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The Ely miner., 1902-12-05
COINAGE STATISTICS.
Interesting Figures from the Annual
Report of the Director of
the Mint.

Washington, Nov. 2s.-George e.
Roberts, director of the mint, in his
annual report says: In number of
pieces the coinage of the year has
never been exceeded, aggregating
191, SOC, but in value it has fallen
from 136,34O,7S1 in 1901 to 94,52G,-
67S, this being due to the greater
demand for the small denominations.
Gold coinage dropped from $99,065,-
us to SCI, ,9S0,572, but the stock of
gold bullion on hand increased from
$1O0,219,49 to $124,OS3,712. The coin
age of silver dollars amounted to $79,-
$780, subsidiary silver coins to $10,-
713, 500, and minor coins to So, ,429, 1856.
The original gold deposits of the
year amounted to $132, 2,5S0,S39. Gold
bars taken for export amounted to
$50, 1892 ,67S, and for domestic con-
sumption $14,452,57s. The gross ex-
penditures on account of the mint
service, including loss by wastage,
was S1,91O,5O3. The earnings from
all charges and incidental gains, ex-
elusive of seigniorage, aggregated
S357,56o. The selgnlorage realized in
the manufacture of 1 and scent
pieces amounted to $1,919,37O, and the
total seigniorage accruing on the
silver, nickel and bronze coins made
in the year was $11, 1,013,S56
The director says the increased ca
pacity of the mints at Philadelphia
and San Francisco and the prospec-
tive opening of the new mint at Den
yer will give the, country much
greater coinage capacity than it has
heretofore had, and that the pressure
on the mints is about to relax instead
of increase. The coinage of 100000
sslver dollars a month, now required
by law, will come to an end soon by
the exhaustion of the stock of bull
lion
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so PRESUMING OF HIM.
With Only $4,000 a Year He Had 10
Reason to Expect That He
Had Chance.

The yellow moon hung by its crescent
hook against the starlit azure of the Sep
tember sky, and the night was dreamy, de-
lcious, divine, says the New York Her
aid.
The man and the maiden walked be-
meath the silent stars and listened to
the purple music from the dusk. Her
jeweled fingers rested lightly on his arm,
and he felt them there as trembling harp
strings feel the touch of angel hands that
summon forth the souls high harmonies.
His heart beat fast and the red blood
ran riot in his veins, for love had placed
its chalice to his lips and he had drunk
his fill. He had not spoken, but he felt the
spirit of the hope that makes man dare
do anything and now this night of nights
should see him conqueror of the maiden S
heart.
"a penny for your thoughts" he whis-
pered, bending low to look into her sweet,
soft eyes.
"No more?" she murmured, looking up
at him, to let those blue eyes fall again.
He caught her hand in his and let his full
heart flow.
"All 1 have in the world" he said, sub
timely
''Too little" she responded, with firm
ness.
And then he knew that some of his
hated rivals had told her he had but $75,-
600 year income and no rich relatives.
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Burned to Death.

Shullsburg, Wis. Nov. 2G-The body
of j. w. Shelter, of this city, was found
in a field two miles from town, hor-
ribly burned Tuesday. The skin was
entirely gone from the face and upper
part of the body. When found the
body was still burning, and the sur
roundings indicate that the victim had
rolled over and over in trying to ex-
tinguish the flames. The origin of the
fire is a mystery.
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WONDERFUL WORK.

Case No. 8,977.-David M. Bye, 2.
o. Address Box 297, Midland, Mich,
says: Three months l was al
most incapacitated from labor; could
not sleep at night; had to walk the
floor, owing to terrible pain In the
hips, in the small of the back, in my
instep and ankle of the right leg.
81 was treated for sciatic rheuma-
tism in the hospital, but received no
benefit. One month ago l returned
home and was given box OF Doan's
Kidney Pills. To-day residents of this
city can bear witness to the fact that
I am able to work, and can also walk to
my work without the aid of walk
ing-stick Or crutch.
"In speaking of the immediate ef-
feet of Doan's Kidney Pills, did not
find them to deaden the pain, but
quickly and surely to eradicate the
cause of it.
81 am of the opinion that Doan's
Kidney Pills is the best remedy for
kidney ailments that can be pro-
cured. I was especially careful in
my diet, in order to give the treatment
fair play.
I'm conclusion, shall be pleased, at
any time, to answer any inquiries re-
garding my case, from anyone desir-
Gus of obtaining it,
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Bye will
be mailed On application to any part
of the United States. Address Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price so cents per
box,
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DIR. PARKER DEAD.
Great London Preacher and Pastor of
the City Temple Passes
Away.

