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A Little Bit Unpopular. UHas Polkwitz not been admitted to the Q club?" "No. he was too unpopular! lie got thirteen black balls and there were only eleven members present."--Mer gendorfer Blatter. His Weapon. "Pa," said little Tommy Blnks one day, "what's a weapon?" "A weapon, my son." Binks answered. "is something to fight with." "Then, pa," said little Tommy, "is ma your weapon?" Funny Peasant Notions. The astronomical lore of the Russian peasantry of the north, center and south of the empire is limited to a knowledge of the existence of the sun and the moon and stars, of three con stellations, of the Milky way. of one planet, of comets. shooting stars and meteors. The sun is to all a mysteri ous and beneficent being. The moon. covered with ice and snow, is ever in flight from its broth er, the sun. Upon its disk is portray ed the murder of Abel by Cain. the latter being done to death with a pitchfork. The lunar rays are inalig nant. and evil comes to those who sleep unprotected from them. The horns of the moon afford information as to the weather. The stars are lamps or candles light ed and extinguished by the Eternal. A shooting star is the soul of one Just passed away. Comets are heralds of war and famine. No Russian ever forgets that the Napoleonic war fol lowed the great comet of 1811.-Ex change. What Makes a Nation. I believe there is no permanent greatness to a nation except it be based upon morality. I do not care for military greatness or military re nown. I care for the condition of the people among whom I live. Crowns. coronets, miters, military display. the pomp of war, wide colonies and a huge empire are, in my view, all trl Bes, light as air and not worth consid ering unless with them you can have a fair share of comfort, contentment and happiness among the great body of the people. Palaces, baronial cas ties, great halls, stately mansions. do not make a nation. The nation in ev ery country dwells in the cottage, and unless the light of your constitution can shine there, unless the beauty of your legislation and the excellence of your statesmanship are impressed there on the feelings and condition of the people, rely upon it you have yet to learn the duties of government. John Bright A Permidable Feast. Wentworth Woodhouse has long been tamed for its hospitalty. On Jan. 7, 178. Richard Wardman. the steward of Wentworth Woodhouse, writes that "My lord is to have a great diner for all his tenents and some oth er of his loveing genUemen, that is parsons and dokters and pothecarys. and none is to he admitted but what has tiekitts I am told they have kill ed 18 Does, Barons and Spondones. His lordship has got a man to make him three Hunderd duson of wooden trenebers; he fnds him wood, and the man malues them, and when the day is over be is to have them all for his labourW His lordship has taken a great deal of pains to make a nice cal eulatlon how they ar to sit and dine, for it is thought there will be about 8 Hunderd men that day-and a great pleee ot folly I say."-London Chron Ether. tiher was known to the earliest hembsts. Nitrle ether was discovered by Kunkel In 1681 and maurlatlc ether, from the chloride of tin, in 1759, by Courtanvan. Acetie ether was irst prepared by Gay-Liase. The benefi cent discovery that ether I capable of remdtring oane Imnsmlble to pain is due to Dra. Jackson and Morton. who about the year 1846, introduced it into the practlee of surgery. Some claim that as between the two men the hon ors are about asy. Apart from the blessedaeas oft the discovery of anaes thesia it is Impamible to estimate the value of the discovery to surgery as a oience, It eambles thm delicate opera tlon that would otherwis be impoesl bhis-New York Amerlean A PoInt of Latw "Do you see that man over there?" Tm worl famons detective spoke t a low whlsper, ad his triend looked qulekly around, scouting a mystery. "re" b replie. Just as cautiously, "Well, hee a probesioenal forger." 'Thme why don't you arrest himb asked the fred tin srpris. The world famousa detective grinned auravatingly. "'t." he saMid briey. "It's no. breakng the law to make borseshoes.a" -ULedoe Answers it b Bit. "Dashluten seemm to have bnallJ made a equest o the Seadmore girl Wender bhew it all came about?" 