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s0Aco' hr'Of p,OsO''No bVN
Net ear'ss. eli ,eOV, 22a sls,O06. o2l Dec. 81 ,o0b, 7na
Other inc'o.. le2,s23 64,s57 Inc. 1880
Total ,nc'e. eIq.o72,o5e eis. 900. s7s Dec. epo7. SEQ
Fixed ch'gs.. 7.4Ss,7+7 1889. ASS De-. lso,1il
R R,ns9 s,f 'i i.sss. 3ss .. s9S s.. sPs R Ess. $50 5, $50
Balance: ss.s.s,sis ssss4o77Dee. sss5lss
Surplus. os4o,s5s 81. l7s. 209 Does ,ss7. 4o7
Fixed charges in 1896 included S57.5 $50 for pre-
common stock in 1896 were 3 y cent; in 1897, 4
= cent. The total balance TO credit of profit md
s6S on June. 80. 1896. Tho earnings on the
common stock in 1896 were 80 y cent and
, N.nr y sn5e at juno 'e so ,s ~ The the el 4ajfi of the s'sf tsG rel
placement fund amounted TO S25s, 400, of
which $50. 600 was for tho replacement OF loco.
cars. In the year Just closed $Tl.446 was added
to the fund by charging 20 operating expenses
unfit for service and ordered to DO scrapped:
and there, was expended out OF the fund Sil,di6
for actual replacement OF Ave locomotives. The
unexpended balance OF tho replacement fund
for locomotives on June 80 last stood nj 500.
900, and g sufficient to replace a shortage Of
six locomotives in the company's inventory
of equipment. In the last fiscal year $2l4. OO7
was added to the replacement fund for cars, and
operating expenses were charged with the sum.
actual replacement. and the balance on June 30
last was 1871 $50. which is sufficient to replace
tAN oboi N'kS VI Nhi piio'' "a Wv
company's inventory. and four sleeping cars,
still serviceablc. but which must he replaced by
cars of modern pattern. In the year 1908. 231
was expended for additional rolling stock and
improvement to rolling stock and charged to
cost OF road and equipment. Other expenditures
for improvements and additions raised the total
amount for this purpose to S7sO,+77. The CAPT
tai stock was increased in the last year Ivy 81
$4,000 preferred stock. issued in, exchange for
tho same amount of convertible bonds can.
cclicd. The capital stock now stands at $26.,
s95, 800 preferred and 6.O2T. 2Gl common.
The funded debt on June 80 last was ] ! 762,'
300, IA net decrease of 81 339. coo since June sc
last year.
The report OF the Illinois Central Railroad
Company for the year ended June 80 shows that
the company operated 3.l30 miles of railway
exclusive OF the 456 miles lately belonging
to tho Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwest
ern Railroad Company and affiliated cor
and, operated by the Yazoo and Mississippi
VALLEY Railroad Company. The st. Louis, Altor
and Terrc Hauto system having been leased IC
the Illinois Central on Oct. !, 1898. the average
number OF miles operated the previous year wal
3.O67. showing an increase for this year OF 6:
miles. or 2.O5 q cent. The financial operation,
OF the company for the year ended juno 70 wer,
as follows;
1897. 1890. Changes.
Gross earningsS22. 4 O.a37 822. OO2. gag Inc. siOs. on!
OpereNpsnses Id, 1876. Sst li,pd2.2 16 Inc. 713,B 90,
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Available cash balance,