London, Nov. 29.-Dr. Joseph Park
er, minister of the City Temple, who
had been seriously i'll for some time
past, died at five o'clock Friday aft
ernoon.
DIR. Parker was born in 1880 at Ban
bury, quaint old town. AS boy
he showed prediction for the pu!-
pit, and when he was Is years old he
preached his first sermon among the
miners of Northumberland. He was
ordained in 1852, and when only %
was made pastor of Congregational
chapel at Banbury.
DR.. Parker commenced his London
ministry in 1869. He occupied the pull
pit of the Poultry chapel in Cheap
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Washington, Nov. 29.-Provision by
which at least 1000 additional officers
will be secured for the navy in the
next four years, the addition of 5000
ienlisted men at once, and the building
of two new battleships and several
minor ships are among the recon-
mendations in the annual report of
Secretary of the Navy William III.
Moody. Among these recommends
tions the one on which Secretary
Moody lays by far the greatest stress
is that for the increase in the number
of officers. He says: 'The most i'm
perative need of the navy to-day is of
additional officers. | cannot overstate
this need. 1t invites the instant at
tention of congress. The administra-
tion of the department is embarrassed
almost daily by the lack of officers be-
low command rank. This condition
has been approaching for some years,
and was clearly apprehended and
stated by my predecessor in office. 1t
is acute to-day, and, when the ships
already authorized are completed, it
will be desperate unless there is early
action
Some Important Lessons.
Of the general Importance of i'm
proving the navy, Secretary Moody
says:
Among the most important lessons
learned in the war with Spain was that
a modern navy cannot be improvised
during a war or upon the threshold
of war. The time best suited to the
development and perfection of our
navy is the time when there is neither
war nor threat of war.
''The country approves, with hardly
a dissenting voice, the policy of
strengthening our power upon the
sea- What would have been an ade-
quate navy some years ago is totally
inadequate for the performance of
the duties growing, out of our new
possessions in the Pacific and Atlantic
and the determination of congress to
IF, then, the policy of strengthen
ing our power upon the sea to the
point where it, can respond to the ma
tional needs be not abandoned, there
must be additional naval and coaling
stations, more ships, fighting and aux
iliary, and an increase of officers and
men.
Recommends Increase of Ships.
''After most careful consideration,
believe it to be my duty to recommend
continuance without interruption of
the increase of ships"
Of the other features of the secre-
tary's report this criticism of the
builders of some of the new
vessels of the navy for the slow
progress of their work is especially
important. He does not rest content
with the excuses that strikes, monde
livery of material and the scarcity of
skilled labor are responsible, and says
significantly: 1.-The department has
notified contractors that they will be
held to accountability for failure to
push forward the work of construc-
ton with due diligence, if such fail
ure shall occur, and particularly for
any delays which may at any time be
caused by preference being given to
private over public work."
The Ely miner., 1902-12-05

Kansas City, Nov. 29.-At Armour
dale, Kan, near here, Ernest Damns
and Charles w. Tucker, packing house
employees, fought a pistol duel over
Mabel Randall, a waitress. Damns
was mortally wounded, but before he
died he shot Tucker twice, fatally
wounding him. Tucker is still alive.
Tucker had met Damns and the girl
on the street and, without warning.
fired two shots at him, the wound
ed man returning the fire as he lay
on the ground
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side. The church of which DR.. Parker
of late years was the head is the old
est Congregational church in London.
1t was formed in 1910 by DR.. Thomas
Goodwin, who was at one time chap
lain to Oliver Cromwell, president of
Magdalen college, and member of the
Westminster Assembly of Divines.
This church is the City temple, and
DR.. Parker's sermons made it even
more celebrated than it ever was.
The Ely miner., 1902-12-05
Wisconsin's Official Vote.

