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Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
BOUGHT BIG SAFES.
The Way Jay Gould brought an Tx
press Company tn Terms.

press Company tn Terms.
Recalling early days In the express
business. an officer Of one of the largest
companies told this story OF Jay Gould:
Gould and Fisk then had hold or
the Erie" he said. land the United
States Express company had all the
express business oil the road. The con-
tract was about to expire. and Gould
wanted an arrangement more profita-
BILE to the Erie.
1.-The Erle's doing all the work and
you're making all the money. Gould
said to the express people. You ought
to do some of the work and give the
railroad Il chance at the money
THE express company officials de-
INJURED. Their profit. they Insisted.
was no more than they were emitted
to. and they refused to shade the con-
tract Il penny. Gould insisted on de-
crease. but they remained oDduratc
and eventually let the Erie president
understand-what he very well knew
that no other company would compete
against the United States for the Erie
business All the companies at that
time were In an agreement to maintain
rates.
"All right said Gould ut the conclu-
sion of the interview. you've no objec-
ton. | guess, to my going into the e.
press business for myself. 1t looks
better than railroading.'
"The express people replied that
Gould could organize all the companies
he wanted to- They thought it was all
/ bluff, but things that came to their at
I tention soon weakened their faith in
/ this idea. Gould was going around
among his associates talking up an eX-
press company scheme, officials or 9TH
err roads were told that Il new company
would be in the field to bid for their
business. and the papers began to talk
about the new Gould express company.
1.-The express officials. however. saw
none of Gould's money going into the
enterprise and stood pat. Presently 1t
was reported that he had bought twen-
ty-four big express SITES. Was this
talk or was it business? the express
men asked themselves. They set to
work investigating, and they discover
ed that the report was true. Gould had
actually bought and paid for the safes
safes cost money in those days. too
and he was negotiating for all the 9th
err equipment required.
"Now. thoroughly convinced of
Gould's sincerity. the express company
came to terms. Gould got the best con
tract from railroad standpoint that
had been known up to that time. The
clause in the contract that the United
States Express company considered
most valuable to itself was one stipu
; lating the abandonment Of Gould's ex
press plans.
at was all bluff on Gould's part
except buying the safes. For that mat
, ter the purchase was. Of course. part OF
the bluff. but Gould had actually
bought and paid for them uncondition
. ally Nevertheless he lost nothing OF
the deal, for as soon as friendly rela
tons were established with the express
officials he persuaded them they coult
use the safes In their business and sole
, them at n little better than COST
Washington Post
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Precedence Ia New York societ,

Precedence Ia New York Society.
A philanthropic society of New York
recently arranged benefit perform
ance in one of the theaters. A large
number of prominent women were to
act as patronesses. When the time
came to have the announcement cards
engraved the president Of the society
was in Il quandary. In what order
should he arrange the names? He had
never given the matter of social prece-
dence q thought. He referred his
troubles to one of the women. and she
said decisively:
'They must be arranged alphabet
ically or you will be in hot water at
once"
But some of these ladies are wives
of scientific men who are world re.
nowned and some are simply rich
Some are wives of army and navy
officers"
at makes no difference. In New
York society the order of precedence Is
alphabetical. and there Is no other
rule. New York Sun.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26

Big reduction on all Heating Stoves
al Stroebel Bros.
The boy who received new sled for
a Christmas present, now has much
better opinion of the weather man.
A scientist lays it down for fact
that people who drink whiSkey simply
Charge themselves with electricity.
Certainly they sometimes do shocking
things.
Wapted;-10 men in each state to
travel, distribute samples of orr goods
and tack signs. Salary $500 per
month; $500 per day for expenses
Saunders Go. Department P. 46 Jack
son Boulevard, Chicago, Ill.-52-13
WANTED:--A man in each town to
handle branch Of our business. Men
who can give good references and will
work among farmers preferred. No
investment or deposit required. We
finance the proposition all the way
through, and furnish all supplies free
If you wish To become Independent
and secure good position, write a,
once to THE HAWKS NURSERY Co. OF
/ WauwatoSa, Wisconsin,. 10Th o..
To stop a cold with "Preventics" Is
safer than TO let it run and cure IT.
afterwards. Taken at the 'sneeze
stage Preventics will head off all
colds and Grippe.and perhaps save you
from Pneumonia or Bronchitis. Pre-
ventics are little, tOoths0me candy
cold cure tablets selling in 5 cen, and
% cent boxes, If you are chilly. II
YOU begin TO sneeze, try Preventics.
They will surely check the cold and
please yeu, Sold by Warne's Phar-
macy.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
EARLY Beds.

