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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-15

stock before 1t gets to par You may
nave small block now, 80 1-3, par value
81. This will put you In possession of fif-
Teen shares, $1o0 per share. The prospects
are hrst-class, and results will come FROM
an investment with US. Don't keep your
money Idle capital; make it working cap
tal"
Now that the stock suggestion had been
introduced, other offers followed. On the
tasteful note paper of prominent club
was written this generous invitation:
"A number Of us are investing money
In copper and gold mine which we know
all about and have had examined by ex-
perts. The owner Is here to get money to
increase the production Of the mine,
which is paying dividends, and we all be-
1ieve that within year our stock will
much more than double in value. We all
get our stock on the ground floor. I be-
heve $500 will become worth SIS, 900 before
long. good mine, well managed, is a
good Investment
The hotel men were not inactive.
The advertiser was astonished to find
what opportunities in this line were with
In his easy reach. No cheap propositions.
mind you, but rather the most preten-
tious Of the select. An offer to take an
interest in a summer resort hotel on the
Maine coast. old established. and turning
people away In the hight of the season,
and always comfortably filled. From the
proprietor OF a mountain resort genar-
Gus invitation to take share of the
summers profits. AS the place offers eab-
solute freedom from malaria, heat, mos
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-15

quitoes, dampness. together with broad
piazzas," to say nothing of vegetables
and milk from our own farm, comfort
able BEDS large rooms, fine table, mag
niflcent grounds shady groves of pine
and maple. and walks and drives un-
equaled for their romantic beauty" the
young man may well be pardoned for
hesitating.
Another correspondent by way Of being
In the real estate business, confided that
he had ION his books $1,000 in premiums
which are due every month during the
coming three years" In spite of this
pleasing outlook, however, he yearned
for a friend to share the $1,000, and sug-
gested that the modest advertiser be that
friend. AS an afterthought. apparently,
was this consideration:
"In case that you should accept my
proposition. 1t is always necessary that
you bring along a small deposit, say $50,
SO as to bind the transaction
The young man has not yet brought
along that small deposit.
Most extraordinary was the proposition
from one man who suggested the golden
possibilities Of q 200-year calendar. Now.
don't you just yearn TO get a 200-year
calendar? wouldn't your cup of bliss run
over If you could annex one of these fill
ers Of a long-felt want? That's the way
the inventor figured public sentiment
when he remarked:
ga 200-year calendar, showing day of
the week Of every date from 1901 to 1000:
Autographed on celluIoid; size 3Ax51s
inches. Think of it-no larger than a pri-
vate mailing card. / want a sole repre-
sentative of the article. who will advance
me little money in return for goods
The young man was not insensible to
the advantages pointed out by his corre-
spondent yet he failed to make the lit
tie advance.
Hundreds OF other answers were re-
ceived. There was IAN honest under
taker' who desired to take in a partner
who would be Influential in drumming
up trade" also mail order" man who
frequently took out Of his letters for the
day as much as $780, and wished an aid
to help him count the money; a chap
with an article to be attached to a
kitchen range Ito act as a clothes dryers"
person with can acknowledged superior
metal polish that needed only pushing
to make its promoters nlillionaires: one
with "a clean, profitable business" but
just what he neglected to state: an in
ventor with an article yielding 300 per
cent profit (which almost every man or
woman will buy one or more Of" man
with an Office instalment business return
ing "a thousand dollars for every hum
dred cents invested;" and a street clean
ing company, with letter head illus.
trated with mechanism as simple as a
perfecting press
Thus 1t will be readily seen that the
young man who has $500 has innumerabIe
opportunities to rapidly travel the road
to wealth.
If In this advanced day he fails of riches
no one is to blame but himself.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-15

several striking looking men on horse
back. One of them was a small man,
perfectly erect and wore hat turned up
at the side. / remember my mother said
that man was Napoleon, the greatest gem
eral in the French army. The men who
rode by his side were larger than Ma
poleon. A short time afteD this remem-
Der hearing my parents tell about the
burning of Moscow, and how the French
soldiers had frozen to death on their re-
turn from that ruined 9city1
After my parents died my husband
and went to Caracas in South America.
If I remember correctly. was not over
forty-f1ve when went there. We lived
in Caracas for three or four years. My
husband was a merchant and made
money but he afterward lost 1t by un-
wise investments. Our only. daughter
died in Caracas and we laid her to rest
there. like the city of Caracas, with
its many sacred memories. After we
left Caracas we came to the United
States, landed in New York and finally
located In Cincinnati, where we lived q
long number of years.
"You ask me how I manage never to
get angry. To that question I will say
that it Is the easiest thing In the world.
When I was girl knew so many peo-
pie who would lose their tempers. To
me 1t seemed to spoil their dispositions
just made up my mind then and there
that would cultivate spirit Of good
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-15

