’3‘ i r.» i THE‘EvENlNG‘GAZETTE OF NEW YORK. THE MUTUAL his lists '1 little, HZCHAED A. McG'U'RDY, President. 1} State—men for the Year Ending Dec. 31,’97 . According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. INCOMEQ Received for Premiums . . . . From all other Sources . . . _ . DISEERSEMENTS. To Policy-holders for Claims by Death . . To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. For all other Accounts ASSETS. United States Bonds and other Securities ‘ . First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage. . . Loans on Stocks and Bonds , . . , . Real Estate . . . . . Cash in Banks and Trust Companie . . Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities . Surplus, . . . . . Insurance and Annuities in Force . . 542969321201 99 11,469,406 24 $54,162,608 23 D $13,279,630 66 12,712,424 76 10,132,005 57 $36,124,060 99 $132,017.34! 45 - 69,423,937 3! 12,880,308 00 21,618,454 88 11,705,195 82 6,141,200 20 52.53.786.437 66 218,278,243 07 $35,508,194 so $936,634.49 3 Ihave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be eerrect; 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 or TRUSTEES or TNE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. The undersigned, a Committeegappointed by your honorable body, on the twenty- second day of December, l897,to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and to verify the same, reapectfully————r REPORT I” That, pursuant to thepower and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at various dates between the date of the said reference and the date of this Report, attendedat the Office of the Company, and have been waited on by the Treasurer, the Comptroller,the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of such officers and haVe carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be corrc ct. They have examined and c the prices at such quotation , property held by the Company, an ’s holding . gay: counted the cash on hand held by the CashIer. and find the same to be as stated. And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and evidence of title of every description neces- I been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their assistants, and that sary in such examination have the same are accurate, in good order, and well kept. ounted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the same not exceeding s——-in fact, in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real They have also verified the valuation of the Com- 5 of real estate and have verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the system and met . All of which is respectfully submitted. NEW YORK, January 21, 1898. CHAS. R. HENDERSON S. V. R. CRUGER Board. of Trustees- HENRY H. ROGERS JNo. W AUCHINCLOSS THEODORE MORFORD WILLIAM BABCOCK' STUYVESAN'I‘ FISH FREDERIO CROM’WELL J ULIEN T. DAVIES A. N. WATERHOUSE S. V. R. CRUGER CHARLES R. HENDERSON RUFUS W. PEOKHAM J. HOBART HERRIOK .WM. P. DIXON ROBERT A. GRANNISS . SAMUEL D. BABGOCK RICHARD A. MCCUBDY JAMES C. HOLDEN HEBMANN C. VON POST WILLIAM J. SEWELL OLIVER HABBIMAN ROBERT OLYPHAN’I' GEORGE F. BAKER ‘ DUDLEY OLCOTT CHARLES E. MILLER WALTER R. GILLETTE H. WALTER WEBB AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD hods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation ELBRIDGE T. GERRY J. HOBART HERRICK A. N. WATERHOUSE JAMES C. HOLDEN GEORGE G. HAVEN ADRIAN ISELIN‘ J R. GEORGE S. BOWDOIN WILLIAM C. W HITNEY WILLIAM ROCKEFELLEB JAMES N. JARVIE CHAS D. DICKEY JR ELBRIDGE T. GERRY JAMES Spurting ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President WILLIAM J. EAS'I‘ON, Secretary. . FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS,,Cashier. EMORY MCCLINTOCK, Actuary. ‘ JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary. CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. ' C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, ASuistant Auditor. ED WARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor. MEDICAL DIRECTORS: ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D- G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting. DUEB du—P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary, JAMES TIMl.’SON. 2d Assistant Treasurer. EDWARD l’. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier. m .4 WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. , . HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller JOHN C. ELLIO l‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. ' ' GRANVILLE III. WHITE, M D sinuous a sinuous, General Agents. AJHJCAMP, hoeal2Agent. t . less. dustrious. SNAKES AS DECORATION . ‘ lamoan Maidens 'Wreathe Themse- With Reptiles of Flaming Bed. For the most part the Pacific islands are destitute of snakes. That is abSOa lu-tely the fact in Hawaii. New Zea- land is equally free of these reptiles. All the eastern - islands of Polynesia between these two outposts are snake- lV-estward from Hawaii, down among the Gilberts and the Marshalls and the Carolinea the square-bodied water snake «begins to make its ap- pearance in the lagoons and harbors. By