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INDIANS OF MEXICO Form Over Two"Thirds of the Population. AZTEC HABITS SURVIVE INDEPENDENCE AND INDOLENCE CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS. Natives Are Still Primitive, Retaining Old Customs and Preserving Ancient Language. i il Corre3pordence of The Evening Star, opyrighted, 1002. by C. M. Pepper.) CITY OF MEXICO, February 10, 1WJ2. Its omnipresence is the most patent fact a>>otit th<? Indian population of Mexico. From the Texas border to the gulf of Mexi co and Isthmus of Tehuantepec I have had that fact Impressed upon me. In a general way it is said that of the fourteen million inhabitants, ten millions are of the aborigi nal race. A Mcxican authority tells me that this is only partly so and that of the In dian." something like half have a mixture of other blood. Whether that is true or not it is one of the surprises to find how much of this country still is Indian. Sixteen or seventeen dialects are recognized and spoken. It has seemed to me that the assimilation with the Latin race is not very deep. Many ? ?} the Aztec customs survive and the indi viduality of the native, dwelling in his jural, or hut. seems scarcely less marked than it was two or three hundred years ago it' the chronicles of Mexico have been read a right. I'ltssibly the native population wears more clothes than then; or the bright col ored scrape, blanket, which the head of the family folds himself in, or the reboso, which serves as a shawl for the women, inav )>?> a little more capable oT enveloping its wearer than formerly, yet clothes clear ly are not to their mind one of the essen tials of a happy existence. On many of the great ranches or haciendas fairly strict rules are enforced which secure at least the toleration of the notion that garments have something to do with dignifying man or woman, and these rules make it easier for modest Americans to poke their noses into odd places when they are seeking to see the country and learn its customs. The peons, as the native laborers are called, in the country Impress me as of a bit better class than in the cities. Their faces are winning and hospitable. Coming across the long strip of desert and looking in \ain for jack rabbits to break the monotony of the journey, it is an agreea ble sight to encounter a pleasant, kindly face peering out of the cactus and the dust. Then there Is the real humble Mexican life along the wayside, with the women making the tortillas or corn pancakes which form the staple food, and the baby strapped to the back, while the other offspring sprawl carelessly around. The man seems to do his share of work in the fields, though sometimes It is difficult to determine which Is the man and which is the woman, be caus?* the women wear the peaked straw hats just like their lords and master. This L- a property in common, apparently. Chief Characteristics. I have been told that independence and indolence are the chief characteristics of this native Indian population, though the traits vary widely in the different parts of the country, as Is natural enough in a land which covers an area equal to a fifth of the 1'iiited States. From the standpoint of political economy their chief drawback to their own advancement is that they are contented with what they have. They ask no more. Over and over again the c'alm is - h<-ard that a raise in wages is no benefit to the working classes of Mexico, because this slmpiy means that they will shorten their working days. I am not Inclined to accept this broad generalization or to believe that the eco nomic future of Mexico does not lie in a gradual increase in the price of labor and the consequent stimulus to better living and greater capacity for consumption, though | those most interested and whose judgment i must be given weight insist that the con trary fact already is demonstrated. They say that with wages at 40 cents a day In silver, they can count on perhaps five days' '.tb-u t>ut of seven, but if their pay were r?0 c. tus in silver, they would get just four days' labor, and they give Innumerable in stances to prove the view they take. I' should not be understood that 40 or 30 c. r.ts is regular wages in the country, be cause often it Is ^0 cents. An American who has had a good deal to do with clear ing off and developing some of the interior sections, told me that his company paid 17 cents, mostly in corn, and that it got along very well, indeed. He believed in cheap labor. b? cause he was not selling anything For Sogers and Speakers THE M:\V REMEDY FOR CATARRH IS VERY VALUABLE. K Rapids gentleman who represents n proinln >ut manufacturing concern and trarels thrc-jgh iul und southern Michigan relates the following regarding the new catarrh cure, lie aays: ?