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A PALATIAL PRIVATE CAR. ‘
yresidunt Green Has the Himdso‘mest in
Existence.
What is undoubtedly the fine-st pri-
vate car at the disposal of a railroad
magnate in-this or any other coun-
try was recently built for E. H. R.
Green. president of the Texas Mid-
land railroad. Palatial is the only
word which is applicable to this car.
Even the private cars of British roy-
alty pale into comparative insignifi-
cance beside the possession of the
son of the richest woman‘in America.
The exterior of" the car resembles
the ordinary Pullman coach. It has
a reception room, a private Sleeping
'apartment, a dining roeni and a
kitchen. The principal and largest
apartment is the observation or re-
ception roOm at one end of the car.
'This occupies an area of more than
tightcen feet in length. It includes
two Sleeping sections on either side,
which are nine feet long, but during
The day they can be changed in-
t) comfortably cushioned lounging
.‘i‘flIS. The room is handsomely car-
geted and furnished with wicker
«asy chairs, a roll top desk, and rich
l‘r' covered tables. There are also a
timed recorder, air pressure gauge,
thermometer, clock and electric fans.
At night, if the- occasion requires,
the room can be divided into three
Separate compartments by partitions
which fold against the upper panel-
ling. Two-of these. can be turned
into sleeping apartments.
The passageway runs to the side of
the car and opens into a suite of
handsomely appointed state rooms,
each more than seven feet long. In
one is a stationary bed, while the
other contains a folding bed. Be-
tween these two rooms. and connect-
ing with each, is a bath room about
about four and a half feet square,
with a shower attached.
Next comes the kitchen, to which
eight and one-half feet of the length
_ of the car is devoted.
Beyond the kitchen is the dining-
room, provided with a larger table, at
which eight persons can be seated.
The room is ten feet long and
comfortably furnished with the usual
dining room paraphernalia. The win-
-dows of the car are a trifle larger
than those of the ordinary drawing
roOm car, and are fitted with heavy
plate glass. The interior is hung
with heavy portieres and window
curtains—New York lIerald.
A COLLEGE GIRL’SNPRANK.
She Givesa Cat Concert During the Small
Hours of the Night.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
has been telling tales out of school. It
has collected a number of the amusing
pranks of college girls of a few years
ago, making the explanation that such
capers are out of date now, one of
.Which is the following:
During the freshman year of a stu-
dent she conceived the novel idea of
. giving a cat coucert some night after
4th-e retiring. To this end she collecred
,all the stray felines there were around
the place, and stored them away in
the attic. By the time the date set
for the serenade came around she had ‘
decoyed about a dozen cats to the at-
tic, singly and in pairs. With the as-
sistance of one of the workmen, open
to bribery:- she conducted from the
basement to the top floor—a goat. This
beast was added to the zoological
garden in the attic, and together with
the cats paced the floor till silence had
fallen throughout the house.
And then this little person, so meek
that suspicion never fell upon her,
stole up the attic stairs and tied to
each animal a bell, opened the door
and turned the flock loose. Pandemon—
ium reigned. The frightened cats
meowed and meowed, the goat
ba-ahed, and the faculty chased, com-
manded and came to despair. Through
the midnight‘ watches the slin’king
cats tinkled their bells through the
halls, the outraged teachers breathed
out threatings against the culprit, and
the girl who was in future years to be
at the head of the institution 'siept on
——thc sleep of the just.
lunch Too Clever. -.
Sir Charles Napier was at one time
Governor of Gibraltar. One day, by
some mischance, he mislaid the keys
of his safe. Search being unavailing
he sent down to the engineers’ yard!
to know if they had a man capable of
picking a lock.
A certain sapper whose skill at lock-
picking was well known was sent to
the Governor’s house, and, with the
aid of a few pieces of wire, he very
shortly succeeded in opening the safe.
Napier as amazed at his celerity, but
said not ing.
Next morning the sapper was sent
for by his colonel, who handed him a
five-pound note, and informed him that
by Napier’s order he was to return to
England, for home service, by the
next boat, as the Governor did not
think it safe to keep a man on the
Rock who could pick the most compli-
cated lock as easily as he could eat his
breaMast—Answers. -
‘6’,” The. Ju lute \Vis Not Convinced.
In a suit for separation, counsel for
the plaintiff pleaded, among other rea-
sons, incompatibility of temperament.
IIe depicted the character of the bus-
band as “brutal, violent, and passion-
ate.” The husband‘s advocate rose in
his turn and described the wife as
“spiteful, short-tempered, and sulky.”
“Pardon me,” interrupted the judge,
addressing both limbs of the law. “I
cannot see, gentlemen, where the in-
compatibility of temperament comes
ln.”—,Tid-Bits.