Milwaukee, Nov. 25.-The 'officia'
vote for governor in the recent state
election is as follows: La Toilette
(rep), 1913, ,420; Rose (dem.), 145,s1S;
Drake (pro.), 9,657; Seidel soc. dem
15,957; Puck (soc. labor), 7S7. The
total vote was 365,671 and Gov. La
Foliette's plurality is 47,6O2.
The Ely miner., 1902-12-05
Miss Maggie Welch.

nauseated me, and nothing afforded
me relief until my doctor said rather
in joke, 4 guess Peruna is the only
medicine that will cure YOU
Il told him that l would certainly
try it and Immediately sent for a
bottle. 1 found that relief came the
first day, and as 1 kept taking it
faithfully the cough gradually dimin-
ished, and the soreness left me. 1t is
fine. Maggie Welch.
Address the Peruna Medicine Co.,
| Columbus, Ohio, for free literature
on catarrh.
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Lived 1O7 Years.

San Bernardino, CAL, Nov. 25.-Marie
Catalina, last of the famous Serrano
Indian basket weavers, is dead. She
was 107 years old at the time of her
death, having been born 21 years after
the first settlement of this valley by
the FranciScanS
The Ely miner., 1902-12-05
The Socialist Vote.

Girard, Kan, Nov. 24.-The Appeal
to Reason, having completed the
canvass, places the socialist vote in
the United States of the recent cleo
tion at 100000. The heaviest social
ist vote was polled in Massachusetts,,
36,435.
The Ely miner., 1902-12-05
Nebraska Bank Robbed.

Sioux City, Ia, Nov. 26.-The Ban
croft bank, at Bancroft, Neb., was
broken into by robbers Tuesday
morning, the safe blown open with
nitroglycerin and $4,000 to $4,000 in
cash secured. Considerable CONNER
cial paper was destroyed.
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The man with the cinnamon colored
beard was observed standing at the coun-
ter and looking at the bottles on the shelves
in some perplexity of mind.
what is it?" said the druggist
"Isn't there an organization of Methodist
young people," asked the man, 'that's
named after some place where John Wes-
ley used to live?"
"You mean the Epworth league"
That's it," exclaimed the customer,
his brow clearing. Give me FIVE cents
worth of Epworth salts. Chicago Trib-
The Ely miner., 1902-12-05
Under the Hammer.

Lancaster, KY, Nov. 26.-Two ne
gro women and one negro man will be
sold by the sheriff to the highest bid
der before the courthouse on Friday.
one for three months, the others for
two and three years, respectively
They were convicted of ragrancy in
the circuit court.
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Consul Resigns

Washington, Nov. 26.-Charles v.
Herdliska, United States consul at
Callao, Peru, has rendered his resigna-
ton, and it has been accepted. Mr..
Herdliska is unwilling to expose his
family to the great climatic change
involved in taking them from Ohio to
Darn
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Ordered to yenezueIa.

Berlin, Nov 2S.-Three additional
cruisers, the Niobe, Ariadne and Anna
zone, have been ordered to leave Kiel
and proceed to Venezuela.
The Ely miner., 1902-12-05

Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops, as
blood purifier, strength and health re-
storer, and a specific for all stomach, liver
and kidney troubles, leads all other similar
medicines in its wonderful sales and mar
velous confidence of the people, especially
our vast German population. 1t is not a
new and untried product, but was made and
sold more than sixty years ago.
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CATARRH OF LUNGS.
A Prominent Chicago Lady Cureo
by Pe-ru.na.

Miss Maggie Welch, secretary of
the Betsey Ross Educational and
Benevolent Society, writes from 32S
North State street, Chicago, ILL.,, the
following glowing words concerning
Peruna:
Last fall caught the most severe
cold 1 ever had in my life. I coughed
night and day, and my lungs and
throat became so sore that / was in
great distress. All cough remedies
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adopts Gold standard.

Bankok, Siam, Nov. 2S.-The gold
standard scheme for Siam has be-
come law and the mints have been
closed to the free coinage of silver.
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A substantial Memori,,.

Essen. Prussia, Nov. 2S.-Frau Krupp
has given $750,000 to establish a bene-
fit fund for the workmen here, in MEM
ory of her late husband
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Seeking a New Home:

Why not try the Great Southwest? In.
teresting information about conditions and
business chances in Missouri, Kansas, In
dian Territory and Texas will be cheerfully
furnished by James Barker, Genl Pass.
Tiki. Agt., M. X. & T. Ry., 5ls Wainwright
Bldg, St. Louis.
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Americans Take Control.

