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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-07
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OFFICE OF THE
Erie Railroad Company

NEW YORK January II. 1897.
This Company has made arrangement With Messfs
j. p Morgan e. Co. to extend the First Mortgage Bonds
issued by the New York and Erie Railroad Company
maturing May next the principal to he payable In
years that date and the Interest May LIST ana
November each year. at per cent per annun
both in United gold Of the present standard OF
weight and nneness. without deduction for any taxes
which Railroad Company may lawfully be required 10
retain therefrom.
The right extend above has been reserved to such
OF the present holders desire avail OF II ana
deposit their bonds that purpose with j. T. Nor
gan sefore April list. 1897. and shall pay
premium SO per bond in cash therefor Per contra,
coupon due MAY st 1891 wiz: ST. bond) VIII be
paid in cash. wthou, deduction at the time OF such
deposit.
Such bonds may be extended by the holders. or
presented that purpose by Messrs. j. p Morgan
Co.. will he paid NJ maturity.
ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY.
BY f. r. THOMAS President.
% WALL. STREET.
NEW YORK. January "a. 1897.
Referring notice ot the Erie Railroad Com
pany. We are now ready receive Of the New YORK
Erie Railroad First Mortgage Bonds for extension
We are prepared buy a. i04. less Interest al
per per TO May lst any OF the bonds the
holders OF which may sell rather than extend
Up. MORGAN g. co.
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Railroads.
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BALTIMORE e. OHIO.

Leave Now YORK, loot OF IIbefiy st. dlIy.
CHICAGO .. m and II 10 night.
plTTSIgt' RG. $50 eN. sun, sun, IL - night
ciNCTNNATI. ST. LOUIS 10 m, y. m.
WAsHfNGTON BALTIMORE 500 10 dining Can
II "a a m DINING Carb >. 80 dining carr. Dining
cau o. m. l2.i5 night sunday 10 dining Can II ~
a NJ Dining carr. dining can dining carr u 10
night.
NORFOLK II 30 a. m. daily.
NEW ORLEANS Through sleeper. $3.50 p m SUNDAY
900 p. M
An trains are illuminated with Pintsch Light
offices; Il3 l72 28l 43i, $40 Bway. 81 T. i&th St.
l2T Bowery y. y 800 3+4 Fulton ST. Brooklyn. station
foot Liberty ST. ~ c. r. r. 81 y. j. Baggage checked
from hotel residence 70 destination
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FAIRNESS.

An open declaration backed Up by facts. Fair and
square proposition was what brought the Immediate sue
cess Of the Kellogg Market Register Tho entire month
Of January given up exhibiting at our operating
rooms in the Exchange building Our method OF making
money the Exchange.
solicited by invitation and wholesale advertising.
Bankers Brokers' experts scientific and professional peo-
pie TO call and thoroughly examine the earning powers
Of our .cientnc system As inducement $1,000
was offered 70 any who could deny our assertions
Nothing was hidden. No mysterious inside workings
No superhuman wisdom OF prophesyng Of future condl-
tions No complicated affair that man OF ordinary
Intelligence understand II was fairness open
and above demonstration Of facts that had an ABso
IIjTELY INFALIIBI.E system that brought forth the
highest credentials Of every who saw IT, Including
some Of our prominent hnancers bank presidents
and scientific
Large amounts Of have been deposited with us
during the week, and safely say II came
from the most skepca investors Our books open,
our references are Of the best you think yon had
better investigate mode OF Investment that gives you
absolute unconditional guarantee Of two per cent
a month your moncy-twenty four per cent yearly?
All money deposited subject To sight draft.
These are facts No DENY them and, as such.
Is II not better for you look into the earning power.
reliability standing Of this house before consider
any other investment that Is offered 20 tho public?
Full particulars forwarded 10y mail.
You can deposit with subject TO eek and get two
per cent monthly
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TRUST COMPANIES, ETC
Reported by Clinton Gilbert wali-st
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49, icah surety Company. ............ 1874 1921
~'o ana Mortgage Guarantee Company. 40 q
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NIL IACkAWANNA AND WESTERN II. II.
S,nticns in Newly foot OF barclay and
Christopher streets.
yCSTIRIUED TRAINS, ri LLMAN BUFFET