'Tie Arst tm sime asw him she gav him her n tm maxt time they me( she gave tm her arm. It wasn't len bere ho was holdlag both ot be ha. a f ater that he won ha heart, and ashe tet her head, ad gav husadf to him completely" Quelled ta Imtruet. Ms. OGeemn-What a lot I seem -i have learned tenight! How I have ben ed#idb thi c naversatio with you msy dear Mhi DebuLs! Somebow -e bIUelet mama to appeal to mine. An ye. a ltsaery lsdy? Miss Roberts Me; I am a teacher n am lnfant ehool easy "Wman meet be tIndepeedeat" saMid the nlmietie erain. "Dot the que wagen that m- dor "Marry them and beW e the Job Sat melay lstht" geaeted a mean ma Is the adlaeS-e ebamg lm~mdrdteed. "Bafore you were mnnied he said he would go throughb re and wats for ym. did't he? Sthought be dkl. but I thinak mow tt I 4lsaderstoed hi. I tLnk Ptest Pretty Near Right. Markley - Wiseman told me today that I'd never get back that ten spot I loaned you. Grafton-He did? Mark ley-Yes. Grafton-Well. if it wasn't so expensive I'd make him out a liar right now.-Philadelphia Press. Snowshoe Rabbits. The big snowshoe rabbit or northern bare is something of a dresser. It wears a white coat in winter and a gray one in summer, the better to con teal itself from its enemies by looking as the ground looks in the two seasons. Paul Pry Police. The German police have a consum Ing curiosity about the visitor. They are polite, but the curiosity must be satisfied. and It covers well nigh every point upon which information can be given, says Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick in ""Hcme Life in Germany." Before you have been in Germany a fortnight the police expect to know all about you. You have to give them your father's Christian and surname and tell them how he earned his living and where he was born; also your mother's Christian and maiden name and where she was born. You must declare your religion and if you are married give your husband's Christian and surname; also where he was born and what he does for a living. If you happen to do anything yourself. though, you need not mention It. They do not expect a woman to be anything further than married or sin gle. But you must say when and where you were last in Germany and how often you have been and why you have come now and what you are do ing and how long you propose to stay. Emergency Gas Pliers. If at any time you need a pair of gas pliers, perhaps to take off a gas tip that is not working well, and you have none at hand you can always make a pair that will do the work for the mo ment, although they might not be just the thing for a gas fitter. Take a large pair of scissors, and you will fnd that where the handles join the blades they usually open out into a sort of oval. By putting a piece of sandpaper or anything rough round the base of the gas burner you can place this open part of the handle of the scissors round it and then press the blades of the scissors together so as to get lev erage enough to twist the burner loose. There are many little light jobs that can be done with a pair of pliers made out of a pair of scissors If you are careful to have something between the handle and the object so a to pre vent the scissors from slipping off. New York 8un, The Baby and the Junk Soales. When a son was born to the bhead of a certain family in an Ohblo town the proud father rushed out of the house to borrow a pair of scales Juat as he dashed out of the gateway he ran Into a junk dealer, who was eslling out at the top of his lungs: "Any rags, any bottles, any" "Iook here!" exciaimed the excited parent. "Come into the bousel I want you to weigh something for me." The man did as requested. The pink mite was tied up in a towel and book ed on to the scales "Six pounds!" cried the naruns. "SIs pounds!" repeated the disar pointed father. The junkman smiled. "Don't let that worry you, my friend." said he "Them is the scales I buys by. I gOues the kid weighs ten pounds, maybe a little over that"-Detrolt Free Press. His Plea. "'Bleeged to yo'. sab." said a dis gruntled looking negro who had edged his way Into the omce of a prominent Arkansas attorney. "and I wants to git a divo'ca fum mob wife on de grounds dat she has done been th'owln' things at me fo' de last seven yeshbs." "Ah! And have any of the missIles seriously injured you?" "bah? No. nah! Sh11e didn't th'ow none o' dem sawt-uh ar-tlckles at me: she des fluong dishes, and stove hanles. and skillets, and a 'casIonal eat or dog. or suppln' dat-uh-way. And dey didn't none of 'em hit me-dat is. twell ylL But wid all dis yuh practisln' some o' dee days she's gwine to iglt to be what they call a' expert and bust mob bead!"