The beds Of the anclents were piles
Of skins. The first beds resembling
those used in modern times were made
Of rushes and later of straw. The use
of feathers in making beds has been
attributed to the Romans. and Elaga-
balus Heliogabalus) Is said to have
used an air cushion for pillow In 21S.
Air beds were frequently used during
the sixteenth century. Feather beds
were largely used during the reign of
Henry VIII. of England.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26

Hand made Lumber Harness at
STROEBEL Bros.
Possesses wonderful medicinal pow
er over the human body, removing all
disorders from your system, is what
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea will
do. Makes you well, keeps you we'll.
81 cents, Tea or Tablets. Warne's
Pharmacy
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Pleasant.

ooh. George. I'm so glad you've
come" exclaimed the girl. Father is
so excited and disturbed. Do go in and
calm him."
Every WELL" replied George, whats
the matter with him?''
"why-er-I just told him you want
ed to marry me-"
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Eczema and Pile Cure

Free Knowing what it was to suf-
fer, | will give FREE OF CHA ROE,
10 aDv afflicted positive cure for Ec-
Eema. Salt Rheum. Erysiprlas, Piles
and Skin Diseases. Instant relief.
Don't suffer longer. Write f. w. WILL
LIAMS, 400 Manhattan Avenue. New
York. Enclose Stamp.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
A SPIDER FIGHT.
II Was a Fast and Furious battle 10
the Death.


the Death.
once had Il spider pet o< kind the
books enabled me to Identify. He was
a fine big fellow. | caught him In the
garden, carried him home, ana for
nearly two months he and took
close interest In each other, he for the
flies | introduced to him and for the
amusement he introduced to me.
kept him in a milliner's box. letting
him out when | visited him. especial
ly delighting myself with allowing
him to drop from one hand by his line
spun thread and then either catching
him in the other or gently compelling
him to climb back again by appar-
emily eating his own ladder
One day | captured another spider
of the same species. | kept him for u
few days in separate box. and then.
with the kindly idea Of companionship,
| introduced him to Tiger. | have
seen dogs fight; have seen cham
ticleer fight and slay his man; have
seen rams fight till. with his skull
crushed in. one lay dead at the foot
of the other; | have seen men fight;
but the fullest sense ! ever realized OF
mad, murderous passion let ungoy-
ernably loose. conferred in one destroy
ing aim and summoning every plyslc-
al energy to it's devilish service.
realized when those two spiders rush
ed to mortal combat. | stood In boy
ish terror as their tangled legs drop
ped off, torn by mutual rage: and as
with vicious dexterty they struck eacf
other with their poisoned fangs. using
for their own destruction the weapons
and appliances with which nature la!
provided them for the capture anC
slaughter of their prey. visibly turned
pale.
Tiger was the victor, but even while
with brutal wrath. all mangled as III
| was. he bit and spurned his dead ant
! limbess foe he was seized with symp
toms I took to be paralytic. and in
minute or two | helped him to hi
! death. And this fearless gladiator
was afraid of. ! remember. and neve
would tackle a big bluebottle fly
What is courage?-Dundee Advertiser
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Constipation

Baked sweet apples with some people, bring
prompt relief for Constipation. With Others
coarse all-wheat bread will have the same effect
Nature undoubtedly has vegetable remedy to
relieve every ailment known to man, ii physicians
can but find Natures way to health. And this Is
strkingly true with regard to Constipation,
The bark of certain tree in California-Cas-
cara Sagrada-offers a most excellent aid to this
end. But, combined with Egyptian SIENNA, Slip
perry Elm Bark. Solid Extract OF Prnes. ETC.. this
same Cascara bark is given rs greatest possible
power to correct constipation. toothsome
Candy Tablet called Lax-ets Is now made at the
Dr. Shoop Laboratories. from this ingenious and
most effective prescription. It's effect on Const-
patton. Biliousness. Sour Stomach, Bad Breath.
Sallow Complexion. etc.. is indeed prompt and
satisfying.
No gripping. no unpleasant after effects are ex-
perienced. and Lax-ets are put up in beautiful
Autographed metal boxes at cents and % cents
per box.
For something new, nice. economical and
effective. try box OF
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Time Schedule in effect Su day Sept,
End, 1906.
Sast SovdaM s Southern r. r.
TIME TABLE.
In offont S.nt 20 1QQGA

