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    TITE OMAITA . DAILY HEE: BTTNDAT, OCTOBET. 11, 1903.
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9Per Cent. Extra 9 Per Cent
On Oct. Int. 1902, we paid all our Inventors
a quarterly dividend of per rent on all
mniw-ys Invested with us. In adldtlon to
the- regular I par cent wi;eKly dividend,
which la forwarded to all Investors on
Wednesdny of each week. Thla extra quar
terly dividend hus varied In amount, ac
cording to the results at Wined by ua In
our tnterprlses, but It has always been
substantial, and we never passed a quarter
Without the payment of on extra dividend.
For verification of these statements wa
csn refer you to muny prominent and sat
isfied Investors all over the country who
have given us permission to use their
names as references, which Is enclosed
with our propped us.
QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS
PAID.
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
JILY 18T. 1902 714 per cent
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
OCTOBER 1ST. 1114 Per cent
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
JANUARY 18T, 1S"3 33. per cent
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
APRIL 1ST, Ii3 H per cent
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
JULY 1ST, 1903 8'A per cent
FOR THE QUARTER (NOW
ENDED), OCT. 1ST, 1W3....3 percent
We have never contented ourselves with
paying the regular 3 per cent weekly divi
dend, but have always striven for better
results. Our aim Is to pay our Investors
the full earning on the money Invested by
them, as the above statement will show,
and our enterprise Is such a wonderful and
growing success that we are confident the
next quarterly dividend, payable January
1st. 1904, will reach much higher. than the
present dividend Just paid.
Full particulars and beautifully Illustrated
book mailed free upon application.
THE C. K. RAND COMPANY,
U BROADWAY. NEW V0JJJ'
PATENTS
GUARANTEED
iT!TVTn REH1TRED OR FEB RETURN
ED. Send model or aketch for FREE
opinion aa to patentability. Bend for Il
lustrated GUIDE liuoK and list of In
ventions wanted, finest publications Issued
for free distribution. Contains valuable
Information reg irdlng patents, trade
marks and copyrights; how to obtain and
sell them; 100 mechanical movements, etc
Patents 'secrued by ua advertised free in
the PATENT R EC ROD. SAMPLE
COPIES FREE. "Address,
EVAN8, WILKIN8 ft CO..
Registered Attorneys, 603. F St., Washing
ton, D. C. . Y
PROVEN BY TJ. 8. MINT RECEIPTS that
this company produced over $0,0ty) gold
bullion from one year's development work
on one claim. It paid over IJI.000 In
dividends last year. The Nevada Key
atone Mining Co. owns seven additional
claims anil It Is for the purpose of push
ing development work on these that a
limited amount of stock Is offered for aa?o.
Such development work as has been done
on the seven claims has demonslratetl
that they are richer than the developed
claim, the "Keystone," which g.ve the
name to the whole group. Ten per cent
per annum In dividends on your Invest
ment Is certain because of the earning
power of the developed mine, with u
' magnificent opportunity of Increnslng the
value of your holdings by the develop
ment of the seven additional claims. The
company courts the closest Investigation
of both large nd small capital. Dun and
Bradstreet mercantile agencies have In
telligent reports on the company. High
est bank references. We recommend thl
as a rare opportunity for a ssfe and re
munerative investment Write at once
for booklet containing facsimiles of V. 8.
- mint receipts and "what others have to
say." Laclede Investment Company. St.
Louis, Mo. T
A REGULAR INCOME
GUARANTEED.
Hundreds of clients endorse our methods
by which we pay regular weekly aivi
denrts of 5 to 7 per cent on Investments
of 3J5 and UDwards. Positively no specu
lation, but a safe and sound business prop
osition. Your money returned on de
mand. Our company rated at $100,000.
Unquestionable references. Write for free
booklet. John R. Pearson Co., Shot
well Bldg.. 66th St. and Washington Ave.,
Chicago, in. x w ui
GROW OINSENG Fortunes In little gar
dens', plant this fall; seed and rooti 15
and tin: ginseng book and magaxtne 4c.
Oxark Ginseng Co., joplln, mo. .
t-608 1lx
TO 16 PER CENT a week Is being made
regularly by customers on special Invest
ments handled by us. "Small, quick re
turns" our motto. Write Immediately
lor particulars. Laclede Grain Co.. (In
corp.), Bt. Louis, Mol Y-663 llx
CASH for your real estate or business no
matter where located. If you desire a
quirk sale, send us description and price.
Northwestern Ruslness Agency. Rank of
Commerce Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn.
Y
it i. , h. .V i.' wne?fc. Lnrfir
where It is or what It Is worth; send de-
ar.Hr.llnn atata nrira ant learn knar
srrlptlon. state price end lesrn bow.
Office and special representative In S3
cities. W. M. OHTRANDER. Home
Office 148 N. A. 'Bldg., Philadelphia.