the time the Philippines are reach- ed the water snake becomes both com- mon and deadly, and the jungles of those islands are abundantly supplied with snakes. From the Philippines as one follows down-the chain of islands snakes are found both abundant and venomous. In the wild Lands of the western Pacific the reptiles are fre- quently objects of worship, and in some legends are credited with the cre- ation of the world. Samoa seems to lie just on the boun- dary line of snakes in the Pacific. In the eastern islands of the archipelago no snakes are to be found; in Upolu a few are seen at rareintervals. In Savaii, only a few miles to the west- ward. they are common and attain great Size, in the case of some kinds at least. None of them is venomous and the islanders neither fear them nor exhibit that rcpugnance to their presence which is commonly called in stinctive. This indifference to the reptiles is made most markedly manifest at the 'hamletof Iva on the northeast coast of Savaii. Here are to be found small snakes of a most brilliant red color. They are so common that a basketful may be easily picked up in any banana patch. The dancing girls of this town are in the habit of employing these gaudy snakes for personal adornment in their dances. They tie-them about their necks, their ankles and their wrists, festoon them in their head- dresses, and tuck a few extra ones in the belt in readiness to replace such -.s escape in 'the ance. At their best these sivas danced by the Samoans are either dull, dr revolting Shows of sav— agery. It can easily be imagined that they are made no more attractive when the taupou or village maid and her crew of attendant girls go career- ing about with an assortment of writh- ing Ted'snakes. Still. the Samoans, who have no stock of snake prejudices, look upon this as one of the most suc— cessful and artistic dances in their islands—Chicago Inter-Ocean. FORTY YEARS SHE WAlTED. When She Recovers Her Body From the Alps. A married couple were crossing one of the great glaciers of the Alpine re- gions, when a fatal accident occurred. The husband fell- down one of the huge crevasses which abound on all glaciers—the rope broke, and the depth of the chasm was so great that no help could be rendered, nor could the body be recovered. Over the wife’s anguish at her loss we must. draw the veil of silence. Forty years afterward saw her. with the guide who had accompanied them at the time of the accident, staying at the nearest hotel at the foot of the glacier, waiting for the sea to give up its dead; for, by the well-known law of glacier-progression, the form of her long-lost husband might be expected to appear, expelled from the mouth of the torrent, about that date. Patient- ly, and with unfailing constancy, they watched and waited, and their hopes were at last rewarded. One day the body was released from its prison in the ice, and the wife looked again on the features of him who had been so long parted from herl But the pathos of the story lay in the fact that she was then an old woman, while the newly-rescued body was that of quite a young and robust man, so faithfully had the crystal casket preserved the jewel which it held so long. The forty years had left no wrinkles on that marble brow. Tim-e’us wandering fingers could not touch him in that tomb, and so, for a few brief moments, the aged lady saw the husband Of her youth, as he was in the days which were gone forever! —-In C. H. Spurgccn's Autobiography. Husband’- Régarding the Burmese. The Burmese will sacrifice any pros- pect of money making to go to a feast. These are called pives, and often the entertainment is elaborate. The writ- er remembers going to one in Upper Burmah. There was a good deal of dancing. but neither the host nor his guests danced: that would have been undignified. The dancers were paid. and they twirled lazily or jumped ex- citedly as occasion required. Most of the time. however. was spent in chat- ter and smoking. Smoking is the only thing at which the Burmese are in- They start smoking at the early age of three, and they smoke themselves into the next world. Girls smoke quite asarduously as the men. and as ‘the cigars are very big, many a pretty mouth is strained to accom- modate a. giant cheroot.—Pa.ll Mall Magazine. The Reward of Generosity. “ general Archie Williams,” says the Kansas City Journal, “was on a train going up Pike’s Peak one day last summer. At the half way house he got off and purchased a big basket of Violets at an expense of $10. Return- ing to the train he presented each wo-' man with a beautiful bouquet, though all of the women were strangers. By and by the husband of one of the wo- men came back from the smoking car and she said to him: ‘I think this is the nicest railroad I ever rode on. That brakeman ever there gave every? one of us a lovely bouquet". \ THE HORSE SHOW- Ihe History of New York’s Chief Society ‘ Event. , . ‘ The original projectors of the Horse Show builded far better than they knew when they first met and 'ar- ranged for their first display in 1883. l The idea of