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AND THAT IS LIFE.
A crust of bread and a corner to Sleep
'in,
A minute to smile and an hour to
weep in, , .
A pint of joy to a. peek of trouble,
And never a laugh but the means
come double; .
And that is life!
A crust and a corner that love makes
. precious,
With a smile to ‘warm and the tears
to refresh us; ‘
And the joys seem sweeter when care
comes after,
And the moan is the finest of foils for
laughter!
And that is life!
So grief must be bordered with glad-
ness: ,
And the light of a smile
More than once in a while,
Helps a tear to unbosom its sadness."
Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
ALoan AND Hismss
Rockhampé‘on was spellbound. Yes,
actu-aly and literally spellbound.
Never, no, never, had they imagined
such a thing likely to happen; and the
ladies of that highly respectable little
New England village shook their heads
and sighed deeply. '
And really, my dear readers, I was.
7 1d am, just as much surprised as
:‘iey were to hear the news. To think
hat Pamela Winthrop, the belle and
greatest flirt in Covington county, was
really [and truly as the children say.
going to be married. Well, well, well!
Hands and hearts of every descrip-
tion had 'been laid at her feet. Old
and young men, rich and poor, ugly
and handsome, had sought her; but
she passed them all by with disdain.
laughing and eneonrageing them one
minute, and floating and scorning
them the next.
“I aim perfectly willing to wait a
little longer,” she would say laughing-
ly, to her another, whose greatest wish
was to see her darling safely and hap-
pily married.
And Mrs. Winthrop could only shake
her head and smile. What was the use
of talking to an incorrigible girl like
that?
One bright summer day, Pamela
strolled slowly through the woods to
her favorite trysting tree. The prin-
cipal reason she was so fond of it was
because none of her numerous swains
knew of its existence, and she threat-
ened her mother with the penalty of
dire displeasure should she disclose
the secret.
As she approached her bower she
saw to her disgust that the fortress
trad already been captured by some in-
fidel, a veritable barbarian. who, with
cigars and newspapers. seemed to be
making himself perfectly at home.
“Well. I declare!” she said to her-
self. r'I never saw such perfect indif-
ference to the ordinary rules of civil-
ity. I suppose he thought that James
put the scat there for the benefit of
the suspicious characters in the neigh-
borhood.”
She forgot that the “suspicious char-
acter" could in all probability know
nothing about her or her favorite rc-
treats.
“‘Il'cll. I shall advance.” she said.
with what she imagined to be a very
imposing air. “and see if that young
man has a sufficient amount of man-
ncz's; loft to go home when he sees
me.”
As the trespass-er heard the ad-
vancing of footsteps he looked up. but
Instead of being overcome with con-
fusion and leaving her presence with
a deep obeisance—nothing lesslhan
that would soothe her injured feelings
—lh-c calmly and deliberately took his
feet off the seat and moved down so
as to make room for her at the other
end.
Pamela stood still and drew her
breath.
“0 temporal O mores!” she murmur-
ml to herself.
Still the per-r specimen of a bonight—
ed age never attempted to take his do
parturc.
“Possibly." thought Pamela. “he
thinks I am going to speak to him.
Nevori llc is very good looking.
though." she decided. after taking :1
look at him through her longr cyc-
lashcs. “Ills hair might be a little
darker and he might be a little taller.
but then he might be a good deal
shorter or lyre-u bald.”
The last mentioned feature. in Pa
mela's eyes. amounted almost to a
crime.
You will observe that she was grad-
ually thawin: toward the repro-l'mlzc.
Matters at this point were getting dc—
cidedly enslairrassing. Each party
continued to look at the other and
really they might have become a size-
ond edition of Lot's wit-:3 if the mire
had not risen and with a very courtly
how, sa'id—.
“Pardon mo. am I intruding?”
“No more than I.” thought Pamela.
But she did not. say that-~01], dear. no!
~but simply smiled in a very bewitclr
lug way and answered,-— '
"Not at all, tlxvse woods are public
oroperty.” ,
“Then perhaps this seat is your cs»
peeial property?" he continued. and
looked this time as if he really meant
to go.
“After all.” Pamela said to herself,
”it is a great pity that a young nice
looking man cannot admire the bean-
ties of nature when so disposed, and
this one looks like an artist or a poet.”
0. Pamela. Pamela!
,“Don‘t trouble yoursr-lf to move."
she said \“ufy’ sweetly. “There is
plenty of room for six on this seat, I
can assure you.”
Well to make a long story short.
those two, naturally enough, began to
discuss the weather, blessed weather!
and then to scenery, delightful
Scenery! and when two long hours
had passed, and Palmea discovered
that the sun was sinking to rest.
they knew each other’s names, resi-
dences, families, and in fact. Were
’THE,EVEI~IIN:
GGAZETrE
l ..
