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AN EX-SLAVE’S WORK.
The Intellectu'ali‘y of Booker '1‘. Washing-
ton May “’ell Be Envied By Whites.
Booker T. W’ashington is the first
colored man who ever caused a South-
ern audience, scarcely a northern man
in the 15,000 before him, to go mad
with enthusiasm when he pictured
the fine moral, mental and industrial
emancipation of his own people in that
day when white shall truly say to
black, “Our purposes are one.”
A correspondent writes: I heard him,-
-that day in Atlanta two years ago.
He was within a rifle’s shot of where
=General McPherson fell, where Gresh-
am dropped wounded, where Logan
“retrieved misfortune. He was at the
sfootstool of the Piedmont hills. where
ithirty years previous thousands had
died for and against his cause.
‘He looked from his eminence down
upon the faces of the cream of “(leer-
;glan chivalry.” He spoke to men
who had owned slaves by 'the hun-
dreds. to women who had used the
negro for an ottoman, to children bred
to think the rifle better than the
schoolbook for the denizens of “Cot-
ton Row.” He dared to tell theSe, peo-
ple with a‘mastery of English that
was magnificent what his race was
strivl‘g for, what it deserved, and
what it had not received. He rose in
doin"; this so far above the ordinary
morality of the average exposition
era? .r that he swept away the preju-
dicr s of centuries, overcame the aver-
sion of blood and made his hearers
one with him for the hour at least.
The effort and its success was all
the more remarkable because he‘ was
not talking to the abolitionist. but. to
the descendants of a slave-owning
people. ‘
So forward leaps the human race in
humanity as the centuries pass, for
slavery and negro subjugation were
bnce condoned by Christian New Eng-
land. Booker T. Washington’s mother
was a slave, and his father a white
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man. And no' colored man was ever
so honored by a New England uni-
versity as Harvard honored him. a
literal product of old conditions.
He it was who gave to Harvard
that sentence: '
“I thank God that I have grown to
that point where I can sympathize
with a white man as much as I can
with a black. To me a man is but ‘a
man for a’ that.‘ "
IVhen appearing before the directors
of Harvard to qualify for the degree
to be conferred upon him he said to
them:
“Gentlemen. there is no escape. Man
drags man down, or man lifts man
11p.”
On the same occasion he made this
statement of his race:
“We are crawling up“, wa king lip-'-
' yea, bursting up.”
- $3,250 PER OUNCE.
‘Gallinm, a lfletal 162 Times DIorc Costly
Than Gold.
“The majority of people when asked
to name the most precious metals
usually mention gold as first, platinum
as second and silver as thirr,” said
the. proprietor of a large assay and
"refining establishment in, New York
to the writer reccnltly. “If asked to
name others some might add nickel
and a few aluminum to the list. Now.
let us see how near the truth they
would be. Gold is worth about $250
per pound troy. platinum $130 and
silver about $12. Nickel is worth
about 60 cents and pure aluminum
from 50 cents to $2 to the troy pound.
“We will now compare these prices
with those of the rarer and less well-
’known metals. To take them in alph-
abetical order, barium, the metal
which Davy isolated from its orc.
:liary'te, in 1808, sells for $950 a pound.
when it is solid at all, and calcium is
worth $1,800 a pound. Cirium is a
shade higher; its cost is $160 an ounce.
or $1,920 per pound. These begin to
:look like fabulous prices, but they do
not reach the highest point, chromium
being worth $200. Cobalt falls it
about half the price of silver. while
didymium, the metal isolated by Ma-
sandcr. is the same price as calcium
Then comes gallium, which is worth
$3.250 an ounce. With this metal the
highest price is reached, and it may
well be called the rarest and mosa
precious of metals._
“Thus we see that the commonly
received opinion as to what the most
«precious metals is quite erroneous
Aluminum, which cost $8 and $9 a
pound in 1890. is now produced as
cheaply as are iron, zinc, lead and
-copper."——Washington Star.
“It is estimated." said the s-tatistica.
boarder, “that seven million packs 0:
playing cards are made every year.’
“That,” said the Cheerful Idiot. “is
a great deal.”-—Indianapolis Journal
Susie—Papa, what makes
a. {1131
always give a woman a diamond en'
gsgement ring?
Her Father-The woman—The Jew
alert Weekly.
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SUGAR COMBINATION RUMOR.
i‘Four Companies Said to Be Negotiating
Toward a ConSolidation.
New York, Jan. 14.--A story was Cir--
culated in Wall street that negotiations
were now under way looking to a con-
solidation of the American Sugar Re-
fining Company, the Glucose Sugar Re:
fining Company, Doscher’s Sugar Com-
pany and the sugar business of the .19.."-
buckles. /
According to the story the negotia-
tions were being carried on by inter-
ests independent, so far as their official
capacity was concerned, of any of
these companies.