\fte- suffering from catarrh of the bead, throat ami stotiu eh for several years I heard of fttuart's 4'atarrh Th1>1ha quite accidentally, and like every thing else I immediately liouglit a package, and de?-UUdly surmised at the immediate relief It afforded n e. and atill more to find a complete cure after several weeks' use. ??1 huve a little son who sings In a !?>ys' choir in Me ,>f >>ur prominent churches, aud he is greatly troubled w:th hoarseness and throat weakness, aud oa my return home from a trip I gave him a few of tii* tablets one Hnnday morning when he bad < ??ti'ilalnrd of hoarseness. He waa delighted with tlelr effe> t. rsu-ovlng all huaklacs& In a few udn rir* snd making the voice cleir and strong. -As 'ha tablets ?re very pieafsnt to tbe taste, I hid so difficulty in persuading him to use them regtUarly. ? Our family pbyslclia toll tts they wero an tiaeptk preparation of undoubted merit and that k* hims'lf bad no healt.itlon In ualug and recom inertdinK Stuart's Catarrh Tablet* for any form of catarrh. "I have since n**t many public speakers and professional singers who used them constautly. A prominent l>etrolt lawyer told ma that Stuart's Cat*, lb Tablets kept bis throat In fine shap- dur ing the in >4t trying weather, and that he bad long ?in<? discarded the use of cheap loeenges aud tnchoa on the advke of his physician that they contained a? much tolu. potash and oplniu aa to ruder th'lr use a danger to health." titnait s Catarrh Tablets are large, pleasant tsttiug lozeugvs coapoeed of catarrhal antiseptics, like lied Cum, Boot, etc., and sold by drug gists eveiy where at 8<> cents for full tr.*st?ne?it. 11 <y set upon tbe blood and uaucvus membrane, sad their <iimp< sltkra sad remarkable success has vm the approval of pbysldsns, aa well as thou arctU of sufferers trooi nasst catarra, throat trou bles and catarrh pf stomach. A Uttle book <?& treatment of cstarrb mailed free ky atldr^salug F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. 1*13*1} In the country, but developing certain of Ita resources which found a market outside. He also told me of the popularity of St. Lunes all over the country. Lunes la sim ply Spanish for Monday, and aa Monday follows Sunday. It la also observed, accord ing to my Informant, as a saint's day. St. Lunes being the patron saint of rest from toll. Illuminating Ideas regarding the native race were given me one night under the shadow of the great pyramid of Cholula. \N hlle waiting for a delayed train there the station agent, an Intelligent young Mexican who had spent several years in the great haciendas. In some of which the white visi tor rarely is seen, told me a little of what he had learned. Some of us had climbed the pyramid to the church, which was erected on its summit by the monks who followed In the wake of Cortes, had bar gained with the lads of the town for idols, stone gods and other relics, and had se | cured unimpeachable evidence?the word of the venders?that they were legitimate and not the product of a civilisation later than the Aztecs. We also had discussed learn edly the theory of Ignatious Donnelly that , the pyramid of Cholula was the Tower of Babel and had ended by accepting the ; statement of Mr. Chavero, one of the most learned of Mexico's antiquarians, that i probably It was erected before the Chris tian era by Indian tribes which came up from the south. Furthermore, we had moralized on the memories of Cortex's massacre of the na tives, had watched the lizards climbing the ancient walls and had taken In the view of mountain peaks and the corn fields and green gardens in the valley, as well as the i golden tiled church domes, which still are ! monuments to the zeal of the early Catho lic missionaries and those who came after them. Everybody does this and then turns to the tourist's guide of the railway folder for proper language in whicn to clothe his I admiration, but since both tourist guide and railway