THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1001.
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TEN PAGES.
.ft ' ANTON. .U'l.Y 20, lf.fll.
Mr. Pniry tloos not propono to ac
t"fpt any rccond-hfn'l furniture from
the stat.
Tlic Fos burgh Murder Case.
"IpHK TRIAL, now tn pmsroM
6 nt rittafloM. Muss., of Rob-
JL ert P. Koshurgli. chnrserl
ulth killing hi-" sls-tcr. May
Fosbursh, on thp ulRht of Aug. 20,
ltufi. 'Is attracting wMespriMil atten
tion, and this Is not stinnpe In view of
th MnRiiIar farts allocr-d.
On the nlRht In question the Fos
burgh family, noaltltv mul of roocI
repute. fondMIng of fnthei nnrl
mother, son, two flaushters and the
fon's ulfev weie pntertalnliiK a RiieM,
Miss Sheldon. As late as 11.30 o'clock
the neighbors heard them laughing,
Pinging and playing upon a piano.
Shortly before 2 o'rloek there were
pistol shots and screams Hiid May
Fosbursh, IS years old, was found
dead with a bullet hole through the
heart.
The story told by the family was
that after they had been In bed about
(in hour and a half the senior Fos
burgh was awakened by the flashing
of a lantern. He arose, was confront
ed by a masked man pointing a pistol
at his head, struck the pistol away,
knocking It out of the Intruder's hand,
had a fierce struggle with the biuglnr,
had a rib broken and was finally sand
bagged. His wife was aUo struck and
as the other members of the family
rushed to the scene the burglar's on
federate, who stood at the door, tired
two shots, nn of which killed May
Fosbuigh. The story H fully con
firmed by nil the Fosburghs IneludhiR
the younger daughter, a girl of II, who
pays she saw the entire episode, and
whore circumstantial testimony ultlt
Ftood searching cross-examination.
Miss Sheldon, the guest, being some
Mhat deaf, uimc on the scene after the
struggle was over.
But the police tell n dlffeient story.
They allege that young Fosbtirgh
quarreled either with his father or his
wife, presumably the latter, since their
relations had been squally: and that
the sister, acting as peacemaker re
ceived n bullet meant for another.
Tn?y say the family then, to sae Its
reputation, concocted the buiglar
rtory. Home of the teasons they offer
jc teaching such a conclusion are as
follows: The bullet that killed May
FoshurRh fits a ifivolver put chased
some tlmo before by rtoberti Koshurgli
and kept In a drawer In an adjoining
rpaie room. Thin revolver disappeared
the night of the tragedy and has not
been seen since. They also say that
the nightgown worn by Mrs. Fos
bursh. jr. as torn as by n struggle
and that the position of the fiirnltuie
pointed lather to n domestic imv than
to a tusslo with tiiuglars. The mask
worn by one of the alleged hurglats
was cut from a pillow caso In the
ppare room, and the police say It Is
strange that burglais would enter a
house without either pistol or masks,
trusting to find same when In, Final
ly the lack of tracks that would cor
respond with the family's version of
the burglars' flight over a greonMnrrt
covered with a he ivy dew Is cited by
the prosecution ns proof presumptive
that thne were no burglais In the
case.
The trial now on has just got fairly
started. No wonder people aie Inter
ested In Its developments.
Agulnaldo appears to have dropped
out of right, but Mr. Bryan continues
to fipjke the. Uft-over campaign pre
varlcatlorts. ; ' 'AlUllons'in It.
A:
N -INOBNIOFS nhrin has
-J.iuf -ome to' grief in Wash-
j to bail for Investigation by a
grand. Juc,v o,f a Mrs. (.'arrie K, Hayes.
rfet.erfbed.ln, .the 'Washington Star i
an attractive lady of middle age, who
represented an alleged Institution
known as the Monte Vista Mission as
lor.iatjon. For? u sum of money $25 In somo
MK'P.tJSO In othern-r-Mts. Hayes agreed
to surlply her pations with well trained
domestic sftr-vahts for 11 fo In addition
to giving title to a quartet -aero lot In
Montiomei?y,iiouuty, vtt -where the
association'' was Hlleged to havo In
operation a fine training school for ser
vants: With the lot went an Impress
ive loiklng certificate of membership.
