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King Ferdinand's Palace at Sofia
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half as much popularity as he gained by
merely saying he was one.
That was during the war After the
arrnistiee was signed at Tchatalja Ferdi-
nands rnodesty increased. In fact he be-
came rsore modest than any Bulgarian
boor Although Bulgarians are a tough
young nation, not accustomed to fooling
their thrifty Lowland-Scots heads have
been excusably turned, and all sorts of
projects for Bulgarian ACKNOWLEDGMENT
are flying now about You can read them
daily in the "Vetcherna Poshta." The
new note is: This will no longer do for
Bulgaria-for Car Ferdinand Things
have changed. Since we beat the Turks
:" And they proceed prematurely to
crown Czar Ferdinand emperor, to build
Car Ferdinand new places. to degrade
his thrifty legations into vulgar embass-
les. to institute new decorations. diplo-
matte uniforms and so on. In fact IL
they had their way Bulgaria would be
the showest. glitteriest of Europe 9
mushroom monarchies.
But modest Ferdinand abjures all that,
and even rejects ovations. The second
time he started from Kirk-Killisse to
Yamboli his motor car stuck in a ravine.
Indefatigable police perfect Schopon sent
back for another court" motor car. But
Ferdinand would not wait. He torc of
to Yamboll in Schopoffs own dingy car
and left Schopoff in the mud. Two days
before Yamboi had had news of the
capture of Javer Pasha's 5000 Turks ana
it had prepared for conquering Ferdinand
an ,fbroaring welcome. But Ferdinand
arrived in Yamboli in Schopoffs car; and
drove through the town SO meekly that
no man suspected his presence. and the
ovation fell through.
And three days later the Sofia lapnrs
retailed this incident and gave Ferdi-
nand's own words: II am plain man,
I am glad that I escaped the ovation.
To work for my beloved country Is its
own reward"
Surely this legend Of modest Czar Fer
dinand accords with the Bible-as con-
flrmed by the late Samuel l.. Clemenc---
that the Meek shall Inherit the Earth.
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Advice to Marry Young

DR. c. w. Eliot in HarpeF's.
You will hear some young man say;
II cannot invite u girl who has been
brought up to do nothing for herself
and to have every qualification and
every luxury provided for her. to
marry me until ! can earn an income
which Will enable her. to live with me
in that way" ] nave two remarks to
make about that doctrine-that if A.
girl has been brought up in that man
ner the sooner she has a chance to
i've differently the better for her; and
secondly, that ii is only fair for
young man who loves young woman
TO consult her as to whether or not
she wishes to marry him before he can
earn a large income.
The young woman has a clear right
to say word on that subject to tho
man she loves. aQd not be obliged to
wait till he Is 80 years old before he
asks her to marry him. This Is a mat
ter of looking ahead at critical
point IN your lives. You are not In the
habit, perhaps, of contemplating this
event of marriage. 1t would be wiser
to do so. The sooner you begin to
think about 1t the better-first. because
1t will be thinking about the most Inn
portant event in your lives in respect
to the development of your own char
acters and to the happiness, not only OF
yourself. but of the woman you marry
and of the family life which win
normally result.
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Preparing for szls q4.
c;sco's Great Exposition
tContinued from Previous Page)

perts The assemblage OF representative
types of the products of art and industry
so that these shall convey the greatest
lesson mas come to be an art In itself At
san Francisco the displays though con-
prehensive. will be selective The per
tect type viii be sought and quality rather
than quantity considered The exposition
VIII be entirely contemporaneous so far
as awards are concerned. and no COM
merclal article manufactured before 1905
VIII be reviewed. Though most compre-
hensive In classification, It will be seloc-
tive rather than general--the test. ore
OF quality rather than quantity, which.
from the educational point of view, is OF
the utmost value to the seeker of knowl-
edge, for II means condensation in the
number OF exhibits, diminution in space
occupied and conservation to the visitor
of both mental and physical powers
capt Asher Carter Baker, u. S. NJ. re-
tired director of exhibits, has at this ear
~ date completed the classification under
which the exhibits Will be displayed. A
glance at the principal exhibit classlfcu-
tions Will give an idea of the manner in
which the exhibits will be grouped
There will be II departments and they
are grouped as follows: Fine arts, edu-
cation, social economy, liberal arts, mau-
ufactures and varied industries. machin-
cry. transportation. agriculture, live
stock horticulture, mines and metallursy.
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PRIyY COUNCILLOR HAvENSTEIN
President Imperial Bank

