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New-York tribune., 1897-08-18

Broadway Surface I'd mtgs. 5s ~ az
Bleecker ami Fulton fef.y Stock .,oc ,0S
Bleecker and Fulton Ferry 1st 'n,se "a
Brooklyn Bath West End gen. "ess'' 100 1oa
DiophpH '-iy li+I, lioir
Isrnkiyn Sity ISL N.se vs, 90. ,ccL . 10 1870
BROOKLYN CITY and Neytown lst mtge "s'''' az
Brooklyn Elevated receipts. ,oT"
Bkyn Queens County and sub: LIST mtge, os' w" "a
Brooklyn Queens County and sub cons u.s. oso
Central Crossowb stock. .,......'''''''
Central Crosstown LIST mee IS rs II,
Central Park North and East River Stock '".,,a ~
Central Park. ~ and Z. r. lst mtge /. .'"'iits2 ~,
Christopher and Tenth Street stock ..'.'.'''. Ia,
Christopher and Tenth Street Is mtge ''''''''" 900
Ccney Island brooklyn ste x ,o,L foa
Dry Dock East Broadway and Bat. STOCK ;vaD III
Dry Deck East and Bat lst mtse ~ .n;y ioais
Dry Dock East B'way snd Bat p G SCRIP 5oo a2S
Eighth stock -. - 95o 3iO
Forty-aecond Street and Grand - Ferry s,N, - Al
Forty ee'ni ~, MAN anu o. ~ us
-''''''''. 60 G6
40 40 "a mtse: es - -. . = g. .. li2x l3.
Nassau Electric lst ieo 7n
Ninth Avenue stock ''''''.'''''' 100 I3O
Second Avenue stock .''''''" IN iOu
Second Avenue LIST ntsS. IS .......'.'''''''. ia
Second Avenue dsbenture 5s too ta5
Sixth Avenue stock a.,
Tr-nfy and Tvsnty-nnth etree' iS ,oa io7i.
-,fntge os ......... i5.i l35s
ii-'4 Avenue slu-n ''''+
Tr third stree stock ''' .IO5 I07
,'ion hal 'n,p.,' ~, ,,,gs ~, ss siOla 10s
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18

II. II. vREELAND. President.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

To-day's Washington Treasury statement l.
covering actual results Of two days ago com
nared with the last preceding statement eNeS
tre following balances:
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
York August 18th. 1897.
To tho Stockholders of the metropolitan
Traction COmpanyi

The Metropolitan Traction Company has substantially
accomplished object Of its organization by uniting in
system surface railroads In the CITY ot
New York The great advantage the public from the
union Of such roads has Of statutes
this under which railroad companies them
selves may accomplish directly the same results by
consoliiaton purchase Of stock and leasing We nave
avaod ourselves Of this authority to concentrate In the
Metropolitan Railway Company all the various
properties together by the Traction Company and
making up its system.
The property directly represented by the
capital Of Street Railway Company now in the
hands Of the Traction Company The stockholders OF the
Traction Company the real There seems to
Re no reason why should not now receive
the which directly their property and At
the he relieved from unnecessary bur
den double administration and heavy double tax
alton
The directors the Traction Company have accordingly
resolved wind up They have passed the necessary
resolution for It's dissolution and have called meeting
stockholders be held the lith Of September 1881
pursuant 10 statute to their resolution.
The 4 the Traction Company 20 be dis
tribued Of S3O0CO0Oo Of stock Of the Metro
poltan Railway Company being the entire capital
stock Company and other and securities
valued at about sGOoo00o. which readily be
changed or converted securities capable Of dsbu
tion.
Each Traction stockholder will receive in exchange for
his Traction stock equal amount of Metropolitan street
Railway share for share. and in addition thereto
further securss Of 90 cent of the par
value Of his stock.
A blank proxy to in favor Of this action and TO
give the necessary statutory consent is enclosed
II YOU favor the proposed and cannot attend
the meeting personally please sign the proxy and either
acknow ledge it notary public or have slhscrb-
ing witness prove signatures before notary using
the printed form annexed the proxy and return the
same to the Secretary IF tae Company at this oi''
Yours respectfully. $4,000, , .
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18

'AlI interest
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
financial elections.