folder were not then at hand, the time was more profitably spent in the talk with the station master. Native Population Still Primitive. From him I gleaned that notwithstanding the evidences of Spanish conquest which every village in the valley offers In the form of churches, old forts and thick walled houses and plazas or parks, the native population of that section was still primitive. It was true, he said, that there was a democracy of saints because the In dians have so many of them, but he thought that a connection could be traced between this large number of saints and their old idols instead of crediting it to their religious devotion. He explained to me that their marriage customs, which are not exactlly in conformity with either mod ern civilization or modern legislation, and described their relations to the govern ment. They recognize the civil authority which is over them and are peaceful, but he said that the influence of their own local headmen was greater than that of the regular civil authorities. Their lan guage is the Mexicnn language, which 1 believe Is spoken by the largest number of natives. These Indians, gathered in silent groups at dusk, seemed to me melancholy, but the station agent said this was not quite correct. Rather they were reflective and philosophical. They had their own ideas of lift; and they somewhat pitied the queer people who had different notions of living. They were very firm, he said. In their land holdings and In this district the small land holders were Innumerable. Some of the properties which were held tenaciously were not worth more than a dollar. He further told me that back in the country they keep the hospitable custom of hang ing at the door of their cabin a basket which lias something to eat for the wayfar er. I hardly think they go that far, but It is true that they never deny one another the hospitality of what their homes con tain. Another opportunity was given to learn something of the native population one day in a trip to Xochlmllco. Lake Xoch Imilco is the head of the sytrtem of natural canals thirty miles ffom Mexico. A fel low excursionist told me it was the best day of all for seeing the picturesque and unchanged native life. Certainly it was a revelation to find how the old civilization exists right within the shadow of Mexico City. My previous knowledge of La Vlga canal, which is the outflow of the natural canals and is the drainage channel, had been con fined to the factories and filth along the lower border. This day. which was an offi cial one. fur the Pan-American delegates, | we took the electric cars out toward Tlal pam.stopping at the hacienda of Coapa and j driving down ita long poplar or willow lined avenue through an immense cornfield, to the canal landing. Here stretching to the horizon was a vista of what seemed a swamp lake, with the slim poplars or wil lows shooting up everywhere and the whole shut in by a circle of irregular mountain peaks, hog backs, sugar loave.% and trun cated cones, with the snow-capped volca noes dominating all. Floating Islands. We took the barges and canoes toward i the head waters and at once were in the i midst of the chiuampas or floating islands, i It may be that In Cortez's time the gardens I really floated, but I doubt it. They are great and small patches of low land green with freshening vegetation, intersected everywhere with connecting canals and checkered by straw-thatched chozas or cab Ins, often half hidden by small plantain or banana groves. These floating islands are the market gardens of Mexico, and the trwk barges and canoes carry the produce down to the city. | On this special occasion all the Inhabi tants were out and we saw native Indian life in a mass, and as It is rarely seen in holiday attire. The Pan-American fleet of barges was surrounded by a mosquito fleet j of canoes. It seemed as though there were a thousand of them. Some were regular flat boats, hewn from a single tree trunk, I with whole families aboard, and others a i rude log which had been hollowed out and which had a single barefooted and peaked 1 straw hat boatman, with his pole, as cap tain and crew. The banks everywhere were lined with the natives in their best, the men wearing white blouses and breeches and the wo men smart-colored rebosos or shawls and gay with earrings, necklaces and other or naments. Ruddy