It was stat-ed that the negotiations
might not result in success, but that a
syndicate was now in process of for—
mation with this end in view.
The movement was further stated to
have the sympathy of the American
Sugar Refining Company interests and
the Glucose following, while no under-
standing had been reached with the.
Arbuckles and Doschers.
Representatives of the American
Sugar Refining Company and the 'Do-
scher Refinery, who were seen, denied
the story.
TRUSTS OF ALL KINDS.
Alnerican Steel and Wire Company .Inv
corporated at. Trenton.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 14.--Articles of
incorporation were filed in the'secrc-
tary of state's office here by the Am-
erican Steel and Wire Company with
a capitalization of ninety million dol—
lars.
The Corporation Trust Company of
Jersey City is named as the represen-
tatives of the company’s interests in
New Jersey.
The objects of the company are to
deal in and manufacture articles of
steel and metal of every kind. The
capital stock is divided into nine hun-
dred thousard shares at a par value
of one hundred dollars each.
Of this stock four hundred thousand
shares will be preferred and five hun—
dred thousand shares common stock.
The holders of the preferred stock will
be entitled to receive seven per cent.
cumulative dividends annually.
The certificate of incorporation of
the Steel and Wire trust was filed at
noon Friday. The company, which
\\'?ll be known as the American Steel
and W'ire Cu‘nnpany of New Jersey, is
capitalized at ninety million dollars, of
which forty million dollars is prefer-
red and fifty million dollars common
stock.
The certificate follows the lines of
that of the I‘Lmerican Tin Plate Com-
pa 11y recently incorporated.
The new trust is to take over all the
steel wire works in the United States.
Nearly everything that can be organ—
ized into a trust is now conforming to
that fashion. A partial list of the in-
dustrial reorganizations announced
within the past few hours. follows:
The Pressed Steel Car Company.
with $25,000,000 capital. formed by cap-
italists from Pittsburg, Pa., and Joilet,
Ill. Nineteen millions of the securities
were taken by the companies organ—
ized. The remaining six million dol—
lars have been placed by Poor & Gree-
nough of this city.
The coffin manufacturers of the Uni-
ted States are organizing and a meet-
ing of a number of them was held yes-
terday at the Hotel Manhattan, in this
city. J. Marcellus of Syracuse was
made chairman.
The National Casket Company is not
a member of the new combination, but
it is reported that it would welcome
it and work in harmony with it.
The chewing gum manufacturers of
the country have been quietly form—
ing a consolidation and nearly every
firm has signed an agreement.
News from Havana.
liavana, Jan. 14.--American notes
and coin are selling at one per cent.
premium over the regular rate of for-
eign exchange for Spanish and Amer—
ican gold. The reason is that centenes.
worth in New York $4.88 to $4.89, are
receivable here for customs dues at
$4.82. Consequently importers would
razlier nay American currency at a
premium than part with centenes at
six or seven cents less their value for
other business. ..
There is little American gold here,
probably about two million dollars,
and American notes are brought by
the soldiers and visitors. The pay-
mastci‘s army pay roll is $750,000 a
month.
Th».- I-Iavana money handlers dislike
notes, not being familiar with them,
and being in fear of counterfeits. Nev-
ertheless the speculators buy them
eagerly. owing to the premiums.
General Davis at Pinar del Rio has,
investigated the reports to the effect
that there are bandits in the moun-
tains in the "western part of the prov—
ince of that name, and finds that.the3
are unfounded. ‘
One or two bands are reported to be
operating in the province of Puerto
Principe. where they have been raiding
farms, and firing a few shots to scare
the proprietors.
The Yale Presidency.
New Haven, C0nn., Jan. 14.—-While
the. name of (ex-Postmaster General
\Vilson has been from time to time
“mentioned” here in connection with
the Yale presidency, and he has many
admirers both among graduates and
the Yale faculty, the matter has gone
no further.
Professor F. B. Dexter, secretary of
the corporation, and Dr. Ray Palmer
of the prudential committee of that
body, both deny unqual'ifiedly that any
offer has been made, and the former
says that the corporation will do noth-
ing about’the presidency for at leas:
a month.
Very recent statements by a number
of the clerical members of the corpo-
ration show that it has no definite
opinions or even impressions as to the
successor of President Dwight.
Post Office Safe Robbed.
Trenton N.’J., Jan. 14.-—Ti1ree cracks-
men entered the postoffice at Yardley,
Pa,, four miles from here, at an early
hour yesterday morning and dnilled a
hole in the safe, which contained
stamps and money.
