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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

Folio wing are the quotations OF the
days prices, as furnished through
Byrne & Mcdonnell, members of the
New York Stock Exchange:
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BANK OF ENGLAND DISCOUNT.

LONDON, May 13.-The minimum
rate of discount of the Bank of Eng
land is unchanged at 21s per cent.
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THE annual meeting or the stockholders Of
the New Jersey Leather Manufacturing COM
will be held May 18th, at the office Of tha
company, 30 Kent street, Newark. ". J.. at
Q . m c. c. ALLEN Secretary.
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NntIex-

NUTLEY-New cottage. 7 nice rooms. steam
heat all improvements; nice lot central Ioca-
ton; ". 600. easy terms. We have others.
HVNTLEY q CLARK. . Clinton st. Newark.
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ROOMS

furnished or unfufnished rooms in pri.
vate family Address BERLIN, 2a7 Plane St.
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LODGE ROOM TO LET.

OF PyTHIAS lodge room, 24s Mar
ket St, fourth floor; all conveniences; coolest
lodge room in Newark; come and see 1t, In
qufrc on fourth fioos.
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Eas{ Orange.

FARMS and homss for sale. 3. L HEALER
Caldwell. N. T.
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REAL ESTATE FOR A [
OUT or Town.


sIx-FAMILY HoUSEs-Broadway property.
Bayonne. n. J only 81 500 cash: easy terms
l2sper cent. Owner, JAS. THULANDpR. 70
West lolst,, New York city
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MONEY IN RAILROAD STOCKS

INVESTMENT FROM 500 Up. CASH Or
INSTALMENTS.
VIII sell 15o. 600 shares of stock Of ore Of the
richest railroad propositions in u. S. All com
men- no preferred stock. 800 bought nox, can
be sold very soon at $3.50. Enormous profits In
a few years Stock daily increasing. Write for
: articuiars.
c. VAN BERGH,
lM West 18th street. New York.
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FLATS WANTED.

wANTED-on high ground, within As minutes
of Four Corners. near trolley line. small
house, or 8 or 6-roofn nat. Address M, Box
25. Star ONCE.
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smoke, hurry and poor ventilation, the germ of every disease that flesh is heir to. Everyone does not have these diseases because the resisting force is able to defeat the germs and keep them subjected until the resist ance lags or weakens, and then the microbe which is the most pawvCful- this is the grip germ now, because Of atmosphere conditions-grips the sub ject and he is conquered.
 The brain is. the center of this resisting system, and is in strong or depleted tone according as the spirits are high. Therefore, laughter, which keeps the spirits high and the mind cheerful, keeping the nervous system at the highest tone, makes the resist ance more powerful, curbs the dis ease germ, which at this season is the
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pot of the Elks Theater, offers as special prize two choice reserved seats for the performance.
 The accompanying portrait of Char ley Gapewin will pehaps enable the guesser to determine which is Grape win as it portrays the features of the comedian while in his most cheeriest mood.
 1t would be well to make no en- agreements for the night on which occasion "The Awakening of MT. Pipp" will be seen here in its re- engagement As anyone is likely to be the winner of the prize offered. All solutions should be mailed to the box office, where the tickets are sold and the first one giving a correct guess. will be entitled to the tickets Words to that effect being communi- cated to the lucky person in ample time to witness the performance.
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aChic- Perkins Starring Tour.