faces and wide-open eyes followed the excursion from the shore, but the native population afloat was even more animated. Many of the larger canoes con tained three and four generations of a sin gle family, and they poled merrily along enjoying the scene, while some of the wo men oooked the meals on the charcoal braziers and performed other household functions. Including looking after the ba bies, with the frank unconsciousness of in born Innocence and Independence. Several of the canals are crooked and the passage through them was quite Inter esting. Finally the head waters or the springs which furnish the source of the lakes that feed the canals were reached These are called the Eyes of St. John and are ninety to one hundred feet deep. The hillside was lined with pleased and wonder ing natives when we went ashore for what ordinarily is called a banquet, but which in this case was designated as a Mexican meal, because everything was native, from the guajolote or wild turkey to the chile or peppt-r sauce which served to season the uishes, and the pulque, which was tasted cautiously by those who wanted to learn something of Mexico's famous beverage. When we floated back at sunset our hosts apologized f^r the paucity of popples and other bright-colored flowers, saying It was the poorest month of the year. Yet there were enough of these to make the richest rose garden of the north In June appear "akimpy." On the return voyage, while not forget ting the odd and strange, I sought a little practical Information. It had been Indeed a revelation to discover that a Mexican Venice lay at the gate of the capital city, and that a couple of hours or even less were sufficient to reach the enchanted land "Typical, typical." was the explanation given us of everything we saw. In my quest for knowledge the Intelli gence was given me that there were 10,000 of these Indian market gardeners, and that there were too many of them, because as the families multiply they will not go out and seek other lands, but keep on subdi viding their property. They are very Jeal ous of parting with their holdings and the outsider Is not welcomed among them. He cannot get their land. Although there are too many people to cultivate what there Is of the soil, yet this market gardening gives them a very comfortable living, and they asatisfied. Preserve Their Language. Mr. Chavero told me that these Indians speak the language they did In Cortex's time, which la the Mexican; preserve the traditions and to a degree follow-the cus toms of their ancestors. Their cabins, he said, probably were a little better and they perhaps enjoy more comforts, but essen tially they were the same that they have been for centuries. doing buck there were many flags waved and many "vivas'' for the Pan-Americanos, FIHA5CIAL i Educational Funds. A SAVINGS ACCOUNT started now may provide for the higher education of your childrem Such accounts may be under the control of parents or guar dians. eriNTERRKT PAID on monthly bal ances. Checks payable on demand. NION TRUST Si STORAGE CO. Bankers, 1414 Fst. n.w. Capital, $1,200,000. OFFICERS: EDWARD J. 8TELLWAGBN....President JAMES G. PATNB tat Tics President GEORGE EL HAMILTON..2d V. President Attorney and Trust Officer GFORGB E. FLEMING Secretary =, CHAR LEA & BRADLEY Treasurer I DIRECTORS: i Arthur D. Addison, Walter 8. Barban, | Dant'l B. Clarke, Radolph. Kaaffmaon, ?; Jesepfc II. Cranford, James B. Lamble, 5 Michael J. Colbert, Frederick B. MoOnlre, 1 George W. Claael, 'iuevdore J. Mnyer, I J. Maury Dove, J. Nota Mi-Gill. | Robert B. Donaldson, William H. McKnew, I, Lynn O. De Laahmutt, James G. Payne, I Geo. T. Dunlop, Francis A. Richardson, | Bernard R. Greed, Edward J. Htellivageo, George Gibson, John H. Small. Jr., Georgo K. Hamilton, B. Francis Saul, Charles G. Thorn. fel5-s,tii,th,80 | preferred dividend no. 27. The regular quarterly dividend <Xo. of 1*4 per rent on the preferred capital stock of the American Graphophone Company trill be paid on FEltBCAItY 15. 1902, to stockholders of record February 1. By order of the director*. F. K. UiM'HEU,, F.. D. EASTOX, Ja22St,wAu Secretary. President. Washington Loan <& Tnust Co., OFFICE. COR. #TH AND F STS. FA ID-I P CAPITAL, $1,000,000. -?- Loans in any amount made on approve<l real estate or collateral at reasonable rates. Interest paid upon deposits on monthly bal-? ?