man who, being questioned as to his sue
cess on the race course, replied:
"Oh. this has been my great day. /
beat the first six races, and If I'd had
any money left I'd have beaten on the
seventh
The young man detected the Tapping of
dorsal fin. He murmured shark" and
turned to another letter.
1t was from a correspondent, in whose
veins the milk Of human kindness ran so
strong that 1t simply had to find vent,
oozed as follows:
ST have a stock market investment sure
to double your capital in thirty days or
less. I am making much more than this
with my own money. Have a system of
operating which is sure to win."
Is 1t not strange how men who are
making money hand over fist with
schemes that are bound to win will pause
long enough to dfsipterestedIy place their
systems at the disposal of a stranger?
From the distant state of Washington
came a dignified counsel to take an inter-
est in a western mining Eldorado. Ac-
companying the offer was stately wood
cut. suggestive of a Welsh rabbit after
being left too long on the chatting dish, or
a persimmon potpie plucked too soon,
but labeled North slope Of the Sahara
Santa" or something of that kind. The
reading matter thus:
81 will shortly receive report of promi-
nent New York engineers that I believe
will show that at least 100 per cent an
nuaI profit can be made by installing re-
duction machinery at a mine opened this
past winter. Mine now has $4,000 tons
of So ore opened up. Air compressor is
being set up. We own patented terri
tory
The next letter was from theatrical
person, who enclosed gIittering pros
pectus of a future company now "being"
Incorporated under the laws of the state
Of Indiana and with A. B. Soandso as at
torney.
ST am Just moving my Office" he
wrote, "and will be alone, and therefore
have a splendid opening for a bright man
adapted to my needs and the theatrical
Office business. You would have to see
me at once If anything were done in the
matter
The prospect Of connection with a
company being Incorporated did not fill
the young man with joy sufficient to war
rant seeing the theatrical person at once.
man who is making from $500 to $500
a month craved the privilege of sharing
the gains with the young man, closing:
Call and see me and I will go into
further details"
Ten thousand dollars was offered by one
who has in his brain the idea for the
greatest panacea Of modern times. Said
he: Know doubt you will say, here is
another crank but such is not the
case"
The know doubt was sufficient to de-
ter the $500 young man from grasping the
$1,000.
The next reply the young man took
from the mass of letters spread before
him was from a man with music In his
soul, and who was DESTROYS of infiicting
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-15

with an the world. It is safe to say that
no one living in the world today can par
allel this record.
Mrs. Simpson tells the story OF her life
In the following words:
II was born In the town of Goldenton.
Russia. In the spring Of 1901. My parents
were poor, but had good standing in the
neighborhood, and when girl I went to
school just like other girls and never
dreamed that I would ever see America.
America, in fact, was to US in those far
off days merely name
II just can remember seeing the great
Napoleon.
K The scene will never fade from NV
memory If should live to be another one
hundred years old. remember I was
standing by the window in our home, and
my mother told me to see the soldiers 90
by. They were several hours in passing.
My mother said they were going to try
and defeat the forces Of the car, and do
us all kinds Of damage. The soldiers
looked fine, and their uniforms were
bright In the rear Of the army were
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-15
She IS 1O1 old, Because She Veber Was Anqyv

RS. Napoleon Anatasfa sirnp-
son has just
celebrated her one hundred
and first birthday. She has
never been angry In all these
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-15

We hundred dollars! To the
young man with the small
capital of only $500 the road
to riches presents a smooth,
even course. This state
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

Outside SECT RITES.

The market for outside securities irregular
and the volume of business transacted was less
than that of Tuesday There numerous de-
clines noted. although some of the more recently
active issues generally steady. United States
realty issues We're more active and fractionaly
higher: the common sold up 81 purchases OF
2G10 shares. and the preferred to 1875 purchase
of 1909 shares. Northern Securities steady
around III. sales aggregated about $500 shares
Montreal and Boston continued active around 3i2
about 600 shares dealt In. Oregon Short Line
5s firm and active around s4l@69i5s: about $i0
GOO Were dealt in Standard Oil sold up per
GA purchases of about - shares. Virginia Coal
and Coke stock advanced IL per cent to y. and
the 5s to IA. Manhattan Transit a fraction
off, selling down ST.: American Can issues We're
n shade lower. Otis Elevator common lost | per
cent to 43. Electric Boat preferred declined about
per cent, selling down about 39ls. American
Writing Paper declined about per cent to D. and
the preferred about the to 22I4 Bay State Gas
sold at l@s. The market closed weak.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

