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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25

Lord Kelvin when a professor at
Glasgow UNIVERSITY was occasionally
obscure and complex when the In
tercst OF side issue led him of the
beaten track. This was made the
subject of an epigram which con-
trastcd his methods with those OF
his assistant, Day. TO his disadvan-
tage. The occasion chosen was that
of his return from having received
his knighthood. and student wrote
upon the blackboard, "Work while
il is yet Day, for the knight cometh
when no man can work."
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25
The Manager Was Cute.

lhe crowd swayed toward the
manager iil Of the open air show.
/, " hat did you mean by advertis-
~ ~ met tight rope walker ?" cried
The spokesman.
Just what I said," replied the
una ilt, a6a'hed manager.
But the rope was laid on tn
nOund' cried the spokesman, can
v.M ,uIr fraud Of rope walker just
''n TAed :, on it a step or twol Do you
%. una .nat tight rope walkingT
certainly" shouted the man
l. % !. The man was tight, wasn't
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25
THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
c... os the First Agreement Among
New York's Brokers.

7, the carly part Of March, 1892
.bo first notice was printed of the
o,,o,ino of stock exchange ollic'
81 % Nall street by A. l.. Blccckc
G sons J. Pntard, McEvers a Ba
olay Cortlandt & Terriers ard Ja
E Sr,to7 These several firms hel
anct ors Of stock each day at moor
seuinr in rotation TO insure eqnG
onnortnnit Is for each other.
Some OF the broker specialists re
sep,ed such a restricted organiza
tion and on March y mcetlni
was called of the dissatisfied broker
for purposes Of protection, and I
committee was appointed to pro
vide a suitable room in which t.
assemble and to suggest such rules
and regulations for conducting
their business as the committee
deemed necessary. The final result
Of this meeting, says Moody's Mag
szine. was the first signed agree
ment among dealers in securities,
the Oldest record now in the ar
chiyes Of the New York Stock Ex-
change The agreement reads as
follows:
I've. the Subscribers, Brokers
for the purchase and Sale of Public
Stock. do Fereby so!emnly promise
and pledge ourselves TO each other
that we will not buy or sell from
this day. for any person whatsoever
sny kind Of Public Stock at less
rate than one-Quarter per cent com
mission on the specie value, and
that We wl give a preference to
each o'i a our negotiations. In
Testimor Whereof we have set our
hands this 18th day Of May, at New
York. 1892"
This organization had no loca
habitation for conducting exchang
business. Like the curb brokers to
day, transactions were carried on ir
the open air at point between The
present numbers Of 6s and 70 Wal
street. under famous old button
wood tree that stood there viii
gidespreading branches, which pro
tected them from the suns rays and
ordinarily inclement weather.
Business in those days was hot
rushing, and there was an air Of
leisure and quiet about the gather
ing. Securities were not active
ENOUGH to employ all the time o.
the brokers, so between times bet
ting on the results Of domestic and
foreign political controversies and
dealing in merchandise were in.
| cluded.
The first inside quarters Of the
exchange were secured in 1923
when the Tontine coffee house, al
the northwest corner of Wall anc
William streets, was completed
The old buttonwood tree was aban
doned, and the dignity Of the bro
kers organization was elevated by
the change. The Tontine coffee
house was controlled by a chartered
company composed Of 203 subscrib
ers at 5000 each, organized as Z
merchants exchange.
The dealers in securities and th,
merchants were all jumbled up to
gether, and at times when trading
was brisk there was wild excitement
and shouts that would have don,
credit TO band of Comanche IN.
oians. No constitution for stocl
exchange was adopted until 1917
when the New York stock and ex
change board was formally organ
med and constitution adopted
nathaniel Prime was appointed
president and John Burson secre
tsry.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25
Rosslni's Resting Place.

