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bun YOUTHS’COLUMN.
LITTLE PRINCE TATTERS.
Little Prince Tatters has lost his cap!
Over the hedge he threw it;
Into the river it fell “kerslapl”
Stupid old thing to do it!
Now mother may sigh and nurse may
fume
For the gay little cap with its eagle.
plume.
One cannot be thinking
such matters!
Trifles are trifles!” says little Prince
Tatters.
all day of
Little Prince Tatters has lost his coat~ ‘
Playing, he did not need it!
Left it right there by the nanny goat,
“And nobody never seed it!”
Now mother and nurse may search till
night
For the little new coat with its buttons
brightw
But—“Coat sleeves or shirt sleeves, how
little it matters!
Trifles are trifles!” says little Prince
Tatters.
Little Prince Tatters has lost his ball!
Rolled away down the street!
Somebody’ll have to find it, that’s all,
Before he can sleep or eat.
Now raise the neighborhood quickly,
do!
And send for the crier and constable,
too! '
“Trifles are trifles; but serious matters.
They must be seen to,” says little
Prince Tatters.
-—Laura E. Richards in St. Nicholas.
Fishes Need Slippery Coats.
The slippery coat of slime found on
all fishes is essential to their exist-
ence. It is secreted usual-1y in a con.
tinuous series of ducts with numeroul
openings. which in some cases arl
plainly visible, and in others impure
ceptible. There are also pores for th!
secretion of the mucus in the fish:
head. The slime exudes through 1h:
divisions between the scales to tlll
outer part of the body, over which it
spreads, forming a sort of outer skin,
or covering, transparent, elastic an]
tenacious, and often having consider:
able body. Fishes vary greatly in the.
amount of slime which they secrete.
The eel has a very liberal share. and
an ordinary fish of two pounds weight
will usually have a coating of slime
a. thirty-second of an inch in thick-
ness.
One of the important functions of
the fish’s slimy coating is to protect '
it from the atacks of fungus, a form
of plant life found in all waters, sail
and fresh, foul and pure. If the fish
is so injured that some spot becomes
uncovered by the slime a barely visi-
b fungus will be likely to lodge there,
and when it is once lodged the UFO-
cess of its reproduction is very rapid.
It soon extends over the gills and
kills the fish. The primary purpose of
the slime. of the fish is to reduce its
friction when in motion and increase
its speed. It also serves as a cushion
to the scales,_ which it thus protects
from many injuries. The slimy cov-
ering makes the fish hard to hold. and
so enables it the more readily to es-
cape from its enemies. In some cases
the slime has a very rank smell, and
this serves as a means of defense
against other fish—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Singing the Pain Away.
An cight-year—old child with a cut
in her hand was brought to a physi-
cian. It was necessarv for the best
results to take a few stitches with a
surgeon’s needle. While the physi-
cian was making preparations, the lit-
tle girl swung her foot nervously
against the chair, and was gently ad-
monished by her mother who stood
near to assist.
“That will do no harm,“ said the
doctor; kindly. “as long as you hold
your hand still.” adding, with a glance
at the strained,_ anxious face of the
child; “You may cry as much as you
like.”
“I would rather sing,"
girl, with a smile.
“All right, that would be. better.
What can you sing?”
"i can sing ‘Give, give, said the lil-
tie slream.’ Do you know that?"
“I am not sure." responded the doc-
tor. “How does it begin?"
The little patient proceeded to illus-
trate.
“That's beautiful," said the doctor.
“I want to hear the. whole of it.”
All the while the skilled lingers \vcrn
sewing up the wound. the sweet“. child
ish voice sounded bravely r’hrpugh the
room. and the only tears shed on the
occasion came from the eyes of the
mother.
It is. I believe, a physiological fact
that some expression of one's feelings
tends to lessen pai—n.—Congregati'onal-
ist.
replied the
Wasps Make Paper.
Wasps were the first and original
paper makers, and as geometricians
and architects vie with their relatives
the bees. One has only to study the
stories in that gray apartment house
called a wasps' nest, to wonder at and
admire the skill of the builders. "he
wasps build their nests of a material
made by gathering bits of weather-
worn wood and chewing them up,
making a true paper pulp. These
builders are equal to emergencies. A
wasps’ nest was once involuntarily
unroofed that was under a board.
Several days later it was discovered
that the nest was well roofed by neat
paper shingles. Never before, proba-
bly, had these wasps or their ances-
tors been called upon to roof a domi-
cile. but these did this original work
with much show of the knowledge of
the principles of roof construction.-—-
Chautauquan.
Tommy—What yer so sore about?
