St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 August 1893 — Page 3

Kature Demands a Tonic. We ought never to forget, even those of ns who possess vigorous health, that we are wearing out—-that the vital clock-work, so to speak, must eventually run down. This, of course, We cannot prevent, because it is in the ordinary course of nature, but wc may retard the too speedy arrival of decay by the use of an invigorant which takes rank of eveiy other—namely, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. This century has not witnessed a parallel in success to this famous medicine, which not only sustains health by promoting vigor but overcomes constipation, dyspepsia, chills, and fever, nervousness, rheumatism, and other disordered conditions of the system fostered by weakness and an impoverished condition of the blood. The feeble, persons convalescing after exhausting disease, and the aged, derive infinite benefit from the use of this helpful and efficient tonic. One of the most interesting periods of Lord Salisbury's life was the year lie spent in the Australian gold-fields when a youth. He roughed it like any other gold-digger, cooking his own food, doing his own laundry-work, and accommodating himself generally to the free and unconventional life of the gold-fields. The German Empress, wlo is a clever artist all round, is particularly successful with water colors. She has completed a sketch in this medium, which [ is on its way to the Empress of Japan. ! N. K. Brown’s Essence Jamaica Ginger is a wonderful stimulant. Try it. Only 25 cents.

■ - —- “August Flower”^ I had been troubled five months with Dyspepsia. I had a fullness after eating, and a heavy load in the pit of my stomach. Sometimes a deathly sickness would overtake me. I was working for Thomas McHenry,Druggist, Allegheny City, । Pa., in whose employ I had been for seven years. I used August Flower ■ for tw’o weeks. I was relieved of all I trouble. I can now cat things I dared not touch before. I have gained twenty pounds since my re- । covery. J. D. Cox, Allegheny, Pa. ® i SI^ICKAPOC J • Vk INDIAN • • B SACWA. The greatest Liver, ® ' Stomach, blood ami ” Kidney Remedy. — Made of Roots, ® Baiks and ll rbs,. i Absolutely a Free From® VAll Mineral® a ' V\ or Other® k r [C/m ■ 1 \ Harmful In-® • /m, WXIXTs ® Laughing Dog, age lobyrs. per bottle, t ® J ———L—— - - boitlcs for $5. ® Kickapo" Indian Medicine Co., ® Heafy & Bigelow, Agents, New Haren, Ct. $ KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when i rightly used. The many, who live bet- J ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the’needs of physical being, will attest । ' the value to health of the pure hquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting j in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a jierfect laxative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers ana permanently curing constipation. ( It has given satisfaction to millionsand i met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels without weakening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of 1- igs, : and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if oilcred. S 3 Coat WORLO! SUCKER A The nSH BRAND SLICKER Is warranted water- ; lyr md will keep vou dry tn the harder-1 storm. » y BirfUMM Kt. SI.P-KEIU. » <!• J”,‘« covers the enure B> y ■ !<;. B. in..--. h m-. A. J. T 1 -W _ c nFren> 15t0251bi eSJj IATIKS hieing phr^-kn). N. H.rving.X? DC I * f ll ‘Tkwttdl cured. Send sic In \ _U4 J J ; O W- F. SNVDFH. M. D.. Mall Dept. ... M< V U Uer’M educator. < l>i< .««<>• $7 5 .00 to $ 2 5 O .oo ingfo B F. JOHNSON It < O- Ihehmmid V i BEST POLISH IM THE WORLD. RSBO contains gnake several boxes oi _ HAS AW ANNUAL SALE Gt- 3,OGb TuNS*

MESSAGE TO CONGRESS s I ’ THE PRESIDENT CONSIDERS FINANCE ONLY. ! ! 1 He Favors the Immediate and Uncondi- ‘ tlonal Repeal of the Sherman Law, and Holds It Principally Responsible for the i Present Alarming Business Situation. Text of the Document. President Cleveland’s mes age to the LUId Congress, assembled in extraordinary session, is comparatively brief. The message is special rather than ■ general in its character, and is limited to the necessities of the financial situation. Mr. Cleveland insists upon the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law, and he attributes to it principally the ills with which the country is now threatened. The document in full reads as follows: । To the Congress of the United States: 1 he existence of an alarming and extraordinary business situation, involving the welfare and prosperity of all our people, has constrained me to call together in extra session । the people’s representatives in Congress, to the ! end that, through a wise and patriotic exercise of the legislative duty with which they solely 1 are charged, present evils may be mitigated and dangers threatening the future may be averted. ' Our unfortunate financial plight Is not the । result of untoward events nor of conditions