Th.ee certificated sold like hot cakes
until fony Inquisitive person tnnde In
null it which dlsclobcd that the hhso
clHtlon wST1 Intangible nnd the train
In tr scjhtjnlf with Its real estate unne.v,
was i dream, This discovery led to
legal "proceedings befoio Judge Scott,
who, lifter hearing the testimony, Ih re
ported! to have Bald that he had nev?'
heaid'.of 4 fcheme that could be worked
so succeseiully..on- th women of. tha
land. There was noeold mine In the
kWfst, or ttock icheme'ln the c-asf that
could compute with It for creating In
terest and causing people, to part with
their money mi quickly ns the hssui
unee of having thu servant Rlrl piob
lent settled for life, and It was with
the Idea of preventing other persons
from being tempted to work It that
Jud Scott raid he would place ball at
$1,000.
Perhaps It should ! added, In fair
ne.a to the f.iir defendant, that when
confronted with the proofs of findu
lent reptescntntlon she admitted slight
discrepancies In her statements' to
patrons, but said she fully Intended to
bring to pass the things she had prom
ised. When she does she will tindoubt
edly deserve n monument.
Tut key, It nppearil. Is willing to
stand almost anything In the way of
missionary enterprise, but draws tho
lino at tho "sweet girl giaduate."
The New Postal Orders.
AT LAST the much-discussed
postal ordets leformlng sec
ond class mall abuses are
befoie the public for con
sideration. As we predicted, they aim
no blow at reputable publishers. Fost
master General Smith Is too good a
Journalist to undertake to do that.
The orders number three. The flrt
amends Section 2"i of the twisting law
so as to exclude publications which
have the characteristics of books, the
amendment b"lng ns follows: 'Tcil-
odlcal publications herein, referred to
ate held not to Include those having
the characterises of books, but only
such as consist of cut rent news or
miscellaneous literal y matter, or both
(not excluding advertising) and con
form to the statutory characteristics
of second class mattei." This alms to
pi event tho circulation of pondeious
books at the cent a pound rat" under
the pictnine that the separate and dis
connected volumes are numbers In a
periodically Issued "library." Many
good books are published In "library"
form; but their publishers have no
.right to expect a better postal rate
than the publishers of ordinary hooks.
The second order amends Section L'Sl
In several particulars, the essential
paragraph being ns follows: "The
subscription price must be shown by
the publication, and when It appears
from the contents or fiom the extrin
sic Inducements offered in combination
with it, that the circulation of the
publication la not founded on Its value
as a news or literary Journal, and that
subscriptions nre not made becnue of
such value, but because Its offcis of
merchandise or other consideration re
sult In effect. In Its circulation at ap
parently a nominal rate, Midi publica
tion does not come within the require
ments of the law for acceptance as
second class matter." This does not
rule out tho giving of premiums by
publishers except so far as they are
piactically the entile Inducement of
fered to the subscilber.
The third order amends Section 302
so that unsold copies of second class
matter may not be icturncd at the
pound rate to news agents or to pub
lishers. No estimate of the saving which a
cnieful enforcement of these new
rules will effect has been hazarded by
tho postofflce department, but It will
be considerable, probably enough to
overcome the picscnt postal deficit.
Today It costs the government fiom
four to live cents a pound to handle
periodicals that go through the malls.
The second-class rate Is one cent a
pound, so that the loss In carrying
these periodicals !. apparent. About
thiee-fourths of the postal matter is
nited ns second class nnd yet there is
collected from second class matter
only $l,nno,noo toward tho annual ex
pense of the service of 3110,000,000,
The publications which nre to be ex
cluded will have to pay third clas
tates If they aie sent tlnough the mall,
which Is eight cents a pound, at which
rate there will be some profit to tho
government.