Baboony—Me boy, you look as if you
had just stepped out of a fashion
plate. , ,_
Crinkleton—That so? I knew I had
rheumatism, but I didn’t suppose I
,was as stiff as that!-—-Harlem l.i-’e. ‘
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‘ Six KENTUCKY MA‘RRlAGES.
And a Mixed Relationship that ls Diffi-
cult to Unravel. .
‘ 'At the village of Roley, one day not
long ago, there were six couples mar-
ried. In the morning there was a triple
wedding in the church. In the after-
noon three other couples were wedded,
within an hour of each other, at the
homes of the respective brides. All
six of the couples were. entertained at
the home of “Uncle” Bob Tucker, who
after the difierent marriages, Was
closely related to all the principals
thereto. Now come some of the singular
features of the case. Uncle Bob, be-
fore the wedding, had ln the lot of
twelve individuals a daughter, a son,
three granddaughters, one niece, and
one nephew. In the twelve there were
a brother and sister, two sisters, two
brothers, three cousin's, twouncles, an
aunt, four nieces and two nephews,
and yet no one of the twelve persons
married any one related to him or her-
self. Another funny feature is. that
before the weddings there were two
named Hopkins, two Dunbars, two
Chelfs, two Tuckers, two McWhortm-s. .
One I’endleton, and one Hood. After
the omelet was done, the Dunbgirs and
Hopkinses had gained two; the Pen-
dletons; Chelfs, and McVVhorters had
been exterminated; the Hoods
ers had held their ground. Ever
since the wedding day the gossips
have been figuring on the probable
kinship between the several brides
and groom's and their mutual relative
“Uncle Bob Tucker.”—Columbus, I{y.,
Spectator.
BIBULOUS HENS.
They Imbibe Refuse from a Distillery and
AnnOy the Neighbors.
IIens that become addicted to the
use of spirituous liquor, that are
maudlin in their cackling, that sleep
at unnatural hours and have blue
Mondays, seem to be something rather
new under the sun. Such a hen was
produced in court at Fort William],
Scotland, a'fortnight ago, says the
Buffalo Commercial. She belonged to
a poultry breeder, who complained
that his live stock has been seriously
injured by drinking at a brook pol-
luted by the refuge of a distillery.
The refuse was spirituous; the
poultry got drunk, and what they
gained in excitement they lost in ap--
petite and condition for the market.
They moped on Sundays because there
was no whiskey in the water on that
day, and on Monday would touch no
food until they had been to the burn
and had a “pick-me-up.” On week
days they alternately slept and fought.
and broke the eggs of the few sober
ones who attended to their work.
The hen that was brought into the
court in support of the plea looked so
impudently at the sheriff that it had
to be ordered out.
and flesh of a hard-drinking hen ac-
quired a high, sporfy flavor that might
recommend to the state of epicures de-
ponent saith not. »-
Helpless as to the Bread.
Captain Bliss was like all‘ seamen.
a strict disciplinarian, and his crew
respected him beyond measure. Not
one of them would have dreamed of
interpreting a command otherwise
than according to the strict letter of
the law; things must be done "ship-
shape” under his rule. '
One day, while the ship was in a
certain port, the captain gave :1 din-
ner to some town acquaintances, and
as the'resources of the ship were not
great, some of the sailors were de-
putcd to wait on the table to reinforce
the insufiicient number of stewards.
As these men were not used to such
work, cach‘one was told exactly what
service would fall to his share.
The hour came and the dinner went
merrily on. .I‘resently, however, one
of .the ladies wanted a piece of
bread. There was none very near
her, and the finely disciplined stew-
ards seemed to be quite oblivious to
her need. She turned her head and
spoke very softly to the man at her
elbow.
“Bread, please!” she said.
He looked regretfully at the bread,
and then at her. It was evident that
he would fain have helped her if it
had been in his power. He saluted
in fine naval style.
“Can‘t do it, ma’am,” said he.
told Off for ’taters.”
I‘m
He Didn’t Know. ,
Schoolmistress—“Come here, Charlie,
and let me hear you recite your lesson.
Why, what is the matter? What are
you crying for?”
Clizii-'liea—“S01ne of the big boys made
me kiss a little girl out in the school
yard. Boo-hoe!”
"Why, that is outrageous.
you not come to me?”
“l—I—didn’t know that you would
let me kiss you.”—~Philadelphia I‘ress.
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FENCE OF ELK HORNS.
J. F. Haynes Has Three Hundred Enclos-
ing His Studio inYellowstone Park.
