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Show I WHO GET SI Iv I Ol IHn Hi H Of all the get-rich-quick schemes H ever sprung on a gullible and unsus- H peeing public that of a far-seeing H and enterprising citizen of Alexan- dria, Huntington county, has every- H thing else beaten by long odds, EayB fl a Bellfonte, Pa., correspondent of the fl Philadelphia North American, A H goose farm is his project, and In his 1 prospectus he has profits figured out j In such a way that there is not the H least possibility of losing, while tho H only thing investors have to do is H Seek a comfortable spot and watch H their bank accounts grow. H Following is the prospectus: fl Alexandria Goose Farm company, H Ltd. (Stockholders limited to three.) fl Investment, three shares of stock, fl at $100 each $800 for the purchase j of 800 geese at $1 ech'. H .Estimated returns, three eggB per j ' week per goose, 900 eggs a" wefck; fl 900x52 equals 46,800 eggs per annum; Hj 46,800x3 equals 140,400 eggs in threo H years. No eggs sold, but all incu- M bated and hatched. Allowing for bad M eggs, 40,400, 100 000 live geese. H Two pounds feathers per liiujii-miujmi i i.iih in ijjTSTf73fHi-un..:ir goose, 200,000 pounds, at 1 per pound (not counting count-ing down) 200,000.00 Two hundred thousand lbs. goose greaso for greasing gun barrels, at 25 cents per pound 50,000.00 One hundred thousand goose necks for plumbiDg purposes 100,000.00 Ono hundred thousand goose livers, at 60 cents each 60,000.00 Twenty buttofj from each goose bill. 2,000,000 buttons but-tons at 1 cent each (very conservative) 20,000.00 Twenty-seven quills for toothpicks to be had from each goose, 2,700,000 toothpicks, at 33 1-3 cts. per hundred 9,000.00 One dollar and fifty 'cents for each goose dressed up to cIobo of business.. 150,000.00 Total returns (conservative) (conser-vative) , $589,000.00 EXPENSES. Ono man and one boy to do the . , work, at $2.50 per day $ 2,500.00 Manager's salary for three years 30,000.00 $ 32,500.00 Net returns $557,500.00 For each stockholder 18o,S33.33 rWII HTTI.JIIW 'I Hrt .Al L.-JLXTTT. UL-i.u-M. i mil i.n( As soon as the stock is subscribed for, and the $300 paid in, we will bond the proposition for $300,000 one-half of its value thus Insuring expenses and a liberal Income to the stockholders, stock-holders, while the geese are growing. Principal and interest on th j bonds will be Becured with more than 10,-000,000 10,-000,000 honks for automobile horns. CAN YOU BEAT IT? Note Tho above was handed In by L. R. Meekor, chief clerk, to tho general gen-eral traffic superintendent. If anyone any-one sees Mr. Meeker one of these days doing 60 mlle3 an hour in a French car, it's not a sign that he has robbed the mint, but a proof that ho has the courage of his convictions. oo Nine Hundred Clash. St, Louis. Mo May 10. Altogether 900 miners were Involved In tho clash. As 450 miners from Gillesplo. who worked In mine No. 3, who were about to enter tho mine, a like number num-ber of miners who live In Benld and work in mine No. 2, threatened them If they entered the mine. First shots wore fired Into the air and later Into the crowds of miners. The same forces fought yesterday with clubs and ono miner suffered a broken arm. All in the fight wore foreigners. oo A epeciflc for pain Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil, strongest, cheapest liniment lini-ment ever devised. A household remedy rem-edy for 25 years. |