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related to our natural resource*. nor i» it traceable to anv of the affliction* which freI quently check national growth ami pro«p"tI ity. With plenteous crop*. with abundant I promise of remunerative product ion and manufacture, with unusual Invitation to safe investment and with satlHfactorv a*, aurauce to business enterprise, suddenly financial distrust amt fear have sprung up on every side. Numerous moneyed Institutious have suspended because abundant assets were not immediately available u> meet demands or rrlghten^d .»«,.■> .u... - » corporation* ami individual* ar*' too content to keep in hand the monev they are usually anxious to loan, an t t*n"f* engage*! in lvg*limate business are surprised to find that tbs securities they offer for loans th, n;li inr.tn fore satistac ory ar’ no bower a optcl. Values supposed to be lived are fast beeomluu conjectural, and loss ami failure haw invaded every branch of bn im x The silver Purchase l aw. 1 believe these things are principally chargeable to Congressional legislation tonchin.; the purchase and coin ige of silver bv th general government. This I< .’id» ion is ,-nrie!i* 1 m a statute passed on th.' 14th day of July, is which was the culmination of much ugit .lion on the subject involved, a i l which may be considered a truce, after th' long struggle. । between the advocates of free silver coin ag<- : and those intending t o be more Cens'rva'l v I Undoubtedly the monthly purchases by the Government of 4. ■>*.o.' ounces of silver forced under that statute, w ere regard 'd by those interested n silver pro lactio ias a -r---taln guaranty of its increase in price Trie result, however, has been entirely different for immediately following a spasmodic and slight rise the price of silver began to fall atnr thpassage of the act and has sine* renc nd the lowest point ever known. This dis.ipp dating result has led to r newe l an 1 per.4lst.-nt effort in the direction of free coinage. Meanwhile, not only are th- evil effects of the operation of the present law constantly accumulating, but th>- result to which its execution must inevitably lea i i< becoming palpable to all w ho give the least he*' I to tinan.'ial subjects. Th • law prorid s t . ’ in payment for the 4,. r o i.oo > ounces of silver bull! m which the Secretary of the Treasury i« ci m nanded to purchase monthly' trier ' shill be issued Treasury notes : ‘d.-emablc on de i and in gold or silver coin, at the di * Tetlo.i or the Secretary of the Ire i mry. sn I that aid notes may be reissued Iti-- li*>\ i d. l.u ■i in the act. to be ' the * ilili-w d p dii i ot ; ■■ United States to m nnt lin the t wo met. Hs upon a parity with each oilier upon th. present legal rat io or such ratio as may b ■ provided i*y law." This dec a,ration so coutro’s th" action of the Secretary <*t the Treasury a * to prevent his exci 'i-rng the diser.-tnn no-nlunllv vested in him. i; Uy such action the parity between gold and silver may be disturbed. Manifestly a refusal I y ihe Senat iry t*> pay these Treasury notes m gold, if <le> aaded, would necessarily resu t in their discredit and depreciation as obligations payable only in silver and would destroy the parity bet ween the two metals by es ablishinga discrimination in favor of gold. Up to the 1 th day of July, isi'ti, these notes had been issued in payment of silver bullion, purchased to the amount of more than -147,UUO.OOO. While all but a very .small quantity of this bullion remains uncoined and without usefulness in the Tr* usury many of the notes given in it- purchase St the notes of this kiml hailed in p.ivmentfor i silver bullion amounted to a little more than fiftv-four millions ol dollars, and that during the same perb* * about tony nine millions of dollars were pa: 1 by the '1 reasury m gold for the redempt ion of such notes. Drain Upon the Gohl Deserve. Tiie policy neces-arily adopted of paying these mites in gold has not spared the g*.l I reHervc of .-pi'.l O'iJt o long ago set. aside by the Gon inmcnt for the redemption of other notes, for this iund has alrendy been subjected to the payment of new obligations amount lug to about slsO.toii,oao on account of silver purchases, and has. as a consequence, lor the first time since Its creation, bsen encroached upon. .... r , , Wc have thus made the dcp.etion of our gold easy, and have tempt d other and more appreciative nations to add it to their stock. That, tiie opportunity we have offered ha- not been neglect* d is shown by the large amounts of gold which have been rteemly diawn from our Treasury and exported to increase the financial strength of foreign nation:-. The excess of exports of gold over its imports for the year ending June pen amounted to more than eighty sewn and a half millions of dollars. Between the first day of July, IHW>, and the fifteenth day of July, IHIKS, the gold ci in and bullion in our Treasury decreased mor han one hundred andthiitytwo millions of dollars, while during the same period the silver com and bullion in the Treasury increased more than one hundred an I forty-seven niill-

