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By Lens Gilbert-Fellows.
' ES, Bob was punished—that. is, he
paid a penalty for misdemeanors-
and- yet Bob never knew a word about
it. It would have been better had some
kindly friend explained this to him, but.
as no one did, he lived on, it may be, to
.make other mistakes just as sad.
Bob’s mother was a widow, and, with
him, occupied two rooms in aftenement
.house—Only two rooms at the top of
two rickety flights of stairs, and low
and dark ones, at that.
Bob was anewsboy—perhaps I should
say a subnewsboy—who dealt in papers
{on a small scale, his ’whole stock rare-
fly consisting of more than three at a
time. These few he purchased at whole-
;sale from a friend, who was a “reg’lar
inewsboy,” and sold them at retail in the
side streets; and when his small stock
jwas exhausted he hunte , up this same
friend again, to make his wholesale pur-
chase.
He-soon learned hog; to keep pace}
.‘with him, and “to strike him to an inch,”
,as he expressed it; so that very little
:time was lost in these frequent pur-
chases. Sometimes he said» many as
'20 papers in a day, but, aahisprofit was
small. he could not lay by much.
One day, when the thermometer had
reached a high point, Bob and his friend
met on the walk directly under an Open
window.
“Reg’lar ole stunner, ain’t it?” was
.Bob’s opening remark.
“Jing! ain’t it, though ?” acquiesced
;his friend.
“Sold out ?" inquired Bob.
“Yes, ' clean."
“My! don’t I wish I could do a pipin’
business like that ‘2”
“Why, hain’t you sold out yet?”
“Yes; but that ain’t nothin’ com-
‘pared to your’n. But let me git a-goin’
onc’t, and you’ll see a feller as’ll pile
up the tin. I’ll be ridin’ in a carriage
like that ’ere some day, if I can jest git
1a start. But you see all I git now has
to be put in with mother’s. That don’t
give any chance to lay up, and you have
to lay up inthe start.”
“No, you don’t,” replied Bob’smore
experienced friend. “You keep a—put—
itin’ it all right inter your business, and
1that’s the way you keep a-makin’ more
and more.”
“Hey?" queried the astonished Bob.
“‘Then when does .the money git into
the banks ‘1’”
“Not until you git so much ahead that
you can’t keep it. all a-goin’.”
The owner of the office under which
these twoplads stood—the owner, as for
that matter, of the whole block—hap-
pened to be sitting just insidethe Win-
.dow; and he had started out in life a
.poor boy.
So you may know that this brief
dialogue, which would otherwise have
been tame and interesting, naturally
drew his attention.
He now leaned forward that he might
'see their faces, and as they continued
the conversation he watched them
keenly.
“I say, Stub, if I was ter git a. dol-
ilar of my owu onc’t, would that give
.me a start?”
“Yes; that’s twice more’n I had in
the- start,” replied Stub, encouragingly,
“and I’m ’cre-asin’ my business all the
time. I deal in a good many things
now."
And the boy drew himself up as an
assurance that he was attaining great-
ness.
“Jimminy! ye don’t, though?”
“Maybe not,” said Stub, with exas-
perating coolness. “Maybe I dreamed I
was a-sellin’ apples, and lemons, and
. banan ers. and oranges.”
“Don’t folks sometimes bdrry in the
start?" asked Bob, struck with a new
idea.
Inside the window the keen eyes were
still scanning Bob‘s eager face.
“Yes. they do,” came in a clear, pleas—
ant tone. '
And Bob, instead 'of running away,
raised his face toward the speaker, at
the same. time pushing back his cap
that he might get a better view.
The gentleman took the action as a
mark of rcspeci, 11nd at once put it
down in lob’sd’avor as credit mark
number one.
"Would you like to borrow a dollar?”
he asked, as the boy continued his as-
tonished gaze.
‘ “I don‘t know of anyone who would
he a—wantin’ to lend me one,” was Bob’s
evasive reply.
“Well, my lad, I am willing to lend
you one. and I will give you your
pthplce between two ways of itpnymg
Bob’s eyes opened wider and wider.
“You may wait until you can pay
me in money, or you may come each
day for ten days and do errands. and
thus work it out."
“I'll take the chores.”
“Very well. Here’s the dollar.
when would you like to begin?"