Dirsct route o NEWARK. BLOOMFIELD. MoNIADAlR,
THE ORANGES summit, HarnarlsylHe BasAlns
Ridge Madison MorristoHn 70 ssaic Paterson, boon
ION Dover Staahope. NEWTON BuDD.S LAKE;
MOI NTAIN. Washington. IIlLlfIsBC re, EhSTON.
MATER GAP sTROrDSRl RG poCong Mountains
sCnhTTON pIrTsTON. WlLKESHARRE. NANrI-
COKE DANVITT.F, NORTH MRERlAND Mont
roes RINGHAMTON, OXFORD NORWICH Water
tiie UTICA. RlCHFIELD SPRINGS Cor,land
SYRACUSE OSWEGO ITHACA, oWEGo ELMlRA,
CORNING. BATH. pANSXILbE. BCFFAl.o and all
s 100 A. AUTHORIZATIONS MAIL stops a, principal
1000 A. M-o'sfe carr BUFFAIO. SCRANTON. BTNG-
HAMToN. UTICA RrCHFiELD SPRINGS. SRA
,r'SE and OSWEGO EMPRESS. Pullman barloP
cars. Connecting at Buffalo via trains fer Chl'asa
, 90 ' = SCRANTON wIIKEsBARRE and ELMIRA
On E ! Me- ScRhHToW WifK EsBARRE and pI.yM-
Ot'TH EMPRESS. Pullman Buffet Parlor Car
20 p NJ DAILY Buffalo Nesttued Limited Exrrs.s
for SCRANTON. BINGHAMTON. EIMIRA, BUF-
FAIO. Pullman Buffet sleeping Car Connecting at
Blu with trains FOR Chicago and points
40 p n (DayD-B Buffalo Express Pullman SleeIers for
SCRANTON, BINGHAMToN; ELMIRA BATH MT.
NORRIS and BrFFAIo arriving buffalo sA;M
$50 r. N Daly)-BUFFALO. SCRANToN. BINGHAM
TON ITHACA UTICA SYRACUSE and OsWE0O
EXPRESS Pullman Buffet Sleepers.
TICKETS AND PULLMAN ACCOMMODATIONS at
Henry Gaze Sons. Limited. ll3 Broadway. IL Park
Place 100 broadway. Tickets nj ferry stations 9s3
broadway III ith 18th 81. SO West 25th St
aa5 columbus ave New York: 33s and 726 Fulton ST.,
ard zoe Broadway Rrookyn Timetables giving full In
'WIiFrsTcpTT EXPRESS COMPANY will call tor ana
check baggage from hotel residence 10 des'ination
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=, rsserves and the total deposits on the re-
spective dates;
Feb q, Feb. s. 90. Feb G,
.. $50 263 300 ST. 5000 SO, $50 800
s.sa-ienders ''''' ~'i''V e'0'''V i''-I''ooo
,.serye si61 454 900 si63.a15 400 SlaG $50 500
Io,a required . -
against deposits l'oeoo'o -'lo..''o l'-,-'V,foo
So, ~ $40 7Gg 22S $40. lS2. 425 S54. $40 O,O
sul..oascs .... 3l.3 33.2 34.5
..TrNENT OF THE ASSOCIATED BANKS
IN DETAIL.
r,. following table shows the bank holdings,
.o,ber with the percentage OF reserve held by
'oon hank National banks are required to keep
.sserve Of % per cent. and State banks one of
Is per cent
The herald., 1897-08-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
!: UNCLE AARON ON
!: Fighting FIRES :
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II see theys fire in these yere noun
tins" remarked Uncle Aaron, as we
drove along the Monte road the other
morning. II meyer seed no fire in no
mount'ns, but I've fit prairie fires you
jest bet More'n once I've had the neigh
bors come over an help me fight the fire
away from my house all day, an then
go an fight fer the mex man all night
an mebbe git an hours sleep an go on
to the mex feller.
Them days, when they want but a
few settlers, them winds'd sweep acrost
them prairies pow'ful fast. Git fire
started in about three years o. dead grass
mebbe layin' three foot thick, an 1
jist tell you! wy, man alive! I've seed
the blaze fifteen foot high, many's the
time, come tearin' along thirty mile an
hour. Jump? You wouldn't bleeve it
how that fire would jump-right across
cricks an rivers-an' roads, they wasn't
nuthin' to it.
Yes, sometimes people was burned
to death-an' a sight O. stock-cattle an
hosses. I knowed a family over on the
Nodaway-two families over by the
Nodaway-'at got their houses an
iis' nay S.oSh al CIV y tHib pui l. I
cpar up-nuthin but smoke an ashes,
an bones-three chil'en-two gi'ls in
one family an one boy in luther family
Somehow, they didn't pear to know
nuthin' bout prairie fires-they was new
settlers-tenderfeet they'd be called in
Californy-an' hedn't seen no prairie
fires only small ones at didn't hurt
nuthin', an the men folks they was out
in the field aworkin an they lowed
the fire wouldn't be no wuss'n the other
ones. Jes' same way es some folks'll
fail to callate right an make prepra-
tions for the last great day-they think
at cause the Lord his been easy with
'em SO long he won't never punish em
very hard.
Didn't often see nuthin' like that,
The herald., 1897-08-01