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CHICAGO MILWAUKEE 81 PAUL RAILWAY
COIPASY
TINiIE annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
this company for the election 4 directors and the
Il other business Z the coupaay. vii
be held 'he Office of th- COMPANY IN the Guy q
Milwaukee l. O'Clock noon y Saturday. the 1sh Il
September. Ispi.
Ihe transfer book. will closed Tuesday. the 3is
August 1891 and reopered the 2oin - selsmesr
next. JAMES VI VI n NLAf
Assistant secrsaH.-
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
Financial.
New York. August 18th. 1897.
To the Stockholders of the metropolitan

New York. August 18th. 1897
To the Stockholders of the Metropolitan
Traction Company:
A Meeting Of the Stockholders OF the metropolitan
Traction Company hereby called 10 be held at the Of
fee OF Company No 62l Broadway In the City OF
New York. Tuesday the i4h day OF September 1871
O'Clock the forenoon for the purpose ~ voting
upon proposition that such corporation be forthwith d
solved and Tor the purpose Of passing on and directing
the method Of winding the Company Under the stat
the proceedings to be taken there
for and connected herewith and OF voting upon any
other which shall come before such meeting
Notice Is hereby given that for the purpose OF such
meeting transfer books OF the Company Will ne closed
at the close Of business on the 3is day o 1897
and will remain closed until after the meeting.
BY the Board Il Directors.
H. H. VREEIAND. President.
CHARLES T.. WARREN. secretary.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
The Audit Company
Of New York.
I.OIITiRIE BJIIDING.

Acting prAside7.. We. s.Pres.dent -
AUGUST BELMONT WILLIAM \. NASH
Manager Chiaf Consulting Auditor,
THOMaS l.. GREENE. STEPHEN LITTLE
tor-ui'irg Engineer.
WILLIAM BARCLAY PARSONS
ohio, rf Corn. - rrr'-s Secretary and TREASURER.
HENRY r. SEAMAN EDWARD 7. FERIEE.
DIRECTORS
August Belmont. =. J. 'assatt
Frederic = clCott, Marce.lus Hartley.
James StiIlmaa. th2ries J.. riint
William y. Nash. George Coppeh
Joseph :. AUcTbsch, e. =. NJ Harvey.
George 9. Harrr. John l. Waterbury,
George " Young.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Of Stockholders.
w BaSard Cutting r Jefferson Coolidge jr..
Walter c. Oakman, charles : Fairchild,
4. y. Juiard. GUSTAV J.. hlssel,
Henry W Poor Isaac y. Sellgman,
Louis Fitzgerald Robert Mae ay.
The Audit Company examines and reports
upon tho accounts and financial condition Of
corporations, copartnerships and individuals.
and examines and reports upon the physical
condition Of railroad. manufacturing and
other properties
Its services are If value 10 investors, tinan-
cisl institutions. bo.rOWe els Of money direc-
tors Of corporations merchants, firms. and
purchasers Of properties
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
Dlul0cuo y Notltes.

ogFIcE OF THE AMERICAN COAL COMPANY.
~ / BrlsdNsy
New orb August sih. 1891
rIHE BOARD or DIRECTORS of the Amer'-
Coal COMPANY of Aegsny county, Nd. have
this DAY declared dividend y four per
unan the capital 90. The Company. payable this
ofire Wednesday. sept is ls"I
The transfer books all BE- ,lesed on Aug
o'clock F. NJ an reop-nei on he morning Of sept. n.
GEORGE VI BOWLBY. Secretary
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
STREET RAILWAY, GAS AND MISCEI.-
LANEOUS SECURITIES

.e,eried by David Ffe.eer. 80 l. Wal!-st. N.a-Y,.a
Atlantic Avenue gen. u.'se 5s isn A. & o io, los
atlantic Avenut gen. mi-e. -. 1872 4. 4 n.'iI io3
tfi.ufc Avenue iuprNt tcnsAf ~. 1884 =" -
l,r, iiUav and Seventh a teuur -f k..-.-.. ~ .G
BlladRay and seventh Avenue ist mfsc =. 100 10
Hrlstway ana seventh Is .enue - Hdg- 5s.. iNa
Bra fun. SIriac. IT, cf-. st........... llG. III
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18

