' [This unexpected
' hood.
1 and when he
‘ professor‘of Hebrew
THE EV’ERINGCAZETTE
._.._.o—T
W ,
llllnnlllni uuunlh
A TRAGiOTALs
OF TEA.
The Beetle was blind
and the Bit was
‘- ‘uLé
‘3]! bliuder,
I l - And they went to take
" li“ tea. with the S015.
,.
sors-grindcr,
The Scissors-grinder
had gone away
" 551 the river
641),){53 A0231: end the dz 1y,
lint he (I tied his bell to the grab eviu e s 1mg
l'he Bat. and the Beetle heard it ring.
11nd neither the Beetle 1101 12 “it could see
it hy no one Offered them any ten.
50, polite and patient, they are waiting yet
or the cup of tea they expect to get.
—[Carol3n \Vells in St. Nicholas
to
A Cow His Capital,
l‘.':1ny years ago a farmer's boy in
win teens determined to go to college,
11 .. he knew his parents would not
'1 .p him.
a“. the problem until it occurred to
1121 that if they would let him have
.good “1nilch cow” he would feel free
0 fare forth into the unfriendly world
and see what he could do for himself.
the proposition struck them as most
iriginal and practicable. SO they
hose the veiy best cow fiom their
iairy, and the voun-g man soon started
Iff, d1iving her along the 1',oad and
naking as straight a line as he could
for a certain academy some seventy—
‘Ive ora hundred miles away.
He soon proved the truth of the old
triage, “Heaven helps those who help
themselves.” Indeed, it looks as if
nan helps on the same principle, for,
when night came, and our brave boy
Itopped with his cow at a tollhouse -
11nd asked if he could spend the night
111 condition. that he should give the
,;ieop1'e some of the cow's milk .in re-
,zurn for-.his lodgin , they said they
.vould take nothing for his “keep,” but
vould give him bread in his milk, and
Would let the cow stay in the barn
1nd have all the hay she could eat.
kindness so heart
med the young fellow, that although
1e had left home in a very serious
he set Off the next morning
yhistling and full of happy expectar
lon.
All along the read he was treated
with similar kindness and good will,
reached the seminary,
ihc principal and his wife seemed to
.lhi'nk this was the sort of young man
1119:: had been looking for. They took
1.1111 and his cow into their care, set
in: him to work for his board, and
inding the milk a useful addition to
their storm indexd, they did better
'.hnn that: they bought the. cow.
In this institution he remained until
10 graduated. going thence to a New
England college. where, four years
a-tcr. he took his ‘.'lassical degree, hav-
‘ng worked his way through by man-
Lal labor. From there 'he went to a
iiicoiogical seminary, and worked h-ii
:vay through once more, making three
m‘stitutimLs in which he had earned
zhe respect and good will of everybody
by his steady. thoroughgoing manner
if life. He was now called to be prin-
aipal Of the seminary to which he had
first gone with his cow. After serving
90111-3 years in this capacity, he became
in a theological
school. and the author Of a Commen-
tary of excellent repalto—Frances E.
Willard in Success.
How Augie “’01'1115 Live.
When you regard the earth worm (or
angle worm ) seriously—and a good
many pie-apic- have cause to regard him
very seriously indeed—you will find
:hat he has some admirable trails. He
is industrious: he is a natural fertli‘
izer Of waste and barren fields; he is
ionwséiir: he is patient, and, above all,
he is cautious. Perhaps his caution
is his predominating characteiistic,
unless we 1xa-ept his patience, win 11
has been 1101- 110,11 in both song and
story.
\thn nan (.‘illllllWOlln takes an ailing
in dry v ctthc-v he goes about it v 2ry
51,313 101 he knows not 11 hat may 111p
pen if he gets too far from hone. Sum
being the case. he does not c1eep e11-
tircly out of the earth, he just sticks
out his 110 ad and enough of his body
to inflate his lungs with fresh air. IIis
toil he keeps seéurely fastened in the
ground. If removed from his hole
against his will while thus situated.
it is impossible to put him back again,
and it is claimed that he himself is
unable to get back. A rainy day is
the earthworms special delight. Then
he valiantly leaves his hole and prom-
enades up and down the damp, steam-
ing 0.11111 in supreme happiness. He
is very fond of leaves, however and
.1111 ays iii {us to keep in the neighbor~
hood of a bunch 01' them, so he can
retreat under their shelter for refuge
in case of sudden danger. ,
The earthworm goes at things back-
ward. lle squares himself around
and digs. or rather pounds, in his
earthly house with his tail, which is
auger-shape.) Aside from enriching
the land the earthworm and his num-
erous relations make many a good
meal for other insects and birds, to
say nothing of their value b0 the fish-
erman. The. earthworm has one ad-
vantage over most creatures. He can,
without per1n-a1nent harm, be divided
into sections when attacked, and thus
take chances on saving one or two
parts of himself, which can be patched
together again after the battle. But
sometimes even that expedient fails
film. and he is devoured by the enenry,
a piece at a time, until not a vestige
- b left to tell me tale.
