THE EVENING GAZETTE J ew'éls Blade from Alum. A very pretty and amusing way of making jewelry to be used in the pro- duction of charades 01' in juvenile am- ateur theatricals 1is here shown. Dis- solve a pound of alum in a quart of her water and suspended in the saturated solution a crown or some other shaped form made of wire and covered with strips of flannel 01' wound with woolen threads. I11 order to obt tain the very bes i. results it is neces saly to select a vessel Of glass with an even, highly polished inside surface, which must re main undisturbed for twenty-four hours in a quiet place after the solu— tioncf alum has been poured in and the article to be cover-ed with crystals has been suspended so long as to hang free in the solution without touching on any side. A cool room is' prefera- for the crystals covering the wire v"‘.l then be larger and more bril- I‘ at. ' After remaining twenty-four hours $1 the solution the article, new cover- 1rd with crystals, can be withdrawn, and will keep indefinitely in a dry place. The addition of some chemicals will result in very fine color effects: thus the use Of iron alum will bring forth very fine blue crystals, and chrome alum equally fine yellow ones. The simplest additions for coloring the crystals, while not bringing about such fine results, are a few drops of ordi- nary blue-black writing ink or of a solution of litimus, which can easily be obtained in any drug store—Indian- apolis News. _. ~- Eificacv of‘Wate1 Blinking. .— A health expert claims drinking f1 'ee- 1y of pure water is a most elhc 1c..>11s means not only of preserving he.1ll1. but often of restoring it when fai-ing. The majority of people find it hard to realize that the body should be kept clean inside as well as outside. Cleanliness of the tissues within the body is as necessary to health and comfort as cleanliness of theskin, and water tends to insure the. one as w.1.l as it does the other. It dissolves the waste material which would otherwis.‘ collect in the body. and removes it in the various cxcretions. 1' These waste matelie ls are ofte :1 ac— tual poisons and their retention is the cause of many a llsadache. many rheumatic pains, many sleepless nights, and many attacl-zs of "the blues.” There has water in the body to wash them away, and consequently the system has be- come clogged and demoralized. If these few facts about the impor- tance of water to the human body were widely known and generally put into practice. they would do more to promote the health of the human race than all the. drugs in the pharmaco- poeia of ille'physi inn and the phar- macist. ,1 , Massage the Eyes. “Whenever your organs of sight feel weak do not claw at 'them with the knuckles. so to express it. You must not massage your eyes the same way you would the stronger parts of the body. They need help from the hands,’~’ says Healthy Home, “but this help must be administered in a very gentle and delicate method. “John Quincy Adams had a way of treating his eyes which, it is said. pre- served their vision to old age without the help of spectacles. “This was 'to place his thumb and fore-linger each upon an. eyelid and gently rub them toward the nose a number of times each day. The ac1 1.1011 encourages circulation of the blood in that locality, does away with the tiny spots that sometimes float before the vision. and prevents that flattening of the lenses which causes dimness of sight at a certain focus. “It is wonderful how much good can be done the eyes of people of all ages by using this simple exermse ten or fifteen minutes each day." Remedy for Poison Ivy. In practice it is not desirable to use strong alcohol, which is apt to be too imitating to ‘a sensitive surface but .1 w eakel grade of from fifty to seven ty- five per cent. should. be preferred. To this powdered sugar of lead is to be added until no more will easily dis solve. The milky fluid should then be well rubbed into the affected skin. and the operation repeated several times during the course of a few days. The itching is at once relievednand the further spread of the eruption is checked. The remedy has been tried in a large number of cases and has al- ways proved successful. It must be remembered. however, that the lead solution is itself very poisonous if 1.11.- ken internally. Shield the Eyes of Goldfish. It is not generally known, says the Rambler, that thele is cruelty in the keeping of gold fish. Half of sucl captiVes die from sheer want of rest. As fish have no means Of shielding their eyes by a lid, they cannot endure continuous light, and suffer in a glass vessel, where they are entirely expos- ed, as is evident from the way in which they dash about, and go round and round, until fairly worn out. This can be avoided by placing in the aquarium a. grotto of rocks, 01 causing pla:'.