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Dunstan Times, Issue 2676, 28 July 1913, Page 7

Paper travelling air cushions are shortly to he sold at the principal stations on the Prussian railways. The bridge of boats over the Rhine at so well known to travellers. is to fall a victim to the prosaic spirit of “progress.” It will be replaced by a steel structure, providing for double tramways, wagon, traffic and foot passengers. The details of construction are not yet settled. A commission was recently sent to Buda-Pest to inspect the great suspension bridge over the Danube, and it may decide on a similar structure for Cologne. Mr Pierpont Morgan never had occasion to consult a doctor' until ho was well over fifty years of age. He then underwent a thorough examination at. the hands of one ot the leading physicians of New A ork. who gave hijn some rather unusual advice. “Abstain from taking any form of exercise,” he said. “Never walk when it is possible for you to ride. You have accustomed yourself to live without exercise, and A is now too late to change your mode* of life.” The advice then given (says a contemporary) was rigorously followed.