Rapid Transit Baltimore and Ohio common Col
orado Fuel and Iron. Canadian Pacific. Delaware
and Hudson, Erie common and hrst ano secono
referred Louisville and Nashville, Manhattan
Missouri Pacific, New-York Central. Northwestern.
Metropolitan Street Railway. Peoples Cas- Read
ing first preferred, Rock Island. ST. Paul. Southern
Railway preferred. Southern Pacific. Sugar, Ten
nessee Coal and Iron, Union Pacific common anu
preferred United States Steel common and pre-
rerred United States Leather preferred, wabash
preferred 31s per cent: Western Union. B.
MARQUETTE LAND GRANT BONDS.-At the
Office of the fiscal agents of the Detroit. Mackinac
and Marquette Land Grant. 1t is said that the
usuaI provisions have already been made to pay
the interest due October l. but that no lnstruc-
tions have been received regarding the eApeo'e
payment on the principal Every time the oollus
advance sharply it is rumored that payment Oh %
per cent on the principal must be made at once.
It NAV be remembered that the trustees sold ABOUT
115OUO acres of land during last July, payment TOT
which was to be made within six months Ihefe
seems no reason why payment should be maoe pc
fore it is finally due, at the close of the year Inc
whole pavment Is nearly GO per cent the principal
of the bonds.
CORN CROP CONDITIONS.-Reports from Kan
sas City say that the weather there Is per1ect Io
corn The rains of the last few days have mace
the late corn I'LL out the limit. Early corn IS
ripe and late corn is nearly a week Will fnlsh
it all up Corn is being gathered now for 1mne-
diate use and by October l will be dry enough TO
crib Missouri and the eastern third Of Kansas are
in the finest condition known
QUICK SALES OF SOUTHERN IRON--Manu-
of Southern pig iron that nine-tenthS
of the production up July 1908 has already been
contracted for prices varying from ST to SIS %
for No , foundry at Birmingham. 1t is expecteF
that, when books open for the last half of 1903,
the whole production will be sold within three
weeks There very little spot iron available, and
shipments slow account of the scarcity of
cars.
PRODUCE EXCHANGE TO CLOSE sATUR-
ia he r6 NJ Of ne Produce EX-
change has decided close the Exchange next
Saturday.
NEW CARS TO CARRY GRAIN.-It is esti-
mated that the roads entering Chicago from the
West have at least $4,000 than year
ago each car carrying the average 1000 bushels
Ofw heat
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.-New- Orleans - Com
rnercial 81 discount: bank, par. San Francisco
Sight PIC: telegraph. &c. Roston-10c discount
Charleston-Buying. par; selling, l-1oc premium
Chica go-20c discount. Cincinnat-BetWeen banks
soc discount; over the counter, SOC premium Sa-
vannah-Buying 75c discount per $1,000: selling. 1oc
premium
BANK CLEARINGS. - New-York - Exchanges
1852 43; balances 81 s91 1q6 Chicago-EXchanges
So 96 $685. balances $, ,395, ,621 Boston-Exchanges
SI7 7sS2 7S1; balances, $500 22S. Baltimore = Ex-
Exchanges sl9O11.947; balances, S2392 -5lS
London, 23292$4 per cent; open market discount
for short bills 2$4 per cent long bills, Zs4a
1915 per Berlin discount rate, IA per cent
for three months bills and IA Per cent for snoIt
bills. Berlin exchange on London. 20 marks 4osS
pfenngS. Paris exchange London, % francs S
centines. Paris discount rate. 134 per cent
FOREIGN SECURTTIES.-Brtish consols for
in London. sig; French 101 francs 2i2 cen
times.
THE SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver. 5212c; Mex
lean silver dollars 41L.c. Bar silver in London
closed at 2414d.
GOLD PREMITM.-In Madrid, Sc 10: Lisbon. 2S1a;
BuenoS Ayres. 1850; Rome ~.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS.-Customs receipts
reported Washington, S1.600069 internal reVe-
nue. receipts S5797l miscellaneous receipts si6bSs.
total receipts for the day. $22i44; expe 1dltures
81 eo Receipts for the month TO date St3 0S tS6
Receipts for the year date, S92.36SlH; expenol-
$91 0OS.56l: excess of expenditures. 81 bSo3s
National bank notes received for redemptlora
s650.979.
UB-TREASURY.-The Sub-Treasury was cred
itor to the Clearing House Si,l
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES

