t MUTUAL he}: NSUBANGE [:I,
seesaw A. ,Moousnv, President.
Statement for the Year Ending Dee. 31,’97.
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
3 LNeoME.
Received for Premiums . - . . ' . .
From all other Sources . . . . .
$42,693,201 99
11,469,406 24 .
£5549I62,608 23 -
DISBURSEMENTSQ
To Policy-holders, for Claims by Death . . . $13,279,630 66
T0 Policysholders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 12,712,424 76
For all other Accounts . . . ' . . '10,132,005 57
$36,124,060 99
ASSETS.
United States Bonds and other Securities . .
$132 017 341 45
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . . 69:423z937 31
Loans on Stocks and Bonds . . . . 12,880,308 00
Real Estate .. . . . . . 21,618,454 88
Cgsh in“ Banks and Trust Companies . . . 11,705,195 82
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6,141,200 20
‘ ”" ' SEW—WW
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities . . 33:33:13; :3
Surplus . . . o, . . $35,508,194 59
Insurance and Annuities in Force . .. . $936,634,496 33
_ lhave 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 apportioned as usual
Report of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
TO THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES or ,
TNE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-'
second day of December, I 897,to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and
to verify the same, respectfully—--—--v ‘ 1
REPORT
That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at various dates between th
date Of the said reference and the date of this Report, attended atthe Office of the CompaHY, and have been waited 8
by the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of such otfic 0n
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be corrc r*t. Tara
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company and Chm Meg
the prices at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the same not excezd. e
such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortga es on 1mg;
property held by the Company, and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuation ogf the Cre'a.
pany’s holdings of real estate and have verified the deposits of money in, the various banks and trust, 0 0m.
have counted the cash on hand held by the. Cashier. ompanies, and
And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and evidence of title of every descri tio
sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their 385mm, Its I1 neces.
the same are accurate, in good order, and well kept. n , and that,
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a. high order and that th
and methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to com e system
All of which is respectfully submitted. CHAS. R. HENDERSON ELBRIDGE T. GERRY A N wfien ation
NEW YORK, January 21, 1898. S. V. R. CRUGER J. HOBART HERRICK JAMES C HE:1§1(;UNSE
Board of Trustees-
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN J n.
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WILLIAM ROOKEEELLEB
' JAMES N. J ARVIE
CHAS D DICKEY JR
ELERIDGE T GERRY
JAMES SPEYERJ
HENRY H. ROGERS
Jim. W AUcnINOLOSS
THEODORE MOBFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIABD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R‘ GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
FREDEBIO CROMWELL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. WATERHOUSE
S. V. R. CRUGEB
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PEOKHAM
J. HOBART HEERIOK
WM. P. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS .
SAMUEL D. BABCOCK
RICHARD A. MGCUBDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HAREIIIAN
ROBERT OLYPHANT
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OmOTT
ROBERT ’A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manao'er
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President DUEH du—P. BBECK Cortes o '
WILLIAM J. EAS l‘ON, Secretaiy. ALBERT KLAMRO'I‘II, Leniafidéiirifigm
JOHN A FONDA A . ta t ganpnmo CROMWELL. Treasurer. '
. , 6818 n . reasurer. ‘ JAMES TIMt’SON. 2d Assistant~ ' .
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, AssistanflCezgiilej-r
, EMORY MOCLINTOCK, Actuary. ' '
CHARLES A PR ELDER 20d]??? TATLOCK, JR , Asuilstant Actuary.
U , ,. _u l or. ILLIAM W. RIG
0. CLIFFORD GRETSIN GER, As-Jistant Auditor. HENRYS. BRO WNFASRsigiingzlmoggghfier
JOHN C. ELLIO 1‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. ' '
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS: ,
ELIAS J. MARSH, M» D' GRANVILLE )1 WHITE, u D
. G. S. WINSTON M. D. Cons'ulting.
fit
, unoncns a stunner, General Agents.
state of preparation for the Opening
,the Long Island railroad
‘ being shot.
Add. GAME, ‘ Locaudgent.
'1; H E. Ali‘v 1:; N l- N G j(3r. A Z I; '17 T A
STALKlNG BIG GAME. em} 5
How the Four Day Hunting Season i
Spent on Long Island.
The Long Island deer season is I
peculiar affair. It is but four days .
long, covering, the four Wednesdays
in November. Although the country -
in which the deer are found in the in— '
torior of the island is heavily wooded,
it presents no difficulties to the start-
ing of the géme from cover with
hounds. As the south shore which
skirts the so-called Wilderness is
thickly settled, a host of sportsmen is i
on the hunting ground by dawn of .
the first day of hunting. There are t
a hundred men with guns ready to
pour a hail of buckshOt in the direc-
tion of the fleeing deer. Rifles are
110t used. because the hunter could not
pull a trigger without bringing down
some fellow sportsman within range 3
of the bullet. On Tuesday night be-3
fore the first Wednesday in Novem- '
ber, Sayville, Patchogue, Bay Shore, l
Smithtown and other places on the ;
south Shore and to the north of the l
Ronkonkoma Woods are in a feverish ;
of the deer season with the first light.
