 900, 900. Mr.. Aspregren's observations
and reports led him to behave that not
more than one-fifth of the output avail
able for the market would meet contract
requirements In this city, and he straight
way bought $4,000 barrels of the Novem-
Der at 80 cents gallon. The price jumped
to As cents and men caught made an
effort to recoup by selling December oil.
The syndicate, out OF November. i'm
mediately bought $4,000 barrels of De-
cember at 81 cents, and when delivery
was called for it was lacking and settle-
ments were made at AZ cents.
Then the syndicate bought 100000 bar
rels each of January, March and May
deliveries. which about took all the out
put. 1t held on until the price touched
so cents and then 1t unloaded.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
T6s. Aels and 1ptelliGeacer.
BEL AIR, Md. OCT. IS. 1907.
EARLY RISING.
II Is Not Good For Those Who Have
to Work Hard All Day.

1t Is Not Good For Those Who Have
TO Work Hard All Day.
There is no adequate support for the
Impression that the early morning
hours are In any way more wholesome
or healthy than later periods of the
day. Except in summer time, they are
apt To be damp. foggy. chilly and
among the least desirable hours of
daylight 1t Is quite true that during
the summer there is Il sense of eXhila-
ration about being abroad in these
early morning hours. but this evapo-
rates with tn" dew and is apt to be
succeeded by corresponding dcpres
sion and loss of working power later
in the day. | have been observing my
friends and patients for the past TWEEN
" years i'll this respect and am In
clined to the opinion that not n little OF
the depression and NERVOUSNESS which
so commonly develop in hot weather is
due to excessive exposure to light,
from habits of early rising, inherited
from agricultural ancestors, not cOun-
terbalanced by three to four hours
rest in darkened rooms in the middle
of the day.
Secondly. that the eXhilaration eXpe-
rIenced during the early morning hours
is an expensive luxury. which has to
be paid for later In the day. In fact, |
have found that, rs general rule, to
put It very roughly, the business or
professional man who rises an hour
before { 80 or s O'Clock goes to bed or
loses his working power an hour and
half earlier in the evening. Each in
dividual has in the beginning Of his
day about so much working power
stored up i'll his brain and muscle
cells. If he uses this up with great
rapidlty in the early morning hours he
naturally exhausts his stock the soon
er in the afternoon or evening.
1t Is largely n matter of when man
wishes to he at his best. If his occu-
patton Is of such character that he
can clear off the brunt of his work in
the early morning hours. then let him
rise early. If, on the other hand. he re-
quires full vigor and readiness of mind
and body in the latter part of the day
or at night. then he must rise later to
get 1t. Even in pure muscle work 1t Is
false economy to work too long hours.
American Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
Weinhtinn a Horses Stern

Some of the officers and men of a
vessel once anchored in the harbor of
Funchal, Madeira. went ashore for a
horseback ride around the island.
About halfway up the mountain we
came across little mizzentopman,
flushed and evidently very warm, rid
ing Il spirited little horse with a stone
tied up in Il silk handkerchief slung to
his tail.
The first lieutenant laughed and said
What are you doing with that hand
kerchief, Brown
"Why, you see. sir" said Brown,
that when 1 first hitched her up she
pitched badly, being too much by the
head, 50 Just rugged this stone on aft
and brought her down to her bearings,
ana she sails now like Il clipper, SIR
"On a Man-of-war."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
TOKYO's SLUMs.
Morse Than the Worst In Paris, Lon.
don or New York

Morse Than the Worst In Paris, Lon.
don or New York.
Tokyo has sIums whose poverty
reaches the last depth of human degra-
dation Below the cellars of Paris,
the alleys of London and the crowded
slums of the New York east side, the
Japanese capital reveals a lower gulf
1t IS a region that no ray lights. Your
moliy man of Paris and your 'hooli
gan" of London do have at times fierce
joys and moments of acid pleasure,
but the microscopic intensity of the
distress in the Shitaya quarter of To
kyo bars out all hope. Tokyo has far
too many poor people, and their dis
position is a pressing problem. Thou
sands are shipped to Korea and For
mosa, but the pressure steadily in
creases owing to the constant migra-
ton of ambitious Japanese from the
provinces to the capital city.
Japan carefully avoids all public ref
erence to these great sores on its body
polite. Their existence Is hidden from
the foreign visitor Rarely does a
tourist see the SlumS, and specialists
studying the city for precise informa-
ton are sedulously kept out Of the
poorest quarters. Japan Is so skillful-
ly press ACCENTED that the existence of
these miserable purlieus is not even
suspected by the average student Of
conditions. 1t is Il journalistic rule in
Japan not to say anything that be-
trays weakness in the life of the peo-
pie, and it is rule generally observ-
ed But there are writer's in Japan
who think that in adopting the civiliZa-
ton of the occident the republican
form Of government should also have
been imported. and these give the min
istry trouble at times by telling plain,
unpalatable truths The Kokumin
newspaper detailed q representative to
live the life of the lowest and poorest
in Tokyo, and his articles dealing with
life in the Shitaya district created an
immense sensation. When translated
into English in pamphlet form the
government promptly bought up the
entire edition and destroyed the plates
Walter J. Kingsley in Worlds Work
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
LIKE HUMAN CORKS
How the Water In Great Salt LAX.
Treats the Batbers