For years Rossini's body rested
in Pere Lachaise, and then city
of Florence asked that it might be
transferred 'to the Church of the
Holy Cross in that city, where the
bodies Of Galilei, Michelangelo.
Machiayelli,. Alferi and other great
Italians are entonrtsd. Consent
was received from the municipality,
but the masters widow, Dona
Olympia, would consent to the
translation only on condition that
when her time came her body
might be placed next to that OF her
husband. This request was bluntly
denied, for the reason that only
Italians who had achieved great
ness" could rest there. In 1878 the
widow died and before her death
consented in writing to the removal
Of her husbands body to Florence,
provided her body be placed in the
grave from which his would be TAX
en- in Pere Lachaise, and after .
long time for consideration this
vas done.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25

Chief Josephine, the prize COW
of the University of Missouri.
now bids fair to become the
champion milk cow of the world.
Eight months ago keepers of the
animals began a race for the re.
cord for the year. In the time
thtt has elapsed since that start,
her milk yield has been greater,
it is said by 2,100 pounds than
that Of and other COW that has
ever lived. Josephine's daily
yield has been l89 pounds. Her
best record for a single day is
110.2 pounds. The cost of feed
ing her is about 40 cents a day
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25
Il Was Wasted on Him.

He was a callow youth and as
sumed many liberties
."Ah, Lucy" he said to a younl
woman with whom he was some.
what acquainted, "you look tired
What have you been doing?"
Hunting a fat" she answered.
"And did you find one2" he
asked. ~
Her eyes snapped.
q found one" she replied, with
a meaning look.
But, OF course, he didn't see the
point Of it.-Cleveland Plain Deal.
eY
Rival Accomplishments.
A new boy had moved into the
neighborhood. He was sitting on
the line fence that separated his
particular back yard from the yard
pertaining to the next door neigh
Dor and was protecting to cultivate
The scquaintanAp6f the next door
neighbor's boy.
'1've gone through grammar
school," he said. 81 can do every
sum in tie mental arithmetic, and
i always got a hundred mark in my
history and geography"
"Well," responded the other boy,
thrusting out his lower jaw, 81 can
move my ears, and YOU can't. -
Youths Companion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25
No. 8


"When il comes to consuming
gas in large quantities blind people
can beat their seeing brethren all
hollow" said an inspector Of the
gas company. Il know two fami-
lies where both husband and wife
are blind. Every jet is turned on
full tilt in their homes at night and
is kept going at that rate clear up
TO l2 o'clock. Light and darkness
are all the same to the afflicted
ones, but they insist upon illumina-
tion brilliant enough for a recep-
tion. And that partiality for light
is not a whim peculiar to those two
couples. Most blind people feel
that way. They demand the light,
and in all private homes and insti-
tutions where the blind are cared
for the gas bills vouch for the
strange fsncy."-Exchange.
RepuIsed.
The effort to prod pastors and
church members to greater elusive
ness in welcoming strangers to pub
lie services may lead to OVERRIDING
hospitality in various ways. One OF
the WAYS was revealed TO a warm
hearted western pastor Coming
down from the pulpit after the
evening sermon, he found stranger
in the person of = fair haired Swede
and, greeting her with cordial
handclasp, said: Il I'm very glad TO
see you. want you TO feel at home
here. I'd like to b, come acquaint-
cd with YOU. II you Il give your ad-
dress, I'll call and sec you" Thank
YOU" she replied, 'but have fell
low w"-Congregationalist.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25
Impatiert.

well, il that amt the limit
unused the postman +. he came
down the steps Of a private resi-
dence.
"What's the troublef' queried
the passing citizen, who had over
heard the postmsn's noisy thought.
"Why," explained the man in
gray, "the woman in that house
says il / don't come along earlier
she'll get her letters from some 9TH
or carrier.s-Cnicago NsvA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-17
CURIOUS CHRISTIANS DISHES

Curious Christmas dishes, unfani.
liar to Londoners. are by no means
out Of date In various parts of the
country. In Derbyshire. for instance.
there is the delicacy. always made
on Christmas eve, called black bah"
which Is especially appreciated by the
younger members of the community.
BLACK ball" is made of black treacle
and sugar boiled together In a pan.
While the mixture is boiling. > little
-four and grated ginger or spices are
added. When thoroughly boiled. IL 10
poured into large shallow dish, and.
when sufficiently cooled. is cut into
squares and lengths. which are rolled
or nodded into various shapes. When
quite cool the black ball" ID very
hard. but is declared by connoisseurs
to be decidedly toothsome.
In Cornwall. again, It is the ortho-
dox practise In most households on
Christmas eve to make batch of cur.
rant cake colored and favored with
saffron. according to western custom
with a Christmas" on the top of each
cake. The adornment SO called il 4
small portion OF the dough in the cen,
ter of the top pulled up and made into
the form of miniature cake, resting
on the larger one beneath. II Is the
custom for each person to have his OF
her own special cake. and everyone Il
supposed to take q small piece al
I ovorv ofhor xoroons. o.ho. h.,x -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-17

soncres good farm'msd, iidioinihg
Montgomery, La. l viii sell Or ex-
change for hnilding material and
carpenter work, or for house and lot
in Colfax or Natchitoebes Apply to
.Jno. /. Mccain, Montgomery, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-17