'sChic" Perkins is starring on her own account this season under the management of Frank G. King. in q sparkling little gem of q play, en- titled The Little Prospector," a dra- ma which is admirably adapted to her peculiar style of acting. Chic" Per kins is widely known through the west, where she has been starring jointly for several seasons with the eminent comedian, Frank G. King, in many plays. "Chic" Perkins is a ver- satile actress, in the full sense of the word. playing pathetic and comedy roles with equal facility, and she nev- CT fails to please the most exacting critics. Her environments in the way of company. scenery Sn6 general ef- feets are of the very best "The Lit tie Prospector" will be presented at the Elks Theater on Friday, Feb. 19.
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The above pictures one of the funny incidents in The Awakening of Mr. Ripp." The musical classic in which Charley Grapewin has so successfully appeared in during the past several seasons and which will be the laugh compelling attraction, at the Elks Theater next Thursday night, Feb ruary IS. It represents Mir. Grape win in the disguise of a messenger boy. One of the characters imper- sonated by another member of the company. So close indeed, does MT. Grapewin resemble the other imper- eonation in appearance. a&ion as well as speech, that it Is extreme difficult flor the audience to decide which one of the characters is really MT. Grape win. And for the purpose, therefore of giving everybody an opportunity
 10 make d correct guess manager Phil
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most pronounced in the form of the grip microbe.
 "A funny play of comedy is real effective antidote, and in fact I re- gard it as sure preventative. l am not ethically permitted to boost any one particular piece, but the long run ming production of "A Knight for q Day" appealed to me and with much praise from scores of patients l have prescribed this most amusing musical attraction as covering full evening s enjoyment during the entire program" Elks Theatre Monday, February 15.
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AMUSEMEN
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Laughter Cures The Grip.

Laughter is the best cure for the grip" This is the declaration of Dr.
 Thos, Ambrose of Chicago, who says he has been praeticing this prescrip- ton all season, and has proved its worth. He declares his conclusion IS not based on mind over matter theories, nor has it fibre of faith healing in it's makeup. He explains 1t along pathological reasoning along these lines: There is in every hum an body, especially every city bred person reared in an atmosphere of
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be truly most capable one. Good to look upon and made up of fresh, sweet voices that can do ample jus tice to the several concerted numbers of the play MT. Grapewin looks upon his chorus, as a tuneful adjunct, and acting on this idea has devoted much time to make it something more than a simple line up" of girls. At the
 Elks Theater February IS.
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Grapewin's Chorus.

The Chorus to be seen with Char ley Grapewin this year in The Awak- ening of MT. Pipp" has been the nov ing cause of much favorable comment all along the line. as it Is said to
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28