“I could come in now, ef you’ve got
any jobs you‘d like to have done.”
The gentleman invented some light
work for the occasion. and Bob was in-
itiated. Then he entered into conver-
sation with Bob’s comrade, and the re-
‘sult was that he determined to give
him. too, a lift. This he thought best
fto do by making purchases of him. and
,Stub gladly agreed to come every day
Now,
, with his basket of fruit.‘
“The first time you come. ask for
‘ Mr. De Foe.” was the parting direction
received by the happy Stub.
Now Stub had this advantage over
‘Bob. He was a regular attendant of
a Sunday school, and the teacher of his
class was one whose sympathetic heart
went out. to the poor boy in a way that
warmed his own.
It was this weekly "lifting up" that
helped the led and kept him from. a
few of the temptations. encountered by
urged his young
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friend to join him; .Boib steadfastly re;
fused.
The ten work days went. by, and Bob '
never once failed to make his appear-
ance at the appointedtime. This great-
ly pleased his benefactor, and for twc
reasons.
First. he was exceedingly glad for
Bob’s otvn sake that he was proving
himself an honest boy. Secondly, his
companions in the omce had laughed
at his confidence in the strange lad
who had such a. “knowing look.”
DO we not all like to prove ourselves
to have been in the right? And do we
not shrink from that extremely disa-
greeable emphasis sometimes given to
the simple phrase: "I told you so '.’”
Mr. De Foe was not. an exception,
and as Bob appeared on the tenth morn-
ing, he could hardly refrain from pat-
ting him on the back, and thanking
him for making good the trust he had
placed in him.
On this day, when Bob had finished
his light work, he stood waiting, men-
tally framing his question. Mr. De Foe
watched him with a. curious interest.
“You might not be wanting any
more jobs done, might you ‘1”
“Yes, if you like,'“you may come for
ten days more, and I will pay you for
each time. Often it may be more than
ten cents.”
And for ten days more Bob was
punctually on hand. Meantime he
formed several acquaintances in the
ofice, for Bob had an eye to promo-
' tion.
“The lad is proving me to have been
in the right,” said Mr. De Foe. to some
of the gentlemen in the office, one
morning as Bob went out.
“You must summer and winter a
horse, you know,” answered one.
“Mark my words. that boy has an eye
Give him acoun-
ter-interest, and see where his faith-
fulness will be. There’s a look in his
eye that no honest boy has.”
But no one agreed with him, at least
not then.
The following morning, a little be-
fore the time for Bob’s coming, a gen-
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THE OWNER OF THE OFFICE LIS-
TENED.
tleman from the next ofiice came in.
“I want to get a boy to throw hand-
bills for me. How will that chap I see
around here do?”
“Capitally,” replied Mr.
“Quick, energetic and honest.
cut out for a rich man.”
“I don’t care so much for his future
riches as I do about his distributing
carefully, and I may say conscientious-
ly, the handbills.”
“It would be Well to caution him,”
spoke up the doubting gentleman.
“I’ll answer for his care and hon-
esty,” said Mr. De Foe.
Bob's natural talent for business led
him at once to appreciate the truth
of this.
“I understand,” he said. “I’ve seen
boys a—throwin’ bills around by the
hull pile. They don’t last no time in
that way.”
So Bob started forth, and to make
the matter certain, the gentleman
called out to him that he would pay
him by the hour.
This began to look like business, and
Bob was jubilant. Now came the dif-
ference between his honesty and his
policy. .
While he was still comparatively near
the office, he threw guardedly, but as
the distance increased, he became less
particular, and if two or three slipped
olf together. it was just as well, in his
mind.
Later in the morning, as Mr. De Foe
was driving in his carriage. he es-
pied Bob, and thinking it would be
pleasant to report his systematic dis-
tributing at the office, he directed his
coachman to drive very slowly.
He could hardly believe his own eyes.
IIere vans his honest young protege de-
liberately purring off the bills by the
half-dozen or dozen, as the case might
be. and carelessly tossing them into
the little yards. paying not the slight-
est attention as to whether they re-
mained within the inclosure. or were
waited away by the breeze.
At first he directed his coachman to
stop the carriage. intending to confront
the boy. and ask for one of the hills
which he seemed so generously scat-
tering "about. Then he countermundcd
the order. adding to himself:
“The little rascal! It will serve him
right to have the cold shoulder given
him after this.”