't .. ra' ndl '1 th had known ‘
24111;; oftshelrwfor inf: lmen-:51; instead of “ROWING How PAYS-
as many 'hours. _ —— »
“Sh-all I see you again soon?” he ask- The Moral of This Old, Old
ed, iholding her hand a long, a very _
long time as they parted. Anechte WI” Save a
Plalnrea. smiled and then looked " Heap of Trouble
serous. . .
“lVe have not been pro lei-1y intro‘ ~ anda Plle 0f
duced,” she said, “and y: l might—l Money.
there is no knowing—Abe. a. brigand or.
a pirate, instead of a——” Som . ‘~
. ., eth z . - - '
“Most delightful young man; lauglr some Simpigpag'tdoffiggemdbhggipvngtg
ed he. finishing the sentence for her. stationary engine. and the stoker
And she, would you believe it? could not fix it. After spending a day
never said no, but just smiled such a or two on it, he was forced to ask the
smile that Jack Harti‘nzgton felt the fllfl ofa. more competent workman. He
day grow brighter and heard the birds tailed 3150 and someone suggested the
sing more sweetly and tenderly than {employment 0f it local celebrity—a
ever before. AS he strode away sort. of tinker at any mechanical job.
. , . . p . There is generally one 1n every local-
tlnough the lenghxtenmg meadows he itv. He gave two or three ra ‘ 'th
whistled merrily, f‘Oh, there‘s nothing ‘ his hammer and touched up apti-ovcvllor
half so sweet in life as Love’s young two, when the pounding, or whatever-
dvrealm.” ulled the machinery ceased. When
All the world and his wife thought aSked to make out his bill, it read as
.———r
that Miss Pamela Winthrop and Mr. IUHOWFK 4 , _
J. Daffy’s I-Iartington met for the first Fixmg engine, 3 3’0
Knowmg how, 10.00
time at the garden party given by the
rectors wife in aid of the _Heatheu Total, $1059
and Cannibal Clothing S0c1ety, and This anecdote has nothincr earthly to
that it was a case of love at first sight. do with Mr. Wm. F. Knap’p, engineer
They little knew that they had drain- and fireman at Roth A: Goldschmidt’s,
ed the cup of love to the all-egs_ South Norwalk, but it servesoto intro-
IVithin the next six days succeeding duce him 10 the Norwalk public, and
the Warden art the had met twelve at the same time shows the close I' 913‘
a D y y tion between the tinker’s work on the
times—-how they managed it heaven 0. .0. . « 7.
only knows—and within the following ffigymiigfgg. a;£ff§°,%2{f.ni§”fil§§;; WEE?
three weeks, ’bhll‘tY'S'lX times. Knapp tells how he cured his. Read
All went smoothly as a. marriage this statement:
bell until Pamela, thinking to try her “I am an old time engineer, and like
power over Jack, flirted disgracefully 9 great many men who f0110W my 0311-
ait a tennis party with one of her old mil" the Weak spot in my anatomy is my
admirers. back, probably caused .by becoming
Jack’s heart sank and his brow toast-heated In a warm atmosphere and
.. - . _ .. , . . en exposed to cold. Be that as 1b
310“ 'bla’cb 15; ‘he watched the 9'3””; may, 1 had considerable trouble with
Stop the fi11“‘&‘1lt1‘0n, he un10, 'b‘ut 110W! my kidneys, and alghough I used Sim'
That was another question. After all. ple household remedies and on one or
she had never encouraged him half two occasions took medicine, I was
so much as she WAS encouraging that never able to completely l'id myself 0f
“long-legged begger” now. the attacks. Reading about the work
“What is the «matter, 'Hartington? pfififorlneddbtholaln’s Iiidnely Pills in
, . , ,,. , ,, _ 1 ‘ ar an e orwa rs came to
10“ , dont'. 1001‘ Ihappy, asked Pa the conclusion that they blight help
mel-as cousin, as Le came up to where me, and procuring a supply, I com-
he stoo-d glowerlng. menced the treatment. After com-
“Umiphl” said Jack. pleting it I was so greatly improved in
“Is she at it again?” asked the tor‘ my general health that Iconscientious-
. mentor. 1y endorse Dean’s Kidney Pills.” ‘
No reply was vouc‘hsalfed ‘to this re- Just such emphatic endorsement. is
. mark. - plentiful in Norwalk. Drop into Glen-
“There is only one way to cure her. dignghéz. CO"S a“? store and hear
and that is to «o and do likewise.” w “L ,en customeis report.
