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Trust Com panies.
Bowling Green Trust Co.,
20 BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Capital, S2,5O0, 900. Surplus, S2,5OO,O 900
OFFICERS:
EDWIN GOULD President
WILLIAM H TAYLOR 1st Vice-PreSident
CHAS. P. ARMSTRONG I'd Vice President
JOHN &. HILTON Sd V.-Pres. & Treas
WILLIAM NJ LAWS Secretary
DIRECTORS.
Charles P. Armstrong, Myron T. Herrick,
Frank Brainard, Edward T. Jeffery,
Harry Bronner, Edward R. Ladew,
Robert C. Clowry, William H. Laws,
Edmund C. Converse, VIM. Willis Merrill,
VIM. Nelson Cromwell, Winslow S. Pierce,
Grenville n. Dodge, Dick S. Ramsay,
A. Goepel, Frederick B. Schenok,
Edwin Gould, William H. Taylor,
Frank Jay Gould, Edward r. Thomas,
George J. Gould, John P. Truesdell,
John a. Hilton, E F. C. Young.
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GOVERNORS ISLAND, N Y. H.. DEC. 1e.
~ 1sOs-SsaIsd proposAis trtpiicata. for
tr,ctinT two double officers quarters double
ST nou com STAFF officers quarters and storehousa
All of brick at Fort Wood Bedioes Island " T.
VIII be received here untE II January 10, 1904
Infted states right % reject al bdA
Information furEisnsd application 1nystcpss con-
fsfning proposals will be endorsed: Proposals tor
8uiIdinEs al Fort Wood. N 2" TRABER NOE
NAN. C--M
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BALTIMORE STOCKS.
CHICAGO STOCKS.

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THE ATCHTsON. TOPEKA AND
SANTA FE RAILWAY co.
TICE is HEREBY GIVEN II
THAT !


NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
Special Meeting the Stockholders Of Tns Asohlson
Topeka Santa Fa Railway Company, called oy ordar
os the Board OF Directors VIII oe held AZ the principal
Office OF the Company. In Topeka kansas Tuesday
the 24th day OF January 1906 al Il O'Clock noo for tns
following purposes. viz:
To vote proposal tnorsass the capital ssoeh
Company Fifty million dollars
be Common stock divided into shares % ths par valas
dollars that ths total capital
OF Company shall be hundred and eighty
million and eiEhry-six thousand dol
divided million three hundred and
thousand eight hundred and sixty shares Of i've cent
non-cuInulatIve Preferred stock q
hundred dollars described Certiacats az
Incorporation. million hvs hundred
thousand OF Common stock. the value az
One hundred dollars each: and
To vote upon proposal 20 create issue of bonds
OF the Company exceeding IN the Fifty
million dollars each OF which bonds shall sntts the hasr
thereof az his option during term OF years Be
pressed IN the bond to convert the same into Cannon
Stock. bonds and provisions
and 70 be issued frem time TO time upon such
be authorized BY the Board OF Directors
The stock transfer win closed sS
business Thursday December - 1904.
closed until the OF said special meeting:
for tbs transfer of Preferred Stock also
until Thursday. February . 1905 for purpose
payment OF the dividend declared said Stock
BY order OF the Board OF Dirsctors
December fon4
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Lost.
$3.50 REWARD.

$3.50 REWARD.
Tuesday evening January 18th, on sortyeiseth
(4sth St) between Fifth Madison Aves,, on oItn
St. between Fifth Sixth Aves TWO q l-AkGb
DIAMONDS attached diamond chain pendants. being
a portion brooch The finder Will please return same
Frederick Ksi 2Ss 9th Ave, this city ana receive
the reward
No questions asked
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School Agencies.