ions of dollars. Unless Government to be constantly issued and sold to rei ® st _ our exhausted gold, only to be again t. ed, it is apparent that the oi’ cra Va?u in the Silver Purchase law, now in force, leads in w direction of the entire substitution ot « ' , for the gold in the Government 1 reasuty’ , that this must be followed by the P a y w X, p< i all Government obligations in depreciate silver. „ At this stage gold and silver must P»t" company, and the Government must fail »“ its established policy to maintniu the twe metals on a parity with each other. Give* l over to the exclusive use of a cur ' rency greatly depreciated according to the standard of the commercial world, we conld no longer claim a place among the nations of the first class, nor could our Government claim a performance of its obligations, so far us such an obligation lias been imposed upon it, to provide for the use of the people the best and safest money. If, as many of its friends claim, silver ought to occupy a larger place in our currency ami the currency of the world through general international co-operation und agreement, it is obvious that the United States will not be in a position to gain a hearing in favor of such an arrangement so long as wet re willing to continue our attempt to accomplish the result single-handed. Resulted In a I ’.ek of Confidence. The knowledge in business circles among our own p ople tiiat our Government can not make its flat equivalent to intrinsic value, nor keep inferior money on a purity with superior motley by its own independent efforts, has esulted in such a lack of confidence at home in the stability of currency values that capital refuses its aid to new enterprises while mil'ions are actually w ithdrawn from the channels of trade ami commerce to become id.e and unproductive in the hands of timid owner-. Foreign investors, equally alert, not only decline to purchase American securities, but make baste to sacrifice those which they already have. It does not meet the ■ ituatton to say that apprvtw iwiwu in *sk>.i.i to < in, future of our finances is groundless, and Hint muu> is reason for lack of confidence in the purpose*