- anc<*s subject to check. This company acta as executor, admlulstra tor, trustee, agent, treasurer, registrar and in all ofhe, fiduciary capacities. ?- Boxes for rent In burglar and fireproof vaults for safs deposit and storage of vaiu able packages. Real Estate Department is prepared to as sume the management of your real estate. Careful attention given to all detatls. JOHN JOY EDSON President JOHN A. SWOPE Vice President ELLIS SPEAR Second Vice President ANDREW PARKKK Treasurer BRICE J. MOSES Assistant Treasurer THOMAS BRADLEY Real Eatate Officer Jyl-wAs.36tf The only chance he haa of being liberated from the tyranny of capital is to become a CAPITAL IST himself, and the way to become a capitalist U to save money and put it into the PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION and begin receiving In terest on his savings, and when he has enough, bay or build a borne for himself and family. Don't hesitate, but begin at once. See our advertisement in this column. fel-tf " MONEY TO LOAN 454 and 5% ON DISTRICT REAL ESTATE. R. 0. Holtzman, Jal-tf-14 loth and F sts. n. . B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS AND BROKERS, 114119 F Street. MEMBERS: au21-tf.lfl [NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. WASHLNGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. L CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. C. T. Havenner <& Co., Stock and Bond Brokers, ROOMS 23-26 LE DROIT BUILDING. 'PHONE MAIN 3170, 802 F ST. N.W.. Stocks, Bonds, Wheat, Cotton. Orders executed for investment or on margin. Tbe best and quickest wire service Washington baa ever had. Deal In all stocks, bonds and Investment securities that am listed on any regular exchange Ja0-tf,16 throughout the country. but the cheers were even more frequent for Porflrlo Diaz. These caused me to think of what I had noted elsewhere, how deep is the affection of the Indian population for their president. It rccalls that the Spanish blood has not dominated entirely the Mexican people. Juarez was Indian without taint or mixture, but while this is not true of President Diaz, who, I be lieve, only lays claim to the fourth portion of Indian blood, yet the fact that he has this strain illustrates that the native race has not lost Its vigor. It is very clear that this is one source of the president's strength with his people. He is not simply of the conquering race, but of that race which never was con quered completely. He understands them and they understand him. Probably their progress is not all that he would have It, yet there is progress among them. That Itself is justification for the enlightened policy which respects the customs and tra ditions of centuries and does not seek to make over native races in a single genera tion. To plan broadly and wait patiently for results is a rare trait of the soldier in civil affairs. Where the quality exists it marks the soldier statesman. It has made the sway of President Diaz pre-eminently an era of constructive statesmanship. The masses are being uplifted slowly, so slow ly that the passing visitor sees nothing of the movement. But the uplift is going on and some signs of it may be discerned by the more careful observer. CHARLES M. PEPPER. RIOTING IN TRIESTE, AUSTRIA. Strikers Defy the Police and Are Shot Down. A dispatch from Trieste, Austria, yester day says: This city Is practically In tho hands of riotous strikers. All the factories are closed and the few stores which opened for business were compelled to close owing to the mobs w*hich paraded the streets. Traffic 011 the street railroads was sus pended. The headquarters of the Australian Lloyds Steamship Company, whose firemen were the first to strike, were protected by a strong force of police, who repeatedly charged and attempted to drive back the rioters. The military have occupied the public squares and other points of vantage. The mobs frequently stoned the police and some shots were fired. A meeting held this afternoon in the Piazza Grande was followed by a street fight, during which the troops fired a vol ley Into the mob, six of whom were killed and twenty severely wounded. The meeting was attended by 4,000 strik ers. It was addressed by the labor lead ers, who spoke in a pacific vein, but owing to the singing and hooting they could not obtain a hearing. After numerous scrim mages the constantly