Jimmy—Aw, it’s pooty tough on a
teller ter have ter wear his blg brud-
der's pants.
Tommy—G’on. Yer oughter be
glad yer big brudder ain't a. sister an’
wore bloomersml’hlladelmlla 3.900111.
THE L v. ENING GAZETTE
l TUMBLING CYCLE RECORDS.
'. 1:31 4-5 is the Mark and the I‘ool'gliorsc
! . Is Badly Left.
It lam. curious fact that the week
. the horse was monarch .in New York,
its silent steel frame contemporary,
,the wheel, was monarch in Philadel-
phia, and succeeded in establishing
some records for time which throw all
past performances of trottcrs and run-
ners into total eclipse. Indeed, the
isurprislng exhibitions of “Major"
lTaylor, a. crack colored bicyclist, at
'the Wooodside track in Philadelphia.
:have opened the eyes of wheehnen
as well as of horsemen. Taylor lower-
: ed the paced records for quarter of a
; mile,, one<third of a mile, half a mile,
” three-quarters of a. mile and one mile
grespectively, and some of 'his feats
were accomplished under circumstan.
ices which probably would have dis-
.couraged many other riders with a
reputation for high speed.
Taylor, paced by quintuplet ma-
' chines, clipped three-fifths of a. second
from~ the one-mile paced record of
I‘aylore, a Frenchman, making the
new record 1:32. On the same drav
the Ibest time for half a mile, 48 sec—
onds, made some time ago by Windle,
was reduced by Taylor to 45 4-5 see-
:Dnads, and later to 45 3-5. Taylor
ibrought down the record for one-
third of a mile from 30 1-5 seconds to
' 29 4-5 seconds, the slower time having
_ been made by Windel three years ago.
I On the day following, Taylor sur-
ter-mile, one-third mile, half-mile,
three-quarters and one-mile records.
passed all previous trials for the quar-
In his first attempt he reached the
h'alfam'i-le mark in 45 25 seconds, one-
fifth of a second under the best for-
mer time; and the record for three-
quarters, which he had previously
been unable to lower, he reduced 1 1-5
Seconds, making the new time 1:08 45.
The mile was finished in 1:32, exactly
the same time for that distance as
the same rider had made three d-avs
before. 011 the second trial that day
Taylor covered the first quarter one-
fifth of a second under the record; at
vantage; alt one-half he was tied with
: his former record of 45 2-5 seconds; at
two—thirds he was two-fifths of a sec-
ond "under his own record, and a2
three-quarters he had occupied 1 min
'ute and 8 3-5 seconds, or one-fifth of
~ 3. second under the record.
But Taylor’s remarkable perform-
ances equalled his effort when. com-
pelled to exert himself to the utmost
because of faulty pacing, he smashed
his own one-mile record of 1:32, short-
'ening the time for that distance by
gone-fifth of a second and thus estab-
glishing' as his new time 1:31 4-5. Soon
lafter his new one-mile victory he
‘sought to lower the figures for three
lquarters of a mile and was able to
clip one-fifth of a second from ins own
fast time of the day before, makinLI
the new figures 1:08 25. In the some
trial the half-mile stretch was covered
in 45 1-5 seconds, one-fifth of a. sec-
ond ahead of his best previous time.
and 2 4-5 seconds ahead of the record
held by ‘Vindle.
It is worthy of notice that Taylor‘s
achievements were made in almost
continuous riding, very little time hav-
ing been devoted to rest. In that re-
spect, as in respect to the number of
excellent records established, his per-
formance will arouse the admiration
of the racing men all over the world.
What will doubtless startle the cycl-
ing fraternity, however, more than
anything else is the fact that four-
fifths of a second has been struck
from the old record for one mile, and
further evidence has been given that
ere long 1:30 will be easily within
the wheel’s possibilities. It can
scarcely be expected that the one
mile figures will show so great a drop
cumuspondingly as has been shown
since September, 1897. In that month
.T. W. Stocks rode a mile at the Crvs-
t-al Palace, London, in 1 minute 35 2-5
seconds. It was that performance
which exhibited the wheel as speedier
bv one-tenth of a second than the
horse.
When, two or three years ago, W.
W. Hamilton rode a mile at Corona-do,
lint, in 1:39‘1.5, it was thought that
lhe bicycle had attained an astonish-
ing speed. A little over a year after-
ward Hamilton’s record was lowered
almost a second by McDuffee, and in
about a week after the latter‘s ride
J. Flatt. Betts, an English searcher,
made the time 1:37 2-5. It was thought
by some when Stocks knocked two
seconds from the best previous time
that the one-mile paced bicycle cham-
pionship might remwin for some time
on the other side of the water. For-
tune decreed otherwise, however, and
now our English flyers will have to
bestir themselves if they hope to re-
gain past honors.
