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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-17
financial.
REORGANIZATION
ERIE SYSTEM.

To the Holders OF New York, Lake Erie
& Western Railroad Company's New
Second Consolidated flortgage Bonds !;
Second Consolidated Mortgage Funded
Coupon Bonds; Funded Coupon Bonds
Of 1885; Income Bonds; Preferred
Stock; Common Stock; and Chicago
& Erie Railroad Company's Income
Bonds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-17

THE GENERAL LIST.
RAILWAY STOCKS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-17
G. II. COSTER.
LOUIS FITZGERALD,
ANTHONY j. THOMAS,
fo,,, A.. iffal

The bonds ~ New York Lake Erie Western RAILROAD
Company already under control. pursuant To the
circular 81 Messrs Drrxel. Morgan Co. and Messrs
J. Morgan g. Co dated December 10, 1894. unless
withdrawn ss hereinafter provided will be Included
In the present plan without further action by the de-
posito-s but in carrying out the plan the committee
require exchange Of existing receipts for new
receipts issued thereunder Should however. any holder
outstanding receipts for such securities 80 desire we
will upon surrender Of the receipts Of such hold
the represented thereby on or before
September 90 1895 after which date all privilege OF
withdrawal will cease - -
J.P. MORGAN Is co.
j. s. MORGAN & co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-17
financial Mfstln9s.
MiNAs rRlETAs MINING

MfNAs PRiETAs MINING Co.
Wall street N-w-Yoik
New York september ltth. 1899
A SPECIAL MEETING ~ the stockholders OF
"A the Mlnas Prietss Mining company Will be held at
the Office NJ the Company No ~ Wall street. In The
c1ty 4 New-York the 18th day Of September lsb'
o'clDF IN afternoon ;of the purpose ~ seeing
whether the stockholders viii authorize the Hoard ~ 1rus
~ rata Company sell the whole portions. of
the real esiA ana other property owned by the
said Company IN the Republic ~ Mesicp.
Transfer hooks will close the 18th inst. ana remain
closed until he 20ih Inst.
JNo. J. CRANE s-sAlAsy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-17
Dipioeno Notices,

bond AND MORTGAGE GUARANTEE co.
20 COURT 81. BROOKLYN. o-
september o. 1900
4 SEMI ANNUAL DIVIDEND OF TWO AND
~ ONE-HALF Per Cent has been this day declared ny
the Board OF Directors payable October ls, TO me
stockholders Of record the closing 81 the transfer
books. at r. NJ September 20 1880 The books VIII
be opened at 10 A. NJ october l. 1895.
MARTIN wELLEs. Treasursr.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
Enrllsh Shoes.

The remark that Americans, while in
England, often send home TO buy shoes
because the English shoes are of such poor
quality, called out from one American
present this story:
An American IN England, who had
bought pair Of shoes of fashionable
dealer, carried them back soon with a pro-
test.
Look here" he said, GIVE had these
shoes only two weeks, and they are COM
pletely ont of shape and the leather is
giving way in two places. "
The Englishman looked at the shoes an
instant
" Dear mel Dear me-" be said you've
been walking in these shOes!"
Walking in them; What else should I
do with them;"
That's it, sir Our shoes are made
only for carriage people, sir!
And the dealer loftily bowed the Amer
lean out Of the shop. Youth Companion
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
OWNING RODS.
said to BE Only silly Fraud Fit to Fool
Simpletons.