including gold reserve. sel6. aIs.1so s2l5. ss9. s7<
Money in London ld114 y cent. Rates of dis
count in open market for both short and three
months bills l 1910 y cent. Amount OF bull
lion withdrawn from tho Bank OF England on
balance today q 600. Paris adytces quote 3
London 25 francs lSla confines. Tho weekly
statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany
shows the following changes: Cash on hand de-
creased 25,2s0.O 900 marks; Treasury notes de-
crcnsed 100000 marks; other securities in-
creased 35. $50. 900 marks; notes in circulation
incrcas cd 80. $780, 600 marks.
Referring to an offer made by the Southern
Railway Company to issue its preferred stock
IN exchange for stock OF the Virginia Midland
Southern preferred for 100 shares of Virginia
Midland, President Spencer Of tho Southern
Railway Company gives notice that this OFFER
will DO withdrawn on Sept. 30 and that holders
desirins to make the conversion must do so at
tho office of j. II. Morgan & Co. on or before
that date.
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Net earnings 08.975.O53 S7.O4O. 588 Dec. 86G5. 5l8
Other income. 2.lbl.lD6 l~.DlS.+8t Inc. 2+b. 1872
Total inc.... 2 $40. 249 0S. 95s. $50 Dec. SAW. ISL
Interest. ..... 8~.298.972 2,9s2, 500 Inc. 257. 1893
Balance. =. O.. e9a. 277 Q 1870 gel Dec. 0678 ga
Rentals ...... 1920, 1928 $500, iyB Dec, $50, 77O
Balance. .... 02.77s,h5l g.. Os5, 795 Dec. 1907 ia
Dividends 80. 2,e25, 900 z, bs2. 300 Inc. BP, hOO
Balance. el58.55l S523. 225 Dec. $3.50. s74
Betterments. $50, 900 422, BOO Dec. 212, 500
----
Surplus. .... S3.55l 500, T2b Dec. Sg7,l74
Prev. surplus. e2O.vll SEQ. 1855 Inc. 100, 726
-
Total aur'la, SO2t4B2 1000. glO Inc. M 5b9
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Oatsaspot was ea5ler' Sales bI.UUO bush, IncludIna
10000 M white, clipped, and 10000 No. . do
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1897. 1898. Changes.
Gross ear Is. $50. 4s6. 76s $685. sl. s2e Dec.e le5. o6l
Ell. 4 taxes. lS.577,53s l0.676, sos Dec. .O0s. 260
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After the closing OF the Supplementary Transatlantic
Mails named above, additional supplementary
mails are opened on the piers of the American.
English. French, and German steamers. and re-.
main open until within Ten Minutes Of the hour
az aailinc nf afeaner
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-01
To ttOmesteaders.

We have at this office blanks upon which to make application for ''final proof and will make them out free of cost to anyone wishing. Our fee for publication is Se. 50 and no one need fear that we have not the re- quired bonified circulation to make such publications legal.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-01
Fall and Winter Styles.

Send two cent stamp for new edition of Fashion Book. Beautifully illustra. ted in colors. Con tains a complete list of the latest styles Tn ladies' dress patterns Address
 PRrcKLY ASH BITTERs Co St Louis, Mo.
 15-4t
The Republican., 1897-04-15
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

IF the devil didn't teach men how to
make rum, who did ?-Ram's Horn.
"Trimmings' is the term under which
alcoholic drinks are disguised in the
bills English ladies run up in the Lon
don department stores, according to
Salvation Army investigators.
The senate of Minnesota has decided
senate chamber or committee rooms.
There was opposition to the bill, but it
passed by a large majority.
The bishop of London, inviting his
clergy to observe Temperance Sunday
CMay o., writes: Il am sure you will
feel the Importance of urging on all
Christian people the paramount obliga-
tion of temperance"
Rev. c. II. Smith, pastor of NJ. Z.
church, Phoenix, Il. l., has pledge cards
against bad words, tobacco and intoXi-
eating liquor FOR what he calls Our
Sunday-sohool Battle Boys" The sign
ers are supplied with pretty buttons,
and so the battle goes forward.
BY the help of the colored people of
Arkansas, and especially preacher who
belongs to one of the newly organized
unions who went to help in the fight,
whisky was voted ont of one of the
large towns there for the first time.
There were only two or three white
men arrayed against it.
The friends of temperance in Ken
tucly are to issue a little sheet, which
will extend a helping hand to every
organization that has for its object the
legal suppression of the liquor traffic,
for beverage purposes, in state and ma
ton. At the same time it will give no
uncertain sound as TO the claims of 4
straight prohibition party"
The Republican., 1897-04-15
FRESH FASHION NOTES.
Some New Notions in Ladies' Spring
Costumes.