growing mobs of rioters attacked a company of troops in the rear with volleys of stones. A lieuten ant was severely wounded and fell. His men then opened fire, with the above re suit. The further disposal of the rioters was accomplished by the police with drawn sword*, during which many more were wounded. -? ? ? Rural Tree Delivery Wanted. Application haa beeu filed with the rural free delivery officials of the Post Office De partment for a rural free delivery route from Chevy Chase, Md., to the suburban villages in that vicinity. Representative Pearre and other prominent residents of that congressional district have approved the application. An inapector will go over the ground as soon as possible and the service Is expected to go into effect?except for some unforeseen obstacle?not later thap July 1. FISAHCIAL. T TOTAHCIAL. The First $100,000 of the 6% Gold Bonds ,) i t. -OF THE ; iWlfich We Offer at Par With Stock Bonu9 IS! NEARLY SUBSCRI BED. ?j >. The 10096 Stock Bonus ONLY Accompanies THIS $100,000. ALL CASH STBSCKIBEBS OP RECORD FEB. 28TH WILL RECEIVE THE REGULAR QT ARTF.RLY IXTERE8T rorroXS, PAYABLE IX oold OIX, DUE FEB. 1ST AND MAY 1ST. 1902; Tlll'S 8t BS<"HIRERS MAY SBLT'RE AX AI.DITIOXAI, PROFIT OF 14 TER CENT OX THE INVEKTMEXT by ltBTL'RN MAIL. 14 PER CENT RETURN THE FIRST YEAR IS. IN OI'R OPINION. 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The bond* are issued in denominations of $50. $100, $500 and $1,000, and it is ONLY with the FIRST issue of $100,000 worth, NOW NEARLY SUBSCRIBED, tlmt an equal amount of stock, as above. giveu to each bond purchaser. These bonds have been so rapidly taken up that we are obliged to anuouoce that ON FRIDAY. 2STI1 INST.. IF NOT BEFORE, THE ISSUE WILL BE CLOSED; after that date ONLY 75 PER CENT iu stock will he allotted with the bonds. CASH SUBSCRIBERS TO THFKE BONDS NOW SECURE THE FEB. 1ST AND MAY 1ST COU PONS OF l'a PER <HNT EACH. THUS GIVING THEM AN IMMEDIATE PROFIT OF MORE THAN IVi PER CENT ON PRESENTATION OF THE FEB. 1ST COUPON. Such subscribers as prefer to make payment for their subscription* in monthly installments can make that arrangement with us on corres pondence. (Jood first mortgage securities are extremely scarce, and we consider this one of the best op portunities that is offered large or small Inves Savings. Accounts * directors. * earn Interest at the ' rate of 3%. 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Squire, Sanders & I>emps >y The company does NO MIXING itself; Is NOT A MIXING INSTITUTION; assumes NO MINING RISKS whatever. It owns Its lands outright, and leases them to other parties, who do all the pros pecting ^and mining. These parties sell their product weekly to the smelters, the smelters pay the proceeds over to the Underwriters I>and Co., which deducts its royalty (amounting to CO or 00 per oout of the miners' profits) and pays over the balance to the miner. Thus Its Income is CIJSAlt NET CASH WEEKLY WITHOUT RISK. Fifty-three shafts are now working In the ore body, which begins at about 50 feet depth, and even from these shallow workings over $800,000 in cash has already been realized. As Crossman Bros., the best-known drillers in this section, have (iotermtned from their 30 years' experience, the ore retains tts richness to a depth of 2,000 feet, which would give mineral enough on these lands to pay dividends for over 100 years to come. The company's earnings and consequent ! dividends will increase monthly, ns new mines are opened, and we believe this will prove not | only one of the most substantial, but one of the richest Investments in this country. We solicit the most careful investigation of this proposition and your early subscription. In 1 order that you may secure the largest return from the investment, as the opportunity to se cure a bonus in stork EQUAL, TO THE AMOUNT OF VOI R BOND SUBSCRIPTION IS ONLY OI'EN j UNTIL THE 28TH INST. ? For further information send for prospectus. Address all inquiries, and make all checks, i drafts, etc., payable to MUM TMNTftSKUMTY CO. CLEVELAND. OHIO. H. W. COFFIN, Washington and Baltimore Representative, Room 1122, Washington Loan & Trust Bldg., Washington, D. C. The Greatest Commercial Asset of the Age Is Stock in It is confidently believed that stock In the PARENT Wireless Telegraph Company, now selling at $8.00, will be worth $1,000 per share in the future. 