-:ts to grow sufficiently dense to allow the fish to hide their heads, at least, in the grwteful shad- 1DW. Taking Does from \Vinter Quarters. Most writers recommend that bees be kept in winter quarters until soft maples, early willows or some other trees furnish pollen, but after many years of experience I adopted the prac- tice of getting them out early. If the ground is about free from snow and ice and the weather spring-like, Si) that the bees can fly occasionally, 1 begin to set out as early as March 10, although they will probably not get any pollen until a month later. Should the bees in their winter quar- térs appear rd be quiet and not show any signs of so—called dysentery there would of cours c be no urgency in ger- ting them out. As a rule after being housed for about four months the bees get restless, and some colonies begin to spot. their hives, especially if they gathered late h'on'ey dew. But even good honey will get so thick or more or less granulated that the bees crave for water to reduce their stores to the proper consistency. Considering all, I believe that I gain more than -I lose by setting out the bees comparatively ear- ly and a few cold spells after setting out will not do them much harm In getting the bees ready for winter. I take out from each colony two or three combs, which leaves a space at each end of the hive, and after putting in two thin spacing boards or follow— ers, a piece of burlap or heavy sacking is placed on top of frames and tucked down to fill out the spaces on'ends. This protection seems to be sufficient to guard against cold In the spring. If any weak colonies are found after set- ting out I unite them at once with some better colony. In doing so i cage the queen I wish to p1eserve cand hang the cage for 1two.or three days in center of breed nest of the united colony, destroy other queen and smoke bees well. I increase my stock of bees by di- viding from 30 to 40 per cent. of the number of colonies at a season, which with usually fair wintering gives me a good surplus of colonies. These I use in the following manner: I do not weaken strong colonies to build up weak ones, but keep on uniting the poorest with better ones until all colo- nies are strong by swarming time. and 7 the number of colonies are reduced as ' desired. not been enough ' Colonies that are not too weak to hold their own should not be united.-—Julius Hofiman in Agricultur- ist. Preparing Butter for Market. In cool weather, if one has custom- ers near at hand, butter made into rolls or pats is acceptable, but many people like it packed in jars. Tile five pound jars are very popular in small families, and in packing butter in these, make the top look as nice as possible. Use the regular butter paper to cover the upper surface, as it looks l WONDERFUL WORK. 1 if this Had Happened in 3.111 Francisco I in mechanics J . inevitable result. , well-known oyster better and is superior in every way to ,- lby the thousand sheets and in con- A disk venient sizes to fit certain sizes of jars and butter tubs. 1a cloth. The paper may now be bought ‘_ More Than 0.111 Reader Would Dispute it. The average man is a doubtel'. It- is due to this fact, coupled with necessity, that such rapid strides halve been made. and science. Curiosity and investigation are necessary in ev- ery business. V\’ith<:1utit failure is the Elm-walk people are asket to inxcstigate the I'ollov 11w; It. is a simple thing t11(l(.1.’I‘he pally inter— ested s a South hor walk citizen. I-le ' doesn 1 live 111 Dct11.:'1,-1'1.1'l\"ev.1 ‘Iotl; Ask Chas. Iii. I‘v‘ul'l'czl, 5.011 of tilt: planter, George N. Warren. of NO. 2. Chestnut street, South Norwalk, if the following is not literally true: ' I had lgiackache and weak kidneys from eur'l) childhood I tried all kinds ofre medics but 110191 received any peimanent benefit until I com- menced using Dean’s Kidney Pills. My father had been using them, and was so pleased with the result thatI was induced to try them. I am satisfied that they are all that is claimed for them. 'ihey 1:111th my backache. I am glad to 1ccommend them to anyone who Slut-e1 ed at times as I did.’ Glendeningr 8.: C0.. the druggists, have scores of customers who testify just as emphatically about the results received from Dean’s Kidney Pills as Mr. Warren’s 3.011. Drop in and see them. Dean’s Pills tor sale by all dea1~ ers. Price 51111111115. Mailed by Foster- Milburn (20., Bull-.1111, N. Y.,sole agents for the U. :5. Remember the name Dean's and take no substitute. The edible in‘d’E"‘If€St is formed by a swiftlet, known as Pcale‘s swiftlet. The birds build a great number on the precipices and the caverns of the steep islands of the limestone series which form one of the characteristics of the gulf, and fragments of which occur at Mergu‘i, on the west coast, in the Malay Archipelago, and in Ton- quin. Each of the islands under Praya Chaiya has a. guard of men up- on it, living in small cottages high up in some