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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Opium and Its Uses.

From Chambers Journal.
 Comparatively few persons know what opium really is. When they turn to a dictionary, and glean therefrom that it is the ''inspissated juice of the somniferous poppy they are still like ly to be in the dark.
 The process of obtaining it is to score the pods at fixed intervals dur ing certain period. The milky liquid which comes out soon turns to darker hue and thickens, and is then scraped off and moulded into cakes, with poppy leaves for an outside covering. It was ascertained from evidence af- forded to the Indian opium commis- sion of 1896 that in some states of h. dia not a few of the natives took as much as 40 to 80 grains of opium daily, and that the consumption of 40 grains was common.
 Contrary to the impression that death results from sudden cessation of the habit, it has been proved that when confirmed opium eaters have been i'm prisoned for a while, and thereby de- prived temporarily of their favorite drug, their health has not usually suf- fered.
 The article has varying effect on different races and constitutions, eX- citing some and stupefving others. It reduces the average Chinaman to a state of torpor if he takes it plentifully and not infrequently causes the Malay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
kAISER'S FUNNY SIDE.
Emperor Unbends Sometimes In Spite
 of Alleged Stern Nature.

From NJ. A. ?.
 So much has been said and written lately about the stern, unbending na- ture of the Kaiser that it is pleasing to remember he has a genial side to his character, and that on numerous occasions he has shown himself a clever humorist and inveterate practi- cel joker. He is also noted for his many gifts to charities. and has often, in person, helped a subject in distress.
 Not very long after he became Elm peror. William II visited certain cadet school, but at the appointed hour for work to commence no teacher had put in an appearance. Tired of waiting. the Kaiser conducted DOT tion of the lesson himself, and on the arrival of the much-flurried master said nothing, but quietly left the build ing. The unfortunate teacher regarded his dismissal as certain, and he was not surprised, therefore, when some time afterward a messenger appeared and presented him with a package from the Emperor" Filled with fore bodings, the master undid the wrap pings and found to his astonishment a little alarm clock!
 A story which illustrates the Kai- ser's love of humor. as well as his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
To Owners of
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 They all breathe, and as they breathe they whiff out odor which makes those standing near turn their heads away in disgust. The pitiable part of it is that these victims do not realize what a sick ening thing bad, offensive breath is to others.
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 And then, too, it filters your blood every particle of poison and impurity in your blood is destroyed, and you begin to notice the difference in your face first thing-your clear complexion. Stuarts Charcoal Iozenges are made from pure willow charcoal, and just a little honey is put in to make them pala- table, but not too sweet.
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command of the English language, is
 told in connection with one of his
 visits to England some time ago. Will
 helm II was talking to King Edward
 when the conversation happened to
 turn on the formers popularity with
 Londoners. Turning to his august
 guest. King Edward remarked: You
 are even more popular than MT. Cham
 berlain or myself" That is so' re-
 piled the Kaiser, for l am greater
 than your majesty or MT Chamber
 lain. You see he is Joe you are
 king and I-I am locking"
 As crown prince, the Emperor was
 always playing practical jokes, and even after his accession he was not , averse to pranks of more or less
 boisterous kind. Shortly after he came to the throne the Kaiser went out one
 night quite incognito and attended only by one favored member of his suit. Coming across stout old gen tleman, Wilhelm II stole up behind him and aimed a blow at his hat The next moment the royal joker regretted his rash act, for the stranger was evi- dently used to similar attentions from other young gentlemen. and had fixed
 a row of sharp spikes under the crown
 of his hat. Needless to say, the i'm perial hand suffered in consequence. A pretty little anecdote is related of
 how the Kaiser helped a young soldier
 to wed the girl of his choice. One day
 his majesty was out walking in civil
 ian dress, when he was recognized by
 a corporal, who immediately stood at the salute. The Emperor, noticing that the mans face wore troubled
 expression, stopped and questioned him as to the reason. For some time the corporal hesitated to reply; but, on being pressed for an answer, con- feSsed that he was very much in love with the daughter of his sergeant | major, but the marriage was impossi- ble, since the girls father would have none less than sergeant as son-in.
 law. "Do you really love the girl ?' inquired the Kaiser. With all my heart" was the reply. "Very we'll, then.'' said his majesty. quietly, Ego and tell your sergeant major that the
 Kaiser has made you sergeant" And before the delighted soldier could re.
 cover from his surprise he found him. self alone.
 oolle 'lilc dSo tiic NdiSer SuuueHly 1 appeared among number of work | men who were engaged in decorating some apartments of the royal palace
 and. much to their confusion, chatted ! quite freely with them for many min. utes. few days afterward the wives of each of the lucky workmen received a big basket containing three bottles l of wine, a quantity of beef tea, and a large joint. The servant who brought them said that he had done so on the | personal orders of the Emperor him. self
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| to run amuck. It has been recorded that the Javanese regularly took it be. fore going to fight, so as to work them selves up to a pitch of excitement. Most of the drug that is imported into England is much stronger than what is ordinarily consumed in India and imported into China. The stipuIa- tion of the British Pharmacopaeia is that all opium used incidentally shall yield at least 91a per cent of anhydrous morphine.
 The morphia percentage in much of the opium prepared in India for con- sumption there and exportation to China is less than half the specific strength. This is a detail which novel; ists who are addicted to poisoning their characters should note.
 It is rather striking that opium does not seem to be largely resorted to in India as a means of suicide. The evil dence of the largest insurance com pany was to the effect that after twenty years experience there the company had decided that it was not necessary to impose any extra pre- mium on the lives of moderate opium users.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
IT'S A REALIZATION

