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Entered in the Post Office as a Newspaper
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1897.
. The Nation’s Beverages.
Hard times have had a somewhat de-
pressing effect upon the lio‘i’or busi-
ness. The nation’s whiskey bill, in 1896,
according to The Grocer, a trade paper,
was $270,000,000. as against $400,000,000
in 1893, when the consumption was 101,-
000,000 gallons. vThe govunment lost
$14,000,000 of rekue by the decreased
consumption. _
The official report shows that 71,263,-
000 people in 1896 consumed 71,051,877
gallons of spirits. As about 11,000,000
I gallons of spirits are annually used in
manufactories, the quantity actually
used as a beverage is about 60,000,000
gallons.
The total consumption of beer in 1896
was 1,080,626,125 gallons. on which the
government received a revenue of 833,-
139,133; The aggregate amount of the
national beer bill is estimated at 3541,-
963,348. The beer drinking habit shows
a steady the consumption
having risen from 6% gallons a head
twenty years ago to 15 gallons a head
in 1896.
Wine is little used by the American
people. In 1892 this counlry produced
27,706,000 gallons and imported 4,618,-
gallons of winr, whereas in 1896 it pro-
duced but 14,599,009 gallons and im-
ported 4,101,000 gallons—a large de-
crease. 'Ihe nation’s bill for wine in
1896 was $49,780,000. The total cost of
our alcoholic beverage in that year.Tbe
Grocer places at $851,693,832. some
$14,000,000 less than in 1892. “Good
times,” it infers, “foster the use of al-
coholic stimulants.”
Asa popu‘ar stimulant cofi'ee ranks
next to beer. In 1896 the people it is
estimated, drank 962,088,692 gallons of
‘ co-fi'ee, made from 481,044,346 pounds of
the knits, ousting $120,261,086. The
average consumption was 961 pounds
ine1896. Of tea the consumption in the
latter year is placed at 466,701,000 gal-
lons, made from 93,340,000 pounds of
tea' imported at a le all cost of 831,171,-
482. Cocoa was imported to the extent
of 82,630,900 worth, much of which was
used for confectionery. The aggregate
' drink bill of the nation, alcoholic and
non alcohi lie, is figured at $1,016,126,-
000, or $14 31 per citizen. ‘
According to this showing it costs as
much to quench thethirst of the peo-
' ple as it does'to run the fire departments
for the quenching of fire. The Ameri-
can people must be a very dry crowd.
increase,
4 Av 71‘
Too flush Humor in Hers.
The American people appreciate burn-
or more highly than any other people
on earth, observes the facetious editor _
of the Washington Post. In the most
serious business transactions a fl war of
humor is likely to crop out, in an unex-
pected way, at any period of the nego-
tiations. So well'known is this fact that
a little joke inserted in a sedate conver-
sation is not taken amiss, but is accept-
ed as a fitting excursion from the do-
main of the practical to the realm of
fancy. It has been often asserted that
women have not the humorous faculty
well developed, but there are excep-
tions. Many women eij )y a joke as
fully as do the opposite St x, and their
keen delight in a good joke is as spon- ,
taneous and natural. as that of the most
appreciative male. .
Mrs Van Derstadt, of Paterson, N.
Jl,is one of the women who enjoy a
jike'. Her bur-band has ’co'tracted a
hibitl of imprisoning her in a large
bureau drawer. Be bored t o'es in the
hack of the bureau‘ito permit the pass
sage of air, and when his rollicking
mood came on he would place his wife
in the large bureau drawer and lock it.
When the mood was lasting he would
keep her in the drawer as long as five
humans a stretch. The frequency of
these humorous maniiestations became
annoying to Mrs. Van Derstadt. She
, entered into the spirit of the joke With
l 'igreat enthusiasm at first, and enjoyed
I i the imprisonment, or at any rate toler.
ated it, but five hours is a long time
when a bureau drawer is the limit of
space, and she finally concluded that
the joke was being carried too far.
LOne hour or two hours was funny
e-nnugh, but when the time was extend-
ed to five hours, and [the occasions en-
croached on each other, the occupancy
of the bureau drawer became 'something
I ‘ in the nature of a steady job. Mrs. Van
‘Derstadthad her spouse up before the
Justice, and related her experiences.