The more important net losses were made 10y
the following stocks American Sugar Refining
~ per cent: Ann Arbor preferred ! per cent
Burlington. 15s per cent. Chicago Gas. | per
cent; Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago and -.
Louis. per cent; Consolidated Gas. | per cent:
Consolidated Ice. per cent; Delaware and HUI
son. Ia per cent; Delaware. Lackawanna ana
Western. | per cent. Denver and Rio Grande
preferred. IL per cent. Edison Electric lllumi-
mating Company. l1i per cent: Erie first pre-
:erred. rs per cent, Flint and Pcre Marquette
1's rer cent; the preferred. per cent; Illinois
Central, Ia per cent; Louisville ana Nashville.
1'a per cent: Lake Eric ard Western preferred.
per cent: Michigan Ctnfrf'. per rent: Jersey
Central 20 rer cent: Northern Pacific PR
ferred. per ,-nt; oregon Railroad and Navi-
cation preferred. pcr cent; Pittshurg. Cinc.n-
nau. Chicago and s. louis. / per cent; Read
ne u per cent; the nrst preferred. Is per
cont: the second preferred II. per cent: RIO
irardc Western preferred per cent II. Louis
an! San Fran,isc3 FIRST preferred. H.. PEI ,ent;
n" second Preferred '+r cont; T-xas ana Pa
-ih'. | Ter '"n'. and United States Leather pre-
fcrcd. PER cent.
TIE BOND MARKET.
Sales of Government bonds We're $4,000 cou-
pon Is of 192, 1T 1l3ia. Sl0onp coupon IS at
llIiq and Si3opn at 113as. Final quotations
follow
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18

\
Outstanding Ger - ,. .. . .. ,....o,.
>-5l l'A''- s--'''f"'f i''' .fl''''''
Deposits ia Nt- - So. ,.,
f.onal banks. lt.'lr'f- i'.>f..H'o In. "--""'
,,u,lle cash S-i- - s.i7 7u5GiC Dec SIS tI3
vle,r liabilities. .29iioGs % s>5 Inc. i2 eij
,,,el cash bal $50 5sOo2l s22i 63ass3 Dec ss"3ss
customs receipts reported from Washington
to-day were S2:3 JJI. internal revenue receipts
81 20 i29 and the miscellaneous receipts $40 Su4 :
total Government receipts for the day. S4sb 241 :
nvnenditures So 3i2 600. excess Of expenditure.
81 50 80 Receipts for the month To date, $40 p
,Gl 1853. EXPENDITURES. 500 10000. excess Of ex-
rnrditures $1OJ15 >31 Receipts for fiscal year
- date SO l91 j2s. expenditures $40 so 3nS
cess Of expenditures. 81 6io3sn. Receipts of
National bank notes for redemption to-day.
S23l .O13.
fSlG i.,7
Week ending Aug II. ssaIaD., 81 s,6oi4 80 los sG,
F.m January rs -. 81 2.dIt ~ 81. IS 7a.
STREET RAILWAY. GAS AND MISCEI.-
IANEOT-S SECTTRTTJEs
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-09

four days, when they are run ont on
elevated rails to a platform, divided
into four and headquarters, and these
are packed in refrigerator cars stand
ing ready to receive them, and shipped
to the principal cities of the country.
The last slaughtering department
visited was that where the sheep are
disposed of, the process being much
the same as in the case of cattle, as is
also the manner of shipment. About
1000 sheep are slaughtered daily.
AS the firm of Armour & Co. uses
every part Of the animals slaughtered,
it naturally follows that much of the
meat must be converted into canned
goods, sausages of various kinds and
the like; in fact, this is one of the
largest branches of the big industry.
All the cans used are manufactured on
the premises, and all the can labels
printed there.-Boston Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-09
Volcano as a Weather Prophet.

Scientists have recently been inves.
tigating the belief, now many centuries
old, that the volcano of Stromboli is q
weather prophet. For two thousand
years the inhabitants of the Lipari ISL
ands, between Sicily and Calabria, and
the mariners On the adjacent waters
have looked to the burning mountain
for advance information regarding wind
and weather. By day the gigantic
plume of vapor by its shape foretold
the coming wind; and by night the
glare of the subterranean fires striking
upward on the clouds gave warming Of
storms that were brewing. DR.. Ber-
CERT, the distinguished scientist, who
has been studying the volcano, accepts
and explains the popular belief. He
says that If moist masses of air blow
over Stromboli its plume of vapor will
be greater and will thus foretell rain.
In the night this larger cloud will re-
feet greater amount of light. Thus
the belief that Stromboli was prophet
is justified by modern science.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-09
Decay of Animal Matter.