How the Water In Great Salt Lake
Treats the Bathers.
Bathing in Great Salt lake is
unique experience.
Flights of steps lead down into the
water from the interminable platform
along which the lighthouses are stu
ated. The water is quite shallow at
first, and you find rare enjoyment for
a time in wriggling your toes about in
the salt that forms the bottom in
place of accustomed sand You are
obliged to wade out some distance be-
fore you experience the peculiar buoy
ancy of the lake First you feel your
feet trying to swim out from under
you. You find it more and more diff
cult to walk. You begin to float in
spite of yourself. Then you realize
you are nonsinkable. You can't sink IL
you want to. Throw yourself on your
back or sit down or try to swim. and
you bob about like a rocking chair in
a freshet. You feel az though you had
been turned to cork. You can't help
looking at the phenomenon subjective
thing peculiar about the water 1t
looks and feels like any other bathing
water-until you get some of 1t in your
eyes or in your mouth Then you wish
you hadn't come. Ocean water Is
sweet in comparison. In fact, the
chemists tell us 1t is eight times less
salty
You can't drown in the lake by sink
Ing, but you can be suffocated to
death. which is just about as uncom-
Portable and undesirable. We found
signs everywhere warning us against
being too laxative or too frolicsome in
the water.
When we came out we brought with
us large deposits of salt on our skin.
AS the water evaporated we found our
selves covered with white crystals.
Only a strong shower bath of fresh
water or n good clothes brush can put
you into fit condition to dress.-Travel
Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
AN MIGRATE SOLDIER.
His CowardIy Action Was the Maxim.
of NobIeman

His cowardIy Action Was the Making
of a Nobleman.
Here is story of the battlefield.
There was war between the Swedes
and the Danes. One day n great bat
tie was fought. and the Swedes were
beaten and driven from the field. \
soldier of the Danes who had been
slightly wounded was sitting on the
ground. He was about to take drink
from Il flask. All at once he heard
some one say:
''Oh. sir. give Inc Il drink. for l am
DYING
1t was wounded Swede who spoke.
He was lying on the ground only lit
lie way off. The Dane went to him Mt
once. He knelt down by the side of his
fallen foe and pressed the flask to his
lips. Drink" said he, for thy need is
greater than mine"
Hardly had lie spoken these words
when the Swcde raised himself on his
elbow. He pulled Il pistol from his
pocket and shot at the man who would
have bcfriended him. The bullet graZed
INC l'dllc SnDulucE, buI NllCl HOI uO
him much harm.
All, you rascal he cried. Il was
going to befriend you, and you repay
ME by trying to kill me. Now | will
punish you. l would have given you
all the water. but now you shall have
only half" And with that he drank
the half of 1t and then gave the rest to
the Swede.
When the king of the Danes heard
about this he sent for the soldier and
had him tell the story just as it was.
"Why did you spare the life Of the
Swcde after he had tried to kill you?"
asked the king.
because. sir said the soldier, ~
could never kill wounded enemy"
Then you deserve to be a noble
man." said the king And he rewarded
him by making him knight and Civ
ing him noble title.-"Famous Stories
RefOld"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25

When a girl with an angel food taste
marries q man with ginger bread
income It's sign that she doesn't
know on which side her bread is but
tered.-Dallas News.
Property has It's duties as well as its
Kights.-Drummond.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
The Family Jar.