AMEEICA1 AND FOREIGN TEACHERS AGENCY
supplies Teachers Tucrs GoyerneEses
10 ColeEes Schools Families. Apply
Ars. NJ !. YOURG-FuLToN 2g Union Square
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THE SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF
the stockholders OF Coy. Hunt Co. VIII Be held az
the once OF the corporation y Duane ST. z City az
10 O'Clock A NJ. February Ith. l904.
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THE PEOPLES GAS LIGHT AND COKE CoSTPA

THE PEOPLES GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY
tOf ChicagOl.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company
VII oe held at the otcs Of the Company, in Chicago.
Michigan avenue and Adams Street Friday February
10Th, 1905. II O'Clock A n The transfer books viii
be closed, In accordance with close 81
business Friday January 2Oth rsopan On
Saturday, February 1lth. 1908.
GEORGE o. KNAPP. Frestd-ue
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For Both Sexes-Cfty.
THE BERIITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES.
Madison Square a. I22 Bway); Brooklyn. - Court 81
New terms beginning now Trial le1xons tree
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saysf
That he OF the general partners named In the
foregoing certiheate: that the ned In the said
certificate been contributed the ST
BY said special partre wit; By Louis A. von
Hofrmaun. the OF Five hundred thousand Dollars
hundred thousand Dollars 50O0COl. have been ectHe
good faith paid In cash by each of the said
special partEers J. WALTER WOOD Jt-
subscribed and xwo<r 70 before day ot
January 1905 THOMAS J. SURPLESS.
Notary Pubic Kings County Certificate alsd In n Y Co
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-11-24
A Fetching Echo.

"Tact often goes Il great way In
| case" said q lawyer. Il know man
who defended an old fellow charged
with stealing an armful Of wood.
THE judge was very deaf and had a
habit Of talking to himself. Sometimes
unconsciously he talked TO himself in a
pretty loud tone.
Nov, in this case when the prosecu-
tor took the stand and identified his
stolen wood with great positiveness the
judge asked himself in a louder key
than lie was aware OF:
"'How can he identity this wood
when one sticks as much like another
stick as one egg like another?'
1.-The tactful lawyer for the defense
rose Immediately.
"'Your honor he exclaimed passion
ately, how can this witness Identify
his wood so positively when one stick
is as much like another stick as one
egg is like another?
The judge turned to the jury, with
great start
Gentlemen he said, you will ac-
quit the prisoner. That very thought
dashed through my head not moment
before the words were spoken by the
learned counsel for the defense Yes,
you will acquit the prisoner. gentle
men. l consider this a direct interposI-
tion of Providence - Minneapolis
Journal
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Candid CrftirtSN,

