‘l w" ‘-x_._. - wise enough not to insist, and “dear - to receive the things that the man is ' alligators and crocodiles, - hers do not seem to appreciate what ”AMBULANCE ON WATER. ' , Steam Lannc‘hI Added to the London Hos- pltal Service. The managers of the Metropolitan asylums board, London, have just passed upon plans for an ambulance launch for river service. Her dimen- sions, says the Philadelphia Record, are as follows; Length between perpen- diculars, 60 feet; breadth, 12 feet 6 . inches; deptli, four feet; draught of I water when fully equipped, two feet eight inches. The hull is built of Sie- mens—Martin mild steel throughout to board of trade requirements for passen- ger certificate. She is built in five com- partments. In the fore part of the ves- sel is a cabin for the accommodation of - the staff and for visitors proceeding to visit patients: in the hospital ships in Long Beach, Dartford, and is capable of accommodating about 20 persons. In the after part there is a cabin fitted up as a. hospital,~wifh four berths—two be- ing fixed and two portable-41nd with all the necessary requirements for carry- ing four recumbent patients. Both of these cabins are heated with steam and are provided with suitable skylightsI and all the necessary fittings for a boat I of its class. The machinery is fixed amidships and . is of the triple-expansion type, with sur- I face condenser, and capable of driving i the vessel at a speed of ten knots. A. water-tight trimming tank is built at; the f01e end of the vessel of sufficient capacity that w hen filled with water it I will bring the vessel to an even keel of two feet eight inches. A HOILY TERROR» But the Little Battenburgs Love Her All the Same. The ruler of Balmoral castle, accord- ing to the Strand Magazine, is not the ’queen, but the housekeeper, a Mrs. Mussens, a. typical personage of her class, gowned always in rustling black silk, lace-trimmed apron and white cap. She and the queen are said to be excel- lent friends, and many a gossip have they had together when affairs of state have been laid aside. Mrs. Mussens also stands high in the favor of the little Battenbergs, who are sure to seek her out as soon as they have landed at the castle, for she fair- ly idolizes the little ones and keeps many a treasure in her apartments with which to regale them. To the world at large Mrs. Mussens is a holy terror. Her word is law, and she enforces it at‘the point of the bayonet or the broomstick. It is said that once the queen wanted a certain maid to whom she had taken a fancy detailed to the care of her own room, but the housekeeper remonstrated, telling her majesty that it was quite out of order and she really must not spoil the serv- ants by undue notice. The queen was Mrs. IMussen-s” won the day. WHEN REPTILES RULED. There Was a Time When the Globe Was in Their Possession. There was a. time “in the wide revolv- ing shades of centuries past” when the globe was wholly in the possession of walking, swimming and flying rep- tiles,” says an exchange. Being the dominant type, they divided naturally into three great classes. Int-he oceans they became gigantic, jIJaddlinlg enaliOsauriIans; on dry land—- or, rather, wet land, for the whole sur- f ace of the globe was doubtless a quag- mire at that time—they became mon- strous, erect dinosaurians, some of which had legs 15 feet or more in length. Those which inhabited the regions of the air were the terrible fly mg ptero- dactyls. tFor‘ a vast but unknown length of time these awful creatures literally ruled the earth. Then one by one they died out in the face of the younger and more vigorous fauna until at the presen t time only a few miniature a few toy snakes and skulking lizards and geckos remain as reminders of the enormous reptilian types that once crowded land and sea. The Modern Flat Building. “You know, it’s old enough and fa- miliar enough,” said a flat 'dweller. “but it‘s striking all the same, to hear the whistle blow in the kitchen, from somebody in the cellar at the elevator. and may be at the same time to hear the bell ring from somebody at the front door. The servant throws up the door to the elevator shaft, to be ready sending up from below, and she swings around and presses the button and opens a door far away and in still a11- other part of. the house. All simple enough, but it interests me all the same. It seems sort of like running the steamer from the bridge; or like throwing the levers in the switch house. 