Y
INVEST some money In Ginseng farms;
comlnr great Industry, where your money
will double; absolutely safe; book and
special Inducements on application. Ad
dress Ginseng Farms, Box A, Rose Hill,
N. Y. Y-
EEND for free book. Facts and Figures,
explaining option trading, $'0.00 margins.
1.000 bu. wheat. 2 cents. Osborn Grain
Co., 17 Chamber of Commerce, Minne
apolis, members Chamber of Commerce.
Y-681 llx
OUR METHOD of handling Investments In
stocks and bonds Is the best devised for
securing Investors rapidly itnd for large
amounts. Particulars on application. Cen
tral States Underwriting end Guarantee
Corporation. 13ut Tribune Bldg CMoego.
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GINSENG seed planted now will sprout
next spring. Directions free with rder.
$ per oi. of 650 seeds: ISO per h. P. A.
Kenning. Minnesota Ginseng Gdens,
Aspelund. Minn. Y llx
A RARE OPPORTUNITY.
To anyone having Idle funds or money out
at a low rate of lntret I offer aafe.
conservative Investment, where the re
turns are sure to be amnle and yet your
principal Is preserved Intact. If you are
Interested write to me for full particulars
Geo. W. Orlbhen Vholeil Coal, SOS
Richards Viae. Lincoln, Net.
T-4 11
FOR BALE Cheap, a general merchandise
business In mm or the most nourishing
towns of routheaatern Nebraska: turns
over from $i,ono to $.'12,000 worth of goods
a year: good reason for se Una and must
be sola at once. Ada rest a m. nee.
T MoT Ux
FOR EXCHANGE.
17,600 FARM near 1-ake Okobojl. Ia.. for
house and lot In Omaha. F. D. Weud,
U24 Douglas st. Z 636 il
LOST.
LOST. Wednesday morning, small geld
watch, monogram J. H. K. Return to 1SU
Caultul ave. nun rccvlv $iu reward.
Lost-441
LOST. Thursday. Oct. (, watch locket with
.2 pictures lu 1U Return to L!4 8. l:h. Re
ward. Loat 4U lux
LOST, rubber tire on 24th St.. between
Farnam and Leaveuwoith; reward to
Under upon return to 1414 Farnmn st.
Lost M472 llx
LOST -Thursday evening In Omuha on
Douglas st. titwt'. n l.'th and 11th sis
while boarding v'ouncll HIjrTu car. -u lou,
sable fox boa; fiiuluc will receive reward
by leaving same at Omihu Ilea office ur
twl 6th ave.. Council liluila.
Loat
LOST, dog, brown end white color; on col.
lar is the name "B.e.on " l'.eturn to M.
B. Vpdlke, B. Hliig. Luat-M4T0 11
LOST Near Li.ke St. school, a misses'
beaver scarf. I'itase reiuni to 5.W liee
building. Lost US 11
"LOST From t'nion Block yards, brown
boras with one of following brands: U
or 8 left law: 8 Co left vhoulder; T on
left Jaw- H on Iftt sliouldt-r: 8 on left
thigh. $0 reward for Information leadlrg
to recovery of name. I'mon Slock Yards
Co.. South Omaha. lxial-iSi 11
LOST $150 In $5. $'0 and $"0 bills. Saturday
noon, ua lTtb, teiween Furnaui and Cupl
tul Ave. Return to 1313 Howard and re
ceive liberal reward. Loat MSO 13x
PATENTS.
U i. COWQILL No fee unUsa sjcce.-efui.
31$ 8. lath ttu. Omaha, T.t. 17M. -sal
PATENTS Sues A Co., Omaha Neb.
luatrated patent book. tree. TeL 14-t
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W. FARNAW SMITH
& CO.
Manage Estates and Other Properties
Act as
RECEIVER, EXECUTOR,
GUARDIAN AND TRUSTEE
for
CORPORATIONS, FIRMS.
INDIVIDUALS.
and fiscal agents of
CORPORATIONS.
1320 Farnam St. Tel. 1064.
MEDICAL.
LIQUOR HABIT cured In three days. Pay
when cured. No hypodermics. Writ for
circulars. Gallln Institute, 220 S. 14lh.
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BISTERS IN DESPAIR If In need write
me for remedy welch relieved me of
obstinate suppression In five hours. Mrs.
A. Green, 1' Dearborn St., Chicago.
621 11
LADIES! Chichester's English Pennyroyal
Pills are the best. Safe, reliable. Take no
other. Bend 4c. stamps, for particulars.
"Relief for Ladles," In letter by return
mail. Ask your druggist. Chlchestei
Chemical Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
DR. W. HUTCHINSON, specialist of
women and children: M years' practice.
OfTlce, ttu6 Cuming. Residence telephone,
F-2790; office, B-2&3C.