FOREIGN TRADING.-Foreign houses dealt I'm
5o"0 shares buying on balance. American stocks
were the feature OF the London market and after
showing some early weakness developed strength
especially in the hard and soft coal stocks under
the lead Of buying orders from New-York but ma
teriaily helped by very respectable local interest
The general market featureless and inclined To
sag under neglect Consols In particular were Y
per cent lower. There striking feature In
money or exchange in any Of the European centres
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper. Anaconda. American
Ice. Atchison common and preferred, Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
UONEY AND EXCHANGE

-aoNE1 MARkET.-Money rates. quoted fol-
low; Money on call opened 3sx per cent; highest
per cent; lowest. per cent: last ioan 81. per
cent close SaSs per cent; ruling s per cent
Time money was quoted per cent for sixty 70
ninety days. and per cent for four, five and six
months Commercial paper quoted ~ per
cent for sixty TO ninety days. per cent for choice
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS
GOVERNMENT BorSl,s-sIarket steady Fin,
quotations follow

RAILROAD BONDS-Market generally strong
Total sales amounted in par value TO sas1sHO
against s1SS ." on Tuesday. The heaviest DEALINGS
were III the Baltimore and Ohio debenture Is Cen
trai OF Georgia first and second incomes Chicago
burlington and Quincy As. Colorado and Southern
hrst Is. Detroit. Mackinac Land Grant sss Erie
seaie'ai S. Green Bay and Western debenture Bs
mexican Central first incomes Reading general -
oflon FaclAc convertible As and Wabash debentllre
rs Coloraoo Fuel and Iron convertible 5s and Con-
solcated Tobacco IS were also active.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
Surplus .............. $aso9 s430 $50 Decsi25. 10

The general balance sheet shows follows:
Assets-Cost of road and equipment $3l,5S7,sSi:
bonds of other companies. &.500dco: cash hand.
s7+.1t5; open accounts, S240es3: trustees Of Ware
River Railroad sinking fund, s1S3S69 total. Ss,
Isl. Ssl
Liabilities-Capitai stock, s. 'ooO; funded debt.
S.4S5.d10: interest New-York Central and Hudson
River Railroad 3la per cent debenture bonds, so,
53l: rentals due and accrued $780, dividends
paid Sl7.s75. open accounts. s375S dividend fund,
S. 0rro; unpaid coupons $43S0: Ware River Rail-
road sinking fund Sls3S6 profit and loss (surpus).
81 543 $50; total s39, ,7s6. .sSl.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
COLORADO SPRINGS STOCKS.

Closing quotations on the Colorado Springs Mn
ing Stock Exchange by the Counsenan & Day
private wire from william P. BonbrigAt & Co. o:
Colorado Springs:
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

The gross and net earnings were not as large
in the preceding year. principally accounted for
by the less amount OF paper manufactured by the
companys mills and increased cost OF the
same. both results being produced by reason IF the
labor difficulties which the company has had with
its employees in the shortening OF hours they de-
nanding that the mills be shut down twelve hours
more each week than has heretofore been the
of the company the result of which has been
that the producing capacity OF plants has been
iced one-twelfth. In accordance with the policy
adopted by the company the high OF efficiency
prevailing your mills has been mainta med. more
than s., ,223 go having been expended in repairs
ard improvements and charged operating
penses. over $4,000 has been expended in new
construction, and charged TO plant account
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD

London. Aug q. .. n--The market for Amer
seen securities was strong and active. Final prices
follow:
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
SECURITIES AT AUCTION.

| The following securities sold yesterday n
auction at the New-York Real Estate Sa,esroon By
Adrian a Muller & Son:
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
STOCK TRADING ACTIVE.
MANY ADVANCES RECORDED.

EARLY STRENGTH FOLLOWED BY LAit
DECLINE-READING DIVIDEND
REDUCED.
Closing prices yesterday Of the principal active
securities and net changes from Tuesdays quo
tations were:
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
STOCKS.

| Open High Low Last Sharss
ing est. est. sale. sold.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

Brooklyn Ferry stock 1890.
Hoboken Ferry 1st IS. 1916 Z.
dc stock
" Y & E r Ferry Co stock
do LIST mtg 5s. 1922 $1,000.
N Y 4 II F Con is. 1876
10th & 22d ST 1st mg IS. 1918
Union F Of " Y & B stock.
NY & N J F 1st mtg 5s. 1916
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
INTERNATIONAL PAPER REPORT.

