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New-York tribune., 1906-12-24
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

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New-York tribune., 1906-12-24

Exchange last week and for the same week ~ the
nreccdnc two years compare as follows
Dec %. '06 Dec. - 'o5 Dec - o.
=. e. A.. O93 57T s.. 2-5 OO3 AL 81 .6So. 1.S 426
~ sharss sod 625ItSI t.3"-"'4
New-York tribune., 1906-12-24
Financial Meetings.

SO TBE SHAREHOLDERS OF TIE COMMON
WEALTH TRTST COMPANY or NEW YORK.
You hereby notified that the annual meeting of
Etoclol6ers hello the once
fhe COMPANY No - Pine Street. the city OF New
Wodnesdsv January 18th. 1907. 81 II o'clock
A purpose elactinE directors in the place
sno stead - those whose Of office expire on that
1or the transaction OF such other business as
properly before meeting
The polls Will be open i II. TIL - noon The
Saturday. January 5Th,
1sO7. o'clock noon. and Viii remain closed until
huIsdav. January 18th. 1907 10 O'Clock the fore
noon.
Ry order % the Board of Directors
J.. A EAPELTEA. Secre'ary-
New-York tribune., 1906-12-24

Government bond quotations compare follows
with those Of a week ago:
New-York tribune., 1906-12-24
BANK EXCHANGES; SALES RECORDED

The bank exchanges Of the New York Clearing
House and the stocks sold on the New York Stock
New-York tribune., 1906-12-24
TIE PLAZA BANK.

York December o3th, 1905.
The annual Election for Directors y TIE PLAZA
BANK W seid the banking House. 5th Ave. and
ssth 81. II ESDAE. JANUARY 5 1907. Polls open
from j. n. 20 ! oc!ock T. n
" CLARK T. Cashier.
rIyTE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LOT OWNERS
Il of The NcDdlawn Cemetery for the election Of
OF cemetery viii be held O'clock IN
TUESDAY January sth 1907 the Office
Cemetery. No. % East 23rd Street. Borough of
Manhattan New York city.
STEWART W. SMITH. Secretary.
FINEE ANNUAI. MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
4 % The Associate Land COMPANY viii be held at
1he offCe - the Company. NO - Fast 22rd Street.
Borough of Manhattan. New York City. TUESDAY.
.aEuar 1897. a. twelve o'clock Tor the cleo
zion q Directors. CHARLES ~. EDGAR. Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-24
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

The Tribune has printed the gross earnings or
fortv-two railroads. systems, for the hrst week
in December OF these thirty-four return gains 'L
COZ, oo or 1OS per cent and eight return losses or
e., 81 nv : 6 ner cent The whole shows gain or
sess 563 or aS per cent The Tribune mas aiso
prnted the gross earnings of thrty-hve ralIroadS.
or systems. for the second week in DecemOef' 'l
which twenty-five return gains OF $Fo,''0' ~ ~
49, a,t md ton return losses Of S104t7S, or 42 per
cent The whole shows q gain Of s6i2ss7' or per
New-York tribune., 1906-12-24
TIRE ANNUAL MEETING or TIE
SOCIETY OF SAINT J0HNLkND

the election - Officers and Trustees and for eny other
b pertaining 10 the meeting VIII he held IN the
Directors - Atlantic Mutual 1nsrrar-s com
yanv Wall Street. CITY o' New York Thursday.
1lecernh~~ -5tl 1903 80 p II
tSicnedl ROBERT - HARRISON. Secretary
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT A MEETING
~ of the Stockholders % the POLY-PHASE IGNITION
SYSTEM COMPANY VIII h held the Office OF the
COMPANY. No - Brosdwav in the Borough Of Man
haitian. city of New York, Tuesday January s. 1907
o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose Of elect
ing Directors Tor the ensuing and two In
Epectors Of Election the annual meet
ing and for transaction of such other business
properly before such meeting.
Dated New York December "a, 1905
WILLIAM z. SYANES. Jr. Secretary
New-York tribune., 1906-12-24