-Woman's Bome Companlon. Power of a Song. SA pleasant incldent happened at the Crystal palace In London when Mime Albahn was once singing the "rench Partridge." As soon as the coancert was over one of the audience, a gentleman well known as r good shot and keen sportsman, called upon Me. Alblanl and said. "Madam. I am sorry to say that I have shot many a little 'red le In my time buht after hearin you sing that song I will aever kill another." a doelleate compliment to a great slger and to a song. Two Ways. A peopous physlcian who was n edaed to crltelse others was watching a stonemason bild a fencea for hls elsghbor. and thought the mason was asng too moch mortar He said. "Jim. mortar covers up a good many mis takes, does It not?" "es doctor." replied the mason. "and s does the spade" - Ladies Home JoeurL T** Ceely. "Accordiang to thlis paper." sm Mrs Nsga "widows make the best wives" "I don't douM it my dear." replied Megs. "but ssvertheeia I doa't feel Iamtled n bealnt of' at the preeot momIent merely for the sake of makrlg a geood wife of yea " Le.e of cesafry. Loe e country his one of the oetist virtues whichb the Almighty has plaat ed In the hman heart, and to ten e *alastn it has been castldred ameet the meet damning am-- Yme Anther (nvlited to a very poer din me, to hImtelf)-A miserable dinner! I1' hoave to ttake care that I don't let nthlng whitty aip out- - legen6de ltter. Its eharacteristie ot a good mean eMier t o wrnrg IMat r to at Mi Mlmad po wrms Net That Strap. "Why don't you get up and give that seat to your father. Hoby.Y reprt. a manded the woman. "lDoesn t it itpain you to see him reaching for a strap't a "Not on a train.' cbuckled Bubby.- - Philadelphia luquirer I Having One's Doubts. Tammas-Aye. I'm sometimes dis posed tee agree wi' ye that there's nate o need for everlastin' punishment. but when I think o" that onpreen.ipled 3 scoondrel McMuckle 1 hae my doots!- I London Opinion. D March of the Dining Hour. The hour of dining has advanced with the centuries. Froissart mentions I waiting on the Duke of Lancaster at 5 I in the afternoon after he had supped r and was about to go to bed. and the preface of the Ileptameron sholws thalt the queen of Navarre dined at io i o'clock in the morning. Fi'rom the Northumberland Ilousehold Book. dated 1512. we learn that the ducal a family rose at 6. breakfasted at 7. I dined at 10. suppled ut 4 and retired for the night at 9. Louis XIV. did not I dine till 12. while his contemporaries. Cromwell and Charles ii.. took the I meal at 1. In 1700 the hour was sd a vanced to 2, in 1731 we tind tlihe Duchess of Somerset dining at 3. and a in 1760 Cowper speaks of 4 o'clock as I the fashionable time. After the battle of Waterloo the dinner hour was al tered to 6, from which time it has ad vanced by half hour stages to S. S, that in 400 years the dinner hour had gradually moved through at least ten hours of the day.-London Spectator. Painting Turkeys' Legs. Among the many trades which exist. but which are not as a rule filled up in the census papers, are the "fakers" of all kinds, from the manufacturer of antique furnit'"re and brasses to the bird fancier who can pass a sparrow as a canary. Perhaps the most curious form of "faking" is that which deals with turkeys, dead or alive, and which is principally practiced in France. The age of a turkey is told chiefly by Its legs and beak. 'bhese are filed and treated with a special varnish by the "faker" two or three times a week be fore the bird is to be sold. It will then. to all appearance. have renewed its youth, and its owner is able to obtain a much higher price. The freshness of the dead birds is also largely told by the color of the legs, and for this, too, a varnish is used. The varnish was the discovery of a Frenchman. Pere Chapellier, who seems to have been a really remarkab:e man, as he had many irons in the fiBr and died worth a con diderable sum.-London Telegraph The First Mountaineer. A Munich paper has been searching the records of history to discover who were the first mountain climbers. It gives the palm to Moses for his as cent of Mount Binai and rules out Noah for hls ascent of Mount Ararat because he made it in a boat. There s sufficient evidence to show that the ancients thought mountain climbing sheer madness. No one in the time of Horace or Polybius wanted to go climblnlg for a summer holiday. A Chinese emperor in the seventh cen tury was the first to make climbing fashionable in the east, but the first true tourists in Europe seem to have been Dante. Petrarch and Leonard. Then came the Emperor Maximilisan I., who used to bunt in the moun tains near Innsbruck. and after him Conrad'von Gesner and Joslas 81mler explored the Swiss mountains. But elimblng for pleasure sueb as we know it today was not thought of until quite recently. Hardworking