took flre-an' I dumped it out O. the
hat onto the pile O. grass, an the wind
took it an away she went out onto the
prairie.
Il drawed long breath, but didn't
have no time to stop, fer the big fire
was gittin' close. I throwed the end
gate in the wagon an grabben the lines,
an so follered out behind the fire he'd
started Course 1t spread out over a
goodJ-sized patch almighty quick, an 1
got in the middle of it an waited fer
the fire to burn roun' me-"
A "swell" here attempted to drive by
US. Uncle Aaron's lips closed up a trile,
and he "teched" the old mare with the
end of the lash.
What kind Of an animal you go,
there?" inquired the swell when Uncle
pulled up to let him pass, a couple OF
minutes later.
| "Nuthin' but common ranch plugs
said Uncle:
pretty speedy for plug" said Swell
Thought I had something here to beat
the road, but couldn't get by this time.
Uncle shut in his grin of triumph ano
turned to me: II hain't seen that mare
trot her best yit. She's worth three
times the price she COST"
A little more reverie. when I got
home Mother and the young ones was
| tickled to deth. Mother was mighty bad
ly worried-she knowed though at
was perty good at takin' car O. m'self
Wall, I jes' tell yeh, If a woman aim
got that much confidence in her mar
shell worry most of the time. A wo
mans "a good deal like a hoss-ef she git.
ahead Of a fellow once it's a almight,
good chance she'll stay ahead.
II never made no more trips over them
prairies, summer or winter, after that
'thout always havin' plenty o. matches. ,
l BEN DAVIS PIPPIN.
The herald., 1897-08-01