|or purr .if the om.inmcnt in th* 1 ' premise* Ihe wri <•» «t« nec of till* I ' appn-hr-nslou and U< k of confidence however । caused. I* a menai * which ought nd for a moment to be disrejnrded Possibly if the tinder- I taking we have tn hand w. re the maintenance j i of a apecihe known <iuant.it i of other at apart- I ty with g*> .1 our ablllti to do «o might beeatl* I i mate.l and gauged, amt perhaps, in view of our ! ( | nn| arallehsi growth ami t* •< might i i be favoralih passed ii|»m Hut v> heu our I I avowed endeavor i« to mafutafn *u< ii parity m i ngerd tow a-.*i:nt of *ily< i h< s* *«i’.ig, at th* 1 * I rate u( atty mt It ton* rtf dottere warlV- wttb no , / f»e said chat a prolji m■■ j reoeutedw imee »«ftv ■ I lion 1« free from doubt The p -oj I. vt 11.* I . p.. . ■ .• * ent HI '1 ito a eound and enable cnrrttnoi and to : *m*i i ' rccojnlr. *! a* auch <»n every etcher.,e and ! In <*veri market of th* world. Their i j ciovimmmt lias no right to injure i them by financial rx|w>rimcnta ««>t»oeed ' to the jmllcy and j rue! Ice of other ’ eivihred mates nor I - it just I Ard in permit- i ting an etaggcrato.l and mue .sonabie retlancv ; on our national strengt i sti l aollit v to )cop- I iar lire the sotiodne*sof th - peopn - money. ; Tills matter rise* aboi the plan -<>f part, i*ol Hies It vital!v *om * rti *<i ■t v !>u*nn am! i culling and ent. r» every houn hold in the lam! j llariuftii I ti» Hu n ». s» r. , There Is one important aspect ut the sub- ? lec't which esiwe aih shoul ! tn i * r he overlooked. At tin.-- hkv he |tes< nt when the citl* of tinsouu.l tu<nc< threaten ns the spe.-nlator n iv ip.t a harvest ' gathered fiom tm ■ i>io:t . . ■ ■ otters , the capitalist may prvt > t hv.i.s. is !,. : n nug or may even tin.! t n*nt tn ; 'i* t‘m tu:it mi <.t values, but the w <an * r the first to oe Injured in a depredated . urn n- i amt th. ia*t to receive the benefits of its n*rr ti >n i- ir« - t Icidlv d< fcnsflcss He relies t< i w**rk ihh>h the ventures of c. tifi nnt and contented capital. This tailing him. hi* conI dltion is without alleviation, for h can ; neither prey on the mfsfortums or oth- . ers uor board Ins labor. One of the j greatest statesmen our country has known. : speaking more than titty wars ago. when a deranceimut of the curtet ci bad caused I commercial distress ,aid "Ihe wry man of all others who lias the de* p -t inter** t in a sound currency and who sun. r ' v inisehievous legislation in mom iari mai t*t« i< tiie man w ho earns ! i- daili bread i*i bl-dallv t«* 1 < hese words are as p-rt ni* :it i o.v as on the ■ day when t < > w * re uttered, ami ought to im- i prossively remind u- .:.t a fai.ure m the .Its- ' chaige of our duty :.t this t. me must < sj>ecij ally injure th**s.- o: oar oountryriei. who : labor, and who. because of I heir numlo r ami condition, are < ntitl *d to the most watchful care of their Gov* num it. It is ot the utmost importance that such relief as Coagic--. can atfotd .n tiie existing sltuat on tie alforded fit once. The maxim. "He gives twice who gives quicj-iy. is .1- . r etly applicable, it may be tri: that ihe embarrassment* from winch the Imsim-s of tiie country i* sudctiag aris * as much fiom evils apprehemted as fiom those actually existing. We may hope. too. that calm counsels will pr tail and that neither tiie capitalists uor toe wage * a tiers i will give way to unreasoning pani. and sacrifice th ir propeity or th? r iu- ; tcrests under the Influence of exaggerated fears. Nevertheless, every day’s delay in removing one of the plain and principit causes of the present state ot t.litres enlarges the misenit-t already done and in.,reuses the responsibility ot the Government lor it* existence. Congress Invo'.ed to Act Promptly. Whatever else the people have a right to expect from Congress, they ।my •■mtamlv demand that legislation ccmlcmni d by trie ordeal of tine** years 1! m- 1 ' 11 <H ‘. S .' . peri.mee shall m* ■ ‘ 1 I i.^’itmmti iy'd' 'i'"was my purpose j to summon * ongress in special session early iu the coming September, that we might cuter promptly upon the work ot tariiT reform, which the true interests of the country clearly d ma :d. which s i lai c -a majority of the people, as shown by tlieir suPrage, desire and. expect , and to the accomplishment of w’hicli every effort of the present idn.lnistration is p e Iged. But while tarift retorm has lost nothing of its immediate and per manent importance, and must in the near future engage tiie attention of 4 ongress, it has seemed to me that the financial couditiou ot the country should at one? and before nil other subjects be considered by your honorable body. j 1 earnestly recommend the pr >mpt repeal of tiie provisions of the act passed July 14. . is.'ii. authorizing the purchase of silver ' bullion, and that, other legislative action may put beyond all doubt or mistake the Intention anu the ability of the Go*, eminent to fultlil its pecuniary obligations in money 1 universally recognized by all civilized coun--1 tries. i Some Gratifi-crs Know This. : A wonderfully good imitation ol . maple sugar may be made by flavoring : ordinary brown sugar with an extract 1 of hickory bark. It is said to be almost i indistinguishable from the genuine.