Scribe Ito professor)-Do yoG mean
TO say that you can infer mans char
acter from his handwriting? Well,
then, what do you think of this?
Glands him a specimenD
Professor-The writer Is man Of
some ability. but altogether destitute
Of moral sense. If not Il downright
villain he must be very INSCRIPTIONS
fellow and not to be trusted on any
account whatever. | can read his
character at glance, though not his
characters.
Scribe-How so?
Professor-His writing is so illegible
that | can't decipher it. A man who
won't take the trouble to write n legi-
BILE hand must be so utterly regardless
Of the trouble he gives to everybody
who has to make his scrawl out. so
viciously inconslderate that he would
not stick at committing any atroclty
which 1t would cost him the slightest
eXertion to refrain from. | judge him
to be Il rogue. swindler and thief,
capable of anything but forgery.
Whose Is this disgraceful scribble?
Scribe-Well-a-to tell you the truth,
fact, it's mine!
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sumed about three weeks time. The
pair finally found rich man with a
daughter about sixteen years old, and
they looked upon the battle as half
won. At this point, however, they ran
short Of funds, with the result that
they had to take Tommy Saunders into
partnership.
Tommy was a good sort-that is, he
was one of their sort, and just then he
had some money. He didn't explain
how he got into the house nor what
didn't ask. There is etiquette even
among thieves.
Gents" observed Tommy after the
terms of partnership had been settled,
abduction Is the thing! All you have
to do is to pick the gal up under your
arm ana take Il scoot to Il place al
ready prepared, and Mt the end of a
| week her father gives up fifty thou,
aud you deliver his darling birdie at
plan-and he says 1t is-then all l can
say is that Jerry should take his place
among the greatest statesmen of the
country"
An old house in the suburbs that had
been tenantless for a year was selected
as the hiding place, and then it only
remained TO get hold of the girl. Some
trouble was anticipated here. None Of
the trio had studied the habits of rich
mems daughters, and they were thus
at II disadvantage.
Fortune favored them, however The
very first evening they took up their
watch in the neighborhood of the house
they saw the daughter come out with a
basket on her arm. She had shawl
guised. Just why this should be so
they didn't stop to figure, but when the
young lady came out ON the third even
ing she was seized in first class stvle.
bundled InpJ ~: olG hack and bv era"+
handkerchief over the girls mouth was
cast loos0 a candle lighted, and she
was put on exhibition.
Somewhat to the surprise Of the abb
ductors she began to swear, and every
slang word used anywhere for the last
ten years rolled off her tongue. When
she was obliged to pause for breath
the trio retired into a corner to hold Il
consultation.
81 never knowed that rich mems
daughters talked that way" admitted
Jerry, with serious countenance.
"Nor l." added Mike. but there can't
be no mistake. she had just come out
Of the gate when we seized her."
Il dunno why rich mems gals
shouldn't cuss and slang when they get
mad same as any Others" unused Tom
my "As soon as she gets over it she'll
put on her aristocratic airs and fall at
our feet and be really to write letter
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to her pa. I've got one ready Tor her
to copy. 1t says: Deer pa, am
bein' held for fifty thousand plunks.
| If you ever want to see your darlin'
agin give up the dough to the barer of
this"
"Now, then, cullies, what is it?'
/ asked the girl as their consultation was
ended.
I'm the first place." answered Jerry,
| who constituted himself as spokesman,
you have been abducted"
And what's that, you rat headed
peanut stealer?"
You have been tooken from your
rich father and are to be held here un-
Il! he comes down with the cash"
| "Hully gee"
You will write him that you have
been what they calls abducted, but
that you are in the hands of gentlemen
who are treating you kindly"
"It's bewtiful, Gully. Go on.'
"Them same gentlemen, wantin' to
take trip among the aristocracy Of
England, but havin' no money, will
hold you till he comes down with $780,
like the money in $5 and $40 bills"
"Oh, Abraham!" chuckled the girl
"And in writin' the letter you may
add that your couch is not downy and
your food not lobster salad and that
If your old man gets Il hustle ON him it
will be just as well for you and better
for the gents as has carried along the
job. That's all, l believe, just at pres
ent, except that we are slightly astonish
ed that you should have picked up such
language in a drawin' room. The let.
ter will not be writ till mornin', and
meanwhile you can stand up in cor.
ner and go to sleep feelin' as safe as If
In your little bed at home"
As Jerry finished his talk the girl
broke into laughter and kept it up for
five minutes. She laughed in half q
dozen keys, and there was sarcasm
as well as humor in her tones. Then
she sang verse of topical song.
Then she screwed up her face and in
whining tones gave them an. imitation
of beggar soliciting aims. Then she
turned cart wheels twice around the
room, INDUCED in half dozen somer-
SuuftS ana HnlSHeu WIFI II low cOurte-
sy and the words:
Ladies and gents all, Slapin' Sal
thanks you for your bloomn' kindness
and has the honor to wish you good
evenin'."
With that she went Gathering down
stairs, and not hand was lifted TO
prevent her. The three men smoked
in silence for five minutes, and then
Jerry Palmer heaved a sigh and said:
'Gents, it was a plan l thought out
in states prison, and l won't go for to
say that there wasn't a hole In it."
And I'm sayin'," added Mike Dono-
van, that when three gents can't tell
the difference between rich mans
daughter and n gal that was at the
kitchen door beggin' for cold vittles
them three gents ought to 60 to stealin'
from pushcarts."
1t was up to Tommy Saunders to ex-
press himself, but he was slow about
it. When he did speak, all he said was:
"That's just like 'em! The rich nev-
er will give poor man a show"
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-11-24
THE TREE KILLER.
Curious Vine That Flourishes In
Lower Central America.

A Curious Vine That Flourishes In
Lower Central America.
One of the curious forest growths Of
the isthmus of Panama and lower Cen
trail America in general Is the vine
which the Spanlards call matapalo, or
"tree killer" This vine first starts in
life as a climber upon the trunks of the
large trees, and, owing to its marvel
ously rapid growth, soon reaches the
lower branches. At this point 1t first
begins to put out its "feelers"-tender
harmless looking root shoots, which
soon reach the ground and become as
firmly fixed as the parent stem. These
hundreds OF additional sap tubes give
the whole vine n renewed lease of life,
and 1t begins to send out its aerial ten
drills in all directions. These intwine
themselves tightly around every limb
Of the tree, even creeping to the very
farthermost tips and squeezing the life
out of both bark and leaf. Things go
on at this rate but q short while before
the forest giant Is compelled to sue
cumb to the gigantic parasite which is
sapping its lifeblood. Within very
few years the tree rots and falls away,
leaving the matapalo standing erect
and hollow, like a monster vegetable
devilfish lying upon its back with its
horrid tentacles clasped together high
In the air
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-11-24
A PAGAN MYTH.
II Linked May and Matrimony With
Unhappiness and Mlsfortune. &.

