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finanrial elections.

THE STANDARD GAsLIGHT COMPANY
coRTL&NpTsf., kEw.YoRK, May, II, 1891;
i A MEETING OF the stockholders of the
N standard Gas.Ligh: Company OF the CITY Of New
York held at the office OF the Company IN the City OF New
Votk on Wednesday, the 18Th nst the following named
gentlemen were elected directors for hs ensuing year
W. c. ANDREWS,
j. A. B0SrWICK,
RUSSELL SAGE,
d. II. McALPIN,
JOHN I. TERRY,
H. II. BR0CKWAY.
FRANK TILFORD,
CHAS. DANA,
g. McHEIGE.
And at meeting Of the Board Of Directors held ths
day the following ohcers yO were eiec'eu'
President w. G. ANDREWS.
Vice President, CHAS. DANA ,yr u.rrrcr
Secretary and Treasurer fEhDlNAND 'ochhA"n'.
by ofaer Oh '"' FERDINAND McKEIGE,
Secretary.
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INCORPORATORS.

INCoRPORATORs.
The following are the Of the incorporators:
easlss eaaisis SNSSas,d NSSNosd, IT, % wa p PHsHsy tA''
John No1nan, John J. Mackl(n,
Robert ' D. benedict. Frederic j. NSssns.
5aTiS TsenSu Is Su%lt s@lt saiS asars y rSs%s SSasi
s5sana sbssa kaSvals. @ SSRn Ri'Issl 4s%n.end
Henry W; De FCrests John CIsfin
ssspS %Ssl il H. 6hoD' oIn eSsss eastsys :. T. ssSwaD
fsys19 fswsSd 4ter5 & Jaae. gSytSn sgss E. Gnnf MsfE
Michael j, Sa;ssie. ShaEIss !. barney.
eoFs' Seass Hea3y HSG%a' HenTS r. kansa1 IT,
DAVID THsS'YS Mcciufq i rs'An'" S Edgar i LoeEwood
SSssss sSSs T. p w5ssss Ess;sn Gee q e. aSRs,:on SSG
Subscriptions for stock will be received in the follow.
ing manner:
Ten per cent on presentation ofnppIication.
Forty per cent. allotment.
Fifty cent the 18th day Of June, or subject to
the order of the Committee.
Subscription books will be open Tuesday May 18th,
at ten m., and closed Wednesday, May 20th at
twelve noon subject to the order Of the committee.
Prospectuses and Forms of Application may obtained
the Offices of the following Institutions, where subscrp
tlons are received
The Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York.
The Central Trust Company of New-York
The Manhattan Company ofNew-York
The Farmers Loan and Trust Company ofNew- York.
The Real -Estate Loan and Trust Company ofNew-
York
Subscriptions Will also be received at the following
Institutions:
The Industrial Trust Company Providence, II. L.
Messrs. sheldon Il Bnney. Providence, X. l.
Tho Rochester Trust and safe Deposit Company OF
Rochester, n. Y.
The New. York State National Bank, Albany, N. \.
The German Savings institution, ~. Louis, No.
The Buffalo Commercial Bank, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Old Colony Trust Company. Boston. Mass
Messrs. Gray, Dewey g. Co., Boston, Mass,
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Advance applications can be made
to any Of the bankers prior to the
formal opening Of the books.
STATEMENT OF THE VENDORS,

The business Of John B. Setson Co. was estaolisned
in 1865 The firm manufactures the highest grade Of
soft and stin felt hats, made entirely from fur.
Through the excellence Of the goods manufactured the
business has steadily grown showing an increasing profit
each year.
The firm now employs over one thousand persons In
it's extensive works The felt hats' known
sold by all the trade throughout this country and
Europe especially the Western States and Territories
I'm Mexico and Central and South America, where
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CLOSING PRICES OF BOSTON STOCKS.
Boston, May IL, 1891
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DROpOSAL FOR BONDS.

l. OFFICE OF. CITY CLERK, MIssouLA. Mon
ana April "a 1s01-Slxtyhye thousand 1895 000) dollars
Mlssoua City sewer bonds WIN BE offered sale public
Missoaa, on saturday, May so' 1891 at O'Clock p NJ
% per cent per interest payable :smi-
thousand l0oo dollars each and 70 be sold az not less
from date Of issue and payable IN ten Q0 years from date
at the option Of the City Council
Also at the same time and place and h n same @ manner
the further Of twenty-five thousand 1926 000 dollars
bridge bonds win be sold The same to bear interest At
SAID bends to be issued in the deRonina
at not less than par Bonds 70 become due IN twenty 20
from date, at the option Of the City Council
the annual city election held Agl 49, 1891 and carried
The pOPglssOa q IN MiSSSa 66 about The assessed
II mills Present levy e mills The bonded indsbs-
FLOATING Indebtedness March 81 1891 s12 315 25 Total
Indebtedness s1S,3l5 20 The present net debt Is SIG
097 4s.
certified check PAYABLE to order OF the City Treasurer
to the amount OF e. 600 will be required deposited with
the City Treasurer by the successful bidder
Of good faith TO be forfeited TO the City should he
fail 70 take the bonds.
The right reject any and all bids reserved Address
II. S. H0BLITZELL. City CLERK,
NJ MfsaouIa mt
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financial Meetings.
sPANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY,

SDANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY,
NEw.YORK, May H. 1874
At meeting held this day the president announced 10
the death Of David A. de Lima, one OF the
directors q the Panama Railroad Compa9y; A., ,a..
following resolution offered BY Mr.. Coudert
and seconded by Mr. Chesebrough. and unanimously
adopted .,, -,
Resolved That this Board feel deeply the loss which the
Panama Railroad Company and themselves have sustained
y the unexpected OF their brother director David
A. de Lima esq, who had been an active and efficient
member OF the Board since April 1888 and whose cbarac-
ter the esteem and respect OF his associate dec
tor7. 8, -, .nS
relatives o the deceased this melancholy OCCASION ana
des re 20 add tAls further tribute to his memory
That this resolution be publ In the daily papers,
and that IL engrosssd signed by the directors and be
sent 10 the family OF the deceased
~ y ERNEST l.. OPPENHEIM, Sec'y
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silver 81. g7. 97s 971. Y7s s7.s $4,000
SALES AT THE CONSOLIDATED STOCK AND Pc
TR0LEUM EXCHANGE.
STOCKS.
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PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
MILLS BUILDING, 80 WALL-sT.,

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
MILLS BUILDING, 35 WALL-sT.,
NEW-YoRK, May 10, 1891
VyHE FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEET
i ING OF stockholders Of the PACIFIC NAIL STEAM
SHIP COMPANY will be held at the oce OF the pany,
95 Wall-st. ihs Building In the city Of NewYork. on
WEDNESDAY, the 9th day OF May, 1891 between the
hours Of 1o noon and 2cleek NJ for the election OF D
properly come before IT, The transfer books company
vi close at the office q the Union Trust Company
Monday the 18th day OF May, 1891 at o'clock d. m. and
wn reopen Thursday, May 49, 1891 at 10 o'clock
w H. LANE, Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stockholders
i OF the Kniekerbocker Steamboat Company, for the
election OF Board OF Directors for the ensuing year VIII
be held at .he Office Of the Company No ~ Newst New
~ FRANk A. BARNARY Secretary.
New.York, May II. 1891.
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Goparinersbip Notirss.

NJ Office is hereby given that the co-partner
~ shin heretofore existing between the undersisna
der the Arm name OF J. IL. Vail Co. has been ass"~
this day on mutual consent
DA'e" Ne"' ' " j. HENRY VAIL.
FRANK p LENNON
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-10