Dollar. "I noticed a statement in an eastern paper the other day that has disquiet ed me a good deal." said a Cleveland man recently. "The Item called to my attention the fact that it takes a dol lar at the usual rate of interest more than two years to earn a dime. You can see the effect. Every time I spend a dime I think of that toilinag dollar spinning away in the dark somewhere. The dime I spend means more than two years of steady application, and yet I le t it go as if it were of too small value to be at all considered. Why, it takes a dollar more than a year to earn 5 cental Think of that when you slip the next nickel across. It really makes me feel uncomfortable. I wish I hadn't read the stupid thing." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Subeidene of the Bermudas. It is contended that the Bermnda isblands are merely the remnant of an island, very much larger than the pres ent entire group, which has sunk into the ocean. Theim original island. It is samurted, had an area of 800 or 400 square miles, whereas the Bermudas of today are only about twenty square miles in area. Within a comparatively receat period, according to Verrill, the Bermudas have subeided at least 80 or 100 foat. Their base is the summit of an ancient volcano, while their surface is composed of shell sand drifted into hills by the wind and eonsolidated by Infltration.-Harper's. The Largest of helr Kinds. The greatest bank in the world is the Dank of gland: the la lt ibrary is the National In Paris, containing near iy 8,0000 voluames: the largest thee. ter is the Paris Opera Hoose. verng thre aese;: the largest brese statme is that of Peter the Great in St. Peter Sburg, welghag 1,100 tons; the biggest stone state is in Japan. forty-tour feet Shigh; theim largest collee is In Cair, with over 10.000 students and 810 Bderly-Who you send yoer wife were fiarst married yeu umsed to call I eah other "birdie." didn't yetul Me Swat-Yes. BIferly-Do yeou still do It? MeSwat-WeIL I call her a parrot and a magple, and she usually ters to me uas a Jay.-Echangs. Cherulnees. If a eron determine arl la ie that a eheerfl dispoaithm i worth aving and strives to btab It sand 4m so tlhat peraon Is •a ces in a Sue oe- of the weed. wr eml toieme is ma ee ,A Se burmatemei et stL Libral indeed. Business Man- Your father gave you a very liberal education. you say? College Graduate-aure! The gover nor did cough up like a gentleman whenever I wrote him for a check. Philadelphia Press. Impertinent. Old Doctor- What are those white objects I see In the distance, my dear? Miss Pert-Those are signs advertising c your profession, sir. Old Doctor-Ah. t I thought they might be tombstones. I Miss Pert-So they are. When Ships Were Built In the Woods. In colonial days the shipping for our home trade and for sale abroad was built chiefly in the district of Maine and in New llampshire. These two colonties built r:ther more than one half the entire Americau tonnage tn the days Irnuaadi:ately preceding the Revolution. The older ports could niot compete with the new settlelmenlts amid the timber When the great trees had been exh;austed on the river banks gangs of shipwrights went a mile or two into the forests and here on the uplands would build a vessel of 1Ox) tons or more. nlount her on stropa sledges of timber, hitch on a team of i 20 oxen and drig It in one steady pull over thie snow to the frozen surflce of a navigable stream. such a team of oxen would ie a quarter of a nmile long. and it took the tea:lustership of a major general to start them all at once. It was called "raising them.' and this work once done nothing must stop them till the ship rested on the Ice.-Boston Globe. Grim Humor Saved His Life. When a spy was caught and brought before .Marshal Htassompiere the mar shal addressed him with the formula he always used when sentencing a man to death: "Brother, you or I must cer talnly be hanged!" Next day as the spy was being dragged to the gallows be adjured his jailers to allow him a last Interview with the marshal, as he had something of supreme importance to say to him. The jailers were so Im pressed by his intense earnestness that they begged the marshal to give him audience. "Bring the dog in!" cried Bassom piere. "What's your business?" be asked the spy impatiently when he was dragged In. "Only this, my lord. At our last Interview you said either you or I must be hanged. Did you really mean that? It's of supreme Im portance to you or me. because if you won't be hanged 1 must, that's all." The marshal was so tickled with the man's humor that he ordered his re lease.