III you ate suffering from biliousness,
constipation. indigestion. chronic head
ACHE, invest one cent in postal card,
sepi to Chamberlain's Medicine Co.
Des Hoines. Iowa, with your name and
address plainly on the back, and the,
win forward your free sample Of Cham
berla,n's Stomach and Liver Tablets
Sold by all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-17

Christmas is coming, but it Won't
catch Tumminello Bros. mapping, as
they are every day receiving all kinds
of goods for the holidays.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-17

At this season thoughts Of boys
lightly run to Santa Claus.
Where They Come From.
Guest dining at merry Christmas
party)-''Tommy. where do turkeys
come fromr
Tommy (pointing to that on the Ia
ble) Dunno; but> ma got this one
from tramp for shilling. cause he
said he stole It Didn't he. mat"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-17

All Paid For.

All Paid For.
your wife was telling my wife that
you've got all your Christmas presents
paid for" remarked the man in the
corner of the city train to the lean In.
dividual sitting by his side.
Yes: paid for the last OF them yes
terday." was the reply.
Lucky dog. haven't even begun
to think of the presents I've got to
buy"
"Oh, neither have we for this year.
My wife was speaking of last years
presents"
Santa Is Easy.
Bobby ION Christmas morning.
.'Where does Santa Claus get all his
things. mamma ?"
Mamma-"Oh. he buys them
Bobby-""well.s he must be a jay to
let anyone palm on tin watch on
him!"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-17
We do neat job work.

For the best candies in town call 1T
the Dixie drug store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-17
By U1hup lnPRhit

snd Bethlehem the land Juda least the
princes of Juda.r-Matthew H. g.
%. little town of Bethlehem how stil we
see thee lie
The song brings back the silent peace Of
Christnases gone by;
Brings back the olden mystery. and sets
the heart a-tlArin
With fancies of the SnoW-draped frs that
nodded on the HILL
With memories of ruddy lights that night
Would find aglow
Which from the cottage windows sfune their
banners on the snow.
above thy deep and dreamlesss sleep the
silent stars go by
The stars above the little town were very
They marched triurnphantly from lands
whereof a boy might dream
To other lands that bechoned him with
dawn's enchanting glearn-
But under all the silent stars that marched
from east to west
The little town-the little town-contented.
was at rest
yet tn thy dark streets. shtneth. the sverS
The mellow baze of memory stn leaps
the i bare tre %s y wG iI'a r'ec7nee
All pink and white are radiant with snowy
apple blooms
Whose petals. when the winter winds the
Float drearntly away. away ro~ pile IN ,cirtft
on drift
The hopes and fears Of all ahe years care
Christmas light.
For none Of US but muses. rorv ,fsra ti>ie<
old song is sung.
81 al the blessings that we're hts when
head and heart were young.
Ano miser-he he counts hts stoaSe Of
treasures. for OF them
ne builds anew at Chrfstu a. time hfa
town OF Bethlehem
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-17

tcoDyrlsht. 1910. By W. c. chapman,
The Washington bee., 1910-05-28
IE NEW EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

