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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-01-09
Th6 MdrI6ttd Journal
MARIETTA. GA, JAN. 9. 1905.
GAMBLED BUT ONCE.
Price Paid For Parasol by the
Founder Of Monte Carlo.

az TOT Tarasol by the
Founder Of Monte Carlo.
N. Blanc, The founder of the ca
sino ct Monte Carlo, was very &C.
centric,
lie was never known to play at
the table except on one occasion,
and then it was a somewhat costly
experience.
While on visit to the Wiesbaden
casino with Nine. Blanc he was in
the habit of accompanying her on a
morning stroll each day. During one
of these walks madame complained
Of the heat Of the sun and requested
her husband to buy her a parasol.
Accordingly the two entered shop,
where madame selected a very pref
ty article, worth so francs, which
NJ. Blanc, with a scowl and a NUT
tered grumble. paid.
When the casino opened at noon
great was the establishment of the
croupiers and visitors to see NJ.
Blanc place 2 louis on the red at
one of the trente ct quarante ia
bles. The attendants fastened to
get him chair, but this he de-
clined, saying he was only going to
remain few minutes. When the
cards were dealt he won, and. TAX
ing up his winnings, left the orig
lnal stake on the table. For a sec
ond time he won and had now got
back the price of the umbrella. But
not content, he ventured another
louis, which this time he lost
Somewhat annoyed at this, the
founder of the place doubled the
stake and won, thus getting back
the cost of the umbrella again.
Determined, however, to regain
his louis, he staked it again, only
to see it raked in by the bank. Thus
he kept on winning and losing, but
never able to recover the 2 louis,
till at last he found himself 25 louis
out, all the gold his pocketbook CON
tanned. A thousand franc note he
had was quickly changed and swal-
lowed up. Then, becoming exas-
perated. he cashed his check for a
large sum and, sitting down, com
menced the battle in earnest. Hour
after hour passed by, but NJ. Blanc,
his eyes fixed on the trcacherous
pastebo2rC:, never budged from his
post. lie kept on planking down
heavy stakes until The last deal was
declared, when, calmly rising, he
seized bis yellow cane and made his
way through the gaping onlookers
into the o. n air.
On rcyc,'ag home he found lime.
Blanc PLAYING patience" with a
pack Of cards. the offending parasoI
being or tie table.
'Madnme," said the old gentle
man, ''do yoa know what that thing
has cost mc?"
"\.ais oai, mon ami. 1t cost you
so fra",s."
"Aiadamc," reioined he, "you are
mistaken. have Just paid the bill
$1,000 francs. london Mail.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-01-09
'JACK FROST" DEALT
AT ATLANTA FONTS
A SO-CaIled Prohibition
Drink. Is it Evasion
of Law.

The first OF the prohibition drinks
made its debut in Atlanta last week,
and it is understood several Others are
to follow. The new drink, which looks
like lager beer, smells like it and foams
like it, is called Jack Frost" The
new drink is being sold at the different
soda founts in Atlanta. The chief of
police there ought get busy.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-01-09

No matter how pretty a girl is,
she can have a grievance if some
otherIgirl is, too.
A very good way for woman
to regain her ideals after marriage
is to become a widow.
Next to being good, the most
irritable thing is to be caught be-
ing bad.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-01-09

Believe in men, and they will
believe in you.
Some are SO deluded to believe
they have mastered situation
when 1t amounts to only abject
submission.
If you were to search for dark
ness with the sun, you would never
find it. Nor can the good man be
always finding something wrong
with mis- neighbor.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-01-09

Pat7icl; Hraan;r,a lad contract
ed to dig well in the sandy part
OF tie town, and lie he'd dac down
some forty foot when on coming to
work-o one r.e"n;Ag , Q fo1.d thar the
last twe@" ice. @! his we'll had cavcd
IN and ~ulld ave to 10 DE- ont
again. He SIT down by tic well 20
wait for his helpers VIXEN a happy
thought s,r:,cI him He arose, took
OF his coat, hung it Up in plain
sight, hid his tools and walked
away. A few 'H:N1tcS later his help
ers came and, fcdin. Pats coat and
seeing th4: his too, were gone,
came to Tie conclusion that their
boss was buried under the fallen
sand and. with the help of all the
neighborS, Immediately set to work
to dig hin out. Not till all the
fallen dirt was taken out did the
men in the least suspect that they
had been hoayed into doing Just
what the boss was trying to dodge.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-01-09
FRIEND TO FRIEND.