The report Of the International Paper Company
for the fiscal year ended June 80 shows a substan-
tal balance-s5S3 05i-after dividends. bringing the
company's profit and loss si,673.oi2
The statement of earnings for the year is as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

STREET RAILROAD BONDS
FURNISHED by e. Nchol. & Co. No is Wail-s)
1ase. las, D!1loa .ns Bid. A..a
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE SALES.
STOCKS.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

1902 1901. Changes.
$40 11g $50 I'll 1892 iS1
Cost etc l6sls225 l6. $50 2i5 Inc. $3.50
Net earnings. 81 eoi 1913 3es1 657 Dec 81 oto 4s1
Taxes. 1908 40 9o1 26I Inc. 9j.i i13
Balance ....... 81 sp7 45s So I56 a34
Dividend. 13{3 1.3ii.ip2
Surplus ......... 1858 1876 93i
Prev. surplus. 35le9s 100000 Inc. l.To9 9oS
Total surplus. s4o7so42 s3.5Iesss $3.50. o54
President Ch!solm In his annual report saws:
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
BOSTON AND ALBANY.

The annual report Of the Boston and Albany
Railroad Company Qeased the Central Hudson
Company for the year ended June 80 last, shows:
1902 Changes.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

interest
STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES
Furnished by William q Michel. Co. No is Wall-s,)
NEW-YORK
| Int. period. Asked.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

Total sales Of bonds. s2.efa. coo.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

MISCELLANEOUS GAS COMPANIES
Furnished William Nichols & Co. No. is waI-a,
! period / Bid Ashes
New-York tribune., 1902-08-28

sAnd interest.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-11-12
w. c. T. U. Meeting.

w. @. I. U. met as usual Fri
day, A 80 at the Methodist church.
Meeting opened by song "Who
Will Follow Jesus" followed by
reading of 146 Psalm, and prayer
Corresponding secretary report
ed 100 pledge cards received, also
90 year books.
Report of committee appointed
to find suitable room in which
the w. G. T. L. could hold their
meetings during the winter
months was received, and said
committee discharged. Commit
tee on Jail work made a splendid
report.
Motioned and unanimously
adopted that the Union proceed
at once to organize an l.. T. l..
(Loyal Temperance Legion)
among the children. Mesdames
Lewis, Hill and Timmins were
appointed to organize and carry
on the work.
We would like to see at least
100 children join this temperance
band as charter members. The
dues are only > cents per year
and five cents for the lodge, ten
cents in all. The L. T. l.. is
free for everybody's children,
boys and girls.
Mrs. G. G. Kirkpatrick with the
assistance of Mrs Pearl Long will
soon have arrangements COM
pleted for getting up an elocution
contest. This will indeed be an
entertaining affair.
Motioned and adopted, and
committee appointed to place
petition from the w. G. 7. L.
before the Board of Health, at
their next meeting, contents of
petition will be noted later.
Motioned and carried the time
of meeting be changed from 4 80
to / o'clock sharp.
Meeting closed by beautiful
and very touching recitation "An
Old Mans Story" by Miss
Kathleen Wallace, and song.
Spare My Boy" by Mrs, Walter
Robinson.
Adjourned to meet next Friday
at ! O'Clock sharp. The germ
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-11-12

proof filter for the public school,
has been ordered, and will arrive
in few days, the same tanks
now in use at the school house
will be used in connection with
the filter, a pipe will be attached
to the filter and the water will
run into the tanks without the
use of the hose. The filter is
guaranteed to be germ proof, and
can be easily cleaned, as it is made
especially for use in large schools.
Every time the tanks are filled
with the hose there is more or less
sediment left in the bottom, and
when they are refilled, this sedi-
ment is all stirred up, but with
the use of the filter there will
be no chance for anything of the
kind to escape into the tanks.
The physicians whom we consulted
in regard to it said it would be n
fine thing for the school, and one
of them said, this should have
been done long ago, and they
contributed literally toward pay
ing for it.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-11-12

Hancock Disc Flows are the
original disc plows, and are guar
anteed to do superior work-see
them at Hagelstein's.
1t was "children's day" at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday
night, and the house was filed
with a large congregation. A
splendid program had been pre-
pared and the way it was rem
dered pleased every one present.
Doctor j. A. March, superintend-
ent of the Sunday school, acted
as director, and as he called out
their names, the little ones re-
sponded with alacrity and went
through their respective parts
with a self possession that was
remarkable There are few days
in the church calendar that are as
bright as children's day, and the
pity is that, like Christmas, ii
comes but once a year.