ING COMPANY is ENTIRELY NEGRO.
Not one dollar of white capital will be ac-
cepted in exchange for its securities.
There is not one dollar of Promotion Stock.
consequently there is no watered stock
Every holder of stock from the President
down must pay at LEAST $1,000 per share for
every share of stock allotted to him.
This does not mean that the price of stock
will REMAIN at $1,000 per share. 1t is $1,000
NOW. 1t will advance in price far beyond
$1o.oo just as railroad and public utility stock
goes to several times par. So will the Lincoln
Memorial Building Company's stock go to
several times its present value.
This means that a share of stock costing
$1,000 NOW will be worth $4,000 wheA stock
goes to four times par. Estimates show that
the Companys earnings will be 20 per cent, and
that is four times par, with every dollar in
vested in Real Estate. THE BEST in the city
of Washington, where values are as firmly fixed
as the Rock of Gibraltar.
This does not mean that the price of stock
will remain at 5000 per share. 1t is $1,000
NOW. If the Company, as il is estimated,
pays 20 per cent, $1,000 sha-c of stock will be
worth $4,000. If it pays 20 per cent, single
share OF $1,000 stock will be worth $1,000. Just
as railroads and public utility stocks increase
in value, SO will the Lincoln Memorial Build
ing Companys stock increase in price.
The first allotment of stock at $1,000 a share
IS Delng rapidly subscribed, and the next al1ot-
ment will be SI2.5o per share, to which point
it will soon be advanced; therefore, you are
urged to avail yourself of the present oppor-
tunity to get in completely on the ground
floor as any one of the Company's Directors
are.
The Companys Directors, by the way, are
men of sterling worth, integrity and honor, as
you are possibly aware, or can easily ascertain
through any COMMERCIAL AGENCY.
Their names are at the top of this page
They have unbounded faith in the future of the
Company. They have invested THEIR hard
earned money in it, and they advise you to in
vest YOUR money side by side with theirs.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
The price of stock is $1,000 per share, pay
able $I.oo down and SI.oo per month for nine
months uDon each share subscribed for
DO IT NOW.
Before you lay this paper down cut out the
coupon on the lefthand corner of this page and
mail to-day, with remittance for first payment,
if for but one share of stock
We shall be glad at all times to give you any
further information desired, and again invite
you to join us in this enterprise
Very truly yours,
LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING
COMPANY,
494 Louisiana Ave, Washington, D. c.
The Washington bee., 1910-05-28

1t will also have theatre, which, if patron
lied at prices ranging from 10 to so cents, by
only per cent of the total colored population
of the city of Washington, will enable the Com
pany to pay IS per cent on its total capitaliza-
ton. Equal in all to 20 9-Io per cent, to which
may be added the land value increase of 55k
per cent.
Now, all this is Conservatively Estimated.
Banks and Insurance Companies engage in
enterprises like this with their depositors and
policyholders' money-YOUR money, but
YOU get only about 3 or 81 per cent. The
banks or insurance companies keep the balance.
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILD
The Washington bee., 1910-05-28

paying amusement place in America.
IT KNOWS ALL THIS AND IT IN
VITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE in an en-
terprise ABSOLUTELY DEVOID OF RISK,
where every dollar will be invested in the best
of Washington Real Estate, that increases in
value annually at the rate of SIS per cent
nearly DOUBLE bank interest.
Even that is good enough for most people,
but the LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING
COMPANY will do better than that. 1t will
have Offices and stores and lodge rooms, which
will earn on a conservative estimate, at least
S23,2oo per year. Equal to 9-Io per cent per
annum
The Washington bee., 1910-05-28
WASHINGTON IS THE SEAT OF OUR
NATIONS GOVERNMENT.

The eyes of the world are on Washington.
One-third of Washington's population is
Negro.
If all the Negroes in Washington were colon
lied in one place they would make city larger
than Richmond Virginia.
There are seven theatres in Washington,
supported by white population of 241,923-
and few foolish Negroes willing to be colon
lied in the galleries. the only place to which the
Negro is admitted.
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE FIRST
CLASS OFFICE BUILDING in the city of
Washington, where a colored professional or
business man woman, and there are hun
dreds of them in the National Capital can OBJ
tain business quarters.
JUST THINK OF IT! 100000 enterprising,
thrifty, intelligent people, through race preiu-
dice, swept completely out of the business dis
trict OF Washington; 100000 genteel, prosper
Gus, amusement loving people deprived of
every form of theatrical entertainment unless
willing to submit to the most humiliating con-
ditions.
Every colored man and woman IN Wash
ington.
Every colored man and woman VISITING
Washington.
Every colored man and woman in America
familiar with the true state of the Negro in
Washington, realizes that theatre, store and
Office building, operated by the Negroes, for the
Negroes, is A NECESSITY.
The welfare of the race demands it.
The self-respeCt of the race demands it.
Amy enterprise resting its hope of success
upon a NECESSITY is bound to be a Sue
CESS.
A THEATRE AND OFFICE BUILDING
IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, built by
Negroes, for the use of Negroes, is NECES-
SITY
Approaching to the utmost that fact
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING
COMPANY proposes to erect in the Central
Business District of the city of Washington a
magnificent theatre, seating capacity z, 500, and
a store and Office building of splendid proper
ton, adequate in every respect to meet the re-
qurements of prosperous professional and busi-
ness men.
The enterprise is exceptional in two respects:
First-It is absolutely safe.
Second-It promises enormous possibilities
as a money maker
Features that must appeal to every man or
woman with few dollars to invest, and you
are such man woman or you would not
have read this far
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILD
ING COMPANY has surveyed the field care
fully, and it KNOWS that hundreds of tenants
are available for the Offices that dozens of
merchants are ready to rent the stores, and
that 100000 people are anxious to patronize
the theatre exclusively, and make it the best
The Washington bee., 1910-05-28