In effect Sept. 30 l0O6)
LEAVE EAST JORDAN at 700 q. m.
and Lao pm: Arriving at Bellaire
at 500 a. M, and 2:30 p m.
LEAVE IlELLAIRE at 900 a. M, and
$50 y. M; Arriving AT East .Ior-
dan at 1000 a. M, and 4:30 p. m.
All trains daily except Sunday.
Trains run by central standard time
w. p. PORTER r. j. GROSSMAN.
Gen. Manager Traffic Mig
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than they ever win In the future because tie
vogue OF these men IL merely temporary.
Imagine then the sensations h descendants
Of present purchasers, who will find these
works 90 muchless valuable when they come
70 put them on the market.
"0f course the collector h has e great
many pictures will usually suffer less than
the owner of a few a dealer told THE Sun
reporter, "for some areialmost certain to
increase in value. There are few collectors
who buy 30, badly that there is nothing
they have that o not go up. The pur-
chaser OF three or four expensive pictures
is the one who is going to disappoint his
heirs unless he buys with discretion: Think
Of the men who paid such high prices for
the pictures Of Meissonier, for instance.
Already some OF the painters who were
twenty years ago regarded as investments
that were certain to turn out well now
bring small prices. / sold last week a
picture by an artist Of reputation who
has been dead thirty years. His finest
works AVE found a place for him among
the greatest French painters of his time.
This specimen which cost - 800 twenty
years ago, was not one Of his best speci-
mems. and in a genre in which he rarely
painted. l could only get $500 for II n
yet that was scheduled, in the accounting
Of an estate as worth the original sum.
The man that buys pictures should either
buy so many hat some may have q chance
Of increasing In value or select his few
with Judgment that will leave no doubt
about their rise in price,
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1t 10 always the name Nantgswr in small
capitals impressed In the ware. with the
letters g. W. impressed below the name.
These last W. letters are supposed to mean
china works. When the name is painted
over glaze in red In larger capitals 1t Is
suppose to belong TO the Coalport per iod.
In still another quarter must you also
look for roses by ~Bilingsley for it is known
that at one time when funds ran low he
bought and decorated much Staffordshire
ware. Indeed TO follow the wanderings
Of this n man would occupy years and
fill ones cabinet with six or seven well
known makes OF porcelain.
In recent years 80 much interest has been
aroused in the potting and painting of
Billingsley that the present Derby works
have placed on the market reproductions
OF some Of B~illingsley's most beautiful
patterns. They have a certain value as
finger posts.
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dispatches to one Of the branches Of the
Woman's Exchange a consignment OF deli
cacies which, she says, 1Northerners nave
no notion OF concocting.' In the first place.
there is a chicken gumbo which no one who
had not at some time or other been In the
confidence Of a real old time Creole knows
anything about. Secondly. there Ia the
genuine Lady Baltimore cake. whose de-
lioiousness Is beyond dispute. No recipe
for this dainty is considered authentic unless
Its pedigree IL attested by a ~notary's seal.
4 number Of New York women firmly be-
lieve that Mrs, Muller possesses one OF the
great and jealousy guarded originals, for
they refuse 20 purchase this particular kind
OF cake from any but her. She also
makes pralines. the confection rendered
famous by the turbaned old negro mammies
OF New Orleans. who sell them on the street
corners. They bear q faint ~resemblanOe TO
that combination Of maple sugar and pecan
nuts and cream known an Mexican kisses.
hut Mrs. Muller insists that the two are not
10 be mentioned In the same breath
mo. am not a D. A. b. she replied IN
answer TO an inquiry. y suppose ] could
he, but what IL the user am Il member OF
the Colonial Danes Of Virginia.
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ante Club and O member OF the board Of
managers OF the Womnn's Club and Of
the Woman's Exchange. In 1890 she
founded the hst training school for nurses
in the city. This school subsequently
developed into the Charity Hospital. 1t
was through her visits TO the patients
that she was impressed with the great need
Of some apparatus by means Of which very
sick persons could be moved from bed
to bathtub, carriage or operating table.
a nurse told Inc one day she said TO q
SUS reporter. that she had given hve
baths that afternoon TO typhoid patients,
and TINT abe had been Obliged to have the
assistance Of six other nurses In making
the transfer from bed 10 tub. IL occurred
to me that there must be some way In which
those suffering from typhoid could receive
the prescribed treatment without involving
the expenditure Of no much physical and
nervous energy by the nurses
After studying the problem long, Mn.
AullsF invented = device which she thinks
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CONGESTION IN PARIS STREETS
Crossing the busy Thoroughfares Becomes
q Municipal Problem.