-London Mail. The Pageda on the Balaneed Reek. One of the curious sights of Burma is a huge bowlder on Kelasa heights that rests in delicate poise on the very brink of a rounded cllff. So unstable is the equilibrium that the rock trem bles In the wind. Very naturally this odd freak has attracted the attention of the superstitious natives, who look upon it as a miraculous work of the gods. They believe that the rock is held into place by a hair of Buddha. Hence they have clambered to the top of the rock and built there a pagoda whctb is about twenty-five feet in belght Should the bowlder ever fall, as is quite likely to happen, and dash to death a handful of worshipers the blind faith of the devout people would not be shaken, for into the catastrophe. I no doubt, they would see but a mani festation of divine wrath at some un conscious sin of cdmmission or omli don. A Quaint Costume. The Thames waterman of a former day was bound by a number of re Sstrletions. He was the first pubile servant to wear a uniform. "Long be I fore England's army and navy wore any distlangulsbhing garb," writes Guy - Nickalls. 'Thames watermen were known by their uniform and badge, a I plaited coat, knee breeheb and stock I ings and bat according to fashion, but 1 always a plate on the arm. either of the Waterman's ball to denote that ) they had the freedom of the river and I were licensed, or the badge of their I employer. Any person rowing or t working any boat, wherry or other Svessel who bad not snerved seven years as apprentice incurred a penalty Sof IO."-London Globe Arabian Snue.. nff toin Arabi is not used asu it is with us. although one occusionally sees a snuffer, but the snuff is ordinarily Smade into a pill of about the size of a Srobin's egg and is placed between the lower roset Up and the teeth. This Smanner of sdan snuff is commo 5 amoeg the laborig elasw, and almost 0 every eeto that is meat t the street Shas h lower Ulip pufted out by a bal eof muffa behind It Arabia. muff is 7 prepared out of the ordtnary powdered e tobacco, unrefined sugar and potash. A Pameus Bel C On the watchtower of the Tel, at o the Allbambra. 8pain, thee is a silver y toed beU which the Moleam ng as a signal to let o the water to the gar deams and the fountaIn hI the city he low. Ito sond can he beard at Igs,, Sthirty miles away. The maMeHa who I strhe it is sume of a hbeband before r- the year is out and of a good ne if I- ae ringe loud enuogh. Os eartae n t a days tt t lvely fIr the beall SThe Seert Out, It "Why are taxes so high this year It 4smanded the Indignant citlas. A "Wi you considder It confdential i 0 1 tell you wr" hiwspered timhe eerk tI the oeounty treasurers eodaee. "Yea, sir." "We seed the moey."-Ch-Oblcage - eed e*esa, SIthel-Iand was talking about you at before you came in. What do ys Sthink she sad? Ossle--Really I haevem't an Ideal thel-GOod gwse That's nst what she d1d ay. b Inmeee on Life h People generally are what theyl are I made by eduation and compay he. aI twee the ages of fteen and twenaty Iv-Chesterfel. pI Oa set ba nts bas gais see the sme I ea--Ss Women Sweep the Streets. There are wmaln systems c, street clening. btillnt prah;i .it hat of tthe _i'ren'b governlmeult of I'orto Novo. lIa holney. Nest A.frica;. is t ie llmust erotl nmieal lThe native Iolice ea;nilhte the streets. and at Uan Ipa;rt which reqll'ire cleaning they stop tihe woll 11 and41 glrl"s wbo htllaelwo to be I;assillg iat the tilte p and order them to sweep the rubish C Into bealps A womruall Illay be 'eet burrying along. waler Jar on heal'd. child strapll;ed on tliek and Iperhaps i , pr urgent business. when the native I) liceniani hands her at brush. made frumi th a paliw tree letf,. anti orders her to dih her share of sweeptll This she does reluctantly. knowinlg how useless it is to refuse. O.ca-inallly the native re fuses to do tlhi. enlforced llabor. but its the end the swee'ping is done, for the pollite lossess unique Iowers. The menl e are exemllpt frollm this lllnpaid work, as. I P natur:ally. It would interfere angd re b tard the trade of the colony. - tl Marie Antoinette's Prison Fare. cc Ait Itnteresti-ag docunintrll has been published the bill of the e:teretr who r supplliied Mal le Antaolnette's Ieeds in prison They Lbo:rded tier. it seenms. for seventy-fiour days at 15 francs a day. giving her for thait sulm coffee for breakfast andi for dintner soup. boiled beef, fowl and dessert or. as an oc'.a sionnal alternatlive. dulck and pastry For forty-one dalys site hail her lmalid with her. and the maid was boarded for 3 franli.s a day. lReds. mattresses