their numbers by amalgamating. The sol
ldarity of tho big DIS" Is shown In
other ways. Notably 1t is shown in their
highly unfriendly attitude toward German
imperial and Prussian finances and to-
ward municipal loans. The low quotation
of German rentes is largely ascribed to
the unfriendly attitude of the banks. For
floating municipal loans the banks de-
mand exorbitant terms.
The raw material and metallurgical In
dustries are entirely under the thumb or
the banks The dearness of money in Ger
many and the universally of trading on
credit make it easy for the n,onopolists to
enforce their own terms. Small indus
trial firms are helped out with loans; and
as the security often does not cover the
lean, the "Big d. bank demands right
to watch the firms books and to control
its operations. That means that director
of the bank is given seat on the auf-
siehtsrat the council of supervision,
of the firm. The firm undertakes to do all
its business through the bank. The urn
or company remains nominal proprietor or
the business, but in reality 1t is only IN
the position of manager on behaf or the
bank, Its main function. is to see that
the bank as the real capitalist and de
facto owner, gets a high steady rate OF
interest on it's investment. In order TO
enlarge this sphere of work big ID
hank makes a system of watching out
for young companies with good prospects
which are in temporary difficulties II
eetr them out of their difficulties by ad-
yancing money; and at the same time
gets them into it's power. Every one OF
the "Big d" banks has seats on the super
vision councils of hundreds of Industrial
undertakings and the result is that these
undertakings are managed exclusively III
the interests OF the banks; and not at all
in their own interests
Complaint is heard that this form OF
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A Recalled Renuest

From the Cleveland Federation Year
Book.
They tell the following story that the
late j. T. Harahan. former president of
the Illinois Central railroad, was fond of
telling on himself.
Mr.. Harahan was sitting In his office
one day, while president of the road,
wNfn burly Lrishman entered the Of
fec.
Me names Casey" said he. "Oi want
pass TO st. Louis. Oi worruk in tn
yards
That Is no way to ask for a pass"
said Mr.. Harahan. You should introduce
yourself politely. Come back in an hour
and try II again.
At the end of the hour back came the
Irishman. Doffing his hat he inquired:
"Af-re yez Mr.. Harahan?"
Yes, replied Mr. Harahan
'Oim Pat Casey" said the Irisilman
Glad to know you, Mr.. Casey. What
can | do for you?"
''Yez can all so to he'll. olive got job
an = pass on tn Wabash
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King Ferdinand Bulgaria. Posing

of a Russian architect and will be the
handsomest building of its kind on
earth. This building has been de-
layed for lack of funds. Before the war
modest King Ferdinand, who is very
rich, gave-although he IL a Catholic
100000 for this cathedral And now
Cincinnatus Ferdinand says that IL any
money is to be spent on commemorating
the glorious war 1t Will be spent in fin
ishing this pious work.
AS a fact. King Ferdinand's display
of the virtue that characterized Moses
dates from the beginning Of the present
war. We who saw him in the hour of
his triumph noted his grave. imperturb-
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New Sofia Cathedral Not Completed
Because of Lack of Funds