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PROMPT PURCHASERS OF THE PAR ENT COMPANY STOCK WILL RECEIVE 25% Scrip Dividends from the following Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Sub-Companies, which have been licensed thus far by the Parent Company, vlJ!.: "NEW ENGLAND," "FEDERAL." "NORTHWESTERN." "A TLANTI C," "CONTINENTAL" and "PACIFIC." as well as those to be established in the Ha waiian Islands, the Philippines and "The Gulf Co.." which Includes Porto Rico. In erder that the company can carry on Its further Lone Distance experiments, to develop and still further Improve Wireless Telegraphy and to acquire additional vslu able pstents, a limited amount of stock is offered at PER SHARE. (PAR VALUE $10, FULL PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE.) Price Will Be Advanced Shortly. YOU WILL HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY Now to make a splendid investment in best promising industrial stock of the age?one that offers superior opportunities for future enhancement. Send subscription by Draft, Express Money Order or Registered Letter to American Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Company, 134.1 ARCH ST.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Remember, this Is the Parent Company. lt? 21 Perpetual Building Association. Twenty-first Year. ASSETS $2,178,067 38 SURPLUS <106,324 29 Pays $10,000 every month to members as interest on deposits. You may receive a part of tbia dividend by be coming a subscriber. You may pay $5 or $6,000. You will get 4% per annnm. You will get your Interest every three months. Oar shares are $185, advanced for $1 per month as Interest on the advance. SB Interest on loan of $825. 0 Interest on loan of $1,880. $18 Interest on loan of $2,775. $20 interest on loan of $3,700. Paymenta on tbe lebt made to salt the borrower. On building loans we charge Interest only en the amount used while building, and not on the whole until It la all drawn. Settlement of half shares made at any time and Interest saved by the bor rower on the half ahare. The grea flexible Building Association In toe District. OFFICE: 506 11TH BT. JOHN COOK. ANDREW GLASS. Secretary. (noao-tf) President. Life Insurance and Annuities. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Richard A. McCurdy. President. Largest, strongest life world, and tbe moat liberal policies. Assets over $828,000,000 00. Income la 1900 over 90O.OOO.OOO.OIK THOMAS P. MORGAN. MAXAQRR. District of Colombia Agency. 'Phone Mala 1129. sp!3-312t-21 1833 P ?fc n-w. MONEY AT 41/} and 5% Promptly leaned on real estate tn tbe District of Colombia. LOWRST OOMMOUOXR. Heiskell & McLeran, ?olT-lO.tf 1006 P at. n.w. nXAKCIAL. FINANCIAL. N ideal opportunity to invest $100 to $1000 where you will receive $24 a year for every hundred invested in an absolutely safe, sound and legitimate invest ment. We refer to the shares of the EASTERN CONSOLIDATED OIL COM PANY that has over 80 producing wells, 21,000 acres of oil land, and of this im mense tract, over 20,000 acres is free from indebtedness of any kind, leaving only a small balance due on less than 1000 acres. This Company acknowl edges but one competitor; namely, the Standard Oil Company, which has made millions of dollars for its stockholders. This Company is not giving you prom ises and prospects, but is on a solid, established basis, and has already paid out thousands of dollars in dividends to its stockholders at the rate of 2*? per month, or 24?? per year. The price of shares will soon be advanced to 50c per share, which means that $100 will return $48 per year to those investing at the present ground floor price, 25c per share. Send for Pros pectus No 1. KB. PIKE* CO, Satobllshed 11 year*. 