The personal recommendations of peo-
pie who have been cured of coughs and
colds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
have done more than all else to make it a
staple article of trade and commerce over
large part of the civilized world.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-01-09
OPERA HOUSE
FTdQy Mont, December 10
j. A. COBURN'S
GREAT BARLOW
MINISTRIES
You All Know Them. A Household Word.
An All-White Company, Absolutely
Guaranteeing
your MONEYS worth, OR Your Money Book. y

Everything new this season, present.
ing the most elaborate, spectacular,
electric first part setting ever known in
minstrelsy.'
Dan Holt, the Georgia Cotton Bios
som," is member of this organization.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
WALL STREET NOTES Violent, Hysterical Activity in Afternoon on Trumped-
 Up News. VOLUME UP 25 PER CENT. Steel Earning Forecast--PcOpic's Gas Rises on Report of Ab-
 sorption.

A number of stocks showed evidence of professional manipulation at the opennga New York Central had a wide opening" 2,0O0 shares going be- tween 119 3-4 and 120 l-2, against 119 l-4 at yesterdays closing. With an increase of 25 per cent, compared with Tuesday in volume of business during the first half of the day, stocks were very irregular, with early firm ness, followed hy moderate break, then by a recovery with some of the highest prices of the day around l o'clock. The widest changes were in American Smelling, which opened at S1 1-2. broke to SO rallied to S3 l-2, broke 10 below S2 again, and by 1 o'clock rallied to S3 1-2 again Anal gamated Copper followed 1t up and down New York Central advanced from 119 S-4 to 12O 1-2 on heavy transactions United States Steel was Impressed to i2 3-4, but had recovered to 53 l-2 carly in tho afternoon Wa bash shares sold off sharply, then re- covered most of the loss.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24

As was the case Tuesday, arbitrage trading yesterday in the market was on both sides. with practically noth- ing on balance Yesterdays total was go, ,OoO shares, mostly in the low priced shares.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24

Brooklyn Rapid Transit 1t is said. is earning per cent. on it's stock and has been putting $2,0OO,OOO a year back into the property. The early de- claraton of dividend is confidently expected.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
Miscellaneous Roads.
.Ex dividends,
STOCK M,RkET REVIEW.
Evidence of -alignmcnts in Rail
 road Relations.

New York, Dec. 23.-The gpecula- tive community remained convinced to-day that important rc-alIgnments are in progress or in contemplation in railroad relations The first effect of the announced purchase of control of the Colorado and southern by the Chicago Burlington and quincy had a mixture of misgvings as a possible prelude to a renewed outbreak of the antagonlsms which figured in the Northern Securities settlement That misglviug has passed away apparent ly, and the incident has come to be accepted as an unmiNcd encourage ment 10 speculative enthusiasm. It's influence was manifest to-day as yes- terday in the continued circulation of rumors and coniecturcs in great yaric- ty as to possible further morgcs and absorptions. The southwestern rail- roads were the favoritc subjects of these rumors. The market was spotty at times, owing partly Go the reaction ary tendency of some of the minor stocks which figured most prominent ly in the rumors of yesterday. II is noticeable that an active speculation is is progress in bonds of a class which might be lifted from a condition of doubtful security under the separate control of smaller financial organiza- tons into a higher grade of security with the companies affairs in control of powerful corporation of first class credit 1t is the enormous transac- tons i'm bonds of that class which swelIed the volume of the bond mar kot for two days past to almost record proportions. The speculative element in these dealings was plainly manifest in the violent reactions which occur red to-day in the prices of some of them which rose most yesterday
 At the same time, the investment de- mand for first class bonds continues excellent and the ready absorption
 (Contlnued on Fifteenth Page.)
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
The Union Trust Co,
NEW HAVEN.

NEW HAVEN.
 Chartered by the State or Connecticut with authority to act as Executor, Ad- minlstrator. Guardian, Receiver or Trustee. under will or deed.
 Is legal depoGIlory of money Iald in- to Court, and Public Trust Funds, acts as Trustee for Municipalities. Corpora lions and Indlyiduals, md administers Trusts of all kinds F,h powered to act as Registrar of Stocks. Bonds or other evidences Of indebtedness. manage sink. ing funds, and do all business such a. Is usually done by Trust Compa nies.
 It also does a general banking bust. ness, collecting cheeks, notes, coupons, and receives deposits The principal of each trust ls invested by itsclt and kept Ecparate and apart from the gen- eral assets of the Company
 This Company ls by law regularly examined by the Bank Examiner of tho State Q, Connecticut.
 HENRY l.. HoTCHKIsS. President.
 EUGENE z. BRISTOL, Treasurer
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
CLOsIaG PRICES.