A divining rod is simply forked piece
Of wood generally witchhaZeD which is
alleged 10 indicate the presence of mineral
in the ground when the party having il
walks over the surface. The usual direc-
ti0ns for its use are 70 hold the forked end
of the rod in the hands, and when over
tho body of mineral the other end will
dip toward the ground.
II j. impossible 10 say what charlatan
first imposed the divining rod on credu-
lous people during the superstitiOus ages.
To attempt TO sell such instruments in this
enlightened age IS an insult 70 the general
intelligence.
There never was q simple rod that could
exercise such power with the exception OF
the miraculous rod OF Moses which by a
divine miracle drew water from rock for
the relief of the suffering Israeltes
The only instrument that will indicate
the presence of mineral is the miners
compass and it works in conformity 70
recognized law Of nature. Il will indicate
the presence of iron ore by the dipping Of
a magnetizcd needle. when held over
body of ore lying near the surface. We
have recently received several letters from
men in various parts of the country, who
were not inclined To believe the claims
made for divining rods by "a party in a
small village who offered them for sale In
advertisements inserted in country news
papers, but who were anxious TO possess
such an instrument If reliable. To these
we have invariably replied that the parties
Offering such instruments for sale were re
lying on the credulity Of superstitious
people 20 make their sales.
The man who buys "A divining rod is
more foolish than one who will throw the
price of the rod away, for the one who
throws the money away loses only the
price of the rod The one who buys the
rod loses both the money and the time he
spends i'm vain attempts TO locate a body
of mineral by use Of the rod. If the min
eral does not crop TO the surface, there is
but one way TO find it, and that il by pros.
pect shafts or drill holes.-Colliery Engi
nepr
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
The Refractory Tie.

There is nothing Ikea little nerve, com
hincd with pleasing address and assurance,
- make q winning move in the world
During a recent pleasant afternoon hand
some looking, we'll dressed man started
for stroll up Chestnut street. When OPP
posite the entrance 10 the Continental
hotel, the stroller met party of friends,
and one of them playfully caught one end
Of his faultlcssly adjusted nccktie and
pulled the knot loose. Then came tug
Of war for no one in the party could make
the knot again. After great many at
tcmpts the stroller brushed his friends
aside and stepped up TO pleasant looking
girl who was looking into a jewelers. win
dow. \ few words were spoken, and with
a bright smile the young woman deftly
reticd the knot, remarking with another
smile: "Oh, you are entirely welcome!
I've got big brothers of my own They
are Just n clumsy as you are!"-Phila
dclphid Record.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
LECTURES.
Something About Famous Discourses and
the Men Who Delivered Them.


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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
THE FRIENDSHIPS OF WOMEN.
An English Es>ayist Makes Some Terrible
Statement. About Them.

Take, again. the friendship of one wOm-
an for another when both stand upon the
same moral and social level 1t j. in nine
cases out of ten devoid Of the obligations
of loyalty and honor which are inherent in
the friendship between one man ana an
other. There Is less reserve I'm Il and also
less sincerity, for "a woman will reveal her
heart of hearts To "a friend and quarrel with
her the next day because she has piratcd
her bonnet or alienated an admirer. Such
relations never become stable or sacred be-
tween women, for they are apt TO begin by
chance proceed with passion and die at
breath Even at fever heat "A woman
never gives as much to another rs she
gives to her lightcst lover, and at any mo-
ment she is ready 70 sacrifice her friend at
the behest of any man in whom she Is
mOmentarily Interested. For his enter
tainment she will betray any confidence
without a scruple or "a regret, even IL she
refrains from denouncing her feminine
friend TO the first conner rs soon as "a shad-
ow Of misunderstanding has arisen be-
tween them
In the lives of most men there are only
one or two friendship bonds, riveted by
years Of intercourse, which nothing but
undreamed of treachery can sever Wom-
en-, on the other hand, make and discard
friends with equal facility If they are
seldom true TO men, their fidelity to their
own sex is rarer far, for there are no Da-
vids and Jonathans among women, no
friendships founded on mutual faith and
held in honor. Until woman learns TO
conduct her relations with her own sex on
the same principle Us that on which men
act the Sisterhood of woman will never
come within measurable distance Of the
possible. She has learned so much from
man in this decade that it is not unreason-
able 10 hope she may yet learn the true
character Of friendship as well as the pol
icy of combination. When woman stands
shoulder TO shoulder with her sister in
public and in private life, she will stand
at the very gates of lrr kingdom, abreast
of that brave vibration, each way free"
SATURDAY Review.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
4 ROUGH SHAVE,
The Natives OF Jamaica Use Broken Bot
ties For Razors