the Horse show was first developed in and among the then :comparatively small element in the ENew York society world known as “the hunting set.” and whose chief headquarters then as now were in the saddle at .Ilemps'tead and Far Rockaway. The first live shows in the old Gar- den were very modest affairs com- pared with those of. the past six years. and the figures both of the attend- ance at these and of their receipts look almost ridiculous beside those of to-day. But each year saw a steady improvement in the attendance and Leonsequently in the receipts. With the opening of the new Madison Square Garden in 1890 the public be- gan to realize that the Show afforded it an opportunity to inspect the much- talked-of and much discussed beau- ties and leaders of New York society at close range and to study their cos- tumes and ngns. with the result that they rushed to the Garden. The Show had its red-letter year in 1892, although that of last year was almost equal in the figures of attendance and receipts. AS the years went by, the demand for the best boxes became such that the premiums paid at .the auction sales reached surprising figures, until upward of $500 was cheerfully given for the choice of a. prominentbox for the week. The ticket speculators saw their opportunity in this craze and frequently managed ,to secure some of the best boxes. as well as the best seats. One of these three or four years ago held a box in a good posi- tion at $1,000 for the week of the Show. He offered it to Mr. William K. Vanderbilt, who refused to pay such a price, but immediately after- ward sold it to Captain De la Mar. This is the highest recorded price paid for a box at. the Horse Show. Until three years ago New York so- ciety made the skew, so much of its own that it intrenched itself in all the boxes and aspiring millionaires from other cities Were not able to break into the charmed Circle. al- though several attempts were made to do 50. Three years ago, however. Philadelphia secured a box, and the next year ”f, Boston. Baltimore and Pittsburg were represented. Last Au- tumn other cities held , at least a third of the prominent boxes. Considered solely as a social func- tion, the Horse Show, notwithstand ing the fact that it has ceased to be a novely and that the interest of New York sociey in it is somewhat wan- ing. is still undoubtedly the most im- portant event of the year in the so- ciety world. not only Of New York, but Of America. It is the Advent sea- son of the sOciety your. and its week means ihc opening of the Winter’s gayeties. The members of New York society regulate, to a large extent. their time of returning to their city homes by it and date the events of the year from and by the Show week. For it the matron and belle prepare their most elaborate gowns, and the man of fashion overhauls his ward- robe and gives extra instructions to his valet. As may be supposed. it is the eVent of the year to the mllliners and dress- makers not only of this country, but also to some extent of London and Paris. for many workshops in those cities are busied every summer on orders from American women for Horse Show gowns. As is natural. therefore, the show sets each year the fashion in Winter gowns and even in men’s clothes, and is the Mecca of all the leading milliners and dress- makers of the country who assemble at the Garden during the 'week to study tlieir own and their fellow’s productions and to get points for the Winter’s fashions. At the Show the Winters’ gayeties are" planned, entertainments are 'or- ganized, engagements announced. and scandals whispered. It is the first meeting day of the society clearing house after the long Summer and Au- tumn, and to a large extent it sets the pace for the six months to follow. The mornings of the show are fav- ored by the more enthusiastic mem- bers of the hunting set and by the children of society. About three o’clock the advance guard of the fash- ionable throng begins to arrive. and by four the boxes and prominent seats are filled with fashionably dressed oc- cupants. and the public begins its rounds of study and comment. Al six o’clock the human tide begins to ebb as dinner hour approaches, and at eight it begins to flew back again. By 9:30 every night the function is at its height. and at eleven the Show is over. Then the fashionable restau- rants and cafes are filled until long after midnight with the rilliantly dressed throng discussing the events of the day. - Sympathy in Children. Collecting butterflies, bird’s eggs, etc., should never be encouraged. It is apt to develop all that is hard and cruel in a child’s nature, and to make him needless of giving pain and sorrow to others. Any Sign of cruelty in a child‘s nature should at once be checked, as should also the fear of any insect or animal. Instead of telling the child to “throw away that nasty caterpillar," instruct him to touch it very gently so that he will not hurt it. and to admire its beauty of form and coloring. Al- ways encourage the love of animals in children. - Birdie—There’s a Frenchman b.9- hind us; I’d