DR. PRIES, German graduate, renowned
for his skill and experience In confine
ments; cures sterility, long standing dis
eases of uterus and ovaries, cures painful,
profuse, retarded or suppressed menstru
ation, from any cause, recent or of long
standing. Ladies who have suffered ror
years, hopeless and dejected, can be cured
without operation or the hospital. If a
personal Interview Is Impossible state your
case fully, Inclose stmp and answer and
advice will promptly be given. Address
R. r. Pries, M. D., 1513 Dodge St., Omaha,
Neb.
LADIES use Madam Dupont's Monthly
.nuimvsi , nr. 1. i ,ru 4 ii 11... uulll i. , . c
Brown Chem. Co.. 121 Western ave., Min
.......I.. ...... rt naln .1 . . A r .1
neapolis, Minn. 66 llx
MUSICAL
THOS. J. KELLY, voice.
Davldge Block.
369
E. D. KECK, Voice Teacher, Davldge bldg.
-168 Novlx
LETOVSKY'S ORCHESTRA. Tel.
L-KS4.
oa
ZERKOWSKY. violin.
R. 10, Wlthnell blk.
M 401 N6
BARGAINS IN PIANOS.
Bend for our 12-page bargain list of pianos
returned from rental, taken in exchange
and of styles recently dropped from cata
logs; splendid pianos of all leading makes,
at much less than usual prices; we ship
pianos everywhere: monthly payments;
freight Is only about $6.00; strongest guar
antee; write for list. Lyon dt Healy, 67
Adams at., Chicago. boo llx
1IORTHASD AND TYPEWRITING.
A. C. VAN S ANT'S chool. 717 N.
Y. Life.
SS4
NFB. Business & Shorthand College. Boyd's
Theater. as
PAWNBROKERS.
EAGLE Loan Office. Reliable, accommodat
ing; all business confidential. 13ol Douglas.
STAMMBR1NU AXD STUTTERING.
CURED.
Julia Vaughn, 430 Ramge Bldg.
SAKITORIUM.
OMAHA Florence Sanltorlum. 'Phone Red
2824; 1 blk. w. of car line. City 'phone,
M 820 26
TICKET BROKERS.
CUT RATE railroad tickets everybody.
P. H. Phllbln, 1505 Farnam. "Phone 74.
Ml
CITY OFFICIAL NOTICES.
PROPOSAL8 FOR PAVING.
Sealed proposals for paving that part of
Military avenue tying oetween ine wesi
city limits and the end of the present pav
i ... raralvert hv the Hoard of Pari
I Will be received DV ine xfoara OI ran
ark
Commissioners at 2 o'c'ork D. m. on Friday.
October 16, 1303, in accordance with plana
and specification on tile at the office of
snld Park Hoard. .
The quantities Include, approximately,
bout 2,500 yards of pavement.
2 S0O lineal feet of curing, and
ano cubic yards of eirth excavation.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids or parts or dius.
Dated Oct. in, ism
MARY. C, PEAK, Secretary,
O-4-10-12-U-14-15.
IA1LROAD TIME CABD.
UKIUN STATION lOTH ASH MAHCI.
Itlta.ls Ceatral,
I yea vs.
Arrtve.
Chlcaro ExDress.
.a 7:3a am
a 6:10 pra
rhifflirn M mnaanollH Sc
8t. Paul Limited a coupm a s:w am
Minneapolis Bt Paul
Expresa b 7:36 am
Chicago Local 10.35 am
Chicago Express
blO J6 pm
al0:J5 am
t'hlcasTO Great Western Ry
. Co.
104 Ft. Dodge Express. .b 6:20 am
102 Ft. Uodge Kxpress..a 2:45 pin
7 Kt. Dodge Ki press..
all:!5 am
b :10 pro
103 Ft. Dodge Express..
Chicago A; Northwesters.
The North western Line.
Fast Chicago
....a 3:40 am a t:uo am
....a 8 00 pm a$:Jam
....a 5:10 am a I pm
....a 7:bU am a t ab pin
l;iu im all lu pm
Mall
Local Sioux City...
Daylight St. Paul..
Daylight Chicago...
Limited Chicago
Local Carroll
Fast Chicago
Fast Bt Paul
Fast Mall
Local fcoux City
a S ib pm a :ib am
.a 4:00 pm a 160 am
..a 6:50 pm a 3.4) pm
.a 8:10 pm a 8:15 am
a 2:40 pm
,.b 4:00 pm b 9:6) am
INorroia A tsoneeieei..
7:.s am im n am
Lincoln Long Pine... .b 7:26 am blO.36 am
Chicago, Hock Island at PaclBo.
EAST. .
Chlcsao Dsvllrht L't'd.a 3:56 am a 2:50 am
Chicago Daylight Local. a 7 :0U am a 36 pra
Chkaau Kxprrsa. uii usin a Jo pm
Des Moines Express. .. .a 4 :30 pm bll.-.O am
Chicago Fust Express, .a 6.35 pm a 1:26 pm
WEST.
