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pectation of creating s2 in new money out of s1 of old money of doubtful charac- ter
 George Gould got back to his native land just in time to have one of his arms and legs swallowed by MT. Harri- man. The little wizard gobbled up Wheel ing and Erie and reached out for Mis- souri Pacific, and incidentally Rio Grande and Western Pacific. few passes were made over the Pittsburg terminal prop erty, and that, too, seems to be tend ing toward the Hartman nav. The great absorber Is scheduled for a west ern trip, and his time card gives him 10 days or such a matter in the wilds of Oregon beyond communication. Gossip has it that before announcing his intended journey he unloaded great mass of stocks. If he did so the market took 1t amazingly well.
 The railroads are making great head way with their campaign of education looking to a general advance in freight rates. In addition to the presentation or cold facts going to show that they can not make both ends meet unless there IS such a raise they are encouraging lit- erature to prove that in adopting higher schedules they are simply getting into step with the rest of the world-that railroad transportation is the only com- modty of consequence that has not shared in the general uplift due prinar- fly to the gold expansion of the last five or 10 years.
 They point out with force that this ex- pansion has established a new and high CT level of commodity prices, and that railroads almost alone have been left be- hind In the uplift. They are trying to show the utter futility of attempts to stop the advance in the only thing which railroads have to sell-transportation
 The accident to the w. K. Vanderbilt party in Paris set gossip to going again on the decadence of the Vanderbilt power in the railroad world. It was almost the unanimous verdict in Wall street that the entire Vanderbilt family might be eff faced without mkaing serious sensation in the stock market or in the transpor- tation field.
 w. K. Vanderbilt has always insisted upon retaining highest official connection with the New York Central system, and with personally directing many of it's af- fairs but as a real power he has long been subordinate to the Standard Oil ele- ment headed by William Rockefeller and James Stillman. Confdentially, insiders complain that w. K. Vanderbilt has been more of a handicap than a help, and that his activity wherever it has mani fested itself, has been for demoralization rather than beneficial.
 He has been away from New York a great deal and in his absence those left in charge have not felt themselves free to go ahead with important development work or with any plans involving the slightest deviation from established rules. It is to MT. Vanderbilts inertness that New York Central owes much of its loss of prestige and importance in the race with its great and successful rival, the Pennsylvania, according to those who ought to know.
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SCOvILLE BROS.

Sulphur baths obtainabe only at thio hotel. A panacea for diseases for 100 years.
 Postoffice Address, THE WIGWAM, Indian Springs. Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

Spandau, that a national donation of six and half million marks be given to Count Zeppelin, the inventor of the only perfect airship up-to-date has met with approval everywhere.
 The money will be raised by subscrip- ton, every town and city in Germany donating it's share. The half soillion marks which the government is to pSy the count for his airship will barely pay his expenses, and the national gift is to be presented to him that he may be able to continue his experiments on a larger scale than before without being contin- ually troubled by financial difficulties.
 For having challenged State Attorney Bleicher to a duel with pistols Baron Johan von Reitzenstein, captain in the Saxon army, has been sentenced to one month S imprisonment.
 During the process against Miss Olga to testify, he accused the state attorney of having insulted his wife, Baroness Agnese von Mengersen. The brother or the Baroness who had carried the chal- lenge to the attorney was sent to prison for one week.
 This is only one instance of how the auth critics are trying to do away with the duelling habit. Simultaneously with the Baron, 20 members of the Klanstha- Ter Mountain academy, who had chal- lenged a number of academical officers, were sentenced to long terms of mpris onment by the court at Goettingen. They have appealed the case and de- clare that there is no law in Germany forb idding duels, and that the fact that an army, man who refuses to accept a challenge is expelled from the army in disgrace proves that duels are not illegal.
 On Friday next there opens in Paris. at tn e invitation of the North German Lloyd, conference of all the large transatlantic steamship companies, where the question of fixing a uniform price for tickets between Europe and America will be taken up. It IS thought that all the companies will agree on raising the cabin passage rate very materially to make up for the loss caused by the rapidly declining steer age traffic.
 Because Captain Beck, an officer in the German army, wanted to save the expense of s2.50. he lost his life on d Swiss mountain peak.
 Accompanied by his wife and son and a friend, he left Engeberg in Switzer land to climb the Hahnhen peak with out a guide, the charge for which ser vices would have been the amount named above, although warned that he was running a great risk.
 The party arrived at a narrow ridge of rock, where they were unable to advance or retreat. Their cries of dis tress were heard by some shepherds who saved all but Captain Beck. He re- fused assistance, and tried to descend alone. but slipped and was dashed to pieces.
 The mercantile expert of the Berlin Tageblatt takes a rather pessimistic view of future commercial relations be- tween the United States and Germany, and declares that 1t is hopeless to look for any improvement in the near future.
 He declares that there has been over
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production in America. The importers are awaiting the outcome of the com ing election, and count on reduction of duty, no matter whether Taft of Bry- an be elected. Until then they will buy nothing. The import of German glass; ware and china by America has dwin- died down to almost nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

But the pictures will tell you the story, and put it down in your head and in your notebook, that the biggest sale of new, high class Shoes that has been in Birmingham the year of 1908, so far, is going on here all the business hours of the week at hand.
 (shoes rear, Aisle B. First FoorD
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Cafe.