Because of Lack of Funds
@oFIA, January 11.-That the Balkan
states should be federated on the
~ lines of the German empire is the
ambitious proposal that has just been
made by M. Laptcheff, one of the ex-
ministers of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
From being plain treaty allies. he says.
the four kingdoms should be turned into
federal allies on the analogy of Prussia
and the 25 other German states. And,
of course, King Ferdinand should play
the role of Wilhelm l and blossom forth
into chief of the confederacy, and. there
a fore emperor. That would be a big
A rise. considering that, four years ago,
H Ferdinand was a mere princelet tributary
\ to Abdul the damned and lucky to be
n that.
But Ferdinand laughs at the emperor
4 plan. According to his faithful organ.
| the 'eyecherna Poshta,' he says: Eyes,
| favor a Balkan federation. And natu-
rally my dear Bulgaria as strongest
state would stand on top But to be
| king is enough for me. 1 do not want
| TO corrupt my dear people with Byzan-
| tine Imperialism and Caesarlan poinp.
| ,et me die as have lived. the simple
| King of a simple, unspoied people
\ To such extremes does Ferdinand carry
/ xhe extraordinary meekness he Is display
Nfng at present. About his dwelling place
HE is humility itself Long before he
I|became even king his bilious palted Sofia
palace was too small. 1t was only the
old Turkish konak. somewhat washed
and of the Boulevard Gar Osvoboditei,
where the brand new legations shine. Be-
More war broke out this was started. I'M
|Imediately after the crowning mercy OF
ALule Burgas the Architect M. Yuricm
.lpubnshed a revised plan for making the
Opalace worthy of King Ferdinapds
|changed position as a monarch" The
new plan would have cost an extra $780,
boa vast sum for Bulgaria Within
khree days of the publication of this
blan there was flat contradiction from
h7erdinand's count marshal His mai
esty does not intend to plunge into any
kuch extravaganza; and any change
which has taken place in his position will
Entail no change whatever in his way OF
ife." So of course newspapers published
eulogies of Ferdinand the Just. who
stands, said one, 'besides Cincnnatus
md Washington in serving his country
nanfully and asking no reward
The only thing on which Ferdinand
viu spend money to commemorate the
var is the new Sofia cathedral of st.
laxander Nevsky, which il the work
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Sshopoff wanted Ferdinand to take a
big house in the town near the Austrian
consulate, and advised Ferdinand to
send to Sofia for decorators who would
put the house In order in week. But
Ferdinand insisted on sleeping In pale
blue uncomfortable house on top of the
windy hill. ''The pale blue house will
do" he said. 81 am soldier"
And though Ferdinand is not the least
a soldier this winged word few to Sofia
got printed in the Mir" the Bulgaria.
the Wetcherna Poshta," and the Sam
ouprava'; and did lot for Gear Ferdi-
nands fame. In fact, by being q SOL
died Ferdinand could not have gained
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able face: his almost Uriah Heep- like
humility. But Ferdinand is an extraor-
dinarily clever man who is out after
real greatness. and has no use Tor vain
glory And he knows that the safest
way to consolidate himself as a sort Of
Great Power is not 10 irritate others by
putting on side.
When Ferdinand came on the heels of
his conquering army to Kirk-Kflesseh
he was as meek rs lamb. He came
from Yamboli in an Indifferent motor
car, arrived after dark and did not care
in the least as to where he was to put
up. with him came 8. Schopoff, police
prefect of Sofia. who made great fuss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
A. Won GWINNER
President Deutsche Bank

the Daermstaedter bank bought up
wholesale the important Discount bank
of Breslau.
While the big DIS" thus absorb the
great provincial banks, the enslaved pro-
vincial banks in turn eat up the smaller
provincial banks. Until lately German
local finance was transacted by hundreds
of small very solid, and old-establlshed
private banks. whose chiefs acted as
advisers and investors for the same FAM
lilies for generations. Some time ego
the order went forth from the Berlin
financial czars that these private banks
should be forced into the combine or
extinglished. This order was carried out
The big Ds'' adopted the Rockefellcrlan
method of cutting prices. They began
doing investment work for their clients
without charging commission. The small
banks as they had themselves to pay
brokers on the stock exchange could not
fight this: and large numbers of them
tamely entered the yoke of the great
provincial banks. At the same time,s by
accepting deposits of as little as $25
and paying good interest on them, tho
monopolist banks dealt blow al the
state and municipal savings bank
This movement of concentration goes
on rapidly. When one bank In a large
town surrenders to the combine, the COM
peting local banks usually have also to
surrender. The bank which first gives
way Is allowed a certain amount Of in
dependence and with all the capital and
prestige of the big d" bank behind
it. it can crush competition. As e rule
the two or three slave banks each keeping
it's old name, continue to exist: and the
big D. bank which really owns them
allots to each sphere of work, and
sternly forbds wasteful competition.
Sometimes the local bank is so hope
lessly beaten that it has to give up busi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Just for Fun