Rocky Mountain L t d.. a 7:30 am a 7:36 am
Lincoln. Colo. Springs.
Denver. Pueblo and
West
a i:su pm a d:uv pm
and
... a 6:40 pra all 40 pm
Coin., Texas. Cal.
Oklahoma Flyer..
Vaion PaclAr.
Overland Limited...
The Fast Mall
California Express.
Pad rto Express
K.isiorn Express....
a :4o am a M pm
a 1:5 pm
.a :ju pm
.all:30 Dm
a s:su pm
a' 7 .30 am
The Atlantic Express.
Tbe Colorado Special. ..a 7:1 am a 3:40 am
Chicago Special a 3:40 am
Lincoln. Beatrice t
Stromsburg Express . b 4:00 pm bli 50 pm
North PlHtte Local a 1:00 am a 6:16 pm
Grand Island Iosl b 5:30 pm b IS am
Chicago. Milwaukee at St. Paal.
I Chicago Daylight..
.a 7:45 am all:15 pm
Clih-sgo Fast Express, .a 6:46 pm a 3:40 pm
Chicago LlmlUd a 8:06 pm a 7:50 am
les Moines Express.... a 7:45 am a 3:40 pm
Wahaah.
St. Iula "Cannon Ball"
Express a 6:55 pm a s:3 am
Et. l.oul Local. Coun
cil Bluffs a am aiv:iu pm
liasoart PsvelSe.
Bt. Louis Express a 10 00 am a (:25 pm
K. C. fc St. L. Ex alu.50 pm a :15 am
WRBSTKR DEPOT 1STH at WEBSTER
thleag. St. Ymmt, MUaeagUlts
Oaanha.
Twin City Passenger... a :! am a $10 pm
Sioux City Puaaeiiger..a l:H pm all:70am
Oakland Local b 6:45 pm b 8.46 am
thtcage at Northwesters, Nebraska
aa Wyeaalag Dlvtaloa.
Leave. Arrive.
Black Hills. Dea'dwood.
Lead. Hut Springs. .. .a 3:00 pm a 6:00 pm
Wyoming. Casper and
Dousias ....d 1:00 pm . I M pm
Hssimgs. York. David
City. Superior. Geneva, .
firi.r snd &ewai4 ..b $00 pa b l.-CS pm
URBAN JAYS COLD BRICKED
Howths Smart Oitjr Man WhoXnowi a
Good Thing is Beadily Taken In.
QUAKER CITY SUCKERS AS A TYPE
Drop Go4 Meaey Jtmoaitlng ta Mil
lions la Yarleas Speculative
Babbles Booms that Did
Hot Fsa Oat.
Shallow caricaturists' and corn I o prints
diligently convey the Impression that the
country man Is the only one of the tribe
who will lump at a "gold brick." Bo com
mon la this Impression that the unthinking
regard the city man as altogether too sharp
and smooth to be taken In by any shaky
proposition. In the Interest of truth, af
firmed by daily experience, the Impression
should be reversed and the country man
given credit for at least biting a silver
piece to determine lt genuineness.
The average city man with means at
hand la ever looking for a good thing. What
Is more, he thinks he knows a good thins;
when he sees It. Of this class there are
uncounted thousands in Philadelphia, which
Is cited as a type of the average city man
throughout the country. The gold birk
tribe of the Quaker city have been brought
Into special prominence by reason of their
Investments In the 8oo bubble. It Is but a
small part of 1509,000,000 lost in various
speculative bubbles within four years. The
else and character of the "gold bricks"
handed the Phlladelphlons are detailed by
the Public Ledger as follows:
Looking back over the developments
which have occurred in the financial dis
trict within the last four years, one won
ders where the money comes from to trans
act tbe ordinary business of the city, so
"enormous have been the shrinkages which
have fallen upon the community. To place
their aggregate at $400,000,000 to $500,000,000
would be no exaggeration. Fully a half of
this sum can be accounted for. and that.
too, without going outside of what la known
as "the local securities." The Consolidated
Lake Superior collapse will alone account
for $48,816,687. The bursting of the Asphalt
bubble carried with It $31,803,0(2 more. Over
$25,000,000 disappeared In the break of tbe
Electric Storage Battery stocks, the com
mon from 194 to 60, the preferred from 193
to 62. The decline In Philadelphia Company
cost the community another $11,000,000, and
more than $8,000,000 has disappeared in the
break in Philadelphia Electric. To these
figures must be added many millions more
In the "little" steel stocks. In the Indus
trials other than steels, and, finally, some
more millions In certain traction stocks.
Not Proud Record.
It is a record of which this city cannot
be proud, and yet the ruin It has wrought
Is not apparent In the business comunlty.