Now if congress will abolish the
franking privilege, which Is greatly
abused, and compel the railroads to
make ju.t charges for hauling the
malls, the postal department can not
only complete Its o.xtenslon of free
rural delivery to cover practically the
Inhabited farming communities of the
country and Institute penny letter
postage, but also return a fat profit.
When the Ohio orators mounted the
platform at the Pau-AmeilcHii, all
within heat ins became tired with a
red, white and blue feeling.
A Vital City Need.
WE rtlCTFUN to the Im
portant subject of va
cation schools for the
multitude of children
who in summer can never have
a country vacation, whoee only
play place Is the city streets.
Seranton has as thoiough need
of such sehooU as has any of
th cities larger than Itf-Mf. The sole
difference Is that It does not need so
gre.it a number of them as do tho
cities with a larger, hut not more cos
mnpolltan, population.
There Is eery reason vhy the city
of Seranton and Its municipal author
ities should arouse themselves to active
intei est In this especial form of the
training of good citizens. It takes the
children of the least favored classes at
the age when they ate most suseeptlbb
to influences, whether bad or good,
and brings the good to bear upon
them In the most Irresistible fashion
the way of attraction and enjoyment.
Immigration Is bringing to this com
munity and Its suburban villages a
greater and greater number every
year of the races whose children havo
the keenest need of such training as
tho vacation schools give. Neither
public night schools nor "asvoclatlou"
schools reach them at the age tho va
cation schools can and do the age of
seed sowing which the later attempts
at cultivating the moral and mental
soil can never hope to compete with.
There havo been riot merely columns
but many thousand pages of New York
and Chicago papers given to descrlp
tlons of the varied work done In the
vacation schools 6f those two cities,
the Immense good accomplished by
thenr, the eagerness of the children
each year for their re-openlng. Fiom
cities where similar work on similar
lines has been done come tho fame
character ff imports. We give here a
brief absjinct fitwi the Pres of Phila
delphia a mcie outline.
"Chicago and Biooklyn are the two
cities In which vacation schools nre
probably entiled the nearest to perfec
tion,. The scope, of the work done In
the first city can bo Judged from the
fact that Instruction is offcied In both
primary and grammar grades, In the
primary grades the children are taught
physical culture, manual trnlnlrig nnd
simple gardening. Lessons In mowing,
darning and washing aie ptovldod for
the girls, and In drawing and the use
of simple tools for the boys. In the
grammar grades Institution Is offered
In the care of plants, gardens and
yards, In the Improvement of the In
terior of tho house and domestic ser
vice. A new course of study has been
added this year In public Institutions.
Bathing facilities are provided nnd
weekly excursions to the country nre
given, whlth offer not only opportuni
ties for pleasuie but fir Instruction In
forestry and agtlcultuie
"The courses offered In the Brookljn
schools nre almost hh comprehensive
ns those given In tho Chicago schools.
The boys are taught In wnud and metal
work and In dinwlng, and the gltls In
domestic Industrial work nnd In sew
ing and millinery. No attempt, how
ever, is made to Impart learned In
struction, but cveiythlng Is slmpllned
as much as poffclble. The popularity
of these vacation schools can bo es
timated from the fact that thiee
schools In Chicago have an average of
70o pupils each and that on the first
day of registration In Biooklyn nearly
8.000 chlldien presented themselves."
In Manhattan borough, (as what we
used to know as New York city is now
legally entitled,) the accounts that
have appeared during the last two
weeks of this summer's opening of the
schools there show as great a piessure
upon these summer schools and us
varied employment nnd training.
It Is not merely, by any means, the
present health and happiness of the
children of thp poor that Is involved.
It Is the making of good citizens. It
Is the welfare of the whole community.
If Seranton Is wise It will not allow
another summer to go by without Wait
ing iM vacation school work heie.
