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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

In plain language, in this transaction the
$a2So.ooo was expanded to s46,oo1ooc.
With the stock watered to the extent of
$50, 10000 a good start had been made
toward the real manipulation of the securi-
ties, which came later in the form OF con-
solicitations.
Along came the bonds of the Philadelphia
Traction and the Peoples Traction to the
amount of s6,54soOo with cash all paid in
and no water. Then the Philadelphia Trac-
ton stock trust certificates were issued
TO take up the stock of the Peoples Trac-
ton Company and the Electric Traction
Company. and collateral trust bonds were
issued to take up the old Jacksonville Com
pany- There was $20ooO.ooo paid in on the
stock of the Philadelphia Traction Com
pany when the Union Traction Company
guaranteed on its stock the sum of 81, 500 900
a year. which is equivalent to per cent
interest on $50, oco,oco. That stock was there
fore watered to the extent of s12,0o0.0o0
Stock certificates were then issued to
stock OF the Peoples Traction Company.
upon which there had been paid in about
s14,5 900. Before the juggling had stopped
on these stocks the water in them
amounted 10 $4,000, and on two other
items OF this class of securities there is
water to the amount of s21. 500 0co.
To come to the stock of the Union Trac-
ton Company. upon which there was paid
in sio.500.o0o under the lease Of the Phia-
delphia Rapid Transit Company. it is found
that there was being paid annually up to
January 1. lao9 on this stock 5 per cent in
terest or the wnole par value. The amount
of water in this transaction was $500 eco.
The total capitalization OF all the under
lying companies is about 1855 0o0. 000, and the
amount of water in this capitalization is
abouti 06o The Rapid Transit Com
pany has obligated Itself 10 pay and 6
per cent on nearly twice rs much money as
has been paid in. This burden fails upon
the trolley riders and the stockholders
who. however. are in the main holders of
the stocks of The underlying companies and
have brought the condition upon them
selves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
ABOUT SMALLPOX.

Discussing smallpox and vaccination DR..
q. r. Weber. of Philadelphia. said that
smallpox was introduced into America by
the Spaniards in their conquests and in
the eighteenth century was widely spread
becoming great scourge. AT a certain
period out of every three deaths was
due TO snia ilpoX. said the physician. I'm
a single century. the eighteenth. il is said
it had sixty million Victims France at one
epoch losing thirty million lives through
this cause Children under Eve years were
its chief sufferers
Jenner discovered vaccina ton in the
eighteenth century. DR.. Benjamin Water
house, OF Boston. was so impressed with
the news from England that he Vacci-
mated three of his sons and sent them TO
the smallpox hospital to test the value OF
the discovery. None of them took the. dis
ease.
Vaccination Is d most efficient preventa-
tive, and as such is recognized every
where. Germany requires two vaccinations
or children. one in the first year of life
and one at twelve; Japan requires three =
DR.. Weber said that as to requiring vac
cination. this country was in a state far
from desirable. More supervision and
greater insistence as to forms were nee
essary. Money and cost were not to be
weighed against public health and safety
Washington Herald.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

the time of the making of the agreement
with the city. BY the waiver the city will
begin to share in the profits of the COM
pany as soon as the stockholders have re-
ceived a 6 per cent dividend for any cur
rent year. without the payment of back
dividends from the time the agreement was
entered into.
IF that utopian dream Of. Rapid Tran
sit dividend exceeding per cent is ever
realized, the generosity might be an
advantage to the city. With the present
slim prospects of the stock ever paying
any dividend at all. il more resembles the
halt at which the trout nibbles in the
mountain brook. The trolley riders could
hardly have been expected TO hail with
JOY the move of the stock jugglers in drop
ping the very vague shadow of back divi-
dends to grasp the very tangible substance
of a 20 per cent increase of fares.
Summed up in q few words. the project of
The politico-financial crowd which con-
trolls the Rapid Transit Company lifted
bout 81 600 600 a year from the pockets of
the trolley riders OF the city, in return for
which something was promised which GER
tainly will not be realized for years, and
probably not by the present generation
Whether the complacency Of the patrons
Of the company Will survive the shock or
The withdrawal of the tickets for all time
remains TO be seen.
All Mayor Reyburn's pleadines for popu-
lar support of the company in its move
and % per cent increase Of the cost OF
riding on the trolleys were swept aside ana
set at nauGht. Il Will Walk clubs were
formed and the company lost thousands OF
dollars before the people tired OF the ex-
ercise. The storm Of anger gathered so
much weight. however. that resolutions
which were drawn UP at mass meeting
of the citizens at the historic Academy
OF Music demanding the resignation oil
civ Representative Wolf had their de-
sired effect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
THEIR TASTE IN HUES.