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A man entered drug store In hurry
and asked for a dozen two-grain quinineI
pills.
Shall / put them in a box, slr?" the
clerk asked.
"Oh. no. said the man. II am going
to roll them home"
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are one. In all great affairs they come
to agreements not to injured one an
other
A legal fusion is presented by the fact
that the big DIS" and the five other
banks are under the thumb of a handful
of professional financiers, who take enor-
nous sums annually In the shape of fees
and bonuses; and 1t is against the inter-
ests of these bank directors to reduce
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price of issue. With its forelSnowledge Of
what is going to happen the big D.
bank can sell the shares in time and cut
their loss.
As result of these methods there are
practically no big banks in Germany
which are not directly or indirectly un-
der the control of the big Ds." And
the big Ds'' though independent in or
ganization, realize that their interests
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ness and accept in payment shares in the
big d. bank.
A favorite method of the monopolist
bank is to open daughter companies"
The daughter compenies are entirely in
dependent In law of the mother bank;
but the mother bank holds all the
shares. II things go well the big bank
profits: IL they go ILL., 1t cannot lose more
than the value of the shares at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12

ama-Pacinc International exposition will
be a step In advance Of that applied at
former universal expositions. The dorni-
nant note Of the exposition is education-
al, and the achievements and activities
of the world are to be brought together
for examination and study BY Its ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12

N ERLIN, January 11.-(Special.)
N Germany is at the mercy of a
- gigantic bank trust. State.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06

tinctly for a distance of thirty miles.
Then, between thirty miles and forty
four miles, the explosions were abso-
lutely inaudible, only to be heard
again beyond the forty-four mile zone.
The professor is not yet able to de-
termine the cause Of this Zone Of ST.
lence," but he makes the interesting
suggestion that a similar zone at
Liegnitz, in Prussie, where Frederick
the Great defeated the Austrians in
1850, may account for the persistence
with which the Austrian general,
Count Won Daun, declared he never
heard the sound Of cannonading In
spite Of the fact that the roar Of the
Prussian artillery was heard distinct
ly by men farther from the battle
field than was the Austrian command
er Failing to hear the Prussian guns,
Won Daun did not go to the aid Of
Gen. Laudon, whose command might
have been saved by his presence
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06
THE CAUSE OF CONSUMPTION

Defective Ventilation Prime Factor
According to Washington Medical
Society.
The Medical society Of the District of
Columbia declares that lack Of knowl-
edge Of physical science as one Of the
greatest hindrances to the advance Of
our civilization is shown by the man
ner in which householders ventilate
their homes in the south, says Wash
ington letter. To how many does the
word ventilation possess any real
meaning?
A vague notion that window open
ed anyhow and anywhere or ventila-
tor Of which the construction and mode
some mysterious manner ventilate the
apartment, sums up the average per-
sons ideas on the subject, whereas, the
procedure involved in changing the air
of an apartment depends upon laws for
ignorance of which there is no excuse,
on account Of their simplicity.
This is the problem: To remove from
an apartment the gases which come
from its inhabitants and from the flame
Of active combustion Of gas, candles
and kerosene lamps.
Though we cannot see the products,
a simple experiment shows their beha-
vior. Obtain a toy balloon; fill it with
air from the flame of a candle or from
the lungs by blowing into it. 1t will as
cend to the roof After a period 1t will
descend. Why is this? It's contents are
the same. Because the air from the
lungs or candle is lighter than the air
less dense, that Is, less heavy. Gases,
when lighter than those surrounding
them, ascend just as cork will ascend
when placed in water. The balloon
falls again, because its contained gases
are when cooled to the temperature of
the room, heavier than those Of the at
mosphere. 1t contains carbon dioxide.
This gas from the burning candle and
the breathing animal is the substance
which we wish to Danish from the
houses by ventilation. IL Is OBVIOUS tnat
it should be removed before it has an
opportunity to cool and mix with the
pure air. Therefore it should be re-
moved Immediately it ascends by an
opening at the top Of the apartment.
Upon this principle the laws Of ventila-
tion depend.
Defective ventilation is the chief
cause of consumption. The consump-
tive death rate is much greater in
southern cities than those in the north.
This appears a paradox; because
southerners may live with open win
dows all the year around. But it is ex-
ceedingly rare to find the window open
ed save at the bottom. A breeze passes
from the opening, cooling the inmates
bodies, but a constant stream Of pol
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06
TO STEADY AERoPLANEs
Lucien Memminser Makes Report
From Paris.