and bed linen had to be hired, and the charge for these was &5 francs, while the hire of a bath anmounted to no less than GO francs. Tile washing bill. how ever, was only 2" francs, and the loan of books. at I franc a book, came to not more than 16 francs. The principal other item was 3 francs for a bottle of dentifrice, and the total of the bill. which the nation had to pay was 1.407 francs-a little over £56. Soup Extraordinary. Mrs. Maytield was interviewing an applicant for the polsitioo of cook. "Can you make all kinds of sweets. entrees and soups?' she asked. "Oh. yea. mum.!" said the applicant. "Do you make good mock turtle soup?" - "Oh. yes. mum"' Experience had made Mrs. Mayfield a little distrust ful. "Tell me how you would set about It." she said. "Well, of course. mum. like anybody else would." "But how would you make itT' persisted making a bold guess. "my way is to make a good strong soup first with anything I 'appen to have, then while it is on the boil I throw the young mock turtles In, mumr--London Ex' pres. Why He Laughed, A south side woman sent her small son with a note to his father, asking him to purchase some groceries and send them home into the little fellow's wagon "I could not find papa, so I gave the note to the grocerytnan." samounced Herold indignantly. "and he just laugh ed and laughed" This is what the note j aid: "Deerest--lease put some sugar and rice in Herod's wagon. Tootaie"- Kansas City Star. Saheens That Like Oysters. The liking for oysters is not coo fined to man alone. P. W. Pitlsm mona In a recently published book says that be found into South Africa baboons that were fond of, in fact. all kinds of shellfish. Troops of the babqons often make excurslons to the seaside. be says. to get these salty delicacies They open the shells with their strong teeth or by striking them on a rock. An Expoert Statement. "Is there any sure way of knowingl when a man Is meaninga to propose?" asked the bud "You eedn't worry bout that." said the belle "The knowledge comes by nature The most important thing Is to know when he Imsn't goplng to" "Tour tfather is heartleas! I told him I couldo't live without you." "And what did be sayy" ."He offered to pay my fnaeral es* peanses.'"-i'rrnon's Weekly. Automatically Attentive "Listen to your wife." advises a med. eal expert The average man doesan't have to IIstea. He bears bher any bow-Nashbville Bannet. On and OI. "What a lot of style the Browas are putting cou "Yes, and what a klt ot 1 dItors thi are ptttin oeI" CHARTER O5 IOWINSOHN & UBITEL COMPANTI INCOtPOcIATED. UNITED STATUI OF AMERICA, STATE O LOUISIANA, PARISH Or OFL OELANS, CITY or NEW OZLUAN8. Be It kown, that a this the Mth day of the month of November. i the year of our Lard, o thoesand ine hundred ad twelve, and of the iadependence of the SUnited 8tate of America, the one hundred Sand thlrty-seventh before me, Alexs Brian, a notary public l edmmibsloned and qual. I8ed within ad tor the Parish of Orlea 8 tate of Louibsa, and in the presnea of the wItesse hereinafter named and nader Ssigned personally cm and appeared the several o whose sames are hereuto Subscrlied, who severally declared that. avalllnl themselves of the beaets and pro visilos of the laws ad costtitlton of the Sstate of Louisan relative to the oralnli satlon of eorporatons, they have tormend and organlsed ad do by these presents, form and orgaise themselves, as well as all such other persoes who may hereafter join or become assoeiated with them, or their suc cessors, into a eorporation fbr the objects sad urposse and under the covenants, stlp ulatloas eand a~ followlng, to-wit: The am ad t title of this corporatiaon shall be 'Lwlaleoba & Pettel Company, In. erporrated," sad ader said name, unless sooner disslolved secordlnl to its charter, It shall exist ad coatlnue and shall have anad S enjoy corporate existence for a period of lacety.nale (9) ynar from and after ta date of this aset. It may have, bold, ceive, borrow, loan, exhange, aequilre, pur chase, sell, alleat, canvey, lease, pledle. pawn, hypotheate, eneumber or mortgae pogrtyof an kind whether rea, per I sonl or miled, eorporeal, or IncorporeaL movale or immoable; It my make, Issue ad endorse beads and notes ad other esr I deae of debt; It may accept mortgages, oIed r other forms of seeurity for mesy bad or other debts: It may contract, sue ad be sued, plead or be Impleaded, and may make, adopt and use a orpoate seal; It may name, appont an emplo such maa err, d5rtu~~t~o~sle ee and other pios its tnterest and eonvenience may reire; and may wmakle and establish sec by-laws, rulse