"Tbe question of the individual prefer
ence of f1eas for persons has received care
full study 1t is the popular belief that heas
prefer blondes to brunettes and women to
men, but il has not been possible to prove
this experimentally. Certain it is that they
are equally kindly disposed to black or
white guinea pigs and several negroes are
known whom the f1eas use as a yeritable
haven Cleanliness does not seem TO be
bar TO them; in fact, there seems 10 be
some reason for the belief that they prefer
cleanly persons to those to whom tie bath
tub is unknown
There is still vast amount Of work TO
be done upon the interesting flea and much
time and money have K be spent in the
study of it. The British in India and Aus
tralia, the French III their Chinese prov
inces and the Americans on the Pacific
Coast are all seeking after knowledge re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
POLICEMEN AND WHISPERS.

While Chicago policeman was escorting
a woman to patrol wagon the other day
she suddenly turned upon him and fast
ened her fingers in his whiskers When
other policemen succeeded in rescuing him
from the perious position into which she
had forced him against the side of the
patrol wagon the woman held two hand
fuls of whiskers and the officer bore a
striking resemblance to partially picked
chicken 1t Is not surprising that, instead
of accompanying the prisoner to the sta
ton, the policeman hurried to a barber
shop and unless he wears them for the
purpose of hiding "A weak chin or protect
ing sensitive throat may suppose that
he will give up his whiskers, at least until
such time he may retire on "A pension
WHISPERS may be all right if their wearer
is able 10 choose his environment, but po-
licemen should try tn get along without
them.-ChicaSo Record Herald.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
AS A SOURCE OF DANGER.

.'Manv of the ficas have the Disgusting
habit of deposting their "Xcrcta - the same
time they secure their meal The human
flea is the worst hammered in this rarticu-
lar and il is well established that II IS
in this way he infects his victim with
hubonic plague Having eaten previously
from a plague stricken animal he rds taken
into himself a very large number OF pest
bacteria These have been frequently
found in the deiecta of the flea. and may be
deposited upon the skin of healthy VICTIM
who subsequently rubs the irritated parts
The bacilIi are thus forced into the minute
wounds made by the flea, inocuatinE the
victim with disease This is MOI matter
Of scientific speculation. but has been thor
o,,ehIv proved by accurate and painstaking
experiments in many parts of the world
"The flea is provided with six legs ar
ranged in three pairs. which become pro-
excessively longer as YOU go aft There Is
nothing very remarkable about the first two
pairs but tho hind legs are the largest,
longest and most powerful in proportion TO
the size and weight of the insect IF any IN
the entire animal kingdom. The propuisiNe
apparatus of the kangaroo is, III compari-
son but a ptiful imitation. Provided with
enormous hams and with feet AIMED with
claws working on the pTlfclpIe OF cant
hook. they are able TO leap in i manner
calculated to make the most bemedalled
track athlete turn green with envy.
The American amateur indoor standing
broad jump record of rs inches was
made by fair coed after fasting four
days The running high, tx inches is
also held by Miss Pulex Irritans. This
family has representatives in all OF the col
leges of the Pacific Coast. Figuring on this
basis in proportion TO weight and body
length. a man would be able to jump over
an office building 16S stories high, and in
making such a leap would traverse over
ffths of a mile
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
PULEX 4 CHAMPION
Causes More Deaths Each
Year than Al Reptiles
and Beasts.