There have been few failures as a result of
the speculative erase which swept over the
city and spread with ever-increasing rap
idity to towns and cities within a radius of
200 miles of Philadelphia. No large com
mercial house has been forced to the wall
because of this speculation. Not a single
banking Institution In the city has been
forced to close Its doors.
The "boom" year in Philadelphia was
1899. But the promoting period began a
year before late in 1898. The stocks which
were amongst the earliest to be floated
were the electrio transportation Issues.
Hardly a week passed without bringing to
the front some concern that was Identified
with this new Industry. One week
It was the Electrio Vehicle com
pany, then the Pennsylvania Elec
trical Vehicle company. These were
followed by the New York, the New Eng
land and the Illinois Electric Vehicle
Transportation companies concerns tht
were to displace the horse for this new
method of transportation. They wore more
successful stock marketwise than com
merclally. The public took the bait read
ny, icr it naa been onerea to them In a
most tempting manner $5 down, the bal
ance In installments. -if you didn't succeed
In unloading at a handsome profit In the
meantime. Philadelphia took the bait
and hook. It bought everything that had
the label "electric vehicle transportation"
attached to It.
Electric Vehicle wns at one time In such
urgent demand that the common was lifted
to 160, the preferred to 133. It Is almost a
ahame to give the present quotations, but
the oommon Is worth about 4 and the pre
ferred C
The Steel Stock Craae. '
The next wave of promoting ideas which
came along 'was the steel stocks. New
York already had the fever; so had Pitts
burg, and PMIadelphla did not want to be
behind In the procession. Result: Ameri
can Iron and Bteel company, Bethlehem
Steel company. Cuban Steel Ore company.
Danville Bessemer, Diamond State Steel
company. New Haven Iron and Steel com
pany. Schuylkill Haven Iron and Steel com
pany, Susquehanna Iron and Steel com
pany. Tidewater Steel company and War
wick Iron and Bteel company. This Is
not the order in which they were floated,
but It is the list that was offered to the
public. To make them attractive their
par value was limited to $5 or $10 per share.
The present status of these companies
may easily be summed up. The American
Iron and 8teel company Is in operation, but
paying dividends on Its preferred stock
only. The Bethlehem Steel company Is
still being successfully operated, notwith
standing the troubles of the American
Shipbuilding company, to which it Is
leased. Nothing Is heard any more of the
Cuban Steel Ore company and the Dan
ville Bessemer company has passed out of
existence. The Diamond State Steel com
pany is In operation, but Its stockholders
are receiving no returns upon their Invest
ment .
The Olbha Groap.
In the meantime, while the electric vehi
cle ar.d steel stocks were being floated,
printing presses were kept busy manufac
turing other kinds of securities. The Globs
group was the most extenxlve, as well as
the most popular. There was a scramble
among the get-rlch-qulckera to get In on
the "ground floor" that Is, become mem
bers of the underwriting syndicates. Those
l.ilLROAD TIME CARD.
Mtaaoart PaclSe.
Nebraska Ixcal. Via
Weeping Water b 4:10 pm al0:36 am
BIRL1XGTON STATION lOTH at MASON
Chicago, rllastoa at Qalaejr.
Leave. Arrive.
Chicago Special a 7:00 am a 8:55 pm
Chicago Vestlbuled ex. .a 4:00 pm a 7:45 am
Chicugo Local. a 3. It am all :00 pm
Chicago Limited a 8 06 pm a 7:46 pm
Fust Mall a 2:40 pm
Kaasaa City. St. Joseph at Coaoell
llleffa.
Kansas City Day Ex a (.15 am a 6:05 pm
St. lxul Fiver a .Jb pm all 06 am
Kansas City Night Ex..al0.45 pm a .3u am
Rurllagtoo at Mlaaoorl River.
Wymore. Beatrice and
ljncolo a 1:50 am bl2:05 pm
Nebraaka Express a 8:50 um a 7:46 pm
Denver Limited a 4.10 pm a :ij am
Black Hills and Puget
Sound Express all:10 pra a 3:10 pm
Colorado Veatlbuled
Flyer a 3 10 cm
Lincoln Fast Mall b 2:51 pm a t ut am
Fort Crook and Platts
mouth b 3:15 Dm blO H am
Believue A Pad Mo Jet.. a 7 60 pin a t.27 aw
Bellevue racino jot. .a IM am
a Dally, b Dal y except Sunday. 4 Dally
eaospt baturoay. . uaojy extapi Monday
For
who were successful, and sold out early In
the game, made money; those who held on
still have their securities or sold out at a
loss. American Alkali is still alive, but
breathing hard. Marsden, among the first
of this group to be floated, is struggling
along, only a partial commercial success.
International smokeless powder is a going
concern, earning largely, and paying divi
dends to its preferred stockholders. Elec
tric Storage Battery had to undergo par
tial reorganization, and when control
passed to the Ryan-Whltney-Wldener-Elkins
Interests It became a highly success
ful concern and Is today earning as much
on Its capital as probably any Industrial
concern In the country of similar slae.