The minds of the maiden and of the
matron of all ages turn toward the BIZ
cycle costume. What to make it out of
and how to make it are important ques
tions. There are heavy grades of
camers hair that are greatly liked
Serge and cloth give excellent salts
faction. Denim makes good knock
run errands and like to be always
ready for spin are wearing denim
skirts of wheeling length about the
house, with shirt waists of cheviot, ging-
ham or any of the popular cotton fab
rics. This bicycle length skirt, by the
way, is a great thing for busy young
women. They can dress in it in the
morning, put on big apron, attend to
whatever comes along, and at three
minutes notice can be out a-wheeling
if anything in the way of minor supplies
is required for the household.
Ladies who like moderately thick
dresses for morning and ordinary wear
are using denim and heavy linens. A
skirt and blazer of these materials, with
shirt waist, is the popular suit. The
skirts are braided or trimmed with mar
row galloon, either in rows or put on in
fancy patterns. A dark blue and yell
low denim with yellow braid is one of
the most stylish of the spring dresses
in this line A gray denim, with black
braid, is exceedingly handsome, and a
red and black, with red braid, makes a
small girls dress that can scarcely be
equalled for durability and style.
The wheel and its costumes are assum-
ing great Importance in the household
Even the conservative grandmother and
aunties who aforetime did not approve
of them find them so useful and discover
50 many places where they fill other
wise unbridgable chasms, that the
prejudice against them has almost en-
tirely worn away.
The new organdies are simply be-
wildering. They are as sheer as one can
possibly imagine, and in the daintiest
| ard most delicate colors. One can but
wonder how such fabrics can be woven
and printed and handled with safety,
scme of them being so delicate and fraiI
| looking.
Taffeta silk is one of the most reliable
and serviceable materials. There is a
sort of spotted taffeta in black and dark
colors that will outwear almost any ma
terial in the silk line. The spots are
woven in, and the fabric makes ex-
ceptionally pretty and dressy costumes
y. Y. Ledger.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
CURIOUS FIND IN IOWA.


Interest in archaeological discovery
near Fairfield, jefferson county, Ia,
has intensified since the report of the
professor on antiquities of the Ohio uni
versity has been received stating that
the relic is undoubtedly of Aztec origin.
\ party of scientists from the Smithson-
ian institution is gathering additional
data to aid in determining it's origin.
The find was made September 9. 1896.
The block of wood in which the records
were inclosed is about the size of a
common brick. The outside of this box
was coated with wax or gum of some
kind, which not only fastened the pieces
together, but made the receptacle with
in practically water and alright. After
being coated, the blocks had been held
over fire that the gum might be melted
and evenly distributed. and the block
is not only covered with SCOT but it is
also slightly charred. The wood, pos
sibly a bit of birch, is eXcellently pre-
served. The outer wrapping of bark
is purplish black, indicating that it had
been discOlored by smoke. That on
NllICIl llIC CIIGll tlSlClo al z "lltbCll 10
thin as a bit of printing paper of this
day, pihllish yellow, as fresh, appar-
emily, as the day it was put into the
ground. The characters are written in
red ink, possibly the juice of some
fruit or plant. The color is bright and
the work neat, that of an expert. The
bark is not that of our common birch,
but more like that which is used by the
Indians farther north. The wax with
which the bits of wood were sealed re-
sembles very much dark sealing wax of
these days, melts very readily and gives
out a faint odor. The find was made
under the stump of a tree, two or three
feet deep. Workmen think the tree must
have been so years old.-St. Louis Globe
| Democrat.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
Habit of Doing Well.

Learning to do well is Like learning to
swim. You wade into the water, but
not far for fear you will drown. You
try again, and do "A little better. You
swallow a good deal of water, but you
keep on splashing, and finally can swim.
So you must keep on doing well until
you learn how. A habit is something
which we have. That is what the word
means. 1t often becomes something
which has us.-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
TIE FARMER AND TEMPERANCE.
Where the Home of the Anti-SaIoon
Sentiment should be.


The farm ought to be the home of
the temperance sentiment of the coun-
try, for we who live in the country,
removed from the city's and towns
temptations, can more clearly see the
folly of the alcohol habit than people
who have lived so long with the brew
cry and groggery under their very noses
that they have become Injured to their
offensiveness.
But from purely practical point of
view, all questions of right and
wrong aside, we ought to be dead
set against the liquor interest,
from the fact that it is the great
disturber of business. If the millions
of dollars now spent for drink that
ought to go to supplying poor mems
families with food and clothing and
fuel were spent as they ought to be,
| there would be home markets for all
that we could raise, and "overproduc-
ton" would be think unheard of.
An official inquiry, made by the
| Massachusetts bureau of statistics of
labor into the relation of the liquor
sanity has brought out some interest
| ing facts. AS to the insane, so far as
can be ascertained, seven out of every
| ten had Incorporate parents; and
one out of every four was believed to
| have been made insane by his own in
| temperate habits.
OF all the paupers of the state insti-
| -
| addicted to the use of liquor, and
nearly one-half had Incorporate par
| ents. Of all the arrests for crime during
| the year, two-thirds were for drunken
ness. Taking into account all kinds OF
crime, in about eight and one-half cases
in every ten the incorporate habits OF
the offender led to condition which
induced the crime; and, excluding
minors, 06 of every 100 persons con-
victed of crime were addicted to the use
of liquor.
Massachusetts has local option law
under which the cities and towns vote
annually upon the licensing of saloons
One branch of the bureaus investiga-
| ton was directed to ascertaining the
relative amount Of drunkenness in
| places where the saloons were closed
and in those where they were open
In the no-license cities and towns the
arrests for drunkenness were only
about one-half and for offenses
other than drunkenness less than hall
as many per thousand of the popula'
ton as in license cities and towns
In five cities which were for part oi
the year under license and q part oI
the year under no license, the licensed
months showed nearly three times as
many arrests for drunkenness, on the
average, as the no-license months.
These statistics, taken as a whole
seem not ouly to establish a close con
nection between the liquor traffic
and crime, pauperism and insanity
but to show also a considerable curtail
| mcnt of these evils when the saloons
are closed-L C. Poor, in Farm News.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
COOKING TONGUES.
When Properly Prepared Fresh Beef
or Calls LinSua lis Delicious Meat.