404-405 Evcaidf Star III if. Washington. D. C. 70,000,000 BAIS?iLS oil. ' The population of Texas, Louisiana anil Missis sippi la about six million. Their average rate of coal consumption Is about 20,000.000 TONS AX NrALI.Y, while tlw amount produced Is less than 1,000,000 TONS. On a l>asls of barrel# of oil to one ton of coal, THESE STATES ALONE will fur nish a market for nearly 70,000,600 llARRELS of fuel oil a year. Four largo pipe lines connect Spindle Top with the ocean. This gives TEXAS OIL the WORM) for a market. Every well ou Spindle Top la a gusher. Illggina No. 1 well ln>s produced over 1,000.000 barrels, and flows with greater force today than ever. WITH THESE ARRAY OF FACTS THE Union Oil and Refining Co. OF NEW YORK AND BEAUMONT. HACKED 111 ITS 10 GUARANTEED GUSHERS NOW DRILL ING, OFFERS TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS MORE REAL PROMISE OF ENORMOUS DIVIDENDS AND SECURITY THAN ANY COMPANY IN THE FIELD. Its funds are deposited In trust until each well proves acceptable. These safeguards have b en demanded that Its shareholders may be absolutely secured. The management are practical oil men. and have been In the Ttxaa oil fleld since the dis covery. Ask any Reaumont oil operator and he will tell you 50,000 barrels Is a minimum dally output of ca<h well: hence lo wells will give iia barrels daily. OH la Mng contracted at 17c. t.i Etc. per barrel f. o. b. Beaumont. Increased ?.'lip ping and refining facilities will surely a?lvsii.-? these prices. Fix your own price per barrel; the result will surprise yon. IT'S ALL PROFIT ABOVE THE C?WT OF TRANSIT?RTATIOX. Ar rangements have l>eeu luado for SIX TANK STEAMERS; hence the company's DIVIDENDS WILL COMMENCE To A CERTAINTY on. e ..or wells are completed. To FIND AN OH. FUEL BUYER ASK THE MAN I' FA< *TI KER THE COST OF HIS COAL. T1IE.N SELL HIM OIL CI1EAI THE PROFITS WILL BE OURS. NOT THE CO.vij COMPANIES'. T1IE UNION OIL AND REFININO CO. pays no salaries, dots no prospecting. tnatiai?'*,! by practical oil men and DOES lnvc?t its niuiey In GUARANTEED WEI.IX! thereby OFFERS AB SOLUTE SECURITY. A limited amount <<f .nio.-t Is offered at 10c. I'ER SHARE. As each one of ti-? 10 welts Is drilled In the stock will advance. Sto? i; is selling lapitlly, hence it Is advisable to buy now. Look Into It; rather can you afford not to look int.. It? Send for printed matter. Read carefully. \\? like to answer questions. Make checks, duns, etc., payable to the company's agents. THOMAS W. Bi t KEY A CO.. 71i 14th st. U.W., Washington. 1?. C. The American Security and Trust Company, 1405 G Street, will be pleased to open an account with you, paying you two per cent interest on your average monthly balances, which you may check against at will. The American Security and Trust Company has a capital of $1,250,000 and a surplus of $500,000. it has a special Depart ment for ladies, with waiting and writing rooms for their conven ience. C. J. Bell, President. H. F. Blount, vice President. J. W. Wlielplev, Treaaurer. T.F.Hood, Secretary. W. A. McKennev, * ? * lrust uincer. Ward Tlioron, Auditor. C. S. Domer, Assistant Secretary. If. S. Rceside, Assistant Treasurer. STORAGE DEPARTMENT: Albert M. Read, General Manager. C. A. AspillWall, Assistant Manager. DIRECTORS: C. J. Bell, S. 8. Burdette, C. C. Duncanson, Jno. E. Herrell, Henry Hurt, George I., Knowlea, C. F. Noruieat, Henry E. I'ellew, Frederick C. Stevens, Albert Carry, fel8-3t Robt. Portner, H. A. Willard, Daniel I*onovau, Daniel Fraser, <^aleb J. Milne, Henry F. Blount, W. M. Coateg, Jas. E. Fitch, George F. Huff, Wm. V. Cox, John A. Kasson, John R. McLean. Crosby S. N'oyea, M. M. Parker. A. A. Thomas, Ward Tborun. J.iseph Wright. Robt. Dornan, Johu 8. Jenka. THE R1QQS NATIONAL BANK Or WASHINGTON. D. O. Capital, $500,000. Surplus, $400,000. EXCHANGE ON ENGLAND, IRELAND. FRANCE AND GERMANY. Letters of Credit. AVAILABLE IN ALL FOREIGN PARTS. BANK COLLECTIONS. ORDERS FOR INVESTMENTS. STOCKS AND BONDS. Charles C. Glover. Ml. M. Johnston, W. J. Flat her. Thos. F. WalaU. Ja24-tf DIRECTORS. Thos. Hyde. Arthur T. Brlco. R. Bom Party. Henry Hart. Lewis Johnson & Co., Bankers, - ESTABLISHED IMS. 1315 F St., Sun Building. MUTATE WIS* TO MOOSE * SCHLEY, NEW YORK. *?-tf-S0 "* The American Building and Loan Association, Thouc 2024. 907 G atraet. ? a.m. to ft ?.ta. INCORPORATED JUNE 1. 188S. ASSETS S231.400.4S Accounts opened at any time. No back piyaaata. Deposits of $S and upward racaired. Prepaid coupon cert Ilea Us. ftoo. 5 per cent Interest paid on small as well as large deposits. Loana mace on Washington real aetata. Bi dealing with as you caa bqy a baaaa a* mat* ly laatallaeenta to salt your oonveatecoa. Gall at <Oe* far liters tare. JalO-tf.tS W. 1. FRIZEELL. Kseftarr. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, COBN'ES 18TB ST. AND NEW TORE ATE. CapitahOneMillion Dollars Pays interest oc totxxtti. Rents Satea- Inside J**rcWr-pr??f Vaults. A?ta as Administrator, Eiixutor, Tniatee. *c. jatr-aod