ad regulations for the anuagement and eontrol of Its at rigts privileges an immaitie whL or eratleare and may hereafter be athre isd o e sadr the eoastltntlea eaS las et sawr alata Telephone Users, AtRg In order to get the very best telephone . prompt connection with the party you are c cessary to observe carefully the following rules: 1. When calling for a party, con .t . r try and al prefix and the number of the telephone v.rvy :. . S 7a 2. Always answer your own teI1 . : : ,tly This p the part of the party calling you, and en,:., .. ,ih your o 3. When calling for a party ann th. y " "This i yr I want to speak to Mr. So-and So." 4. Speak as courteously over the t ... your Party face. This is necessary In order to get tie v.r, :. r 'illt from a Jhe t. Do not become Impatient whn n 't . r connection D your fault, or negligence on your part in ir;, " ... co c, - party refuses to respond promptly to y, vr . :an assist theoT by responding promptly to YOtl't OWN ,.::'.^t 6. See that your place of bine f .....ed ith adeq ties. It Is often the case that one t1,:,,:. :;,. congested, a come dissatisfted and call your con:peti ,r. 7. Our representatives will g;ad'y r-; :.,l , ll from youl whatever concerning telephone service. Cumberland Tels xg , and TelegraphC, FOR YOUR Comfort and Convenie OUR ELEGANT AND COMPLETE LINE OF CABINET, OVEN AND STANDARD RANGES NOW ON DISPLAy , SALESROOM. INQUIRE ABOUT OUR NEW CIRCULATIII HEATERS. N.O.Gas Light Comp E. J. MOTII UNDERTAKER AND EMBAUSM Phone, Algler 29. No. 222 Mfrp ARTICLE II. The domicile of this corporation shall be 1 In the city of New Orleans, Pariah of Or leans, State of Loulsiaha, and all citations and other legal process shall be served upon the president or In the event of his absence e upon the vice-president, or in the event of I the absence of both of said omcers upon the 1 secretary-treasurer of said corporation. ARTICLE III. The objects and purposes for which this corporation is formed are hereby declared to be a general business corporation and it is organised to carry on the business of jewelers and opticians or any other business j not prohibited by law: to desl in Jewelry and optical goods generally, and apparatus for carrying on the business of opticians; to manufacture, buy, sell, import and export, deal in and deal with goods, wares and mer chandise of every class and description, and In particular watches and parts thereof, In cluding both movements and cases, jewelry and gold and silver generally ; eye glasses, opera glasses, feld glasses and magnifying lens for all purposes canes, umbrellas, and any articles of gold, silver, glass and leather ware, and novelties of all kinds and any other articles that may be conveniently dealt in in connection therewith. ARTICLE IV. The authorised capital stock of this cor poration is hereby fixed at the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), divided Into e two hundred shares of the par value of ufty dollars ($50) each, and this corporation shall commence doing business only when four thousand dollars of the said stock shall have been subscribed for. Said capital stock shall be ftull paid and non-assessable when issued and shall be issued only for cash or in payment for property, movable or immo vable, actually purchased by, conveyed to and received by said corporation or for labor done or services rendered. No transfer of said capital stock shall be binding upon this corporation unless re corded on the books thereof and made pur suant to and in accordance with its charter and by-laws. No stockholder may ofer for sale, assign or transfer his stock in this corporation without giving to the other stockholders ninety days prior notice of such intention, which notice shall be given in writing to the president, who shall there upon Immediately communicate said notice in writing to each and every stockholder of record, in the manner set out in Article V for notice of stockholders meetings, and the other stockholders shall have the first prlv Ilege of purchasing said stock or any part thereof at the book value thereof for a pe riod of ninety days from the delivery of said notice to the president, after which ninety days said stock may be sold in open market. In the event that the other stockholders avail themselves of the said ninety day pric llege and the demand should be for more shares than are ofered for sale, the stock holders deslring to buy shall be entitled to purchase upon the pro rata basis of the stock already standlng in their respective names on the books of the company. ARTICLE V The business and affairs of