First weak December oo, r,,ver,os =.
oar .Sp7I 24O los
= contanies 65S ass hS36tsl Dee 54e'' %
Total - $40 4@O9o S9SS455i Inc seSN'"S 70
Second week n Dece enher- ...ooo -, s-,c e-o - q
companies $tlSlobl 30 4S5 80 ~, I9s
10 companies 2dl3+S2 2s'%5o'S H''- i's'i'' =
Total 81 cos sosOl O02 ss15s555 Inc se424e7 30
MINERAL RANGE.
1oOe tnN 1904
., Voo st4G sIJ77t Si4Ol1
9eSoh1 " ~ "a g02 gQ1 9tS9aO $4,000
WHEELING 8 LAKE ERIE.
s.o,a ,rae,f IN Dec silseO8 siOs 2as $50 75a
IrIy I 70 pee IA -. 2ss0.sT0 284GOGO . i22 3SI
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN.
Number of niles. 200 500 aOi
in Dec S6D.6Sl s6JOAR sol ?-l
Jiv I 10 nee -. i.I33,OlO i59S6pO 1.43O sGS
cINCTNNATI. NEW ORLEANS g. TEXAS, PACIFIC
Number Of miles ..... ass S3s 80
-trst week in Uee...-. stS4. 46@ st4S3GS S1s22tG
.al I tn pe- 7....... 3.TT3.0i: 34e9664 5.2sS tIa
New-York tribune., 1906-12-24
GOVERNMENT BONDS.

s'o147ooo Total sales for the week 'Er interest.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-08

H., Split Brads and Sennit Braids. These popular hats
hold their place the choice Of good dressers There is
nothing cean-cut neatappearng these braids in the
Yacht shape Prices $150, $2 $3.50 $3 $3.50 and $5
Soft Braids that meet the requirements of those who
need easytng lightweight hats, suitable for all
Ma sions.ars ,. ..Gs arr Sra# G& u.
~" % Milan, Japanese, Mackinaw and Chnkee Braids;
prices ST. $3.50, So, $780, So and 81:
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-08
FERRIS COMPANY IS
TO PLAY. AT THE. BIJ0U

The fact that the Ferris Stock COM
pany in 'The Great Ruby has made
tremendous hit and is playing to the
biggest business that a stock company
has ever enioyed on the initial week OF
a summer season in the northwest, made
Manager Dick Ferris loath to lose two
performances at the Metropolitan ON
account Of the prior arrangements for
the U. Of M. class play: With his char
acteristic activity, Mr.. Ferris saw
means out of the difficulty, and ap-
preached Manager Hays ofpthe Bllou
and Manager MCGOWAN OF My,
Wife g Family company with propo-
sition to cancel the engagement OF my
Wife g Family company, and give
over Saturday performances at the
Bijou to the Ferris company, An ar
rangement was quickly effected, and the
admirers of Miss Florence Stone, Mr.
Ferris and talented Ferris company,
will now have an opportunity Of wit
Messing iithe tremendous production of
'f-The Great Ruby''e complete, at the
Bijou Saturday matinee and night. The
Ferris summer prices will lprevail. 80,
:'The Great Ruby is conceded to be
the greatest scenic and acting stock
presentat tion ever offered in the west
at popular prices, and since the magni-
tude of the production and the ability
Of it's Interpretation has become known
to local theater goers, even the great
capacity of the Metropolitan has been
nj rhtlv test 3D. -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
NEW Works. RECORDER.
The City's Most Ancient OfHcial Next
to the Mayor.

The City's Most Ancient OMciaI Next
to the Mayor.
Next to the mayor the recorder is the
most ancient public official in the city
His Office dates back to the Dongon
charter, given with the authority Of
King James H. to the city of New
York in April, 1886. The governing
body Of the city were the mayor, the
recorder and the aldermen.
From the recorder sprang, in 1921,
the old court of common pleas, which
later became the supreme court. Orig
inally the mayor and the recorder held
all the court in New York, both civil
and criminal, the aldermen sitting also
to aid In disposing of petty cases. The
recorder was q member of the board
of aldermen. One of his important du-
ties was to pass on competency for citI-
zenship.
The first recorder was James Ora
ham, appointed by charter. His duties
included those of the present recorder
and many more. Gradually as the
court business increased the recorder
ceased to act as an alderman, and in
the subdivision of court work the
criminal cases, which, as affecting the
life and liberty of citizens, were then
regarded as of the graver Importance
were retained by him, and the civil
cases were transferred to newer courts
Thus the Office of the recorder IL
additionally the primary safeguard
over the principles of the old common
law On which New York's modern
criminal Jurisprudence is founded
New York World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
FILTH IN KOREA.