The Bell Telephone company at Buf
falo has adopted n directory plan
which It Is a wonder that isomebody
has not thought of before. In this
day of pi ogress, when telephone rates
nre so low that the Invention la
brought within the reach of the masses
and constant additions aie being made
tn the lists of subscribers, It is im
possible to get nut supplements fast
enough to keep up with thp accessions
and give nnythlng like a coriect direc
tory. The Buffalo company has there
fore made airangemonts to print ad
ditional names in lots of fifty In tho
dally newspapers, thus enabling sub
scribers to make up a directory to suit
themselves. This plan would be ap
preciated in Seranton, where often it
is nccessaiy to call for subscribe! s not
on the list, the result being rather
strained lelatlons between the pation
and the opetators at the exchange.
Schlatter, the "divine healer," who
lins been arrested as a vagrant, will
be examined with a view of ascertain
ing his qualifications for admission to
a lunatic asylum. Schlatter's career
Is a glaring example of what can be
accomplished by a talk'atlve crank,
backed and advertised by sensational
newspaper reporters, who Invariably
heralded his coming by glowing ac
counts of miracles which he never has
performed. Schlatter should have
been cnnilned long ago and n host of
his lurid press agents ought to nccom
pany him Into forced retirement.
Lord Fauncefote's assurance that a
now canal ticaty which will obviate
past objections Is an early probability
Is gratifying. Let us hope the trans
continental railroad Interests that
have blocked the building of an Isth
mian waterway for thirty years will
not then get a new sprag In Its way.
Next tn the five-cent library pamph
lets which incite small boys to run
away fiom home to become border
brigands or Indian slayers, may be
classed the papers whose edltnis pre
fer "human Interest" stories to actual
now s,
Karl Bussell. the British peer who
gets three months in Jail for bigamy,
declares he sinned In Ignorance that
he was violating any law. Evidently
he Is not acquainted with the moral
law.
TOLD BY THE STABS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
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SSS1
A child born on this day mil jet play on a
West Side iarluct
Tho no rream lieerer it about the onlv thins
that U in din;er of orMn;r ewvtlmc."
The mlnWfr who prcache, the ihottet fer
mon genmll) rut the larRr.t conjugation.
The abjcnt-imndcd man an generally forset
evcr. tbinrj- but his troubles.
It U often difficult for a college man to lite up
to his diploma,
Ilrllllant repaitee frequently ends in uncouth
mangling.
Ajacchub' Advice.
Oultliate conienlmnit, but not trie kini that
makes man sjiined tn take hia meals from a
tomato can lo lle loarUide,
OPEN THE DOOR.
Open the riooi, let In the air;
The wind die sued, and the (towers are fair.
Joy In uhiodtl In the uoild today;
If uur ibor is wide, It may come this way.
Open the Uooi !
Open the ilonr, let in the inn;
lie hith a smile for cirrjonc;
llu 1'Jlli irw'lc of tlic idlndiopt cold and gems;
He may cliingc our lean to diadems.
Open the dooi!
Optn (he door of tho soul; let In
Mrung, puic thoughts which nhall banish tin.
Ihey will riow and bloom with a graic dldne,
And their (mil thill lie succtcr than Hut of
the liic. '
Optn Ihe dooi)
Open the door of the heart; let In
Sympathy, aneet siranjer and kin.
It will make the halls of tho heart la fall'
That angels may emu unaware, '
Open Ihe door!
British Weekly.
Firemen's We?k
at Buffalo
Special Corrspon-lne of The Tribune.
Buffalo, July IK Firemen all over
the country aie. looking forward to
flrenifii's we:, beginning Aug. 10 at
the Km-Amcrlcan exposition, with th
brightest anticipation of a. right good
time. There will b- more flieinen as
sembled ot the exposition durlnfr that
week than ever weie gatheved In one
spot before In the history of this toun
try. In the great throng will be ex
empts, volunteers and paid firemen
from all parts of Canada and tho Unit
ed States.