However, he kept studying
iplanted
lthO-ugh spring is preferred north
:New York.
:t‘rcm four to six feet.
Ithis they need more care in transplant-
3 in g
be apt to give them.
l side branches
‘ this.
abandoned.
principles
‘ n
' dairy
’ and giving it slight attention when it
' to make good butter.
3 as the liquid is poured into it.
' bisulphide of carbon at once vaporize-s
I sure
, host prices. dairy butter must have a
, manufactured
' the creamery
,this substance that it is highly inflam-
u. -n;,.,. . 1‘.
n‘éla'F‘IFQ’
Black “’alnut Trees.
Black walnut trees may be safely
either in spring or fall,
Of
A safe size to plant is
Larger than
than an ordinary planter ’would
In their wild
state these trees are mostly found in
rather low, deep ground, but in culti-
vation it makes little difierence where
planted. as they will do well in all
situations. Looking for profit from
timber, as well as nuts, you could
plant as close as in squares of four
feet, thinning out from time as the
trees evidently require it. Foresters
prefer this plan for another reason.
Close planting promotes rapid upright
growth and prevents the making of
to any extent. 'The
quicker a tree intended for timber
makes height the fewer knots there
will be in it. The prevention of sida‘
branches of large size is a step in 'the‘
same direction. When a large :bra‘nch
dies or is cut Off, a scar forms, which
depreciates the value of the lumber.
A dead branch left on docs worse than
New wood forms over it an-
nually, leaving a line‘of dead wood in
the body of the tree. For this rea~
son a good forester never permits a
dead limb to remain on a tree—Troy
Times.
,A \Vasteful Method.
'Manure must be drawn in the sum-
mer,'fall or winter. It is not practi.
cable tO save and apply it after a sod
lias“been broken. The old practice of
drawing it in the summer and putting
it into small piles in the field has been
Such a method means a'
waste of manure anda waste of la-
bor. Covering a sod immediately be-
fore breaking is equally wasteful. The
manure goes into the bottom Of the
furrow and the fertility leaches into
the subsoil. The best way, as a rule.
is to draw manure as fast as made
and scatter 011 the sod. The soluble
portion thus leaches into the sod and
the other acts as a mulch for the
grass. A greater growth is secured
for turning under, and the strength Of
the manure is kept on the top soil,
where it is most needed by corn roots.
'l‘Op dressing Of sod 111.1111 in fall or
winter for late spring ploughing is
the cheapest and most satisfactory
way Of manuring for corn on most
farms. Where the supply Of manure
is very great it may be a good prac«
rice to plough under an application
freshly made to the. ground, but it is
an extravagant practice for those
whose supply of manure is not exce-S‘
sive.
latter Making on the 113.1111.
'l‘hc creamery which ‘makes a suc-
cess keeps one sole Object in view to-
ward which all of its detail work con-
verges. viz., the production of a stan-
dard first class butter. Private dai-
rits conducred on this principle are
the ones which succeed. As a gen
eral rule, there is a. slight prejudice
in favor of dairy butter: But to in-
pcrmancnt recognition at the
quality as perfect as
article.
Crcamerics have established a de-
served reputation for first class man-
ufactured butter, because Of their
strict adherence to the best known
Of butter making. Many
fariugrs are trying to run (10-
mcstic butter making as a side issue.
should have the ski-ll, tl'lought and
practice that its importance demands.
(if those who know theoretically how
many fail in the
practical application—G. E. Nowell in
Aericulturist.
o
Getting Bid 01 .\1|t..~.
Make holes with a crowbar or con-
vcu lent stick, from 6 inches to 1
foot deep and about 15 inches
apart. over the hill or portion
01' the lawn infested by the ants and
into each hole pour two or three tea-
spoonfuis Of bisu-lphide of carbon,
stampng the dirt into the hole as soon
i The
and. permeating the ground, destroys
the ants but does not injure the grass.
One should remember while using
mablc and should not bring near it a
flame or even a lighted clgar.——C. H.
Fernald, Massachusetts Experiment
Station.
Hints For the Kennel-y.
Active hens arc the best layers. ,
Clean houses and runs are the best
medicine.
A nest egg will usually stop a lien
scratching the nest; if not, use shav-
ings.
A spoonful of oil of turpentine is a
good remedy for tapeworm in poultry.
If fowls leave part of their break-
fast in the di-,sb remove it.
If their appetites fall, a change of
food is needed.
A hen can be fed almost anything;
that a cow will eat, and many things
besides.