A great many proofs now more or
less familiar to most people show quite
clearly that the decay Of animal or
vegetable matter is not simple chem.
ical change, inevitable in the nature
of things, but o violent interference
with the natural course on the part OF
hostile organisms. The bacteria which
produce decomposition are very minute
plants, which grow, like mushrooms
or molds, upon organic matter, and
which reproduce their like with incred-
ible rapidity.
Tyndall showed long ago that the
gpores of these plants exist in myriads
in the air, floating everywhere around
us; that they occupy all crannies and
empty places on the surface of the
earth, and that they swarm in their
millions in all ponds and puddles. An
easy way of proving that these spores
alone and the plant colonies which
spring from them are the cause of pu-
trefaction may be obtained by boiling
beef tea in test tube, so as to kill
the bacteria, and then, while the liquid
is still steaming, closing up the
mouth of the tube with plug of cot
ton wool, which admits the air but
strains out the germs of the putrefac-
tive organisms. Under these condi-
lions the beef tea will keep good for
years, but if you remove the plug it
will begin at once to putrefy.-Long-
mans Magazine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-09
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Experiments have shown that the
ash constituents of coal, which are not
readily permeable, may be roughly
estimated by means of Roentgen rays
on comparison with slabs having q
known percentage Of ash.
A magnetic well of great power has
been struck at Bowersville, five miles
south of jamestown, Ohio. The we'll
was drilled 40 feet deep, and at this
depth the drill became SO magnetized
that particles of iron chung to it.
M. Pinto Of Rio de Janeiro has dis
covered new process for preserving
meats by electricity. The process
consists in fmmersing the meat in a
thirty per cent. solution of salt, through
which electricity passed. In ten to
twenty hours the curing is completed.
Some idea of the fine point to which
platinum wire can be drawn will be
realized from the fact that threads
have been drawn two of which can be
twisted together and inserted within
the hollow of human hair. These
threads are so infnitesimal that it
needs magnifying glass to see them.
According to the experiments of NJ.
Seguy and M. Quenisset the X-rays
cause dangerous palpitations of the
heart. The experiments were made
on medical students and upon them
selves, and M. Seguy and NJ. Quenis.
set describe the palpitations as violent
and uncomfortable unless the rays were
intercepted by metallic plate.
Prudon, of the Belfast (Ireland) hos
pital for skin diseases, is On earnest
advocate of oil and massage in the
treatment of skin diseases. He uses
olive oil, sometimes with the addition
of cacao butter. He claims to have
obtained excellent results in three
cases of pityriasis rubra and in cases
of eczema squamosa. In the latter
disease he adds some stimulant, such
as the oil of cade, etc. He has also
obtained good results in various forms
of erythema.
An immense electrical influence ma
chine has been constructed by James
Wimshurst, whose name is so we'll
known in connection with apparatus
Of this kind. 1t is duplex in form, a
shaft on each side carrying twelve
plates thirty-six inches in diameter,
each plate with thirty-two sectors.
The machine is certain to excite itself
before the hand crank has made COM
plete revolution. 1t gives torrents of
electricity, the length of the spark
between the two outer terminals being
thirty-two inches. The machine is
nine feet long outside the case by two
feet nine inches in width.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-09
Italians In New York,

The census of 1890 credited New
York with an italian population of &c.
951, which has not been reduced in
the last seven years. Mulberry Bend
Park borders on representative
italian quarter. In thatregion italian
signs, italian shops and italian bank
ers abound; italian mothers tend their
children, usually busying themselves
with something else at the same time;
italian laborers, for the moment IN
employed, sit on the benches, or talk
together, usually with some apparent
excitement in groups in the street.
Where there are Italians in numbers
there is bound to be animation, and
the Mulberry street side of the Null
berry Bend Park is one of the most
animated centres of New York.
Most of the Italians in New York
are very poor, and are ill housed and
coarsely fed, and have much appar-
emily to lower their spirits. But they
seem never to feel any worse than they
can help. They are. industrious and
very frugal, and save money. Some
of it they gamble away, and some is
stolen from them by swindlers, but a
good deal stays by them. Most of
them were pinched bypoverty at home
before they came to New York. and
knew worse things than they expert
ence here. That seems to help their
philosophy. At any rate, no part of
the population of New York endures
hardships with better grace or adapts
itself more patiently and easily to its
environment. If there is O chance to
be miserable, he neglects it as far as
ne can. His wife and his children
ire like him in these particulars.
They borrow no tronble. When the
'un shines they bask in it provided it
S not too hot); when it rains they get
lnder cover; they have plenty of So
'iety, and like it, and for what they
'annot have they work and wait. -Har-
,er's Weekly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-09
Ham and Egg Carnival.