1ooded with pearls Their value de.
creased very much and the beds were
al but depleted At present they arc
but . remnant of what hey once were,
and from time to time the Mexican gov
ernment is obliged to 1orbid the work.
ing of them for . year two. lest they
be destroyed altogethdG We're it not
for the modern diving &Paratus. which
renders it possible to <$try operations
into deeper water than,'thc naked fish
erman could explore. tHe;industry must
needs have been abaneSned ere this.
The bay Of Mulege, in IL gull, near Los
Coyotes, was . fsmous place for big
pearls in days long agV It was there
that John Evans, abouV1790. gathered
the magnificent ones Of which the cele-
bratcd collar was made for the queen of
Spain. The best year q modern times
was 1851, when, among fpther prizes, q
black pearl was found Weighing twen-
ty-eight carats, which I'd in Paris for
ten thousand dollars a 1854 . lucky
diver came across two sihilar treasures.
weighing thirty-one and forty-five car
rats, which together rought eleven
thousand dollars. In 1853 light brown
pearl was obtained, which weighed six
ty-five carats and sold FOR eight thou
sand dollars In the saane year Pubic
Hidxlgo. q small merchant of La Paz,
bought from an Indian for ten dollars
an oval-shaped pearl. for which he re-
ceived in Paris five thousand. five hum
dred dollars It was Of light sandy
color, of surprising luster, and weighed
thirty-two carats. Pink pearls are the
most valua BILE of alL-N. Y. Sun.
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. second hin. then = long. steep and
winding piece of down grade. Tho
horses must be stopped before this
descent was reached or . smash up was
inevitable. He decided to do his best
to check the horses; if he failed he
would jump out and leave them.
The first thing to do was to swing on
the drivers box. A heavier man might
have failed, but the young stranger
was alert and muscular; he watched
he chance, caught the iron bar at the
end of the seat drew himself out,
poised a second on the window sill, and
leaped upward just as the stagecoach
swung toward him. He found himself
landed. in consequence, upon the
drivers seat, and clinging to the brake
bar. The lines were flying wildly over
the heads of the horses, or tangled
under their feet.
The young man began to put on tho
brakes, not with any haste, but slowly
and carefully. The great curvin1
blocks of oak settled down against the
wheels, but the rapidity of the vehicles
motion was now such that there was
u6uScE VI uc0lluk Tic I1IVS 6uU causing
them to fly from the wheels Again
and again he frightened the brakes, and
released them, steadying the massive
coach as it swung around the sharp
curves of the dusty road, aud reeled
from side to side like a drunken giant
At one moment the young man felt the
coach scrapc against the cloyen pine
roots of the mountain side, and at the
next he felt it eddy along the verge of
the ravine, and lean over the abyss as
if ready to plunge down into the tops
of the oaks on Niger Flat. five hun.
dred feet bslow.
Pretty soon the bottom of the grade
was reached, and the young man put
the brakes down hard. But it was only
a little rise after all. and the horses
were running at the top of their speed
the stage went on, hardly checked by
the doubled obstacles, and began
another descent Again the same tac-
tics followed; the brake was used with
the utmost skill and patience, but an
outsider would have said there was lit
tie gain. The second ascent cams at
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-10
According to Altitude,

How the population of the United
States is distributed according TO alti-
tude is indicated by a census bulletin
just issued Below 500 feet line are tho
people engaged in manufacturing;
foreign commerce, and most of those
engaged in the cultivation of cotton.
rice, and sugar. The prairie states and
the grain producing states of the north
west are located on the interval be-
tween 500 and /, 500 feet East of the
ninety-eighth meridian, 1.5O0 feet
is practically the upper limit Of popu-
lation. The area between 1000 and
5000 feet constitutes almost every.
where the dcbatable ground between
the arid region of the Cordilleran
plateau and the humid region of tho
Mississippi valley. In the altitude Of
5000 feet irrigation is necessary for
agricultural operations The occupa-
tion of the population living above q, 200
feet is mining. The movement of
population is toward the higher alti.
tudes, and Is most marked between
1000 and 5000 feet The greatest
density is on the sea board, and de-
creascs uniformly until the altitude of
1000 feet is reached. At this point it
becomes quite parse.-Chicago Tri.
hune
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00o-DAY DELIGHTS

1oe weather now In tontd:
Our st,cky clothes feel horrid:
me moisture On our forek. cad
Never dries
Mosquitoes, madly biting.
s @eSe sieepless nights exciting,
"ere tired out with fighting
Pesky nies.
Tor work or Tor diversion
We nave . strong sversioa-
70 breathe is aa exertIon
We would shun.
1nouen cooling drinks we're taking
Our thirst is never slaking-
"e're boiling, broiling, baking
In the sun.
Along the streets We tostcr
WIN ians that make US hotter;
We wish We were m otter
Or IN eel;
In waters meath the willows
wed iay on muddy pillows
How cool below the pillows
II must feel
Though gsuzy our attire
All night long We perspire
And dream eternal firo
Is our bed;
WeAd dollars give In number
Eor Just one cooling slumber
Where the crispy. green cucumber
Hides its head
9. won't the weather wizard
Refresh Us with . blizzard
And turn our very gizzard
Into ice.
Where deepest drifts were showing
And coldese waves were blowing
Wed lnger, feebly Growing:
20. how nice"
H C. Dodge, In Goodall's Sun.
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Indian Pearl DiyeYa.

