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Show j TOOTHPICK LED TO FORTUNE. Seeking One, Man Overheard Tip From John W. Gates. At tho Waldorf tho other night Charles M. Schwab was seated with a party of friends when ho happened for tho moment to havo his attention directed to a toothpick which ho held In his hand, and remarked: "I scarcely ever take a toothpick without being reminded of tho timo when an acquaintance of mine made $30,000, and it was a toothpick that did tho trick. "You see," he continued, "It happened hap-pened In the spring of 1904, when on (the day In question my friend was taking tak-ing luncheon at this hotel, and after ho had finished and paid his check ho directed his steps toward Broadway. He had proceeded scarcely half a block, however, when ho found himself him-self greatly annoyed by a particle of food very firmly wedged between two of his teeth, and, finding himself without with-out a toothpick, ho retraced his steps to the hotel to got one. - "On his way out of the hotel he chanced to pass a table at which were seated John W. Gates and n friend, and just as he reached tho tablo he heard Mr. Gates remark: " 'I feel very positive that you will see Steel (common) selling at 10 beforo be-foro tho end of the summer.' "Now, my friend did not happen to make a regular business of trading In the market, but knowing it was Mr. Gates who made the remark, and also tho great weight his word carried in such matters, ho decided to take advantage ad-vantage of the tip and It did not tako him long to place his order with a broker to sell 1,000 shares of Steel at 42. "Well, you all know what Steel did during tho summer of 1904, going down below nine, but my friend ordered or-dered his trade to be closed around 10, and ho cleaned up a profit of ?30,-000, ?30,-000, which he novor would havo made had it not been for tho llttlo toothpick." tooth-pick." N. Y. Press. |