Which was most emphatically done.
and Bob set it down to luck. never once
connecting the two circumstances.
“I‘ll stop that other rascal’s coming.
too.” Mr. De Foe said. when he owned
up fair to his companion in the Office.
But Stub had. found another friend.
the “doubting" member of the firm.
“No: that other chap’s as true as
Bob is false. I-l-onest faces are as plain-
ly read as dishonest ones. l've an idea
of making something tout of Stub."
De Foe.
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So Stub continued to come. but poor'
Bob never learned that he was merely
. receiving a punishment. / ‘
Perhaps if more were led 'where Stub
was, féwer‘ would drift where unfortu-
ont it might tint-e been ?—(io-ldeu Days.
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.Peo ple are Talking all Over
Norwalk. This report ’
I , cemes From South
' NorwalK.
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How it spreads. ,
Can’t keep a “Good thing” down.
Ever notice how “Good things” are
imitated? _.
Better the article more imitators.
Fortunately the public have a safe-
guard.
Praise can’t be imitated.
And true praise takes
spreads.
Claim is one thing: proof another.
Claim‘ is what themanufacturer says.
Proof is what the people say.
Nov-walk people say Dean’s Kidney
Pills cure sick kidneys.
Cure all kidney ills. _
Hundreds of citizens testify to his.
Here is a case in point.
Mr. Frank St. John, NO. .56 Taylor
Ave., a locksmith by trade in the em-
ploy of the Norwalk Lock Co. says: "I
am not the only one engaged in my call-
ing who sufl’ers from backache aggra-
vated by the constant change of posi-
tion and the bending and stooping.
There are others in the factor and in
the city I know who are troub ed in the
same way. I had some disorder of my
kidneys which lead to la constant'and
painful backache. I procured a box
of Doan’s Kidney Pills at a drug store
and they brought about entire relief.
I am only too pleased to re commend so
valuable a preparation. Endorsation
like the above is abundant in Nor walk.
Ask Glendenin'g & 00. what their cus-
tomers report.”
Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers; price 50 cents a box. Mailed
on receipt of price by Foster-Milburn
00., Buffalo, N. Y.. sole agents for the
U. s. ' '
Remember the namethiau’s—and
take no other.
root and
NOT- (INPRECE‘IIENTED.
A Sad Case of Ruin Coming Through
Temporary Success in Race
Track Gambling.
This is the saddest case of ruin com-
ing from success-that I ever heard of,
and the fact that the result not only
brought desolation on the person him-
self, but upon his whole family, makes
the instance especially sad, says Lon-
don Answers.
He was the only son of aprosperous
provision merchant, and, with a be-
ginner’s luck, won some hundreds of
pounds on the turf. Elated by his suc-
cess, he chanced larger sums, lost all
he had won, and, in a vain attempt to
recoup himself, took some of the money
collected from his father‘s customers.
Shortly afterward his father accident-
all ' discovered that a large accOI'Int‘
which was owing to him had been paid
to his son and not accounted for. "In-
quiry was made, and it was found that
the outstanding accounts did not
amount to as many pence as there
should have been pounds; and in addi~
tion. wholesale firms who were sup-
posed to have been paid by the son
had received nothing. The whole had
gone in fruitless efforts to “back win-
ners.”
The result was that, after 50 years’
trading, the business was broken up,
and the father, mother and sisters of
this unfortunate man were reduced to
extreme poverty.
THE GREAT CORN STATES.
Enormous Crops Raised In the Mid-
dle \Vcst and the Prices
Realized.
The great corn states, according to
the statistics of last- year, writes John
Gilmer Speed, in Ainslee‘s, are in the
order named, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska,
Missouri, Kansns, Indiana, Texas and
Ohio. Each of these states grew in ex—
cess of 100,000,000 bushels, while the to-
tal of Iowa was 254,099,850 bushels.
This year we are promised from Kansas
alone in excess of 350,000,000 bushels.
Montana, among the new states, grew
the smallest amount of corn last year,
and Rhodc Island among the old states.
In Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Da-
kota, Montana, Wyoming and Washing-
ton all of the corn grown was cou-
sumed at home, practically none of it
being transported beyond the county
in which it was produced. The other
states, according to the amount grown,
shipped corn to other parts of the coun—
try and abroad In price the corn on
the farms realized all the way from
06 cents a bushel in Montana to 23 cents
in Iowa, the general average through-
out the country being 28 7-10 cents per
bushel. In 1807 this general average
was :30 3-10 cents; in 1896 it was 21 5-10
cents; in 1805 it-Was .‘25 3-10 cents, and in
11394 it' was 45 7-10 cents. In the latter
year (1804) the production was short,
being somewhat more than 20 per- cent.
less than last year.
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Goughé,
Golds, .
Brinpe‘,
Whooping Cough. Asthma,
Bronchitis and Inclplent
ConsUmptlon, ls
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According til the Standard of the Idsurance Department of "the State of New York.
Recelved for Premiums
From all other Sources
plenum-amusing.
moon“.
T0 Policy-holders for Claims by Death __ . .
T0 Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc.
For all other Accounts
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seeders.
United States. Bonds and other Securities .
First Lien Loans OuBoud and Mortgage . .
Loans‘on Bonds and other Securities, . ' ~ .
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents
.at $23,534,826.88 : Book Value
geashiu Banks and Trust Companies . , .
’Acc‘rued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. .
I ‘ nmnmrmtns.
Policly Reserves, etc.,
Contingent Guarantee
Divisible Surplus .
Insurance and Annuities in Force
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Fund,
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as none
‘4333 (8,748 5 '
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$13,265,908 00
'19485975‘ 35 4
10,493,370 53 '
153593459038 88
$160,956.14! 3:.
68,503,580 90
9939696l9 00
20,604,649 61
11,621,377 36
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$277,517,335 30
233,058,640 ‘68
. 42.238,684 68
$2,220,000 00
377,517-335 30
$971,711,997 79
lhave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be conec
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER. Auditon
Board of Trustees- ‘
SAMUEL. D. 'Bauoocr.
{£103,131} A .Mchnrr
J AMES 0. HOLDEN ,
HERMANN C. VON POB’J' l
WILLIAM J. SEWELL l
OLIVER HARRIMAN .
ROBERT OLYPBAN'I'
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLOOTT i
FnEnEaIc CROMWELL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. VVATEnnousn
CHARLES R..HnnnnnsON
RUFUS W. PECKHAM
J {HOBART HERRIOK
WM. P. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS
Gaoear G. Havns
I HENRY H. Roonas
i JNO. W Aucnmcnoss
THEODORE Monroe!)
WILLIAM BABCOOK
- STUYVF‘SANT FISH
Ancus'rus D. J UILLIABD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER it GILLETTr
i H. WALTER W EBB
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
lb‘AAC F. LLOYD, 2d Viced’resident
gw [LLIAM .l_. Ena'fl‘UN, Secretary.
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cunsnné A PRELLLR, Auditor.
JOHN 4~ A. FUD DA. Assistant Treasurer.
\\ ILLIA u 1’. 5213.93, Cashier.
Juan 0. some I,
o out roan GRISTSINUEM, As.
‘ ’ E 3 it Ann L
spins .l. nan.
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SH. ill, D-
istant Auditor.
W ALTER R.-GILLET'I‘E, General Manager. - . ’
' o DUEh du-I’. ' BRECK, Correspor. ‘fmg Secretar-
ALBEIt' ‘.KLAMROTH, Assistau Secretary
FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. '
JAMES TIMI. SON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
hDWARD r. HOLDEN
EMORY MOCLINTOCK, Actuary. 1-
JOHN TATLOCK, Ja, Assistant Actuary. . ~ ' ‘.
' WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
‘ HENRY e. BRU W N, Assistant Comptroller
superintendentof Domestic Agencies. I
YMAN SHORT. General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS: . . .'
GRANVILLE )1 WHITE, M .0
(.i. S. \\ INS'IUN M. 1). Consulting.
unwell“. @eueml agents" 5%?
,y Assistant cashier.
ADRIAN Isan J a
GEORGE S. Bownom
WILLIAM C. WHITNE
"WILLIAM ROOKEFELIJI
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JAMES N. JARVIE
Cass D. Dronnv JB
ELBRIDGE T Gnnnv ‘
J AMES Sparse;
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