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'jinual Meeting Travelers Protective Ass'n Asheville, N. . C. j MAY 31 - JUN 5, 1909; SOUTHERN -- RAILWAY k hp Shortest Lineto Ashevjlle . w . . . - . - - sentca sv TTIttt r-o-l-Od W1 I I hfi ailüHOr- tion. imd VCIIWW m,,! rt 4. -i j was called of the dissatisfied brokers ized, open to me puonu. x umD opportunity of going to Asheville and visiting the beautiful mount ains section of NORTH CARO LINA. Ask any Southern Railway Ticket Agent, for fare and sched ules or write us. J, C. Beam JR. A. G. P.A. St Louis Mo. Völfig IN THI DARK. ' ,ii7,m i HiiiOi'I wiiU fc'rf W w Ii ilTVlH nl I I HIIIIIW II IBMIII II I " i Tili Ii Icusos i 8 'There's no hurry," "lean j A Memory of Pickett's Drlgfldd find Night Attack. Somo years after the civil war a gathering of veterans of both 6idea was exchanging reminiscenced nt a banquet given hy tho board of trado of New York, writes Mrs. La Sallo Corbcll Pickett in Lippincott's. The presiding oflicor was Colonel. J. J. Phillips of tho Ninth Virginia regiment, Pickett's division. Hej was speaking of night attacks and recalled one in particular, not be cause of its startling horrors, but because of a peculiar circumstance, almost resulting in tho compulsory disobedienco of orders tho obey ing, as it were, of a higher com mand than that of earth. "Tho point of attack had been carefully selected," said Colonel Phillips, "the awaited dark night had arrived, and my command was to fire when General Pickett should signal the order. "Thero was that dread, indescrib able stillness, that weird, ominous sience, that always settles over everything before a fight. You felt that nowhere in the universe was wait a little longer lor my insurance" have left many a family to face a bitter fight with poverty and privation. If there is one thing that sho Id receive the first con sideration of married men, it is LIFE INSURANCE. Now is the time to apply for a polioy Arch CDoane .IAS PISH INDIANA. Öata of tlie Pint Agreement Amahfl New York' Brokors. In tho early part of March, 1702, the first notice was printed of the opening of a ptock exchange ofiico at 22 Wall Btrcot by A. Ii. Hleeokcr & Sons, J. Pintard, McEvors & Rnr clay, Cortlandt & Terrors and Jay & Sutton. These several firms held auctions of stock each day at noon, selling in rotation to insure equal opportunities for each other. Some of the broker specialists re sented such a restricted organiza- on March 21 a meeting for purposes of protection, and a committee was appointed to pro vido a suitable room in which to ossemblo and to suggest such rules and regulations for conducting their business as tho committee deemed necessary. The final result of this meeting, says Moody's Mag azine, was tho first signed agree ment among dealers in securities, the oldest record now in tho ar chives of the New York Stock Ex phnnpo. The aireement reads as r u - i follows: "UV ihn RnhsoriherA. Brokers for tho purchaso and Snlo of Public there any voico or motion. Stock, do hereby solemnly promise "Suddenly the awesomo eilcnco and pledge ourselves to each other, was broken by tho sound of a deep, that we will not buy or sell from full voico rolling over tho black this day, for any pcr&on whatsoever, J void like the billows of a great sea, any kind of Public Stock at a less directly in una wun our guns, n rate than one-quarter per cent com-1 was singing the old hymn, 'Jesus, mission on tho specie value, and Lover of My Soul.' that wo will give a preference to I "I have heard that grand old each other in our negotiations. In music many times in circumstances Testimony Whereof we have set our which intensified its impressive hands this 17th day of May, at Xcw ness, but never had it seemed so York, 1792." j Bolemn as when it broko the still- This organization had no local ness in which we waited for tho or- habitation for conducting exchange dor to fire. Just as it was given business. Liko tho curb brokers to- there rang through the night the day, transactions were carried on in words: the open air at a point between the "Cover my defenseless head present numbers of G8 and 70 Wall 1 th h0 8hadow of w,n street, under a famous old button-! " 'Ready! Aim! Fire to tho wood tree that stood there with left, boys !' I said, widespreading branches, which pro-i "The gum were shifted, the yol tected them from tho sun's rays and ley that blazed out 6werved aside, ordinarily inclement weather. ' and that defenseless head was 'cov Business in those day3 was not ered' with the shadow of his wing." rushing, and there , was an air of j A Federal veteran who had been leisure and quiet about the gather- ( listening looked up suddenly and ing. Securities wero. not active Baid: enough to employ all tho timo of j "I remember that night, colonel, tho brokers, so between times bet- and that midnight attack which ting on the results of domestic and carried off so many of my comrades, foreign political controversies and I was the singer." dealing in merchandise wero in-J There was a second of silence, eluded. i Then "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," The first inside quarters of the ranfr across that banquet board as exchange were secured in 1793, on that black night in 1864 it had when tho Tontine coitce nouse, at rung across the northwest corner of Wall and ' Hundred. William streets, was completed. ISM " O - tho lines at Bermuda 'Advertise to