Every good housekeeper knows how
TO soak and boil a smoked beef tongue,
but a great many cooks treat a fresh
tongue in such manner that it be-
comes as tlayorless as gelatine.
Properly roasted or braised in stock,
fresh beef or calf's tongue is a de-
liciOus meat. 1t is not remarkable for
its nutritious qualities, but, like the ten
der]oin of beef, the meat is of good
flavor if it is carefully cooked and sea-
sOned, and it is always of melting ten
derness.
Select fresh beef tongue for roast
ing. Wash and trim it thoroughly, and
season it with salt and pepper. Wrap
a paste around it made of pint of flour
and cupful of water. Roll out this
paste thin and wrap it around the
tongue. Lay it on a meat rack in a
dripping pan, with pint of boiling wa
ter. Roast it for about two hours
Keep the surface of the paste from dry
ing too hard or from burning by basting
it with the boiling water in the bottom
of the dripping pan. At the end of this
time remove the paste. 1t is of no fur
ther value. Loosen the skin of the
tongue and peel it off, It should come
off easily. Lay it back in the pan, rub
it freely with butter, dredge it lightly
with -four and pour little rich brown
stock in the pan under it to baste it
with. Roast it, basting it often, un-
til it is well Drowned. Take itup. Add
mushrooms to the brown gravy in the
dripping pan, thicken it. and serve it
with the tongue. The mushrooms, of
course, may be omitted, but they add a
great deal to the flavor of the tongue.
Spinach is delicious vegetable to
serve with roast tongue. Pickles and
piquant sauces are always appropriate
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
JONESBY'S JOKE.
His Two Mice in Candy Box and
What They Did.

His Two Mice in Candy Box and
What They Did.
Mr. Giddy invited two friends to dine
with him the other evening, and when
the first of them arrived he found the
host in very merry mood.
Glad you got here first" he said.
'Tve got Il joke on Jonesby that the boys
will tell around ths Office for a year,
and l want to tell you about it before he
comes in"
2 "Jonesby is something of joker
himself, isn't he?" returned the guest.
He thinks so now, but he won't
hfter he finds out. You see he's played
! lot of fool tricks on me that he thinks
funny. and I've been waiting to get
sven. OF late he's taken to buying lots
hf neckties and keeping a comb in his
Iesk, and the boys think he's in love
With the typewriter"
We'll, that's no joke, I'm sure"
Il wasn't sure about it myself until
lo-day, when l saw him sneak in and
lay on her desk a big candy box, done
up in white paper and tied with blue
ribbons. If he hadn't run away as fast
es he could he'd have heard me laugh
ing, for | couldn't restrain it another
second!'
'Well?" said the guest, who was Won
dering how soon dinner would be
served.
well, I knew l had him then, so l
just grabbed that candy box and slid it
in my overcoat pocket, just as the type
writer came into the room"
Did she suspect"
NO; l guess not. She asked me what
was laughing at, and l told her I'd just
seen fat old man slip on a banana peel.
She smoothed her hair down and said
she didn't see anything funny in that
she knows I'm married, you see"
Il see. We have typewriters at our
office"
Yes. Then l invited Jonesby to din
ner tonight; l brought the box OF
candy home-I'il bet it's good, too!
Told my wife to put it on the dinner
table. I'll tell old Jonesby the joke
after it's all eaten. Won't he be mad
though? Sh-that's him. Don't say
anything. Hello, Jonesby, old man;
you're late. | thought You weren't
coming"
Il am a little late" returned the new
conner. The fact is stayed later than
usual at the office this evening. Fact
is, I'd put up joke on the typewriter
and wanted to see what she'd do"
Joke on the typewriter, eh? What
was it?" said Mr.. Giddy, winking at the
| first guest.
PUT a box with two little mice in il
on her desk. l knew she'd think it was
| candy, and-what's the matter, ole
man?"
II want to tell my wife some
thing" faltered Mr.. Giddy.
But just then series of the most ap
palling screams coming from the direc
tion of the dining told that h'
] was too late!-Chicago Times-Herald
The Republican., 1897-04-15