t f First tPat
ana Ave, mgtonDC.
lar tpm sresO
terms dcondton
a oT s
be pa adand dnonases
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has price
fpu be issued
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The Washington bee., 1910-05-28

TerOH Hd rFreP Prospectus
LnclnMe MemoraiBul ldng Company
ntemen:
and mfrrto
in Company
thunert It there's is sno obit ny ypat ataeVe-
The Washington bee., 1910-05-28
uiIding Co.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

w. President
WaShn c.
DR. SAMUEL EBERT SAMUEL RUTHERFORD,
Physician AaEsgG NadoaL Association
D.
F. COLLINS, Counsel MARSHALL Treasurer
Physician
c Washing D.. c
A Secrear
L. H. SINGLETON. il
{
S.
ere
c
D.
The Washington bee., 1910-05-28
ADVISORY BOARD

George ". Robinson
DR.. VIM. l. Board. -. Washington, D. c.
Hon. John c. Dancy Washington, D. c.
R. E. Frazier. Pittsburg, Pa.
Henry Forrest. ...... Washington, D. c.
B. T. Hailstorks. Warrington, D. c.
L. = Henderson. .......... Hampton, Va.
Thomas L. Jones. e.. Washington, D. c.
pr- W. w. Jones. Deanwood, D. c.
Joseph N Lawson 80. Washington, D. c.
J. Henry Lewis. .. Washington, D. c.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-26
Illinois Western Telephone Company
Has Stepped in as lntervenor
in Consolidation Cases VS..
Miss. Valley.
PAPERS FILED HERE
First Sent to Judge Smith Mcpherson
Who Forwarded Them TO keo.
kuk-cross Bill Recltcs Old
Litigation.

Judge Smith Mcpherson has for
warded to the deputy clerk OF the
United States circuit court here an
intervention by way of cross bill in
the matter of the consolidated cases
against the Mississippi Valley Tele-
phone company, which was sent to
him by attorneys for the Illinois West.
ern Telephone company, which has
become third party in the litiga.
ton for the protection of their own
interests. The Judge has ordered thu
intervention filed The intervening
company recites in the cross bill thu
act of the Mississippi Valley Tele
phone company several years ago In
cutting off connections with the Illi
nois Western Telephone company's
system in Illinois and the litigation
that followed in the district court
here. An accounting of damages and
loss OF profits is asked, the same to be
charged against the mortgaped prop
erty and paid out Of the profits of said
property.
$4,000 damages is asked in the
suit in the district court for dam
ages alleged to have been sustained
by the plaintiff company when con-
nections were severed by the Missis-
sippi Valley Telephone company.
Following litigation last winter in the
district court Judge Clements order
ed connections with the telephone
company of Illinois restored.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-26
American League Team Grabs Twill
err Who Made Record of Four
Consecutive shutouts
With keokuk.
LOOKED GOOD TO FANS
Finger Had Everything and Fielded
Position Like a Veteran--How
keokuk Lost Golden OPP
portunity.

-Four consecutive shoutout games
against Central Association clubs,
while a member of the Keokuks worked
Pitcher Hessler, finger with a flu
ture, into line for a major league
berth. Word was received in the city
today that Hessler has been sold by
Lyons, Kansas, to the Boston Ameri-
cans, and will report there next spring
to take the training trip.
The news comes from Hessler him
self, shortly after the sale was an
nounced. Back money was due the
pitcher, which was sent by Keokuk.
The money was received by him and
in replying he dropped line about the
deal.
Had the Keokuk treasury been bur
dened with funds the association here
would have reaped a neat sum from
the disposition of the twirler. Manager
Belt could have purchased Hessler for
the small sum of $3.50, but the propo-
sition was not even thought OF because
of serious financial straits.