We have been working to the point to have our store become the most popular of all Drug Stores in the city. \ place where you can come and feel at home, and store where you will feel and know that you will be treated right, store that you can feel assured that you get rock bottom prices, let your purchases be for five cents or five dollars We play no favorites, we have one price for all, and that one price you will find to be as close as can be made, yes you will find it much cheaper than some others ask you, but that is explained from the fact that we are satisfied with less profit. We don't tell you that we sell at cost, we are not in business to simply exchange dollars, we make profit on all our goods, but you know there is lot in knowing how to buy,
 and our buyer has the cold cash to
 get all the possible discounts. This is the secret of our success, buying right, selling right and treating our customers right. It will always win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
What Father Drew.

From the Denver Post. Mother has an Easter hat,
 So has Sister Sue. Willie owns an Easter suit.
 Charlie has one. too; Baby has some Easter eggs, Happy as can be:
 Father has an Easter grouch, lEaster bills, you see.)
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End. By Prof. Masseys plan of actual business transactions students taught business by actually doing business, and not by reading about it.
 refer you to any of my former patrons many of whom have sent two three pupils in some cases many My teachers all specialists each in charge of a department. and I might add have the largest faculty of any business college in the Southern States. By my O individual instruction pupils may enroll any time
 will give you thorough business training; what is more to the point. will get you profta- ble position just you graduate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
No Time.

No Time. From the New Orleans Item. O, I've no time For politics Or business, the While
 There dwells upon My Lady's fair Sweet face that radiant Smile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

ing healthy digestion and assimilation. No dstasteful dieting or starvation, no exercising, no nauseating drugs or s,ckening pills that ruin the stomach. I am a regular practising physician and a specialist in the successful reduction of superfiuous fat My new and scien- tlfically perfected method strengthens the heart and enables you to breathe easily. and quickly removes double chin, large stomach and fat hips. Prominent physicians advise their patients to take my treatment and leading doctors themselves are my patients. I absolute Iy guarantee satisfaction in every case. Write today for free trial treatment. will also send you free my new book on Obesity. It will give you detailed out line of my treatment; it will be sent you free Address HENRY C. BRAD FORD. NJ. D.. 324 BRADFORD BUIID- ING, 20 EAST 22d ST., NEW YORK CITY.
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activity and relieve that feeling of fullnesS and
 oppression by produc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Any Change for Better.

The Wall street view of the political financial situation is this:
 Tt would be a most unwise thing for this country to go into a President tial campaign with the wheels of industry running along at top speed. The coming campaign is likely to be one of the most important ones ever waged in our polti- cal history. The great mass of the peo- pie in the country have been filled up with half baked ideas on great economic problems, and it is a serious question what is going to be the result. Mir. Roosevelt is unquestionably the great public idol and stands in the public mind as the country's bulwark against corpor- ation agrandiZement MT. Roosevelt is not going to be the republican candidate, and 1t is not unlikely that the candidate of his party will be some man who has more or less of the corporation tag on him in the public mind. If the democratic party seizes it's opportunity, it will select as its standard bearer man somewhat of the Roosevelt type and will attempt to steal the Roosevelt thunder With Mir Roosevelt out of the running the democrats have better chance this year than any time since MT. Cleveland was the leader of the party. Many conser- vative men of affairs in this country believe that the next President will be a democrat and they are of the opinion that it will be better for the country to have a fairly conservative democratic ad- ministration than radical republican ad- mnistration. Many men of high char acter in the community whose lives have been identified with the wonderful mate rial progress of this country believe that any change will be for the better
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