The fifth annual convention of the
National Firemen's association f)f the
United States will be held nt Buffalo
from Aug. 22 to 24, and the Now York
State Firemen's association wilt hold
Its annual convention In the same
place on Aug. 22 and 2.). A firemen's
tournament will be held In the mag
nificent Stadium of the exposition on
Aug. 22 and 23, and an extraordinary
programme of events In which flicmen
nre to participate exclusively, has been
ananged by the exposition committee
of sports In conjunction with the Buf
falo Volunteer Firemen's association.
The Buffalo committee having the
matter of reception, entertainment,
etc., In charge, are In receipt of com
munications from the secietarles of
hundreds of organizations In different
parts of the country stating that their
companies are coming from 50 to 300
strong. The visitors will be in uni
form and many of them will bring
equipment. The best drilled compa
nies in the United States will be pros
ent nnd will compete for prizes in the
Stadium. No better place (or a fire
men's tournament could be provided
than this grand structure within the
exposition grounds It has a qusrter
mlle tunning track nnd an expansive
field, large enough to accommodate all
tho events desirable. The seating ca
pacity Is 12,000.
There are about .175,000 firemen In
this country, and a fair representation
of this number at Buffalo means a tie
mendous crowd, A feature of the
week will be a mammoth parade. In
which more than 200 firemen's associa
tions will be In line.
The Buffalo Veteran Volunteer Fire
men's association has appointed com
mittees to take complete charge of the
arrangements, both for the convention
nnd the visitors to the exposition. A
fine entertainment programme has
been arranged. The visiting firemen
nre assured a royal welcome nnd
splendid entertainment In the Fan
American city. At the exposition they
will find one of the best fire depart
ments In the country nnd exhibits of
all of the latest things In fire-fighting
machinery.
Elbert L. Lewis.
American Exports
Continiie fo Grow
Special Concpondencc of The Tribune.
Washington, July 15.
EXPORTS 01 manufactiurs Item the .Lnltrd
Mrftra .ippcar to be lightly lefs irf th
fiscal ear Jut ended than in the profil
ing eir. the figmri for the rlecn mouths
ending with Miy showing an apparent icductlnn
el n..ii.VHrt. IhU Matfinent, howerr, is mis
hading because Ihe figures of the year 1001 do
nut iiitlii'li' the exports to I'oitu Ilko and Ha
.ni, which Mere Included in foimrd .eais, and
wlilih .lie larKfly manutactutc and ulilcli mil
acgrrEJte .M,0nrt,nu0 lor the fiscal .vcar. Were
It povihlc for the bureau ot tatlstka to In
clude in it figures of cvports ot manulactmcs
tho-o Knt to lliwali mul I'orto Hlco, the figures
of 1901 would differ fiom those of l'JOO.
indeed, an anal.oh of tho cvport figure of
injimt.il lures for the clcicn months now avail
able fhnwr In most cacs an im rej.-e oer luuO,
and that the dccic.nc is confined to a few ar
tliloa and li due, in some cases at least,, to a
lull in pnic uther than a reduction in quan
lli. In illuminating oiK for im-tdine, the c
pun tisurrs for the r-lcscn months cndiii with
May. l'WI, fhow a denc.i-c of (our jnd half
million dollars in value, but an increase nf
ne.irlj M,(ioo,00(i Killoiut, the ji curate Hume:
being: for cloven month ending with May,
l'lOd, fih.j.MI.VIS gillon-, value J1.751.Tf7: aiid
for the eleven montlu of l'Jfll 7U.S1 ,27fl nallonj,
value $t7,'J2,tJ.
