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'THEUEvENINoéeAznTTE
DIED 1N POVERTY.
The Pitiable End of the Author of
' the Monroe Doctrine.
Neglected by Country and Friends He
Suflered Extreme Hardships.
and Ended His Days
in Want.
firms!
James Monroe, the immortal ex-
pounder of a doctrine that 1s to—day the
arbiter of our national destinies, died
in beggary and neglect 1n a little house
that still stands in the city of New
York. The house is old and crumbling.
Like the grand personage who died
destitute there in 1831, it is endu1ing
a destitute and decaying old age, and no
one pays any heed to it. The house
stands at the northwest corner of
Prince and Marion streets' 1n New Y01k.
The ground floor is c0111 erted into a
cheap foreign eating-howuse There is
a. ca1penter’ s bench upstairs. The side
1' alls are placarded with posters, and
the pa1 ements are littered with refuse.
In the second-story front room of this
batte1ed old residence James Monroe,
fifth, and, in many respects, one of the.
greatest of: the presidents, died, on July
4, 1631, so poor that his son-in-law bor-
rowed some money to bury him with.
James Monroe 11 anted the necessaries
of his feeble condition during his last
days. His death was hastened by the
poverty that forced him to go hungry
for 11 ant of medicinal food.
The entire neighborhood of this old
house is rich in historic associations
of Monroe, who lived here with his son-
in—law, Samuel L. Grosvenor. Mr.
Grosvenor belonged to a fine old family,
. but he was not rich. He cheerfully
gave the former president a home, for
Monroe had actually no other place to
lay his head. He had given up his Vir-
ginia residence, and official life had
completely drained his resources.
The most delightful and interesting
accounts of the life led by James Mon-
roe in his New York refuge are. still ex-
tant. 'He was a. country gentleman of
the old school, and was, of course, deep-
ly respected by all his neighbors as {.1
err-president of the United States. He
daily walked down Marion street as a
constitutional until his health gave
out completely. Oddly enough,‘ the
neighborhood still retains th: quaint,
old- fashioned, almost colonial charac-
ter it had during James Monroe’s time.
Marion street, as you leave the door of
the immortal doctrine’s expounder, is
still occupied by the houses which stood
there in 1831. These houses belong to
old families, among whom Monroe‘s
name is a personal tradition. The
sons and daughters of the children
who played about the door can tell
you about Monroe in his stockings and
stock, because he saluted their parents
as they saluted him.
By a singular stroke of fortune this
old house, with its three stories and
attic, is still strong and intact. The
American people are very ready to con-
tribute to the preservation of Carlyle’s
house in London, while today the
house of the man whose name is on
everyonc’s lips, and whose creed is our
national religion, is utterly neglected.
The jingOes of congress have not a word
to say with reference to the preserva-
tion of this Monroe relic. New York
has allowed it to rot away for years.
Very. soon, in the ordinary course of
events, the edifice will be torh down.
Perhaps it is better so. While it
stands it must always be a reminder
to the American people that they al-
lowed one o-f the greatest of their pres--
idents to die in destitution. _
It was only natural that, during
the period in which Monro-e lived at
this now decaying house, men of emi-
nence should come to visit him.
Among: 1 was John Quincy Adams.
2‘ the visit very minutely in
1:11 commented feclingly
' unable condition in which
;.:~:-presid.ent. Mr. Monroe
very ill and feeble. His
:1 vrs so wretched, in view of.
i-zcme poverty, that John Quincy
Adams drew a very moving portrait of
the. old man. He mentioned the former
magnificence of Monroe, and, contra-sir
ing it with his present indigence, made
various reflections upon the mutability
of human fortunes. Those who are
curious on .such topics may consult
Adams’ letters and dairies with profit.
Monroe died at last, with the cannon -
booming all about him in honor of the
nation’s birthday. His son-in-law, Mr.
Grosvenor, afterward told about the
melancholy of the old man, whose heart
had been broken by his country’s neg-
lect. Congress had, with great parsi-
mony, refused payment Of certain of
his claims. Monroe was buried in
Second street cemetery, where his re-
mains lay utterly neglected, and un-
marked for years, until the legislature
of Virginia. appropriated funds for
their removal to his native state. The
usual buffeting of fortune followed
them, for vandals stole the bronze from
the" grave after the interment in Vir-
ginia. Of all our presidents, Monroe
has been the least honored by memor-
ials—St. Louis Republic.