If you wish -Sy । l ^ e I’ghtesl, sweetest, EI | I | ^^BaKin&Pow'de^, is indispensable S Absolutely Pup© ‘ r preparation, S i ROYAL Baking Powder surpasses all £ £ otliers in leavening power, in purity and § wholesomeness, and is used generally in families, S IP CXC ^ US ^ Ve ^ 1U most celebrated hotels and restaurants, by the United States Army and Navy, — E and wherever the best and finest food is required. a All teachers of cooking schools and lecturers upon S culinary matters use and recommend the Royal. । l Chicago Health Authorities Certify. § g “I find the Royal Baking Powder superiorJ g £ to all the others in every respect. It is purest and S £ strongest. k g “WALTER S. HAINES, M. D. “Drey. Chemistry, Rush Medical College, Jv 4n “ Consulting Chemist, Chicago Board of Health,” etc. I ^1 A Made from pure grape cream of tartar, and the g * only Baking Powder containing neither ammonia nor alum, g

IWhnt Every Man Ih Worth. An inh'tvMting exhibit nt the National Mu-eum Hhows the physdea! ingredienta which g» to make up the i average man. weighing 154 ixuinu-. A ' !a:ge glaas jar hohle the ninetv-aix i pound* of pure water which hie IwMiy contain*. Lr vUu r receptacle- are .» * — t-We of egg. a iittie lbw liwn ,cn pound* ot p“ K t«-‘ ? i««.Wi”ut whh'h it would I*' Impos-fblo Ito keep l««iy ami ... ■ ! r I' t jwvuud- <>( fat. -i pound* of phosphate i <tf lime, I ]M>und of carbonate < f lime, 3 | ounce, of sugar and *tarch. ~ ounce- of i fluoride of calcium, 6 ounce* of phos- ' i ph»t« of tmiom-'iu. and a little ordinary taHe salt. ]>ivid< d up into hi* primary I i chemical element* the same man is ' found to contain 97 pounds of oxygen - i enough t > take tip. under ordinary atI rmapheri ’ pres-ure. the sj aco of a j ro’tn 111 feet long. 10 feet wide, and 10 feel high. His bdy also holds 15 « |xmnds of hydrogen, which, under the -anic conditions, would occupy some- . what more than two such rooms a* that ' de-crils d. 'l'o these must lw added 3 i pounds and 13 ounces of nitrogen. The : carbon in the corpus of the individual referred to is repre-eiited by a foot culx' of real. It ought to be a diamond of the same . ImtM' the -tone is p re carb* n. but the National Museum , ha* not such a one in it* ,- ion. A : row of bottle- contain the other eie- ' ments going to make up the man. These are 4 ounces of chlorine. 3? ounces of fluorine, - ounces of phosi phorus. 3j num- -of brim-t< ne. 2? i ounces of sodium. 21 ounces of potassium, one-tenth of an ounce of iron. 2 I ounces of magnesium, and 3 pounds and 113 ounces of calcium. Calcium, at ' present market rates, j- worth s3if> an j ounce, so that the amount of it contained in one ordinary human l> >dy has i a money value of $1^,300. Few of cur । fellow-citizens realize that they arc ■ worth so much intrinsically. Young Men. i “I Can heartily say to any young man , who is wanting good employment, work for ■ Johnson & Co., follow their in-tractions ■ and you w ill succeed. ” So writes an acent of 11. F. Johnson & Co. Richmond, Va, ' and that's the way ail of their men talk. orcoui-e They Dili. j An English paper has the p nitcin'-- ‘ to state that Ann-riean Imiy delejrates i^V 10 ^ the, speeches at lICC Asso . British WJ m, n ’ '“1 ’ ciation. x ,, t Hoivable for Farm Stock, i in the great animal market at burg, in Germany, girall'cs soli at s < .000 a pair, chimpanzees go at SBOO apiece, 1 and select lots of Sumatra monkeys at ; SI,OOO. FOR weak and Inflamed eyes use Dr. , Isaac Thompson’s Eye-water. It is a carefully prepared physician’s prescript lO n. ! rp HS CO st of a one-man sea-diving ap-jiai-atus for a depth of two hundred 1 loot is $575. j —! —!“: ■ -

Distress in the Stomach i Heartburn, Sick Head- | ache and other eymp- ( 1 toms of Dyspepsia I troubled me for several fl years. Since I have been JL- ** P; I taking HOOD’S SAK- W b 3 Is M’ AKIIXA all this is 'A \ T I changed. Dyspepsia As 1 trouble no longer both- i • ers ne. 1 do mive I I hcartiwn and I am free I from headache. I ha v < I gained in flesn and feM be . \ t 1 ter in every way. Mn*. ■ . 11. Cook, Martinsville, Hl. ! HoodV^ Cures Hood’s Pilis a’ re Purely vegetable. 25c,