single rank-Nemesis exulting in her
task.
| Down the slope fled the frightened cows
pursued by the flying horseboy, his hat
whirling from his head under foot of the
cattle, his hair whipping his eyes; across
| the crick just above the swimmin' hole,
plunging through the weeds and water,
racing up the wagon road to where the
| father stood with switch in hand to
make little legs tingle for running the
cows.
Papa, there's a prairie fire coming
over by Spencer's-a great big one. I
saw the folks bacR-firing out by Jen-
nings' too"
The willow switch dropped. Johnny,
Jump on old Jack an hurry over to Jen-
nings and help them fight the fire. Tell
'em William and 1 will come right over
soon as we fix the cows. Jimmy, run in
and tell Mamma and Jennie to come and
milk. Eddie, you stay here and help
milk and do the chores"
Uncle Aaron here dispelled the
vision.
II see a fire a-comin' an the game a.
scatterin'; deer an wildcat an wild crit
ters at didn't hev no holes to crawl in
every one fer 'mself an devil ketch the
him INST.
Course the only thing was to back
fire, an Ibegan to feel in my pockets fer
matches. Well, sir, didn't have nuthin'
but one little piece bout three-quarters
of a inch long-jest one little sneakin'
piece O. match an the wind blowin' a
hurrycane They was little crick there
where 1 could a run my wagon down in
an got in myself, but it would a took
four team O. horses to pull me out, an
I'd stood a chance O. losin' wagon an
all.
"I dunno, mebbe prayed-I don't re-
member-but done suthin' b'sides pray
In. Grandad, he use t say, down to the
mill, You pray in your sack an I'll hop
mine under the shute. an see which gifts
the most 1 done suthin' else, nohow.
1 took an gathered a big pile O. dry
grass, an took the end gate out an set
it down side O. the wagon, an put a
handful O. dry grass in my hat, an
got down on my kneeS-whether I
prayed or not I was on my knees-an' I
struck the match an stuck it in my
hat, an by golly, she took fire-she
The herald., 1897-08-01
UNCLE SANS EXPEDITION TO kLONDYKE
THE DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST ]. EDWARD sPURR,
THE q. s. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO
ALASKA, TELLS INTERESTING FACTS

gun, long sluice boxes are built of
boards, the miners being obliged to fell
the trees themselves and saw out the
lumber with whip saws, very labo-
rious kind of work The depth of gravel
in the bottom of the gulches varies from
foot up to twenty or thirty feet, and
when it is deeper than the latter figure
1t cannot be worked.
"The upper part of the gravels is bar
rem and the pay dirt lies directly upon
the rock beneath, and is generally very
thin. To get at this pay dirt all the up
per gravels must be shoveled off, and
this preliminary work often requires au
entire season, even in a very small
claim. When the gravel is deeper than
a certain amourt-say ten feet-the task
of removing it become formidable. In
this case the pay dirt can sometimes be
got at in the winter season, when the
gravels are frozen hard, by sinking
shafts through these gravels and drift
ing along the pay dirt.
1.-The pay dirt thus removed is taken
to the surface and washed out in sluices
when the warm weather begins. This
underground working is done by burning
instead of blasting and picking. A fire
is built close to the frozen gravel, and
when it is sufficiently thawed it is show
eled out and removed. The stripping
off of the upper gravel which has been
mentioned can only be done in the CON-
paratively short summer season, when
the surface thaws.
''The ordinary method of getting into
the Yukon country is by crossing the
Chilkoot pass from Juneau: down the
Lewes and Yukon rivers to the gold dis
tricts. The usual time for starting is in
The herald., 1897-08-01

though-not folks burnt u p-good many
cattle sometimes; an mebbe wild game
some.
Worst scairt ever was, was a-drivin'
over from Winterset, bout forty mile.
I use to do lots O. teamin' them days;
he'd all I could do, too They never was
no man at KEEP his hosses in es good
shape es 1 did, if do say it, am could
always fetch more an do it quicker'n
anybody else 'roun' this country. So /
got to haul lots O. truck-I hauled the
lumber for most O. the first houses at
was built all through that part.
"One time was bringing two barrel
O. coal oil-two barrel O. coal oil' (the
old man has habit of stopping and
muttering to himself a little once in a
while, and he repeats the same sentence
two or three times, his mind dwelling
perhaps on remembrances too sacred
for narration-he being not a newspaper
man)-"hed two barrel O. coal oil, an
bout half way home see a fire a comm" !"
Uncle Aaron paused in revery. My
hands came out of my pockets, my back
Strengthened up and my eyes performed
curious feat. Just over the old mare 9
head, where a second before had been
Simon Maier's abbattoir, with its cluster
of whitewashed buildings, cattle yards,
feed wracks and "critters'' waiting for
| their destiny, there appeared instead a
stretch of rolling prairie. sat, not in
the dingy cart, humping over chuck
! holes and stones, but sun-browned boy
| astride bareback pony, my attire
shirt, pants" and big home made straw
hat. Seven or eight cows were running
down from the ridge" toward the
''crick," and I and pony racing after
them, the wind behind us. Turning his
head the boy looked across the swells
and ''slews" to line of marching SOL
diers fifteen miles away-soldiers in
brilliant scarlet uniforms, with sombre
| helmets and black waving crests that
melted into the murky sky above; war
riors with cleaning shields and glitter
! ing swords and bayonets-writhing
| leaping, dancing, rushing onward; red
braves of the prairies, crouching, spring
ing, fierce and merciless; shades OF
wrohged and murdered wild men, fling
| ing forth from realms of torment tt
wreck wrathful vengeance on their pale
faced outragers. Steadily as a Roman
legion, frenzied as a mob of Islam, fierce
l bold. tneacheroue. cruel-an army in q
The herald., 1897-08-01
EFFECTS OF SPORT ON THE FACE
Those Who Indulge in Pastimes to
Excess Bear an Indelible Mark