The natives Of Jamaica have no need 70
buy soap for the woods abound with
plant, whose leaves and buds supply very
well the place of that indispensable art icle.
Among these is the soap tree, so called.
though it is more bush than a tree. It's
bulb, when rubbed on wet clothes, makes
a beautiful lather which smells much like
common brown soap The Jamaica ne
grOcS, some Of them, who are great dandies
IN their way, make "a soap out of a cocoa
nut oil and homemade I've, and fine soap
IL Is, smooth and fragrant. This cocoanut
oil soap is used for shaving
When man wishes to shave, he starts
ont with his cocoanut shell cup and his
donkey tail brush and bottle II is never
any trouble 10 find an empty bottle in ia
maica, even in the mountains. At least
20 generations of thirsty people have lived
there and thrown away the empty bottles
The man carries no mirror because he has
none To carry. Not one negro cabin In
dozen has cheap looking glass
But nature supplies the mirror as we'll
as the soap The man goes TO a con-
venicnt pool in the mountain stream
where the water is STILL and there Is his
mirror. He breaks his bottle on stone
and picks out good sharp piece. Then
he fathers his face profusely and begins to
scrape away with his piece of glass, which
works almost as well as a sharp razor.
The men rarely cut themselves in this
operation At first" says writer, ~
tremblcd for them, but afterward | tried
the method for myself and soon became
expert at it. Pearson 5 Weekly
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
TREASURES IN A LIBRARY.
Including One OF the Twenty-Five Com
plete sets of the Declaration.

From the valuable collection Of auto.
graphs presented 10 the public library some
time ago 10y It's old librarian, Judge Cham
berain, and placed ~ he desired i'm a little
room leading from the Librarians Office.
four docum, nts have been taken out and
placed in the periodical room on the FIRE
place shelf These four are the " Declare
tion of Independence, the Address 10
the King, the Articles Of Confedcra-
ton and the Constitution of the United
States. They are not the originals, of
course; neither are they facsimilcs. They
are half way betwccn-a reprint i'm each
case of the original document, followed by
the genuine autographs OF the men who
signed.
In a way not even the original Doclara-
tion of Independence preserved i'm Wash
ington j. so good rs the public libraIy's
clear, readable copy. The original writ
Ing both text and signatures, has been
faded by century'- exposure until parts
of it are almost illcgihlc. The original is
also on parchment, IA material from which
ink fades very quickly as compared with
paper Judge Chamberlain autographs
are ON paper and ought To last indefinite.
ly. To the right of the four documents,
which are neatly framed, is Photographic
facsimile Of the great Declaration, and tC
the left hangs a printed copy, one of 13 Is.
sued Immediately after II was adopted t.
each OF the 13 original states, authenticated
by the bold signature of the president Of
the congress- John Hancock, and attestcd
by the secretary, Charles Thomson
There arc now i'm existence as near as
can be- calculated, - complete sets of the
signcrs OF the Declaration. That belonging
10 the public library, made up of cut sig
natures, taken from otherwise unintcrc-t.
ing papers according To the original order
on single sheet and underneath the text
of the original, il tho most striking and
vivid TO look at of any of the -, but in
money value il must yield 10 the collcc.
tions which are made up, mainly at least,
OF entire autograph letters or documents.
Three Of the complete sets besides this in
the public library are owned in Boston. \
curious map Of special interest - local an
tiquarianS has recently come into posses
sion of the public library 1t was pub
liShed in London early in September, 1875,
and was printed To give an idea of the
siege of Boston. 1t measures about 81 by
Is inches, and the title runs, "The seat of
war in New England by the American
volunteers, with the marches Of tho sew.
eral corps sent by the colonies. boston
Transcript.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
IN AN OLD sooKsHoP.
The Men and Women who Met I'm Hatch.
srd's Century Ago.