pitch there is likelihood that the rain viii drive
under them and the bungalow will be leaky fail
IN this a homogeneous roof Of tin is de-
sirable.
The least expensive roofing and the hardest
10 look in the face" though It may for
remote summer cabin, is paper It may be OBJ
tained two three ply, and comes in rolls. The
application with caps and nails laying the strips
parallel TO the length of the roof and overlapping
the upper edges, is simple and speedy. A little
menting and flashing" with tin around the chimney
will be needed. When there IS felt lining be-
meath as in city roofs tar paper is said to be
insurerably hot. 1t must be coated with tar paint
every season, and then lasts i've years The
three 10 five cents square foot. Rolls of similar
roofing material little less obnoxious 10 the eye
and slightly more expensive. sold under pat
eated The use Of paint may conceal the
nature Of this material and harmonizs it with the
color Of forest leaves. The builder may be
tempted 10 nail the strips Of tar paper
position himself, but ne will find that even this
simple operation requires a degree OF skill, and
that q hotch with poor material is the worst kind
OF a mistake.
A tin roof is light, hreproof and durable If paint
ed every two II entails considerable labor in
putting on, the between sheets having
be soldered, and repairs difficult when the
est tinsmith lives many miles away. 1t is hard TO
detect the location OF leak. due 10 a slight crack
al the soldered joints, when heat has unduly
panded the metal The sheets OF tin be paint
ed on the under side when laid, else they will
and a first upper OF paint must be followed
by second coat after d month. The cost of ma
teria and labor is from 10 TO 20 square foot
AS for looks dependence must be placed on paint
In lively hailstorm the dweller under tin VIII i'm
agine that his home is being bombarded with tho
batteries OF foreign invader and may TO stuff
his ears against the clashing uproar
Shingles Of galvanized iron are of COURSE FIRE
proof rather neat in appearance and last practi-
cally forever. They come high. about 15 cents a
square foot laid on. They painted only on
the outside Their Is mostly confined TO steap
gable roofs and projections around bay windows
The wooden shingie is cheap and popular the
standby Of American builders outside of the cities
The lowest grade Of white cedar. from the out
sde Of the tree. and therefore knotty and sappy in
the thick part, sells for a 50 a thousand against
- 70 Tor the best red cedar from the Pacific Coast
BY overlapping the butts sufficiently the disad-
vantage Of sap and knots in the lower grades NAV
oe somewhat obviated A fun sized shingle sho1Id
De laid 5ss inches 20 the weather the rest OF the
shingis. Ia inches. being covered by the two
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questions asked by the explorers. This remarkable
Ice clin discovered by the Ross expedition
nearly seventy years ago. II was demonstrated TO
the Scott expedition. with which Lieutenant Shack
Teton made his first visit to the Antarctic, that
the barrier had movement, for supply Of pro-
visions carried the ice distance OF 1924
feet in the Of thirteen and one-haf months.
It Captain Scotts opinion that il float
ing
TIE presence of a volcano beching forth steam,
well within the circle of eternal ice. is much
Of anomaly as the presence Of an extinct vol
covered with cap at the equator.
Mount Kilimanjaro, in Africa. and Mount Erebus,
which Lieutenant Shackleton's expedition
quered, exhibit this marked antithesis. Mount
Erebus. which named for OF the vessels
OF the Ross expedition, is OF a group Of
mountains, of which Mount Lister rises than
1900 feet higher than the volcano.
One of the great problems Of the polar explorer
is that OF food transportation. This Is made
pecslly difficult in the north by the roughness OF
the ice. Storing food supplies along the route is
avoided. In the north, however, this method has
IT'S drawbacks for polar bears enjoy nothing more
than the edibes transported their dwelling place
from the white mans land. There Is a possibility
that tho explorer will find his provisions when
he is in desperate need of them, only this
a good gun, however, the Arctic traveller may
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affect It's lasting quality, shown by careful tests
and the changing ,o,or ia really picturesque ad-
vantage. The yaregated purple is interesting and
IS only slightly less tough than the green. one
architect to whom a quarry representative vas
showing samples OF many hued states had an in
spifatlon II want tn sIn all" he exclaimed. sweep
Ing his hand the diversified array He ordered
small quantities OF each and had them put on the
roof OF country dwelling with effect that was
rich and gorgeous
Unlike wooden shingles slate makes a clean roof
FOR supplying rain water c!stern. II is false
economy to lay slate nth boards several
inches apart. There should boards Of even
thickness. matched and planed. Asbestos shingles,
made OF cement and ASBESTOS hhre subjected 10 a
pressure OF twelve thousand pounds to the square
inch close rival Of slate roofing
teriaL They said to be hreproof. waterproof
and practically ndestructble They do not need
paint. Like all cement material. they become
stronger with the passage of time, hardening to u
granite condition after dozen years. They are
somewhat elastic. not TO be injured by frost
heat The uniform thickness insures an evenly
laid roof compared with slate Of irregular thick
ness. The weight for hundred square feet is 80
pounds and upward. The minimum cost Is about
nine cents a square foot. There three colors
obtains ble-gray, red anG blue bIaCk-which in
corporated In the material of the shingles. 1t Is
possible though unnecessary. to stain the shingles
fl any hue. While weighing more than wood and
approxmating slate in tho heavier grades It is
said that the asbestos shingles Will not weigh moro
than wood shingles when the latter are wet. Re-
cent experience has led the fastening
shingles with copper fasteners at the lower end
of the exposed portion Thus there Is danger
OF warping. The cost OF copper fasteners in
considerable. 1t is recommended that the under
roofing be composed OF rough matched boards
cred with asbestos slaters felt There are several
methods OF applying the shingles. the French
diagonal method being the most economical and
attractive. Between this and the American square
style there is difference in weight of 125 pounds
for hundred square feet Of surface. According
to the French method each shingle is fastened in
dependently of its neighbOrs. This allows for
pansion and contraction in each unit and makes
repair. IL there should be need of repair easy.
Many beautiful designs be worked out in the
diagonal method. Sometimes there Is inter
esting variation between diagonal and square on
the same roof. The asbestos shnsle may he cut
sawed. nailed otherwise treated like a piece of
hard wood. Where the pitch OF a roof is less than
four inches 10 a foot, it is not advisable to
asbestos shingles
(To be continued1
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upper courses. Red cedar looks well in natural
color. White cedar may be stained painted for
effect, but il IS doubtful whether any treatment
except dipping in creosote before laying will pro-
long the life OF a shingle beyond the allotted ten
fifteen years After Weathering, white cedar
turns a pleasing gray. One thousand shingles laid
in the approved manner will cover 120 square feet
OF roof good carpenter, laying eight thousand
shingles In a day, will be able to roof q small
bungalow between morning and night He will ask
from s. 30 to 50 for his days work.
Tile does not compete well with other material
account Of weight and cost, despite a magnificent
appearance. roof Weighing several requires
heavy support The ungla2ed variety ahsorbs water
and crumbles away. A Chicago covered his
$4,000 home with a specially made tile and then
found that his roof leaked. Tile u to 10
a square foot laid Disregarding weight
and cost, the best grades highly eligible
teIial
slate roof OF good q aIity and well laid is al
most ideal 1t is irepToof and lasts good part
of a century. II has possibilities OF highly
mental color. The weight is not excessive for a
permanent residence being about $50 pounds for
hundred square feet. The cost getting laid on
the roof is about double the price at the quarry,
making the expense for average grade to Il
square foot. The ordinary grade has a
minimum thickness OF three-sxteer tbs Of an inch
and is said 10 be just durable as slabs half nr
inch taick Every lot ordered from tie quarry has,
in fact, wide divergence OF thickness between
three -siXteenths and half inch, the skillful
slater VIII sort out the thick and thin beside
the building and them appropriately together.
1t is 2 needless extra expense 10 demand sn abso-
luteiy uniform thickness at the quarry. Money and
material are saved by having the slate punched for
nail holes al the quarry instead of the ground.
since there is inevitable breakage in the process
Enough states Will be broken when they are being
put on the roof especially If a poor mechanic han
dies the job II the country slater will lay four
hundred square feet in day and ask than
s. % for MS services the owneT is in luck
three-inch lap OF the third course over the first
course is necessar! to make tight roof. More
over the owner must beware that q worthless black
slate which crumbles TO powder in a few seasons is
not fostcd upon him. Some years ago the coInpe-
ttion among slate roofers In the neighborhood OF
Eastern rity led TO the Of such bad material
and poor workmanship tnat all slate roofs fell into
disrepute. A good black. sea green green and pur-
pie variegated slate may he had at the prices
given above. Vermont sea green undergoes re-
rcarkabe and apparently oulin ous change of color
after few months: il develops streaks and patches
OF yellow. brown and black. Yet this soss rot
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The Roof is q Subject De-
manding Much Careful
Thought.
CHAPTER ~.