OhhappInGou nnu Mlb1Ortune.
The pagans had a myth that "only
bad women marry in May" They had
another-that If the marriage did take
place the couple would live most un-
happily, and children borD of the mar.
riage-if 1t was not hopelessly rendered
barren by thus slapping the fates In
the face-would be deformed or imbe-
cile. With prizes like that In prospect
1t Is not much wonder that the igno-
rant and superstitious taboo May mar
riages, but there is no excuse yet for
this idiosyncrasy Of thinking people
at least no sensible one.
Ovid was a firm believer In the su-
perstition and said that no widow or
young girl would marry in May unless
she wished to invite the displeasure of
the gods and that the imprudent wom-
an who brayed their wrath would fill
an early grave. Ovid pinned his faith
to rosy June, the birth month of June,
and when he got ready to launch his
daughter on the matrimonial sea he
studied the stars and all the supersti-
tions to make sure that he would not
run upon Scylla In steering off Charyb-
dis.
Resolved to match the girl. he tried to
find
What days unprosperous were, what
moons were kind.
After June's sacred ides his fancy stray
ed
Good to the man and happy to the maid.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-11-24
By c. B. LEWIS

1t was plan conceived in the mind
of Jerry Palmer, convict No. 1870, one
night as he tossed TO and fro on his
prison couch about three weeks pre-
vious to the expiration of his five years
sentence. Jerry had tried thieving,
burglary and forgery and had served
sentences for all of them and after
thinking things over had concluded to
make Il change. Reform was not in
cluded in the change. Jerry strongly
believed that the world owed him q
living and that 1t was his constitutional
privilege to get that living in the easi-
est way possible. He would keep right
on thinking so, but he would adopt q
new and safer line.
Abduction is the thing!' exclaimed
Jerry to his prison walls when he had
thought the matter all out There's
more clean cash to be made in abduct-
ing some rich mans gal than in commit
ting half dozen burglaries, and the risk
is a mere nothing. All you have to do is
to seize her, shut her up somewhere
till the fond father will pay your price
and then produce her and lug away the
plunks - no publicity, no police, no
prison walls. The rest of the crowd
can go ahead on old lines, but it's alb
duction for me for the rest of my nat
ural life"
Jerry hadn't been out of prison two
days when he hunted up his old part
ncr Mike Donovan, and gave him the
tip. Mike, too, was ready to drop old
lines and take up something new. He
had shown energy and ambition as
burglar and had somewhat astonished
the police by stealing steam boiler
left on the public street at night, but
had found there was no money in it.
He had figured it out that the beef
trust was making more in three sec
onds that he was in three years, and IL
he hadn't met Jerry he might have
opened n saloon and sold wood alcohol
to his patrons.
The first thing was to find a rich man
with daughter No rich mans daugh-
ter can be abducted properly until aft
er she has been located. This task con-
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-11-24