~If you don't want the world to know
that you have done a thing, don't do it,"
was the sage observation Of an ancient
philosopher. This advice has a renew
ed force now, when women are becom-
Ing more and more emancipated, and
are taking up the pursuits and occupa-
tions and even the sports and pleasures
that used to be considered mems es-
pecial prerogatives. Whether women's
faces are more mobile and more ready
to receive an imprint or whether women
are less given to self-restraint and 80
express more Of their inner feelings, -
not definitely understood, but the fact
remains that on nearly every feminine
face Is indelibly stamped some impress
of her favorite pursuit or amusemnt
The bicycle face is well known, with
its tightly drawn muscles. resolute.
tense expression and an underlying air
of resignation, as if it were saying: IF
death whirls around the next corner 1
will meet it with fortitude." The long
distance lens of the gelf-eye is also
growing common, but the card face is
comparatively new. The more expert
enced Sherlock Holmeses Of society
claim that they can detect the differ
ence between the whist face and the
countenance nodded by progressive eu-
chre, but the card face in general is rec
ognizable by the veriest tyro.
There are women who have thrown
themselves into card playing so fever
ishly, with such intense excitement, that
1t is no longer diversion, but serious
task Whether they play for money
or points or for some trumpery prize
which they would not admit to their
drawing room except as an evidence of
their skill at the game, the result is the
same. The strain on their nerves is ex-
| pressed by closely drawn brows and an
| eye eager and watchful for an oppo-
nent's plays S>d misplays, while greed
and the desire for gain show themselves
in ugly lines about the mouth. This de-
scription applies, Of course, to the worst
victims of the craze, but the same symp-
toms, in more or less modified form,
are appearing on the faces of not few
Of society's maids and matrons.-Mun-
sey's Magazine.
The herald., 1897-08-01

had the variety is slight. The supply is
always uncertain, depending upon the
lateness of the spring and of the fall.
lowing to the difficulty in bringing in
supplies prices are very high at the river
posts and much higher in the diggings.
The freight alone from the coast to the
diggings costs as high as 80 cents a
pound, so that when one eats potatoes at
81 a pound and bacon a S5 cents pound,
other things in proportion, the cost of
living is enormous, and even employ
ment at $40 per day for sixty days out
of the year will not enable nah to grow
rich very rapidly. Even employment for
wages moreover Is scarce, there being
several applicants for every job. Owing
to the high price of supplies no claim
that does not pay at least $40 day to
each man working can be worked ex-
cept at a loss. Many competent men
who engage in mining here and work
faithfully experience failures and are
unable to earn enough to buy provisions.
"In such a situation 1t Is very difficult
to make ones way out of the country,
for the journey up the river along the
usual route requires upwards of thirty
days hard work, and provisions must
be bought for the trip. The trip down
the river and back to civilization by
steamer is very expensive, and Of late
years the number seeking to get out in
that way exceeded the carrying capacity
of the few steamers. Last year fully
$50 men who wished and intended to leave
the country by steamer were unable to
do so, and are still there.
Under the conditions which now exist
there are quite enough in the Yukon dis
trict already and the object of this ar
ticle is to discourage people from rush
ing there without due consideration.
Probably ninety-rine out of every hun
dred men are untitled by nature for
such life as Yukon mining necessitates,
and would much better never made the
attempt. The hundredth man must be
miner and frontiersman by nature,
strong and patient, hard worker, and
lover of secluded life. Even such
man will very likely fail on account of
the large element of chance, and the
most successful miner obtains only few
thousand dollars in profit after number
of years patient work.
ANY great increase in the number of
men going into the Yukon district would
The herald., 1897-08-01
it is well in time of peace to prepare toz