trust. But times have changed wonder
 fully. For trust the populace has sub- stituted railroad.
 Railroads Most Hated.
 1 The most hated thing in this country | today is the railroad, and any man con nected with a railroad is lucky to be out of jail. Meanwhile the captains of l industry who bore the brunt of the muck rakers' attack four years ago are now sitting back and taking it easy. As a result of the transfer of the attack from the industrials to the railroads, indus trial securities are selling away out of line with railroad securities. Either the industrials are too high or the railroads are too low. Railroad corporations are cutting down their orders for rails, cars. locomotives and other equipment, and this .curtailment of orders Is bound to be felt very soon in the steel industry. About one-half the product of the steel mills is bought by the railroads, and it is Idle to suppose that the industrial com
 panies that depend on the railroads are going to go through any retrenchment period without serious loss of earnings The locomotive plans in the last period of retrenchment kept up a fairly good showing by drumming up foreign orders But the situation now is changed. Because of tight money there is retrenchment all over the world.
 The immediate cause of the sharp break in the London copper market this week.
 the first serious setback in the bull spec
 ulation in the metal In months, has been the selling of the speculative line held by the Hon. Jefferson M. Levy. The strength of the copper metal market in
 London for some time has been largely
 due to the speculative operations of MT.
 Levy and his followers. MT. Levy took
 a bullish position on the copper situation
 many months ago. He put some of his
 funds into the development of copper
 properties in the west, he bought copper
 stocks in the New York market, and
 he bought Eio Tintos and the metal itself
 in London He was largely instrumental
 in putting Rio Tintos from 70 to 109 in
 the London market, and it is believed
 that he sold his ertre line of Rio Tintos
 before the breah at very nearly the top
 prices. His cleanup in Rio Tintos alone
 was in the neighborhood of $,00OO0O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

English language in those days was trust. But times have changed wonder fully. For trust the populace has sub- stituted railroad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

offices of his bankers and there learned that the meeting would have to be post poned. MT. Yerkes was angry. He asked the reason for the delay. His English friends explained that they could not get quorum of the directors of the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead because one of the directors was off playing golf, another had gone up the river for a week end holiday, and a third had gone down to the country for a house party. The English bankers were very much surprised that MT. Yerkes should consider his vulgar business projects more important than golf, shooting and cricket
 If every legitimate owner of railroad securities had his stocks and bonds put away in his own strong box never to be taken out excepting on dividend and interest occasions there might be sense in the popular claim that the recent ter rife slump in prices did not represent actual losses but were paper losses" Unfortunately most people have to use their stocks and bonds as collateral at banks and trust companies for money borrowed for a great variety of purposes ito keep up working capital, to provide for payments on real estate, to fill in gaps innumerable in business and per sonal routine. As the selling price of the collateral drops the borrower has to for tify it, curtail his loan or be sold out and lose his securities. Hundreds of mill lions of dollars worth of stocks and bonds that were hypothecated with banks by multitudes of investors have lately been thrown on a melting market to protect loans. There is nothing paper or fic- tltous about that kind of loss. It is the real thing. Neither is there any thing nebulous in the fact that the holder of stocks cannot get as much by an average of % points as he could four or five months ago. Amateurs and those who haven't a dollar on earth have no trouble figuring to their own satisfaction that the tremendous losses of the last half year were not losses Those who own the securities whose selling value has been cut down a third to half, nurse no such deluslons. They know better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
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I can reduce your weight 3 to 5 Pounds n Week and turn i'll health into robust health, mem tai sluggishness into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Break n Copper Stocks.