-A little more than a year ago 1:35
was the mark for ambitious cyclists.
Now it is 1:30. In the race against
time the poor horse appears to be
further behind than ever.
Longest Hair in the World.
The woman who possesses the long-
est head of hair in the world is said
to be Mercedes Lopez, 21 Mexican. Her
height is five feet and when she stands
erecther hair trails on the ground four
feet eight inches. The hair is so thick
that she can completely hide herself
in it. She has it. out very frequently,
as it grows so quickly, enabling her
to sell large tresses to hair dealers
every month. She is the wife of:
poor sheep border.
Yet We Talk of Our Production.
0f the entire human race it is esti-
mated that 500,000,000 are well cloth-
ed~that is, they wear garments of
some kind; 250,000,000 habitually g6
naked, and 700,000,000 only cover
parts of their body; 500,000,000 live in
houses, 700,0t£,000 in huts and caves,
71nd 250,000,000 have virtually no shel-
ter at all.
.ny. —.. ...
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‘w——...—-—— W‘— —-—-—
one third 'he maintained the same ad- ,
4 Everybody
AGE N0 Bill.
in Norwalk
Eligible.
Old people, stooped with suffering.
. Middle age, courageously fighting it.
Youth, protesting impatiently.
Children, unable to explain it.
Baby crying. can’t tell why.
All in misery from their kidneys.
Only a little backache first.
Comes when you catch a cold or
strain 11-.
Don’t. neglect a. bad back». .
Bickache is the first step of kidney
trouble. ‘
M any complications follow.
Urinary difiicultics,diabetes,Bright'a
disease.
Doan’s Kidney Pills cure backache.
Cure 8V0! y form of kidney ill.
Plenty of N orwalk proof that. this in
so.
No need to
people in Norwaik, Ohio, Norwaik,
Cono., furnishes enough of proof.
Read Lhis case: Mrs. Ciune of 58 Bel-
den ave, says: "My daughter is an
employe at Hutchinson, Cole & 00.,
and her work has told upon her phys-
ically, the trouble manifesting itself in
'pain in the small of the back, and a.
weary and tired feeling. We thought.
Dean’s Kidney Pills might help her,
and I got a box at Hale’s drug store.
They cured her. I have no hesitation
in heartily recommending them ”
Doau’s Pills for sale by all deal-
ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-
Milburn (10., Buffalo, N. Y.,soie agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Dean’s and take no substitute.
Fashion’s luxuries.
Black velvet ribbons edge the mass
of white rufiies which form the petti-
coat front to some evening gowns. The
skirt proper of the gown is of some
pretty color shaped off into a train at
the back, and slightly draped at the
sides. Model gowns of this style show
he Princess and tight—fitting effect in
the back. The bodice of a. gown with
a rufiled,petticoat of this kind will fre-
quently have a wide pointed opening
from the shoulders to the waist, also
filled in with ruffles of the white,
though narrower, edged with the nar-
row black velvet ribbon to match the
petticoat.
Fringe is rather the most novel
trimming at moderate price. I should
say. So new is it. yet so smart, that
the dealers, while they» do not at-
tempt to keep in stock any colors in
all widths but black and white, make it
to order in whatever shade and depth a.
patron fancies.
Such fringe, silk. is ch-:. A gown
of bluet poplin, trimmed with bands
of bluet satin and fringe of the same
shade, is simple and modish.
Buttons as ornaments are in high
favor. Any strange button or but-
tons corresponding with the gown for
which it is purposed to use them may
be employed fashionably. Rarely are
they used, except on shirt waists, for
actual fastenings.
Glass buttons are novel for fanciful
afternoon gowns. They are the size
of small marbles, made from glass.
which is uncolored and cut.
Pearl buttons, White, are the fast-
enings of colored flannel shirt waists,
even dark plaid. It is queried Whether
the gentler feminine vocabulary has
not been too delicate to express the
strain from the daily use of disappear-
ing shirt studs. Anyway, they have
gone. .- g ‘gi 5»;in
Some haberdashers, in the ecstasy
of novelty, run double rows of brass
buttons from the belt to the neck of
their blouses, along the two box plaits
which, one on either side of the front,
distinguish many new waists, But
they are too much. “Much too much,”
as the popular hero‘fne says in “the'
greatest play since Shakespeare’s.”
- Newest? Trimmings.