'The body of the late Major links
was cremated.'
'What they goin' to do with It'll"
"IIiS widow has him corked up In
fruit Jar. Says it's the last of the
family jars. Atlanta Constitution.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25

The undersigned has assumed charge of
this old and well-known hotel and proposes
to cater to the travelling public In the most
situation and advantages of the old Eagle"
no comment is necessary. 1t is unsurpassed
for its quiet, beautiful and homc-like attrac-
exceiIed, and its reputation as a stopping
place tor commercial men and tourists will
be carefully nurtured. Everything will be
his ambition Is to make the saying true
"Once a customer, always n customer. Spe-
cial terms for large parties on application.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25

With good food hoppers we'll sup
piled with dry mash and a good grain
ration you would only need to go to
the houses once day to gather the
eggs and see that everything is NIL
right, and one good man could take
care Of four or five thousand birds
housed and cared for in that way.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
SUNDAY TRAINS.

Sunday trainsleave Baltimore for Delta
and intermediate stations at $50 A. M.
4O5 and IL 90 P. M. stopping at Bel All
at 1000 A. M, 5.25 and 121 P. M
Leave Delta for Baltimore and interme
diate stations at $40 A. M, $50 ant
7.2OP. M, stopping at Bel Air at 7.4OA
M, 400 and 10 P. NJ.
Additional train leaves Baltimore fol
Bel Air at LOO p. NJ. Returning, leave
Bel Air at 2. 10 p. Nj.
CA. FIFER, General Passenger Agent
]. S. NORRIS, General Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
ADDITIONAL TRAINS.

Leave Baltimore for Bel Air-11 80 A.
M, daily except Saturday and Sunday
12O p. NJ, Saturday only; 1 80 p. M.
daily except Sunday.
Leave Bel Air for Baltimore-2 20 p
NJ, daily except Saturday and Sunday
24O P. NJ, Saturday only; 7.C5 p. M.
daily except Sunday.
Leave Delta for York and intermediate
stations at O5 A. M. Leave York fol
Delta at $40 p. M.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
Fine Cut Grass For Chicks.

FIhe CUT IrasS T OF OhICkS.
Chicks will eat nearly their bulk OF
fine cut grass every day. If more poul
trymen would make fine cut grass OF
green clover part Of their daily feed
to hens and chicks, there would be
fewer reports of sick birds. Supply
those feeds that chick will get when
on free range with a vide awake moth
er hen.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
TurkeYs Need Rance.

The yourg turkeys desire nothing sc
much these days as liberty and grass
hoppers. II you are afraid of their
troubling n near nelghbor. start them
foraging in another direction. Start
them where you want them to rum
rection.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25
What He Had to Say.

"Well, George, do you know 1t is
O'Clock? What have you to say for
yourself?"
az did have s-s-somethin' to s-say, my
dear, b-but you've gone an s-scared it
out of m-my head. Oh, l remember 1t
n-nOwr'
"Well, what is itY'
GOOD night."-Cleveland Plain Deal
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-25

That our American Forests abound in
plants which possess the most valuable
medicinal virtues is abundantly attcsted
by scores of the most eminent medical
writers and teachers. Even the untu-
tored Indians had discovered the useful
ness of many native plants before the
advent of the white race. This informal
ton, impaired freely to the whites, led
the latter to continue Investigations until
to-day we have rich assortment of most
valuable American medicinal roots.
- . -
DR.. Pierce believes that our American for
ests aboSnd in most valuable medicinal roots
fo1 the cufeAQf most obstinate and fatal dis
eases, II we,woo2d properly investigate them;
and iR eeAfrraatHSn OF this conviction. he
poIrks/with pride>6 the almost marvellous
cures Effected by bis Golden Medical Dis.
covery.n which has lprQYeD itself 70 be the
nost efficient Stnmach10 Liver lnYlgQIrr
alQr.- heart tonic and regulator. and blood
cleanser known TO medical science Dyspep.
sia, or Indigestion. torpid liver. functionaI
and even valvular and other affections OF
the heart yield TO its curative action. The
reason rhv 1t cures these and many other
affections. is clearly shown in little book
OF extracts from the standard medical works
which is mailed free to any address By DE- Il.
v. Pierce of Buffalo. N. Y. to all sending
request for the same.
-
Not less marvellous. in the unparalleled
cures 1t is constantly making OF woman's
many peculiar affections. weaknesses and
DISTRESSING deranSements. is Dr.. Pierce's
FaVorits> Prescriplon>as is amply attested
by thousands otflnSoilcife testimonials con-
trlbuted byNG2reful pafien@ whQ hays been
cured BY Il otcataErhal pelvic drai0A pll1tM
I,1TIOds irregularities. prolapSuS and Qtler
dIsplacements-cau sel-b BY EeaknsssA- ulceT>
ation Of uterus and kindred affections. OFTEN
after many other advertised medicines. and
physicians had failed.
Roth the above mentioned medicines are
wholly made up from the glyceric extracts OF
native. medicinal roots. The processes EN-,
ployed in their manufacture were original
with DR. Pierce. and they are carried on py
skilled chemists and pharmacists with the
aid of apparatus and appliances specially
designed and built for this purpose Both
medicines are entirely free from alcohol ana
nil other harmful. habit-forming drugs;
full list of their ingredients Is printed on
each bottle-wrapDer-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-06
STOCK DESTROYED
Fire Threatens Peoples Ma
tional Bank Building and
Causes $4,000 Damage
In A TAILORING SHOP
Flames Originate Frcn Gas Stove il
J. 3. thinner G. Co. Rooms
Call There Yesterday.