i -
Two other great nrliiliv of our evpoiu of
niauufailmc show a itihutlon In 1'HJl a icin
pared with 1!KH, viz, nipper and cotlun manu
lictiiips, and thec indeed, (urm ihe chltf re
riiiitlon In the grand totals for the jear 1901 as
conipjicd with lKl. In the litter, cotton manu
factiiies. the reduction l duo entirely to tern
pouiy conditions in China. Ihe total cxpoits of
lotton luanulictuies in the eleven months end
ing with Miy, lTOi. are 5-17,'J7i,2'JC, against ij-JJ,-(U,1.M
in the cone-ponding months of last jeir,
i iiduuion of t,W,-sl; whilo an examination
"I tlic figures of the eport of i-olton loth to
( hina shows that they (ell from K'JS.aifl In the
elevin months of Vino to $),nni,7J7 in the hime
month of I'.ifll, a reduction of ?J,--SI,'J10 in this
Item alone. 'iim the reduction In the exporta
tion of lotton mauufactiiics is entirely accounted
tor In ilii single Item of cotton cloths to China,
where the reduction K of coulee, but temporary,
due tn the distuibaiues in that countiy during
the first lulf of the fiscal cai. 'Jhe onlj re
maining Item in the list of exported inanu
(jiIuks shkh shows a material redtu tion la
mpper, which rhoua a fall of U,721,eiO pounds
in quantity, and ll,bl(i,.il in value, during
tlic eleven months ending with Jlay 1001, as
inmpared with the same period of 1M0, though
Ihe value of topper exports In I Ml is moic thin
0,Oim,rtiio n exics of the ecurenionding months
of ls'JJ.
In a luge shtie of the important article of
our export of Manufacture., Ihe hguics of 1001
hutt a milked ciowlh over those of Ihe preced
ing jear and of .in) piddling jeai In steel
ialt, for Invtince. the expous during eleven
months of 1001 are mote iImii $:,non,(HK1 In ex
ecs of ihe siine months of Im jear; in pig
Iron thcie is an inurae of a million dollars, in
birs and reds of Heel, an increase of a mllllen
and a half; in electrUal machinery, a million
and a half; In boot, and fhoe, over a mllllen
dollars: in cotton ecd ml, neatlv two million:
In cairlages and ui, two millions; in chemiials
moie than million, in scientific Instruments, a
million dollars; while, ax alieady Indicated, In
some iaea wheie the values have decreased
llure is still jn w.ieii in quintllies, the .ip.
psient reduction being due to the fall In puce
and not to a reduction in the quantity exported.
Imerlcan niinufictuiers Have, therefore, no
oecasioii for anxiety regarding tho slight appai.
rn.t decreae in the export figures of manutac
liiresin 1O0I, xxhlch is due: I. To the fact that
shipment rl good to Totlo Rico and Hawaii,
agsiegatlng more than so.ono.OOO in Ihe jear
Just ended, are no longer included in the list of
exports, a was formerly tho case. 2 lint the
reduction of over W.000,000 In exports of eotton
defh an! mineral oils to China may be looked
upn as due entirely to temporary causes. 3.
That In numerous lntane-es tho reduction is d.ie
In a fall in price while there has been an actual
Increase In quantity. 4 That In the principal
Item nf decreae. copper, the figures exceed
those of any preceding jear except 1000, In. which
jear the demand abroad for electrical works
was (.r bfvond that of any preceding jear,
TWO OF A KIND.
I'rnm the London Olohc. ,
An amusing instance of unconscious soliloquy
dining a tete-a-tete with a lady It told of Ihe
lammu ploslclin, Dr. licind. It was In the old
convivial das, and the doctor was summoned
one evening Irom rather too festive board
to the bedside of a lady patient, lie felt her
pulse "secundum artem," but for the life of
him could not count the beats. "Drunk, by
Jove!" he soliloquised, and pulled himself to
getbtr sufficiently to order some harmless mix
tuie. Ills delight rosy be imagined when the
nett morning, lnlMd of an indignant riiimlfial
from further attendance he received from hit
patient a cnfeMlon that he had diagnosed her
complaint o,ulte coireit.;.
COUNTRY COURTSHIP.
He came in tl.e early ttfltlftht. Wh'n h
knocked thu opened the door and pretended to
be surprltcd At teeing htm.
"n It jou, Jlmt"
Jim admitted being "It" by curt "yes,"
and follo.red her Into the pitW. Il tat down
en x chair without leaning back, placed hit hat
in bis lap and clasped his bands over his knees.