Medallions, open-work blocks, mo-
hair, and other silky wool braids in
applique effects are very fashionably
used as a garniture for stylish cloth
costumes. This form of trimming is
newer and more dressy than flat rows
of braid, although this simple form of
decoration is still in favor.
dallion scroll and arabesque style of
ornamentation appeal more especially
to women who are fond of color and
elaborate elfects, and it is-at this sea-
son of the year that brilliant tones are
most effectively and appropriately.
worn. These new appliques give
marked effect to the gown, but they
also add considerably to the weight
of the dress, especially the deep border
patterns in silk cord, alternating with
Van Dyked designs in jet. The best
choice are the novelties in feather—
weight mohair weaves.
n'is Compliment.
Dr.'D., an eminent clergyman. had
preached a special sermon, and had
scarcely got into the vestry when in
rushed a well-dressedand rather good-
iooki'ng man who greeted him efi’usivei
ly.’ “Delighted to see you, doctor." he
said. “You have given us a grand scr- ‘
men. It has been a treat—a real in-
Spiration to us all.”
ad, and expressed his gratification, and
the man left the vestry. But no soon- ’
er had the door closed than one of the
deucons looked up from the “Notice
3901;,” and said: “You must “not take =
any notice of him, doctor—he’s got
Softening of the brain."—Temple Bar,
FOR—”‘WOM EN
N0 mediéine is so good for pale, weak
nervous, fidgety women as Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters. It is a. REAL flesh-
maker, a REAL blood-purifier, a REAL
$2223.; aosrnrrnhés
sromou
er. 1t. restores the
pink of health to the
checks, and the flash of
youth to the eye.
TEE l' MUTUAL [.Irr Insumgg [I
read statements from'
81mm. D. BABOOOK
'HW LLLIAM J. EASTON,Secretary.
The doctor smll- .
BITTEBS -
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OF NEW YORK.
RICHARD A. McC‘UBDY, President.
tatement for the Year Ending Dec. 31:97. 1
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. ,
theorem.
Received for remiums ‘ . . . . $42,693,201 99
From all other Sources . . . . . 11,469,406 24
$54,162,608 23
- BISBURSEMENTS.
To oil cy-hoiders for Claims by Death . . . .
$13,279,630
To ollcyaholdersjor Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 12,712,424 76
For all other Accounts . . . . . 10,132,005 5
. $36,124,060 99
ASSETS.
United States Bonds and other Securities
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage
$132,017,341, .45
69,423,937 3!
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 3
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities ' 4 . . {:3378333 0'
Surplus ‘ . . . . . . . $35,508,194
Insurance and Annuities in Force . .‘ ‘ . $936,634,496
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Audit“):
From the Surplus a dividend will be opporfioned as 118113
Report oi'the Examining Cwnmittec.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
To run HONORABLE, THE BOARD or TRUSTEES or
THE MUTUAL LIFE lNSUBAHGE COMPANY OF NEW Wild.
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--—-—r .
REPOR
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 ofiice 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 oflioera
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be corre at. Th
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compufii
the prices at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the some not exce
such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. Theyhave examined and counted the bonds and mortgages 0:33
property held by the Company, and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuation of the Cox‘-
pany’s holdings of real estate and have verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, I“
have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier.
And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and evidence of title of every descripslon n -. __
sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their assistants, and
the some 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
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. Warn-330m
NEW YORK, January 21, 1898. S. V. R. CRUGIR 1. H0311“- HmRIoK . Janus C. Bonn“,
:Board of Trustees-
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WILLIAM C. Wmm
WILLIAM Rocxnrmn
JAMES N. JAnvm
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Claus E. MILLER
WALT]: R GILLE'I-rr
H. Warn WEBB
FBEDEBIO CnonwuLL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. W’unnnousn
S. V. it Canaan
CHARLES R. Bushman
Burns “1. Pnomnx
J. Honn'r Harmon
WM. 3’. DIXON .
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Brown A? MoCunny
Jonas-.0. HOLDEN
Brawn .C. VON Poem-
WILLIAM J. 8mm.
OLIVER HARRIMAN
Bonner ULYPHAN'I
(honor F. Bums
Donner OLCOTT
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
. WALTER R.'GILLETTE, General Manager. ,
lSAAC l“. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President' DUE“ du—P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary
ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary,
. FREDERIO CROMWELL, Trear urer. ' .
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMI SON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. EDW ARI) P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier._ .,,
- ‘ EMORY MoCLlNTOCK, Actusrv. - '
_ JOHN TATLOCK, In , Assistant Actuary. .1.-
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. ' . ‘ WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C. CLIFFORD GRETSIN GER, ASuistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller}; .-
' m JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. ’
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor.
’ Munch. Dmnorons:
ELIAS J. MARSH, M D' GRANVILLE 11. WHITE, M D
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
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