found a man under her feet. She
caught sight Of his feet and legs and
gave Il little scream, but did not run
away. On the contrary. she placed her
bonnet on the ground and then grabbed
the feet and pulled the rest of the
mans body out into view. The next
instant she exclaimed:
$50 it's you, is 1t, you thieving crit
ter?"
She had recognized Scott, the banker.
at first glance, and. stepping over his
PROSTATE body. she ftlt under the
bushes and brought out bulky satchel.
"Well, what have you got to say for
I.yourself:" she asked as he maintained
a sulky silence.
II have spralned my ankle" he re-
piled.
81 was wondering II the Lord would
let you get away with Clara's money.
You must have come here to hide last
night till you could get away for good
| told James over and over that you'd
turn out to be thief. Why don't you
lie and say you are net Scott?'
Its no use. | have suffered all day
and am about dead"
"Waal, that's n pint in your favor
that you hadn't tried to lie out Of 1t.
I'll lug this satchel to the house and
get help"
Things ended well for the depositors
Of Scotts bank, though the banker
himself had to do term of five years
in state prison.
Long before he was put ON trial, how
ever, Clara's marriage came Off, and
she started on her bridal tower" The
happy couple were gone for two weeks,
and the first one to sight them ON their
return was Aunt Judy. When she had
kissed and hugged the happy bride she
stood off and said:
"Now, then, sit right down and tell
me all about Niagara falls. Is there
barrels and barrels of water going to
waste every day? Do they roar like a
lot Of mad bulls? Did you feel mean
and small when you stood and looked
at 'em? Did hack driver take you to
'leven different places and only charge
you 10 cents apiece cause he knew
that you was related to me and that l
was dangerous woman to fool with?
Tell me all about it and don't miss a
thing"
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-11-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Be a gentleman, and some people
will not appreciate you.
Defeat is often good thing, as II
shows n man how little he amounts to
If you want to enjoy the society OF
people never become intimate with
them.
Rich men are hated and this Is the
reason: We poor people are in the
majority.
The house Is too noisy for comfort
with child in it and too lonesome
for comfort when the child leaves. And
there you are.
Every house owner should ask him.
self this question tomorrow, "Is my
house nuisance in the nelghborhood? p
Look yourself over.
AS a man gets older he finds that
the path from the cradle to the grave
Is not near so long as it was from
soup to dessert when he was a child
Atchison Globe.
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MASTERS OF CARVING.
Our Ancestors Had n Vocabulary We
Have Quite Forgotten.

Have Quite Forgotten.
What do we moderns know about
carving? say that carve q pheasant
when l divide it into two more or less
equal portions. Not so our ancestors.
Carving is an art. Let me quote from
an old book on carving some of the
terms of that art:
Remember that there were carving
masters in those days, professors Of
the art. They were itinerants. They
did not keep school. They went from
house to house and taught the ladies'
AS for their social position, have
not ascertalned it. Probably they
were classed with the itinerant por-
trait painter. Certainly they did not
sit at table with the gentlefolk.
fear that their place was the kitchen
In that room surrounded by the admir-
Ing maids.
But the only thing she carved" was
mutton or beef. You had to "break a
deer, rear goose, lift swan, sauce
capon, spoil Il hen, frush chicken,
unbrace mallard, unlace a cony. dis
mount heron, display a crane, dis
figure a peacock, unjoint bittern, un-
tack curlew, alaye pheasant, wing
partridge or quail, mince a plover,
thigh a pigeon or any other small bird
and border game pie"
And the acquisition of these terms
was only the beginning of knowledge.
London Queen.
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JERMIAH GRIMES.
Ritter-GirtOn.

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1n,s' i 1G,I o','In 1 I9I p1o".ne 'iie pi''e e VI
IIi 1 sg"t"' pi4t pHu nuS'iins "'S's''n'' MI
iiarly nn - hi''ef; ,c -. =,
me sluoeS oi hlgh' were geh'ly
s'ea,lhs :.i M''en the hapPy Palr st1ie .,
qu'e,'y rom our ', i'iiu'S anu hearu inc
:f m1iuS 'na', ir' pronounced l Ineln man ana
,ii Mile; l "e eerel'i1n! ! took pace ~
|,. 1mo lo''o ~ u 'ne s. oilue 'un'' Ms M
mus. 2'ee'e' piooniSp"rS' anu ,he
oiiiGl"'Ins I minister i was heE, lihher
Vi ri tne p"''is' cnui1"; 'lia' Guy:
ne qeNoIeu R:u anu haPPy Pair are
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An Elephant story.

A queer elephant yarn is told in the
Japan Chronicle by the captain Of a
trading steamer. On one occasion he
had on board cargo of forty ele-
plants. The ship was at anchor in a
calm sea, but began to roll violently.
The captain investigated and learned
that the elephants had in some way
found that by swaying to and fro all
together n rocking motion was produc-
ed that seemed to please them i'm
mensely. So the great heads and bodies
rolled and swung in unison until the
steamer. which had no other cargo and
rode light was in imminent danger
of rolling clean over. The attendants
were hurried down into the hold and,
after a great deal of shouting and
humping, managed to stop their dan
gerous amusement. Jules Verne tells
as a fiction of the sinking Of ship
in that way. and the question is. Has
some one in Japan been reading Verne
or was the novelist's fancy justified by
real experience7