The sun has just tipped the horizon
when the"‘wilderness,” the tracks of
running
through it and the roads bounding it
resound with the report of shotguns.
The battle is on.
The Long Island chase has devel-
oped a peculiar kind of dccrslayer,
the like of whom is not known in oth-
er countries. 'He is called a track
hunter, because he takes his stand on
the ties of the Long Island railroad
where they run through the woods.
The boy of hounds at once calls the
track-hunters by hundreds to the
steel. rails. Often they are 'to be
seen as thick as mosquitoes in Jersey.
The deer breaks and dashes for the
track to escape the bounds. Then a
mighty fusilade wakes - the echoes.
The nimrods within sight of the ani—
mal have filled the air with lead. '0!
course, the deer falls, and the sports
men swarm around its dying form
like crows about a carcass. The ques-
tion of who shall ’have the antlers i
it be a buck, who shall have the hide.
and among how many the meat Shall
be divided are rarely settled except
after a riot. Any one who can squint
along a barrel and ,press a trigger
may be a track-hunt“; The utmost
woodcrai‘t is required to locate the
Long Island railroad in the “wilder-
ness.”
All the Long Island deer hunters
are not of the grotesque type describ-.
ed. however. Fair sport may be had
on any of the preserves of some of
the clubs; sport that requires .a good
eye and a quick hand and some degree
of skill. It is not to be compared
with deer hunting in the Adirondacks
or the Maine wilderness, but it gives
the deer a running chance for its life.
and men may engage in it without a
loss of self-respect.
From Waverly on the south. nearly
to Wading River on the north and
cast, and Smithtown on the west. the
deer abound in great: numbers. This
territory embraces Lake Ronkonkoma.
where the Indians used to lie in wail.
for their game. The country is flat,
and covered with scrub oak and un-
derbrush, through which even the
guides sometimes have trouble in
pushing their way. '
From Oakdale north, and embracing
a strip about two miles wide and five
miles long. is the preserve of the
Southside club, an organization of
wealthy gentlemen, who, by observ-
ing the law themselves and compelling
its enforcement by others. have suc-
ceeded in increasing the number of
deer to such an extent that the farm-
ers have good cause for complaint.
The latter argue the injustice of 31-.
lowing the deer to destroy their crops
while the law protects the deer from
The change in the game laws dis-
tributing the season over four weeks,
is generally regarded by sportsmen as
a wise move. Previously four con-
secutive days were set aside. and
then the woods fairly broke loose into
a pandemoniu'a.
For four days there would be a
scene of carnage. not limited alone to
the deer. Stray shots found resting
places in human targets. The lust
for the chase became wild. All else
was forgotten. Private preserves
were invaded and despoiled.
The game keepers were in open war~
fare with the less scrupulous hunts-
men. who respected neither the law
nor the proprietien'r of sport and fair
play. But a great change has been
wrought. Last year the gunning was
followed with equal zest. but the one
day of each week set apart and the
six days intervening had a tendency
to check any attempt at lawlessness.
And the game that was killed! 0n
the Opening day of the season it was
estimated that no less than 150 deer
succumbed to the hunters’ prowess.
Next day the trains on the Long Islr
and railroad fairly groaned under
their weight of venison. Others of
the sportsmen carried their trophies
away by wagon. and still others.
bound for the ducks of Great South
Bay. had recourse to boats.
To Keep Flowers Fresh.
Flowers trailing singly over the
cloth is one form of decoration in more
or less 'use at special functions. Hostn
esses find frequently, however, that the
roses and other blossoms do not last
through a long meal, and every one
knows that trailing faded flowers are
not an attractive sight. To obviate
this, a florist says that if a bit of moss
is dipped in water and then shaken
nearly free of it, the cut end of the”
rose may be wrapped in this and tied ,
on with a bit of sewing silk, and this ‘
will keep the flowers fresh. .It is easy
to conceal such treatment by bending a
leaf overjtme'end.
; the remark by gradually
. the pressure of one thumb on any
OF AN INVENTOR.
'0‘ His Persistence Secured Him 3 Po-
sltion.
The late G. W. U. Yost, inventor of
the typewriter, used to tell his friends
‘ that his business success was due to
his-always bearing down hard on one
4 point until he made it felt, illustrating
increasing
available and tender portion .of his
friend’s
When a young man, on his way to
Washington, Mr. Yos't arrived in Chi-
cago with no friends to carry him fur-
ther. Accordingly he set out in quest
of work, and calling first at a large
iron foundry, asked to be directed to
the foreman. When the foreman had
been pointed out, the young man ap-
. proached him and said,—
“Sir, I have come to work for you,
and want you to tell me what I am to
do first.”