I The ConsHck’H Stratagem. During the Turco-Russian war. in : which the Roumanian army played no small part. I spent some time in Bucharest, having business with the war department there. One day as I was on the way to a distant fort in the company of some friends and . officials, our । sledges stopped at an inn on the road, .‘pa wo wore refreshing ourselves I with a hot K'vermrn meiih.ir t,. tbo ~0.0.. j we nearu cru .* ana lamenta!th n< Going outside we saw a Russian Gssiirk h ading a verv lame horse, upon which between his sobs of grief, he he*towed every possible encouragement to urge it onward. The j»oor ' beast, however, fell nearly in front of the inn, and to all apik*arances died. < At this the (,’ossack’s grief knew no i bounds: he fell upon the horse's neck, ' covered it with kisses, and seemed ’ quite heart-broken. The scene touched the hearts of all, 1 and we soon made a handsome colleci tion to compensate the poor man for । his loss, lie thanked us profusely, and. removing the saddle from the I horse, swung it on his back and left us. I We were watching him walking away, when having reached a safe distance, j he stopped and gave a peculiar shrill j whistle. Then we saw galloping to his master the very horse which he had : left for dead. It did not take the man I long to swing himself on his steed, and j a few moments after he disappeared nt ’ a turning in the road. When I returned to the town I leeraed that the man was well known, and had performed this ; trick on several occasions. — Not Polite. Is it true that a certain class of ! Americans find it hard to say “’Thank i you’’ and “If you please?” A story go- ; ing the rounds of the papers seems to imply that such is the case. In a hard- ’ ware store the shopman, after serving , me. asked, “What countryman are I you?” “I am a Scotchman.” “I knew : you weren't an American.” "By my accent, I suppose?” "No. but because you always say. ‘lf you please’ and I ’Thank you.’ An American says. ’1 : want this’ and ’That will do.' When I i went over to the other side I too I learned to .-ay, ’lf you plea-e' and i -Thank you:’ but when I came back I ! seen had it taken out of me. They said ■ ; t,> me. "Now. look you here, young fel- । low. don’t you try to give us any of I your ‘chappie’ airs.” 1 told him he was too sweeping in his strictures on his countrymen, as I had found the cultured American to be punctiliously i polite. A Wire with Remarkable Properties. I A New England firm has introduced a new resistance metal in wire, sheet or castings, which is regarded as a very important contribution to this class of material in electric engineering. The wire resembles ordinary copper wire on the outside, has a pinkish white tinge at the surface fracture, and is very strong without losing much ductility. Combined with these favorable mechanical qualities it is claimed that the wire has the remarkable resistance of thirty-five times that of a copper with a temperatuture coefficient of less than one-tenth that of German silver. We will give slOl reward for anv case of catarrh that cannot be cured with Hall e Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. The spectroscope has demonstrated that all the so-called fixed stars are in motion—some in one direction, some in another. Beecham’s Pills quickly cure sick headache, weak stomach, impaired digestion, constipation, disordered liver, elc. The St. Louis new water tower is s .id to be the highest in the world.

The Wrong Turn. Among the many stories told of ab-sent-minded people there is one about the dreamy mother of a young American author, which is well authenticated but seems almost incredible. One evening when h^r son stopped at the door of her room on the way to his own, to deliver a message which had been sent her, he discovered the old idaLci ri under Vhe cold' wates faucet. When she came to herself, in response to her son’s hearty laugh, she admitted that she had lighted five other matches and treated them in the same way. “I was thinking about something else,’’ she said, *’and all I knew was that I had to turn something on before I could light the gas.’’ And then she added. “I don’t think it was such a queer mistake, after all!” How Much Are They Assessed? The elevated railroads in New York City, which cost less than $17,000,000, are stocked and bonded for more than 10.000. The' steam railroads in the country cost, on paper, $9,931,453,146, of which two-fifths represents water. The street railroads of the country —horse, cable and electrichave not ccst over SIIO,OOO per mile, I but they are stocked and bonded up to ! about $400,000. I” =

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