Fire broke out in the J. b. thinner
& Co. tailor shop in the Peoples Nation
al bank building this afternoon about
1910 and almost entirely destroyed
the stock of the tailoring company, at
a loss of 81 200. and damaged the build.
ing to the amount of $1,000, besides
damaging the fixtures in the Southern
Pine Lumber COmpany's Offices on the
third floor of the building, the entire
loss being upwards of $1,000. Rudolph
Berger, one of the tailOrs employed b.
Mr.. thinner. was the only one i'll the
shop when the fire broke out. Mr.. Der
ger put one of the large irons on the
gas stove, and had hardly turned his
back when he heard a noise. and turn
ing, noticed that the curtains on tn,
cutting table had become ignitCd. He
attempted to tear the curtains from
the table and cXtiugUsh the blaze, but
he was unsuccessful in this. In IRVINE
to cxtinguish the blaze, he burned his
right hand badly and scOrchCd his face
and hair so that he required the at
tention Of a physician. 1t was only 3
very few minutes until the two rooms
occupied by the company were al
ablaze. the flames lCaping from tn.
windows to the top of the building anC
tapping the curtains on the windows o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-06
SWiNDLEH EXECUTES
DEED TO HIS ti;IlM
Man in Iowa Penitentisry Signs Papers
Restoring Title TO Mrs. Jane
Young CT This City.

Mrs. Jane Young, who was the vic
tim Of Il clever confidence game last
fail, has recovered title to her property
through the efforts of :. r. Wright. and
the man who swindled her, James Arm
strong, or as he gave his name at KcU-
kuk, Iowa, Jesse Young, is now al the
Iowa pCnitCntiary at Fort Madison I'M
der a tiye-ycar sentence for obtaining
money by a similar confidence game IL
keokuk. Armstrong negotiated for the
purchase of Mrs. Young's property for
$500, and gave a check on loca!
bank. He at once recorded The deed
and secured loan of $500 at one OF
the banks. When Mrs Young present
cd the check given her in payment 81
the property, she found that there wcr4
no funds, and that the bank had given
a loan on the property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-06
DENY REHEA' IYG OF
LEE DAMAGE SUIT
Supreme Court Rules Against Both
Sides-Decision Remaining Case
Based on Discrepancy.

Springfield Ill. June G.-(Argus Spe-
cialD-The supreme court today denied
the petitions of both the defendant and
the plaintiff for a reheaTing of the vii
liam Lee damage suit against the Re
public Iron q Steel company. The
plaintiff was given $4,000 in the Rock
Island circuit court for the loss of an
arm, and this verdict was sustained by
the appellate court. The supreme court
reversed and remanded the case on the
ground of a discrepancy between one
count of the indictment and the testi-
mony, the former alleging that Lee did
know of repairs to a certain belt, and
he testimony being that he was not
aware OF the belt having been repaired
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-06
Carl G. Kallenberg ..-...... Moline
Ellen Theresa SwensOn ..... Moline
KNIGHTS IN A PARADE
Rock Island Commandery Departs fo'
kewanee With a Band.

About 30 members OF the Rock Is
land Commandery knights Templar
left at O'Clock this Afternoon on a
special train over the Burlington for
Kewanee, where they Will confer the
order of the temple on a number OF
candidates of the kewanec COmmao
derry this evening. Shortly before >
O'Clock this afternoon the knights for.1-
ed in line at the Masonic Temple and
marched down Second avenue. with q
band playing martial music ANA with
banners flying. The commaudery pre-
scented a very pretty spectacle. The
knights Will leave Kewanee this evel
ing at II O'Clock. arriving here at
o'clock in the morning. After the con
ferring of the degree the local guess
will be banqueted.