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. EVENING GAZETTE.
ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE IN NOR:
WALK ASA NEWSPAPER.
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
DAILY—One year, 83; six months, 81.75;
hree months, 81 ; one month, 401:.
WEEKLY—One year, in advance, 81; six
months. 60c.; three months. 351:. “
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, .1898.
SECRETARY JOHN HAY.‘
[he Diplomat Is Npt Proud of His Early
Poems.
Secretary JOhn Hay has always been
better known as a poet than as a diplo-
mat. Yet he secretly wishes that he
had never penned “Jim Bludsoe” or
“Iiittle Breeches”—~.poems that have
given him a place among American
literary men. He blushes yet when he
is introduced as the author of "Little
Breeches.”
He would rather be known as the
private secretary to Abraham Lincoln
during the dark days of the late civil
.war. Surrounded as he was by, spies
in Washington and by cabals in his
0WD Cabinet, the martyred president
used In say that there were two men
he could absolutely trust—“every drop
of blood in their veins is mine,” he
used to say—John Hay and John G.
Nicolay, his two youthful private sec-
retaries. '
Mr. Hay is rich. He has made quite
a. pretty penny with his poems and
with the life of Abraham Lincoln,
which he wrote with Mr. Nicolay, and
he has found himself a millionaire by
the death of his father-in-law, Amasa
Stone. Mr. Stone was a great friend
of Lincoln, in a quiet way, and it was
at the White House that Mr. Hay met
the young woman who afterward be
came his wife.
“.‘fi—r-
C .i‘qe ' HAY.
Mr. Hay cu qu 3 figure at Wind—
sor last year by appearing in knee
breeches and silk stockings. This was
when he officially represented the Uni
ted States as ambassador. He got on
very well socially in London, too, hav-
ing rented one of the finest houses in
the town. He and Mrs. Hay made
themselves popular with London soci-
ety. They were great patrons of the
arts—and are still-and were always
regular first-nighters at important
plays.
The politicians never bothered much
with 001. Hay. He never did any of
them a good turn, yet pleasant berths
at the gift of succeeding Republican
administrations have generally been
his, including that of Assistant Secre-
tary of State. But as a man of mark-
edly good taste and much literary tal-
ent all Washington has known him
well for twenty years. His “Pike
County Ballads” will live long‘after
people have forgotten who was Mc-
Kinley’s Ambassador to the Court of
St. James. ‘ v
John Hay loves his family and his
home. He has a boy and several little
girls. His wife is his idol. He is hos-
pitable, generous, studious. He is a
man of infinite tact, and great good
judgment. He has always been a Re-
publican of high-minded ideas.
HE KEPT HIS SEAT.
He Was Unacquainted With the Ways of
some Pewholders.
A man who had not been to church
for a very long time finally hearkened
to the persuasions of his wife, and de-
cided to go, says Tit-Bits. He got the
family all together and they started
early. Arriving at the church there
were very few people in it, and no pew
holders at hand, so, the man led his
family well up the aisle, and took pos-
session of a nice pew.
Just as the service was about to be-
gin, a pompous-looking old man came
in, walked up to the door of that pew,
and stood there, exhibiting evident
surprise that it was occupied. The oc-
cupants moved over and offered him
room to sit down, but he declined to be
seated. Finally, the old man produced
a card, and wrote upon it with a pen-
cil:
“I pay for this pew.”
He gave the card to the strange oc-
cupant, who, had he been like most
people, would have at once got up and
left. But the intruder adjusted his
glasses, and, with a smile, read the
card. Then he calmly wrote beneath
it. ~
“HOW much do you pay a year.”
To this inquiry the pompous old
gentleman, still. standing, wrote
abruptly:
{gen pounds.”
The stranger smiled as though he
were pleased, looked round to c6mpare
the pew with others, admired its nice
cushions and furnishings, and wrote
back:
“I don’t blame you. It'iS well worth
The pompous old gentleman at .that
stage collapsed into his seat. ’
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"T H E E v ENE N G GAZET'I E
NEWS-PAPER OF CLOUDLAND. .