The Streets of the City Reek With
Sewage and Odors.
The streets of Korea are used for
every conceivable and inconceivable
thing. Down the middle Of them or
on either side the city's sewage reeks
along sluggish course, carrying with
1t every possible thing but its own hor-
rible odor. The houses on the main
streets, or what might for want of a
more descriptive name be called the
business streets, are all built with one
side open, as houses are built In Japan.
There is little or nothing displayed for
sale in any shops, and there is seldom
anything to detain loiterer along the
way. The Korean woman knows abso-
lutely nothing about the joys and sor-
rows of shopping. She lives her life In
virtuous seciusion, or at least in seclu-
sion, and the tradesmen must needs go
to her and thrust their goods respect
fully through a small opening in the
door Of her apartments. What she
doesn't want she thrusts out again
and then haggles with him over the
price Of what she has selected, with
the thin but not transparent partition
between them. So there is little need
for attractive shop windows. Since the
women make all the mems clothes,
they, Of course, buy the materials for
them also, and l have really never
seen anything purchased in a shop.
But still they are built with the use
lessly open side, and one can buy If
one is so inclined, as foreigners so Of
ten are. The houses that are not Of
this description are not to be seen at
all. being hidden behind expressionless
stone walls capped with tiles and
pierced with the tiniest possible gate
ways.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15

In nearly all parts of the arctic re-
gions food is frozen not only for pur-
poses of preservation, but also to In
crease, as the natives believe, it's nu-
tritive properties. Their fish and seal
flesh are frozen and eaten In thin slices
cut off by ak or knife. Seal flesh half
decomposed and then frozen is one OF
the Eskimos' greatest delicacies. Wal
rus liver. too, when frozen is held to
possess great sustaining power, and 1t
Is considered that cooking deprives II
of its delicacy of flavor. The natives
Of the Titicaca basin, in Peru, who in
habit district 1900 feet above the
sea, prepare their potatoes by soaking
them in water, then freezing them,
then sleeping them In water and mash.
ing them to remove the soluble matter.
After this they are dried and become
an article of food. They will then keep
any length of time and are extremely
convenient for carrying on long jour
neys. The Okla, another vegetable OF
the district, is prepared in the same
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
A Bridge of CrocodiIes.

A traveller writes of port in north
western India: 'The great sight Of
Karachi is the sacred crocodile pre-
serve at Magyar Pr, some seven miles
off. There are hot springs here which
feed shallow tank containing nearly
a hundred crocodiles. The story, usu-
ally thought to be fictitious, of the Eng
lishman who for bet crossed the tank
by jumping successfully from the
backs Of these crocodiles is based on
fact. The hero of this foolhardy feat
was certain Lieutenant Beresford, a
friend of Sir R. f. Burton When Bur
ton and his companion were visiting
the crocodiles' tank they noticed that
these reptiles and certain islets of reeds
happened to make an almost continu-
Gus bridge across the tank This
prompted the daring subaltern to haz-
ard the feat of crossing by hopping
from one crocodile to another. To the
amazement of the spectators he sue
ceeded in this apparently mad attempt
Sir Richard Burton had already sue
cessfully performed an equally daring
feat. He managed to muzzle a croco-
die by means OF a lasso and then
jumped on the reptiles back and en-
joyed somewhat zigzag ride"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
QUEER EASTER CUSTOM.
rhe Way Filipino PeniteAts Tor
ture Themselves,

ture Themselves.
One of the many curious customs
practioed by some persons In the Phil
ippine Islands Is the way in which they
observe the week before Easter. Fol
the Thursday, Friday and Saturday
before Easter the streets or roads on
the outskirts of some villages and
sometimes the principal streets of the
town itself are filed with crowds, who
have come to see the natives inflict
self torture.
The willing victims are stripped to
the waist, their faces are covered with
a thick cloth and around one hand Is q
heavy hemp rope, with a cluster OF
from fifteen to twenty smaller hempen
cords. To each of these is fastened q
small piece of hard wood. The whole
thing is just long enough so that when
flung over the shoulder it will not quite
reach to the waist.
When the penitents are ready to start
out Filipino, who has been appointed
as a sort of overseer, takes the flesh of
the back between his thumb and first
finger and cuts the skin with a long
bolo. This is done all over the back.
He then cries. ALA, sigie" eco
ahead'). Then the penitent begins to
beat his back by lashing his cluster OF
little pieces of wood and cords first
over one shoulder. then over the other,
until the back is SO lacerated that II
somewhat resembles raw beef. All the
while the onlookers and victims also
are singing, or rather, chanting, a most
dismal, unearthly funereal chant.-New
York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
Inside Your Bones.