IF some one we're to tell YOU of Great
ure covered with a heavy armor of horn
and provided with two large, Triangular
slashng weapons in addition to TWO lances
and a very sharp stiletto. having the long
est and most powerful hind legs of any be
ing in existence, strong and powerful
that the animal could jump five hundred
times its own length, and II You were to
be further told that this creature was
abroad upon the face Of the earth to-day,
causing more deaths annually than all the
venomous reptiles and ferocious beasts in
the world, would you not imagine that the
narrator was the victim of Authorizations
far outclassing those of the most la bituated
pipe dreamer" asks William Colby Rucker
in The Technical World Magazine" DIR.
Rucker is a passed assistant surgeon in the
United States Public Health and Marine
Hospital service
Yet" he continues. such d creature does
exist, and in many varying forms is found
in almost every quarter of the globe and
upon practically every animal having a
hairy coat 1t is only in recent years how
ever. that this insect the flea-rhere the
secret is out-has excited anything more
than natural curiosity on the part of the
scientists who desire to know and catalogue
every living thing upon the surface of the
earth.
Almost every animal having g coat of
hair has his own particular variety of flea
In other words, feas vary with their host;
but one host may harbor six different
species of feas, one species may occupy
six different hosts. In general it may be
said however. that each flea bearing ami
NAL has its own choice stock within its flea
preserves. For example. man elects the
Pulex irritans (parenthetically it may 10
noted that this species is also chosen by
the skunk and the hoS); the dog, the Cteno-
cephalus CAMS. while the mouse has little
blind flea OF rs OWN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

After couple of persons injured in
uoileY crashes had died as the result OF
TINS arbitrary order, such a storm OF pro-
test arose from the people that Director
Gay was compelled to raise the ban on
some OF the hospitals. The restriction.
however. remains on some of them and
from time to time even the police have
-beel known to raise their voice against
their being compelled to treat She mangled
victims so inhumanely,
IN the ordinance which made the city a
partner of the transit company was a
clause providing that there should be no
change in the rate of fare for fifty wears
but after il had been in effect year, alb
solutely without warning other than a lit
tie private educational movement which
was carried on by Mayor Ryburn for a
week. the directors voted to do away with
The Communication tickets known as siX-for-
a-quartcr tickets. and return to a
straight scent fare. To make some return
they generously voted to waive the
cumulative dividend" clause in the 50-year
partnership contract with the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

JOS Thai classic EXPRESSION about being
ended a lemon might well be revived "a
descriptive Of their sentiments upon deal
T afrh was put into effect TO give a public
s.fKic, company more stability and which
l.-~ resulted in almost continual disSen-
: u.
IN. political and financial qualifications
or thr coparrnership OF the city and the
transit company are many and complex.
TIC plan was originally the scheme of
1-ritical investors. who held out profit
saariu- myth as bait in forcing the
s1.talnent upon the people. The politi-
cans enlisted the aid Of a strong ally IN
1tc Retail cIerchants' Association, body
composed principally of the owners Of de-
!. rrnent stores along Market street, by
including in the plan a subway along that
ta,rouShfare which would unload passen-
-.rs directly in the Easements of their
plants. The protests of the public and
Practically every other organization IN the
CITY were fruitIess in The face Of these two
forces and the plan WAS easily pushed
through a boss-rfdden city council.
According 10 The terms of the contract.
she Mayor of the city was to become
1.=n,ber Of the board Of directors of the
,-an-it company. along with two Others
g., ~ afrroved bv Councils. Mayor John
:. Rrvllrrn. Senator Clarence Wolf, lead
.n- banker. who recently resigned 10 ne
come vice-president of the company an"
william u. Carpenter, also q banker pc
.srne the first directors for the people and
rom The beginning they received severe
c.1tinciations from the public, Whlch
charged them with falling lamentablN III
- trust leposed ir them 1heN were &C
,.s-e,i OF Joining hands with the stock
amy 2 / q
,...r-.iarion Was I'll the more severe be
IL. s-1 the public had believed from the
-. ,,,a+ The sole object Of the agreement
~ 20 improve and protect the financial
stains 80 fh,. transit and underlying com
......7... 81. ti.o expollse Of the city
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
kAKEYOUR FOOD
YOUR DOCTOR
WelI-known Food Expert Tells
How Foods Cure
HOW TO STOP THE USE OF MEAT.

Eugene Christian. the food sciehtlst' mas
prepared a valuable treatise on the meat euea-
tloa giving d complete solution OF TIE h'e
c1sl - living problem II has just beeii Pu'-
Ilshec in pamphlet form and VIII be ffa'4eH
free. together with q copy Of MI Chils'iaH >
..rno.s bool "TIow Foods Cure which tens
the result of fifteen years scientific STUDY ah1
experimenting with human nutrition 10 YOU
know that the best food. II Improperly com
b.n-G a. meals. vii poison instead OF """i ,9i
lie ood.2 Write Eugene Christian TO-DAY ms
Address & F,e,.i % Easl 41st street, New
York
Z. you have any kind Of stomach o. mites
sue. trouble you can learn how 10 cure S'ui-
ief You cont need drugs, change OF sceheiS
rest. what you do need IS 10 KIM" tii0
GOD. that nourisFl, how 10 select ana combine
hen, "a nc "a nroduce Chemical Harmony IN
he stomach whe.: you learn this All s'oiiaa'h
and intestinal trouble viii disappear as VIII
hsrl, every other disorder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
A SKEPTICAL ATTITUDE.