it is well in time Of peace to prepare fo-
war.
Now, however, we seem to have wax
ened, and an alertness is apparent which
indicates that at last the civilians who
always control the navy in reality have
discovered that what naval officers have
been despairingly advocating for years
Is true.
The fact that among those who have
watched the maneuvering of the torpedo
boats have been naval experts of Great
Britain, France, Russia, Germany and
several other maritime nations is proof
positive that European countries alarm
ed by the achievements of the craft that
made up the fleet, have determined to
find out in what particultr feature lies
the point which unquestionably givesus
superiority.
While primarily the object OF the
cruise Is to drill the men who make up
the vessels complement in the duties
which to most Of them are very unfa-
miliar, in reality the purpose is to dis
cover any defects which may exist, 1t
being truthfully argued that it Is bet
ter these should be discovered in time
Of peace than in time of war; The tor
| pedo boat is frail in construction and
has delicate machinery. The recent ex-
perience of the Dupont Is an apt indica-
ton of the truth of this assertion. 1t
is an absolute certainty that break
downs will occur, but every one Of those
will be lesson to which prompt heed
will be given. In this way the serious
defects of the torpedo boat will be reme-
died, and after the present cruise it is
more than likely that our torpedo fleet
will be the most powerful that floats.
The fleet would have been at New Or
leans by this time If 1t had not happened
/ that Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, un-
der whose personal supervision it had
been acting, had not been taken sick,
causing a postponement of drills for a
time. Now, however, with the Dupont
in good condition. the fleet will proceed
on it's southern journey without any
| great delay. 1t is the present intention
| to proceed down the Atlantic coast to the
Gulf of Mexico and thence to New Or
leans From this latter point the fleet
will ascend the Mississippi as far as st
Louis. anyway. Perhaps 1t will proceed
further up the river. but that will de-
pend upon the depth OF the water. which
~ always an uncertain quantity In theh
The herald., 1897-08-01
sr.o,., corre.ponoeac. to The Herald.

sn.c,al Correspondents to The Herald.
NEWPORT, R. l., July 2S.-Newport-
ers and summer visitors have had the
pleasure of gazing upon the maneuvers
of the first torpedo fleet ever gathered
in United States waters. During the
war for the union we used to hear about
torpedo boats, but they were only make
shifts The torpedo boats Of today are
really the first of the kind that have had
genuine right to the name.
Since the accession to office of Theo-
iore Roosevelt, the torpedo boat has
been given the closest attention. for the
assistant secretary Of the navy was not
at all slow to recognize the Importance
of the little craft. He has taken any
amount of trouble to bring about the
beginning of what will be the most nota-
BILE cruise of our own war vessels which
ever took place in the United States
The drills and experiments which have
taken place have been but preliminary
practice in reality for there Is before
the torpedo boats a five-months' cruise,
which will lead them as far inland as
navigable waters will permit.
The naval authorities have become
firmly convinced that in order to keep
up with the times our government must
devote the strictest attention to the tor
pedo boat. European naval experts have
had no hesitation in announcing that the
nation whose torpedo fleet was the most
powerful would gain supremacy on the
seas. We have always been rather slow
in the matter Of warfare when there
was no war, and seem to have generally
lost sight Of the truth of the adage that