One of the largest pell fishing
grounds in the world is in the gulf Of
California. THE pearls" says q cor
respondent, ''are not generally regular
in shape or very pure in color, but
some are of large size. and many of the
rare black pearls are foynd. The
divers are nearly all Indiana and their
equipment is of the simplest kind. con-
sisting only Of = basket hung around
the neck, in which to collect the
oysters, knife to detsch them from
the rocks and stone with cord At
tsched When the diver go..s down he
takes the cord between his toes, tho
weight of the stone carrying him n
once to the bottom. He gathers oysters
As long as his breath holds out, and
then rises to the surface, 70 descend
again in fifteen minutes Some Of the
divers are wonderfully expert. and can
remain under water for 6, much Is two
minutes before rising to the surface.
The mortality among them is fearful.
tor the gulf Of California is infested
with huge man-eating sharks. which
carry on scores of men every year ~
Chicago Herald
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last, and here, on broken road, full Of
deep ruts which helped to check tho
stage, the young man brought every
thing up standing. A two-mile run it
had been, AMI the horses were still
rearinesand plunging.
The other passenger peered careful
ly out of the window and asked what
| was the matter. He was ordered to
open the door, jump out, and take the
leaders by the head. The young man
''set" the brakes, climbed down and be-
gan to collect the remnants of the lines
and knot them together.
A little later Smoky came running
up in state of despair and exhaus-
tion. His pleasure ut discovering the
coach and horses uninjured took the
form of q series of wild yells and
contOrtions that would have done credit
to Shasta Indian skeleton dance.
lie climbed back on the box, the pas
sengers got in, and the stage started
of at redoubled speed to make up for
lost time.
The story went around among the
stage-drivcrs. There was one young
fellow that must be taken care of. He
was to have the seat with the driver.
no matter who wanted it; he was the
man wot stopped Smoky's turnout on
the Penn Valley Grade" Even to-day
if the hero Of this true tale were to
leave his great mills and business en-.
terprises in San Francisco, ard go to the
wilds of Modoc and Siskiyou beyond
the outposts of the railroad. he would
be almost sure to discover that his
name and fame were known; that the
word would be sent along the line:
''Smoky's passenger is goin' over this
road. and the grumpiest of old stagers
would unbend, and treat chin as an
equal The young man .who eclimbed
out over the wheel and put down the
brakes" on Smoky's stageconch thirty
years ago. is still an honorary member
of the craft of ancient and weater- beat
en- masters of the whip and ribbons.
Charles H. Shinn, in n. Y. lndepend-
nnk
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The duke of Edin buroh has M =,

The duke Of Edinburgh has no con-
sideration for those around him. OF
this Eugene d'Albert. the brilliant
pianist could give striking illustra-
tion. He was invited down to the
dukes country place in Kent to spend
three days-not as . paid performer
but as . guest The duke, however,
did not apparently consider the young
artist Is worthy Of . seat either At his
own table or even at that Of his equer-
ries' and gentlemen-in-waiting. for
d'Albert was forced to take his meals
alone in his bedroom. whence he was
only summoned sfter dinner TO accom-,
psay On The pjapo The dukes 6ddlA
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WHAT THE ARMY LACKS.

A Sort OF Exercises For Which PriAea
Should lie Offered.
Wrestling and boxing are far from
being mere exhibitions of brute force.
for the utmost science may be dis.
played in either. OF those exercises,
however, which rely purely upon phys.
ical strength, the most interesting is
the tug Of war. favorite sport with
the sailors Of every navy. A long rope
is provided, two leaders are chosen.
who then select their own followers:
the two sides are pitted against each
other at opposite ends of the rope. and
whichever bears away the rope takes
also the prize. Interesting as are these
tugs. involving as they do the possibili-
ty of defeat to either side from an un-
fortunate slip or fall, they become still
more interesting when men are pitted
against animals Among the British
troops in India these trials are COM
mon; two, three or five men are pitted
against a horse. according to the sup
posed strength of the animal; from six
to ten men against a camel, and tho
same number against yoke Of oxen.
But the most interesting exhibition of
this famous sport is when . number of
men, from fifty to one hundred. are
pitted against an elephant The result
is by no means certain, fos although q
lazy or sulky elephant may allow
himself to be beaten and held in his
place by fifty men. it has sometimes
happened that an unusually large or
vigorous animal has walked off with
the rope, dragging one hundred men
along the ground. No discredit to the
men, however, need be attributed for
their defeat for such is the strength Of
this enormous animal that an elephant
will drag q gun and caisson fifty miles
a day and seem as fresh in the evening
as in the morning.
Efforts have been made from time to
time to introduce sports of these and
other kinds into the American army.
They have sometimes succeeded, but as
q rule our soldiers do not seem to take
so much interest in athletics as do the
men in foreign countries A little moro
interest shown in the subject by the of
ficers might produce favorable results.
for the Americans, as a rule, are fond
of amusemcnts. and were adequate in.
centives offered in the shape of prizes.
no doubt our soldiers would soon rival
those Of Great Britain. France and
Germany. The money outlay need not
be large. A medal costing five dollars
is by most men more highly priced than
five times the amount of money ncces-
sary to purchase it-St Louis Globe
Democrat
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REARING CHILDREN.
Flrmness the Grand Essential in n