Women Are Queens There.
One would hardly think of going to
' the country of the czar to find an exam-
ple. of women’s rights, but there is a
place in Russia, Smolensk by name,
where women are said to govern every-
thing. This is not because they do it
better than men, but because the. town
is so dead that in order to earn a living
all the men are compelled to go away,
thus leaving matters entirely in charge
of the women. Plainly, the ideal and
complete kingdom 'of women is a place
where no man can gain a livelihood.—
Detroit Free Press.
Economical Japan.
The little economies that have made
Japan .so rich» may be noticed e1ery-
where. The dust of charcoal is gath-
ered up and mixed with chaff of wheat,
barley and other grains, and with
chopped It is then moistened
into as ‘ 1, 1 oiled into balls about as big
as bi ll? ".10. 1; 21‘s, on .makes an excellent
(«f-yaw...
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PUNGENT (PARAGRAPHS.
-—VVhen a doctor advises a patient to
go away, it’s a prettyD rrood sign that he
fall back 011. —Philadelphia Record.
-—“Louise, 11 here does the intellect-
ual exercise come in in play 111g whist?”
“0, in gettmO‘ other people topay atten-
tion to the game.”—Chicago Record.
—A wife, has no business sewing for
the heathen when her husband weans a
heavy, long-tailed coat in summer to
avoid embarrassment. — Galveston
News.
——Miss Gushington—“How did you
feel when you found that the' ship
11 ould surely go down 1n ten minutes?”
Capt. Salted—“I felt for a life—presen-
er. ”—Melbourne Weekly Times.
—It always rains when you leave
your umbrella at home, and you always
lose it when you take it down town; so
what’s the use of growling about the
weather ‘?—Atlanta Constitution.
—Cunliffe—“Did Roaring ever realize
any of his political ambitions. 9” “No,
poor fellow; he never got any highei
than the position of favorite son.’
Philadelphia N01 th American.
—Hopkins——“There’s no reform about
these bloomers the women are wear-
ing.” Brow n—“Why?” Hopkins—“I
find it just as hard as ever to find my
wife’s pocket. ”—Philadelphia North
American.
——Let the Test Be Made.—Cumso——-
“I’d like to see a photograph of a cloud
made with the cathodic ray.” Cawker
——“V\ by?” Cumso—“I’m suspicious
about the silver lining. ”-—Detroit Free
Press.
—“I’d like to be a man,” she said,
regretfully. “I like you better as 1011
are, ” he replied; and her smile made it
e1-ident that, after a.,ll she 11 as thorough-
ly satisfied with affairs as they stood.—
Philadelphia North American.
GROWTH OF INSECTS.
Influence of Heredity and of Environ-
ment Considered.
Possibly few branches of scientific
thought are more active at this time
than othat which is considering the in-
fiuence 11 hich environment has' 1n gov-
erning form and general character. A
recent author who objects to the extent
to which environment has been carried
in forming theories of evolution well
remarks that it must have some influ-
ence or it could not have captivated
so many leaders in scientific philoso-
phy. But he contends that it is a 11 cal.
and not a strong agent, and is limited
in its po11ers.He illustrates by the
common housefly. When an insect
emerges from the pupa stage, it has
reached its full size.
But there are small housefiies as
11 ell as larger ones—these do not grow
larger or smaller after being once
101131151116 must have some “condition
of environment” that led to these 1:111-
ations in size. Possibly some inability
in one case to make available nutrition
at a certain period of growth, made the
dwarf, and opposite conditions favored
the giant. But heredity‘is also a potent
factor, and is able to hold what has been
brought into existence. If the small
flies could be so isolated that they
would mate with each other only, he-
redity might result in bringing about
a race of small houseflies. Such a race
might, under some conditions, be re-
garded as a. species—yet it would be
due rather to heredity than to con-
ditions of environment. The great
probability would be that when “envi-
ronment” again acted on some one
member of the small race so as to
change its puny character, it 11 ould be
to remand it to the race of giants again,
and thus make it again la1ger.——Mee—
han’s Monthly.