bring trade that will buy once and buy again" 1M 2Sßri "t v' - . i The old buttonwood tree was aban doned, and the dignity of tho bro kers' organization was elevated by the change. Tho Tontine coffee house was controlled by a chartered Roiaini't Resting Plaoa. For years Rossini's body rested in Pero Lachaise, and then city of Florence asked that it might be trnnsforred to tho Church of the company composed of 203 subscrib- Holy Cross in that city, whero the - 1 n A A 1 AwMnnimrl r a n UaIaa x f finikin, f? nil d fl Tt tTcA f merchants' exchange. I Machiavelli, Alfieri and other great The dealers in securities and tho Italians aro entombed. Consent merchants were all jumbled up to- was received from the municipality, gether, and at times when trading but tho master's widow, Dona was brisk there was wild excitement Olympia, would consent to the and shouts that would have done translation only on condition that credit to a band of Comanche In- j when her timo came her body dians. Noionstitution for a stock might bo placed next to that of her exchange was adopted until 1817, husband. This request was bluntly when the New l ork stock and ex- denied, for tho reason that onl)' f r s. V No use trying to sell goods to people who have no money to pay for them No use trying advertising unless you reach thejhomes THE COURIEK JASPEEIND1AN THE BEST PAPER I LTHE BEST CLASS OF READERS Every copy reaches the home of a family . 1.1- : i t i wicn money 10 ouy once anu ouy again A paper that reaches the home is worth a dozen that don't You'll see it in, THE COURIER. change board was formally organ ized and a constitution adopted. Nathaniel Prime was appointed president and John Burson secretary. The Managar Wat Cute. The crowd swayed toward the manager of tho open air show. "What did you mean by advertis in' thet tight ropo walker?" cried the spokesman. "Just what I said' replied the unabashed manager. "But tho rono was laid on th Italians "who had achieved great ness" could rest there. In 1878 the widow died and before her death consented in writing to the removal of her husband's body to Florence, provided her body be placed in the gravo from which his would do i&k en in l'ere Lachaiso, and alter long time was done. for consideration this around." cried tho spokesman, "an' your Iraud ol a ropo waiKer just, walked on it a step or two I Do you call that tight rope talking?" "Certainly!" shouted tho man ager. "The man was tight, wasn't he?" Cloveland Plain Dealer. It Was Wasted on Him. He was n callow youth and as sumed many liberties. "Ah, Lucy," ho Baid to a young womnn with whom ho was some what acquainted, "you look tired. What have you been doing?" "Hunting a flat," sho answered. "And did you find one?" ho askod. Her eves snanned. "I found one. Yearning For Light. "When it cornea to consuming eras in laree auantitics blind people ' i can beat their seeing brethren all ' i hollow," said an inspector of the tras comrmnv. 1 Know two lami- Hoa whoro both husband and wife are blind. Every iet is turned on full tilt in their homes nt nicht and is kept going at that rate clear up to 12 o'clock. Light and daricness aro all tho same to tho afflicted ones, but thoy insist upon illumina tion brilliant enough for a recep tion. And that partiality for light is not a whim peculiar to thoso two couples. Most blind peopio ieei that way. They demand tho light, and in all nrivato homos and insti tutions whero the blind are cared for tho pas bills vouch for the strange fancy." Exchange. she replied, with a meaning look. But, oi course, he didn't see the point of it. Cloveland Plain Deal- or. The Nature of the Beast Mrs. Gunson was entertaining visitor when Nora appeared at the door of tho drawing room. "Plaiso, mum, will ycz tell mo phat ycz want dono wid th' oyster shells yez left from lunch ?" she in quired. "I want them thrown away, of course," roplied Mrs. Gunson. "Yis, mum. But Oi didn't know phero to throw thim," roplied Nora. 'Do they be ashes or jarbridge ?" -Judge. aa h .ANcgetable Prcparationfbr As similating llicFoodandBcöula ting the Stomachs and Dowels of Promotes Digcalion.Checrfur ness and Hcst.Contains nelllier Oplum,Morpliiie iioriincraL ot :Naiic otic . JbiSmn S-lSS- Apcrfccl Remedy forConslipo Fion, Sour Sloniach.Diarrhoca Worms .-Convulsions .Feverish' ness nnd Loss OF SLEEP. FacSuwIc Signature of NEW YORK. CAST - For Infanta and Children. ' " 'ii Ml m m hn IimH Vm Il- IIIC miiu i uu navf Always Bough! Bears the Signature at A' , Vit Mir tXACT COPY OF WSARÜOL 1 V IH " a hy Ose Ijr or Over Thl Years JbHdLÖKlA THi ecNTun ohhi. ncw yo citt II mrniica Mary'e Wedding. A Nfarvland man recenlly mar riod oft his fourth daughter, the ceremonies touching whoso wedding were given much attention by tho "society editors" of tho country pa pers in that region. A week or two after the wedding a friend who had been north for some timo met tho father, to whom ho mado somo jocular rcferenco in regard to the recent "event." "I bco by ono paper," said he, "that Mary's wedding 'well nigh beggared description.' " "Well," said tho old man, "I don't know nbout that, but I do kiyw it well nigh beggared me!" Lippim-cott'l. LAMPERT & BOGKELMAN General Merchandise. Shoes & Clothing, Dry Goods s o tions, Staple and Fancy Groceries. Gauntry Produce WantEd! Give us a Call. Both Phones. Free Delivery West Sixth Street. JASPER, IND. 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