Flrmne0o the Grand Eeoe0tbAl In Their
Hood says of his ''Irish Schoolmaster"
that he spoiled the rod and never
spared the child" OF tho two. perhaps
it is better to spoil tho rod than the
child. but it is not necessary to spoil
either.
Firmness Is the grand essential in tho
management of children. Nothing un-
reasonable should be required Of them,
but that which Is reasonably required
should be riYidly exacted. The rules
laid down for their government should
not be harsh or severe, but they should
be like the laws Of the Medes and Per-
slams absolutely imperative. No
''coaxing ways" Of the cunning little
creatures for whose good they arc
framed should ever induce . parent 70
violate them, or TO waver in their en-
forcement No promise made to . child
should ever be broken or evaded.
Boys and girls know how TO observe.
and are more prone to initiate the
weaknesses and vices Of their teachers
than to emulate their virtueA II you
break faith with them they will Ab TO
you. justifying themselves to their little
consciences by your example. They will
tell you as much il you push them hard.
Never, therefore, attempt to terrify
them by threats which you do not in
tend to execute, or to stimulate them
by promises of reward which you have
no thought Of fulfilling.
A doting. over-indulgeAs mother b
the most cruel enemy . child can have.
The insane kindness Of such mothers
has ruined thousands of sons and dauRh-
ters who, under proper Management.
would have been . comfort and . credit
to their parents Compromises may
sometimes be expedient In polities-al-
though that Is doubtful II any whole
some principle il waived or sacrificed:
but in family government they are al-
ways unwise. All this it may Be said.
Is so true that it il trite; yet. in view Of
the lawlessnesS Of the children Of this
generation, it cannot b too often reit-
erated.-N. Y. Ledger.
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"YOU'RE TOO SMOKY.

cright-eyed young man. newly come "a
1,alifornia-a young man who was just
beginning . career Of invention AMI
notwithstanding achievement that has
civev him place among the score or so
Of foremost Californians. The other
man vsss . mere nonentity.
The yc1ng man with the bright eyes
began &c Re that something was wrong
with the stage 1t went too fast; it
swung too much He climbed on the
seat and let down the narrow window
nearest the divers box. He leaned
out and MANAGED to raise himself far
enough To- see shat the horses were
running away. BE called to the driver
but received no reply.
Tho yeupG man rejected that the
road ahead was not an easy one for a
runaway stagecoach TO manage. They
wers now on the down grade. pexs
ssns : bin, thps sa0sass dsscsat- -sSsa
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awhile in the cabins along the YMba,
above Marysville, You will find miners
still coyoting among the thrice-sifted
piles of gravel for the aftermath Of
80; you will find old stage drivers.
with bent and twisted hands, who
know every noted driver of the Pacific
coast; you will hear stories of staging
in the fift:es and sixties, in the widest
parts of the Sierras, that have never
reached print, but have been carried
ON, through manifold traditions, until
they have reached the completeness
and the dignity of an epic of the stage
coach
Besides the longer stories one hears
there are dozens of lesser episodes of
the staging days-the episode of
Smoiy's runaway, for instance.
Smoky was a famous stage driver be-
tween Grass Valley and Marysville, by
way of Penn valley, Rough and Ready,
Smartsville and Timbuctoo. About 1861
he was in This glory, the ideal of q
driver, and able to hold his own with
onyone on the route. He received his
name from the remark of little girl.
Che daughter of the hotelkeeper at
Nurphy's Ranch. She once slid off his
lap and ran of, saying that he was
900 smoky to stay with" she ''liked
men who did not puff cigars in her
face"
After this episode Smolsy's real name
fell into disuse; he was ISM oky" and
'tOld Smoky" from the Sierra to the
Sacramento.
On the day when Smoky had his run
AWAY affair, the stage swung into
Grass Valley early in the morning,
with two passengers aboard, both in
side. They had breakfast. and then
Smoky took charge. He drove around
in front of the store to wait for another
passenger; he put on the brake, as he
supposed. twisted the reins about the
brake bar, and went into the store.
The four horses started of at full
speed, and, striking stone. the jar let
the brake loose: then the horses flew
down the grade like sons of destruc-
ton.
The passengers sat in silence. . little
surprised at the rapid motion, but be-
lieving that the driver was on the box
One of them was small, nervous,
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Advice - % Iced Tea.

II you must drink iced tea Au . glass
with cracked Ice. but leave room enough
on top for three spoonsful Of powdered
sugar and the juice Of half lemon.
Then pour In the hot tes from the pot
Don't use tea which II already cold and
has stood for some eine. Cod tee h
not tea at all It is tanniu aeid and the
slkaloid known - thAine. Oolone
makes ths best issd t4-RaaD)e F.
press