better 'tell you this in English. Bertie—On the contrary, yOu’d b:- safer if you were" to speak Frencln- Judy. ,, .. “ -..._-* ”é a ELEPHANT‘GREAT IN CRIME. The, Intelligence Displayed Hatred, ' Few more impressive confidence: can be imparted than one in which a Hindoo describes how he knows his elephant intends to destroy him. His all so seemingly trivial, and yet in reality of such deadly significance. His story is so full of details that prove the man’s profound understand- ing of what he is talking about that one remains equally amazed at the brute’s power to dissemble and its. in- tended Victim’s insight into the would be murderer’s character. And. yet, from the psychological standpoint, the elephant never gives any such other indication of mental power as is ex hibited in its revenge. That patient, watchful, implacable hatred, often provoked simply because a man is in attendance upon another animal (for it is the rule with tuskérs to detest their next neighbors), speaks more conclusively of a high intellectual guide than all stories, true or false, concentration and fixedness of pur- pose, that have been told of their abil- ity. Such concentration and fixedness of purpose, such careful, unrelaxed Vigilance, such perfect and. consistent pretence, and, when the time comes, such desperate, unhesitating energy. as homicidal animals exhibit, are im- possible without a very Considerable, although, in this instance, very irreg~ ular development. , NO‘one can deny that if this creat- pm is great at all, its greatness shows itself in its crimes. These have caused it to be worshipped in the East, where men venerate nothing but mer- ciless, irresponsible force, and where an exhibition of those qualities and traits described fully accounts for the formula, “My lord the elephant." —0uting. . in Tholg’ That W'as the Question. Sandy Mc , a Forfarshire far. mer, had been spending an hour or two in the "evening with a friend a. couple of miles away. It was a moon. light night, and Sandy, ii'f-ter partak- ing freely of his friend’s hospitality, was riding quietly home across the sheep pastures on [his “gold auld mare,” when they came to an open ditch, which his mare refused to cross. “Hoot awa’, Maggie,” said the rider, "this winna da-e. Ye maun jlst gang ower.’ He turned back about a hundred yards, wheeled round and gave the mare a touch of the whip. On she went at a brisk canter, but just as they reached the edge of the ditch she. stopped dead, and shut Sandy clean over iii" the other side. Gathering himself up, Sandy looked his mare straight in the face, and said: “Vera weel pitched, indeed. ma lass. butt hoo are ye goin’ to get ower yer. scl’, ch?” Question of Transportation. A story is told of a prompt and Witty retort made by an Irish drover to a remark f the present solicitor general, Sir Robert Finlay, Q. C., M. P. Once, when in Ireland, Sir Robert—when Mr. Finlay—~met a drover proceeding with a number of cattle to a fairxin the South. “Where are you going to?" asked the eminent barrister. “To Waterford fair. yer banner.” “Indeed? And how much‘do you ex‘ pect to get for your beasts?” asked the Q. C. “Sure, an’ av I get eight pounds the head I shall not do badly,” replied Pat. “Ah, that's a sample of your coun- try,” said Sir Robert. “Now take these heifers to England and you aver- age fourteen pound a head.” “Just so, yer banner,” said Pat, promptly, “and av yez were to take the Lakes of Killarney to purgatory yez would get a guinea a dhrop.” Chivalry of 1hr “Slums,” A touching story is told Of an Edin- burgh street waif. There was a Christmas treat given to poor children at a. mission hull, and hundreds of little ones were assembled at the doors in advance of the hour of admittance, many of them barefoot. Among the number was a sweet- f-aced little girl, who seemed less hardened than most to the cold, for she shivercd in her poor jacket and danced from one foot to the other on the cold, hard stones. A boy not much older watched this performance for a few minutes, and then, with a sudden impulse of protection, took off his cap, put it down before her, and said: ' “Ye maun stand on that.”—-Christlan Endeavor World. Pointed Paragraphs. The more bread the baker makes the more he needs. Weather strips will soon be classed as long felt wants. The early milkman catches a glimpse of a woman’s true complexion. No man who ignores small things ever accomplishes any very great ones. A few men “think,” others “guess.” some “fancy,” while still others “reck- on.” It must be hard on the fingers of 'the jolly mute who is always cracking jokes. ' The end of one man’s failures is oft times the beginning of another man’s success. It always makes a man feel cheap to be caught looking at a photograph of himself—Chicago News. Elsie was trying to eat a dessert oi - gelatine, and had some difficulty in conveying the quivering spoonful to her month. “Mamma,” she said at length, “I don’t b’lieve I like such nervous ~desserts.”-Cincinnati Com- metclalfl‘rlbune. ._ M'v. ”ft-W ,
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