nook of the limestone rock. like a Norwegian hut, or down on the spotless sandof the single little cove. beneath a palm or two. The collect- ing of the nests is effected by these men three times a year—in the hot season and at 'the begining and end of the rains. Great care has to be ex- ercised that the nests should be taken at the moment when the birds have just finished building, and before any eggs are laid, for if this has happened the birds are said not to build again. The collection of the nests is risky. owing to their inaccessibility, but it is profitable, owing to the high prices they fetch, (about 505. a pound for white and 255. to 30S. for the inferior 01' red-colored nests.) and not a little poaching is indulged in by the crews of boats navigating the gulf. sequence of this is that the guards are all armed, and open fire on any boat they see approaching their island nearer than 100 yards without further explanation being needed, and many a boat blown off the land and sorely in need of shelter or fresh water hasl to sheer off again with a little extra ballast on board in the shape of buck- ishot 01' Snider bullets.——Geographical ' Journal. It is better if one ships butter regu- 5 larly in good quantities, to buy the tubs in large numbers. the outside of the covers are rough and untidy looking, the covers not fit. ting as they should at all, but there are tubs 011 the market almost as smooth both outside and in as though made from pressed paper instead of wood. [It is always well to line a butter tub with parchment paper. This is not so difficult a matter as it might seem at first attempt. The paper should fil'sl be wet, and then 111.111 upon a smooth board kept for this purpose. A wood- en roller something like a pastry roll- ing pin, which is about an inch and :1 half at one end and tapers down to 01111 inch at the other end, is then used to roll the paper from the board. This motion should be in the direction 11: right to left. A little practice will e11- ahle one to do it neatly and deftly. When the paper is on the pin, place i1 in the tub and unroll it, unrolling it 11. the left. It will take but a few mo- ments to line a tub and then the'but. ter will have no chance to taste of the Wood. asit will be apt to do if it is packed directly into the unlined tub. of the paper should cover the bottom of the tubr—R. S. Miller in Ag- riculturist. - Quality Test for Potatoes. Wemust learn to grade potatoes ac- cording to quality. There is just as much difference between a mealy and a soggy potato as there is between tenderloin and rump steak. The diffi- culty is to sort out the good ones. Here is the potato test: Wash them and then put them in a tub 1of water. They will all sink. Add salt and the poorer, lighter ones will rise. Add more salt and others will rise. Those which finally remain at the bottom you can warrant every time to he prime bakers. Not over” 10 to 20 per cent of potatoes will stand the test. For these, your customers will gladly pay extra prices—Agriculturist. Planting Raspberries. Raspberries may be planted in tin- fall or spring. but unless the ground is in very good condition, and there in: natural or artificial underdnainnge. spring is preferable. As the plants sprout very early in the season, it is well to prepare the ground in the fall and have everything ready for planrv ing as soon as the season permits. Gate fed to calves tend to develop the dairy type, while corn so fed tends to develop the beef type. In some cases . -—~_ PRESIDENTS AS TRAVELERS. Extended Tours of Chief Magistratesof the Nation are Not. Unmnnmoll. ’resident )l'cKinley‘s action in taking :1 trip of Some extent about the country during his term of oliice is directly in line with an e. ample set by \l'ashingtou and follow ed by several of the Presidents. In March, 1791. the “Father of his Country“ made a journey from the national capital at Philadelphia to what was then the extreme South. Georgia. The Fredericksburg route was 'through and Richmond, Va, to \Vilmington, N. C., and Charleston to Savannah, thence to .-‘1ugusta, Columbia and tht1 interior towns of North Carolina and western Virginia, about 1,800 miles. Instead of a train of palace cars, spurious and sumptuous, and provid- ed with everything to minister to the wants of a traveller, the first Presi— dent and his little party set off on , their journey with one set of horses ' and making occasional stops. Bad road-s and a jolting carriage made it impossible to cover many miles a day. and Washington and his com- panions were greatly fatigued and the horses much. reduced in flesh when, 0-11 July 6, after an absence of ninety days, the party returned to Philadel- phia. But he brought himst before the people, and was cheered by lhe dem nstration of a nation‘s respect. Another journey that became his: toric was the protracted tour of Presi- dent Monroc through a large part