They were surprised at their work
by William Hoffman, who sleeps in
the building.
A lively exchange of pistol shots fol-
lowed. The men escaped to the street.
where they were again fired on by T.
S.~Cadwallader, a brother of the"post-
master. ' ' ,
, Everybody
fiTnE EVENING .GAZ'ETTE
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in Norwalk
Eligible.
_ Old people, stooped with suffering.
Middle age, counegeously fighting it.
Youth, protesting impatiently.
Children, unable to explain it.
Baby crying. can’t tell why.
All in misery from their kidneys:
Only a. little backache first.
Comes when you catch a cold or
strain it. - .
Don’t. neglect a. bad back.
Backache is the first step of kidney
trouble.
Many complications follow.
Urinary ditficulties,diabetes, Bright‘s
disease.
Dean’s Kidney Pills cure ba. kache.
Cure every form of kidney 18.
Plenty of Norwalk proof that. this is
so.
No need to read statements from
people in Nor-walk, Ohio, Norwalk,
Conn., furnishes enough of proof.
Read thiscase: Mrs. Clune of 58 Bel-
den ave, says: “My daughter is an
employe at Hutchinson, Cole 6.: Co.,
and her work has told upon her phys-
ically, the trouble manifesting itself in
pain in the small of the back, and a.
weary and tired feeling. We thought
Doan’s Kidney Pills might help her,
and I got a. box at Hale’s drug store.
They cured her. I have no hesitation
in heartily recommending them ”
Doan’s Pills for sale. by all deal‘
ers. Price 50-ccnts. Mailed by Foster-
Milburn 00., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Doan’s and take no substitute.-
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One \Vay to Cook a. Chicken. -
An excellent way to cook and serve
a chicken is thus: After cutting the
chicken open down the back pound the
breast bones with a wooden mallet to.
flatten them a little. Lay the bird in
a shallow baking tin with some slices
of salt pork, and place the pan in a
hot oven. Pour a little salted water
into the pan and frequently baste the
chicken with it while it is in the
oven. Let it rcm-ainun’til about half
cooked. Then take it from the pan
and place it upon a broiler over a clan
fire. Broil the under side of the
'chicken. and then turn it and cool:
the skin side to a delicate brown.
“'hen cooked place it upon a heated
platter, Sprinkle it with salt and pep
per and pour some melted butter over
it. Scatter chopped parsley over‘thc
whole. it chicken cooked in this
manner has all the delicate flavor of
broiling and will be more thoroughly
and evenly cooked.
8201')! at the Bishop's Expense.
The Archbishop of York told a good
story at his own expense. Es- was
recently in a train, and near him sai
two drunken men. Presently one of
them remarked rto the other that some
one had robbed him of a 85 note, and
he proposed to find it if he had to
search the whole train. ' ,
“As it happened,” said the Arch:
bishop, “I had a $5 note and that was
all, and as I was alone in the carriage
with them I felt a little bit uncom-
fortable. Then :It occurred to me to
pretend to be asleep.
“Sure enough, in a minute more I
was accosted with: ‘I say, neighbor?
but I made no answer. Then the man
grabbed my arm and shook me, but
to no purpose, as I didn’t wake up.
He kept on shaking, however, and al-
ways a little more forcibly, until at
last his friend interposed with: ‘I say.
Bill, let him alone, will you; he’s
drunker’n you are!’ ” ‘
The. Chickasaw Legislature has
passed a law which is intended to stop
White men from marrying Indian W0-
men, by taxing them $600 for 3. mar
riage license. ,
There are about ten thousand full-
blooded ndians in the Chickasaw
tribe, while the others are about fifty
thousand in number, and are half and
quarter bloods, and among them are
many squaw men. These squ-aw men
are white, men who have married In-
dian women and settled upon Indian
lands. This practice is mot to the lik-
ing of. the full-blooded Indians. but
they were powerless until recently.
A't the last tribal election the full‘
woods, for the first time in twenty
years got control of the council. Since
then they have made, life a burden for
the halfbrccds and squaw men.‘ Many
laws have been passed detrimental to
their interests, but the most effective
action of all was taken last week,
when the price of a marriage license
was raised from $50 to $600. This is
applicable only to white men who
would marry Indian women. Consid-
ering, however, that the average
Chickasaw girl has tribal property to
the value of about $3,000, the price of
a marriage license may not yet effect
the shrewd white speculators who
have been marrying the Chickasaw
belles for revenue only.
Aux—Tim! a. klsSanle mourn n I
has! - . .