The Cotton Oil and Fibre company came
out In 19, but the Stock exchange records
show only a single sale each of Its com
mon and preferred stocks. The Eastern
Milling and Export company, organized in
1901, Is now In receiver's hands. Its stocks
were never dealt In and the bonds only
quoted twice at the exchange. The Key
stone Watch Case company is also a prod
uct of 1899. but it Is a successful concern,
and the last pilots of its stocks are higher
now than when first they sold. The Lehigh
Valley Traction company, organised In the
same year. Is In the hands of receivers,
while Keystone Telephone's securities have
only recently been listed on the Stock ex
change, no o.uotation having yet been made
for the preferred stock. The Pottsville
Union Traction company, an 1899 concern,
Is In operation, but not making much more
than expenses, according to last year's re
port. The Consumers' Brewing has passed
through a receivership and reorganization.
The olllclal lists of the Stock exchunge
showthat in 1899 close to half a hundred
companies were floated In Philadelphia. Of
the total It has been poslble to obtain
rnll&hle Information of thirty-five, and
i twentv-eleht of these became more or less
prominent In stock exchange circles. The
speculation of that year (ws carnea
prices to very high figures, while the sub
sequent collapse entailed losses aggrega
ting no less than $74.834,03.. Enormous as
this shrinkage Is, It Is not as large as that
of sixteen companies organised prior to
1S99, and only slightly more than the
shrinkage In the value of the stocks of the
ninH romuunies floated here since the
boom" year. The combined shrinkage
may be briefly summarised as follows:
Shrinkage.
K f'm nrrxnllMl durllK 1H99 X KO.8J7.4J7
28 Cos. orgaWed during Its! 74.824,039
u Cos. orzanizea since ikr .-41,000
Total $ri,9-J3.31
Pennsylvania and HrailtusT.
The fifty-three stocks referred to above
do not include such Issues as Reading.
Pennsylvania, United Gas Improvement
and other stocks that have been leaders
In the lucal market for years past. As a
matter of fact, Philadelphia was fortunate
In both Reading and Philadelphia, es
pecially the former, having taken advan
tage of the "boom" in New York to liqui
date nearly all of their holdings of both
stocks at much higher prices than are now
quoted for either of them. Well Informed
brokers assert that there Is less Reading
and Pennsylvania held In Philadelphia to
day than for many years past.
Owing to the several stock allotments
which the United Gas Improvement com
pany has made lately, it Is almost Impos
sible to figure out a fair shrinkage in the
value of the stock. In U&9, however, the
amount of stock Issued was $14,981,250. In
that year the price advanced to 176, Its
highest on record. Last week It sold aa
low as 784, an apparent shrinkage of
$a,913.812, less the value of tho "rights"
to new stock Issues.' The present capital,
on the other hand. Is over $6,000,000. and
there has been a big break In the prloe
since the last stock allotment was nude.
Philadelphia's misfortunes do not end
with the shrinkage In the purely "local"
Issues. If it were possible to compile a
list of holdings other than local stocks,
and then figure out the shrinkage In them.
It is quite likely the totel shrinkage given
above $224. 923.319 would be duplicates
The local loasea In United States Bteel and
International Mercantile Marine have been
large. They were as large in cmcago street
railway stocks, like North and West Chi
cago and Chicago Union Traction. They
were heavy In Electric Vehicle and New
York and New England Electric Vehicle
Transportation; In the Metropolitan Bireet
Railway and Metropolitan Securities; in
Brooklyn Rapid Tranalt and Amalgamated
Copper, while millions mora were sunk in
mining companies.
SOME FRUITS OF ThTtROPICS
gtraago Prodaets of rill Islaad that
Poaaeas Marveloos Mealrlaal
Powers.
OMAHA. Oct. 7. To the Editor of The
True Voice: I have read with great Interest,
In the September number of the Illustrated
Catholic Missions, u paper by Father Cue?
net. B. M . of tbe Fiji Islands. Speaking
of tbe vegetable resources of FIJI he tells
of several meat rssnarkabl. fruits, whoee
it.
Hi
Mi
The handy way to broil !
Moore's Steel Range
with Hinged Top.
Sale by Leading Stove Dealers.
merits would doubtless repay investigation.
He says:
"On the subject of 'the papaw (called
oletl in FIJI and esl In Samoa), I will con
fine myseU to1 remarking certain properties
which are worthy of the attention ui our
chemists. It is agreed that this fruit con
tains a very strong ingredient similar to
pepsin. One can be nourished by it alone
tor whole day together without any detri
ment to the human system. Further, If
food the hardest and most indigestible, is
put into water in which a half ripe papaw
has been souked, the improvement pro
duced is surprising; these same meats be
come perfectly tender and easy of diges
tion. Even washing tbe food with the
juice of this fruit will produce the same
same result. All animals delight in the
papaw; horses and milch cows willingly
feed on it; dogs and even cats are fond
of It."