Flovilla on main line of Southern Railway thirty miles aorth of Macon and fty-one miles south of Atlanta, Georgia, is the station thence two and oIe-half miles by dummy line to the spring
 For information to trains and railway tickets apply to agent of the Southern or it's connecting. lines. Season from May 1st to October 18th.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

Everybody is talking politics, but in reality politics plays a small part ex- cept insofar as there is a growing con- viction in Wall street that MT. Taft will be elected, and that while that gentle man is committed to the Roosevelt poli- cies he will carry them out in his own way, with moderation and common sense. No account Is taken of the effect of this sort of impression on the radical mind of the west, and for that matter nobody cares It is enough for Wall street to know that Wall street has set it's approval on MT. Taft.
 That to Wall street is the beginning and ending of the whole proposition. Rati- fication at the polls follows a fore gone conclusion. In this respect Wall street has been right for the last three presidential elections. Therefore why should 1t not be right again? The record is in support of this pleasing Wall street theory
 Being in this comfortable frame of mind 1t is only natural that the senti- ment should be complacently bullish in the face of news developments for the most part of the opposite complexion. Hence the maintenance of prices at or within an easy speaking distance of the best yet established on the recovery, all though such conduct on the part of the , fessional element and to those who will r not be reconciled to any other theory than a severe set back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

The mercantile expert of the Berlin Tageblatt takes a rather pessimistic view of future commercial relations be- tween the United States and Germany, and declares that it is hopeless to look for any improvement in the near future
 He declares that there has been over
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make. Anu IL meanS the SeII1ng O1 JhOSe IOng- time specialized "L., J. & L. Specials at the cost to make.
 And all the other kinds of high-class low cut Shoes for both Women, Misses and Chil- dren-at the cost to make. An sell Laird SchOber & Co.'S fine hand- mt nIl styles and both black and tan both hand-weIt handturn so1es all at s3.S5 a par SAVING OUT NONE!
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The suggestion made by the city of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
NICHOLAS WALL
 STREET LETTER Western Public Enlistment In
 Stock Market POLITICS POPULAR THEME There Is Growing Conviction In Wall Street That MT. Taft Will Be
 Elected-Captains of h.
 dustry Are Bulls.
By G. w. NICHOLAS.

New York. August 1.-Outsde of rich element in New York there is not much of New York public in the stock mar ket. There is however, an important western public enlisted, and also a large buying contingent locatable along the New England seacoast and at most of the interior resorts of New England and New York where the rich people most do congregate. It would appear from nsfor- mation seeping into the commission houses that the tens of thousands of people in affluent circumstances who meet year after year at the same hotels and resorts find on talking to one another this summer that the country has not gone to eternal bow vows and that they have still something left to invest.
 They read the newspapers carefully and find their daily publication of re- turning prosperity, the information being head-lined in black type and featured conspicuously. The mere fact that the reports of railroad earnings and of bank clearings do not altogether corroborate these rosy reports makes no impression. If they think at all about such prosaic things they give the weight of testimony to the display matter on the news pages rather than to the insignificant tables in small type on the commercial pages. They have been educated to believe what they see in the newspapers so long as it is of a sort that meets their ap- proval and fits in with their hopes and expectations.
 Hence, although millions of men are still out of employment and the earnings of railroads and industrial corporations are % to 50 per cent below normal they are convinced that good times are again at hand and that presently the country will be embarked upon another adult boom. It is buying from that source which has been making the market late ly upon which the big gamblers and market leaders have been partially un- loading stocks bought at the beginning of the advance which set in nearly three months ago and which has been pro- gressing with few intermissions ever since.
 It is this kind of support which has set at naught predictions and expecta- tions of the talent" which has been continuously playing for reactions. In vain do the experienced people operate for anticipated set-backs. The few which have occurred have been sources of loss rather than profit for they have been so insignificant as to prove snares and delusions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

The captains of industry and their loyal followings are the biggest bulls on the market. They are welded to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
"Attention."