Anything that will make milk Will
make eggs, but don’t feed much cot-
tonseed meal or rye—Burr Knapp.
A West Bath, Me., farmer never has;
his horses shod. He says that the
practice is against nature and brings
his horses up .from childhood to travel
on their hoofs. They never seem to
have any difficulty in getting over'the
roads, even in slippery weather.
1
' amination.
shirt. bosom, shut. his eyes
. I inspected it most carefully.
~.
\WAR LiEFT THEMSG.
' What Befeli a Veteran of the Civil War
Long After His Discharge.
An Old colonial soldier lying in a
hospital improvised for the occasion af—
ter the battle of Saratoga was patient-
ly waiting until his time came 101 ex-
When the phy sicians SL11-
rounded his humble pallet to probe for
:1 bullet in his cheSt, he opened his
and said,
“I’m ready.” Neither groan, sigh or
cry escaped him, but as the probe
reached the piece of lead heopened his
ex les and said: ‘Docl‘m. an inch (lecp-
and you will find Gener al VVashinlr-
fuguum " In the Revolution and Civil
'War the American soldier withstood
hardships that almost equalled those
when Napoleon retreated frOm Moscow,
and Sir John Moore retired to Corruna.
Disease left. its mark and shattered
the strong consritutions of the. best.
No organ of the human body suffered
more than the kidneys, and veteran
W R. Green, Of 44 Spring sheet,
South Norwalk, engineer at Ciofut A:
Knapp's hat facfcry, only echoes the
experience of thousands of his com-
1ades, when he says ‘ I was a. boy when
I enlisted in the aimy, and exposure
and hardships weakened me physicallv.
In the factor v we use under the boilers
about two tons of coal per day, and as I
do my own tli'ingI have to handle it. It
was quite a job for '11 man who had
trouble with his kidneys. and I was al-
ways anxious to get rid of it. Slight
urinary difficulty set 111 and as I no-
ticed an advertisement about Dean’s
Kidney Pills curing such cases I got a.
box and look them. After taking the
first box my back did not- ache. I felt
so much better, and the secretlons were
Damn-211.1 am recomiiientling'Doan’s Kid-
ney Pills to the workmen of the. i'actory.
Doan’s Pills for sale by all deal~
01's. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-
Milb11rn(lo., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Doan’s and take no substitute.
—»v~‘0‘>o>-———
THE PERSIAN JEWELS.
A Description of Their Splendor Reads
Like a Fairy Tale.
A writer in the Illustrated Magazine
says: Who has not heard of the Per-
sian jewels—their glory, their num-
ber, their priceless worth? When the
doors were unlocked and I was taken
into the peacock throne room I found
myself surrounded 1by a mass Of
wealth unequalled in the world. NO-
where are such treasures, but nowhere
also is there such an accumulation of
rubbish. I will, however, dismiss the
rubbish and refer only to the trans
ures. Down each side of the room
were chairs entirely covered with
sheeted gold, and at intervals there
\vere tables of gold nailed, and I shud-
dered to note, with the commonest of
black headed tacks.
At the far end of the room was the
wonder of the world, the peacock
throne. Whether it is one Of the
seven thrones Of tlhe great Mogul and
was brought from Delhi, I don’t know,
but it is certainly «the most costly or-
nament that 'the eye can look upon.
It is en-
tirely of silver, :1 great camp-bed
structure, but modeled in lovely de-
signs. It is encrusted from end to
end and from top to bot-tom with dia-
monds.
At the back is a star Of .brilliants
that makes you blink. The rug on
which the shah sits is edged with
precious stones, and the pillow on
which he reclines is covered with
pearls. I could keep on writing about
the dazzling beauty Of the throne OI
the king of kings, but I never could
get beyond declaring it to be a superb
jewel.
But although the peacock throne is
the magnum opus of the Persian
crown jewels, it by no means extin-
guishes the magnificence of the other
treasures. Who can attempt, 'howe :—
er, to recount the number of bejewel-
ed arms, the royal arms, the flashing
aigrets, the trays 'piled up with cut
and uncut stones and the bowls filled
with pearls that you can run through
you-r fingers like a handful of rice?
Every one has heard Of the Daria-i-
Nur, or. Sea Of Light, sister—diamond
of the Kohinoor, or Mountain of
Light. Every one has also heard
about the Globe Of the World, made of
seventy-five pounds of pure .gold and
51,326 gems—4.11112 sea of emeralds, Per-
sia of turqu-Oises, India of a-mcthysts,
Africa 0f rubies, England and France
of diamonds. .
- Velvet Very Fashionable.
Velvet in allshades and varieties will
be fashionable, both as an accessory
and for the making of redingotes, un-
der-dresses, and complete costumes.