In a recent life OF John Hatchard n
ola London publisher some interesting
plmy~cs are given 60 tio men and women
who. - century AGO. were I'm the habit =
loitcTiI,y away the morning i'm tho dingy
bookroom of che great publishing house in
Piccadilly
scott and Crabbc, Byron, Lamb and
sydney smith met there and gos-ipcd over
new books or fingered rare edition, Of old
ones.
The Duke IF Wellington was in the
habit of riding up 10 the shop and leaving
n list Of books which he wished 10 buy,
the exact limit OF price always being care
fully slated 10 "a penny. On one occasion
an auction Of old books was I'm progress,
and IA pamphlet, the title OF which attract
ed him. was started ut shillings He
beckoncd 10 the shopman.
Buy it for me carte blanche, " he said
and rode away.
\ day or two later he called again, and
the pamphlet was handed To him 1t had
cost nearly t25.
The duke, who was saving Of money,
changed countcnance and then said qui-
city:
You were right l am enough Of a
soldier to submit to my own orders,
An old lady, sohorly clad but with
merry twinkling eyes, came often 20 the
shop and was regarded with awe 10y the
clerks and customers. 1t was Miss Han
nah More, who had lately written certain
weighty tragedies.
one day little boy years of age fol-
lowed by his nurse, entered and brought a
note from Miss More to the publisher ask
ing him To credit her young friend Tom"
for whatever books he might choose on her
account.
Two years later the same Tom brought
another note, stating that he was to be
credited 10 the amount of , guineas, and
that as he already owned and had read all
the great epic> she would suggest prose
works, Johnson's or lzaak Walton ;
Lives"
Many years later there was a great field
day at Hatchard The third and fourth
volumes of Macaulay's History Of Eng
land were in the press and subscriptions
were pouring in from the royal family,
cabinet ministers and bishops down 10
poor clerks. The author came into the
shop and was told how the book had
stirred the whole country. The publisher
had known him for many years but "a Ger
tain pleased flash OF the eye startled his
memory.
why, you are our little friend Tom :"
he said.
Macaulay laughed and confessed 10 be-
ing the prodigy whose infantile wisdom
had long been a tradition of the shop
Household Words.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
"After Me, the DeIuge."

The celebrated Metternich used the
pharSe, After me, the dclugc, a. imply
ing that after him no statesman would be
able to preserve the peace of Europe But
the celebrated mot was not original with
him, rs Mime. Pompadour, mistress Of
Louis XIV, who died nine years before
Mctternich was born, was quoted as say
ing, "Apres nous, le deluge," and tho
willy diplomatist only changed it TO Apres
moi. The idea did not originate with
her, quick wittcd though she was Cicero
ascrhes it 10 "A Roman emperor, and Mil
ton supplies the name: They practice
that when they fall they may fall in a
general ruin, just as cruel Tberius would
wish When l die, let the earth be rolled
in flames. - Reasons Of Church Gov
ernmcnt," book /, chapter ), page 81. 1t
was older, however, than Tiberius and is a
very ancient Greek proverb, too old for any
discovery Of its author. Tcrtullian as
cribcS it 20 Dcmosthcncs, but il turns out
only 10 have been used by him rs COM
mon proverb, familiar TO the public even
in his day. Tiberius is represented ~ hay-
ing said, after my death, perish the
world by FIRE. Brooklyn Eagle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
Tact In Talking.

Don't fire lot Of small talk at shy or
silent man and don't pronounce him stu
pid ii he fails to return corresponding in
antics. Ordinarily when man is silent it
Is because you have not put him to talk
ing about the right thing and If he seems
stupid it is because you have not interest
ed him Girls make the mistake of think
ing the essential thing is. that they them.
selves should seem To be having an ele-
CANT time, and that Is why they main
tain an uncca,ing tow of chatter. But
the real credit comes 10 making the escort
have a good time. The girl who can sit
absolutely quiet and keep man talking
Is the clever girl, and if the man is stupid
she is doubly clever.-Exchange
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
CARE OF HE BABY.
Everybody Has "a Different lit Of Advice
For the Young Mother.

have been talking with young moth
er about her baby, writes woman. She
tells mo there j. nothing I'm the world
about which every one Is willing 10 give
SO much free Information and advice a.
upon this subject of new baby one
woman who comes in To call upon her
looks the baby over and says, " You pin IL
too tight" Then she unpins its surcingle
and things and the next woman who
comes In says ooh, you must pin It's
clothes tighter. You'll make it pot bel
lied. Then she pins 1t up again.
Another woman says, "lOu don't feed
II enough" the next woman says, you
feed the child too much. Another wom-
an recommends saffron tea and somebody
else catnip. Another woman says, you
battle it too often, another "You don
battle il often enough, - and another tells
a story about the ricketts,. One woman
says, Never rock your child, and anoth-
er says Its clothes are too long.
Everybody examines its fannels, and
most persons think she dresses it too warm
and Others warn her against Group. She
keeps poison antidote list on the wall
and sleeps with thermometer on the head
OF the bed and Group medicine under her
pillow and carries camphor gum in her
pocket. She is in flutter from morning
till night and from night till morning,
and Is 50 apprchenSive that when that
baby looks crosswise she is plunged into
anxiety and despair.
Then when her husband comes home
and she suggests "a new plan of action for
that baby and coniosSes that Mrs. Wiscacre
coufded the principle 10 her, he grows
fierce and assures her that he offered that
same idea week, ago. but she refused 10
follow IT, Then he calls his female advis-
ers odd hens, and about that time any
young mothers cup of sorrow is pretty
full.
There i such lot of cruel realism
mixed up with the ideal in hte.-Phila
delphia Press
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
IIospitality.