We refer to work done for city of Bir- mingham under Mayor Wards adminis- tration. Hermitage, of course. city.
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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16

Did you ever think of it? Suppose
every business man in town took as
much interest in the upholding Of
the town and forwarding all public
enterprises as the newspaper man.
He works for railroads, manufac-
tories. schools and churches, good
streets and roads; urges, pleads,
scolds and badgers and cavorts
around generally. Imagine his feel
ings then when some lame, string
halted kind of a fellow. reproaches
him because he don't boom things
enough. If the town does boom and
the prices of real estate advance and
the owners grow rich from the result
of his labor, he makes nothing by it..
He is like the poor boy at the
picture show without the necessary
quarter to gain admission. 1t is not
infrequent that newspapers find
themselves unappreciated by the
men whom they have favored by
their support, column after column
being published in their favor, and
yet such favors when the test comes,
are unappreciated. When you find
your home paper taking no interest
in you or your success, when you
find it keeping aggravatingly silent
when Won think the editor sh0uld he
tearing his linen In your behlaf, dc
not work yourself into a fever Of
anxiety as to the cause, but just ask
yourself wherein have you placed
the paper and it's editor under
obligation to use space and energy
for you.-Exchange.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16

The Hallock News suggests the
name of Hon. s. G. Comstock as
fitting candidate for governor on the
republican ticket this year. Mr..
Comstock is very able and level
headed man, who would make a
splendid chief executive of the state.
He is a profound student of public
questions. and a convincing and
forceful Speaker. His many friends
In the northern part of the state.
remembering the manner in which
his promising career in congress was
cut short by the populistic wave
back in 1890. after only one term of
service, would be pleased to see him
enter public life again. Why not
Comstock? He would make strong
candidate, and the party might 20
farther and fare worse.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16
The Clock Struck I.

1t was just two minutes to when
John Ludlam entered the house and,
unwrapping paper parcel, said to his
wife that he had brought her pres
ent Of a clock. It was her birthday,
and she had expected a brooch or a
ring at least, and so she said tartly,
"You liked the look of that clock"
His face flushed. "A nice way to
speak about a present. said he hotly.
,>"Well, it's the truth. wouldn't have
given a couple Of shillings for it." said
she in an exasperating tone.
John Ludlam was quick tempered
man. The veins in his temples swelled.
and
Just then the clock struck 1.
What did it signify-that the clock
was running all right?
It did. not The ambulance surgeon
said few minutes later that if the
clock had struck one inch nearer her
temple John Ludlam would have been
acknowledgements Weekly.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16
WALSH CRoss-ExAMlNED.
Refers to "kind Friends" In Trial In
Federal Court.

Chicago, Jan. Cross-examina.
ton Of John r. Walsh closed shortly
after noon Friday before Judge A. B..
Anderson in the federal district court.
The questions Of Assistant District
Attorney Dobyns were directly more
particular to tho personal knowledge
Of Mr.. Walsh concerning the transac-
tons In which the Chicago National
bank figured. :.
Did you refer to bankers of Chi
cago as kind friends?" asked Mr.. Dob
yns.
"Yes," replied Mr.. Walsh.
did you conceive that the bank.
ers would be envious when they found
you had bonds of the Southern Iii.
nois, the Southern Indiana and other
roads In the bank?" asked Mr.. Dob.
yns. Answer yes or no."
The counsel for the defense OBJ
jected to the question and the court
ruled that it should be answered. Mr..
Walsh first answered Eyes" and NO."
but later modified the answer by say.
ing: II didn't: know that they would
be onyious."
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16
Her Conversion.

When preparing his parishioners for
the solemn ordinance of confirmation
an old clergyman found among them
one old woman so excessively ignorant
and stupid that for some weeks prior
to the time he was obliged to have her
come to his house every day in order
to instruct and catechise her. At length
he began to hope that his time, pa
thence and zeal had not been entirely
bestowed in vain, few bright flashes
of understanding having burst from.
the old DANES clouded intellect. "Now,
my good FRIEND" said the worthy pas
tor just previous to the commencement
of the ceremony, las this is the last
moment in which l shall have an op-
portunity Of conversing with you, let
me ask, do you thoroughly understand
and believe all the articles Of your
Christian faith?'
AYE, yes, sir, thank'ee," replied his
venerable pupil, with shipper and
dropping one of her best courtesies, II
does indeed now, and, thank God, l
heartily renounces them ALL
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16
How He Grew Young.

: ~ ~ ~ \AIVW yOO00s
One satisfied man returned from i
two weeks holiday. He spent it on a
farm owned by an old aunt. and tho
royal way in which she fed him. to
use his own description, formed the
chief delight of his holiday.
You see.' he remarked. confidential
~, my wife is a graduate Of diet
and cooking school of the most up to
date sort. She sees that we never have
u meal which isn't perfectly balanced
as to food values. The things we eat
are chosen with reference to that and
not with regard to whether we like
them especially. Well, can tell you,
grooming with forbidden, indigestible
articles. was mighty welcome change
to me- She never heard of carbohy-
drates or phosphates or cellulose, and
she wouldn't know proteid if she
met one in a bean porridge, where, by
the way, believe they largely congre-
gate But l tell you her fried chicken
and fresh pork and biscuits were the
finest things I've had for years. My
wife actually turned pale when she
saw me eat, and I know she was wor-
ried, because we were six miles from
a doctor. was never i'll for minute,
though, and those two weeks Of old
fashioned, unscientific cooking have
made me feel like new manor,
rather, like a boy again."-London
NJ A. p
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16