“We’ve all the hands We need,” said
the foreman, gruffly, turning ap'ay.
“But you don’t quite understand
me,” exclaimed the young inventor. “I
" said that I have come to work for you.
Now, I want you to tell me what I am
to do first."
The foreman turned with a surpris-
ed expression. “See here, young‘man,”
he said, sharply, “I tell you we have
all the hands we need. Now go along."
“Why, my dear sir,” said Mr. Yost,
with the blandest smile and greatest
geui-ality of voice, “that isn’t at all
the question we are to discuss. What
I said is that I have come to Work for
you. Now, I want you to tell me what
to do first.”
The young man’s manner was so en-
gaging that the foreman could not feel
offended, and, after a moment, point
ing to three Irishmen piling pig iron,
he said, ironically,—
“Do what those three men are do-
ing.”
Nothing daunted, the young man
obeyed {his instructions literally, and in
an hour piled as much pig iron as did
the three other men.
“Now boss those men and make
them work like that,” observed the
foreman.
Mr. Yost was rapidly promoted, and
soon earned enough to enable him to
complete his journey.
“But I had a harder time to get
that foreman to let'me go,” he said, in
telling the story, “than 'I had in get-
ting him to tell me what to do first.”
"Small Cap" Shatter.
“ ‘Pecos Bill’ is not the only nick-
name t'hat General Shafter ever en-
joyed,” said an old newspaper man
the other day. “Out in Denver he was
known for years as *Small Cap Shaft-
er,’ and as he is anything but small
the title calls for an explanation. 11:
seems that a banquet of some sort
had been given to a lot of army offi-
cers, and among the guests was Gen-
eral, then Colonel, Shafter. The old
‘Denver Tribune’ printed an account
of the affair and a list of those pres-
ent was included in the article. When
the proofs were examined before the
paper was made up, it was observed
that Shafter’s initials were in lower
case type and the proofreader prompt-
ly marked them ‘Small cap,’ meaning
that they should be reset in capitals
of a small size. The intelligent com-
positor supposed that the inscription
indicated some military title with
which 'he was unfamiliar, and instead
of making the proof correction substi-
tuted ‘Small Cap:’ Shafter, and thus
it appeared on the following morning.
‘Pecos Bill’ was mad enough to biti'
nails when he saw the paper, but
everybody else roared and the title
stuck to him until the yarn was grad-
ually forgotten. It is still remember-
ed, however, by plenty of old timers."
~—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Wasp and Bee Stings.
It is claimed that cocaine is a rem-
edy for wasp or bee stings. It acts
not only as a temporary local anaes-
thetic,:but apparently has the power
of destroying the poison Of the sting.
A gentleman relates that he happened
to 'have some Sixteenth-grain cocaine
tabloids for hypodermic injection
when a lady was badly stung by a
wasp. Such stings ordinarily had a
great effect on her, not only produc-
ing a very large and painful swelling,
but making her feel more or less un-
well for two or three days. One tab-
loid, dissolved in a few drops of wa-
ter, and applied with the finger at
once, almost removed the pain; a sec-
ond, applied an hour or two afterward
completed the cure. ,In other cases
the remedy was equally effective, and
it is proved advisable to keep a small
bottle of strong solution of cocaine
ready for use. It should. of course,
be applied as soon‘as possible, but it is
known to have given relief if applied
even up to seven or eight hours after
the sting.-—S_t. Louis Globe Democrat.
Filial Affection.
The following anecdote is given by
an Indian Officer as illustrative of the
manners and customs of the wily Pa
than. A. certain General and his stafi'
while wending their way through one
of the narrowest valleys of Tirah.
were annoyed by the attentions of a
solitary marksman, who from time to
time sent a bullet unpleasantly close.
At last the General turned to his or-
derly—a Pathan sewer—and told blue
to dismount, take his carbine, and try
and stalk the mountaineer. The sowar
started off, and presently there was a
crack, and a gray-bearded old Afridz
tumbled headlong down the mountain
side. The sowar' returned and fell in to
his place. “Well done,” said the Gen-
em]. “But how on earth did you man-
age it so easily?” "0h," replied the
sowar, .“Iknew his habits. He we.-
my father ”—Limdo‘n Truth.
thigh until the friend ac-‘
' knowledged the force and application
; of the point.
...—’ ' BOSE LORE. *‘”\-\>
the Story ofthe Sweetest [lower The
' Blooms. ‘
In commerce the rose'has not been
without value. The most delightful
commercial product of the rose is that
known as the “Attar of Persia and
India." Although the production of
attar was discovered in Persia, the
industry has nearly died out there to
spring up in extensive rose farms in
Turkey; and about Kazanlik, on the
southern slope of the Balkans. close
to the Shipka, or wild rose pass, fa-
mous in the history of the Russia-
Turkish war.