People usually imagine that their
bones are Of solid mineral construc-
ton, without any feeling in them. AS
a matter Of fact, there are blood ves-
sells and nerves inside the bones just
as there are outside. During amputa-
ton of limb much more pain is felt
when the bone is attacked than when
the flesh is being cut through. Through
the marrow which is inside the bones
run the nerves and blood vessels, en-
tering the bones from the flesh without
by little holes. Nature adapts the bony
structure of various animals to their
habits in very interesting manner.
Sluggish creatures, like the sloth, have
solid bones, whereas the bones Of the
deer and the antelope are comparative
ly light, SO that they may run fast, and
the leg bones of the ostrich are hollow.
You will find in the bones of any skel-
eton the application of mechanical
principles which have only become
known to man through the processes
Of laborious and long considered in
vention
Carry brightness with you to the
home. Worry should have no place
under the roof that shelters your wife
and children.-Maxwelrs Talisman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15

The profit of gold mine depends, mol
on the amount of rock crushed under the
stamps but upon the amount of gold which
can be extracted from the rock. In a
similar way the value of the food which
is eaten does not depend on the quantity
which is taken into the stomach but upon
the amount of nourishment extracted from
IL Dy the organs of nutrition and digestion,
when these organs are diseased they fai
to extract the nourishment sufficient GU.
antilles to supply the needs of the several
organs OF the body, and these organs can.
not work without nourishment. The re-
suit is heart trouble" and MANY other
aifment. DR.. Pierce's Gold en- Medic
Discovery, acting on every organ of the
digestive and nutritfve system, restores it
to health and vigor. 1t cures diseases re-
mote from the stomach through the
stomach in which they originated. Golden
Medical DiscoveY" contains neither alcohol
nor narcotics
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
QUICKSILVER MINING.


the Workers.
The chief quicksilver mines In Eu.
rope are in the Spanish town Almaden
which Is an Arabic word, meaning 'the
mine of quicksilver" These mines
were formerly worked by the Iberians
and after them by the ancient Romans
Between 1915 and 1843 the Spanish
government employed galley slaves in
them, an occupation that soon ended in
death. The fumes OF the mercury pro
duce constant salvation, and the sys-
TEN becomes permeated with the
metal.
At first the victim is seized with
tremblings and then the teeth drop out;
pains In the bones follow and then
death. The annual yield Of mercury ia
100000 pounds, to produce which
1000 men are engaged In this unhealthy
employment.
After Almaden. so far as yield OF
quicksilver is concerned, comes Idria.
an Austrian town, twenty-eight miles
from Triest. These mines also were
once worked by criminals. who. owing
to the terrible qualities OF the mineral,
expired after about two years service.
There are now nearly 800 miners en-
gagged in the work at Idria. They are
induced to enter the mines by high
pay. A pension is allowed when they
are disabled, and provision is made for
their widows and chlldren.-Pearson's
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15


When Mrs. Lombard offered to rec
ommend Miss Simpson to her friends
as dressmaker she was honest in her
wish to help the little woman, but her
efforts bore more evidence Of honesty
than of tact.
Il wish you would try Dora Simp-
son. she said earnestly to three of her
friends who were calling upon her one
day. shes such good little body
and so unfortunatel Her old customers
have dropped off one by one till there's
scarcely a person In the neighborhood
who employs her now.
AS | often say to my husband" con-
tinued Mrs. Lombard, with haste, as
she saw signs of inquiry on the faces
of her friends, suppose she doesn't At
very well. That doesn't alter the fact
that she has an invalid brother to sup
port and that she tried everything else.
from stenography to cooking, and only
took up sewing as a last resort and
just hates every stitch she takes and
always has. Now, do try her, some of
you. She's been with me for the last
four days making jacket for my Jim.
Dora is just as patient about 1t as can
be, though we've had it all to pieces
three times. Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
The Philosophy Of Thunder.

Thunder Is caused by the lightning
spark heating the air In Its path. caus-
ing sudden expansion and compression
all around, followed by as sudden a
rush of air into the partial vacuum
thus produced. If the spark be straight
and short the clap will be short and
sharp; If its path be long and crook
ed one succession of sounds, one aft
er the other, with a characteristic rat
tie, will be heard, followed by the
echoes from other clouds The echoes
have rolling and rumbling sound.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
An Old Irish Tune.