1 and controlling switches far away; iti seems like business; it’s modern and up to date.” I : Sowh Africa's Joan of Arc. Cecil Armitage, a. young English— man in Ashantee, tells of a strange W'est African “Joan of Arc,” who is equipping an army for King Prempeh. Her appearance is more impressive than beautiful, and, unlike the famous French Joan, whose features we know, this dusky amazon is said to have only one eye, one ear and one arm and to wear her hair hanging long. With one touch of her magic wand she‘can bring armies together, and in an engagement a brass pan is placed before her, into which all the bullets of the enemy can conveniently fall without hurting her brave, soldiers. Cleanly Japanese Tramps. A traveler in Japan says that the Japanese tramp takes his hot. bath daily if he has a fraction of a cent to pay for it, or his cold bath if he hasn’t a cent. He carries a comb, toothpicks, a. razor and Ia toothbrush in a little bundle. A few Japanese tramps might well be introduced as missionaries in the American b1 otherhood, whose mem- cleanliness 15 “next to. ” ' ‘ he learned how to use tools, how every FLAT FEET ARE THE THING. Use Wide Shoes and Yeti Will Be Able to Walk Erectly. , Not more than two~men in 100 walk erectly. This observation comes from a man who is a crank about the benefits of wide, flat shoes, says the New York Press. He declares he has made notes and knows what he is talking about. He thinks that the “two men in 100” wear the same kind of shoes that he wears, which look like those used for walking on water. This man also be- lieves that the percentage of women w ho w alk straight is so small that it is not worth considering. The whole trouble he attributes to shoes. ' He says men'and women were never intended to wear shoes at all. It I is his observation that when the foot is flattened out and the toes spread the natural movement of the body is to straighten itself. This he attributes to certain muscular action, and he has a chart to prove it. I When the foot is compressed by a shoe and the toes jammed together, there is a sympathetic tension on the whole muscular and nervous system ' .Iwhich draws the body forward or bends it. It has been noted in his calculations that persons in bathing costume on the beach walk m’uch straighter. It is also a notable fact that the Indian, who runs barefooted 011 the plains, has the proud- est kind of a walk. He is as straight as an iron pole. ' ' HE CHANGED HIS MIND. Praying for Death, the Lover Struggled Against It “hen Menaced. A curious case of nervous hallucina- tion is reported in the London Tele- graph. At Bordeaux recently a hyster- I ical Frenchman visited the tomb where ' his beloved was laid. Carrying a lighted candle and kneeling by her coffin, he'ex- claimed passionately: “Would I could , die! Would T could die! ” Just then the wind closed the door and extinguished the light. The bereaved lover who had just prayed for death Iushed for the door; he could not open 11.;11e to1e at it, knocked, kicked, struggled, calling loudly for help. No answer, only the utter silence and darkness of the tomb. His wish to die was forgotten. He sank down and wept; his tears were not for his beloved. but for himself. He felt the pangs of hunger; he thought of his candle and cut,it into four parts. He ate the first quarter the first day, the second quarter on the second day, the third on the third day, and the last quarter on the fourth day. No more, and he must die of starvation. He made one more deSperatre effort to open the door, when it suddenly opened and the keeper of the cemetery stood before him; the sunlight blinded him, and he fell from exhaustion. He had been _ there just four hours. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. Improvements Which Make Their Use Hardly Noticeable. Painstaking skill and constant im-I prov ement ale necessary factors in the , perfection or success of almost any in- I dustry, but nowhere, says the New York Mail and Express, are they moxe fully attended than in the making of artificial limbs. There w as a time w hen the lame and the crippled had to show . their defects and misfortunes to theI world. Now it is just the other way People w ith artificial legs can no v w alk' . so perfectlv as to avoid detection, and a I person with a single amputation can almost defy detection. Improvements make it possible to move the knee and ankle joints, and this innovation also strengthens the whole limb and makes it more durable. One of the latest improvements is in the knee joint of the leg for thigh ain- putation, which is so arranged that when in a sitting posit-ion the cord and spring are entirely relaxe , thus re- lieving all strain and pressure. There are in the United States 100,000 persons who have to be supplied with new limbs on an average of once in every five to eight years. The manufacturing of these articles in New York has become quite an enterprise. A Wealthy Railroad Fireman. A young man in blue overalls and a greasy cap and jacket is now employed as fireman on the Long Island