Paris is rapidly developing a traffic prob
lem. It Is the problem Of crossing the
streets at crowded points at busy hours OF
the day. The Paris driver has no considera-
ton for the pedestrian; the law does not
oblige him to have any and sometimes
the man or woman who attempts to cross a
street risns life and limb in doing 50. There
are police at some crossings and they will
occasionally hold up the traffic to let people
pass; but there are only a few crossings 30
guarded.
An engineer named Henard, who has
taken up the problem recently, figures that
there are 10. 900 private carriages and 5000
rented one in Paris; there are 10000 cabs.
1000 touring automobiles. $50 omnibuses.
1900 tramway cars, countless wagons and
trucks and 100. 900 bicycles and tricycles.
The traffic in the streets seems to in
crease perceptibly from week to week.
It is said to have doubled in fifteen years
and it is expected to double itself again
inside Of a decade 8 nothing happens to
check it.
Henard proposes in the first place to
establish isles Of safety in the centre Of all
the squares and open places, including
spacious intersections OF streets. He would
then insist on all traffic observing rules
much like the system now in vogue in New
York.
1t is conceded. however. that this plan
will only meet the exigenoies Of Paris for a
short time, and M. Henard believes a system
Of tunnels connecting sidewalks and isles
Of safety will have to be constructed. With
a Frenchman's eye for ornament, he sug-
gests that each Isle may be made the site
OF a statue or a handsome fountain.
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accomplishes that end. A model has been
in use in the Charity Hospital. New Orleans,
for four years. 1t consists Of an open
framework Of enan,elled iron. comprising
-four vertical posts on wheels. connected
at the top and bottom by horizontal bars.
On the upper horizontal bars Is a group Of
pulley wheels, from which Is suspended by
steel wires a platform Of woven wire and
perforated rubber. '
By turning a screw the platform can be
made to swing horizontally or to descend a
distance az several feet. 1t is raised by
means OF a hydraulic pump attached to
one Of the vertical posts. By means of
this apparatus patients in the New Orleans
hospital are moved from their beds to
stretchers, operating tables and baths
without the slightest discomfort to them
selves and without causing the slightest
fatigue to the nurses. "a
Circumstances having brought Mrs.
Muller to New York she found here a ield
in which TO exercise her skill in another d.
rection than invention. Twice a week she
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PRICE OF A ZULU BRIDE.
Weird Funeral Journeys Worship OF Snakes
and the SUM-.

Weird Funeral Journeys Worship OF Snakes
and the u
Every grown up native OF Zululand
who has the twelve oxen necessary to buy
them has six wives said Victor E. Nelson
Of San Francisco to a Washington Post re-
porter. Mr.. Nelson fought with the Beers
against the British twenty years ago. and
afterward spent three years in trading with
the Zulus.
yes he continued, Everybody is much
married in Zululand. which occupies an
area about the size OF California and sus-
tains about 10000 population. When the
women are about twelve years OF age they
are purchased as wives at two oxen apiece.
There is no ceremony and no minister: the
man who is charmed by the beauty Of the
maiden pays the price and gets the wife.
or course, not every man has more than one
wife; only the more prosperous men and the
chief are able to maintain six. Race sui
eide is unknown and each wife has several
children.
Elm that country there are,no laws and
no judges. Primitive methods and Gus
toms prevail. and the highest authority In
the local chief. The people live near TO
nature. The dress Of the men Is confined
10 u Ruuie bpout the WAIST, ana tnat OF the
women Ia not noticeable. Physically they
are fine specimens Of manhood and woman.
hood, having much the same characteria-
tics as the native Hawaiians.
They worship the sun and snakes. and
it is a peculiar fact that the snakes seam
TO reciprocate this kindly feeling on the
part OF the black people. for they have
never been known TO bite them. When /
killed a boa constructor once IL cost ma
several bags OF tobacco 70 square myaelf
with a local chief Whenever A nstiva
kills u lion or a leopard he has TO cut on
the heSd and tail and present them TO the
tribal potentate TO have several lion hesHs
as head dresses. The food 10 mostly CON
fined to game and maize. Funerals are
long drawn out Journeys. numerously
accompanied, over the land 70 a far await
place. once met n In the MOONLIGHT.
The train OF mournerp we're singing In
deep. musical tones. and the BODY WAS
being borne In q blanket between two
sticks.
'The- Zulus like 10 kill white man nv
way Of revenge for the way they were
treated when they first mes the EnRllah.
i did not have very much trouble beoauoe
they threw bottles In the air and found I
usually hit then and because / wore a brace
let given me by q local chief. But I onoe
saved the life OF q young RngliShman whom
found defending hlmself against nine
not before gaining q soar In the forehead
which ] carry TO this day. and helped %
kill or drive Of the Others. The RnRilah.
man was covered with blood, but we rode
all that night until we reached the clSaFine
whore his parents resided
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WHERE FASHIONS CONE FROM.
Discoveries OF New COlors and Shades Made
In Gardens n In Fields.