Babies white woolens are often a ter
rible trial, by reason of the distressing
tendency they have to shrinking; more
over, they lose their pristine beauty
and sOftness after the first washing.
This can be avoided by careful treat
ment. Put into the lukewarm lather in
which they should be regularly washed,
two tablespoonfuls of ammonia and a
teaspoonful of powdered borax, pre-
viously dissolved in spirits of wine.
Wash the garments in this mixture,
rubbing them not at all, or as little as
possible. Rinse in cold water that has
been previously boiled, if possible,
mixed with tablespoonful of white
vinegar. DO not wiring the articles, but
shake them well, and hang them out to
drip in a very warm place, or at some
distance from good fire. Iron on the
wrong side whilst the material is still
damp, and then let them air a long time.
Things washed carefully in this manner
will look as good as new, and should
not shrink.-St, Louis Republic.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
Black satin skirts.

Women who have black satin skirts
need not think because light-colored
skirts are now so much favored that the
former useful possession is passe. They
will be worn just as much as ever, and
this is something to feel little happi-
ness over, for they can so often be
brought into use, and always look we'll
and generally in place. These skirts
worn with light waists are more than
convenient, and it was remarked of a
certain very select dinner given several
weeks ago that half the women present
wore black satin skirts and light fancy
waists. Black moire velour skirts have
been much used, but unless a waist of
the same is worn they are not really
considered au fait. This material Is
made into beautiful gowns, and when
elaborately trimmed is highly suitable
for reception and calling gowns.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
HER REFORMED DIET.


founding Discoveries.
TITS just awful how criminally ig-
norant I've been regarding our food, -
said Mrs. Newlight to her husband the
other day. Il can never be thankful
enough that 1 joined Prof. Scarem's $
class in domestic science. My! it's a
wonder we're not all dead, ignorant as
I've been. There's one thing sure,
George Newlight, there'll be no more
tomatoes on my table"
"Why?"
Because Prof. Scarem explained TO
us to-day how tomatoes cause marked
arrest of vital activity in those who eat
them, and he proved that the acid of
tomatoes acts almost like poison on
the membrane of the stomach. Then
I'm done with any berries that have
seeds in on my table"
I'D like to know why?"
'1ou wouldn't ask if you heard the
professor talk on appendicitis and it's
cause. A single dish of raspberries or
strawberries may bring on that awful
trouble. It's fearful to think of the
risk people will run just to crafty the
| palate. And here we've always allowed
our children to have sugar and cream
OH their oatmeal!"
What of it?"
<s~Neil, you'd say what of it?' if you
could hear the professor explain how
the combination of oatmeal and cream
and sugar causes dreadful gases to arise
| in the stomach and utterly retards di-
| gestion. I've not the slightest doubt
that the awful spasm our little Mamie
had last year was due entirely to this
cause. Then there's bananas. Why,
George Newlight, they're simply rank
poison! And you'll get no more white
bread at my table"
why not?"
because there is no more nutrition
in it than there would be in bread made
out of pure starch. Every bit of the
nutritive element has been refined out
of it. 1t makes those who eat it thin
blooded."
''Do [ look thin-blooded or as if l
lacked nutrition?" asked Mr.. Newlight,
who weighs 1879.
THAT doesn't signify. You don't
know what day you'll begin to break
down under such bread Well have
nothing but graham or whole wheat
-four hereafter, and I've done with cOf-
fee, too. If you could see and hear
Prof. Scarem demonstrate just how poi
sonous it is to the whole human sys-
TEN, you'd shun it as you shun opium
He says that cocoa shells is the only safe
warm drink"
I'D as soon drink dishwater," said
Newlight.
You'd better drink dishwater than
your poisonous coffee. If you'd only
take a little time to study domestic sci.
ence and look into the food business d
little it would be a good thing for your
health and the health Of your family
There's a lot more things we've beer
jeopardizing our lives by eating in oul
criminal ignorance, and I'm going tc
cut them all off our list"
-+Ahd she did, which is the reason thai
Newlight is taking most of his meals
down town at present.-Detroit Free
| Press.