BUILDINGS THAT PUZZLE.
Their Origin and Uses Have Been a Mys-
tery for Centuries.
For centuries past the ingenuity of
learned men has been exercised on the
Noraghe of Sardinia, but to this day
they have no more been able to d1sco1er
that origin of these famous buildings
than had the Romans before them.
They were unable to say whether they
were used for tombs or fire temples, for
trophies of victory, for observatories.
or merely for human dwelling places.
More than 3,000 of them have been
counted in Sardinia, standing on arti-
ficial mounds 30 or 60 feet high, and
measuring at the base 100 to 300 feet
in circumference. They are usually in
the shape of towers, built with immense
blocks of stone, roughly hewn with
hammers. NO cement is used ,in. their
structure, nor is there any inscription
to indicate their Origin.
A low entrance at one side leads into
a long and lofty passage, communicat-
ing by a very low door with a. domed
chamber beyond. On either side of this
small cells have been formed in the
walls, a spiral staircase rising steeply
from' the dome, leads to another, but
somewhat smaller chamber above, and
again beyond this to be broken top of
the Noraghe.
Nothing has been found within these
buildings, and to this day their exist-
ence is a mystery.
In the same vicinity other buildings
have been discovered which are no less
puzzling to antiquaries. The general
opinion is that they were built for the
Tit-Bits.
Around the World in Thirty Days.
In connection with the new train de
luxe between Ostend and St. Peters-
burg, the Independence Belge points
out that with the completion of the
Trans-Siberian railway in 1900 the tour
of the world in. 30 days will become an
accomplished fact. The time of the
transit from London to St. Petersburg
will be 45 hours, the journey to Port
Arthur being performed in‘ ‘50 hours.
From here the steamers of the Russo-
American company,n . now in couise of
formation, will convey the travele1s to
San F111 noisco in se1en days, hence ten
days 11 III. suf‘ice for the Ieturn to Lon-
don. The entire fare is calculated. to
cost $2?” 0 to $100. —N. Y. Sun.
is prosperous and has lots of others to.
purpose of burying giants. —— London-
I
Inn.
INSU ANC‘ CO.
- ~ OF NEW YORK.
RICHARD A. MOCURDY President.
omen for he You Ending o. 31,13
Assets. ‘ . . . . ..
Liabilities ‘ . .
Surplus .. . I P .
Total Income . ‘ .
Total Paid Policy-holders in 1895,
Insurance and Annuities in force,
Net gain in 1895 ' .
$221,213,721 33
194,347,157 58
$26,866,563 75
$48,597,480 51
$23,126,728 45
$899, 074,453 78
$61,647,645 36
NOTE—Insurance merely wr itIen, Is_ discarded from tclliis Statement as wholly misleading. and only insurance
actually issued and paid for in cash Is Include .
1,5.
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual.
Report of the Examining Committee.
Offioeof the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York,
February 11,1896.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18t h day of
December last, theundersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual
Statement for the year ending December
parison with the assets of the Company.
31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com-
The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby
certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified
therein are in possession of the COmpany.
In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of
the investments of 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
general transacted.
H. C. Von Post,
CharlesR. Henderson,
James C. Holden,
Robert Olyphant,
Wm, P. Dixon,
J. H. Herrick.
Committee
ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
' ISAAC r. LLOYD, Second Vice-President,
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary,
FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier
.
HENRY E. DUNCAN. .11., 001. Secy.
ALBERT KLAMROTH. Asst. Seey.‘
JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Treas
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier
EMORY MOCLINTOCK LL. D. F. I. A, Actuary.
JOHN TATLOCK, JB., Asst. Actuary.
CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor,
WM. W. RICHARDS. Comptroller.
HENRY 8. BROWN, Asst. Comp.
JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies,
EDWARD LYMAN snon'r, Gen. Solicitor.
MEDICAL Dinnorons
GUSTAVUS 3. WINSTON, M. D. ELIAS, J. ”MARSH, 'M. D.
GRANVILLE HM. WHITE. M. D.
John W.N1Ionons.
New Haven, General Agt. for State of G onnecticut.
A.H. oAM
LOcal Agent.
Norwalk Chronicler