1.-The Girl / Left Behind Me- is an
Irish tune known to have been in ex-
istence in ITO. The author of the
words is unknown. though claims have
been made for several Irish and Eng
fish poets. For over 100 years it has
been the parting time of the British
army and navy and is played when
ever a regiment is leaving town
where it has been stationed or man.
of-war is weighing anchor to sail from
a port
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15

The first male celebrity who made
bis mark as dressmaker was Rhom-
berg, the son of a Bavarian peasant
from the neighborhood Of Munich. One
day In the month Of May. 1870, beau
tiful equipage was seen driving about
Paris with an escutcheon In the shape
OF corset and an open pair of scissors
In the middle painted on the panel of
each door. That was Rhomberg's coat
OF arms, and it told its own tale. He
was a genius in his way and owed his
success chiefly to his skill in disguis-
Ing slight deformitles and bringing out
the most attractive charms of his fair
customers. He rapidly made fortune
and left his heirs an annual income of
$4,000 francs. Under the first empire
and the restoration Leroy supplied the
dresses Of the ladies of the court and
the higher nobility from his splendid
mansion In the Rue Richelieu. An eff
fusive encomium was written upon
him by Anger. member OF the acad-
envy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
The saiamander.

In Andrews Anecdotes Ancient and
Modern" Q7s9 one reads, Should q
glass house fire be kept up without ex-
tinction for longer term than seven
years there is no doubt but that a
salamander would be generated in the
cinders." This probably accounts for
the popular idea that salamander
lives in the fire, fallacy SO far remov-
ed from the truth that the curious
lizard-like beast so called cannot en-.
dure even the heat of the sun, but
skulks away under stones to avoid it.
1t will never lose its reputation for
fire eating, though, which fingers still
in the heating utensil that is named
after 1t.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
The world. water s.pp,y.

A German scientist predicts that the
time win come when there will not be
water enough remaining on this globe
to support human life. We are left to
suppose that our shrinking sphere will
form caverns In its interior into which
the oceans will sink. For q similar
reason, as some astronomers believe,
there is no man in the moon, the for
mer waters ON its surface. II there ever
were any, having retired into IT'S cav
ernous interior. We have NO evidence
at present of subterranean hollows OF
any extent, and the earth's crust is con-
tinually adjusting itself by earthquake
dislocations to the pressures within and
without. Besides, nature has provided
this planet Of ours with a rather large
water supply. Nearly three-fourths OF
the earth's surface-or 144,7l2, $50
square miles-are covered by the ocean.
which Is reckoned to be OF an average
depth Of at least two miles. The globe
must contract enormously and leave
some huge cavities before our oceans
disappear At present its crust by no
means resembles a rigid arch. II Is a
wavy curve, the tops of its mountains
more than Eve miles high and the low
est Of its sea floors more than Eve
miles deep. We may. safely count ON
several millions Of years before the
last man has not drop to drink.
A Dangerous Practise.
Ais dying the hair as dangerous
as tne doctors would make 1t appear 7
B.-Certainly! You take my word for
1t Only last spring an uncle Of mine
oyeo MS hair, and In three weeks he
was married to a widow, with four
children.-Fliegende Blatter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15

Anatomists fancifully call the big
tendon Of the heel tendon Achilles, .
after the Greek hero. The Hydrologic
al story goes that his mother. Thstis,
holding him by the heel, dipped him in
tne river Styx to make him invulnera-
ble- Put Paris inflicted a wound that
proved fatal on the heel that had not
bean fmmersed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15

In order to judge of the inside Of 9th.
ers study your own, for men in gen
eral are very much alike, and though
one has one prevailing passion and an.
other has another yet their operations
are much the same, and whatever en-.
cages or disgusts. plenses or offends
you in others will engage, disgust
please or offend others in you.-Ches
k->-G~JI
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
The Soft Answer.

IF nature had made me an ostrich, f"
said old Crouch. II suppose could eat
your cooking"
Wouldn't that be nicer answered
his imperturbable spouse. Then |
could get some plumes for my hat
Boston Transcript.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
Not worth while

Perhaps If were to boil it down."
suggested the space writer.
Wouldn't do any good" said the OBJ
durate editor. Take gallon of wa
ter and boil 1t down to a pint and 1t
would still be nothing but water"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15

A trapped rat may easily be- tanned
by allowing no water butt that, offered
IN spoon, Tor the creature soon learns
20 recognize the hand which,. supplies
this all important necessary.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15
Anttdote For carhoI,. Alta

1t may prove valuable information
to know that alcohol is the antidote Of
carbolic acid and how to use it. If the
burn is external pour alcohol over it; If
internal swallow whisky.