Reported over private wires of Prince t Whitely, members of tho Now York and Boston Stock Exchanges, New York oInce, b2 E.roadway, ana 10 Center street, New Raven. Conn.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
nosroN STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn. blower & Weeks. members Ot tho New York and Boston Stock EA- UlTugcN
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24

It was in the afternoon that the market became most violently active, and in connection with the buying, stories of deals in half dozen diff ferent properties were suddenly trumped up Some of them were old, many of them manifcstly false, and all of them were obviously seized up on merely to keep up the speculator's excitement. The market had very hysterical and unwholesome appear ance towards the close, and reflected renewal of operations by second or third rate traders, rather than the activities of any important interests. The fact that out-of-town banks were lending freely on Wall Street around per cent and the inference that stock spectators need not fear a money squeeze or a local bank deficit this week wore really the sole basis for the speculation.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24

Reports have 1t that the Goulds' Western Pacific road will build two large modern piers at it's San Francis co terminal. and influences are that a trans-Paciilc line of steamers Is un- been featured so far, and unless the recent socallcd combat between Gould and Hartman has been as compre- h. nsive as has been made out, 1t ls suggested that Mir. Hartman may be heard from on the subject of poachlng on his Pacific Mail preserves
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24

Usually on the eve of a triple holl- day stock market operations slow down decidedly Wall Street gener- ally looks for this kind of a market to-day There was little evidence of q desire on the part of the speculative contingent to rest, though traders showed disposition to get out and even up contracts.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24

The 5-point rise in Peoples Gas stock was ascrbed in Chicago to a report that the Western Gas company would absorb the concern, and guar antcc ' per cent. on the stock, which now pays (.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24

Estimates now made of the Steel corporations earnings for the Decem- ber quarter are between $25, 900, 900 and S26, 100000. or say $1.500,000 less than for the preceding quarter and S7,000.0O0 less than for the corres- bonding quarter of 1907. Perhaps this is why there has been such tardy ref erence to the subject On yesterdays market the comparative heaviness of the common stock was remarked on but 1t was not attributed to the Law son prediction that 1t would be practl- cally wiped out.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
THE COTTON MARKET.

Reported over private wire of Hayden, Stone & Co.,. members of New York and Boston Stock and New York Cot ton Exchanges. New Haven branch, Qq Cnnter atract
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24

The unusual demand for bonds Is well shown by the tremendous deal ings in them this year, From Jan uary l up to the present time the total transactions exceed S1,O30549,OO 900 or more than twice the amount in the same time last year.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
NEW YoRIt sToCN MARKBr,

Reported over private wires of Prince q Whitely members or the New York and Boston Stock EIxchang as, New York office, 52 Broadway, and 5 Center stre". Now Haven
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
new features
FOR RINCLINGs
AUTOMOBILE DOUBLE soMEF
sAULT is ONE OF THE Thrill
LING ACTS.

Ringing Brothers Worlds Greatest
Show is scheduled to come to Ottum-
wa on Thursday, Sept 8, with com
plete new outfit, an entirely different
parade from those seen in the past,
an enlarged menageria, new intro
ductory spectacle, and company of
European performers, the equal of
which has never in the past been as
sembled under one management
Each season finds this circus a
step In advance of it's past splendid
record. The progress that will be
noted this years is exceptional 1t
manifests itself first in the new pa
rade, built by foreign artists and
artisans. AS visitors approach the
showgrounds it becomes more evil
dent in the great sea of canvas
stretching over fourteen acres of
ground. The vastness of it all strikes
forcibly as one enters the exhibition
tents reaching for hundreds of feet,
one walled with a vertiable jungle of
strange animals and the other a
labyrinth of stages, rings, arenas and
gymnastic and aerial riggings extend
ing to the very dome
A new and extrayagant spectacle be-
gins the program this season, built
more deliberately and at greater cost
than any of the past. The acts that
follow, all of European origian, were
booked last winter by the foreign
agents of the show, care being taken
to select nothing resembling any act
ever seen in America. The result of
this policy has given performance
delightful in novelty and varied
enough to suit all tastes.
The magic touch of the Ringing
management is evident throughout
every department. 1t is in truth a
wonderful show that this season
reaches the quarter-century mark in
it's remarkable history. Every old
feature has been dropped and only the
newest of the worlds wonders are
found under the great tents.
An automobile double somersault
caps the climax of this years's unique
bill 1t is the first instance in which
an automobile had made two complete
revolutions in mid-air. The act is al
most appalling in it's danger. The
thought of it suggests tragedy, yet it
is accomplished with triumph at every
performance by a mere slip of a girl
The act is not to be mentioned in CON
nection with other mere Stunts
that in the past have been advertised
as thrillers.
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ALL FRATE RNALS
PLAN BIC Time
WEEK OF FESTIVITIES WILL Be
GIN LABOR DAY. sEPTEM-
Der Z.
PREPARING PROGRAM
Many Prominent Speakers VIII I'D
dres the Re-union-e
Games, Races, etc, Will Fur
nish Amusement for All.