The rose growing.y belt is situated at
an average altitude of 1,000 feet
above the sea and comprises seventy
miles in length and ten miles in.
width. Since the emancipation of the
Balkan provinces the manufacture of
this exquisite perfume has become a
great industry in Bulgaria and has
been taken. up in a large scale even in
Germany. The ancestor of all. the
rose of Damascus. furnishes the great-
er number of blossoms. The white
musk rose is used. and a pinkdamask.
butthe dark red variety outnumbers
them all. A fine attar is produced
from roses grown in Cashmere. The
after is expensive, because it requires
an enormous quantity of blossoms to
distill even a few drops.
It is claimed that it was discovered
by the favorite wife of Johan Ghil’.
through whose garden ran a canal of
rose-water. On the surface the Be-
gum discovered a few drops of the
precious attar or Oil floating. P
Even rose-water has its. value and
may be also included among the luxu-
1' es.
The hundred-loaved rose. a variety
Well known to the ancients and orig-
inally found in the Caucasus, is also
used to make rose-water and a medi-
cinal syrup. A mild astringent syrup
is made from the petals of the French
rose. The petals of the tea rose, a
species of roisette, with a. very fine
fragrance, are used in China for fla-
voring teas.
A vinegar made fromroses is used
for headaches; a conserve of roses and
sugar is given medicinally to children.
The fruit or hip is also used that way.
while on the Continent dried hips are
used in the culinary concoctions such
as soups. .
’ The first cultlvted rose is said to
have been planted in Britain in A. D.
152. The wild rose is a native of Brie
tain. and grows abundantly. In the
time of Edward III., 1334, a gold coin
was made, called a rose-noble, be-
cause on one side of it the form of a
rose was impressed. ,
In classical time there was a. recon-
dite significance connected with the
rose. The statue of Diana of Ephesus
was covered with roses and bees. It
is connected 'by Dante with the
ineffable "‘Light of the Shekinah."
while he terminates the Paradise with
the rose-cross.
~Thc Rosicrucians. brothers of the
rosy-cross. a secret order, used for
their emblem the crucified rose. In
ancient times. when secret meetings
were held, men used to wear a'chap-
lot of roses on their heads. Later on
the forms of roses were painted and
carved on the ceilings of rooms or
halls where feasts-were given, when
everything connected with them was
kept secret. From that custom came
the expression “sub-ro-sa” or “under'
the rose,” which means that nothing
is to be revealed.
There is a fabled story that Cupid
gave a rose to the god of silence as a
' ribe to prevent him from betraying
the affairs of Venus, and that in this
way the rose became the symbol of
silence.
Among the ancients the rose became
the symbol of modesty, of joy, of
gladncss and of grief._ It crowned the
rcvcler, it graced the garland of the
lover and shed its beauty and its fra-
grance upon the dead after life’s fit-
fi:l fever closed.
In mythology we find that the rose
was Venus’ own flower. It is also
associated with Bacchus, for we read
of Chaplets of roses crowning the
heads of those wh~ indulged in Bar;-
chanalian orgies. Classic myths and
tediaeval lore afford a wealth Ofbeuu-
iiful legends connected with the rose.
which assure us that it has been a
favorite ever since it became known.
IngShakespeare we fiiid seventy 01
more mentions of the rose in the
plays, and in the fiftyffourth sonnet
the rose is described as truth. In his
time it was considered the queen of
flowers. In Romeo and Juliet we
read. “remnants of pack-thread and
old cakes of roses were thinly scat-
tered to make up a show.” In Twelfth
Night. “by the roses of the spring, by
honor. truth and everything. I love
thee so.” There are few poets who
have not given graceful and honorable
mention of the rose.
The Latin poet, Horace. even though
he Often alludes to the myrtle bush
the vine-wreathed elm. the. olive
thickets. the thick-woven shade of
the laurels, the violet bed, the tall
spreading pine, the w-hite-leaved pop
lat, the coronal of rosemary, the rug-
ged oak, does not omit the rose; f‘whil:
the odors of Syrian nard and the rose
breathe sweet from locks tipped. and
just tipped with Time’s snows.”—Odc
11. “‘Then .strew freely the rcses.’
“With locks all dropping balm on roses
laid.” and many other poetical illu-
sions. Although the rose is the em
blem of silence its sphere touches al.‘
nations, its mission touches all hearts
all joys, all sorrows. Much there ll
of history and sentiment in the heart
of the rose.
It is the flower of compliment am
ever breathesaits own sw-eet languagu
in beauty and perfume.
“What is firmness, father?”
‘ “Firmness, my boy, is obstinagy h
omelves.”
“And What is chstinacy?"
“Obstiuacy is ili'mnes in somebOd;
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