Shelsaid she was not ‘of a qu-irre'some’
nature, and was disposed to look
leniency upon her husband’s proclivitiea
but she liked to call on her friends _now
and then,‘and when she was shut up in
-the bureau drawer for five hours at a
time, with only brief intermissions be-
tween the acts, her social obligations
we‘re un'ulfilled and her field of use ~
area. She did not want Mr. Van Der-
stadt punished.‘ All she wanted wasa
slight restraint of his exuberance. He
solemnly promised to discontinue his
cabinet performarce and Wes allowed
by the Magistrate to go.
Another slender is thus disposed of
and woman advancid one more notch.
As an appreciator of humor, Mrs. Van
erstadt takes front rank. She encour—
aged the display of humor on the part
of her husba‘rid by cheerful acquies-
ence in his bureau scheme, and sung-
protest. It was only when the occasions
of imprisonment multiplied and pro-
gressed in a geometrical ratio that she
oljected, and then, not because the
fun of the performance had lost its at
ment on her time. She _had to receive
callers and return calls and attend to
many other domestic duties, and though
it was possible to receive calls while
confined in the bureau drawer, it was
impossible to return them under such
conditions. Had there been any way
'of overcoming the latter difliculty, it is
probable that Mr. Van Derstadt would
have continued to submit to the bureau
drawer imprisonment indefinitely. But
failing to overcome this difficulty she
had to resort to repressing Mr. Van
Derstadt’s excessive humor. It’s all
right now, and jest can find expression
in other channels.
5‘ redeemed... ” Not Scared.
Eugene Tompkins, proprietor of the
Boston Theatre, was found guilty in
the Supreme Court upon the complaint
that he gave a concert in the. theatre
Sunday night, “the concert not being of
a sacred nature nor for a charitable
object.” The music was by a brass
band, which played “My Old Ken-
tucky Home,” “Au Revoir.” “King Cot-
ton,” “Yankee Doodle.” Gounod’s
“Ave Maria,” and the “Red. White and
Blue.” Gounod’s “Ave Maria,” the jury
conceded, was sacred, but the other
airs were regarded as secular. The
case was tried on appeal from the. sen
tence of the lower court. which. fined
111 r."I‘ompkins $70.
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THE
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J .O. WEBSTER. Vice-Pres.
C. E. GILBERT, Ass’t. Sec.
Etna Life
lladc flic Followingfiains in theilear 1896':
Increase in Income;
55 l ,057,8 I 6.28.
Increase in Assets,
$ l 997,234.42.
Increase in Surplus,
.$I'98,8l6,8i.
s l .598.668.00.
$5,608,680.00.
$2 I 736.500 00
$3 I 0,642.00.
$472,569.00.
H. W. 81‘.
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lusunincs1
courtly.
Increase in New Life Business,
Increase in Life Insurance in Force,
Increase in Accident Insurance in Force,
Increase in Accident Premiums,
$ l 75,086.72—or 62 per cent. .
Increase in N 8W; Life Insurance Written in Connecticut
\ a ’
Increase in total Life Insurance in Connecticut.
' From the increased Surplus the usual increase of dlvld
policyiholdsrs will? :aiddin'lflzl, making the Twcnfv-Fiffh mil:
nnua ncrcaseo ivi on s of cinsurcd and a rcco d
in the history of life insurance. ’ r unparalleled
Notwithstanding the material increase of new business '
the expense in Life Insurance is chiefly incurred, the ratio of signifier:
income on the Life business of this company, excluding the Accident
business, is somewhat lower than last year, and is 23 per cent less
than the average expense of the ten leading ‘ '
for the Year 1895.
Their figures for 1896 have not been published.
‘purcly mutual” companies
’ MORGAN 6. BULKELEY, President.
J. L. ENG DISH. Sec.
JOHN. Actuary. ;
‘ . W, C. FAXON, Ass’t. Sec. Accident Department.
G. W,_RLSSELL, M. D,. Med Director. JAMES CAMPBELL. M.D-. Med. Ex.‘
E. E. HALLOCK, General Agent, 5 Hubinger Bld’ ., New Haven.
.1. I. Hurcumsou, General Accident figent, ' Hartford.
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