this corpora tlon shall be managed and conducted by, and all the corporate powers thereof shall be vested In and exerclsed by a board of three 1 directors to be elected from among the stock holders of the company. The entire board present, either in person or represented by proxy, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of the board, provided that if at any meeting a quorum be not present, two direc tors present In person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at the next meeting. Until the lrst Monday in April, 1913, or until their successors are duly elected, qual- i ified and installed, the directors of this cor poration shall be composed of Jules D. Fel Sas presideat, Theodore Lowinsohn as vice-proesidnt and Milton iM. Feltel as sec Sretary-treasurer. On the frst Monday in April, 1918, and semi-annually thereafter, Sto-wit: on the frst Monday in October and the first Monday in April of each year, a meeting of the stockholders of this corpora tilo shall be held at its domicile for the p urpose of electilg directors for the ensu Slag term. Said election shall be by ballot and the stockbholders receiving a majority ý, of the votes cast shall be declared elected. ' A failure from any cause whatsoever to nold I this said semi-annual meeting or failure to b elect directors on the day above specified, d shall not dissolve the corporation, but the I directors and oflcers then in o ocae shall bold over until their successors have been duly r elected, quoalfied and installed and there Sshall be no election of directors by stock . holders until the date of the next semi-an - anal meeting, to which or to any subsequent Ssemiannual meeting or meetings the same Srules shall apply. 5 Except as herein otherwise provided, no t- tlec of all meetiags of stockholders for the 5 election of directors or for any other pur It pose, shall be given in writtng by the secre d tary-treasurer at least ten days prior to the f date fixed for said meeting, and shall either | be delivered personally to the stockholders or deposited In the mail directed to each "- stockholder to his address as same shall ap e pr apum the books of the corporation, and If no address appears upon the books of the - corporation, then said notice shall be depos L ited in the mail directed, care of General a Delivery, New Orleans, La. "l Any notice required by this charter may sI be waived in writing by any or all of the y stockholders appearing as such upon the K books. At all meetings of stockholders, 7 each stockholder shall be entitled to cast one t vote, either in person or by proxy, for each "- share of stock owned by him and standing r nla his name on the books of the company. e and except as herein otherwise provided, h a apority of the votes so cast shall be suf 0 kelett to elect or decide any and all ques -I tos voted upon. 4 ARTICLE VI. , The direetors of this corporation as soon r- as possole after their eleetton, shall quality,. 0. trke eoie and elect from among their num -I h •lidden, a vlc- pressldent and a see -n lwt- -s. The beard of directors M. Ah u k Grogr PELICAN AVU, p11 ALiS Sierrma GROCER IMWPORTED -MAIIIA Iesllle MI 4 a a um what w arwia A Good: Argu It we eali a of the MtWs t OdRu wub Q* sa't thinb - for thase Ifl KNEE PANTS, KNEE PANTS..... Mayer Isli 714-711 CANMI shall have power to cers, agents and such by-laws, rtes aid may deem neceasry ai duct of the busines o In case of a va tors or among the nation, removal or ethI cancy shall be iled at ern meeting alekd b three days notice writling to the atlon. Except a to the the capital stock. the manner and arm act of inorponrti ed, modlfed or1 may be dissolved by £ In amount of the represented at a ers called specially kr vided that is ordsr t tlon. at least a mjslsd stock must be aprsst meeting. Upon the ter by iimtatb or -. the corporation the the company shall e missioners elected k general meetlng bald commissioner of the liquidatloes and dispose of the I and in case of the d commissioner d I or in case of his the remaining the omce vacant ad diately proceed with No stockholder Shl or in any manmne tracts or fasits of any unpaid balac tilt corporation on the .i for by him; nor shall in this act, or ia the company have the charter null or of any iablity be Thus done and paw city of New Orleas month and year In the presence of i bary, competent slgn theirnamer s wI me otary, aftr dS Signed : tJules . dore Lowinsobhs 49 shares. I.1* JLeXIs I, the undersi mortgages In and te state of Louisla do the above and tbiea tlon of the "oW incorporated" In my oIe n bl New Orlea. 4U, I I -Dotf