AFTER having surveyed I'm general the field o.
bungalow construction, the thoughtful owner is
likely 10 recur important phase-roofing. The
roof IS 2 large subject in itself Merely from an
sesthetic point Of view it looms UP principal
feature which nay make or mar q building. Being
the covering Of low. single story structure il is
notably visible and announces itself 10 the ap-
preaching visitor sooner than any other part. It
rsy be Insignificant positively ugly. II may i'm
part tone Of cosey. opulent romance more desir-
able than the effects Of hundred castles. None
who has seen will fall cherish the picture OF a
red-tiled low roof a western hillside. hanked by
zreenerv and harmonizng with sunset hues. There
is instan. suggestion Of comfort snugness and hos
sitslity. Beauty is at the top. and whatever may
be discovered afterward cannot entirely remove the
first impression. What the fireplace is 10 the in
tericr the roof is to the exterior
While much depends on the architectural lines OF
the roof. more may depend on the material Rolling
sfingled caves may barely escape a barn stable
effect. while varieEated slate will impress any eye
that there is home underneath. Solidity, quaint
ness, coneliness Inherent in the material The
impression superior quality will reach the aver
age person. although he cannot locate the source
OF IL
From practical point Of view the roof involves
questions or durability. FIRE protection and nsur-
sacs, heating under summer rays. weight upon the
side walls-and Doubtless It would be illogi-
cal 10 put nfty-year roof q shack intended for
few summers occupancy. and besides the frame
would support the weighty materials necessary
Insurance. whether at high low rates is not
consideration IN the real wilderness. is always
desirable TO be protected from chimney sparks and
forest confagrs fons by rcproof top Vet the item
of cost for this Improvement may be quite dispro-
Dortionate 10 tie value Of the practi
csly pnoh3itive Not only does the freproof roof
cost more IN iiseif but Il entails stronger and
expensive building 10 u2aold f. For q bunga-
low % by q feet. with estimated roof area OF
1000 square feei. the difference between the cheap
cef z fgf coSfi oFrcf sc
including the extra expense for stronger frame
vo=k. The pitch OF the roef Will determine 10 a
degree the kind Of material suitable for covering
II slate or shingles used On g roof OF low
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owners make fish nets from the animals long win
ter hair. clothes from its skin and kumyss from
the milk OF the mares. Boiled horse meat is one
OF their favorte dishes.
Lieutenant Shackleton took eight OF these ponies
with him. Unfortunately four OF them died
through feeding sand before they had oppor-
tunity perform the service expected or them.
The other ponies did all that expected OF them
even 10 giving up their lives to furnish food for
their drivers. Their will go down In the
history OF Antarctic exploration. however for the
names OF two or them given 20 the depots
which they helped to establish in more senses than
one
The conditions under which poles are sought are
illustrated IN the following abbreviated itinerary OF
Lieutenant Shacketon's remarkable dash
October %. 1eCs-Left Cape Royd
November 3-Ieft Hut Point with provisions for
ninety-one days.
November 5-9-Held up White Island by a bliz-
zard.
November 25-Reached Captain Scott's southern
most latitude. Before reaching this point pony
Chnaman shot and depot Of pony meat, oil
and biscuit made.
November 2S-Pony Grisi shot.
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PONIES GAVE ALL THEY COULD.