Brussels, Nov. ga financial pa
per announces that the glass works
of Courcelles have passed under the
control of a Pittsburg company
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Found Guilty,

Hurley, Wis, Nov. 29.-Jake Ma
nila was found guilty of murder in
the second degree, having killed Emil
Upgard June "a
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Fame is glorious thing, but small reg
ular income is much more satisfactory tc
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"Some men bets on hoss race" said
Uncle Eben, San den talks about bein'
onlucky instead O. foolish. Washington
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Unbecoming forwardness oftener pro-
ceeds from ignorance than impudence.-
Guyil1e
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1t is easy to find fault, because there is
so much of it.-Chicago Daily News
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Ethel-"Father, please give me a nickel" +"
Father-'Don't you think you're too big
to beg for nickel?" Ethel" 'Spose you
give me a quarter, then. detroit Free
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A Kansas Editor Eliminates.

It is said that when a hungry Indian
goes hunting he kills the first thing he sees,
if it is only a crow. If he kills duck, he
throws away the duck Some girls are reg
ular Indians, aren't they? Lane New
Leaf.
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Selflaudation abounds among the un-
polished; but nothing can stamp a man
more sharply as ll-bred.-Buxton.
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Crabs and misers hate to shell out
Chicago Daily News.
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Most people would succeed in small
things if they were not troubled with
great mbitions.-Longfellow.
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All creameries use butter color. Why no
do as they do-use June Tint Butter Color
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Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump
tion has an equal for coughs and colds.-J
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb Is, 1900
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Liberality consists rather in giving sea-
sonably than much.-Cicero.
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Iowa Farms "a Per Acre Cash,
bal. q crop tillpaid. Mulhall, Sioux City, I;
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Only 51s per cent. of the globes land sur
face is fit for cultivation.
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stops the Cough

and works off the cold. Laxative Brom
Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents.
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MORE OFFICERS NEEDED.
Secretary of the Navy Moody Points
Out This Fact in His An
nual Report.
SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE

Looking to an Increase in the
Present Force of Officers and Men
Important Lesson of the War
with Spain.
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More people might wake up to find them
selves famous if they wouldn't sit up so
late at night-Indianapolis News
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-04
Christian Science Homicide

From the New York Evening Post.
 ''Diphtheria, Christian science neglect" is the form of certificate of death issued by the coroner at White Plains yesterday. The case was that of a child who died of malignant diphtheria without medical att tendance other than that of prayer on the part of the "second reader" of a Christian Science church, who said, when interviewed: We heal through the pow CT of God over the body through the mind, and I prayed for the little ones recovery" The mother of the child con- firmed this statement saying: We don't have illness, but have claims and errors. and if we properly pray, and trust in God, we will recover" This is so much like the belief prevailing among the tribes in West Africa that he must think Mat we obtained it from them, or they from us. A work just issued by the American Economic association, entitled, "The Ne gro in Africa and America by Josenh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-04
HAVE CITIZENS GUESSING.
Engineering Corps In Tuscumbia, But
 Will Not Disclose Plans.

Tuscumbia, November 3-(special.)-An engineering corp of eighteen men Is in the city working out of this place. It is inn possible to learn what their business Is further than that they are surveying two lines-thought to be railroad lines. One line is to the southeast towards Cullman and the other Is to the southwest to- wards Aberdeen, Miss.
 A good deal of speculation is being in- dulged in by the citizens. The party re- fuses absolutely to give out what their business Is. Many think that it is the Illinois Central railroad seeking an en- trance to this territory, and striking the coal fields south of here. thence to Bir- mingham- The corps is in charge of Cap tain McClog, who has rented and opened offices here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-04
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS.
VETERANS ELECT DELEGATION. Tuscumbia Will Send Large Party to
 Montgomery Reunion.

Tuscumbia. November 8.-(speeial.)-At a meeting of Camp ". A. Johnson, U. C.. V, held Saturday. the following dele gation was named to represent the camp at the annual reunion to be held at Montgomery on November 12 and 13:
 Maj. James R. Grove Major Downs, Capt. J. c. Holesapple and Col J. N. Thompson. Many of the veterans of this camp are enthusiastic for Col. J. M. Falkner for commander of the Alabama veterans, while others are for Colonel Savage of Mobile, and some are for the reelection of General Harrison How ever. a majority of the North Alabama veterans are going to urge Colonel Talk ner to enter the race for commander, his friends claiming that he is the man for the place, owing to his untiring efforts in behalf of the confederate veterans. There is no doubt but what North Ala bama will present the name of Colonel Falkner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-04
Adams and Reynolds Debate.