_ More than three hundred elks have
”unwillingly contributed their magnifi-
cent antlers to beautify the enclosure
around the studio of F. Jay Haynes, at
Mammoth Hot Springs, in Yellowstone
Park. It is believed to be the only
fence made of elk horns in the world.
Mr. Haynes, with three of his men,
collected and carefully selected these
trophies. They all have twelve points,
and many have the royal'fourtecn.
From twenty to twenty-five thousand
elks winter in Yellowstone Park, and
the ’greater per centage of these are
males. About April 1 is shedding time,
and it is‘easy enough to gather the
shed horns, if one but ascertains the
whereabouts of the animals at that
time. Their usual'habitat is amid the
deep snows of the mountains, but an
'unusually heavy snov‘vfall or a late
is
had ~
been increased by one, and the Tuck-
IVhether the eggs .
spring often brings them to lower alti-
tudes. -
It is most interesting to note the
habits of these fine creatures at this
shedding period. When the first born
drops the animal immediately starts
in‘ search of the nearest tree or rock
to rid himself of the burden of the re-
maining one. The weight of each
i branch is from fifteen to thirty pounds.
Although thus eager to get rid of his
antlers, the elk after losing them be-
comes for a time a recluse, shunning
the company of his kind as much as
possible. .
In a month’s time the new horns be-
gin to appear, and after the eXpiration
of two months they have attained their
full size and are covered with a
growth of fur. Great is the caution of
the animal at this time, as the least
bruise causes the horn to flow, the re-
sult being the curiously deformed
horns so often seen. As the new horns
mature the elk rubs off the fur-from
their surface, and by September they
are hard and glossy.
The price of the shed horns is from
seven dollars and fifty cents to ten
dollars a pair. No one is allowed to re-
move these specimens from the Park,
as it is a national reservation, unless
permission is granted by the superin-
tendent. Mr. Hayes obtained a per-
mission for 'the collection used‘ for his
fence, with the proviso that they are
to be kept within the Park. Although
there are now three hundred horns in
this unique fence, as many more will
have to be added to complete it around
the enclosure—New York Herald.
Disease Lurks in Dyed Fur.
The latest medical discovery re-
vc:;.-.; the fact that. almost all furs are
propagators of disease, because of the
dye-.4 with which they are stained, and
that the wearer of a fur cape or collar
or any piece of fur that touches her
skin is subjecting herself to perils that
she does not dream of.
tifully shaded fur conceals poisons
lthat are always injurious, sometimes
even deadly in their effects.- In dyeing
seal, the chief chemicals are sulphate
of copper, cop-per dust and antimony.
Sables are dyed with arsenic, orpi-
Inent, sulphate of copper and sulphate
of iron. Alaska marten is colored by
verdigris, sulphate of iron and log-
wood. . -
.One,.instance of these effects is af~
forded by the case of a. New York
woman whose physicians traced a se-
vere case of erysipelas to a new seal-
skin coat, which she had worn‘but a
few times. The friction Of the fur
produced a lesion in the skin of the
neck which afforded entrance for the
poisonous dyes in the fur, and, because
Lt‘ the condition brought about by these
poisons, for the entrance of the cry-
sipelas bacilli. The eruption charac-
teristic of the disease covered the en-
tire neck and ear, or the portion ex-
po.st to the action of the fur dyes.
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Iie Required Kansas Exeitenlent.
a Kansas man who left the state. but
soon returned to it because he missed
the cXcitemont. "Why. man." said
White, "what do you mean? What ex-
citement can there be in living where
there-isn’t a piece of vegetation high-
er than a sunflower, and-where hu-
man beings are as few as summer
showers?” “‘XVell, you see, it’s like
this,” he replied. “You put in a crop,
and from the moment the seed’s in the
ground until the last day of harvest
it’s a gamble whether or not you get
a full crop or barely enough to feed
a mule. The sustained excitement
amounts to what you would get out
of a four mon-ths’ poker game in which
you had staked everything. Oh,
there’s plenty of excitement about it,
and I’ve become so accustomed to that
feature of it that I’m lost without it.”
This farmer was a Greek letter fra-
ternity man, and, ludicrous as it may
the utmost seriousness—New York
Tribune. -
about the house, paint, floors, pots
and pans, dishes and glassware,
silver and tinvarc, can be done
-better, quicker and cheaper with
WASHING PoWDE‘
than with any‘other cleansing
» compound. Largest package——
greatest economy.
. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY,
Chicago. St. Louis, New York. Boston, Philadelphia.
The soft, beau- '
Willam Allen \Vhite tells a story of
seem, he unquestionably spoke with
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RICHARD A? MGGURDY, President. _ _
Statement for the Year Ending December 3431,189
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THE M
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State bf New York.
x
- ' “ INCOME,
Received for Premiums - .— - . .