Black undoubtedly takes precedence,
but marked favor is shown to new, very
elegant shades in Russian green, dam—
son, orchid purple—a superb color,
with a glow of\crimson in it—to dark
sumac red, and a complete grade of
rich, becoming browns, which include
the Havana, cedar, seal, chestnut, and
wqulse dyes.
“Do you believe in corporal punish-
ment?” asked the lady whose children
are old enough to ,go to school accOrd—
log to the Washington Star.
“\0, " ansivere'd the young man who
had been a. private. “It wasn’ t the
fault Of the Corporal. If anybody's to
blame it's some one a good deal higher
up in rank. "
ease away than to light. it
TR UE after it comes. An occa-
WISDOM sional dose of Hostetn
ter’s Stomach Bitters
makes people hungry
at meal time. and gives the diges-
tive apparatus power to get lull
nutrition out of food.
‘lii’iui‘li‘tsym. HOSTETTEB’S
TAINED, THE
It is far wiser to keep (lis-
BLOOD kEPI PURE, STOMACH -
a. DISEASE CAN T
l FIND A roomom.
D
BITTEBS
Y!
in: * ' ‘ and. 1,111: 13111111012131,
RICHARD A. MOG‘U‘RDY Presflent
81111111111101ihelearEnding Deciljil;
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department offlthe State of New York.
IN COME-
Recelved for remlums . . . . . $42,693,201 99
From all other Sources . . . . . . 1 1,469,406 24
$54,162,608 23
WISE U 3.6133111 EN'ESa
To 011 cyuholders for Claims by Death . . . ‘ $13,279,630
To olicyaholdem for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 12,712,424 76
For all other Accounts . . ’ . . .. 10,132,005 5-7
$36,124,060 99
ASSETS.
United States Bonds and other-Securities . . $132,017,341 45
First Lien Loans 0117 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.
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6,141,200 20
. . $253,783,437 65
ReserVe for Policies and other Liabilities . . 218,278, 243 07
Surplus . . . . . - $359508,— [94 59
insurance and Annuities in Force . . . $936,634,496 63
lhave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. .
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, AuditOr;
2
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From the Surplus a dividend will beapportioned as 1181111
Report of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
’11. THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 01'" NEW YORK.
The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-
second day of December, 1897, to examine the Annual Statement of the 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 Repor,t at ended at the olfice of the Company, and have been waited. on
by the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Auditdr, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of such Ofiicers
and have (111 efully come over all the items contained" In the said Statement, and have found the same to be COI'I't 31.. They
have examined and counted every certificate of Stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared
the pi ices at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the some 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 verified the deposits Of money in the various banks and trust compames, and
have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier.
And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and ev'dence of title of every descriptlon neces-
sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their assiSLants, and that.
the same are accu1 ate, in good order, and well kept.
And the Committee further ce1 tify that. the luv estments Of the Company are of a. high order, and that the system
and methods adopted 0y the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation
All of which IS respectfully submitted. CHAS. R. HENDERSON ELBRIDGE T GERRY A N. W ATERHOUSL
NEW YORK, January 21, 1898. S. V. R. CRUGER J. HOBART HERRICK JAMES C. HOLDEN» ,
Board. of Trustees
HENRY H. ROGERS
J NO. W AUOIIINCLoss
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVEBANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD,
CHARLES E. MILLER - ~ -:
WALTER R. GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN J R.
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
WILLIAM C W HI'I‘NEY
_ WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER
._ JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAs D. DICKEY JR
- ELRRIDGE T. GERRY
JAMES SPEYER,
SAMUEL D. 13111100011
RICHARD A. MOCURDI
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON Pos'I-
’WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HARRIMAN
:uonun'r ULYPHANT
(111011011 F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLOOTT " |
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. WATERHOUSE
S.-V. K. ORUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PEOKHAM
J. HOBART HERRICK
Wu. P. DIXON
|
FREDERIO CROMWELL I
ROBERT A. GBANNISS l
ROBERT A. GRANI S, Vic e- President.
\WALTER R GILLETTE, General Manager.
15AM: E. LLOYD, 2d Vice~Pr.es,5dent ’ ‘ DUE ti du—P. BRECK, Corresponding Secreted;
W lLLIAa‘l J. EAS'I‘ON, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMItOTH, Assistant Secretary.
FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMtSO ‘.I 26. Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cesium;
‘ . EMORY MOCLINTOCK, Actuary.
‘ JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant. A1. tuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. ‘ WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C. CLIi'FOItD GRETSLN GER, As-Jistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller; ;
JOHN C. ELLIO l‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
E 3W ARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS: .
MARSH, M D' GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M D-
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
“macaw
ELIAS J.
NECHCLS o crooner, sensual Agents.
a. n. cane, Local Agent.
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