voters of Chiffon county enjoyed a joint debate at the courthouse today between Judge S. M. Adams. democrat, and L.. H. Reynolds, republican nominee for rep resentative. The suffrage clause of the new constitution was discussed freely and it is believed much good will re- suit to the democratic cause.
 It will be remembered that Judge Adams and MT. Reynolds were formerly leaders of the populist party in Chiffon county and when that party went to pieces Adams returned to the democratic party and Reynolds affiliated with the republicans.
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Alexander Tilinghast, M. A., gives some facts tending to this conclusions:

From the humber medicine men found in every village, up to the com pletely organized and powerful priest hood of Dahomey, the functions of all are essentially alike, l. e., to cure dis eases by driving out the evil spirit" Du Chaillu. in his Equatorial Africa" bears testimony thus:
 ."The Gamma theory of disease is that Okamboo (the deviD has got into the sick man. Now this devil Is only to be driven out with noise, and accordingly they surround the sick man and beat drums and kettles close to his head; fire off guns close to his ears; sing, shout and dance all they can. This lasts till the poor fellow dies or Is better"
 The theory is the same as that of the Christian Science headers that the dis ease is a spiritual one, not a physical malady. But how can an infant have a spiritual malady? How can a "claim" error be removed from the mind of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-04
Mrs. Hamilton Allowed Divorce.

London, November 3.-Mrs. Olga Hamilton, a daughter of Col. Augustus Charles Frederick Fitzgeorge, was granted divorce today from her hus- band, c. F. A. w. Hamilton, on the ground that he had deserted her, and had been guilty of misconduct with an unknown woman. Mrs. Hamilton is a granddaughter of the Duke of Cam bridge. MT. Hamilton is a son of Sir r. A. Hamilton, baronet, and Is a dis tant relative ot the Duke of Abercorn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-04
A NEW DEPARTURE.

Through Service Inaugurated Between
 Chattanooga, Birmingham and
 Shreveport, via Queen and Crescent
 Route.
 Beginning Monday. October 2, the Queen & Crescent route (A1abama Great Southern Railroad) will run a first-class coach through from Chattanooga and Bir-i mingham to Shreveport for the accomno- dation of through passengers.
 No change of cars at Meridian, Miss. Ask Ticket Agents for full particulars. A. B. Freeman, T. F. A., Birmingham. Ala
 J. c. Conn, D. P. A., Chattanooga. Tenn. 10-26-su-tu-th-sat-H
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-04
DYSPEPSIA

And Indigestion. the most common ail- ments of mankind, can be cured by the use Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It has a record Of fifty years of such cures back of it and will not disap- point you now. If you are a sufferer from these complaints, or Insomnia, Nervousness or General Debility, be sure to try it. Our private stamp is over the neck of the bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-04
s72, 2,ooo.ooO Remained.

With such deductions, there remained in the treasury vaultsf July 1, a little over SIP, 1000. As fifty million is deemed fair working fund, about $22, OOO GOO could be spared. By October l this ex- cess became 25,OO0000 and justified meas ures to reduce 1t; by November 1 it was brought to trife over a million dollars below the working fund
 Nearly one-half of the available cash balance July l was in gold coin and certi- ficates of $1O3,S 29O over and above the gold reserve of S150,000 00,000 and by October 1t became s136, 124771. As a measure of the financial strength of the government the report says the fact deserves men tion.
 By October 1, 1902 the available cash balance, exclusive of the reserve, was $221, s94 and owing to the large meas ures for the relief of the money market 1t was reduced by November 1 to $206, ,421,- S79. Of this sum S146SS5, 012 was in nation al banks. Bonds of the face value of $56,07l, 2S0 were purchased during the fis- cal year for the sinking fund at a total cost of $70, 402 230 for principal premium and accrused interest.
 The interest due October 1, 1899 amount ing to 120 was anticipated on Sep tember 16. That due January 1, 1902 for $4, 6S0, 336 was anticipated on December 16 On September IS, 1902, the interest due October l, s456l.47S was anticipated, and on October 20 the interest due November l for $2, 2,32S 9Ss. was paid in advance
 During October, interest to the amount of 397 was paid in advance with a rebate of $3S AS, under an offer of the secretary covering all bonds and their earnings up to July 1, 1903.
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