Ho continued: "Another fruit which will
be highly esteemed In the future. Is the
dllo nut (calophyllum lnophyllum). The oil
extracted in tha best remedy known to the
FIJans for sprains and rheumatism. Cap
tain Winkler mentions cases of almost In
stantaneous v cures which have been
wrought by it upon sailors. This wonderful
oil is used for various purposes by the
FIJans. It is principally employed to anoint
their bodies and polUh their arms, it does
not congeal when taken to the coldest
climate; a few drops of it alone poured into
a barrel of oil-of-cocoa are suiticlent to
color it green. Hence the oil of the d.lo nut
becomes a most lucrative article of com
merce. A short time ago the Wesleyaa
ministers in Fiji, having obtained from
their flocks tbe usual contributions, were
not a little pleased to be able to stute that
(c vera I tons of this oil had been added by
some grateful chief. Do you know what
they made of it? Well, the first chemist of
Sydney who heard about It, presented him
self and offered $200 a ton. Even at that
price he realized enormous profit, for the
real price of this oil among connoisseurs
runs up to $450. Here is a vast and secure
field for the Investigations of foreign
chemists. I would also say the same tor
the medicine called 'Tonga,' which the
English houses of commerce already culti
vate for the relief of neuralgia,"
I would like to ask if any of your readers
know anything about these Polynesian
fruits? Have we anything equivolent to
these in this country? Have any of our
chemists ever investigated the vlrtuoa of
these foreign products? Inasmuch as this
missionary priest is not exploiting any com
mercial enterprise, but merely narrating
what he hus seen and heard, he is not
likely to exaggerate the value of those re
mote productions, which could no doubt
be raised in the United States as well as
In t.'e FIJI Islands. It is just in about the
sama way that the properties of quinine
and similar drugs first became known in
civilized countries; and It may very well be
that there Is a bonanza for someone In
these desultory missionary hints and sug
gestions. M. P. D.
TABLE AND KITCHEN
Mean.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Broiled Oysters. Brown Sauce.
Kaked Potatoes.
Cornmcal Griddle Cakes. Coffee.
DINNER,
oyster Cocktail.
Baked Chicken. Glhlet Gravy.
Mashed Potatoes. Stewed Onions.
Apple and Celery Sulad.
Cheese. Wafers.
Peach Pie a la Mode. Coffee.
BUPPER.
Tomato' and Egg Toast.
Sardine tuiad
Sliced Peachea. Cake. Tea.
Reclnes.
Celery a la Tesslnolso Prepare and par
boll eight stalks of celery as directed In
preceding recipe, but substituting quarter
of a pound of fat pork cut Into strips for
the butter and adding a llttlo nutmeg with
other seasonings. Cover with broth and
when tender drain on a cloth, strain the
broth and free It from fat, thicken with
two level tublespoonfuls of flour kneaded
with oair.e proportion of butter. Boil for
tea minutes, then add the beaten yolks of
two eggs and two ounces of gratel
Parmesan or Swiss cheese; mix wejl; ar
range the celery on an oblong, shallow
baking dish, maxk with the sauce, sprinkle
with bread crumbs and grated cheese and
place In a brisk oven and bake for ten
minutes; serve from same dlh very hot.
Celery with Carrot Balls A nice" way to
uso up odds and ends of celery. Cut in
short pieces snd boil In slightly salted
water until tender. Have same amount of
carrots rut into little balls with vegetable
cutter; boll tender in separate saucepan
of salted water. When done drain and
mix with dra'nrd 1-eUry. Add a cup of
hot milk; tnlcken with a level tablespoon
ful of flour and one of butter rubbed to
gether; season to taste with salt, pepper
aad a tiny grating el nutmeg. Let bell
Mow
tows
Mwro
IMC
Just pull the chain and
up goes the whole
Front Top. Then you
can lay Kindling, poke
the fire, broil or toast,
free from the usual
annoyances.
We want to show them
to you.
WsVllUU
There is
an affinity between
the crisp, nutty WHOLE-WHEAT filaments and
preserves, that charms the palate. Shredded
Wheat has all the food value Intended by Mature
for man.
Dr. Chas. A. Barnard, Centerdale, R. I., writes : .
It is the most perfect food yet offered to mankind."
SOLD BY ALL GROCERS
five minutes, then serve. If you have a
spoonful or two of green peas or string
beans left over add there and you have an
attractive vegetable dish.
Frlod Celery. Tomato Sauce Take two
bunches of celery, trim off the outside
green stn!ka, trim roots, shorten the whole
to five-Inch length; cover with slightly
salted water; add a bit of butter and boll
tender; drain on a cloth; rut tbe larger
heads in two or three parts and dip In
either French fritter batter or egg and
fine bread crvmbs and fry a pretty crisp
brown In deep fat; drain dish on a folded
napkin and serve with tomato sauce In a
sauce bowl.