Unique Sheet Gotten Out on Top of Pike’-
Peak.
'Unique among the newspaper offices
of the United States, and probably the
highest in the world, is that printed
on Pike’s Peak during the summer.
The paper was an experiment last sea,-
son, but this year it proved a full-
fledged success and .was published
twice a day out among the trees that
are very scanty up at timber line. The
publisher is T. B. Wilson.
For several years Wilson has been
publishing newspapers in the moun-
tains. When he started the “Pike’s
Peak News” it was with some misgiv-
ings. He located his office on the very
peak. The storms, however, are so
frequent that he found it better to
move down a little, but is then sta-
tioned 12,000 feet above the sea level.
When the train on the cog road comes
pufling its way up from Manitou the
passengers are induced to give their
names. Then while they go to the top
the paper is printed and in it are the
names of all who have been on the
peak that day. Of course there is a
large sale among them, as they desire
the papers for souvenirs of the visit.
Not much news is in this mountain-
top paper, for there is little happening
on Pike’s Peak. With the coming of
the early storms of winter the paper
is suspended, for the visitors are not
there to buy the copies. The press
and type are moved to the warm val-
leys of the town below, and there con-
tinue in service as an aid to a local
paper until there is a resumption of
the summer Sight-seeing and travel up
the peak. The one annoyance of the
printer is the relic hunter. When the
newspaper man's back is turned there
is a rush of laughing girls for the
type cases to gather type for souve-
nirs of the trip. He has several times
been compelled to buy new type to re-
place that taken in this way. Stand-
ing out in the open air, the temptation
to take a bit of the metal is very
strong. One day he published a notice,
saying:
“Iph there are seen a phew mistakes
in this paper and we phajl to spell all
names right, do not blame us, phor it
is the best we can do. Some phligh'ty
girls phrom _Boston philched all our
ephs.”——Boston Transcript. .
STUMP PENCILS' A‘R‘E MASCOTS.
Members of Stock Elmira—Ugo Superslt‘
tious About Lead Sticks.
“Talking of-hOodoois and mascot,
said a member Of the stock cxchang
“the boys on the floor of the exchang’g
are as suspicious as a lot of sailors?
if you don’t believe it you look at fife:
lead pencils they are using the nexi
time you are in the building.
“You won‘t find,,a man using a long
lead pencil. \Vh'y? Because a long
pencil is a ‘hoodoo’ of the worst kind.
They always cut a new pencil in half
before they sharpen it. Some of these
pencils acquire the reputaton of being
lucky. ,
“Less than a week ago I came down
without my pencil, which, by the way,
is a lucky one—every memorandum
made with that pencil results in a
profit for me—and I borrowed one
from a friend on the floor. 'He handed
me a stump about‘an inch long, and
said: ‘You can use that; it’s a lucky
pencil.’ '
“Sure enough, I made two deals in
the morning, and each netted me a
handsome profit.
“I was about to make a memoran-
dum of some stock I had bought when
my friend approached and said:
“ ‘Here, take this pencil and let me
have mine again. I’ve lost on every
deal since 'I loaned it to you.’
“Sure enough, I lost on that deal
and the luck went back to the owner
of the pencil.
“When you get hold of a lucky pen-
cil you want to hang to it.
“Some of the boys have little lucky
pencils not more than an inch long,
and they guard them as they would
their lives. .
“If you, through carelessness or ac-
cident, cause them to break the lead
point they lose whatever regard they
have for you and forever afterward re-
gard you as inimical. Some of them
Wouldn’t take $5 for a little piece of
pencil worth considerably less than a
cent.”—New York Press.
At His“ Post of Duty.
Inquiring Person—What time did the
hotel catch fire?
Fireman—Midnight.
Inquiring Person—Everybody get out
safe?
Fireman—All except the night ‘watch
man. They couldn’t wake him up in
time.
" WANTED.