An effort is being put forth to make
the All Fraternal fair, which will be
held at the West End grounds, Sept.
70 TO IL inclusive, one of the largest
and most successful OF the kind ever
held In the history OF the association.
An excellent program is being ar
ranged by committee. Baseball
games, races and other amusement
will be pulled off at the grounds A
grand free street parade is scheduled
in which not only the fraternal orders
will take part but will be joined by
many business men in making it one
OF the longest and most gorgeous and
brilliant of the kind ever held in OF
tumwa. The festivities will start on
Labor day, Sept q, and will continue
all week, ending Friday night, Sept.
IL. The following letter has been re-
ceived from the Press committee of
the All Fraternal fair association:
Aims and Scope.
Program, aims and scope of the
Iowa Fraternal Congress as outlined
at it's last meeting held in Des Moines.
| September 1916, 1907"
This general assembly of the unit
ed fraternal societies of all those auth
orized to do business in the state, is
open to all who wish to attend. We
| ask the cooperation of all societies
paying benefits to their members and
ask them to look us up. This com.
gress has assumed to seek a wider
| field of usefulness for itself and con
stitutents by working to unity all CO.
ordinate orders in being thoroughly
| Joined In the work by the town and
community organizations. Come and
find out. The social session will open
at the Fair grounds. Ottumwa, Sept. s,
| 1908, at 1920 o'clock a. m.
The following program will be given
on Sept s:
Professionalism Koch, presiding.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
FOSTER.

Foster.-Elbert Robinson was q bus
mess caller in Abba Mondav.
Harry Calvert, who was injured by
a fall of slate in the mines about one
year ago started to work in the mines
Monday.
Turner's brother, William, at Hooking
Sunday.
Chas. Thompson, of Abba. visited
his uncle, Theron Hoadly, Monday
VIM. Rector made business trip to
Ottumwa last Thursday.
George Williams and children called
on friends in Hooking Sunday
Miles and Frank Chapman, Of Abba,
We're here Sunday.
Misses 70 Ferley and Pearl Rector
came home Thursday from two
weeks visit with friends and relatives
In Ottumwa.
Mrs. James j. Anderson moved to a
farm three miles southeast of here.
Miss Sigma Erickson has accepted q
position in one of the stores of Abba.
Nels Stark and wife of Hooking,
was over Sunday visiting with their
many friends.
Chas. and Blouda Anderson, of Alba
visited their uncle, Oscar Erickson,
Sunday. The came over in an auto
mobile.
Mrs. Maud stockwell left Sunday
for Hooking where she will make her
future home.
Rev. Chas. Petit filled his regular
appointment at the M. E. church Sun
day night.
Frank Criss left Monday for Mahas-
ka county where he will run a thrash
ing machine for the season
Died, at the home of O. A. Johnson
one mile southwest of town, Saturday,
August 8, at p. M. the one-year- old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Marion
Funeral was held at the residence
Sunday at 2 p. M, and interment was
in the Foster cemetery Rev. Neal
Beck, of the Free Methodist church,
conducted the services. The bereaved
parents have the sympthy of the en-
aaTe community in their sorrow
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
THURSDAY RACES
AT UNPLEASANT
MISS BLANY" L. A MEEKER'S
MARE, THIRD IN TROT-
TING RACE.
MT. Pleasant, August 14-(specla