She tat on the far aids of the room with her
hands lying Idly one In the other. After a lapse
of focrteen minutes he opened the conversation;
"Folki well?"
"KU Vept pap; he's down with reomjtlr."
Another long and ominous alienee perhaps
twenty minutes.
"Ooln' t' begin hurcjitln' t'merrer," he said.
"Hew tell! Mut hev altly crops," from her.
Then the cloc' had the floor for another
seventeen minutes.
"IIom Is tlek," she si'.d.
"Waal. I'll be durn! Which un!" esclaimed
Jim.
"fliy mare."
"Kp'tootlcksJ"
"Kp'aoofltkt."
Alter this outburst nothing trat said (or thir
ty minutes.
"Ooln f th singln" skule SUurday nlghtJ"
queried Jim.
"N'ohuddy txt me," she said.
"I asr '," said Jim, braely.
Til go," she said,
Twenty-five minutes elapsed.
"Ole Bom hed a kaff." tald Jim brightening.
"Law mel" she tald.
"CiolnV he tald, snd walked out on the
porch, she followed him to the door and ther
'both ttood thus In silence for ten minutes.
"Mut he sfter ft," he said.
"Must he." she said.
"t;ood night, Mandy," he tald.
"Oood nlxht, .Urn," the said, and shut the
door as he walked cut ef the jatd.
And jet this Is the twentieth century. Clete
land Plain Dealer.
HOMELIKE.
From nrootjyii Life
respective Board You idvertite "homelike
surroundings'"
Country I'armer Yep; we've got a Janitor
from the city (er hired man.
To Wage Earners
and Others of
Moderate Income
Po not spend your money foolishly
because you have so little of It, but
savf what you can from month to
month and Invest It In something that
will multiply many fold. The mil
lionaires of this section were laboring
m-n a generation ago and they pur
sued this course while most of their
comrades blew It all In. The pru
dent ones saw that fuel was a good
thing, that the world had to have
It. and they bought coal land, a little
at a time as they could spare It, and
it has made them rich, and their fami
lies live and will live In the greatest
comfort, while the descendants of
their Imprudent comrades are labor
ing as their fathers did for day!
wages.
Keep this object lesson In mind.
The opportunities of that earlier time
were In coal, today greater opportuni
ties exist In oil, which Is fuel In a
more concrete form and Is rapidly
supplanting coal, because It Is easier
and cheaper to mino and handle, and
Is, besides being a more economic
fuel for all large consumers, profit
able for a hundred other uses. The
oil of California Is furnishing that
state with cheap fuel, for tho lack of
which her progress has been woefully
retarded. Tho entire Pacific coast
will consume oil as a fuel, so that
the demand upon the oil fields of Cali
fornia Is unlimited. California oil
refiners will hold the markets of the
far JJast and of the west coast of
South America. It Is plain to be seen
that the oil fields of California will
be the source of Incalculable wealth.
far beyond what the coal mines of
Pennsylvania have been In the past.
All thoughtful men can see that the
thing to do now to make money Is
to bay the shares of conservative, re
putably managed oil companies hav
ing large holdings of undoubted oil
lands secured nt lfiw prices, and only
requiring development to become the
source of enormous revenues for
shoreholders
The PACIFIC COAST AND TEXAS
Oil. COMPANY has In the most Im
portant oil fields managers of ability
and Integrity and of the highest prac
tical qualifications for their business,
and the shares of this company are
today, without doubt, the best invest
ment obtainable. These shares would
bo cheap at 40c, but ate selling for
the tlmo being at 20c per share, to
procure money to bore the first wells.
The price Is sure to advance rapidly
to keep pace with the developments
on the company's lands and on ad
joining lands. The market value of
the lands is constantly advancing. Do
not delay making an Investment In
this stock. As to the value of this
oil property and the character and
ability of Its managers this company
refers, by permission, to the presi
dent of the Broadway Bank and
Trmt company, of Los Angeles. Cal.
For particulars concerning this in
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