If for no other reason, Northerners
should visit the Tennessee Centennia
exposition just to take part in the
riotous ham-and-egg carnival that il
going on down there. According tc
the statistics contained in an article
sent out by the bureau of publicity,
the demure and melancholy "ham-and.
eggs" of our forefathers is undergoing
q renaissance that threatens to smother
the South in its warm, golden bosom.
In complimentary notice of some
hundred or more restaurants doing
business ON the ground the "ham-and.
egg" heads the list of star performers
in ery case, and at many of them il
plays a continuous performance night
and day.
The champions of this plain, blunt
old dish will gather to its jubilee il
the New South with rejoicing anG
songs Of praise. New York Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-09
Poor Start I'm Life.

"A Poor start In Life.
you are rich and talented, "said :
gentleman to his friend.
He nodded assent.
"Yet you do nothing worthy of your
opportunities"
He sighed.
! "Have you no ambition for q great
public careerT'
A look of despair crept into his eyes
II had-once," he said brokenly. .b,d
that dream was shattered by a fearful
revelation my father made to me wher
4 left college. 1t is hopeless-hopelss.'
His companion sneered.
"Some petty scandal In the family his
tory, 1 supposeT he muttered impa
tiently.
"WorSe-worse than that!'
Insanity in the family?"
There was a note Of real alarm in hi,
friends voice as he asked this ones
ton.
Mono. Wealth, breeding, brains
count for nothing against adverse fate
/ can never have great public career
1 Wasn't born In log cabin. My pan
ents always lived in brick house"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-09
A wonderrui Sign.

Prussia fifty years ago had a State
lottery, and in every town, large o.,
small, was collector, appointed to sell
the tickets. One day a servant girl
came to the collector in Hagan. and
asked IL she could buy No. %.
He did not have 1t in his possession
but rs the girl seemed very much in
earnest and refused to be put Off with
any other number, he tried to obtain n
from some of the other collectors in
town and finally succeeded.
The drawing took place and Hacan
rose to a state of feverish excitement
when 1t was known that this girl had
become a winner of large sum of
money. She found herself, for a time
the chief object of interest in the town
She was. Of course, asked how she
came to Ak upon No. 3d. Thereupon she
gave this simple and lucid explanation:
II dreamed one hight No. Z, and sec.
ond night ! dreamed No. Z, and a third
night again. So thought, Three times
seven makes twenty-three,' and !
bought that numberr'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-09
CHARACTERISTICS OF HARRIS.
Anecdotes of the Late United States Sena.
tor From Tennessee.

tor From Tennessee.
Everybody has an anecdote to tell
Of Senator Harris. His peculiarities
were we'll known, aud yet none OF
them were considered as diminishing
the native integrity and detrae ting
from the picturesque attractiveness OF
the dead Senator's character. He
was survivor of line of public men
for which Tennessee has been famous
leaders of the type of Andrew Jack.
son, Felix Grundy and Andrew John.
son-men cast in rugged mould, OF
fierce passions when aroused by
fancied sense of wrong or injustice,
but having certain qualities command.
ing respect not due to mere physical
courage. Senator Harris had perhaps
as little use for newspaper men as any
man who ever sat in either House OF
Congress. But his treatment of them
was uniform, and understood not to be
personal, and his language in declin.
ing to grant interviews was, withal, SO
interesting that it went far toward
contributing the element of news to a
refusal to impart information. To
those newspaper men who rarely
asked for news, and then did
so quietly, lie was uniformly pleasant.
Some of the stories about his lurid
profanity to correspondents are so well
based, however, that they are accept.
ed as sufficient illustration of phases
OF his manner. Possibly no public
man Of the times has stood before the
public more the very man he was than
the sturdy, dogmatic, incisive Senator
whose funeral took place in the Senate
chamber recently. OF the many an
ecdotes related as characteristic of
him, one not heretofore in print, it is
believed, marks his determination
under all circumstances to have the
proper subordination observed of the
younger to the elder, of the inferior in
position to the superior. A page one
day inquired of him at his desk if the
Senate had decided to adjourn until IL
o'clock the next day.
eyes," was the fierce reply, "and
Immediately after we adjourn to-day
we shall proceed to hang every imper-
tinent page on this foor!' The boy
retired with awe written on his coun-
tenance and purpose to be less free
with Senators in future.
Sometimes Mr.. Harris's rebukes
were too severe, but more frequently
they were deserved. His sense of
dignity was equal to his indie
pendence of speech and action. Once
or twice in his Senatorial career he
was on the verge of inficting personal
chastisement beyond the mere use of
his exceedingly sharp tongue. But
it can be truthfully said that he had
the profound respect of his colleagues
On both sides of the Chamber for his
his intelligence and his
special knowledge of parliamentary
law and usages.-New York Tribune.