‘7‘ fANTEDp—To Loan $1,500 at. '6 per
cent. Security, $5,000 first. mort-
gage note on good property and due in
eighteen months. Apply Attorney,
Room 3, Masonic Building, N orwalk:
S 22 1w
AN TED—Houses and Real Estate
to sell. W. H. Byington, Insur-
ance, GAZETTE Building. N30 ti
ANTED—Contractors to know
that. the Fidelity and Deposit
‘00., of Maryland, furnishes surety. W.
._E[. Byingt-on, agent, GAZETTE Build-
Ing. N30 tf
. “ T0 RENT.
O RENT—A large hall in the GA-
ZETTE Building. Apply to Charles
Olmstead, Masonic Building.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—House at Broad River,
6 rooms and basement; new barn;
lot 75x200; chicken house and fruit. W.
H. Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. MS tf
FOR SALE—House on Franklin ave
nue, water and sewer connection; barn
and hennery. W. H. Byington, Insur~
ance, GAZETTE Building. M8 tf
FOR SALE OR RENT—House on
Camp street; 13 rooms, modern im-
provements; barn and large carriage
house. W. H. Byington, Insurance,
GAZETTE Building. ' M8 tf
OR SALE—Three fine building lots
on Wilton avenue. E. Wilson,
Insurance, GAZETTE Building. N30 tf
FOR SALE—On Newtown avenue, 3.
fine house of 10 rooms, hot. and cold
water, furnace, etc. Lot 95x400. Will
be sold cheap if taken at. once. W. H.
Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE Build-
ing. ~ D29 tf
FOR SALE—Two building lots on
Newtown avenue, 60x200. W. H. By-
ington, Insurance, GAZETTE Bulgigg}
2 ’0
OR SALE—One of the best building
lots in the city; five minutes walk
frOm Bridge. Water and. gas on street.
W. H. Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. N 30 Li
OR SA LE—A house on Wilton ave-
nue, 6 rooms. Will be sold cheap.
'W. H. Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. ’ N30 bf
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g COInprt-hennls s i x
7/92!) phi" Schools. The L A W
School (with D u. 3'
and EveninérC'm-sw-)
W
Graduate School, Pedagog", ENGINEER; N G
and UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. For circu :12;
address L. J. Tompkins, Registiaz‘. \V‘asliziag
ton Square. New York City.
Hoyt’s Theatre.
ONE NIGHT!
fl‘flURSDA Y, OCT . 6.
Most of all Fun!
. The Great Pastoral Comedy
JUSHIA‘ SIMPKINS!
Splendid Scenery and Mechanical Ef-
fects! Thrilling Saw-Mill Scene!
Charming Music!
Excellent Singing! T,
@Graceful Dancing!
Up-to-Date Specialties!
A Famous Orchestra!
@Two and one-half Hours of Solid
Amusementlfi
Watch for the great Noon—day Parade,
TWO BANDS!
One Handsomely Uniformed, followed
by the Funny Farmer Band!
Prices: 25c, 35c, and 500.
@Seats now on sale at Plaisted’s and
I Weed’s drug-stores. '
' Millinery OPENING
New...
Main Street.
opposite the N. Y. Grocery Store.
Sépt. 28h, 29th and 30th
Elegant assortment of trimmed Hats.
Bonnets, Walking Hats, Turbans, Sail-
ors, etc. _
All are cordially invited to call.
Ladies own Material made and trim-
med by first class New York milliners.
MRS. W. FAWCETT,‘AGT.
WE HAVE OPENED
A NEW JEWELRY STIIIIE
at 96 Washington St., South Norwalk.
ronage of the public.
It will be our purpose to conduct this store on the same lines
and in the same liberal manner as our other store, and with a first
class stock and prices as low as possible, bespeak the liberal pat-
We will carry aCOMPLETE STOCK OF DIAMONDS
WATCHES, CLOCKS, CUT GLASS and everything that
I is usually carried by a First-Class Jewelry Store,
We make a specialty of 'our OPTICAL DEPARTMENT
which is complete in every respect. V
In Watch and Jewelry repairing we do first-class work at prices
as low as consistent with good W( rkmanship.