Dolly—Yes;' wouldn’t he make a
lovely ‘nava-l hero—Philaddphll
Nnrth American ' -
LllZlNESS Is A ‘
; . ‘ _ of the liver and
-. 3 . stomach. When
4 y ‘ wa- man is “out.
of sorts, "‘ indolent andvdon’t feel like
“on-king, he needs a. fcwvdoses of H05-
teiter’s Stomach Bittws L0 liven up
his digestive or;l ans and to slimulatc
his liver and kidneys. "‘
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ALSO PUT
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YNTNISTIT’LOOP‘. BiTTERS
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la: MUTUAL Lira Insomnia: .
RICHARD A. McC'U‘RDY, President. >
Statementlor thelearllndlng Dec. 31,’9 .
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of N ew York.
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INGQMEO
Received for remiums . . . ' . s 2 6 '201
From all other Sources . . . . . . 111423;“ 3:
. 5 , $54,162,608 23
- . nrsn‘unsnmnnms.
T0 012 cy-holders for Claims by Death ' . . ‘ . $13,279,630
To alley-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 12,712,424 76
For all other Accounts . . . . . 10,132,005 5-7
$36, 124,060 99
assnms.
United States Bonds and other Securities . . $132,017,341 45
First Lien Loans on Bond and 'Mortgage . . . 69,423,937 31
Loans on Stocks and Bonds . . . . 12,880,308 00
Real Estate . . _ . . . . 21,618,454 88
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . . 11,705,195 82
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums. etc. . ' . 6,141,200 20
, > 2 8
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities . . saigizfiiii; g:
Surplus . . . . . . $35 508 1
Insurance and Annuities in Force . . . , , 94 59
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" l have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor;
From the Surplus a. dividend will be apportioned as usua
9' ' 0
Report of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
'1 o THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD or TRUSTEES or . .
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-
second day of December, I897, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and
to verify the same, respectfully—-——r
That, pursuant. to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at. various dates between the
date of the said reference and the date of this Report, attended at. the office of the Company, and have been waited on
by the Treasurer, the Comptroller,the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of such officers
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be correct. They
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared
the prices at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the same not exceeding
such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on refil
property held by the Company, and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuation of the Com-
pany’s holding!“ of real estate and have verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies and
have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier. ‘ ’
And the Committee certify that. all the books, papersytficuments, and evidence of title of every description ne
sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their assistants and :h'a'-
the same are accurate. in good order,,a.nd well kept. - ’ t’
, And the Committee further certify that. the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the s are
and methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendgtiom
All of which is respectfully submitted. CHAS. R. HENDERSON ELBRIDGE T. GERRY A. N. WATERHOU ll
NEW YORK, January 21, 1898. S. V. R. CRUGER J. HOBART. HERRICK JAMES C. HOLDENSE
Board. Of Trustees.
GEORGE G. HAVEN 3~
ADRIAN ISELIN JR. '.'
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
WILLIAM C. erm
WILLIAM RocnsrnLLn
JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DICKEY J3
ELanon T.» 'GEBBY
Janna Seam}.
HENRY H. Room
JNO. W Anomonosa
Taxonomy Monronn
WILLIAM Bmcoox
Sruvvmsmr FISH
Auovsrus D. J UILLIABD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER B. GILLETTD
H. WALTER WEBB
FREDERIG CnouwnLL
JULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. W ATERHOUBE
S. V. R. CBUGEB
CHARLES R. HENDsRsox
RUFUS W.'Pnomu '
J. HOBART Human
WM. P.‘ DIXON
. r. ROBERT A. Game
SAMUEL D. Bmooox
RICHARD A. MoCunnr
J AMES C..'~HDLDEN
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER Hummus
HOBERT 01.1mm?
inches F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLCOTT
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President- '
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. - - . '
[SAAC F. LLOY l). 2d‘Vice-President. ' » DUEH du-P. (BRECK, * Corresponding Secretary
WILLIAJL J. EAS'I‘UN, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary.
‘ FREDERIC CROMW ELL, Treasurer. . - - _ _ ‘
JOHN ‘A. FONDA. Assistant Treaisurér- ' ' . . JAMES TIMPSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. ' .. . EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cushion,
' ' EMORY MoCLlNTOCK, Actuary. - '
‘ , . JOHN TATLOCK, 33., Assistant Actuary. - .
CHARLESA, PRELLER, Auditor. _ WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
' C. CLIEFOBD, GRETSIN GER, Asuistant. Auditor. . HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
‘ ' 4 _ JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. '
‘ ' ~ ls}? WARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor. ' '
' p ., MEDICAL DIRECTORS: ‘
ELIAS J. MARSH. ill D' GRANVILLE Ill WHITE, M I)
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
sinuous a staunch, sensual Agents.
_ A... Ida CAME"penaliAgont. J.
Norwalk Chronicler