Celery a la Vlllerol Pare, wash and
cook eight or ten roots of celery as di
rected In Celery a la Espagnole; drain
well and when cool cut In half; completely
cover with reduced sauce allemande, then
with bread crumbs, then In beaten egg, and
again In the crumbs. Fry a delicate brown
In deep, very hot fat. Serve on a folded
napkin with cheese as a separate course.
Sauce Allemande Melt tw. ounces of
butter In a s.tucepan, then stir In two
ounces of sifted flour, stir over the fire
without changing color until It bubble,
then dilute with three pints of well
skimmed and strained chicken or veal
broth, stir until It bolls, season with silt,
pepper and a dash of nutmeg and simmer
down for half an hour; finish by adding
the yolks of four eggs, four ounces of
butter, a little lemon Juice snd cook, with
out allowing to boll, for a few minutes
until the egg- are set. To use this for
masking the celery reduce It down until
quite a thick pasta before tbe eggs and
lemon Juice are added, omit the extra
amount of butter and let get cold before
using.
Celery Sauce for Boiled Chicken Take
half a cup of celery; cut Into small pieces;
boll tender In a little salted water; add the
celery to a cup of white saue.'
FOR FOOT BALL ALARMISTS
Authentic Plaures that Are alcalated
to fool tlie Fevered Paary
of snorts.
I
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r..al
The foot ball alarmist Is rmly to
the long yell," with tlm first report ul .1
sprained ankle, even In the preparatory
sM-mishes. Foot ball Is rough, snd will
never S'inplint ping pot.g and sewing circles
for parlor entertainuw nt. but Its enemies
sre much given to hysterical Imaginings. It
Is. therefore, none too soon to plane on In
spection s few carefully collected facts,
which, pasted it) the hat, are warranted to
cool the fevered fancy which sees In foot
111 a more portentoua rurtailer of popula
tion than the "race suicide" agitation.
At th. end of last season Prof. Edwin G
Dexter of the University of Illinois made
the most thorough ar.d Impartial eoiuxua
Delicious
Dessert
and
of foot ball statistics aver undertaken t
this country. He was anxious to got at the
truth regarding the accidents and dangers
of college foot ball, and his tabulated
queries were answered by the presidents or
other responsible ofllcers of more than sev
enty universities uud colleges. Some of the
results were surprising even to the most
ardent defenders of the game who had been
misled by sensational newspaper exaggera
tions. The reports covered the period of the
last ten years, during which time no less
than 22,776 students had prayed foot ball In
tbe Institutions enumerated. During tlio
decade the number of men Injured suffi
ciently to lose time from their classes was
CM, the permanently injured number only
eight, and only three men were reported as
having died from the effects of the game.
One of these fatalities was due to dis
obedience of the physical director's ord.-rs,
snd another "played a hard game with no
preliminary training. Of a few permanent
Injuries reported four men ultlmat
tely re- J
epresen f
covered. As a sample of the mlsreprese
tatlon which has been directed against foot
ball, out of twenty-three cases of players
Injured last season, who were given news
paper notoriety, and hailed as "vlcttma."
twelve were in no way Incapacitated for
work, and every one was on his feet by the
end of the season.
The statistics on one large accident In
surance company contain noma Interesting
foot ball reading. In five years there
forty-three claims paid for Injuries received
In foot bsIL as compared with nineteen
claims paid for emorary disabilities re
ceived n playing tennis, twenty-five in
golf, thirty-six in skating, fifty-four In
gymnasiums, seventy-one in bowling, nlnetv
In wrestling, ninety-seven in swimming, ?K
In base ball, In horseback riding and
twenty-one hi boxing. About one college
student In ten plays foit ball In this coun
try, and the number Is constantly lv eas
ing. Several years sgo there was s hue snd
cry In England against rowing, as shorten
ing the Uvea of the oarsmen, and causing
many permanent Injuries. Exhaustive In
vestigation showed that from a total of 294
oarsmen, who hud rowed In the Oxford or
Cambridge eights In forty-five years f'i
were still alive, and of these 145 described
themselves ss benefited, 162 uninjured snd of
the ertern who reported Injuries It wai
' 1 1 tv t n't hail aone Into races without
pr !iinlurv In 'nlrir. rl-'iar canvass of
University of Pen-,ylvo"'ii o-rsmen. sln-
1877. shows that nil but two i-a alive ami
In good health, and the two deaths vert
due to typhoid. In no way attributable to
their rowing. The moral of It all Is that
fot ball clarsts with rowing or any othef
nam exercise, in inai proper training 1
m ' .1 u . j ..... " . . . mm inn 1 wiirir..
students are allowed to play hard games
without It. the authorities of the Institu
tion should be held responsible for serine,
Injuries or fatalities. IUustraUd Sporting
V'tM 1
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