Dumas, the elder, had a dog as hospita.
BE "a his master, and this dog once invit-
eel II others 10 Monte Cristo, Dumas pal
ace named after his famous novel. Du-
ma, factotum in chief wished to drive oil
the whole pack
"Michael " said the great romancer, 81
have a social position 10 sustain IL en-
tails fixed amount Of trouble and cx.
pense You say that have Is dogs and
that they are eating me out of house and
home Thirteen What an unluchy mum
bort
Monsicur-if you will permit-therc Is
but one thing left to do must drive
them all away
Never, Michael" replied Dumas
"Never! Go at once and find me a four
tcenth dog st Louis Republic
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
who Sent the Pick?

"A friend of mine" said citizen,
"asked me the other evening TO 20 and
call on some friends OF his who had lost
the head of the family the day previous
He had been an honest old man, a laborer
with a pick and shovel While we were
with the family an old man entered who
had worked by hi, side for years Express
ing his sorrow nj the loss of his friend and
CHANGING about the room, he observed
large floral anchor. Scrutiniling IL close.
~, he turned To the widow and IN low
tone asked Who sent the picks' "-Phila.
delphia Press
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
Lord Chancellor and Great Seal.

1t may not be generally known that
during his term Of Office the lord high
chancellor i, not permitted To leave the
kingdom. IL ne makes a holiday, he must
choose "a locality somewhere within the
boundaries of the island The reason for
this restriction, Mr.. Lucy explains in an
article i'm The Strand Magazine, j. that
Wherever the lord chancellor goes he must
carry with him the great seal and that i
not 10 be trusted out of the country. This
precious mark of authority consists Of a
pair Of dies made in silver When neces-
sity arises for fixing the great seal OF Eng.
land 10 any document, the dies are closed
melted wax is poured in, and, opened in
due season, the grcat seal is found ready
for attachment The pair of dies now in
use date from the accession of her majesty.
On her death they will be cut into pieces
and deposited with "a long list OF others in
the Tower -Westminster Gazette.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
Bryants larry recuniary Rewards.

1t Is amusing 10 know how small were
the pecuuiary rewards OF Bryant's literary
labors, whatever may have been the fame
they brought him. Two dollars poem
was the price that he named, and he
seemed To be- abundantly satisfied with the
terms y gentleman met him in New
York many years after and said to him: Il
have just bought the earliest edition OF
your poems and gave $50 for it. " More,
by long shot, replied the poet, than
received for writing the whole work. -
Arthur Lawrence i'm Century.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23

pain, headache, backache, and nervous dis
turbances, or the general health not good,
the judicious use Of medicine should be
employed. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion is the best restorative tonic and nerv-
inc at this time. The best bodily condition
results from its Use. It's a remedy spe-
cially indicated for those delicate weak
nesses and arrangements that aifiict wo-
meukind at one period or another. You'll
find that the woman who has faithfully
used the Prescription " is the picture OF
health, she looks ueH and she feels ueH
In catarrhal inflammation in chronic dis
placements common 10 women, where there
are symptoms Of backachc, dizziness or
fainting, bearing down sensations, disor-
dered stomach, moodiness, fatigue, etc,
the trouble is surely dispelled and the
sufferer brought back to health and good
spirits
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
Tho NIississinnI.

The Mississippi had over "A dozen native
names, different designations being given
at different points in its course. The AL
gonquins called it the Meche Sebe, other
tribes termed it Chucagua, Mico, Tuna
laSen, Tapala Ri and other names. Tho
Algonquin name was finally adopted by
the whites for the whole river The mean
ing Is father of waters. - or "the whole
river" Twenty different spellings
are noted In the writings of the early ex.
plOrers