We cordially invite you to inspect our New Store.
T" ammo. emEmAn-r. "
J. SPENCER a on.
N30 tf-
NEW YORK, January 21, 1898.
OF NEW YORK.
VRIGHAED A. MoO'U'RfiY, Fragment.-
INGQMEO - ’
$42,693.20! 99
Received for Premiums ., . . . .
From all other Sources . . - . . 11,469,406 24
$54,162,608 23
ETSEUESEMEETS.
T0 Policy-holders for Claims by Death . ‘ . ' . $13,279,630 66
T0 Policy-holders f0r Endowments, Dividends, etc. . . 12,712,424 76
.. . 10,132,005 57
For all other Accounts .. . . .
ASSETS.
United States Bonds and other Securities . ., $132,017,341 45
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . . 69,423,937 31
Loans on Stocks and Bonds . . _ . . 12,880,308 00
Real Estate . . . . . . 21,618,454 88
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . ,_ , . 11,705,195 82
firued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6,141,200 20
$253,786,437 6’6
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities . . 218,278,243 07
Surplus . . * . .. . . $35,508,194 59
Insurance and Annuities in Force . . ' . $936,634,496 63
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to becorrect;
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual
Report of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. I
To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD or TRUSTEES or
TIE MUTUAL LIFE IIISIIIIAIIIE BOMPAIIY 0F IEW YORK.
The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-
second day of December, I897,to examine the Annual Statement ofthe Company and
to verify the same, respectfully———-r
REPORT
- That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at various dates between the
date of the said reference and the date Of this Report, attended at the ofiiceof the Company, and have been waited on
by the Treasurer, the Comptrolleralhe Auditor, and the Cashier, together With the respective assistants of such officers
and have carefully. gone over all the items contained in the sand Statement, and have found the same to be corre ct. Thq
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared
the prices at which the same are carried in said Statement With the market quotations, and find the same not exceeding
such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. They have exammed and counted 5136 bonds and mortgages on real
Property held by the Company, and find the sarne ‘50 be as Stated' They Ila.” “5°. vemfied the ”1mm °f the com'
Panyis holdings of real estate and have verified the deposms of money 1" the various banks and trust companies, and
have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier. '
And the Committee certify that. all the books, papers, documents, and evidence of title of every description necw-
sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their assistants, and “it
the same are ac'curate. in g00d 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
All of which is respectfully Submit-ted. CHAS- R-' HENDERSON ELBRIDGE T“ GERRY A" N‘ WATERHOUSE
. S. V. R. CRUGER J. HOBART HERRICK JAMES C. HOLDEN
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Board of Trustees-
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN JR.
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY '
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLEB
JAMES N. JARVIE .
CHAS D. DICKEY JR.
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
JAMES SPEYEIa
HENRY H. ROGERS
J N0. W AUCHINCLOSS
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R. GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
FREDERIG CROMWELL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. VVATERHOUSE
H. V. R. CRUGEB
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECKHAM
J. IioDART HERRICK
WM. P. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS ,
SAMUEL D. BABCOCK
RICHARD A. MCCURDI
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HLRHANN C. VON POST
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBERT OLYPHANT
GEORGE F. BAKER '
DUDLEY OLCOTT . I
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
WALTE II R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ,
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President DUEH du-P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary .
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary,
- ' FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
JAMES TIMPSON. 26. Assistant Treasurer. .-
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY McCLiNTOCK, Actuary.
‘ JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, Aegistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
JOHN C. ELLIOT“, Superintendent Of Domestic Agencies. _
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
' MEDICAL DIRECTORS: I
’ ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D- GRANVILLE III. WHITE, M D-
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier.
V A. H. GAME, Eocal Agent.—
g 1/» " ‘. '
1 $36,124,060 99 ..
mesons e EILEEET, General Agents. .
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Statement for the Year Ending Dec. 31:97. ‘
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. ,
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Norwalk Chronicler