.}N-ta4 Is the city to do for the transit
.. f17r.s7.z under this agreement WAS the
question asked by the public before the
contract uae pushed through by the poilu-
al leaders ana retail merchants, and II
Old not have long TO wait for lis answer
The political leaders placed Henry cay
20. IL j. asserted. had at that time
Iarze blocks of stock Of the company, IN
rrarga Of the police OF the city as d.
rector Of Public Safety The ordinance OF
agreement makes nc mention of the dis
position Of the police force. but the politl-
cal managers had no conjunction about
l..arcanizing the entire department with
the apparent intention of boosting the
transit stocks
Gum shoe squads were formed, ana prac-
:icallv every detective on the city's pay
.-oU was placed at work reducing the i;Sl
Of claims for accidents against the com
rsnv The coroners' office was turned into
an ambulance chasing brigade. ana the
r.-irne n owe was made by Director Clay
when he ordered the police 10 take al per
song b,,rt on the trolley cars TO a very few
1oenftals where the victims relatives ana
friends were barred out until an agent OF
-be cornpany had first obtained q release
- .diustr,eut Of the claims. As result
70 mis- order scores Of manned people were
carried long distances and sometimes past
TWO or three hospitals in order 10 Tedc'i
orc of these Official institutions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
HOW LIABILITIES ACCRUED.

The manner in which the Ia oiii.'es ~ in
-, az Transit Company piled up is IN
.1ast;rg originally there were ISSUED
itieS''''9- 80 car companies bonds to
by liie %. obo,,t $500 600, which repre-
'iis ts,a, amount paid in. Then came
sei'e' ,,'. locks of the old companies, ana
aioiio - r,here the trouble began. Ihere
1 rss paid in on these stocks ss,S'"e", ana a
thsn came the leases made IN me nfs' eiA
- the consolidation Interest al > per cent
.. -" ,ben guaranteed on $ascoo'e" IN s'0eA'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

TROLLEY HISTORY IN
PHILADELPHIA
Some Peculiar Transactions
II'kich Arc Partly Blamed
for Strike.
y. Charles X. Bacon.

pne week Of dYnamiting of buildings. Of
the killing and inlurinS of innocent men,
women and children in the course OF tur-
hUlent 7ioting and OF vandalism III the very
heart OF the city. has caused the citizens
a. Philadelphia 10 pause and consider q
contract which, two years ago. made the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and
the CITY partners after a certain manner.
and which has been blamed as the real
cause Of the traction outbreaks and trou-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

lar anchor which firmly grasps III" SKIN OF
fine victim and enables the insect :" effect
ually insert the piercing organs These con-
sist of two lances each having Il sharp
spear-shaped head below which IS series
of saw teeth. Between and aboN2 them Is
a sharp styIet In biting. all three are in
serted simultaneously the saws WORKING
back and forth until a good oT"ning IS
made and a flow of blood is started.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

Sarding this enemy to mankind, and il NAV
not be long before the results achieved by
these various agencies will enable It's 10 de
stroy forever this persistent dissemuator of
pestilence and death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
RESULT OF THE WAIVER.

Under the no change Of fare clause
the city was to receive nothing from the
company aS its share of the partnership
Unul the stockholders had received 6 per
cent on their investment for each year from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
\ SAMPLE CUP OF MY
FavOrite Blend of Coffee

Served free every day until further notice
Call and try ii. Callanan's Magazine Mailed
request
l.. j. CALLAHAN. IL and A. Vesey st.
The Ocala evening star., 1910-08-29
HAIR! bought, Sold or EXCHANGED