OF interest to South Carolinians is
the report by Lucien Memminger, vice
consul general at Paris, France, and
brother of Hon. r. w. Memminger, on
automatic means for steadying aero
planes He says that at a banquet CIV
en- to Raymond Poincare, the new pres
ident of the French republic, Mr.. Quin-
ton, president of the French National
Aerial league, made the following an
nouncement:
AN automatic means for steadying
aeroplanes can be considered as discov-
cred. The apparatus Is that of Mr.. Mo-
reau, who has flown with a passenger
for thirty-five minutes, controlling his
apparatus with only the levers for ris-
ing and descending. On that day the
wind attained 7 meters (23 feet) per
second.
1.-The principle of the device is that
of pendulum. The machine Is a mon
oplane in type The engine, gasoline
tank and wings form a compact mass,
while the seats for pilot and passenger,
hanging beneath, act as pendulum.
The mechanism Of the monoplane is
quite simple. If the machine leans to
the right, the weight of the pilot warps
the left wing so as to maintain equil-
ibrium. When the machine pitches, the
seats, hung swingwise, act upon the
tail and adjust the aeroplane. When
the oscillations become too great, owing
to eddies or "air holes" there is a
means by which the pendulum may be
stopped"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06

Getting Up Early.-"I reckon" said
the first farmer, that get up earlier
than anybody in the neighborhood, l
am always up before o'cloc- in the
morning"
The second farmer said he was al
ways up before then and had part OF
the chores done. The first farmer
thought he was liar and decided to
find out. A few mornings after, he got
up at o'clock and went to the neigh
boris house. He raped on the back
door and the woman Of the house open
ed it.
where Is your husband?" asked the
farmer expecting to find his neighoor
in bed.
HE was around here early In the
morning" answered the wife, but l
don't know where he Is now"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06

Sorrow Misunderstood.-Apropos OF
the numerous malefactors Of influence
whose prison terms are either annulled
or cut down to nearly nothing, Mayor
Brand Whitlock of Toledo said the 9TH
er day:
rs 1t a good thing for the public 10
let these men out so soon? Does the
public want them out?
81 was sympathizing one afternoon
with a poor woman whose husband had
lust been sent to Jail She was weep
ing bitterly, and said to her:
Now, now, don't take it so hard!
Two years is long sentence, 1 know;
but he may not have to serve 1t all.
Convicts who behave themselves often
get out months before their appointed
time
THAT'S just it, the woman soboed.
Joe can be an angel when he likes!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06

Mutual Understanding.-Mr. and
Mrs. Justbinwed occupied the same
armchair.
Darling" suddenly whispe. d ne
into her little pink ear, Il shall never
be really happy until I've told you
something"
His little wife's heart fiuttered Wild
ly as she cooed:
Then, tell me, love-"
You remember the reason you mar
ried me, don't your" resumed her remi-
niscent hubby. You gave yourself to
me in gratitude for my having saved
your life from drowning-isn't that
so?"
Yes, sweetheart" Little Mrs. Us
voice was sweetly tremulous.
well, dearest" her better half con-
tinued, with set face and tragic calm'
81 deceived you. The water was but
waist deep"
A deathly silence, broken only by the
deep breathing of a self-confessed cul-
prit.
Then out Of nowhere came a meek
small voice, which said:
Don't worry, dear; 1 know, because
Pd had my foot on the sand all the
time!"-Detroit News Tribune.