Mt. Pleasant, August 14-(SpeclaD
With good weather. the first day OF
the Henry County Fair was a
marked success in every particular.
average for a. Thursday, and if The
weather conditions are favorable to-
day and Saturday will make the
fair one of the best in the history Of
the local association. The fair is free
from the objectionable features that
often mar such exhibitions. There
are no games OF chance and no ques-
tionable shows on the grounds.
The Races.
Thursdays racing was well UP TO
the standard Except for slight ac-
dident in the 2:27 trot when Smith
the driver Of Ben Bliss ran into Rcd
Queen resulting in a damaged sulkey
the afternoon was without any un-
fortunate incidents. Following is the
result of the afternoons races in de-
tail:
2:27 Trot.
First heat-Miss Mable B., woneo by
Chef Kelley, of Wapello, first; BAY
Seth Allen Bros. Marion, second;
Red Queen, C.. w. Kenovon, Cedar
Rapids, third; Benn Bliss, Fred Smith,
Winterset, fourth; Stand Patter E. G..
Willard, Burlington, fifth; Blue Foam,
Green City, Mo-. sixth; Miss Blany. l..
Entertainer, Branegar and Braun,
Burlington, eli 9TH
Second heat: Miss Mable B, first;
Bay Seth, second; Ben Bliss, third;
Red Queen. fourth; Miss Blany, fifth;
Stand Patter, sixth; Blur Foam,
seventh; Queen Entertainer eighth.
Third heat: Miss Mable, first; Miss
zen Bliss. fourth; Bay Seth, fifth;
Blue Foam, sixth; Red Queen, seven
TIL. Queen Entertainer, eigth.
Miss Mable B first, money Bay Seth
second, Miss Blany, third; and Ben
Bliss, fourth. Time. 2:21A; .2:23&;
2:24.
2:17 Pace.
Larue Strawberry owned by j. Il.
Wray, of Milton won the race lr
three out Of five heat. Lavrona, owned
by Mrs. Weekly, of Washington took
the first two heats, but curiosity
enough dropped to third place in The
third, fifth in the fourth and in the
final was distanced and got none Of
the money. Red Coxcomb, owned b.,
Allen Bros. Of Marion, took second
money taking second in four heats and
fourth in the last. Frank A, owned by
Sam Patterson. of Marion was awarded
third money and fourth went to Elsie
M belonging to e. G. Willard, of Bur
lington. The time was 2:17A 2:16A !;
N2:1sA; 2:17k; and 2:1sA.
Other horses entered We're Mary B..
Hamilton. Myrtle G, and Harry Baker.
Three Year Old Trot.
This was an excellent race for thrae
year olds Teddy K, owned by Thos.
KAY, of Exeter, Neb., won in three
thraight heats. Second money went 10
lola West, owned by o. b. West, of
New Boston Ill., third to Vyzant, own
ed by Allen Bros, of Marion, ard
fourth to Homer Allerton. owned by
j. S. Louden, of Creston. Other
horses entered were Pay On by Seth
Cook, of Mt Hamill, and Earls
Daughter, of Davis & Co, OF Green
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P. E. JOHNSON & co.
Suite 1916 Old Leighton Block, New
Phone 7o7-l. Ottumwa,r Iowa.


well. We feel, that when the week.
shall have passed into history that
every one who has seen our unitedt
efforts will endorse the results and
that the association will be stronger
with the people than ever before The
All Fraternals will have some good
things in the fraternal column each
week. There will be some of the best
races and ball games played in OF
tumwa for years There will be
speeches every day by the best speak
ers obtainable whose names will be
announced later. There will be a
grand steret parade in which not only
the orders, but the business men OF
Ottumwa as we'll will join in making 1t
one of the grandest ever given by
local people.
There will also be plenty Of good
music and amusements for all. From
surrounding towns thousands are
planning to come to Ottumwa and en-
JOY a week of festivities with the All
Fraternals (signed).
All Fraternal Press Committee.
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OAK RIDGE

Oak Ridge.-Miss Amber Mann Wis
tied Tuesday with Mrs. Bobinmeye.
Mrs. Blitz and daughter Mary. vis-
tied Tuesday at the Hugh Roarity
home in OttumWa.
George Hills and daughter Eva, vis-,
tied Sunday at the Dan johnson home,
of Agency.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Baker, of
Ottumwa, spent Saturday night at the
home of Charles Harter
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Martsching and
son George. visited Tuesday with Mr..
Martsching's parents.
Mrs. Bobinmeye is on the sick list
Mrs. Bert Horn and children, Of
Cedar Rapids, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Klinert
John Pebbles. of Cedar Rapids. res
turned to his home after a few days.
visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Klinert.
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City, Mo.
Time-2:2s11s; 2;2SA; 2:29M.
The running race a one half mile
dash. was won by Il Must" Chicago
horse with second money to Vesericre
and third to Tom Morgan. The time
was 50h.
A very interesting feature of tie
afternoon was the balloon race be-
tween two balloons.