The severe break in copper stocks in the Boston and New York markets on the news of the break in the metal in London was to have been expected. These copper stocks could not keep up while seasoned railroad and industrial securities on the stock exchange were being sold at a sacrifice sale. The only stocks that have not had any decline are those that have never been distribut- ed to the publc and which have not entered into bank loans. The stocks in which there has been public distribution have suffered. This has especially been the case in the Cole-Ryan and Heinze groups of copper stocks. HeinZe's United Copper that sold at S79 last year. sold this week at s53; his Butte Coalition that sold last year at s45 sold this week be- low s2O. One of the newer companies that Heinze has a considerable interest in, Davis-Daly, that sold above $l9 re- gently, has sold this week as low as SIP This stock. however, has not been dis tributed. The Cole-Ryan stocks have also fared badly. Greene -Cananea, that was traded In with a great hurrah around $26, when it was brought out, sold this week as low as $14. Greene Consolidated Cop per, the producing mine in the Greene Cananea, that was eagerly sought by the followers of the Cole-Ryan crowd several months ago around $35, sold this week around $20 North Butte and other Cole Ryan stocks have also suffered severe losses. These losses have been sustained in spite of the abnormally high price for the copper metal. and in spite of the fact that the promotion plans of these companies have been on the basis of b cent copper. But whenever wave of liquidation hits the securities markets, everything catches fire Investors in copper mining stocks, who were unwill- ing to pay the prices for some of these new stocks. asked by their promoters, now have the opportunity to put their money into them, if they wish. at more reasonable figures. The prices of last win ter included mine values and promoters expected profits. Some of these stocks can now be bought nearer their intrinsic values.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-06
IOWA CASUALTIES
REACH BIG TOTAL
Wrecks. Drownings, Explosions and
Runaways Reap Harvest Nine
Hurt at Chelsea and Same Number
at Council Bluffs

Premature explosions, defective fire.
works, careless handling of them and
almost criminal recziessness, too fire.
quent potations resulting in injuries,
together with the inevitable train
wrecks and drownings combined yes
terdny to produce terrible record Of
loss Of life in Iowa or, at best, extreme
" serious accidents.
The most remarkable of these la
mentable holiday occurrences was at
Chelsea. where nine people were in
jured yesterday afternoon; several of
them probably fatally.
Riding in a carry-all to the river a
party Of dozen pioniokers were sud-
denly lifted into the air by the explo-
sion Of quantity Of fireworks under
the seat. A careless youth had dropped
a lighted cigar into the store. Reports
indicate that tho explosives seemed to
Ignite all at once, and with startling
power. The seat was torn loose and
several Of the party literally lifted
into the s.r. Harry Mexican. Guy
Alec and ruth Boyer are so severely
burned at their condition is critical.
OF the >.thers in the party, Cecil Boyer
Clyde 5osley, Daisy Kenner, Laura
Hall and Tenny Squires all suffered
badly. The accident caused the call
Ing Of five physicians from Belle
PLANE.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-06
SLAYER'S TESTIMONY
TORN BY WITNESSES
Haywood Murder Trial Is
Growing Complex-Defense
Seeks to Keep Adams
From the Stand

Boise. Idaho. July 5.-When the Hay.
WOOD trial was resumed today there
were few spectators in the court room.
The defense offered as the first wit
ness Marion w. Moore Of McCabe.
Ariz.. member Of the executive board
OF the western Federation Of Miners,
moore told the circumstances connect.
ca With his taking letter addressed
10 Mrs. Harry Orchard to Alaska and
there mailing 1t to Colorado, Moore
said ne did not inquire as to whether
the woman to whom the letter was adj
dressed was Orchards wife or not
Orchard referred to her as "that wom.I
an" and said he wanted to be rid OF 7
her. Moore said he had talked with
Orchard but three or four times before
the letter incident took place.
Owen Bafnes sometimes known as
"Owney,' who was implicated by Or-
cnard IN the manufacture of certain.
bombs testified that he never had any
conversation with Orchard aB to the
manufacture Of dynamite bombs. He
never made bomb he said and never
committed or planned to commit any
act of violence with Orchard.
WiltLSH eVluenC WAS introduced 10
show that conspiracy existed between
the Mine Owners association, the Citi-
zens Alliance the governor and the
militia Of Colorado and the Pinkerton
Detective agency, ally seeking to de.
stroy the Western Federation Of
Miners.
Registered Letter Explained.
The mysterious registered letter sent
from Denver to San Francisco and
which Orchard swore contained five
twenty-five dollar bills, sent to him by
George Pettibone, signing himself as
~ Wolff" was explained by Jacob
Wolff. who said he formerly worked
for Pettibone.
Wolff said he sent Orchard Ma.
sonic charm and a union card in a reg.
istered letter.
Meyer will probably go on the Wit
ness stand this afternoon.