railroad. He is George D. Pratt, the son of the late Charles Pratt, themulti-mil‘lionaire Standard Oil prince. Young Pratt was graduated from Amherst. college With honors in 1893. As one of the repre- sentatives of his father‘s estate, who is the second largest stockholder of the Long Island Railroad company, be pro— poses to learn the railroad business' through every grade. from laborer up. He started 1n the car shops at Morris Park. and after service at the bench, the forge. and in the assembling~roon1, part of a locomotive is made, and how the whole is put together. After hav- ' ing sel ved the requisite apprenticeship in that department he jumped into the I locomotive cab and commenced shov- 1' .eling coal in the capacity of a fireman. Prisoner’s Retorts. Prisoners have a fair proportion of “happy answers” credited to them. Of these, perhaps, the best known are those of the man who, when asked if he pleaded “guilty 01' not guilty,” re- plied that he couldn’t say until he had heard the evidence; and the naive re- sponse of the prisoner to the usual question before sentence: “Have you any thing to say. prisoner, before sen- tence is pronounced upon you?” “It' 5 very kind of your honor, and if it’s quite agreeable to the court I should like to say ‘good evening.’ ” Leprosy ln Iceland. ' There are lepers in Iceland—about 200 in all. Now an enthusiastic priest has determined to follow heroic Father Damien’s cxample—to'devote himself wholly to the care of the unfortunates. Already he has raised 10,000 francs and is pl omised enough more to assure the early erection of a comfortable hospital I I the course. 'A QUESTION CE VISION. Incidents Which Go to Show That Mind and Not Eye See“. It' Is an admitted fac .Hllat the eye is the “organ of vision,’ yet 11112113 is but. little doubt, even in the minds of opti- cians and physiologists, that the phe- nomenon of “seeing” is chiefly mental '———in other words, that it is the mind and not the eye that “sees.” How often have you seen a friend who. seemingly, was engaged in look- ing intently on some object on the ta- ble. at the Opposite side of the room. or at some picture, who, on being aroused from his day dream, would‘ confess that he was “looking at notli- ing in particular.” The explanation of the fact that. he saw “nothing in par- ticular” is plain enough if properly set forth. busy with other times and scenes. Faces, bits of wayside scenery, and the like, were being presented to view in the panorama of the mind, and the “mind’s eye”—or mental vision—was engaged in eagerly scanning pictures of impressions made thereon months. years or scores of years before. Again, if you want to know whether your com- panion looked at his watch with his brain or his eyes, ask him the time of ' day after he puts the timepiece in his pocket. PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES. Young Man Who Got; a Clerkship in An- ticipation of His .Prodigality. Here is a story that one of the south- : ern members vouche‘s for, according to the Washington Post. A young man, one of his constituents, applied to him for a $1,000 clerkship. The member secured the appointment, but the day before the constituent \1 as to be sworn in he came to his representative in a troubled state of mind and said: “Colonel, I have had $125,000 left me by an aunt, and, my God! just think what I have to go through again.” “Let me congratulate you, ” said tin rep1esentativ.e “No, don’t do that," said the con-~ stitueznt “you don’ t know what you’re congratulating me on. “Yes I do,” said the member, now y 011 can live w ithout working.” “Colonel,” said the distressed young man, “I may as well tell you. Several years ago I had $100,000 left. me by a11- other aunt and it took me nearly a. year to spend it. After I got through I had to go to the hospital for six months to get over the effects of my dissipa- tion. The reason I came. to see you to—day was to ask you to keep that place for me until I can spend this money” BARE-N ECKED SKATERS. Holland Women Appear on the Ice with Ball- Gown Bodices. We are accustomed to see w omen bu n- dled up in furs as they glide ov er the Ice. To witness a woman’s race in Holland would give us a greater chill than to meet a ghost at midnight. A foreign correspondent, in mentioning a contest on skates, describes itas follows: “It was snowing slightly, but in every available moment- between the races troops of men were told to clear At a given signal six woni e11 started for the firstrace. They were dressed in very short skirts, and trans parent-looking blouses, low necks, with no sleeves at all. We were told they were from among the lower peasant people, and that the shop classes nevc1 entered the lists at all. The speed they went at was something wonderful, and ‘for I especially remarkable at the corners. For the most part they raced with their arms behind them, but the girl who won the prize (two pounds sterling) skated with hers folded in front.” Bare arms and necks in midwinter! Our physicians think women are court— ing death by wearing low-necked dresses in ballrooms. What must it be to wear them as outing costumes? SOLID GOLD TOILET SET. Property of the Khedlve lncrusted with Pieclous Stones. It is said thalyLIhe Only complete gold toilet set in the world belongs to the khedive of Egypt. It’s exact value is not known, but. it must be enormous, for the set is incrusted with diamonds and other precious stones. Egypt, by the way, has a debt of about $525,000,000, and besides the interest 011 this has to pay an annual tribute to the sultan of Turkey amounting to nearly $3,500,000. Despite this the present khedive has been following in the footsteps of his predecessors, whose extravagances brought about the present almost bank- rupt condition of the country. Each piece of the khedive’s golden toilet set bears his monogram in dia- monds. Upward of 3,000Idiumonds and over 1,200 rubies were used in decorat- ing these gorgeous adjuncts to the Egyptian ruler’s dressing—table. The body of each of the 28 pieces is of 18- karat gold, and all are inclosed in 11 dia- mond-incrusted ebony case. The Chambermaid’s Tips. A pleasing story is told by the crown prince of Germany, who, with his brother, was recently with their tutor at the. hotel of the Chutes du Rhin. When the tutor paid the bill he offered a money present to the chambermaid, who, however, refused the gift, point- ing to a notice that tips were forbidden. The tutor explained the situation to the eldest pupil, who thereupon went out- with- his brother and bought a very pretty brooch. This he gave to the. maid, saying that, “as it was not money. she could not refuse it.” As the young princes were staying at the hotel in- cognito the maid did not know that the donor of the brooch will probably be emperor of Germany some day. “t The Field of Lies. The Field of Lies was the battle fought by Louis the Good-Natured against his three sons. The unfortunate monarch was deserted by his own army; l1e.was twice shut up in a. cloister, twice compelled to do public penance, and twice released to pacify the quarrels of his family. It was because his mind was Assets. Liabilities - . Surplus R I alemenfn hee OI: NEW YORK. CHARD A. MCCURDY President. 0130.31.69” . $221,213,721 33 194,347,157 58 $26,866,563 75 ’l‘otal‘Income . $48,597,430 51 Total Paid Policy holders in 1895, . $23,126,72845 insurance and Annuities in force, Net gain in 1895 $899. 074,453 78 $6], 647, 645 36 NOTE—Insurance merely "11 ”Ian, Is_ dlscarded from this Statement as wholly mlsleadlng, and only insurance actually issued and paid for in cash ls Included. I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. CHARLESA. PRELLER, Auditor. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report. of the Examining Committee. 111111 at 1111 1111111 1111 Insurance company of New 11111, February 11,1896. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18th day of ' parison with the as sscts of the Company. December last, the undersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending December 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com- 0 The Committee have caiefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby therein are in possession of the Company. certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of“ general transacted. H. 0. Von Post, Charles R. Henderson, James C. Holden, the investments (1' the Company and express their approval of the system, order and accuracy with which the accounts and‘vouchers have been kept, and the business in Robert Clyphant, "Wm. P. Dixon, J. H. Herrick. Committee ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ISAAC F. LLOID, Second Vice-President, WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., 001. Secy. * ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Secy. FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier J A MES TIMPSON, 2d'Asst. Trees I EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier.- EMORY MCCLINTOCK LL..,D F. I. A, Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, JR, Asst. Actuary. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp. J GEN C. ELLIOI‘I‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies; EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M. D. MEDICAL DIRECTORS ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D. GRANVILLE. M. WHITE, M. D.- J DIN W. NICHOLS, New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. Local Ago.- 11!}. 111111. 1‘ r‘ 2 Id .9)
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