of the Northern and Middle States, in— specting various public works and gaining much information as to the state of those parts Of the coun:1'y. He was received with every demon: stration of respect and cordiallty by the people, and two years later made another tour through the Southern States. ease away than to light. it TRUE after it comes. A11 ocea- WISDOM sional dose of Hostes- ter’s Stomach Bitters makes people hungry at. meal time. and gives the diges- tive apparatus power to get full nutrition out of food. mus Bova . STRENGTH lS MAIN- ”03 IETTEB’S TAINED. THE BLooD KEPT PURE, STOMACH & llISEASE CAN’T . FIND A minnow. BITTE‘RS It is far wiser to keep (11's- Th-e cou- ’ V Gilli: gt: It s 1131111111113 [:1 ZZMIARD A. MGCURDY, President. ‘11. 1.111 for tilt liar Ending Dee. 3i,’97.- According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. 7 ,1 4).» IN©M_LO ' ' ' $42,693,201 99 Received for remiums . . . . From all 0therSources . . . . . Ii,469,406 2_4 $54,I62,608 23 nrsnumsumunms. To oil cy-holders for Claims by Death . . ' . $13,279,630 66 To olicy=holdero for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 12,712,424 76 1 For all other Accounts . . . _ . . 10,132,005 57 m 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 COmpanles . . . 11,705,195 82 Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6,141,200 20 $253,786,437 6‘6 Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities. . 218,278,243 07 1, Surplus . . . . . . $35,508,194 5-9 Insurance and Annuities in Force . . . $936,634,496 63 . 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 apportioned as usual Report of" the Examining Committee. Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 'i o THE HONORABLE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES on THE MHTUAL LIFE INSUBAHGE GOMPAHY OF NEW YGRK. The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty- 1 second day of December, 1897, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and 1 to verify the same, respectfully—W 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 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 111 the said Statement, and have found the same to be corp 311. They 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 examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Company, and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuation of the Com- pany ‘s holdings of real estate and have ve1ified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust. companies. and have counted he cash on hand held by the Cashier. And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and evidence of title of every description neces- sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their asSistantS, and that, the same are accurate, in good order, and well kept. And the Committee further cer tify that the investments of the Company are of a. high order, and that the system and methods adopted 0y the Company' In 1' eoording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendatiou All of which is respectfully submitted. CHAS. R. HENDERSON ELBRIDGE T. GERRY A. N. WATERHOUSIC NEW YORK. January 21, 1898. S. V. R. CRUGER J. HOBART HERRICK JAMES C. HOLDEN Board of Trustees GEORGE G. Haves ADRIAN ISELIN J11. GEORGE S. Bownom WILLIAM C. WHI'I'rzzr WILLIAM ROOKEFELLL'B JAMES N. JARVIE HENRY H. ROGERS JNO. W AUCHINCLOSB THEODORE MOBFORD WILLIAM BABCOCK - STUYVESANT FISH AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD O SAMUEL D. Bassoon RICHARD A. MoCuaDr JAMES .C. HOLDEN HERMANN C. VON POST WILLIAM J. 812me OLIVER HARRIMAN J ULIEN T. DAVIEs A. N. VVATERHOUSE S. V. R. CRUGER CHARLES R. HENDERSON RUFUS W. PEOKEAM l FREDERIO CROMWELL ' ROBERT OLYPHANT J. HOBART HERBIOK ” CHARLES E. MILLER Cass D. DICKEY J R GEORGE F. BAKER WM. P. DIXON WALTER R. GILLETTE ELBRIDGE T. GERRY DUDLEY 011001111 | ROBERT A. GRANNISB . H. WALTER WEBB JAMES SPEYEB} ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. (SAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President DUER du—P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary WILLIAJI J. EASTON, Secretary. ALBE RT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary, ‘ FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant (lesbian; EMORY MOCLINTOCK, Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, Js , Assist-ant Actuary. . CH ARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. u. (1le FORD GRETSINGER, ABJiStfiDt Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller; ; fi“ JOHN C. ELLIOI‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. E DWARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor. _ ‘) MEDICAL DIRECTORS: ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D' GRANVILLE 11. WHITE]! D; G. S. WINSTON ill. D, Consulting. \ . NIGHQLS do GILBERT, General Agents. A. H, GAM- s .11 coal Agent.
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