a Dean s Pills for sale by all deal-
laughed the boy, and he strolled 0“ ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-
to practice what he preached. Milburn (30., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents
I Half an hour afterwards, wlhen I-‘a— for the U. S. Remember the name
melu. turned around to see what her Dean’s and take no substitute.
disconsolalte love was doing and how ~ 7
he was enjoying himself, he Was, t
her disgust, deeply interested in a tall. 3 AS TO STRIKING—MATCHES'
stately beauty who was sitting with.
him under the elm trees. This was?
turning the tables with a vengeance. “1 may be wrong,” said the little
“Such heartlessness!” thought Pa- woman, “bl“ I fully believe that 3
mole. . man would strike a match on the
For the rest of {(119 afternoon these tombstone of his mother,” and ‘her
two fit inmates for a lunatic asylum 'eyes snapped and her cheeks flushed
kept this game up, each appearing to it the idea of such a sacrilege.
be having a perfetcly delightful time, Go where one will, in the most out-
but each feeling as miseraible as it Df-I-hO-Wfli' D1800 01‘ COI‘DBI' t0 ignite
was possible for a mortal to fee}, 1 match, telltale streaks will be found
y BS’ degrees, to Jack, the flirtation is positive proof that a match striker
grew wcarisome. Pamela didn’t seem i135 been there before. Raise the
to be noticing it. So, slipping away i drapery about a mantel and peer
from his companion at the first oppor- ! underneath and tht‘l‘e again Will come
tunity, he walked moodily dorwn {1,311 view the cabalistic brown tracks,
side path. and there, face to face, he i the "blazed” “'33".- 38 it were, 0f the
met his “fair but false one,” who. match-striking gUild-
with the same feelings had also sli-p- Letter boxes, street corners. door
pod nwav. . jambs, bottoms of chairs and edges
“I trust you are enjoying yourself, of bureaus, washstands and dressing
Miss \Vinthro-p,” said Jack, sarcas- cases possess the hiero—or pyro—
Streaks That Show \Vhere Lights ‘Vere
Produced to Be Found Everywhere.
tically. glyphics.
“And you?“ said she in the same Even church edifices are not sacred
tone. when the hurried call is issued for 3.
“Well. I don't find the moments light. Even alter rails have been vis-
dragging.” replied he. lted by the same touch. In fact,
Now. this: was unbearable. and Pa- there is no place too sacred or too
mela walked away, her small head much out of the way not to have, at
high II] the air. one time or the other, received the
"Pamela.” said Jack in a low tone. necessary friction required to se-
“Sir?” replied s-hc. cure a light. IVhen Cleopatra’s
“I am going away to-night.” Needle was placed in Central Park
Pamela stopped short. “\Vliat was the apex bore ti'aces,,among the a1~
the matter," she asked herself, “with most obliterated hieroglyphics, of the
the Sky? Surely there must be a passing of the match. It is said tha.t
thunder storm gathering. it seemed so the same modern signs can be found
cloudy and so hot. and the grass look- upon the topknot of the Sphinx and
ed parched. and even the birds had upon the top of the Pyramids.
stopped singing.” . l ~—~——-——————
“Are you?" she said mechanically. i ‘ Scent some 61 Sydney.
“Yes,” he replied. 1 One of the oddest ornaments of
She showed so little feeling at what which a city ever boasted stands in
he thought would be a bombshell that Sydney. Australia. It is called "the
his face grew longer than ever. ' sccirt bottle of Sydney,” and is for
“I suppose we shall never meet the purpose of drawing the gases
again. then. Your summer vacation from the sewerage system of the city.
with all its pleasures, is over, and-~” . It is constructed of brick work. rend-
VV’Oi-ds failed her. ed over with cement stucco, and is
“Won‘t you say good—by?” he said. . eighty-seven feet high to the top of
“Good—by,” she said, holding out her . the casting surinounting the brick
hand. work.
He shook it gently and turned to go, Vlhen the shaft was completed it
the most miserable young man'in was intended to purify the air es-
Christendom, when a. low word that caping from the sewer by means of
sounded like “Jack,” reached his ear, charcoal. and trays containing char-
and then a sob. coal were placed in the bottom of the
“Pamela, my darling!” And with shaft so that all air escaping from the
itwo strides he was at her side, this sewer must pass the material. This
time forever. was, however, found inoperative and
was discontinued. Subsequently fire
Agreed With the Druggist. was suggested, but this in turn proved
A, d-ruggist was considerably perturb- unsatisfactory.
ed the other day, and it must be ad— The “scent bottle” is not an eyesore.
mitted not altogether without cause. Its bUSine’SS is SO di-Sguised that it. is
Thefirst he knew about it was .in- an object of beauty. and is readily
timnted by a regular customer,- who, mistaken for a monument. Indeed, it
forsakimg his funereal gloom for a is the biggest, most conspicuous and
moment, popped his head in and, nod- picturesque of all the notable monu-
din-g approyingly, said, with a chuek- meats in New South Wales.——New
lo, “I wish I could say the same." York Herald.