From all Other Sources
9 99.93.4444 29
l0,l09,28l~ 0.7
, ' s 49.152395. 21'
To Policy-holders for Olaims bv'O’ealh . ._ . --
Te Policy-holders forEmlovlmenls, Dividends, etc. - - -
~ ’ DlSBURSElVIElSlTS,
5 42,595,443 99
42,542,455 154'
45,154,095 54
For all Other Accounts - - - - - .
' ' s 95,24575T5T4 .
' ASSETS.
niled SlalesBonds andpolher Securities - - ~ -
First lien Loans on Bondand Mortgage - .. -_> -
Loans 541 Stocks and Bonds ' ‘-
lléal Eslale - . - - - -. -
Oash in Banks and Trust Oompanlcs ' - - - - - l2,580,390 OO
6,535,555 OO
llecruellInterestllellleferred Premiums, elc- - - - -
' $234,144,145 42
- 203,549,535 12
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S 29,133,5l4 70
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s 945,595,555 45
s. 4 4 5,425,552 45
14,545,929 5
44,094,525 59
22,151,555 55
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities
Surplus - - - - . . .
Insurance and llnn'uilies in force - . .
, I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor,
From the Surplus a. dividend will be appm tioned as usual
Report of the Examining. Commit-tee. '
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE MUTUAL [LIFE INSURANCE OOMPAllY OF NEW YORK
The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by your honorable body on the twenty-
t-hird day of December, I 896, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company, and to
To THE ‘HONORABLE, THE
verify the same, .espectfully
REPORT
That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby con‘ferred, the Committee have at various dates between the date of the
said reference and the date cf this Report attend« (I at the office of the Company, and have been waited on by the Treasurer,
the Comptroller, the Auditor and and the Cashter, together With the the respecuve assrstants of such officers, and have care-
fullv gone over all. the items contained In the said Statement,_ and have found the same to be correct. They have examined
and‘counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared the price at which the
same are carried in said Statement With the market quotations and find the same not exceedmg such quotations—in fact, in
manv cases b. l w them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Company,
and find the s but: to be as stated. They have also verified the valuations of the Company’s holdings of real estate and have
verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and have counted the cash on hand held by the
h’ r. . - .
C85 Aid the Committee certify that all the books, papers. documents and evtdencec of title of every description necessary in.
such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said oflicers and their assistants, and that the same are
accurate, in good order and well kept. . . . , ’
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the System and
methods adopted by the Company in recording Its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation ‘
'1 ‘ . if it submitted ROBERr OLYPHANT J. HOBART HERRIOE
An°fWh1°““°“Pe° ‘1 y» JAMES N. JARVIE. , CHARLES D. DICKEY. .13.:
N EW YORK. JANUARY 25, 1897. JAMES C. HOLDEN CHARLES R. HENDERSON
The company has issued an order whereby women can be insured without the extra
charge heretofore required. More definite information on the subject will be furnished by
the local agent, Mr. ,A H. Camp. . ,
Board of Trustees
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN JR.
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
THEO. A. HAVEMEYER
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER
JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DICKEY JR.
EIBRIDGE T. GERRY .
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNO. W AUOHINCLOSS
’J HEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD ,
CHARLES E. MILLER
FREDERIC CROMWELL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
ROBERT SEWELL
S, V. R. CRUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECKHAM
ROBERT OLYPHANT 4. J. HOBART HERRICK
WM P DIXON WALTER R GILLETTE
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLCO'I‘T ROBERT A. GRANNISS H. WALTER WEBB
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ROBERT A; GRANNISS Vice-President.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ‘ .
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. HENRY E. DUNCAN,.JR, C orrespondmg Secretary!
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. ‘ , ALBERT KLAMROTH, ASSIStaLt Secretary.
I FBEDERIC CROMWELL. Treasurer.
JOHN A. FONDA, As sistant Treasurer JAMES TIMPSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
V EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant .Caphier.
WILLIAM P, SANDS, Cashier. .
, EMORY McCLlNTOCK, Actuary. .
. JOHN TATLOCK, J R , Assistant Actuary. ‘
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. .
(‘. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, ASsistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller.
JOHN C. ELLIOT. Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS: _ ,
ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D' GRANVILLE M. \VHITE, M. D
SAMUEL D, BABcocR
RICHARD A. MCCUBDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON PoST
LEWIS MAY 4
OLIVER HARRIMAN
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GUSTAVUS s. WINSTON, M. D.
JOHN w. NICHOLS ”New Haven,
General Agent for,
Slate of Oo’nneclicul‘
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