1 will pay 25 cents per ounce for
combngs Cut hair 10 to Is inches,
50 cents per ounce. Cut hair from Is
to 80 inches long 81 to 81 per ounce
Prices vary according to quality and
shade. 1 will make up your own hair
into switches for you averaging so
cents per ounce for the work.
1 carry a beautiful line Of switches.
puffs, turban covers, curls. cornet
braids, transformations, etc. and will
try to match you in shade, quality,
luster and price. l will take your old
faded switches in exchange. I make a
specially of sanitation and every arti-
Gle that passes through my h.-.ds to
be absolutely pure and free from. any
possible disease germs, as l use power
full disinfectants throughout my estab-
lishment. 1 have collected a good deal
of my stock and am proud of the ma
tive product in this line We grow
beautiful hair here and it matches bet
ter than the product imported from
foreign countries. Call and inspect my
stock. also bring me your surplus hair
before the moths get to it.
Yours for head adornment,
MRS. NJ. L. BARBER.
At MISS AFFLECK'S
MILLINERY STORE
The Ocala evening star., 1910-08-29

DIR. +. r. Mechanics Sanitarium which
opened two weeks ago on the 18th OF
August. is under the skill of Drs.
Hamilton and McClane. also the faith
full nurses. Misses Clare and L. Sykes
and assistant night nurse. Miss
Alice Polly as housekeeper, proving a
great success. All patients are rapidly
improving from operations most sue
cessfully performed by the doctors
which is pleasure not only to friends
and loved ones but also ones whose
care they are submitted to. Many are
the kind friends who have SO thought
fully brought and sent tokens of re-
membrance to show their interest In
the sanitarium and all are more than
appreciated by the faculty. All pa
tients' rooms are. at all times filled
with numerous bouquets of beautiful
flowers brought by friends to show
their sympathy for the suffering. MOI
only are flowers brought but also many
delicacies of fruits and delicate dishe:
too numerous to mention. AS too mucf
space cannot be taken it will be i'm
possible to mention names of friend:
who so kindly remembered the sick bu
we all heartily appreciate their inter
est and their pleasure will be in tn,
giving, for it is more blessed to give
than to receive. a Patient.
The Ocala evening star., 1910-08-29
MIR. COLLINS GIVES BAIL

Mr. c. c. Collins. the young agent
for the International Insurance Com
pany. has paid up and settled the last
charges against him and given a new
bond in the original case against him
brought by the Savannah agents Of his
company for funds alleged by them to
he due the company. Mr.. Collins was
released from custody Saturday after
noon. He has four Ocala business men
on his bond.
Mrs. Collins and Mr.. r e Curry. one
of the young agents for the company
were untiring in their efforts to settle
matters and get Mr.. Collins released
They have both stood by him faith
fully and are happy as he Is. that
his affairs are looking brighter. Mr.
Collins and his friends say the other
matters will soon be adjusted and set
tied out of court.
The Ocala evening star., 1910-08-29
MISS Pc EARL TAYLOR
BURNED TO DEATH
Was . Visitor to Ocaia q Few
Weeks Ago

y Blackshear. Ga. special TO the Sa-
vannah Morning News says:
Blackshear. Ga, Aug. 2S.-Miss Pearl
Taylor. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w
Taylor of this place, died today as the
result of being burned by the drop
ping or exploding of a lamp during
last night. Miss Taylor was in the
room with her sister and had gone
down stairs for medicine for her sis
ter's little baby.
Returning with the medicine it is
thought she started to place the lamp
on the mantle and missed il. the lamp
falling TO the hearth and in her ef-
fort to pick the lamp up. was en-
veloped in the flames from the burn
ing oil.
Her father soon extinguished the fire
and summoned medical aid at once
but the young girl died early this
morning.
Miss Taylor graduated last June
from the Presbyterian Institute and in
tended to enter college in September
Interment will he at Blackshear ceme-
terry Monday afternoon.
Miss Taylor spent some time in Ocala
a few weeks ago, the guest of Miss
the young people of our city and their
grief is great at her awful and un-
timely death.
The Ocala evening star., 1910-08-29

Some weeks ago, man claiming to
be a police officer visited several of
the west end houses and tried to levy
a tribute of SIS head on the inmates,
claiming to have been sent by the city
marshal. His demand was refused and
the police were notified of his attempt
He was captured yesterday and proved
to be man put on the force some time
ago to round up stray cows that invad-
ed the city at night. When he was
brought before the mayor this morn
ing, one Of the witnesses against him
was out of the city. so in default of $50
bond he was put in cold storage until
Thursday.