Chicago and country tributary was
struck by severe storm of sleet and
snow this week, and owing to the
damage to the telegraph wires, the
city was for while almost cut of
from communication with the out
side world. The only way by which
a message could get there from
Minneapolis was to send it north via
the Canadian lines east and then
back to Chicago. And all this
happened while we who dwell in the
Red River valley have enjoyed the
finest kind of weather, bright SUM-
shine. balmy air. and clear. starry
moonlit nights.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16
F|REMEN At FLAMES MERCY
FIVE INJURED IN a DETROIT
CONFEDERATION.
surrounded by Fiery Blasts, Imprts.
oned Men Barely Escape-Prop-
erty Loss Placed at 500 900.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 11.-Ffve fire
men were injured, none Of them Sc
riously, at q fire which caused about
100000 damage Friday in the For.
roster & Cheney knitting mills at the
corner of Porter and Third streets
The loss is thought to be covered by
insurance.
The fire broke out in the basement
of the four-story plant from an un-
known cause. Fireman James Don.
nelly was swept of a ladder at the
third floor by stream from a hose
and badly bruised. Four other fire
men had a narrow escape from be-
ing burned to death, and in addition
to suffering slight burns inhaled guam.
titles Of smoke. u.s..
Fireman Harry A. Traver, A. ].
Petersmark, E. Lockman and w. F..
Waterloo climbed the fre-escape to
tho fourth floor, and were working in
tho building there when the flames
burst out over the escape at one OF
the lower floors and rapidly mounted
toward them.
It was I'VE minutes before a ladder
could be raised from the ground. and
the ire by that time was burning all
about the men Nremen on the
ground played streams Of water on
tho men as they stood on the fire es-
cape waiting for rescue One of the
men became frantic with fear and had
Is be torcibly restrained from
jumping. .. ..1
Albion I'LL. Jan. 11.-11re broke out
In the business section Of Albion Fri
day and destroyed the Edwards Coun.
ty Bank building. the new National
Bank building the telephone exchange,
two clothdng stores, shoe store and
drug store. The loss Ia estimated
at 10000. It Is suspected the fire
was started BY an incendiary. About
one third Of the loss is covered by
insurance.
Sidney, Neb., Jan. LA block Of
the business section of Sidney was
destroyed by fire Friday. Loss
100000.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16
A PALTRY AVERAGE.

Latest reports as to the 1907 corn
crop place the yield at 1858, 732, 900
bushels. This was grown on 9S,220.-
461 acres, the average yield being
twenty-six bushels. While the grand
total yield IL stupendous and seeming
ly a creditable showing. there is cause
for agricultural shame in the thought
of the tens Of thousands of fellows
who planted, titled and harvested
fields which could not have yielded
more than twelve or fifteen bushels
per acre. This latter class are quite
likely carrying on a skinning type OF
agriculture, are overdrawn at the bank
and are in general way dissatisfied
with themselves and the times in
which they live. And the reason would
not seem to be very far to seek.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16
Manv Color Lines In Cuba,

There are social distinctions in Cuba
based upon color. There is not one
but several color lines, though these
are not eternal, hard, fast and un-
changeable, as in the United States. In
Cuba social life is run largely by
social clubs. There are in almost ev-
cry town and village negro clubs, two
or three grades of mulatto clubs and
white clubs. In one and at it's func-
tons may appear the husband, exclud-
ing the wife; in another, the wife,
but not the husband; in third, their
children, but neither the father nor
mother. To the world this will appear
incredible, almost incomprehensible.
Here it is convention, fixed, settled, &C.
copied and operative. These disttnc-
lions, however, run but for a lifetime.
Army and Navy Life.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16

An attempted tampering with
Justice caused the dismissal Of the
Wood brothers case in the o. S.
court at st. Paul this week. Some
of the jurymen and witnesses had
been approached by an attorney
with the view of influencing their
decision or testimony. The case
will have to be started anew. If
the charge of using undue influence,
to secure a favorable verdict, is
proven. the guilty parties will
deserve severe punishment.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16
Savage Sense Of Humor.

Lecturing on New Guinea. A. 81.
Dunning said he once offered a native
some smelling salts. After going
through extraordinary contortions the
native went away, returning soon with
another native, whom he compelled to
make acquaintance with the salts. The
two brought third, and SO on until
the whole village had been victimized.
The savages watched each new suffer
or with the keenest delight and took
good care not to let him know what
fate awaited him.-I.ondon Standard.