For weeks n months past many acute
scientific minds have been hard at work,
says q writer in Chdmbers'S journal, in
the attempt to solve problems OF which
my lady Us to have the benefit this season.
Not only must shapes. as a man would call
them, change hut shades Of oolors 90,
and each season there must he some abb
soluto novelty.
Now. IL Is a difficult thing to find shades
OF color that beve not beer in use before;
but they must be found, and every spring
bales OF material are delivered to fashion
able houses all In the new tints that the
scientists have evolved during the preced-
ing months. which forthwith become the
fashionable favorites.
The discovery Of these tints in the first
place and their commercial production in
the second is a very long and expensive
business. For the mast part the persons
who make this their business go to nature
for their IDEAS, and the whole thing was
explained to me in close detail some time
ago by the head Of one OF the aides firms
with whom happened to come in contact.
The man who has the commission to
find a new color wanders in gardens and
over fields and moor for the sole purpose
OF finding such. There are suggestions
TO him at every turn; but for one reason
or another they are rejected time after
time; until at length, after much weary
wandering, his eye lights happily on the
looked for tint. Perhaps it was in a gar
den that he found It, and then he has very
likely days Of work in sitting beside Il
while IL IL still growing, alive and in its
fresh beauty. and initiating IL as nearly
MS he can in artificial colors.
All the pigments and chemicals Of an
artists shop and a large laboratory are
brought into service, and when the color
is really there on a piece Of paper or card
board 1t Is borne of In triumph TO Bond
street or Oxford street, where 1t is duly
approved and It is decided that it shall
be the fashionable color Of the next season.
So IL Is these people wandering in gardens
and mixing their chemicals afterward
who rule the color destinies of the London
season and not the grand ladies who have
garments made Of these colors, though
the latter might scout the idea Of the selec-
ton being due to any one save themselves.
II was told to me on this occasion that a
particular shade of red-and q really very
nice red, .too-which was then very much
in vogue had taken eighteen months to fix
and get into The shop.
One Of the colors OF the present season
comes from the imitation Of the new Bank
ala rose which goes by the name Of Dorothy
Perkins and bees wing "Mignonette
green n sea holly blue are other tints
that have lately been obtained from nature
In just the manner described. They will
all be seen In London at the beginning Of
this season. and soon after they win be
eway to the provinces.
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No Country Mansions In Cuba.

From Tie WILMINGTON Star,
You are disappointed in not seeing splen
did mansions In Cuba. The headquarters Of
the hnciendas consist Of groups Of low and
u~nlovely buildin ~. surrounded by ugly
walls, but In this respect. as! in nan others,
appearances are deoeitful. The frequency OF
Instructions and the enterprising bandlttI
themselves and their homes as securely az
possible, and every hacienda IL q fortress
of the owner, who live with him within the
walls.
Some Of tho larger plantations are still
maintained Cd the old feudal system, but many
OF them have passed from private ownership
into the hands of corporationel and the former
Paris, or perhaps New York. while sahfied
administrator reign In their stead. The
patTlarchRl relationship between the owners
and the tillers OF The coll 10 RAPIDLY passing
away,