The druggist was mystified, but smil-
ed 'back benignly. ,
’I‘hen someone else called out to him, GSTEiui-E 9 “BNEYS
“You’ve got rid of your care. Hasppy H ' RS Healthy Kid-
man!” And for some time a fusllade ‘ “LEBRATED neys filler im-
of “I agree with you, old man!” “Quite “W purities from
right, too!” “Ah, you know the value II ., the b.100d and
of them,” and the like laconic obser- keep itredand
rations went on until the bewildered £113,138 301 Link
druggist at last rushed madly out of HOSTIgTTElg’S'
his shop, and, seizing one of his per- - BI'l"lERS stimr
secultors, demanded to know what it P - ulzues the Kid-
all meant. neys to the
The captive said nothing, but smil- P "0P0 1' P8!“
ing grimly, he pointed up to the shop for?” n "e. "f
front, where the legend ran, “Prescrip- P1103 mm“-
tions dispensed with.” Some practical fin", k e N. “1,315
joker had minted out the concluding (”Bud mfg. 9
word “care." , .. . - “A. .
'_'.e.-‘-,:
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ruin hr Silence 5.,
BidHARD A. MCGURDY, President. A '
amine-ii for the Year Ending Dec. 31,’97
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
INGQMEQ "
Received for remiums . . , . 4 $42,693,201 99 f
From all other Sources 1 . . . , . 11,469,406 24
$54, 1 62,608 23 7
v
DESB‘EHSEMENVES.
4
To all cy-holders for Claims by Death . . . $13,279,630 .
To alloy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. '. 12,712,424 76 ‘
For all other Accounts _ . . . . . [0,132,005 5.7 .,
$36,124,060 99
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
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6,141,200 20
$2 86
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities .. . . 3337832; :3
Surplus . . . . . . $35,508,194 59
Insurance and Annuities in Force . . . $936,634,496 63
Ihave 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 usua.
Report of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. .‘v.
To THE HONORABLE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES on
THE MUTUAL LIFE .INSUBANGE 'GOMPAHY OF NEW YORK.
The undersigned, a Committee appointed 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, 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 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 ofljcers
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be corrr ct. 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 boads 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 companies, and
have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier.
And the Committee certify that allthe 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 certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the SYStem I
and methods adopted by 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. WATERHOUSE '
NEW YORK. January 21. 1898. S. V. R. CRUGER J. HOBART, HERRICK JAMES C. HOLDEN
Board. of Trustees-
SAMUEL D. BABCOCK FREDERIO CROMWELL HENRY H. ROGERS GEORGE G. HAVEN
RICHARD A. MOCURDT J ULIEN T. DAVIES JNO. W AUCHINCLOSS ADRIAN ISELIX JR.
JAMES C. HOLDEN A. N. WATERHOUSE THEODORE MORFOBD ' GgoRoE S, Bownom
HERMANN C. VON POST S. V. It. CRUGER WILLIAM BABCOCK I WILLIAM C. WHITREY
WILLIAM J. SEWELL CHARLES R. HENDERSON STUYVESANTFISH [ WILLIAM ROCKEFELLEB
OLIVER HARRIMAN RUFUS W. PEOKHAM AUGUSTUS D. JUILLIARD JAMES N. JARVIE
LORERT ULYPHANT J. HOBART HERRIOK CHARLES E. MILLER CHAS D. DICKEY J R.
Gnome F. BAKER WM. 3’. DIXON WALTER R. GILLETTE ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
DUDLEY OLOOTT | ROBERT A. GRANNISB . H. WALTER WEBB JAMES SPEYEB]
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. DUER du—P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMHOTH, Assistant Secretary. . 3.
FREDERIC CROMW ELL, Treamrer. ‘ '
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON. 26. Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cushion, . .
. EMORY MoCLlNTOCK, Actuary. ' “‘
JOHN TATLOCK, J3 , Assistant Actuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
U. Cle'FOBD GRETSIN OER, ASuistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
“ - : " J OHN C. ELLIOI‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. ' ' '
E- ') W ARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor. ' f
MEDICAL DIREcroRs:
ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D- GRANVILLE 11. WHITE. M I) _ . .
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting. ~i'
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