Usually dogs employed 20 drag the sledges,
with their burden OF food. camp equipment and in
struments- The smoother surface OF the barrier In
the Antarctic suggested to Lieutenant ShackletoD
that a motor runners could be used advan-
tage in moving the sledges. His report. however.
indicates that the motor slodge serviceabe on
the ice, but not the barrier ice Of the M
terror. The experience gained on the Scott cxpe-
dition also suggested that Siberian ponies would
do better than dogs because they can resist the
severe cold. can drag a heavier load in proportion
TO the amount of food they require and
paatable in Of need than dogs. These ami
mails. in their native habitat. generally left
night and day without shelter, even at a temper
ature where mercury freezes. They manage to
maintain life the dried grass they hnd under
the snow. Their native Siberian and Menchurian
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GERMAN HOTELS.

A wonderful transformation has taken place
during the last few years in the elegance and
fort of German hotels, more especially so in Ber-
lin which ves with Paris and London in this
respect Beautifully located. overlooking a quiet
and parkiike square stands the fine Hotel Kaiser
hof with the comforts and luxuries OF which
many Americans are familiar and which has this
season opened the Atlantic Hotel at Hamburg. for
the accommodation of American visitors. thus in
surfing them equal comfort both in Berlin and
Hamburg choiceiy Illustrated booklet. issued
By the Kaiserhof may be had free from the up-
town Offices OF the Tribune
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THE FURTHEsT SOUTH REACHED.

January s-Left camp and reached latitude IS de-
grees 3 minutes. longitude 162 east the furthest
point south Hoisted Union Jack.
January preached upper glacier on return Jour
ney.
January 26-At n. m food supply was exhausted.
January 27-After marching twenty-five hours
through two feet Of snow reached lower glacier
depot.
February 2-Reached Grisi depot (naIned for the
dead pony). with food remaining. Wild was
suffering from dysentery. due TO the horse meat.
February l5-Reached Chinaman depot after an
eight days fight against dysentery. The food had
again become exhausted.
February 2o-Having abandoned everything except
the camp outfit and geological specimens, reached
next depot, with all food finished.
March AFTER many experiences all are back
on the ship The total distance of the Journey
including relays. l.70S miles, and the time con-
sumed 12C days.
There are other differences between the north and
south polar regions which add to or detract from
the pleasure of exploring them. The summer season
in the northern Is much warmer than that
in the south, the average temperature being higher
and the weather finer. In the north the hillsdes
facing the south draped with verdure In varied
tints. while the rocks covered with beautiful
mosses- The Antarctic Continent, the contrary.
is almost devoid Of vegetable life The
borealis in the north is also more brilliant than In
the south. II is believed by explorers who have
visited both polar regions that the coldest spot
the globe is somewhere on the Antarctic CONT
mont. That its temperature will be recorded they
Doubt